The Grimps

High in the snowy mountains of the north, the sinister Grimpses make their lairs. Spiteful and cantankerous at best and murderously violent at worst, Grimpses are the ancient enemies of the Whomsts who make their homes in the mountain valleys. In particular, they hate the festivals and celebrations of the Whomsts, which they view as mindless hedonism and noise-making. Indeed, though some keep domestic animals, the only beings the Grimpses seem to truly consider equal to themselves are hideous aberrations from what they call "the Plane of Peraphernalia". Grimpses jealously guard the arcane secrets required to access this dimension, and they open portals to this mind-shattering realm inside enormous war chariots when they make raids on Whomst settlements.

Physically, Grimpses are lanky and pot-bellied, with pear-shaped bodies, thin necks, wide-jowled muzzles and shaggy green, yellow, or grey fur. Though mainly solitary hunters and scavengers, they are clever, able to quickly adopt new technologies, and much stronger and tougher than their builds would suggest. The appearance of a Grimps is generally cause for alarm in any mountain settlement; very few Grimpses are recorded as ever having lived peacefully among other peoples.

The Grimps
Ability Score Increase: Your Constitution increases by 2 and your Intelligence increases by 1.
Age: Grimpses age at a similar rate to humans, and can live up to 120 years.
Alignment: Grimpses are solitary, cantankerous beings that do not generall get along well with others. Most Grimpses are Chaotic Neutral or Chaotic Evil.
Size: Most Grimpses stand between 5 and 6 feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed: 30 ft.
Languages: You can speak, read, and write Common and Deep Speech.
Mountain Born: You have resistance to cold damage. You're also acclimated to high altitude, including elevations above 20,000 feet, and you do not you do not expend any extra movement to move across difficult terrain composed of snow and ice.
All the Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise: When you take thunder damage, you can use your reaction to make one weapon or spell attack against a target within range. If you cast a spell using this trait, it must have a casting time of 1 action, bonus action, or reaction.
Wainrider: You are proficient with land vehicles.
Adaptive Cardiomegaly: As a bonus action on your turn, you can cause your heart to triple in size, granting you superhuman strength and stamina. Until the start of your next turn, you can add double your proficiency bonus to any Strength-based ability check, skill check, attack roll, or saving throw you make. Once this effect ends, you have disadvantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened until the start of your next turn. Once you use this ability, you cannod use it again until you complete a short or long rest.
Mean One: You are proficient in two of the following skills of your choice: Survival, Intimidation, Deception, Stealth, or Sleight of Hand.

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