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Troll
Take no back talk from anyone,
not even an
obsidiman. Stand for your word and make them stand
for theirs. I generally make an exception for
windlings. They fly like blazes, and their tongues
move just as fast. Open confrontation just
encourages them. It is best to wait until they sleep,
then pop their puny heads off.
-- Larus Baldurion, Crystal raider captain, making his traditional
speech to a
new crew The average troll height is 8 feet 6 inches,
and average weight is 500 pounds or more. Skin colors range from olive to
mahogany-brown. Troll skin has a rough texture, increased by the ridges, spines,
or plating resulting from deposits of trolthelia, a substance similar to the
material in rhinoceros horn. Body hair is sparse except on the chest, and head
hair grows considerably thicker and longer than human hair. Lower canines
protrude from the mouths of a slight majority of trolls. The nose is broader
than the human nose. Trolls exhibit fierce, aggressive personalities. The
average natural life span is 50 years, though some trolls have lived into their
seventies. Trolls reach physical maturity in their early teens. Trolls are
fiercely loyal to their family or clan. Multiple clans can organize through the
ritual of the trollmoot, gatherings of several clans whose leaders swear the
loyalty of their clans to one another, but such unified action remains rare.
Troll clans often war among themselves when other enemies are lacking. Trolls
prefer to live in caves, ice caverns, or other natural geographic features. They
find dwarven or elven settlements more comfortable than human or ork
communities, and have been known to camp around obsidimen connected to a
Liferock. Trolls find the serenity of the obsidimen calming and deeply moving.
Their regard for the obsidiman’s mountains often prompts trolls to choose
those sites for trollmoots. Troll Racial Traits
+2 Strength +4 Constitution –2 Intelligence
–2 Dex –2 Cha: Trolls are strong and sturdy if a bit slow of mind and body
others often find their ways barbaric Darkvision: Trolls may see in the dark up to
60 feet. Darkvision is black and white only, but otherwise like normal sight,
and trolls can function just fine with no light at all. Troll base speed is 40 feet Large-size: –1 to armor class –1 to hit 10’ reach –4 to all hide rolls X1.25 encumbrance limits Equipment weighs 1.25 more (if sized
correctly) Troll Characters A Troll has an ECL of 1 Favored Class Barbarian |