# Race: Loxodon > [!info] Quick Facts > | | | > |---|---| > | **Rarity** | Extremely rare | > | **Perception in Gryth** | Neutral. Most of Gryth believes loxodons to be a myth, and a people nobody is sure exists is a people nobody has judged. | > | **Guide Section** | Extremely Rare Races | ## Overview Most loxodons live on the island of [[Region - The Tohon Empire|Tohon]], in [[Continent - Q'Shar|Q’Shar]], in temples high in its mountain peaks. Some of these sanctuaries have stood for longer than most nations in Gryth. Many people elsewhere in the world believe loxodons are only a story. ## Great Frames and Slow Voices A loxodon is an elephantine humanoid, standing between seven and eight feet in height and built with the mass to match, grey or dusty brown in hide, with a trunk, broad ears and heavy tusks. They move without haste and speak in the same manner, in a low rumble that carries further than its volume suggests. Their hands are large and surprisingly precise, and loxodon craftwork in stone and in woven fibre is among the finest produced anywhere on Q’Shar, though almost none of it leaves the temples. ## The Long Memory Loxodon society is built on remembering. Every sanctuary keeps its own history in the heads of its elders, recited rather than written, and a loxodon of middle years can generally give an account of their community reaching back several centuries without hesitating. Disputes are settled by reference to what was done in comparable circumstances the last time, and the last time is frequently a very long while ago indeed. Outsiders find the process maddeningly slow, and the loxodons have never been persuaded that speed is a virtue in this context. ## Stoic and Unmoved Loxodons are peaceful by disposition and difficult to provoke, taking insult and misfortune alike with a calm that other peoples occasionally mistake for slowness of feeling. They value the community above the individual, they distrust urgency, and they hold that a decision made quickly is a decision that will be revisited. The few loxodons who have left the peaks have done so after years of deliberation, and usually with the sanctuary’s blessing and a task to carry out. ## Loxodon Traits **Ability Score Increase.** Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1. **Age.** Loxodons reach adulthood around age 30 and live up to 450 years. **Creature Type.** You are a Humanoid. **Size.** Your size is Medium. **Speed.** Your walking speed is 30 feet. **Powerful Build.** You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift. **Loxodon Serenity.** You have advantage on saving throws you make to avoid or end the charmed or frightened conditions on yourself. **Natural Armour.** You have thick, leathery skin. When you are not wearing armour, your base AC is 12 + your Constitution modifier. You can use your natural armour to determine your AC if the armour you wear would leave you with a lower AC. A shield’s benefits apply as normal while you use your natural armour. **Trunk.** You can grasp things with your trunk, and you can use it as a snorkel. It has a reach of 5 feet, and it can lift a number of pounds equal to five times your Strength score. You can use it to do the following simple tasks: lift, drop, hold, push, or pull an object or a creature; grapple someone; or make an unarmed strike. Your DM might allow other simple tasks to be added to that list of options. Your trunk cannot wield weapons or shields or do anything that requires manual precision, such as using tools or magic items or performing the somatic components of a spell. **Keen Smell.** You have advantage on Wisdom (Perception), Wisdom (Survival), and Intelligence (Investigation) checks that rely on smell. **Languages.** You can speak, read, and write Common and Loxodon. ## Connections - [[Region - The Tohon Empire]] — Island of Tohon, where most loxodons live in mountain temples - [[Continent - Q'Shar]] — Continent of the loxodon sanctuaries --- ## Gallery ![[Race - Loxodon.jpg]] --- *See also: [[Races]]*