Grung Tribe Member (5e Background)
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Grung Tribe Member[edit]
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[edit]
In a Grung tribe, the caste you are born into defines your social status and duties.
d100 | Caste |
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1-49 | Green |
50-69 | Purple |
70-89 | Red |
90-99 | Orange |
00 | Gold |
Caste | Additional Gear |
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Green | One option from:
Select one of the following:
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Purple | One option from:
Select one of the following:
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Red | Grung Shaman Robes, a Quarterstaff, Component Pouch, Grung Holy Symbol. |
Orange | One option from:
Select one of the following:
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Gold | One option from:
Select one of the following:
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Feature: Caste Loyalty[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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