Grung Tribe Member (5e Background)

Grung Tribe Member

You are a member of a Grung tribe

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from Animal Handling, Nature, Stealth, and Survival

Tool Proficiencies: None

Languages: You can speak, read and write Grung

Equipment: Grung Garments, Whistle Stick, Waterskin, 50 feet of Hempen Rope, Other (defined by caste)

Caste

In a Grung tribe, the caste you are born into defines your social status and duties.

d100	Caste
1-49	Green
50-69	Purple
70-89	Red
90-99	Orange
00	Gold

Caste	Additional Gear
Green	One option from: two Clubs two Daggers a Greatclub a Handaxe a Quarterstaff two Sickles a Spear Select one of the following: Hide Armour, a Net, and a Wooden Shield. Leather Armour and a Shortbow, Sling, or Blowgun, plus 20 pieces of ammunition. A Net, two Daggers, and a Sling plus 20 pieces of ammunition.
Purple	One option from: two Clubs two Daggers a Greatclub a Handaxe a Quarterstaff two Sickles a Spear a Whip Select one of the following: Hide Armour, a Net, and a Wooden Shield. Leather Armour and a Shortbow, Sling, or Blowgun, plus 20 pieces of ammunition.
Red	Grung Shaman Robes, a Quarterstaff, Component Pouch, Grung Holy Symbol.
Orange	One option from: two Clubs two Daggers a Greatclub a Handaxe a Quarterstaff two Sickles a Spear a Whip Select one of the following: Hide Armour, a Net, and a Wooden Shield. Leather Armour and a Shortbow, Sling, or Blowgun, plus 20 pieces of ammunition.
Gold	One option from: two Clubs two Daggers a Greatclub a Handaxe a Quarterstaff two Sickles a Spear a Whip Select one of the following: Hide Armour, a Net, and a Wooden Shield. Leather Armour and a Shortbow, Sling, or Blowgun, plus 20 pieces of ammunition. Any other combination of equipment at DM discretion.

Feature: Caste Loyalty

Being brought up in the strict Grung caste system has left you with a deep in-built loyalty to the other Grung in your tribe. This loyalty returns to you in the form of the other Grung's protection and knowledge, and the fact that your superior Grung do not kill you for insolence.

Alternate Feature: Secret Traitor

The horror of life in a Grung tribe has clashed with you developing a conscience in such a manner that you wish to betray your people. Whether this comes in the form of escaping into the jungle or trying to free the slaves they keep, you live in abject terror that your disloyalty will be discovered.

Suggested Characteristics

Grung are almost all adherents to the strict caste system they live in. This is represented by their standard alignment, Lawful Evil.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I only feel alive during the thrill of the hunt.
2	I am constantly on the lookout for threats and dangers.
3	I constantly bully those lower in the tribes hierarchy than myself.
4	I am always trying to impress higher-caste tribe members.
5	I love the jungle more than anything else.
6	I love to trick other Grung into disobeying commands from superiors.
7	I hate performing my caste duties, but do them anyway.
8	I once killed the most dangerous creature in the jungle: a Monkey!

d6	Ideal
1	Loyalty. I have complete devotion to the tribe. (Lawful)
2	Selflessness. The tribes needs come before my own. (Neutral)
3	Superiority. Grung are the ultimate race. (Evil)
4	Skill. A Grung is only worth what they can provide to the tribe (Neutral)
5	Devotion. I would die for the Golden Grung. (Lawful)
6	Nature. The jungle must be protected, as is provides all the tribe needs. (Neutral)

d6	Bond
1	I keep track of every creature I have killed.
2	My weapon is my most treasured possession.
3	I love my swamp hut.
4	I am fiercely loyal to my Eggmates.
5	I look up to higher-caste Grung.
6	I have a secret pet frog.

d6	Flaw
1	I cannot stand non-Grung.
2	I am a bully.
3	I must obey commands from superior Grung.
4	I am easily tricked.
5	I am paranoid someone will betray the tribe.
6	I am addicted to a jungle flower that makes me have visions.

5.00

(one vote)

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