Marching From the Ashes; Grippli Archers

 During the Cult of Cinders adventure of the Age of Ashes adventure path, players will encounter a humanoid species of small froglike beings that call themselves the grippli. The grippli are a hunter-gatherer society that lives in harmony with nature. In Cult of Cinders, these people are potential allies. On Golarion, the grippli live in the Mwangi Expanse, and it would make sense for parties doing a west marches campaign on Garund to encounter them. For any world, you decide to run, these creatures make an interesting choice to populate your rain forests or swamps with.

Recall Knowledge - Humanoid (Society): DC 18

Unspecific Lore: DC 16

Specific Lore: DC 13

Most comfortable in the trees of the forest of Mifob, Upachi warfare favors accurate ranged attacks. skilled archers from among citizens are drafted into Upach defense forces.   

Grippli Archer    Officer 3

 

SMALL

GREEN

HUMANOID

GRIPPLI

 

Source Cult of Cinders pg. 87

Perception +10; darkvision

Languages Upach

Skills Acrobatics +9, Athletics +6, Nature +8

Str +1, Dex +4, Con +2, Int +0, Wis +3, Cha -1

Items leather armor, shortbow (30 arrows), shortsword

AC 20; Fort +9, Ref +11, Will +10

HP 44

Speed 25 feet, climb 20 feet

Melee  shortsword +11 (+7/+3) (agile, finesse, versatile S), Damage 1d6+3 piercing

Ranged  shortbow +11 (+6/+1) (deadly 1d10, range increment 60 feet, reload 0), Damage 1d6+2 piercing

Hail of Arrows  The grippli archer makes three ranged Strikes with their shortbow, all against a single target. Combine the damage of any Strikes that hit for the purpose of resistances and weaknesses.

Jungle Stride A grippli ignores difficult terrain in forests and jungles.

Archer Tactics

Grippli Archers have a clear preference for ranged combat. When they have the opportunity to establish the terms of combat, at least an obstacle will separate them from their enemy. they may also attack from an elevated position, like up a tree. during combat, archers will manage their distance from the enemy while ensuring they have a friendly melee combatant blocking a path to their position. An ideal distance for an archer is 40 to 50 ft; this increases the likelihood of being able to range more than one opponent while forcing belligerents to spend multiple actions to close distance with them.

The Archer's Hail of Arrows feat allows them to make three attacks with their shortbow for only two actions. They are unlikely to use any other attack action. the first or third action may to position their target in range. If they don't need to adjust their position, they would use the hide action to lower their profile to incoming ranged attacks.

Materials

Grippli rarely forge metals; most metal implements they use have been scavenged from other species. Most of their gear is crafted from animal skins, bones, and insect Chitin. These implements are typically hardness 4 and can receive tattoos in addition to runes.