This is one of those rambling posts. I'm gotta talk about Bullywugs.
Bullywugs aren't evil, I don't think I believe in racial evils. (Goblins might be chaotic af but they're just as likely to be chaotic good robinhood types as they are chaotic evil dungeon dwellers) But if I did believe in racial alignments I think Bullywugs would end up being neutral good. They aren't ambitious or greedy, they have a deep sense of community and they aren't especially xenophobic. They are however, very simple minded. Most bullywugs (8 in 10) don't even have the intelligence to learn a second language. Bullywugs aren't especially large, infact I'd be willing to argue they're about the same size as a halfling. But what they lack in quick wit or stature they make up for in spades as garbage connoisseurs and fly farmers.
Many tribes have tamed giant toads as mounts and harpy deterrent. These toads are at the very upper edge of large sized. Capable of jumping up to 30 feet straight up, the toads tongue can then reach an additional 20 feet. This creates a 50' threat range from which a toad can leap up, snatch a harpy from the air and gobble her up whole. Giant toads are not to be fucked with lightly.
Bullywug adventurers are usually sorcerers, and as far as I care, npc hirelings are probably mediocre sorcerors of the Undying Light. Bullywugs make great healer support and their amphibious nature make them excellent scouts, purchasing (or stealing) a trained battle toad would also be a huge boon. Bullywugs trade mostly in trash however, and are in fact connoisseurs of trash, they'll exchange gold for things they want, but they've no need for gold when it comes to something as valuable as a battletoad. Bullywug hirelings never make loyalty or desertion type checks unless asked to commit heinous acts.
I don't have a defined "Primary Campaign Universe" like most DMs do, but it sounds fun so I think I'm gonna start working on something like that but I'm not even gonna pretend to name it yet because that's not how my brain works. So for now, let's call these kind of posts "Canon" posts.
Bullywugs
Bullywugs aren't evil, I don't think I believe in racial evils. (Goblins might be chaotic af but they're just as likely to be chaotic good robinhood types as they are chaotic evil dungeon dwellers) But if I did believe in racial alignments I think Bullywugs would end up being neutral good. They aren't ambitious or greedy, they have a deep sense of community and they aren't especially xenophobic. They are however, very simple minded. Most bullywugs (8 in 10) don't even have the intelligence to learn a second language. Bullywugs aren't especially large, infact I'd be willing to argue they're about the same size as a halfling. But what they lack in quick wit or stature they make up for in spades as garbage connoisseurs and fly farmers.
Bullywugs are professional composters (and remember, before the industrial revolution cities produced very little garbage which wasn't compostable) they buy trash from large cities, and then raise flies like cattle in the garbage. They harvest their cattle in mosquito nets, many of which can hold swarms reaching as high as 500 heads of high quality flies. The results for the compost are rapid turn around times and yield for fertilizer, which comes at a high premium when sold back to farming villages. Many Bullywug villages rely on specific breeds and strains of flies, and large scale farmers often pride themselves on having diverse and hearty swarms.
The bullywugs natural predator is primarily the swamp harpy. Swamp harpies are malicious ambush predators who volley bullywugs from range and then swoop in to drag away the dead and dying for an easy meal. Bullywugs aren't very good with violence, and even the few spear wielding warriors that exist in any given tribe have a tendency to look away when jabbing (flat 10% miss rate on any successful hit vs AC)
Many tribes have tamed giant toads as mounts and harpy deterrent. These toads are at the very upper edge of large sized. Capable of jumping up to 30 feet straight up, the toads tongue can then reach an additional 20 feet. This creates a 50' threat range from which a toad can leap up, snatch a harpy from the air and gobble her up whole. Giant toads are not to be fucked with lightly.
Bullywug adventurers are usually sorcerers, and as far as I care, npc hirelings are probably mediocre sorcerors of the Undying Light. Bullywugs make great healer support and their amphibious nature make them excellent scouts, purchasing (or stealing) a trained battle toad would also be a huge boon. Bullywugs trade mostly in trash however, and are in fact connoisseurs of trash, they'll exchange gold for things they want, but they've no need for gold when it comes to something as valuable as a battletoad. Bullywug hirelings never make loyalty or desertion type checks unless asked to commit heinous acts.
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