Grommam
Medium-Sized Humanoid
Hit Dice: 2d8 (9 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 25 ft. / 35 ft. in trees (or similar)
AC: 15 (+5 armor – chainmail)
Attacks: per weapon +2 Str
Damage: per weapon +2 Str
Face/Reach: 5 ft. x 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: None
Special Qualities: None
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +0
Abilities (male): Str 15, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 8, Wis 8, Cha 8
Abilities (female): Str 11, Dex 11, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 8
Skills: Balance +4, Climb +8, Knowledge (Religion) +3, Listen +2, Tumble +5, Use Rope +2
Feats: Ambidexterity, Two Weapon Fighting
Climate/Terrain: Temperate and tropical/Forests
Organization: Clan (1–12)
Challenge Rating: 1
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Mostly Lawful Good
Advancement: By character class
Grommams are gorilla-like apes with heavy upper-body musculature. Their feet are roughly soled and their toes have a limited ability to grasp objects. Grommams have short, rough, copper-red fur all over their bodies except on their faces, the palms of their hands, and the soles of their feet. Their skin is a rich chocolate brown.
Grommams use a gestural and finger-sign language. Body postures, facial expressions, and a variety of vocal hoots, screams, grunts, and calls add to the basic language, called “grommish” by other races.
Combat: Grommams prefer to use weapons when attacking, though some enjoy wrestling and similar martial arts. Almost any melee weapon that a human can use can also be used by a grommam without change. Chain mail is used almost exclusively for its light weight and flexibility. Shields can be used, but most grommams take advantage of their ambidexterity and use a weapon in either hand.
Skills: Grommams automatically gain +1 to their climb skill when they gain any class level.
In the Spheres
Grommams are close-knit people. Most grommams ground dwellers and build homes on the ground, but those that live in the forest build treehouses. Like other races, grommams have gods — but their gods (of demigod level) openly live among the grommams themselves as their rulers and advisors.
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Original Source: Monstrous Compendium #7