A monster class for the great ape. Illustration by vonZzyzx on reddit.

Starting Equipment
A Sturdy Branch (as a Maul), and your choice of Fire Ants in a Gourd, a 80’ long vine or a Leaf cloak (For camouflage).

Starting Skills
Your choice of Jungle Life, Mountain Life, Monastery Life, or University Professor (choose a course)

For every Great Ape template you have, you gain 1 Psyche slot.

A: Wise, Free
B: Unbothered, Strong
C: Sapient, Savage
D: Enlightened

Wise

You can take 10 minutes to Ponder. When you do, you can do one of the following things:

• Add a simple question about something you can see in your Psyche. The question must be in this format: “Is this (noun) (adjective)?” i.e.: Is this pathway safe? Is this person kind? Is this king alive?
• Ask the referee one of the questions in your Psyche. They will reply truthfully.

You must stand still and not be interrupted to ponder.

Free

You can run on any vertical surface up to 30’.

You can also jump as far as you are higher than your destination. Which means that if you jump somewhere 60’ below you, you can also land 60’ away from you. You only take 1 damage from every 10’ of falling and, if you successfully land on an enemy, it takes 1D6 points of damage per 10’ you have fallen from.

Unbothered

You are immune to pain, hunger and dying while you Ponder. You still take damage.

Strong

If you grapple something human-sized or smaller, your movement is not hindered by it and you can throw it as easily as you would throw a simple fruit.

Sapient

Pondering can be done as fast as 1 round and as slow as 100 years, but you must decide beforehand. You can do 2 actions the turn after having pondered.

Savage

When you grapple a human-sized or smaller target, it also takes 1D6 damage. If a target is already grappled by you on your turn, you can make a Strength save to break whatever limb you are grappling, making it unusable.

Grappled Condition Reminder

You cannot move. Roll a D6: 1) your head/mouth/throat is stuck, you can’t breathe; 2) left leg; 3) right leg; 4) left arm; 5) right arm; 6) an item you wear or hold is stuck.

Enlightened

When you Ponder, you can choose the following option instead:

• Transform one of your questions into an affirmation like “This (noun) is (adjective)”. i.e. This pathway is safe. This person is kind. This king is alive. When you do so, you must refer to a specific thing you can see. What you change will be undone if you ever stop seeing it.

If you do so, the original question is removed from your Psyche. If your target has a specific name, it, or one of its custodians, can use a similar ability using the strucre “this ape is (adjective)” once they become aware of what happened.