Giff Shipmate
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space - Boo's Astral Menagerie p. 24
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- humanoid
- Alignment
- any alignment
- AC
- 12
- Hit Points
- 75 (10d8+30)
- Speed
- walk 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
- Passive Perception
- 11
- Languages
- Common
- Challenge
- 3
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+2
Firearms Knowledge
The giff's mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Steady as She Goes
On the deck of a ship, the giff has advantage on ability checks and saving throws made against effects that would knock it prone or shove it overboard.
Actions
Multiattack
The giff makes two Longsword or Musket attacks.
Longsword
Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage, or 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage if used with two hands.
Musket
Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 40/120 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d12 + 2) piercing damage.
Force Grenade
The giff throws a grenade up to 60 feet, and the grenade explodes in a 20-foot-radius sphere. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 17 (5d6) force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After the giff throws the grenade, roll a d6; on a roll of 4 or lower, the giff has no more grenades to throw.
Other data
description
It's easy to spot giff in a room: these burly folk are 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed people. In Wildspace and its associated ports, giff are most often encountered as spacefaring mercenaries. These troops are renowned for their martial training and love of explosives and are typically armed with gleaming firearms.
Every aspect of these spacefaring giff's society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, each has a military rank. Promotions don't depend on time in service but are granted by superiors as rewards for valor.
Muskets and grenades are the specialties of many giff regiments. The bigger the boom, the brighter the flash, and the thicker the smoke it produces, the greater the glory for the one wielding the weapon.
Giff shipmates, who make up the bulk of the crew on most giff vessels, are disciplined sailors.