NPCs
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Austin Watts is Tough Explorer who Helps Initiates
Austin Watts has been with the Vanguard Institute he has been helping new initiates on their trials for years.
Standing 5' 3" tall, this black skinned man has a stoic feel about him. A particularly notable feature is his persistent sweet smell, and he has a scar on his stomach which he got when he was attacked many years ago. His medium-length, fine, grey hair is un-styled. He has a long, wild moustache and matching beard. He has deep, round, blue eyes, a stubby nose and ears that stick out. He wears natural-colored blush and dark lipstick. He has bony hips, and average-sized feet. He has multiple tattoos on his right lower leg, hands, left lower leg, face and neck.
Stat Block
L3 Tough Explorer who Helps Initiates, HP 17, damage 4, armor 2, L5 adventuring skills, L4 might defense
Bow (and arrow), Leather Armor, Whisper, 2 Cyphers, 3 inexpensive Pocket Items, kercheif
L3 Skill Boost: Dramatically but temporarily alters the user's mind and body so they can ease Melee attack action by three steps. Once activated, this boost can be used a number of times equal to the cypher's level, but only within a twenty-four-hour period. The boost takes effect each time the action is performed. For example, a level 3 cypher boosts the first three times that action is attempted. (397)
L8 Gas bomb: Thrown a short distance, this bursts in a poisonous cloud within an immediate area. The cloud lingers for 6 rounds unless conditions dictate otherwise. Poison gas: living creatures that breathe suffer damage equal to the cypher's level. (389)
Avyne is a Mysterious Person who Works for the Obsidian Syndicate
Stat Block
L9 Mysterious Person who Works for the Obsidian Syndicate, HP 44, damage 12
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Cimmeris is a Logical Shade Elemental who is Trapped in a Human Skull
Stat Block
L7 Logical Shade Elemental who is Trapped in a Human Skull HP 22, damage 11 L8 persuasion, L8 charm, L8 Planar knowledge
modifications: While trapped Cimmeris can only cast Onslaught at half damage (2 damage force, 1 mental)
disposition: Resignation
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Daldroni Steelforged is a Subborn Bodyguard who Spies on Slavers
Stat Block
L6 Stubborn Bodyguard who Spies on Slavers HP 17, damage 10, L7 stealth, L7 information gathering
disposition: Joyous
loot: 2 inexpensive items
Darreh Cazendi is a Dark Elf Sorcerer who Weilds Shadow Magic
Darreh lives in a tower in east of oceana.
Stat Block
L6 Dark Elf Sorcerer HP 29, damage 9 L8 Magic Knowledge, L8 Umbra Plane Knowledge,
disposition: Abrupt/Unpredictable
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Glak is an Ugly Girl who Serves the Vanguard
Glak has been a servant to the Vanguard since her birth. Her family has worked for the Institute since its founding.
Tall and average built, this pine skinned woman has a naive feel about her, and she has a scar on her forehead which she is ashamed of. Her short, frizzy, black hair is worn in a Jheri curl. She has almond-shaped, light brown eyes, a softly shaped jaw and ears that stick out. She wears light lipstick, natural-coloured blush and dark eyeliner. She has bony hips, large hands, weak arms, and broad shoulders. She often wears immaculate, old fashioned clothes that are mostly pastel-coloured and loose. She is usually seen wearing fashionable expensive boots.
Stat Block
L2 Ugly Girl who Serves the Vanguard, HP 8, damage 5 L1 Social interactions
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Katta Yashil is a Huge Warrior who Protects the Goblin Barricade
Name translates to Big Green.
Stat Block
L5 Goblin Leader HP 16, damage 9, armor 1, L7 perception, stealth and setting traps, L6 Sneak attack, set L7 traps, L7 Incite goblins into fighting
motivation: pillage
loot: short sword, shield, 3 moderate items, Gauntlet of Flamefury
Kis Pebblebone is a Zen Squire who Provides Harmony
Kis is a rust-colored Kobold with some a blue dragon ancestry, his scales when in the sunlight shimmer with an odd blue shine. Kis wears long flowing robes and carries no weapons. He is practiced in the arts of meditation and diplomacy and is a pacifist.
