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• +4 Strength, +2 Constitution, –4 Intelligence, –2 Charisma.
• Medium-size.
• Land speed 30 feet, climb speed 30 feet.
• Racial Hit Dice: A taer begins with two levels of giant. This
provides 2d8 Hit Dice, a base attack bonus of +1, and base
saving throws of Fort +3, Ref +0, and Will +0.
• Racial Skills: A taer character’s giant levels give him skill
points equal to 5 × (2 + Intelligence modifier). Taer class
skills are Climb, Hide, and Spot. A taer’s pelt blends in with
snowy backgrounds, conferring a +4 racial bonus on Hide
checks in snow-covered locales.
• Racial Feats: A taer’s giant levels give it one feat.
• Weapon Familiarity: Taers treat greatclubs
and longspears as simple weapons.
• Darkvision: Taers can see in the
dark up to 60 feet.
• Natural Armor: +2 natural
armor bonus.
• Natural Attacks: An unarmed
taer can make two slam attacks
at its normal attack bonus and
a bite attack at a –5 penalty on
its normal attack bonus. The taer’s
slam attacks deal 1d3 points of
damage, and the bite deals 1d4
points of damage.
• Cold subtype.
• Automatic Languages:
Common, Giant. Bonus
Languages: By character
region.
• Level Adjustment: +1. A taer
has an effective character level (ECL)
of 3 plus class levels, so a 1st-level taer
barbarian would have an ECL of 4.
• Favored Class: Barbarian. A multiclassed taer’s barbarian
class does not count when determining whether it suffers
an XP penalty.
Telthor
Telthor Wolf
Medium-Size Fey (Incorporeal)
Hit Dice: 2d8+4 (13 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 50 ft., fly 50 ft. (poor)
AC: 14 (+2 Dex, +2 deflection), touch 12, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/—
Attack: Incorporeal touch +3 melee
Full Attack: Incorporeal touch +3 melee
Damage: Incorporeal touch 1d6
Face/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Trip
Special Qualities: Bound to the land, incorporeal subtype,
native animal empathy, scent, telthor telepathy
Saves: Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +1
MONSTERS OF THE EAST
Telthor
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Abilities: Str —, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 3, Wis 12, Cha 6
Skills: Hide +2, Listen +4, Move Silently +2, Spot +3,
Survival +1*
Feats: Track, Weapon Finesse
Climate/Terrain: Cold forest and hills
Organization: Solitary or band (2–5)
Challenge Rating: 2
Level Adjustment: +4
Alignment: Usually neutral
Advancement: 3 HD (Medium-size), 4–6 HD (Large)
Telthors are spirit animals or people native to Rashemen, particularly
those who died defending the land. Incorporeal and
ghostly, they are still formidable opponents.
Many places in Rashemen have guardian spirits, and
some trees, rocks, and rivers have them as well. These
spirits are the telthors, and they take a form
appropriate to what they are guarding. For
example, a mountain may have a
telthor dire bear guardian, a forest
might have a telthor dire wolf
guardian, and a spring might
have a telthor hawk
guardian. Large places or
very important sites
might have multiple
telthors, each responsible
for a part of the
site but working together
against a foe
that threatens them all.
Each berserker lodge of the Rashemi barbarians has
a spirit totem, and usually the lodge itself is watched over
by a telthor of that kind.
Rashemen is rich in untapped spirit magic, and sometimes
in places where people have died defending the land, an echo in
the sleeping spiritual energy grants a person a semblance of life
as a telthor. Normally these people are warriors, fighters, or barbarians,
but sometimes a spellcaster can become a telthor. These
spirits watch over the battlegrounds where they died, alert for
other invaders or those who would despoil their resting places
and those of their slain allies. If a creature who became a telthor
is brought back from the dead, the telthor vanishes and the
newly raised person has no memories of that spirit existence.
This telthor can speak and understand Rashemi.
Combat
The sample telthor uses a wolf as the base creature.
Trip (Ex): If this telthor hits with a bite attack, it can attempt
to trip the opponent as a free action (see Chapter 8:
Combat in the Player’s Handbook) without making a touch
attack or provoking an attack of opportunity. If the attempt
fails, the opponent cannot react to trip the telthor.
Bound to the Land (Su): A telthor that moves more than
1 mile from the place it guards takes 1 point of damage every
Illustration by Mike Dutton