Lizard Folk
Lizardfolk are primitive reptilian humanoids that lurk in the swamps and jungles of the world. Their hut villages thrive in forbidding grottos, half-sunken ruins, and watery caverns.
Territorial Xenophobes
Lizardfolk deal and trade with other races only rarely. Fiercely territorial, they use camouflaged scouts to guard the perimeter of their domain. When unwelcome visitors are detected, a tribe sends a hunting band to harass or drive the trespassers off, or tricks them into blundering into the lairs of crocodiles and other dangerous creatures. Lizardfolk have no notion of traditional morality, and they find the concepts of good and evil utterly alien. Truly neutral creatures, they kill when it is expedient and do whatever it takes to survive. Lizardfolk rarely stray beyond their claimed hunting grounds. Any creature that enters their territory is fair game to be stalked, killed, and devoured. They make no distinction between humanoids, beasts, and monsters. Similarly, Lizardfolk don’t like reaching too far beyond their borders, where they could easily become the hunted instead of the hunters. Occasions might arise when Lizardfolk will form alliances with their neighbors. These Lizardfolk usually learn firsthand that Humans, Dwarves, Halflings, and Fallen can sometimes prove helpful or trustworthy. Lizardfolk will occasionally ally with Bullywugs, but never with the Grippli.Great Feasts and Sacrifices
Lizardfolk are omnivorous, but they have a taste for humanoid flesh. Prisoners are often taken back to their camps to become the centerpieces of great feasts and rites involving dancing, storytelling, and ritual combat. Victims are either cooked and eaten by the tribe, or are sacrificed to Semuanya, the Lizardfolk god.Canny Crafters
Though they aren’t skilled artisans, Lizardfolk craft tools and ornamental jewelry out of the bones of their kills, and they use the hides and shells of dead monsters to create shields.Lizardfolk Leaders
Lizardfolk respect and fear magic with a religious awe. Each tribe is typically led by a Lizard King, but there are some tribes that are led by powerful shamans of Semuanya. In Fenblight there is a powerful Lizard King named Crackmaw, who has subjugated all the other Lizard Kings of the swamp, either killing them or stripping them of their power.Dragon Worshipers
Lizardfolk speak Draconic, which they are thought to have learned from dragons in ancient times. A tribe that wanders into the territory of a dragon will offer it tribute to win its favor. An evil dragon might exploit Lizardfolk for its own vile ends, turning them into raiders and plunderers.
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