{"id":46956,"date":"2026-07-09T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=46956"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T23:51:32","slug":"gritty-orgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2026\/07\/gritty-orgins\/","title":{"rendered":"Gritty orgins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here's artist Brian Allen's first design of the monster who would eventually become Gritty<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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His name was Benny, and he had a tail!<\/p>\n

As a cool bonus, The Creature Codex on Tumblr has statted Gritty out for D&D<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Gritty
\nCR 8 CG Monstrous Humanoid<\/b>
\nThis bright orange monster has a matted beard, oversized eyebrows, bulbous eyes and a pot belly. He wears a helmet and some padding, and carries an oversized sporting implement.<\/i><\/p>\n

A Gritty is a force of mostly-benevolent chaos, a bacchanalian entity that enjoys revels and riots in equal measure. Gritties believe in roughhousing to let off steam, and enjoy a good scrap more than anything else. This fighting can turn deadly, however, against those that seek to impose their wills on other creatures and the forces of tyranny. They rebel against authority figures of all types, and encourage others to do the same. Even goodly governments can draw the ire of a Gritty if they step out of line, and Gritties enforce the power of the people over that of the state. As such, they tend to be beloved by common folk and despised by elites and aristocrats. <\/p>\n

A Gritty often dresses garishly, but they are capable of surprising stealth if they need it. If brawling for the fun of it, they prefer to attack from the open, but when resisting authority they strike from ambush. They can lay out an opponent with a single punch. Once they have knocked out an enemy, they use Intimidate checks to threaten its allies into surrendering, and then keep swinging if that fails. Although Gritties are somewhat foolish and impulsive, they are difficult to control with mind-altering magic. Many Gritties enjoy using improvised weapons in place of or in addition to their fists, as much as for novelty as anything.<\/p>\n

Gritties are large for Medium sized creatures, being nearly seven feet tall on average and tending to be fat. Their fur and beards are of similar, but not identical shade. They can live for hundreds of years, and eat whatever scraps they can get their hands on (preserved meats and frozen desserts are a favorite). <\/p>\n

Gritty CR 8
\nXP 4,800<\/b>
\nCG Medium monstrous humanoid
\nInit<\/b> +3; Senses<\/b> darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, Perception +9
\nDefense
\nAC<\/b> 21, touch 13, flat-footed 18 (+3 Dex, +2 armor, +6 natural)
\nhp<\/b> 97 (13d10+26)
\nFort<\/b> +6, Ref<\/b> +11, Will<\/b> +7; +4 vs. charm and compulsion effects
\nDR<\/b> 10\/piercing; SR<\/b> 23 (divine spells only)
\nDefensive<\/b> Qualities no gods, no masters
\nOffense
\nSpeed<\/b> 30 ft.
\nMelee<\/b> two handed improvised weapon +16\/+11\/+6 (2d6+4\/19-20) or 2 slams +16 (1d6+3)
\nRanged<\/b> improvised thrown weapon +16 (1d6+3)
\nSpecial Attacks<\/b> knockout 2\/day
\nStatistics
\nStr<\/b> 17, Dex<\/b> 17, Con<\/b> 14, Int<\/b> 10, Wis<\/b> 9, Cha<\/b> 14
\nBase Atk<\/b> +13; CMB<\/b> +16 (+18 sunder); CMD<\/b> 29 (31 vs. sunder)
\nFeats<\/b> Bludgeoner, Catch Off Guard, Improved Sunder, Improvised Weapon Mastery, Intimidating Prowess, Power Attack, Throw Anything
\nSkills<\/b> Acrobatics +12, Climb +11, Knowledge (local) +5, Intimidate +13, Perception +8, Perform (comedy) +7, Sense Motive +5, Stealth +15, Survival +8, Swim +11; Racial Modifiers<\/b> +4 Acrobatics, +4 Stealth
\nLanguages<\/b> Common
\nSQ<\/b> favored community (+6)
\nEcology
\nEnvironment<\/b> urban
\nOrganization<\/b> solitary or pair
\nTreasure<\/b> incidental (leather armor, hockey stick, three hockey pucks, ice skates, other treasure)
\nSpecial Abilities
\nFavored Community (Ex)<\/b> A Gritty has an adopted community (of small town or larger), in which it gains benefits. While in its favored community, a Gritty gains a +6 bonus on initiative checks, as well as all Knowledge (local), Perception, Stealth and Survival checks. A Gritty leaves no trail and cannot be tracked in its favored community unless it so chooses. A Gritty can choose a new community to be its favored community through eight hours of carousing in the new community, but can only have one favored community at a time.
\nKnockout (Ex)<\/b> Twice per day, a Gritty can declare an attack to be a knockout blow. If it hits with this attack, the opponent struck must succeed a DC 20 Fortitude save or be knocked unconscious for 1d6 rounds. Each round on its turn, the unconscious target may attempt a new saving throw to end the effect as a full-round action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Creatures immune to critical hits or nonlethal damage are immune to this ability.
\nNo Gods, No Masters (Ex\/Su)<\/b> A Gritty gains a +4 racial bonus on all saving throws made against charm and compulsion effects. In addition, it gains spell resistance equal to 15+ its CR against divine spells. A Gritty cannot lower this spell resistance willingly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The bit about eating preserved meats and frozen desserts is a reference to the official Gritty backstory the Philadelphia Flyers released, which said that he was found when construction at the Wells Fargo Center disturbed the hideout where he'd been living for years, surviving off stolen hot dogs and shaved ice eaten straight out of the zamboni.<\/p>\n

\"Gritty,<\/p>\n

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