Story Award

Favor of Candlekeep

Inkpot and the scribes of Candlekeep are extremely grateful for your stories and account of your time in Warlock’s Crypt. In return, they have offered to teach you ancient Netherese as an immersion course; if you would like to learn ancient Netherese, you must spend 120 downtime days at Candlekeep doing nothing other than working on your knowledge of this language. If you are not interested in learning ancient Netherese, you may instead choose three spell scrolls of up to 5th level (tier 3) or 7th level (tier 4) for free from an approved Adventurers League resource.

Loot

• 8174 GP
• Potion of Superior Healing
• Wand of Wonder
• Rod of Alertness

Story-Award einlösen:

Nature of the Weave
You have uncovered a series of tomes written by the archmage, Manshoon. By spending 50 downtime days, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. If you are already proficient in Arcana, you double your proficiency when making checks with the skill

-> Arcana Expertise

Story Award

Gratitude of Brightstar Moonsilver
For rescuing Brightstar, he is grateful and will serve as a mount for lawful good adventurers for three adventures. His stats are the standard unicorn stats found on page 294 of the Monster Manual.

Loot

• minus 440 GP
• Potion of Speed
• Manual of Quickness of Action

Traded with Justus
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/90309

Traded with Amélie
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/91349

Traded with Corus
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/86958

Traded with Missy
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/89815

Item Overview

Consumables

Potions:
- 3x Potion of Greater Healing
- 7x Potion of Superior Healing
- Potion of Flying
- Potion of Mind Reading
- 2x Potion of Growth
- Potion of Hill Giant Strength
- Potion of Acid Resistance
- Potion of Vitality
- potion of enhance ability (acts as fox's cunning)
- potion of enhance ability (bear's endurance)
- potion of enhance ability (eagle's splendor)
- Potion of Invulnerability
- 2x Potion of Speed

Scrolls:
- 2x Spellscroll Greater Restoration
- 2x Spellscroll Revivify
- Spellscroll Raise Dead
- Scroll of Fear
- Scroll of Hold Person
- Scroll of Conjure Minor Elementals
- Scroll of Protection (Fiends)
- Scroll of Mind Spike
- Scroll of Sending
- Scroll of Teleportation Circle
- Scroll of Simulacrum
- Scroll of Forcecage
- Scroll of Programmed Illusion
- Scroll of Sunburst

Spell Components

Wizard Spells
- 5x find Familiar stuff (5x 10GP)
- Contingiency Oleander statuette (1.500 GP)
- Forcecage Ruby Dust (1.500 GP)
- Draconic Transformation Statuette (500 GP)
- Simulacrum Powdered Ruby (1.500 GP)
- 25x Plane Shift Forked Metal Rods (25x 250 GP) (Material Plane, Feywild, Shadowfell, Ethereal Plane, Elemental Plane of Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Limbo, Mechanus, Acheron, Nine Hells, Gehenna, Hades, Carceri, Abyss, Pandemonium, Arcadia, Mount Celestia, Bytopia, Elysium, Beastlands, Aborea, Ysgard)

General usefull Components
- 2x Holy Water (2x 25 GP)
- 5x Revivify-Diamonds (5x 300 GP)
- 2x Raise-Dead-Diamond (2x 500 GP)
- 5x Heroe's Feast Bowl (5x 1000 GP)

Mundane Items

/

Potions

• 5x Potion of Superior Healing (5x 500 GP)

Spell Components

• 5x find Familiar stuff (5x 10GP)
• Contingiency Oleander statuette (1.500 GP)
• Forcecage Ruby Dust (1.500 GP)
• 25x Plane Shift Forked Metal Rods (25x 250 GP) (Material Plane, Feywild, Shadowfell, Ethereal Plane, Elemental Plane of Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Limbo, Mechanus, Acheron, Nine Hells, Gehenna, Hades, Carceri, Abyss, Pandemonium, Arcadia, Mount Celestia, Bytopia, Elysium, Beastlands, Aborea, Ysgard)
• Draconic Transformation Statuette (500 GP)
• Simulacrum Powdered Ruby (1.500 GP)
• 2x Holy Water (2x 25 GP)
• 5x Revivify-Diamonds (5x 300 GP)
• 2x Raise-Dead-Diamond (2x 500 GP)

