Goliath Parentage

Though they can live anywhere, goliaths are well suited to live on the highest mountain peaks—far above the slopes where trees grow and where the air is thin and the frigid winds howl. The ancestors of today’s goliaths wandered a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold.
Goliaths are camouflaged to look as if they are carved from mountain stone. Their bodies can safely breathe thin air and dwell at high altitudes. Though they have little to no body hair, they can tolerate cold temperatures, and they have great physical power. Goliaths tower over most other Humanoids. They stand between 7 and 8 feet tall and weigh between 280 and 340 pounds. Goliaths live about as long as humans do, and have a natural ability that allows them to shrug off injury.
Depending on their upbringing and personal proclivities, a goliath or mixed goliath can be dutiful and honor-bound, urbane and sophisticated, bookish and cowardly, or anything else. Parentage is not destiny, after all.

Goliath Traits

You have a pool of 16 points to spend between your two birth parents. If either or both of your birth parents are a Goliath, choose from the following.

Mountain Adaptation (5 Points)

• You’re acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet. You’re also naturally adapted to cold climates, as described in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. In addition, you are resistant to cold damage.

Natural Athlete (2 Points)

• You have proficiency in the Athletics skill.

Powerful Build (1 Point)

• You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Stone’s Endurance (7 Points)

• You can focus yourself to occasionally shrug off injury. When you take damage, you can use your reaction to roll a d12. Add your Constitution modifier to the number rolled, and reduce the damage by that total. After you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you finish a short or long rest.