Cyclopskin

One-eyed humanoids that look like bigger, lankier orcs. A humanoid.

Imagine a humanoid with one stupid eye. Cyclopskins are more often than not orcs with cyclops blood.

Gang Mentality, Doomsday Fear, Athletic

 
HD: 2 +2HP Armor: leather
Hit it: normal Dodge it: normal
Move: normal  

Attacks (1/round)

Clumsy Maul Bash. The cyclopskin makes one melee attack (1D8) with disadvantage.

Javelin. The cyclopskin makes one ranged attack (1D6).

Aggressive Rush. If it has the space, the cyclopskin moves its full movement towards a target and makes a melee attack (1D8). The cyclopskin is blinded for the rest of the round.


Random Encounter
  1. Monster: 2D4 cyclopskins & … (1D4)
    1. 1 cyclops
    2. 1 shaman
    3. 1D4 of them are warriors or goons
    4. roll twice
  2. Lair: A cyclopean temple to the One-Eyed God of the orcs.
      OR
    Omen: War chants to the One-Eyed God.
  3. Spoor: A dead body, with one rock smashed in the eyes.
  4. Tracks: Singe eyes carved on rocks.
  5. Trace: A broken spear.
  6. Trace: Statue of a cyclops.
Salvaging the body

Loot

You find the monster’s weapons and … (Roll as many times as the HD of the monster)

  1. A javelin, broken
  2. A net.
  3. A javelin.
  4. Two javelins.
  5. Pillaged silverware (Valuable).
  6. A rock fetish of the one-eyed god.
2D6 Cyclopskin Cultures

Combine the result of both tables to get the broad lines of this humanoid culture in this part of the world.

Cultures

  1. The ones that live in caves.
  2. The ones that live on rafts.
  3. The ones that live as an upper cast among orcs.
  4. The ones that joined the local horde.
  5. The ones that ride on dinosaurs.
  6. The ones that tend to a primeval temple.

Features

  1. They are afraid of the sky and birds.
  2. They are half elves.
  3. They are half orcs.
  4. They see all other humanoids as rivals.
  5. Their leader is a mountain sized cyclops.
  6. They are led by a beholder.
Player Class

Play as a Cyclops!


DM Notes

The cyclops has the problem of many giants in DnD in the fact that they have no abilities besides being big. It’s a bit sad, especially for something as visually striking as the cyclops. What I did was to give its eye a power and a reason to exploit this weakness.

Written on November 14, 2020