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Star Elf Racial Traits Star elves have the following abilities and characteristics. • +2 Charisma, –2 Constitution: Star elves are graceful but frail. • Medium-size. • Land speed 30 feet. • Immunity to magic sleep spells and effects, and a +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells and effects. • Low-light Vision: Star elves can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, or similar conditions of poor illumination. They retain the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions. • Otherworldly Touch (Su): Between sunset and sunrise a star elf confers the ghost touch ability on any melee weapon she wields and any armor she wears, but only so long as she keeps the weapon in hand or wears the armor. Star elves have a magical affinity for starlight that gives them an unusual edge in fighting extradimensional foes. • Extraplanar (Su): Star elves are not outsiders, but they are not native to Faerûn. Spells and effects that target extraplanar creatures affect star elves. Banishment, dismissal, and similar effects that banish outsiders return a star elf to Sildëyuir. RACES OF THE EAST 10 • +2 racial bonus on Listen, Search, and Spot checks. A star elf who merely passes within 5 feet of a secret or concealed door is entitled to a Search check to notice it as if she were actively looking for the door. A star elf’s senses are so keen that she practically has a sixth sense about hidden portals. • Star elves have no racial weapon proficiencies. • Automatic Languages: Common and Elven. Bonus Languages: By character region. • Favored Class: Bard. A multiclassed star elf’s bard class does not count when determining whether she suffers an XP penalty. Gnoll Bestial and bloodthirsty, gnolls are a savage race of hyena folk considered a blight upon the face of Faerûn by other races. Great numbers of gnolls inhabit the Plateau of Thay, providing the Red Wizards with fierce warriors to terrorize their own people as well as the neighboring lands. Personality: The typical gnoll has few redeeming virtues. He is a cruel, hateful bully, quick to rob from or torment those weaker than himself, and just as quick to grovel in the presence of those stronger. Lazy and ill-tempered, he prefers to steal what he needs and murder anyone who objects. Only the Star Elf Gnoll Taer Volodni Spirit folk Hagspawn Illustration by Matt Faulkner
Illustration by Matt Faulkner promise of loot and easy slaughter can stir him to real effort, and even then he is likely to abandon ongoing tasks to indulge his larcenous instincts unless a strong leader cows him into obedience. A small number of gnolls rise above the craven and violent nature of their fellows, taking pride in their skill at arms and their natural ferocity. While still contemptuous of weaklings, these gnolls have a savage nobility and can endure privation and real danger to prove they’re the toughest warriors around. Where a common gnoll is all bluster and bullying, a superior gnoll doesn’t waste time on words—he strikes hard and strikes fast to get what he wants. A gnoll with such determination and courage is rare and generally rises to a position of leadership among his people. Physical Description: If a hyena could walk on two legs and carry weapons, it would not be far from a gnoll. Gnolls’ skin is a greenish-gray color, and the furry hide is marked with brown spots and a reddish-gray to dirty yellow mane. These massive humanoids are nocturnal carnivores by nature, and they’re not particular about who or what they eat—or, for that matter, whether it’s been cooked. A gnoll can stand up to 7 1/2 feet in height. Relations: No one harbors goodwill toward gnollkind, not even gnolls themselves. Civilized folk such as humans or elves view them as cruel, rapacious marauders no better than orcs RACES OF THE EAST Star Elf Gnoll Taer Volodni Spirit folk 11 or goblins, and even other savage races do not get along with them. Gnoll bands serve the Red Wizards of Thay out of fear and the chance to plunder or torment those weaker than themselves. Alignment: Most gnolls are chaotic and evil, taking what they want from anyone not strong enough to defend it, and having no patience for rules. Those who behave otherwise either bury their nature beneath slavish devotion to a more powerful master or drive themselves to be better at what they do. Religion: Gnolls worship Yeenoghu, a demon lord who is the patron of their vile race. They are not particularly reverent, but a tribe or clan down on its luck might propitiate Yeenoghu through the sacrifice of living captives. Language: Most gnolls speak only Gnoll, but player characters speak Common as well. Bonus languages include Giant, Goblin, Mulan, Orc, and Rashemi. Names: Male—Brask, Durrash, Faush, Lask, Thovarr, Wesk; Female—Amal, Hett, Ishtish, Senga. Surnames: Bloodfang, Ear-taker, Face-ripper, Spearbreaker. Adventurers: Generally regarded as vicious thugs and brigands, most gnolls live down to expectations. However, in lands where gnolls are common, a small number are reliable enough (barely) to hold down jobs as guards, trackers, or hired muscle. As a sword-for-hire, a gnoll usually falls in with the worst sort
Page 2 and 3: Contents Introduction . . . . . . .
