Grung

Grungs were poisonous frog-like amphibious humanoids that lived in trees. Their society was organized in castes determined by each grung's color.

Description
Grungs preferred to live in shady areas, and needed to remain in constant proximity to water. Their tadpoles developed in ground pools, already separated by caste. All grungs continuously secreted a poisonous substance that was harmless to them.

Biology
Grungs reproduced by laying eggs, which hatched into grey tadpoles which developed into humanoids over three months, and into adults over another six to nine months. Grungs reproduced quickly, one chieftain named Yorb had at least one hundred and eighty children, and that was just his sons.

Usage
Yuan-ti considered grung eggs to be a delicacy when candied.

Combat
In addition to their naturally poisonous nature, grungs also poisoned their weapons. Each color of grung poison caused a different ailment in their victims.

Society
Grung society was a rigid caste system, and each grungs place was determined by its color:


 * Green :Warriors, hunters, and general laborers.
 * Blue :Artisans, domestic and childcare workers.
 * Purple :Supervisors of the green and blue grungs. They make sure that the lower castes were happy.
 * Red :Scholars and magic users. Also known as grung wildlings, they were superior to purple, green and blue castes, and respected even by higher castes.
 * Orange :Elite warriors, with authority over all lesser grungs.
 * Gold :Also elite warriors, with the highest leadership positions. Every tribe leader was a gold grung.

Some mobility was possible between the castes, in cases of valuable contributions and great deeds, by the use of ritual magic and herbal compounds.

Grung tribes also made extensive use of slavery, and were always looking for new creatures to enslave. They kept their slaves at bay by poisoning their food in order to inflict lethargy on them. Over extended periods of time, the effects of such poisoning could only be removed by magic.

Language
Grungs spoke their own frog-like language called "grung," and most did not learn additional languages. Grung made use of both croaks (transcribed as "roook") and ribbits or chirps ("erp"), and made distinctions based on the length of croaks (e.g., "roook" versus "rooooook").

Homelands
Beyond Toril, grungs were known to exist on the planet of Oerth.

Notable grungs

 * Imbok, the one hundred and eightieth son of Yorb.
 * Nangnang, one of the Nine Trickster Gods of Chult, was a grung.
 * Yorb, a chieftain who occupied the temple of Nangnang in the city of Omu.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Dragon+ #12, "The Barber of Silverymoon" • Tomb of Annihilation
 * Video Games
 * Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms •
 * Card Games
 * AD&D Trading Cards