Armor Class 14 (leather armor)

Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)

Speed 30 ft.

Skills Perception +4, Survival +4

Senses passive Perception 14

Languages Common

Challenge 2 (450 XP)

Favored Enemy: Beasts. Eirik has advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track beasts, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them.

Actions

Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.

Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.

Armor Class 12 (padded armor)

Hit Points 26 (4d8 + 8)

Speed 30 ft.

Saving Throws Str +4

Skills Athletics +4, Perception +3

Senses passive Perception 13

Languages Common

Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

Actions

Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) piercing damage.

Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage, or 7 (1d10 + 2) slashing damage if used with two hands.

Bonus Actions

Leadership (Recharge 4–6). Seren can use a bonus action on her turn to choose one friendly creature within 30 feet that can see or hear her. That creature gains advantage on their next attack roll before the start of her next turn.

Armor Class 13 (leather armor)

Hit Points 18 (4d8)

Speed 30 ft.

Skills Medicine +4, Nature +5, Perception +4

Senses passive Perception 14

Languages Common, Elvish

Challenge 1/8 (25 XP)

Herbalist's Expertise. Elowen has advantage on Intelligence (Nature) checks related to identifying and working with plants.

Actions

Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage, or 4 (1d8) bludgeoning damage if used with two hands.

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Background

Brace was born and raised in an orc clan with strict gender roles and expectations that he struggled to meet. From a young age, he knew that once he was old enough, the clan expected him to marry and start his own family, and become a great warrior. As Brace grew, he found that he did not feel romantic or sexual attraction towards anyone, regardless of their gender. This led to much doubt and worry that he would not be able to marry.  Due to the physical difference of his right hand, he feared that he would not become a great warrior; he could not wield a greataxe, an important rite of passage in his Ooc clan.

Nevertheless, without role models offering a different way of being, Brace forced himself to live up to his clan’s ideal of manhood. He began picking fights, treating others badly, and pushing himself beyond his limits to perform his clan’s version of masculinity. As hard as he tried, it never felt right, and Brace’s sense of self-worth diminished. He became plagued with intrusive thoughts about his fears of inadequacy. Adding to this, Brace struggled to recognize the faces of those around him, which led to unintentional arguments due to his clan’s limited understanding of differences in perception. Brace was on the verge of becoming an outcast when a band of traveling adventurers passed through his clan’s village.

Among the group was a follower of the Way of Warmth, a religious body dedicated to love, including friendship. Brace joined the band of adventurers and found acceptance, as well as mentors who guided him towards a more balanced way of being with his own masculinity. Eventually Brace became a cleric of the Way of Warmth and focused on channeling potent healing magic. He also became a warrior, successfully wielding not only handaxes but also a shield strapped to his right forearm for protection. Through all of this, Brace was able to become a kind and supportive person, and even found love for himself with a partner who was accepting of him.

Brace eventually left adventuring and settled down in a small rural town with his partner and found family. Together, they continue to protect it to this day. Brace also serves as the town’s healer.

Personality

Brace is a friendly and welcoming half-orc that speaks with a loud voice and has a booming laugh. He is happy to meet new people and swap stories — and hugs — with them. He is known to be supportive of friends and strangers alike, and has helped more than one band of adventurers seek shelter or complete a quest. He gives advice and helps people build connections to others as a means of self-discovery, similar to what occurred for him. However, Brace still finds himself at a loss when someone seeks romantic advice, and so sends them along to others who are better suited for the job. In his spare time, Brace has taken up cooking, and when someone stays with him and his partner, he makes large meals. He puts lots of love and enthusiasm into this practice even if it doesn’t always come out the way he planned.

Plot Hooks

• The party needs a healer who is willing to travel with them for a short period of time.
• The party is in a small town without an inn, and they need a place to stay.
• The party needs advice on how to grow or overcome a challenge.

Background

Jaydrey’s home village has a reputation for the variety of herbs they grow. Her parents traveled and sold those herbs throughout the region. On one such trip, they arrived at a village that had been stricken by a plague. When the Forewood family heard the village’s plight, they stayed to revitalize the weak and soothe the dying with medicinal herbs. In the process, they also contracted the illness. As Jaydrey’s parents lay dying, she was determined to help them, but their supplies were depleted. She knew of a more effective herb that grew in the nearby mountain range and so she set out, trying to regulate her own fever by staying close to the cold mountain springs. As Jaydrey stumbled through the rocky wasteland, she fell on a rock and gashed her arm. Already exhausted, she couldn’t focus enough to bind the wound properly and soon lost consciousness.

