The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

Skills & Feats: Climb +13, Craft (armoursmithing)
+6, Intimidate +6, Jump +17, Spot +12; Cleave, Great
Cleave, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Power
Attack.
3. Sleeping Cave
The smell in here is strong enough to overpower the
bitter cold that usually numbs your senses. It is the reek
of unwashed skins and rancid sweat. A pile of sodden
furs lies in the centre of the cave and is the obvious
source of the stench.
Grommen and his concubine of the moment, Sneg, are
sprawled under the covers. If the Player Characters
have taken pains to be quiet they are both asleep, but
any noise wakes them. Sneg cowers rather than fights.
If Grommen hears fighting in the nearby chamber, he
comes roaring out to slaughter those who dare interfere
with what is his. If he only hears the sounds of small
creatures moving, he hides behind the cave opening,
ready to ambush anyone who steps through.
The Games Master should use the weremammoth
statistics given on page 122 for Grommen. He fights with
an adamantine greataxe, an heirloom of his lycanthropic
lineage. It is engraved with scenes of mammoths
trampling hundreds of tiny humans underfoot.
Grommen’s Hoard: Grommen’s only wealth
is carried on his person. He wears a platinum
torc (worth 4,500 gp) and carries a ceremonial
shortspear, useless in combat, carved from a
mammoth tusk (worth 500 gp). A skull like that
of a wolf with little horns forms a clasp for his
fur cape. It is made from a pearl-like substance; a
Knowledge (the planes) check (DC 20) identifies
it as extraplanar in origin. This is the mother-ofpearl
skull of a skitterjinx (see Unusual Creatures
of the Cold Waste, page 157), worth 1,300 gold
pieces.
Grommen carries a pouch in which are several
tiny, dried fungi. A Knowledge (nature) check
(DC 20) identifies these as a rare toadstool, the
berserker fungus, used by the barbarian warriors of
Boskenland. Consumption of one of the berserker
fungi allows a barbarian to extend his rage period
by five rounds. If a non-barbarian consumes one
of the fungi, he temporarily enters rage as if he
were a 1 st level barbarian; however, at the end of
the rage, he must make a Fortitude saving throw
(DC 20) or be nauseated for 1d4 rounds. There are
eight dried toadstools in the pouch.
Non-Player Character Group: The
Wreckers
The wreckers of Ommersdale are a band of especially
savage and degenerate frost giants led by a pair of
weremammoths, who have moved south away from
their original home because the land is being overrun
by unfamiliar monsters. They are tired of being eaten
by glacial oozes and soul-drained by whiteladies. The
region around Ommersdale is not as cold as they would
like but it will suffice for now.
Grommen, the leader of the troupe, and his son Gurt are
the weremammoths. The other frost giants are females,
considered inferior and reduced to the status of cooks
and concubines. Grommen wishes to extend the line
of giant weremammoths, though none of his brood but
Gurt has shown the signs of inherited lycanthropy yet,
which is why Grommen killed his other children before
they grew any older.
The female giants have accepted their lives of servitude
but would welcome freedom. If the Player Characters
kill one or both of their overlords they beg to be spared,
promising to help the Player Characters on their quest.
They offer themselves, in all seriousness, as cooks and
companions. They will accompany the party for as long
as it suits them, offering to tend to animals and guard the
camp. However, they will refuse to fight enemies and
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