Page 4 and 5: Across the wide lands of Faerûn, b
Page 6 and 7: Chapter 5: Magic Items. The Red Wiz
Page 8 and 9: Races The races commonly found in o
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Page 16 and 17: Alignment: Volodnis are not activel
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Page 22 and 23: CLASS FEATURES All the following ar
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Page 30 and 31: CLASS FEATURES All the following ar
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Page 44 and 45: Great Stag Berserker REGIONS AND FE
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all respects. Animated trees lose t
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Dread Warrior Dread Warrior Human W
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MONSTERS OF THE EAST Shrieking Hag
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Hagspawn have the following abiliti
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divide at the end into stubby, stro
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work normally. Orglashes can be rai
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Spirit folk are the descendants of
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• +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, -
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Thomil A thomil is an animate piece
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COMBAT A fell troll’s tactics are
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Skills: Bluff +9, Diplomacy +5, Dis
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Artifacts of terrible power lie ent
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A Shadowmaster at work ADVENTURING
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Dungeons in the Unapproachable East
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that are stopped or camped normally
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16-17 14-15 Blooded one (UE) 1d3+1
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TABLE 7-9: LAKE ASHANE (COLD RIVER/
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TABLE 7-15: UMBER MARSHES (TEMPERAT
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Major Geographic Features From its
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The Fang The Fang is the part of th
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The Wizards’ Reach is not part of
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with the half-elves left for the we
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History of Aglarond The past of Agl
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Government “Loose” is a generou
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(47); Militia: War1 (241), Com1 (65
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NOTABLE BUSINESSES There are two ex
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inflamed the anger of the society
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Major Geographic Features The two d
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A ghost of the Great Barrow THE GRE
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the Dalesfolk and shield them from
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While the Dalesfolk don’t like ou
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-970 The Nentyarch of Tharos builds
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the only other settlements that mig
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Mettledale and Spearsmouth Dale Alo
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Foreigners view Rashemen as a myste
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with earthquakes, freakish storms,
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wealth. The water is glacial runoff
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others believe it is a gift from th
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People of Rashemen The people of Ra
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and are the face of the Rashemi peo
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THE VREMYONNI While the wychlaran s
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Rashemen’s forces except the Witc
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efore reaching the keep, and the go
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Mulsantir (LARGE TOWN) At Mulsantir
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Best known for the crimson-robed Re
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more than 17,000 feet high. In the
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Thayan bombards (see Chapter 5: Mag
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into the rock, highlighting the dif
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those on foot. As well, the lands a
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Tyraturos The tharch of Tyraturos i
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nobles, and his sergeants are Rashe
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The most successful soldier-breedin
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The zulkirs appoint tharchions, or
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Aglarondan spy who keeps an eye on
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too juicy a target for the Shadowma
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This has built up some resentment o
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Thesk is most famous for the Golden
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potential to be the most fertile la
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slaves of the Tuigan Horde or refug
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disciplined mercenary companies. Th
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Today, the Shadowmasters control or
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on supplies. Orc miners take over P
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his prodigious fortune and business
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hands just outside its walls. The 3
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The Wizards’ Reach Between the Th
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sinister past, concerned as they ar
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An Unapproachable East FORGOTTEN RE
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20 ft.; AC 16, touch 12, flat-foote
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usiness. Use the statistics below,
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from the next encounter called The
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