Grung

Born to the canopy and cloaked in caste-born pride, Grungs are vigilant amphibians—nimble in branch and brutal in battle, with skin as deadly as their ambition.

Core Traits Overview

Grung Traits

• Age: Grungs mature within 1 year and live up to 50 years.
• Alignment: Most grungs are lawful and tend toward evil due to their rigid caste-based society.
• Arboreal Alertness: You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
• Amphibious: You can breathe both air and water.
• Poison Resistance: You have resistance to poison damage and the poisoned condition.
• Poisonous Skin: When a creature touches your bare skin or grapples you, it must succeed on a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your Constitution modifier + proficiency bonus) or become poisoned for 1 minute. The poisoned creature can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns to end the effect.
• Weapon Poisoning: As part of a piercing weapon attack, you may apply your poison. On a hit, the target must make a Constitution saving throw (DC = 8 + your Constitution modifier + proficiency bonus) or take 2d4 poison damage.
• Standing Leap: Your long jump is up to 25 feet and your high jump is up to 15 feet, with or without a running start.
• Water Dependency: If you do not immerse yourself in water for at least 1 hour each day, you gain 1 level of exhaustion at day's end. You can only remove this exhaustion by magic or submerging in water for 1 hour.

Languages

• You can speak, read, and write Grung and two other standard languages of your choice.