Grommam
Basic Information
Ecology and Habitats
Grommams make their home in forests, but they enjoy the same sorts of climates as humans. They climb extremely well and some build treehouses, but most grommams are ground dwellers.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Grommams are omnivorous, eating almost any sort of fruits, vegetables, nuts, roots, and small game animals. They have no trouble eating the food of any human or demihuman race. Grommams have little effect on the affairs of other races.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Grommams are a close-knit people. A grommam family usually consists of one adult male, 1-2 adult females, and 1-4 children. One female generally cooks, cleans, and manages the children, while the other directs all household affairs such as finances, purchases, and dealings with other grommam families. The male performs heavy labor either for the family or for a local guild or business. Several dozen related families form a clan, the basic social unit, and 2d4 clans form a house, which is led by a demigod (see below). In most clans, only the "director" female is allowed to vote on political issues. Unmarried males form the backbone of the military forces, and more than a few become adventurers.
Civilization and Culture
Average Technological Level
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.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
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.
Common Dress Code
Grommams prefer to wear loose, brightly colored clothing, particularly short-sleeved kimonos. They are fond of belts, arm straps, and leg straps, to which they attach weapons and tools that are tied down.
Common Myths and Legends
Like other races, grommams have gods – but their gods (of demigod level) openly live among the grommams themselves as their rulers and ad visors. The appearance of each demigod can vary widely by sex and among individuals. Grommams are highly religious and organized, and most are lawful good.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Grommams have little effect on the affair of other races.
Grommam can use all weapons that humans can. Indeed, they can wield a weapon in each hand without penalty for two-handed combat. Their preferred weapons are those that inflict the highest damage, as grommams are not concerned with the weapon's weight.
Their preferred armor is chainmail, but they tend to use multiple weapons instead of carrying a shield.
Average Height
Most grommams are five feet tall and have arm spans up to nine feet wide.
Average Weight
Males weigh 350-500 lbs., while females weigh half as much.
Average Physique
Grommams are gorilla-like apes with heavy upper-body musculature. Their legs are short and their feet are roughly soled and their toes have a limited ability to grasp objects.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
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.
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