Playable Race – Half-Jotun

Half-Jotun are the distant offspring of the mighty Jotun. They retain a fraction of the size of their Jotun ancestors, yet still tower over the majority of other races. Incomparable strength and an affinity for ice make them a terrifying physical opponent to face.

Bulky and Bullying

The hulking Half-Jotun are a race of blue-skinned, white-haired humanoids that grow to immense heights. A fully grown Half-Jotun will stand at a height of 11 feet and have a powerful, muscular build to match.

While they are capable of learning magic, they often prefer to rely on their superior strength to smash, grapple and throw smaller creatures around. The long-dead Jotun had an innate connection to ice and the Half-Jotun retained this magical connection in the form of an icy armour that they can manifest.

The Half-Jotun tend to be combative and push smaller, weaker races around using their superior size. This can be done intentionally for some, yet for some Half-Jotun this behaviour is accidental and they don’t realise the way their size affects others.

The Strong Rule and the Weak Walk

Half-Jotun are wandering nomads by nature. Some may choose to work or live under a stronger creature but most prefer to stay on the move, roaming the Realm as a small tribe. Within these tribes, the Half-Jotun look to the strong for leadership and protection. Violent challenges for the position of the leader often occur, with the loser being kicked out of the tribe to wander Frostwoods alone.

Half-Jotun Names

Half-Jotun are spiritually attached to their Jotun ancestors. As such, they prefer to name their children after these Jotun. These names are usually harsh-sounding and booming. You can choose from the list below or come up with your own option:

Masculine	Feminine
Rowth	Gath
Grend	Trust
Thalk	Karthe
Nenfo	Nichi
Bolk	Astari

Half-Jotun Traits

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 3.

Age. Jotun are ancient creatures and so are their offspring. Half-Jotun mature at the age of 60 and live to the age of 600.

Alignment. Half-Jotun follow tribalistic values of strength and power. They tend towards chaotic alignments.

Size. Half-Jotun are large, bulky giants. They grow to a height of 11ft. Your size is large.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 35 feet.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Giant.

Launch. As an action, you can throw a creature you have grappled up to 40ft. The thrown creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage per 10ft thrown. Willing creatures may attempt a DC14 Acrobatics or Athletics check to negate this damage. You can use this feature 3 times before needing to complete a long rest.

Frost Armour. As an action, you can manifest icy armour across your body, granting you temp HP equal to twice your level. While you have this temp HP your AC is increased by 1. Once combat ends, if you have any remaining temp HP, the temp HP is lost but you heal for half the temp HP you had remaining. You can do this once before needing to take a long rest.

Overwhelming Size. When making a melee attack against a size small or smaller creature you add 1d4 to your damage.

Pure Brawn. You can move freely and at full speed while grappling a size medium or smaller creature.

Final Thoughts

Thanks for reading! The Half-Jotun are a race that certainly leans the player towards a certain style of character, but I hope this won’t stop people from trying some interesting builds with them! Being a large size creature will come with some unique challenges that will require prep or creative thinking to overcome!