Jotenkin
- Armor Class
- 5 [14] (9 [10])
- Hit Dice
- 3+3
- Attacks
- Weapon (1d6)
- Special
- cold, immunity
- Move
- 9 unarmored 12
- HDE/XP
- 3/60
Description
Hailing from regions of rugged northern coastlines, Jotenkin are large humanoids with kinship to giants. Many simply call them North-men. A jotenkin is less brutish and slightly smaller than an ogre, and may even be considered just a large race of mankind. Each is an expert seaman in the dragon-headed longboat that is customarily used. Jotenkin society is warrior-oriented and thrives by raiding and pillaging coastal communities. Other than such raiding, jotenkin do not generally mix with the normal humans that share the same regions, though they may take human slaves. Where the humans revere certain deities of their culture, the jotenkin revere the antithesis giants of those pantheons. They speak their own language that sounds similar to that of frost giants.
A jotenkin arms themselves with large axes, swords, spears, and the like, and utilize wooden shields. Even the smallest jotenkin receives a +1 damage bonus when using a weapon due to strength. Jotenkin are essentially immune to cold environmental effects and even extreme or magical cold causes only half-damage. If a save is involved with such a cold-based effect, a jotenkin receives a +4 bonus.
One out of every five jotenkin will be a warrior of 5+5 HD (XP 360) and +2 damage bonus. Regular jotenkin gain a +1 bonus to their morale if such warriors are around to keep order. Each jotenkin longboat will be led by a chieftain of 8+8 hit dice (XP 875), having a +3 bonus to damage due to strength.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.