Goliath Expansion

 Known first and foremost for their formidable stature, there is a lot more to a goliath than simply their height. Those who are raised in their communities in the cold north are earnest and instilled with a drive that is rarely found elsewhere. Those that don't grow up this way still carry a natural resilience, an intuitiveness to the ice and cold, and often a unique set of marking on their skin that goliath cultures believe predict their future. 

Lineage Feats

Talented Competitor

Prerequisite: Goliath

Skilled at proving yourself against an opponent, you gain the following benefits:

• Increase one ability score by 1 and gain proficiency in a skill that uses that ability score.
• When you lose a contested skill check you can use your reaction to add 1d6. If using this feature enables you to succeed, you are satisfied and cannot use it again until you finish a short or long rest. 

Mountains Endurance.

Prerequisite: Goliath

More resilient than the usual goliath, you gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Constitution by 1
• Your Stones Endurance feature strengthens, as your skin has become tougher against what the world can throw at you. You can now use this ability a number of times equal your Constitution modifier, once you have used all uses you must take a short of long rest to be able to use this feature again.

Comfortable Climber

Prerequisite: Goliath

Even if you haven’t trekked the mountainous regions, you naturally seem to know where best to traverse, you gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength, Dexterity or Constitution by 1
• Your great size allows you to clamber with ease, you gain a climbing speed of 30ft and advantage on Athletics checks when manoeuvring across rocky surfaces.

Cold Heart

Prerequisite: Goliath

 When people talk about a goliath being infused with cold most assume it is figurative due to their resilience against the weather. You have learned differently.  

You know the Frostbite cantrip. You can also cast Frost Fingers* and Ice Knife as 1st level spells a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier. You regain the ability to cast these again once you have completed a long rest. Constitution is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

 *The spell Frost Fingers can be found in the book Rime of the Frostmaiden  

 

 Unique Items

Volatile Ice 

Adventuring Gear, Rare

Harvested by only the most skilled and fearless of goliaths on the high mountain peaks into carefully kept containers. Throwing these are often used as a first line of attack against large groups of mountainous beasts.

As an action, you can throw this container up to 30 feet, exploding on impact. Everyone within 5ft of where it lands must succeed a DC 12 Constitution save or take 2d4 Cold damage and have their movement slowed by 10 feet until the end of their next turn. On a success they take half damage and are not slowed. 

 
Category: Items
Damage: 2d4
Damage: Type: Cold
Properties: Improvised Weapons
Range: 30/60
Save: Constitution
Weight: 1

Tattoo of the Fate Breaker

Wonderous Item, Rare (Prerequisite: Goliath)

Covering your natural goliath markings is considered almost heresy in goliath communities, for these markings are said to tell your future. However, there is also a power to covering and remaking these marks for those who don’t know, or do not care. There’s power there too, with the right ingredients

When you have this tattoo done you can transfer power from one aspect of yourself to another. You may move 2 points from one ability score to any other ability score. You also gain a skill proficiency in a skill that uses the ability score you have just boosted.

This cannot be undone by any means except through the Wish spell, nor can you gain the benefits of this tattoo again

Feet of Strength

Wonderous Item, Uncommon
A pair of heavy boots covered in white yeti fur. These shoes give you a +1 to your jumping height and distance, as well as a +1 to any athletics check that involve jumping climbing.

 Dancing Stones 

Wonderous Item, Common
A bag of stones that vibrate in your hand when the weather is cold. Regardless of whether you are inside or out.