Story Award

/

Loot

• 2922 GP
• Ioun Stone of Awareness
• Staff of Fate
• Watchful Helm
• Ring of Spell Storing (Bless, Revivify)
• Hat of Disguise (Diadem)
• Eyes of Minute Seeing
• Sun Blade
• Crystal Ball of True Seeing

Teleportation Circle

House of the All-Seeing Orb
Tashluta is the busy port-city capital of Tashalar

Used a Day of Downtime and powdered ruby worth 1,500 GP to cast Simulacrum of himself

Oleander war aus irgend einem Grund wie jeder andere auch im Wildspace unterwegs...
Background Feature: False Identity (Charlatan) -> Wildspace Adaptation (Wildspacer)

Loot

• 250 GP
• Lor'shon Va'na'eel (Rod of Absorption)
• Oil of Sharpness
• Scroll of Lesser Restoration
• Scroll of Ray of Enfeeblement

» Book One: detect magic, mirror image, banishment, wall of force, Booming Blade
» Book Two: identify, misty step, fire shield, globe of invulnerability, _________________
» Book Three: mage armor, counterspell, stoneskin, teleport, _________________
» Book Four: magic missile, fly, cone of cold, mind blank, _________________
» Book Five: detect thoughts, lightning bolt, scrying, time stop, _________________

Loot

• 7000 GP
• bought 2x Scroll of Passwall (2x 1000 GP), used one
• Scimitar of Speed
• Hat of Wizardry
• Potion Greater Healing

---Level 1---

Race:

Tasha's Custom (Mensch-"Warforged")
- +2 Int
- Darkvision 60ft.
- Feat: Sentinel
- Point Buy: Str 8, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 15 (+2), Wis 10, Cha 10

Background:

Soldier.

(nur Flavor) *A.C.E. war ein menschlicher Schmied im militärischen Dienst. Bei einem Überfall auf ihr Lager wurde er schwer verletzt, da weder Magier noch sonstige Tränke oder Heilungsmöglichkeiten übrig waren entschied man sich stattdessen eine experimentelle Prozedur durchzuführen. Sein Körper wurde durch verschiedene metallene Geräte erweitert die seine Knochen stützen, muskeln stimmulieren und teilweise sogar Organe ersetzen. Es gelang, doch A.C.E. konnte sich an nichts mehr aus seinem früheren Leben erinnern und verhielt sich generell merkwürdig. Er sollte abgeschaltet werden da er als gefährlich eingestuft wurde, konnte allerdings entkommen. Nun ist er auf der Suche nach dem Sinn seiner Existenz und versucht sich nützlich zu machen.

Proficiencies:

From...
- Background: Athletics, Intimidation
- Class: Investigation, Perception

Equipment:

From Background: (Soldier)
An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
From Class: (Artificer)
- any two simple weapons (2x Light Crossbow)
- light crossbow and 20 bolts
- studded leather armor or scale mail
- thieves’ tools and a dungeoneer’s pack

sold
3x light Crossbow (3x 12,5GP)
bought
Maul (10GP)
20x Dart (20x 0,05GP)

---Level 2---

Infusions:
- Enhanced Defense
- Enhanced Weapon
- Returning Weapon
- Mind Sharpener

---Level 3---

Artificer Specialist: Battle Smith
- Smiths Tools prof
- Spells: Heroism, Shield
- Steel Defender

---Level 4---

Feat: Great Weapon Master

---Level 5---

Spells: Branding Smite, Warding Bond
Extra Attack
Spear +1

Level 12 (Wizard 12)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: ASI
ASI: Dex +2
Spells: Chain Lightning, Globe of Invulnerability

Level 13 (Wizard 13)

Downtime Ability: Catching Up (-10 Days)
Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: /
Spells: Teleport, Draconic Transformation

Level 14 (Wizard 14)

Downtime Ability: Catching Up (-10 Days)
Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: Song of Victory
Spells: Plane Shift, Forcecage

Loot
- Snarls Zauberbuch:
* 1st Level: Magic Missile, shield, thunderwave
* 2nd Level: mirror image, web
* 3rd Level: dispel magic, fear, stinking cloud
- Spellscroll of Holding Person
- Spellscroll of Fear
- Spellscroll of conjure minor elementals,
- Spellscroll of dispel magic
- Spellscroll of magic mouth
- Spellscroll of protection (fiends)
- Potion of Flying
- Potion of Mind Reading
- Potion of greater healing

1. First Weapon Returned. five rare consumables:
2x Spellscroll Greater Restoration
2x Spellscroll Revivify
Spellscroll Raise Dead
2. Second Weapon Returned. Greatsword +2
3. Third Weapon Returned. blessing of protection, when the character gains 17th level can claim one of these legendary items (Blackrazor, Whelm, Wave) for their own use subject to the MIL restrictions.

