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Tharn
Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Tharn)
Hit Dice: 6d8+18 (hp 45); 6d8+30 (hp 57, in
chaos frenzy)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares)
Armor Class: 15 (+2 Dex, +3 hide armor), touch
12, flat-footed 13; AC 17, touch 10,
flat-footed 15 (in chaos frenzy)
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+10
Attack: Greatsword +10 melee (2d6+6/19–
20) or greataxe +10 melee (1d12+6/
x3); or claw +12 melee (1d4+6)
(while in chaos frenzy)
Full Attack: Greatsword +10/+5 melee
(2d6+6/19–20); or greataxe
+10/+5 melee (1d12+6/x3); or 2
claws +12 melee (1d4+6) and bite +7
melee (1d6+3) (while in chaos frenzy)
Years ago, I was on a mission that took me inside
the Thornwood. It was difficult raising men to
accompany me, since traversing this boggy wood
was largely considered suicide. More than once I’ve
been asked: “Why not just put a pistol to your head and pull
the bloody trigger, Pendrake?”
That one never fails to make
me chuckle, but it doesn’t
dissuade me much.
Ah, but the Thornwood,
yes… I recall an observant
scout announcing we were
being followed. I put the
camp on alert, instructing
the scout and some of his
companions to lay a trap.
Later that evening, we’d
snagged what appeared to
be a barbarian. Snared in netting,
suspended from a shadowbranch’s
bough, a huge man with painted skin
strained at the thick ropes and cursed us in
choppy Khardic. I scrutinized his tattoos, fascinated
by the intricate sigils; many of them represented
aspects of the Devourer. I began reciting what I
knew about the ancient Tharn that once inhabited these woods
in the thousands but who were presumed to have been destroyed.
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Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Chaos frenzy, darkvision 60 ft.
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +7, Will +5 (F/R/W
+7/+7/+10 in chaos frenzy)
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 15, Con 16,
Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 8
Skills: Climb +5, Intimidate +5*, Jump +6,
Listen +2, Survival +5
Feats: Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Track
Environment: Temperate forest
Organization: Family (2–5), pack (6–20), or
band (21–40)
Challenge Rating: 4
Alignment: Usually chaotic evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: +2
Suddenly, the barbarian issued a thunderous bellow, and
next I knew at least half a dozen of these savages bounded
from the darkness. They were something more than just
painted men. Bodies corded with thick muscles, they crossed
distances in great leaps. One of them piled into a man next
to me, and I was too late to save him from having his
throat torn out by long black claws. The savage turned
its head toward me, and yellow eyes reflected the
campfire light as it displayed a slavering mouthful
of wolf-like fangs. I raised my
shield and braced for the attack
that never came. Whether the
bestial men conceded our much
greater numbers or for whatever
other reason, the slayer of my
retainer bellowed a command,
and two of them quickly pulled
down their companion from
our netting. The savage in front
of me then threw the dead man
over its powerfully built shoulders—as
did a couple of the others
I assumed, noticing afterward we were
missing three men in all—and they loped
off into the darkness. No one seemed eager
to give chase, and I sure wasn’t going after them alone (admittedly
I entertained the idea briefly… but I may as well have
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