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thing keeping the unfortunate creature from being eaten was a
thick, totem-laden staff stuck in the upper and lower jaws of
the great lizard. I immediately decided that I couldn’t
allow such a tenacious creature to be eaten
alive in front of me, and fired several
arrows into the dracodile. That got
its attention, and the boar-man was
able to escape its toothy maw. I
then waded in with sword and
dagger to finish the beast off.
What an exhilarating battle!
Afterwards, I was
able to ask the creature
its name and where it
came from. I soon found
that it was a “he,” and
we decided that his name
was Groth. He actually
spoke a smidgen of
Cygnaran mixed in with
all the grunting and squealing.
Groth apparently was a
shaman amongst his people,
who live in the deepest reaches
of Widower’s Wood. This noble
soul felt that he owed me a debt
of gratitude for saving him from
the dracodile and offered to
enchant the hide of the beast to
protect me should I run afoul
of any more dracodiles in the
wood. As I could not drag
the enormous carcass
out of the swamp—
though I wanted to,
what an enormous specimen!—I agreed to allow Groth to
fashion a suit of dracodile hide armor for me. I spent the
next few days with Groth in his wattle and daub hut, and we
became fast friends.
I occasionally wear the armor to this day—though it often
smells of swamp gas on particularly hot, stagnant days—and
always manage to pay Groth a visit whenever I venture into
Widower’s Wood.
Combat
The farrow prefer an ambush to all other forms of attack.
They almost always smell their prey long before their victims
are anywhere near them. As the farrow commonly appropriate
their victims’ weapons as their own, any of the above weapons
may be substituted with another.
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Farrow
Skills: *Due to their unsurpassed sense of smell, the farrow
receive a +4 racial bonus to Search and Spot checks.
Farrow Characters
The farrow’s preferred class is barbarian, and
most farrow chieftains are barbarians. Farrow
shaman are usually adepts and prefer spells
that aid in combat and stealth.
Legends &
Lore
CoMMoN: The farrow are
half-man, half-boar monsters.
UNCoMMoN: The barbaric
farrow are little more than
animals that have learned to
walk upright.
RARE: The farrow are actually
capable of moderate civilization.
Some farrow tribes have been able
to keep their stolen firearms in working
order but have yet to learn how to
manufacture ammunition. Watch out
for them when they are on the hunt
for more bullets.
obSCURE: The farrow were created
centuries ago as a slave race for a
deranged wizard.
Treasure
As the farrow are fond
of raiding human caravans,
adventurers will often discover
various human-wrought items among a farrow’s belongings.
These may range from magical armor and weapons to far more
mundane objects.
Hooks
The PCs are on a well-traveled Cygnaran highway when
the farrow leap up from their hiding places on the roadside
and ambush them! This particular tribe has been able to
keep its plundered rifles in working order and is willing to
use them on their newest targets. PCs who investigate may
learn that a human wizard leads the tribe and has been using
them to advance his own mysterious agenda. DMs may wish
to substitute the farrow’s Alertness feat with Exotic Weapon
Proficiency (small arms).
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