Stat Block
L5 Helpful Squire who Provides Harmony, HP 24, damage 2 (lightning), L3 animal handling, L6 diplomacy, L3 squire skills, L6 Zen skills (philosophy, meditation, etc), L0 attack skills, L6 all defense skills,
2 inexpensive Pocket Items, Sunny, Adventure's Pack, kercheif, blanket
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Rhesus Hyrcanus is Vicious Warrior who Descends form Nobility
Rhesus Hyracanus is the third born son of the Royal family. He was given a choice to either go The Vanguard Institute or marry a princess and leave the kingdom. Rhesus chose to go the institute and he hates being there.
Tall and lanky, this fair skinned man has a very aggressive feel about him. His short, curly, brown hair is un-styled. He has mysterious, big, brown eyes, curved eyebrows and bony cheeks. He has a slender neck, a lean torso with no chest muscle tone and a well-defined waist, short arms, and narrow feet. He has multiple tattoos on his wrist, left lower leg, left arm and right foot.
Stat Block
L3 Vicious Warrior who Descends from Nobility, HP 14, damage 7, L4 tracking creatures who wronged you, (+3 damage on attacks), Berserker (unstoppable (L2 int to stop), attack allies if fail to stop), L4 intellect defense, L4 initiative, L4 speed defense, armor 2, L2 Ranged attacks
Axe (4 damage), Shield, Willow, 2 Cyphers, Crossbow (and bolts), 2 inexpensive Pocket items, Adventure's Pack, Map scroll, kerchief, blanket
Junk: 6 daggers
L7 Poison (emotion): The victim feels Joy: Easy to interact with in a pleasant manner; all pleasant interaction tasks are eased. for one hour. (394)
L5 Rejuvenator: Restores a number of points equal to the cypher's level to Might Pool. (395)
Rogan is a Rugged Orc who Trains Horses
Austin snickered and the stable boy who wasn't really a boy, he was a very large olive skinned orc man with large white tusks and beady black eyes. The tufts of black hair on his head were peppered with gray.
Rogan, Glak's father, stood three feet above the pompous little rich kid in his purple and gold riding outfit. "Hmmm?" he hummed in that gravelly voice that soothed the horses.
Stat Block
L10 Rugged Orc who Trains Horses, HP 41, damage 12, L11 Animal Handling, L8 Intellect tasks
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Saleh Araleth is a Renowned Specter who Trains Adventurers
Saleh Araleth was once a great adventurer upon his death he was cursed to a vial that hangs around Bryta, a Giant Raven's neck and was forced by Virakh Yordan, the leader of the Vanguard, to form the institute and train adventurers to join the their organization.
Standing 5' 4" tall, this fair skinned man has an absent-minded feel about him. He is transluscent in nature. His shoulder-length, dull, red hair is straight. He has large, black eyes, a pointed chin and tapered eyebrows. He has a thick torso with defined chest muscles and a well-defined waist, powerful hands, average-sized feet, and long legs. He has multiple tattoos on his right lower leg and right forearm. A raven stays near his large spectral body at all times.
Stat Block
L8 Renowned Specter who Trains Adventurers, HP 26, damage 9 , L9 adventurer skills, L9 social interactions, L9 Stealth, move through L9 solid objects
Saleh doesn't take damage from mundane physical sources, but it takes half damage from spells and attacks that direct energy, and full damage from weapons designed to affect spirits, psychic attacks, and similar attacks.
Saleh touch inflicts freezing damage.
Saleh frightens fail intellect defense rolls 4 intellect damage and becomes terrfied and unable to act (target on each round can roll intellect defense to shake the fear, failed attempts move down the damage track)
Seralina is a Cheerful Water Sprite who Adventures
Stat Block
L4 Cheerful Water Sprite who Adventures HP 17, damage 5, L5 deception, L5 charm
modifications: Must remain with in an immediate range of her water source to maintain her powers
combat: controls the urns settings and powers.
disposition: Playful/Joking
loot: Urn of Perpetual Water
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Trevan Vanillastone is a Superfluous Informant who Spies on the Vanguard Institute
Trevan was a handsome fairy. His dragonfly-like wings gently tucked behind him barely visible behind his back twitched nervously as he glanced behind me. His soft pink skin shimmered like the insect he resembled in the rising sun.
Stat Block
L4 Superfluous Informant who Spies on the Vanguard Institute
HP 24, damage 8
disposition: Distracted
loot: 6 moderate items
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Xit is a Submissive Imp who Carries a Skull
Stat Block
L2 Imp HP 21, damage 3, L3 deception, L4 stealth, Hedge Magic, Invisibility (self)
disposition: Insane
loot: Possessed Skull, tiny dagger (imp sized), 1 moderate item