List of Uncommon Hombrew Races

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• Bullywug

Bullywug

"Life as a bullywug is nasty, brutish, and wet. These frog-headed amphibious humanoids must stay constantly moist, dwelling in rainy forests, marshes, and damp caves. Always hungry and thoroughly evil, bullywugs overwhelm opponents with superior numbers when they can, but flee from serious threats to search for easier prey.

Bullywugs have green, gray, or mottled yellow skin that shifts through shades of grey, green, and brown, allowing them to blend in with their surroundings. They wear crude armor and wield simple weapons, and can deliver a powerful bite to foes that press too close."

- Monster Manual, p. 35

History in the Verdant Vale

Bullywugs are native to the swamps and marshlands around the Great Kráximo Lake. They came into conflict with the Damaring raiders, but would successfully drive them away year after year. This gave them a very low estimation of the capabilities of humans, until the arrival of the Illiakians.

The Illiakians that settled in the region frequently came into conflict with the bullywugs. However, these humans were able to successfully pacify their threat through careful tactics that robbed bullywugs of the advantage of guerilla warfare. Due to the general unpleasantness of the swamps for the humans, the new settlers were content to let the bullywugs have their marshy domains.

Bullywugs continue to inhabit the swamps in the kingdom of Irinia, but are considered only a minor nuisance by local authorities. Their chieftains will sometimes demand tribute or tolls to use bridges or waterways, but are easily appeased with trinkets and other small gifts. They will occasionally graduate to outright banditry and menace smaller communities, but are quickly intimidated by garrisons driving them back into the swamps.

Culture in the Verdant Vale

The majority of bullywugs are thoroughly unpleasant to interact with due to their propensity for arrogance bordering on the delusional. Among themselves, bullywugs respect cunning, power, and strength, and view themselves as superior to all other races despite evidence to the contrary. When faced with an actual threat, their confidence often shatters, forcing them to flee or beg for their lives.

Bullywugs love titles, often giving themselves ostentatious ranks in newly invented noble bloodlines or freshly created knightly orders...

Bullywug Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution increases by two and your Dexterity increases by one.

Age. Bullywugs reach maturity at around age 14 and rarely live longer than 50 years.

Alignment. The average bullywug is neutral and tends to be evil.

Size. Bullywugs tend to be anywhere from 5'4" to 6'0" tall and weight 150 to 240 lbs. Your size is Medium.

• Height: 5'2" + (1d10)"

• Weight: 140 lbs + ((1d10) x (1d8)) lbs

Speed. Your base walking speed is 20 feet, and you have a swimming speed of 40 feet.

Amphibious. You can breathe air and water.

Bite. Your mouth is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with it, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier.

Long Tongue. As a bonus action, you can extend your long tongue to grap a creature or object within 5' of you. If the creature or object weighs 10lbs or less, you can pull it towards yourself and attempt to bite, catch, or swallow whole the target as part of your bonus action.

Speak with Frogs & Toads. When you speak Bullywug, you can communicate simple concepts to frogs and toads.

Standing Leap. Your long jumps are up to 20' and your high jumps are up to 10', with or without a running start.

Swamp Camouflage. You are proficient in Stealth. You also have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide in aquatic or swampy terrain.

Languages. You can read, write, and speak Common and Bullywug. The bullywug language is a vast array of croaks and ribbits capable of communicating simple messages. It is nearly indistinguishable from the chorus of regular frogs and is written with a simple pictographic writing.