Racial Description

Chameleon: Troglodytes resemble salamander like creatures with tough, leathery scales. Their skin varies from a light purplish-grey to a fair white-pink, with variations on the blue or red tone in their skin. Their face and neck are framed by soft frills of crimson or pink and they have a frill of similar color starting at their forehead and traveling down their neck. They stand roughly the height of human beings, despite reports of Troglodytes being towering behemoths. Their imposing nature is best associated with their menacing appearance, which makes them ideal thugs and bruisers. Though Troglodytes are best known for their rancid stench, those intelligent enough to understand the concept of 'decency' will often bathe regularly to separate themselves from their more tribal relatives. This doesn't stop anyone from making a face in anticipation of the potential stench (and often one still lingers).   Blood and War: Little is understood about the history of Troglodyte society. This is imparted by their lack of even oral records, as Troglodytes are often too busy fighting each other or hunting to remember most anything. That and their short life span, and life expectancy, means that they often don't have utility for any kind of historical record, as to keep such would be viewed as a waste of time.   Clan and Kin: Troglodyte society is anarchic in nature, their individual tribes, and clans not only continually at war with each other but also in a state of constant tension between those who are competing as leaders of the hunt. Those who are too weak are either outcast or killed, with little tolerance for intelligence or talent (things that Troglodytes lack the capacity to appreciate in the first place). Troglodytes lack the capacity to plan ahead more than a few days, which means they will go on multiple raids or hunts in a single week, terrorizing all nearby settlements or towns. Especially fond of shiny objects, troglodytes understand the value of metal items, and will fight each other relentlessly for their ownership. Non-enlightened troglodytes know and worship only one deity, Laogzed. A god of gluttony and sloth, his visage is that of a massive, fat toad. He offers his worshipers nothing but desire and aspiration as they desire only to be as fat and content as he seems to be.   Troglodyte Names: Troglodytes don't have the imagination for arbitrary names, so they often simply give their children descriptive names, such as 'One-Who-Stalks' or 'One-With-Pale-Frills'. Such names are of a utilitarian nature and rarely have any bearing on the individual gender. Troglodytes from different clans will often combine their individual name with their clan's name, such as 'One-Who-Stalks of Those-Of-The-Stony-Bluffs'. Most other races will simply shorten these names to 'Who-Stalks' and 'Stony-Bluffs'