Grom Ironjaw
Grom Ironjaw
Sheet
AC 13 · HP 136 · 30 ft.Saving throws
Skills
- Animal HandlingWIS
- AthleticsSTR
- DeceptionCHA
- HistoryINT
- InsightWIS
- IntimidationCHA
- InvestigationINT
- NatureINT
- PerceptionWIS
- PerformanceCHA
- PersuasionCHA
- ReligionINT
- Sleight of HandDEX
- StealthDEX
- SurvivalWIS
Armor
Weapons
Tools
Languages
Features
25 featuresAction
- Extra Attack and Fast MovementLevel 5
You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Your Speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing Heavy Armor.
Bonus action
- Adrenaline RushOrcAs a Bonus Action, you can gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Proficiency Bonus and move up to your Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining all expended uses after a Long Rest.
Always on
- RageLevel 1
When Bonus Action
Enter a battle trance that grants resistance to physical punishment, improves Strength-based attacks, and makes Grom difficult to stop.
- Double Assault
When Attack action
Make two attacks when taking the Attack action, using disciplined close-quarters strikes or approved modern training techniques.
- Brutal StrikeLevel 9
When Strength-based attack with Advantage while raging
Give up attack-roll Advantage to land a more punishing strike and impose a tactical Brutal Strike effect.
- Bear Endurance
When While raging
Use Bear's endurance to resist almost every form of damage while raging.
- Instinctive Pounce
When Roll Initiative
Move immediately after rolling Initiative, closing distance before opponents can organize.
- Unarmored DefenseLevel 1
While not wearing armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
- Weapon MasteryLevel 1
You gain mastery with four simple or martial weapons of your choice. Grom instead applies this training to unarmed combat and improvised battlefield equipment in his modern setting.
- Danger SenseLevel 2
You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects you can see, such as traps and spells. You do not gain this benefit while Blinded, Deafened, or Incapacitated.
- Reckless AttackLevel 2
You have advantage on attack rolls using Strength during your Rage. When an attack using Strength would have Advantage, you can forgo that Advantage to gain no disadvantage from the attack roll and deal extra damage on a hit.
- Primal KnowledgeLevel 3
You gain the Primal Knowledge skill option and proficiency in one additional skill from the Barbarian skill list. Grom has proficiency in Perception and Survival.
- Wildheart: Animal of the WildLevel 3
You gain the Wildheart subclass and its features.
- Wildheart: BearLevel 3
You gain an additional use of Rage and can choose Bear as your Animal of the Wild. While raging, you gain resistance to all damage types except Psychic, unless the damage is dealt by a spell or another magical effect.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 4
You gain the ability score increase granted at this level. Grom's final scores already include all selected increases.
- Wildheart: Aspect of the WildLevel 6
You can choose one additional Animal of the Wild option and gain its benefit while raging. Grom retains Bear as his primary choice and uses its endurance as the foundation of his training.
- Feral Instinct and Instinctive PounceLevel 7
You have advantage on Initiative rolls. Immediately after you roll Initiative, you can move up to half your Speed. This movement does not provoke Opportunity Attacks.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 8
You gain the ability score increase granted at this level. Grom's final scores already include all selected increases.
- Wildheart: Nature SpeakerLevel 10
Your Rage damage bonus increases, and you gain an additional Wildheart option from the Aspect of the Wild feature.
- Relentless RageLevel 11
When you fail a saving throw while raging, you can expend a use of Rage to reroll it. You must use the new roll.
- Ability Score ImprovementLevel 12
You gain the ability score increase granted at this level. Grom's final scores already include all selected increases.
- Improved Brutal StrikeLevel 13
Your Brutal Strike gains additional effects and increased tactical impact. When you use Brutal Strike, you can apply two different Brutal Strike effects instead of one.
- DarkvisionOrcYou can see in Dim Light within 60 feet as if it were Bright Light, and in Darkness as if it were Dim Light. You see no color in Darkness, only shades of gray.
- Relentless EnduranceOrcWhen reduced to 0 Hit Points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 Hit Point instead. Once used, this trait cannot be used again until you finish a Long Rest.
