Spelljammer Meet The Giff--Spelljammer's Space Pirate Hippos!

Weiley31 · Jul 21, 2022

Well, with Spelljammer: Adventures in Space slowly making its way ever closer to release date, it seems a preview of everybody's favorite gun-toting Space Hippos is up.

Sneak Peek: Meet the Giff, a Race of Gunslinging Hippo-Like Pirates

What do you get when you cross a hippo with a space pirate? The giff! The playable race comes to us from Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. Here's a prev...

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And yes, they didn't forget about their talent at using Firearms.

I can't wait to see how the Thri-Kreen have turned out upon release day!

Deekin · Jul 21, 2022

What's with 5e's obsession with God's and deities being the alpha and omega of everything?

The giff can't just explore for the love of exploring, but a need to find the god that created them. They can't just favor firearms they need a divine connection to them...

Weiley31 · Jul 21, 2022

Deekin said:
What's with 5e's obsession with God's and deities being the alpha and omega of everything?

The giff can't just explore for the love of exploring, but a need to find the god that created them. They can't just favor firearms they need a divine connection to them...

At least they have a legit pairing excuse for a Giff using the Black Powder Cleric domain from Kobold Press' Tome of Heroes book.

Stormonu · Jul 21, 2022

TBH, I rarely use the standard D&D lore for monsters anymore, after the major changes in 4E. I’ve got a lot of older lore I prefer, and in other cases, I prefer my homebrew to just about anything coming out in the books now.

Personally, my Giff are (generally) agnostic and aren’t looking for “their” dead gods. I guess that means that any clerics/paladins/(druids) would be drawing spells from concepts/forces instead of dieties.

W'rkncacnter · Jul 21, 2022

as an aside, we now know the spelljammer book is 100% gonna have guns. WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT HAVING A GUN ARTIFICER NOW, WIZARDS?

CleverNickName · Jul 21, 2022

I'm just happy that they aren't cephalopods with mYsTeRiOuS BrAiNpOwErs...

All in all, a pretty fun-looking species to play. Very reminiscent of the Umpani in Sir-Tech's "Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant."

CleverNickName · Jul 21, 2022

ReadyButNot said:
as an aside, we now know the spelljammer book is 100% gonna have guns. WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT HAVING A GUN ARTIFICER NOW, WIZARDS?

Apart from the one in "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything"?

W'rkncacnter · Jul 21, 2022

CleverNickName said:
Apart from the one in "Tasha's Cauldron of Everything"?

apart from the one that doesn't exist, yes.

UngeheuerLich · Jul 21, 2022

TIL

1.
Wotc does not fear giving proficiencies in a few things if it is necessary lore wise.

2.
Having advantage on strength ability checks and saving throws replaces a weak +2 bonus to strength which is at most one more than standard human ability scores.
Which means a giff is now always a lot more favoured in any direct strength competion woth humans. And it remains when both have maxed their strength stat.