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Non-Player Character Group: The Elven
Guards
As Xoth Sarandi is an elven city and other races are
not trusted with positions of authority, the guards are
all members of the elf race. The majority of them are
archers (see below) but the inner city has its own special
guards who will also be dispatched to the outer city to
deal with particularly serious threats. These are a band
of elite archers who have also applied arcane study
to their craft, training hard in the combat academy of
General Vayne.
These troops are called the territh rhi, literally ‘shining
host’, a name given to them because of the brilliance
of their mithral armour. As they also wear unusual
swept-back mithral helmets that cover the hair entirely
and taper to a point, the humans have given them a less
flattering name – the ‘coneheads’. Somewhere along
the line this name was applied to the elven city watch
as a whole. The phrase ‘don’t make me call for the
coneheads’ is commonly heard in the taverns of the
outer city, though very few people follow through on
the threat.
Typical Regular Guardsman, Elf Ftr6: CR 6; Medium
humanoid; HD 6d10; hp 33; Init +2; Spd 30 ft.; AC 17,
touch 12, flat-footed 15; Base Atk +6; Grp +7; Atk +9
melee (1d8+1/19–20, masterwork longsword) or +10
ranged (1d8+3/x3, masterwork composite longbow);
Full Atk +9/+4 melee (1d8+1/19–20; masterwork
longsword) or +10/+5 ranged (1d8+3/x3, masterwork
composite longbow) or +8/+8/+3 ranged (1d8+3/x3,
masterwork composite longbow); SQ elf traits; AL LN;
SV Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +2; Str 13, Dex 14, Con 10,
Int 9, Wis 10, Cha 8.
Skills and Feats: Climb +2, Handle Animal +1,
Intimidate +1, Jump +2, Ride +4, Swim +2; Dodge,
Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Weapon
Focus (longbow), Weapon Focus (longsword), Weapon
Specialisation (longbow).
Possessions: Arrows (20), elven chain, masterwork
composite longbow, masterwork longsword.
Typical Shining Host Guard (‘Conehead’), Elf Ftr6/
Wiz1/Arc6: CR 13; Medium humanoid; HD 6d10+6
plus 1d4+1 plus 6d8+6; hp 75; Init +9; Spd 30 ft.; AC
19, touch 15, flat-footed 14; Base Atk +12; Grp +14;
Atk +15 melee (1d6+2/19–20, masterwork short sword)
or +22 ranged (1d8+7/19–20/x3, masterwork composite
longbow (+2 Str bonus) and +3 enhanced arrow); Full
Atk +15/+10/+5 melee (1d6+2/19–20, masterwork
short sword) or +22/+17/+12 ranged (1d8+7/19–20/
x3, masterwork composite longbow (+2 Str bonus)
and +3 enhanced arrow) or +20/+20/+15/+10 ranged
(1d8+7/19–20/x3, masterwork composite longbow (+2
Str bonus) and +3 enhanced arrow); SA imbue arrow,
phase arrow, seeker arrow, spells; SQ elf traits; AL LN;
SV Fort +11, Ref +12, Will +6; Str 14, Dex 20, Con 12,
Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 8.
Skills & Feats: Climb +6, Concentration +4, Handle
Animal +4, Hide +13, Intimidate +8, Listen +7, Move
Silently +12, Ride +10, Spot +7, Swim +6, Use Rope
+12; Dodge, Improved Critical (longbow), Improved
Initiative, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid
Shot, Scribe Scroll, Shot on the Run, Weapon Focus
(longbow), Weapon Specialisation (longbow).
Possessions: +3 enhanced arrows (20), masterwork
composite longbow, masterwork short sword, mithral
shirt.
Location: The Outer and Inner Cities
The districts in Xoth Sarandi are organised
concentrically. The outermost district is entirely
dockland, which yields to the low-class residential
district, then the higher-class district, then the civic
sector. The further towards the centre one moves, the
larger and more widely spaced the buildings become
and the cleaner the streets are. This is a bizarre reversal
of the way cities usually work, in that the centre is
usually the most congested region.
The main roads are like the spokes of a wheel, radiating
out from the centre. These thoroughfares are 20 feet
across and bear the brunt of the city’s traffic.
The Outer City: Xoth Sarandi’s outer city is much
like any human metropolis: overbuilt, noisy, smelly
and crowded. Apart from the main thoroughfares, the
streets are narrow (five feet across is the norm) and
full of traffic. The buildings are often built up to three
storeys high so as to accommodate more people and are
made from stone only at the bottom storey.
The Molten Moat: A circular moat 200 feet wide and
20 feet deep divides the outer city from the inner. This
is filled to the brim with water on which a permanent
and impressive illusion has been placed, giving it the
appearance of liquid gold. Tradition has it that the
elves have filled the moat with the melted-down riches
they have extracted from other races over the millennia,
though this is only a folk tale.
There is a ten-foot-wide border around the moat, beyond
which pedestrians are not allowed to approach. This is
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