She awoke in a mountain chalet that was decorated with beautiful antiques. Beside her lay a coil of silver tubing and other medical equipment; her arm was bandaged and her fever nearly gone. A silver-haired woman brought her a cup of tea and bread with apple butter. In the days that followed, her host explained that she found Jaydrey in the river valley and brought her home, giving her a blood transfusion to restore her strength–but it would be weeks of recovery before Jaydrey noticed how truly strong she had become. As she passed her time reading tomes of history and arcana that filled the chalet library, they awakened her senses, and silver scales began appearing on her skin. She soon learned that her host was a silver dragon. When she received the draconic blood that saved her life, the dragon’s magic began flowing through her, binding her to the primal forces of land and sky. Her host taught her how to harness that magic until she was ready to leave her mountain sanctuary.

Jaydrey returned to the fallen village and spent months transforming the lifeless ruin into a memorial herb garden, replacing despair with healing, then returned to her home village to continue the family business. She follows her parents’ example of compassion when encountering those in need.

Personality

Jaydrey emanates compassion. When she meets someone new, she immediately introduces herself, looks the person over, compliments something they’re wearing or carrying, and then asks about it in order to learn more about them and show interest and care. Most of her conversations center on questions she asks of others out of sincere interest.

Plot Hooks

• A blight has been ravaging nearby crops, but there’s something unnatural about it. Jaydrey asks the party to help investigate.
• A nearby village is facing a plague, and Jaydrey knows of a rare herb to treat it. She asks the party to help her retrieve it.
• A red dragon (or frost giant) is threatening Jaydrey’s silver-haired benefactor, and Jaydrey is looking for those who can help fight off the threat.

Background

Jovial and quick on his feet, Ollie is known in his community as much for his kindness and compassion as his noticeable appearance. Taller than his halfling kin, and with shimmering  and fin-like ears that he inherited from his dragonborn grandmother, Ollie sticks out in a crowd — but it’s in a crowd that he’s usually found, usually with a lady on one arm and a drink in the other. It’s often the same drink all night, as he’s too busy talking, laughing, and drumming with his ever-present mallets to drink.

If Ollie isn’t laughing, he’s singing and dancing to nearly any musical form imaginable, but he’ll also stop to clean up after himself and his friends if he sees them leave behind a mess, even if they’re not quite finished. This also makes him popular with barkeeps.

The tune changes when he sees pain or oppression, and woe to those who would cause tears instead of laughter. Ollie will stop at nothing to bring the sparkle back to eyes and hearts alike.

Plot Hooks

• Unusual monsters have appeared near the town and are attacking farms in the area. Ollie has fought some of them off, but he can’t be everywhere at once. He sends the party to another farm that also needs help; they must work together to find the source.
• When the party runs into trouble in an inn or similar establishment, or after an encounter with significant property damage, Ollie steps in to calm everyone down and prevent a brawl.
• Ollie learns about a local noble who’s persecuting one or more villagers. Since Ollie is well-known in town, he can’t investigate as easily without being noticed. He asks the party to gather evidence

Medium humanoid (blue dragonborn), Lawful Neutral

Cisgender, she/her

Armor Class 16 (scale mail)
Hit Points 53
Speed 5 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
15 (+2)	16 (+3)	12 (+1)	10 (+0)	15 (+2)	9 (−1)

Skills Investigation +3, Nature +3, Survival +5
Damage Resistances lightning
Senses passive Perception 12
Languages Common, Draconic, Minotaur, Sylvan
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)

Spellcasting. Rivaan is a 7th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). Rivaan has the following ranger spells prepared:
1st level (4 slots): Hunter’s Mark, Snare
2nd level (3 slots): Animal Messenger, Lesser Restoration, Spike Growth

Escape the Horde. Opportunity attacks against Rivaan are made with disadvantage.

Favored Enemy: Beasts, Monstrosities. Rivaan has advantage on Survival checks to track her favored enemies, as well as on Intelligence checks to recall information about them.

Fighting Style: Archery. Rivaan gains a +2 bonus to attack rolls she makes with ranged weapons.

