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EXDRAKE IN
This could only
everyone. L
up their prey easto kill entire villages just to sate Between my companion’s
their hunger, and those warriors
gods for him too, for I have never
stood'so near toadire troll and not | ‘tall tales of far adventure and a
felt ike supper.
liberal amount of drink, he soon
would never give up ground
while defending their families. disappeared into one of the cabins
Either way, Rathlok and 1 were 1 immediately went to the | ic 3 handful of unmated females
broken Nyss in the snow, but 1
probably not going'to make it 0 | stony to le foc hie He was | and lef me with the Braggmaw
Eecegnnw ealholat wikoor Jong foo lat for him, Fle wat | chieinn, We spoke « great deal
coving
band as if the shard itself was
fight. Morrow scold me, I hoped about the Nyss and about how
than usual for
suppl
they would kill one another so we a many of the “frostbitten elves’
would not be forced to! o ® | entire families were leaving the
moving. It was too early io the | oh, The trolkin were sure only
Such thinking wasunnecessary, | spring for their nomadic moves,
‘8 great evil could ever uproot the
for Rathlok let out a primal sort of | which meant they must have been
GMt a ebaciy conetbing cle, | “Outen
call I had never heard from him
before in all of our intermittent
travels. It was a dialect of
Molgur-trul from the old kriels
something deep inside of him that
gave the giant troll pause as my
companion stepped forward into
the clearing—unarmed hands
exposed to the elves so they could
not see him as an enemy
The dire troll tooka step back,
dropped his guard, and rocked
slightly to the ancie
Tt seemed almost pacified in just a
few moments of Rathlok’s bestial
I would have liked to talk to
iyss about what was going on
and why they were so far south in
such numbers, but when given the
opportunity the ulk riders scooped
up the children as the women
sprinted ahead of them. In the
turn of my head they were gone.
L would have gone after them if 1
did not believe they would have
afraid now that their fell calling
Killed me in an instant. They were | Bur what?
inclined to leave bodies or supplies
desea pres net al son had returned. 1 was
not of the shard I had met before, prodi
named a foster member of the kriel
id after such a battle they would | bchind, even in the midst of battle
not have tolerated an inquisitive | and this too disturbed me. for my bringing Rathlok home, and
I
fainted dead away when Rathlok’s
1 was invited to stay as long as T
Minutes lat almost | wished. I had already decided to
Bie cise plies copes eel return south and follow the path of
broken ulk at its feet in one hand | Kiel burst out of the trees. They
had heard his fell calling all the
way from the krielholme. After a
few short embraces between old
family, Rathlok and the Bragg-
maw kriel were reunited and we
the Nyss we bad encountered.
and gave a derisive snort as it
What had started tobe nothing
more than a family: reunion for
a friend evolved into an enigma
1 would not s009 Jer pass. Why
were those i
turned and stomped away into the
tree line. Rathlok continued his
primal tones for a while after, only
stopping when he was sure the
Creature was too far or disinterested | were soon warming around a
persed homelands?
to come back for us. Thank the | cooking fire back at the village
THE PENDRAKE ENCOUNTERSTHE PERDRAKE ENCOUNTERS
Nyss CLAYMORE Sworp 00
2 Why did 1 never ask. | ‘know: Gods hear me, may it only tS
exactly goes in braymusk | be an isolated problem that will
and will Tever be rid of the |p
us all by without so much as
damnable smell of it gle problem arisen.
There is definitely m
going If only we could all be so
on in the frozen north than we | lucky
NEW FEATS: si Sr a
TROLL CALL [cE! -
Prereq: Fell Call ability, Perform 5 ranks
Benefit: You can perform a fell call that emulates the Wi
ability of the Druid class but affects any type of living trol
your perform check for the level check normally required to
e's attitude. Unlike Druids, you cannot influence
asts with this ability and you suffer a ~4 penalty to influence
. Each use of Troll Call costs one use of your daily fell calls.
BEAST RIDE!
Prereq: Nyss Elf, Ride | rank
Benefit: You have mastered the rite of riding the sacred ull
an antlered steed bred jount among the ‘You do not
sufler the ~5 penalty for riding any mount bareback, and you do not
need to make ride checks to Guide with Knees.
Normal: You must make a DC 5 ride check
to Guide with Knees to use both hands when
mounted and suffer a -5 penalty when riding
without a saddle.
Special: A fighter or ran;
Beast Rider as one of his bonus fe
WINTER'S EDGE [GENERAL]
Prereg: Nyss Elf, BAB +3, Weapon Focus (Nyss Claymore),
‘Weapon Finesse
may choose
Benefits You have undergone an ancient Nyss sword
rite focusing on pre
your Dexterity modifie
damage rolls with your }
sion instead of strength. You may use
id of your Strength modifier on