- Military RankSoldier
You retain the respect of soldiers and veterans who recognize your service. You can secure basic shelter and aid from military organizations, and you can identify military ranks, customs, and insignia. Your Soldier Origin feat is Alert.
Gear
10 itemsTools
- Gaming setA small metal gaming set retained from his Soldier service.
Gear
- Black tank topWorn sleeveless black tank top used as everyday clothing and training wear.
- Canvas jacketHeavy, scuffed canvas jacket with reinforced seams and interior pockets.
- Reinforced cargo pantsReinforced dark-gray cargo pants suitable for urban work and combat training.
- Combat bootsHeavy steel-toed combat boots, cleaned for use on training mats.
- Training uniformBlack compression shorts and a reinforced athletic shirt for Advanced Strength and Sexual Endurance Training.
- Training protective gearWrist wraps and knee pads for sparring and conditioning drills.
- Tooth talismanLeather cord carrying a single chipped tooth taken as a trophy from an old fight.
- Military papersA modern identification card and worn military service documents from the Iron Fist mercenary group.
- Field packA compact field pack containing water, rations, a flashlight, basic hygiene supplies, and a bedroll.
Appearance
Grom is a towering orc man, standing six feet five inches tall, with dense, corded muscle and thick bone. His deep forest-green skin is marked by old scars across his arms, chest, and back. His broad, heavy-browed face bears prominent lower tusks filed to sharp points, deep brown eyes, and a thin white scar crossing his left eyebrow. His black hair is cut into a severe military buzz cut. In casual settings he wears a worn black tank top, a heavy canvas jacket, reinforced dark-gray cargo pants, and steel-toed boots. A leather cord around his neck carries a single chipped tooth. During training, he wears black compression shorts, a reinforced athletic shirt, wrist wraps, knee pads, and cleaned combat boots.
Mannerisms
Grom stands with his feet planted wide and his shoulders square, as though every room might become a battlefield. He pauses before answering difficult questions, studies the speaker's hands, and speaks in short, deliberate sentences. When irritated, he rolls one tusk against his lower lip. When impressed, he gives a single approving nod and says, "Efficient."
Personality
Blunt, direct, and unshakable. Grom speaks little and prefers action to explanation. He respects strength, loyalty, competence, and people who remain calm under pressure. He despises wasted motion, empty threats, and performative bravado. His humor is dry and dark, usually appearing when circumstances are at their worst or when someone unexpectedly demonstrates skill.
Ideals
Strength exists to protect the vulnerable, not to glorify the strong. Discipline is the difference between power and savagery.
Bonds
The undercity of Atrix Isle raised me, and I will never abandon people trapped in the same conditions. I still carry the chipped tooth of the first Iron Fist recruit who treated me as a brother. I will destroy the organization if it returns to the city and begins preying on civilians.
Flaws
I believe competence excuses cruelty more often than it does. When someone proves weak, careless, or theatrical, I become contemptuous before I become patient. I also have difficulty accepting help, because dependence feels too much like captivity.
Quirks
Background
Grom was raised in the undercity slums of Atrix Isle, where hunger, debt, and violence shaped every lesson. Among the stacked tenements and rusting service tunnels, an orc child learned quickly that strength was not merely useful, it was a language everyone understood. Grom survived by carrying cargo, breaking up gang disputes, and taking work no one else wanted. His size made him valuable, but it was his discipline that made him feared. He did not waste motion, words, or chances. The Iron Fist mercenary group recruited him after witnessing him hold a collapsing checkpoint alone long enough for civilians to escape. Their instructors turned his raw strength into brutal efficiency through punishing drills, forced marches, and close-quarters combat. Grom became a Soldier who could keep moving after others fell, but the group eventually crossed a line he would not accept. When an officer ordered the execution of prisoners, Grom refused, broke the officer's jaw, and deserted beneath a hail of gunfire. Now he works as a modern combat trainer and professional enforcer, using the rage that once made him a weapon as a shield for people who cannot protect themselves. His Wildheart discipline draws on the endurance of the bear, allowing him to become an unmovable presence rather than merely an engine of destruction.
“Grom survived by carrying cargo, breaking up gang disputes, and taking work no one else wanted.”
- Background
- Soldier
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Species
Orc
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