Horde Breaker. Once on each of her turns when she makes a weapon attack, Rivaan can make another attack with the same weapon against a different creature that is within 5 ft. of the original target and within range of her weapon.

Natural Explorer: Arctic, Grassland. Rivaan has a favored terrain type. Her proficiency bonus is doubled for proficient skills when she makes an Intelligence or Wisdom check related to it. While traveling for an hour or more in her chosen terrain: difficult terrain doesn’t slow her group’s travel; her group can’t become lost except by magical means; she remains alert to danger even when she is engaged in another activity; she can move stealthily at a normal pace (while alone); she finds twice as much food while foraging; and while tracking creatures, she learns the exact number, sizes, and how long ago they passed through the area.

Primeval Awareness. As an action, Rivaan can expend one ranger spell slot (1 minute per level of spell slot) to sense whether any aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, or undead are present within 1 mile of her (or within up to 6 miles if she is in her favored terrain). This feature doesn’t reveal the creatures’ location or number.

Traits

Altered Growth [IE 4]. Rivaan’s bones grew less than normal. Her height is 40 percent less than the typical minimum for her ancestry.

Disproportionate Growth (Arms & Hands, Legs & Feet) [IE 2]. Rivaan’s limbs are 40% smaller than their typical proportion for her ancestry. This smaller stature allows her to hide more easily, giving her a +2 bonus on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.
Arms & Hands. Rivaan can’t use 2-handed weapons effectively. Because she has less leverage, she has a −2 penalty on contested Strength checks.
Legs & Feet. Rivaan’s movement speed is reduced by 10 feet. She also has a −2 penalty on Dexterity saving throws to balance.

Finger Difference (Shape Diversity). Rivaan’s thumbs bend backwards. She has a −1 penalty on melee weapon attack rolls and Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks.

Back Stiffness [Triggered, IE 2]. Long walks or other forms of leg exertion cause Rivaan pain in her lower back. Anytime she attempts a Strength (Athletics) check or walks for more than an hour, she needs to make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, she gains one level of exhaustion until she takes a short rest.

Actions

Extra Attack. Rivaan can attack twice whenever she takes the Attack action on her turn.

Breath Weapon. As an action once per short rest, Rivaan exhales lightning in a 5 by 30 ft. line (Dexterity DC 12, half damage on success) for 10 (3d6) lightning damage.

Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5/+8 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.

Javelin. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4/+7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.

Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage.

Assistive Devices

Wheelsled
AC: 12, HP: 20

Rivaan uses a sled for mobility. As a bonus action, she can pull a lever that lowers wheels below the rails as needed. She uses her javelins like ski poles to move and turn, enabling her to pivot quickly even on the slickest ice. The wheelsled increases her movement to 30 ft. and adds 50 percent to her Dash movement unless on rough terrain, but many actions, such as jumping, are impossible while sitting in it.

Forearm Crutches

When her wheelsled is inconvenient, Rivaan uses a pair of forearm crutches. These allow her to walk longer distances without triggering back stiffness, but don’t affect her movement rate.

Background

Rivaan was born in an arctic gold-mining village. Her mother worked for the mining company as an engineer, and her father worked in the mines until the mining brought the attention of a remorhaz, which attacked the miners and devoured them. Rivaan vowed to find the creature that killed her father and avenge him.

Rivaan was born with Diastrophic Dysplasia, which affects her bone growth and makes walking very difficult, so she uses a wheelsled, designed by her mother, to get where she needs to go. Her mother also designed an adaptive shortbow to allow Rivaan to hold it securely with her differently-shaped fingers. Rivaan spends her days hunting for meat to feed her family and sell in the village. She is often seen careening down the snowy hills on her wheelsled, her bow expertly aimed at a caribou, and she is always watching for the telltale signs of a remorhaz.

Personality

Rivaan is generally friendly, enjoys the company of her townsfolk, and helps those in need, but her first and final loyalty is to her mother and the hunt for the remorhaz. More than once, signs of a remorhaz have caused her to disappear into the arctic wilderness for weeks, only to return disappointed.

Plot Hooks

• A frost giant is rumored to have some remorhaz eggs. Rivaan asks for the party’s help to destroy the eggs without the giant endangering her village in retaliation.
• The party runs into trouble in the arctic, and Rivaan slides in to rescue them.
• The party needs a guide to help them navigate the wilderness, and Rivaan is willing to help for a fee.