Size:
Type:
± Giant
Form:
Temper:
# App:
± 1d6, Wild 2d4, Lair 4d8
Lair:
Diet:
Combat Dice:
± 0
Hit Points:
± 0
Attack Rank:
± 0
Passive Defense:
± 0
Active Defense:
Damage Reduction:
± 0
Role:
Ground:
± 30'
Climb/Arboreal:
Flight:
Swim:
Benthic:
Burrow:
Ethereal:
Actions/Abilities/Traits: Basic Fantasy
Actions/Abilities/Traits: Basic Fantasy
Offense
1 weapon
Circumstance: Combat
1d8 or by weapon +1
Special
Cold Resistance
Essentially immune to cold environmental effects and even extreme or magical cold causes only half-damage. If a save is involved with such a cold-based effect, a jotenkin receives a +4 bonus.
Special
Expert Seaman
Each is an expert seaman in the dragon-headed longboat that is customarily used.
Special
Strength
Even the smallest jotenkin receives a +1 damage bonus when using a weapon due to strength.
Environments
aquatic-salt
Large humanoids with kinship to giants from rugged northern coastlines
Hailing from regions of rugged northern coastlines, Jotenkin are large humanoids with kinship to giants. Many simply call them North-men. A jotenkin is less brutish and slightly smaller than an ogre, and may even be considered just a large race of mankind. Each is an expert seaman in the dragon-headed longboat that is customarily used. Jotenkin society is warrior-oriented and thrives by raiding and pillaging coastal communities. Other than such raiding, jotenkin do not generally mix with the normal humans that share the same regions, though they may take human slaves. Where the humans revere certain deities of their culture, the jotenkin revere the antithesis giants of those pantheons. They speak their own language that sounds similar to that of frost giants.
A jotenkin arms themselves with large axes, swords, spears, and the like, and utilize wooden shields. Even the smallest jotenkin receives a +1 damage bonus when using a weapon due to strength.
Basic Fantasy Field Guide Omnibus
Actions/Abilities/Traits: Basic Fantasy
Large humanoids with kinship to giants from rugged northern coastlines
Hailing from regions of rugged northern coastlines, Jotenkin are large humanoids with kinship to giants. Many simply call them North-men. A jotenkin is less brutish and slightly smaller than an ogre, and may even be considered just a large race of mankind. Each is an expert seaman in the dragon-headed longboat that is customarily used. Jotenkin society is warrior-oriented and thrives by raiding and pillaging coastal communities. Other than such raiding, jotenkin do not generally mix with the normal humans that share the same regions, though they may take human slaves. Where the humans revere certain deities of their culture, the jotenkin revere the antithesis giants of those pantheons. They speak their own language that sounds similar to that of frost giants.
A jotenkin arms themselves with large axes, swords, spears, and the like, and utilize wooden shields. Even the smallest jotenkin receives a +1 damage bonus when using a weapon due to strength.
Basic Fantasy Field Guide Omnibus
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