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put a pistol to my head and pulled the bloody trigger!).
Had we just been waylaid by remnants of an ancient people
known as the Tharn? I must admit I believe so. Barbarians of
any kind are extremely rare in Immoren proper these days, and
the Tharn must truly be on the verge of extinction. I surmise
that’s why they were so keen to recover their man. In any case, I’m
entertaining the idea of finding some hearty souls to accompany
me back into those damnable woods to see if I can uncover more.
Now where’s my bloody pistol?
Combat
The Tharn
have the ability
to “channel
the Wurm.” While they often
tend to engage their opponents
traditionally with sword or axe,
the barbarians willingly eschew their
blades for their chaos frenzy, which they
call the Gift of the Devourer.
Chaos Frenzy (Su): Tharn can enter
a barbarian-like rage that brings to the
surface their more bestial nature. While
frenzied, they gain denser musculature
and a thickened hide. Twice per
day, tharn are able to chaos
frenzy with the same duration
and effects as barbarian
rage, except that they also
gain the following
benefits: a +4
bonus to natural
armor, a +5 bonus
to Will saves (instead
of a +2 bonus),
the scent ability,
wolf-like fangs, and sharp
black claws. Tharn can track
via scent while in chaos
frenzy; however, once
the chaos frenzy ends, they must make new Survival checks
to keep tracking their prey via normal means.
Skills (Ex): Tharn have a +2 racial bonus to Survival
checks. *Tharn use their Strength modifier instead of their
Charisma modifier for Intimidate checks.
Treasure
The only treasure to be found among these depraved savages
is the various weapons and other items that formerly belonged
to their victims.
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Tharn
Legends & Lore
CoMMoN: The Tharn were once a barbarian tribe in the
Thornwood region.
UNCoMMoN: The barbaric Tharn are a cursed lot who are
said to eat people.
RARE: The knights of Cygnar supposedly wiped the Tharn
out ages ago, yet some
of these Devourerreveringsavages
reside in the
Thornwood to
this day. After
enduring the
Ten Ills imposed by
Morrow ages ago,
they turned toward
dark and savage
magics in order
to survive.
obSCURE:
The Tharn have embroiled
themselves in a sinister pact of
some sort, and they must ritually
bestow one soul to
the dark forces during
certain moon cycles.
(The three moons of
Caen have a complex
dance, but a correct alignment
will occur on average
once every three months.)
Hooks
Traveling through or
near the Thornwood,
the PCs are attacked
by a band of
bloodthirsty
barbarians.
Their apparent
leader wields a peculiar greatsword that emits waves of power.
Scrutiny reveals it to possibly be a long lost weapon of a great
Cygnaran knight who had fallen in battle ages ago when the
royal order fought tribes of barbarians called the Tharn somewhere
within the Dragonspine Peaks. It is believed that the
order would pay substantially to regain the blade.
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