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Dug

Small species · Malastare
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New in SW5eThink of a small, strength-driven melee grappler who mostly moves on their arms and uses their legs for grappling and fine manipulation—perfect for a close-quarters brawler who thrives on physical control.✨
Dug
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Small brawler with finesse unarmed strikes, Powerful Build, a climb speed, and a level-scaling damage bonus against larger foes.
Born on the high-gravity world Malastare, dugs walk on their powerful arms and wield their feet as hands, channeling generations of oppression into bristling aggression.
duelistmelee-bruiser
●●○weight · 1d4 finesse, Fury of Small
Ability focusStrength-first with a Dex bump — a deceptively powerful Small melee fighter.
Standout traits
  • Fury of the Small — once per rest, deal bonus damage equal to your level when you hit a larger creature
  • Fisticuffs — unarmed strikes deal 1d4 kinetic and have the finesse property
  • Powerful Build — carrying and lifting capacity doubles (triples if already doubled)
!Small size with only 25 ft. speed; Undersized blocks heavy shields and most two-handed martial weapons.
natural-weaponsmobileintimidatingtough
Pairs withMonk or unarmed-focused Operative · Strength or Dexterity melee build · Martial Arts or Grappler feat

Biology and Appearance

Dugs are slender, powerfully built beings with a somewhat humanoid build and a unique method of walking that hailed from the high gravity world Malastare. Their primary means of locomotion is their strong arms, and their lower limbs and feet were used for grappling and other fine motor manipulation. They hardly ever walk on their lower limbs. Although most Dugs may walk on all four limbs, others like to use their strong arms as legs and their feet as hands like they would normally do.

Society and Culture

Due to their oppression under their Gran rulers who colonized Malastare, many Dugs often feel the need to throw around their strength in bids to establish dominance. As a result, they are known for their ill-tempered demeanor, and many are bullying thugs.

On their homeworld of Malastare, the vast majority of Dugs are little more than laborers toiling for the enrichment of the Gran. With the species excluded from much of the power and money on Malastare, many Dugs turn to swoop racing or bounty hunting as their only means to achieve fame and fortune. In all other areas, the Dugs are exploited.

Names

Dug names are often 3 syllables long, mostly through big sounds rather than harsh tones. There are harsher tones in their names as well though, often in the forms of x's and k's. Female Dugs have softer names, but no one would call them beautiful. Surnames are usually passed down through family or clan.

Male Names. Bawugri, Gadwouhx, Rorgukwa,

Female Names. Bosix, Grugne, Jiwous, Pragiba,

Surnames. Brundaare, Gninsaidi, Kedwir, Randaine

Distinctions. Arms used as legs and legs used as arms

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 2, and your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Age. Dugs reach adulthood in their early teens and live an average of 75 years. Their violent nature often leads to violent ends.

Alignment. Dugs' angry nature causes them to tend toward the dark side, though there are exceptions.

Size. Dugs typically stand between 3 and 4 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Small.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

Courageous. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Fisticuffs. Your unarmed strikes deal 1d4 kinetic damage and have the finesse property.

Fury of the Small. When you damage a creature with an attack or a power and the creature's size is larger than yours, you can cause the attack or power to deal extra damage to the creature. The extra damage equals your level. Once you use this trait, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Menacing. You have proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Strong and Small. You have a climbing speed of 25 feet.

Powerful Build. Your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift doubles. If it would already double, it instead triples.

Undersized. Your small stature makes it hard for you to wield bigger weapons. You can't use heavy shields. Additionally, you can't use martial weapons with the two-handed property unless it also has the light property, and if a martial weapon has the versatile property, you can only wield it in two hands.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Galactic Basic and Dug.