Cueyatl

Unlike the more peaceful Grippli, the Cueyatl (k-we-ya-tl) are a warrior race of flog-like reptilians. Sharing more in common with the violent lizardmen, they share a similar history to them as the lizardfolk do with the grippli.

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Cueyatl

The cueyatl primarily live in the deep jungle of the Prismatic Grove.

ability score increase: +2 Dex

age: 30 - 40 years

alignment: Lawful Evil

Size: Small

speed: 30 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 30 ft.

Languages: Common, Cueyatl

race features:
Ability Score Increase - +2 Dex, (Alternatively, any player may chose any single +2 or two +1 to attributes of thier choice)
Age - Cueyatl live shorter lives in comparison to humans, with most livng 30-40 years on average.
Size - Small, most are 4 feet tall at most, with an average of about 3.5 feet.
Speed - Walking speed 30 feet. Cueyatl are natural climbers and swimmers, with a climb speed of 20 feet and a swim speed of 30 feet.
Senses - Darkvision 60 ft.

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Amphibious - The cueyatl can breathe air and water.
Jungle Camouflage - The cueyatl has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in jungle terrain.
Slippery - The cueyatl has advantage on saving throws and ability checks made to escape a grapple.
Standing Leap - The cueyatl’s long jump is up to 20 feet and its high jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running start.
Toxic Skin - When a creature makes a bite attack against the Cueyatl, it must succeed a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 7 (2d6) poison damage. As an action, the Cueyatl may run a melee or ranged weapon or piece of ammo along their skin, granting the weapon an additional 1d6 poison damage on the next attack that hits with that weapon.

Small, but athletic and agile, these frog like creatures are extremely well built for jungle and swamp environments. Cueyatl vary in colorful skin tones, including red and purple, bright blue and bright green. Any bright colors though can be possible.

Civilization and Culture

History

The cueyatl are a similar species to the Grippli, but their traditions are more warlike. They were a minor species for thousands of years until the Yuan-Ti and Lizardmen of The Scales of the Abyss when they invades much of the eastern continent. Rather than be enslaved like the Grippli, the cueyatl instead helped the lizardmen with scouting the local jungles for additional sapient creatures they could capture for the Yuan-Ti. This made them a defacto member of the Scales, though they were never officially added to their ranks, and none were allowed in The Serpent Jungle.
The cueyatl flourished during this time, and helped the lizardmen oppress the grippli, making them rival species forever going forward. When the Yuan-Ti empire fell in 208 ANW, the cueyatl found themselves without any protection, and they broke up into separate tribes through the Prismatic Grove. Some decided that leaving the grove was the best way to escape the situation, so they traveled far to the western continent and settled in the The Sleeping Mire.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Many of the more warrior tradition tribes have a strong hatred for the grippli due to their expansion after the fall of the Yuan-Ti empire. They continue this rivalry to this day, though the tribes on the western continent long ago forgot this hatred.
Within the Sleeping Mire though, these cueyatl have developed a new rivalry with the local Otterfolk. The two species fight for control of territory and generally do not get along.