Level 6

Level 7

Downtime Ability: Catching Up (-10 Days)

Story-Award

Story Award: Xorvintroth Base Security - POSITIV
You secured or didn’t secure (delete as applicable) the hidden base against discovery by the Red Wizards and against being breached by wandering dangers. In addition to the minimum preparations, you also did the following (cross out any that don’t apply):
- Removed or destroyed the magic-draining statues.
- Destroyed the fog-generating pods.

Story Award: Bond of Fellowship
You encountered three Harper agents during your time in Xorvintroth (cross out anyone who didn’t survive):
- Amri Thistlebrick
- Salros Eventide
- Tua

Loot

• 8333 GP
• Cold Weather Clothing
• Scroll of Sending
• Scroll of Teleportation Circle
• Potion of Vitality
• Bracers of Defense
• Belt of Stone Giant Strength

Level 15 (Wizard 15)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: /
Spells: Clone, Dominate Monster

Story-Awards

Story Award: I Only Do This for Special Customers
Upon presenting their coupon at Tity’s Emporium in Hillsfar, the character may select any one (and only one) of the following benefits:
• 10% off the total bill of any normal equipment purchase of 50 gp or more (before discount). This includes everything in the armor, weapons, adventuring gear, and tools tables from the Equipment chapter of the Player’s Handbook.
• One weapon you already own silvered at half price (50 gp instead of the usual 100 gp).
• Closeout special! You may purchase a single potion of climbing for 50 gp. They do not usually sell these potions, but Fortuna tells the character she had a recent opportunity to purchase another merchant’s remaining stock at the “end of the season.”
Remove this story award from your logsheet once it has been used.
Story Awards: You Should Stick Around for a While (Option 2).
Until the wizard either completes adventure HILL 1-3 or reaches 11th level (whichever comes first), they are granted free access to the Mage’s Guild library in Hillsfar Castle.
The character may spend downtime and gold to copy into their spellbook any two PHB spells of level 4 or lower that they do not currently have.

The wizard must still spend the lifestyle expenses associated with the total downtime invested.

Loot:

• Potion of Growth
• Potion of Hill Giant Strength
• 478 GP

Level 9 (Wizard 9)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: /
Spells: Steel Wind Strike, Wall of Force

Story Awards

Story Reward: A Dissident is Here
Your actions subverting Hillsfar’s current regime have been noticed by the political factions in the City of Trade. You gain advantage on Charisma-based ability checks that involve interacting with anyone actively opposed to First Lord Yestral and his government. Additionally, you gain disadvantage on those checks when interacting with any of Hillsfar’s government officials and with the Red Plumes. If you later earn the In Yestral’s Service Story Award, you lose this Story Award and any of its effects.
+ 2 Punkte Regierung
+ 2 Punkte Dissidenten

Loot

• 400 GP
• Emerald Kidgloves (Gloves of Thievery)
• Greater Healing Potion
• Potion of Acid Resistance

Level 10 (Wizard 10)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: Song of Defense
Cantrip: Mage Hand
Spells: Telepathic Bond, Hold Monster

Story Award

Favor of Candlekeep

Inkpot and the scribes of Candlekeep are extremely grateful for your stories and account of your time in Warlock’s Crypt. In return, they have offered to teach you ancient Netherese as an immersion course; if you would like to learn ancient Netherese, you must spend 120 downtime days at Candlekeep doing nothing other than working on your knowledge of this language. If you are not interested in learning ancient Netherese, you may instead choose three spell scrolls of up to 5th level (tier 3) or 7th level (tier 4) for free from an approved Adventurers League resource.

Loot

• 8174 GP
• Potion of Superior Healing
• Wand of Wonder
• Rod of Alertness

Story-Award einlösen:

Nature of the Weave
You have uncovered a series of tomes written by the archmage, Manshoon. By spending 50 downtime days, you gain proficiency in the Arcana skill. If you are already proficient in Arcana, you double your proficiency when making checks with the skill

-> Arcana Expertise

Story Award

Gratitude of Brightstar Moonsilver
For rescuing Brightstar, he is grateful and will serve as a mount for lawful good adventurers for three adventures. His stats are the standard unicorn stats found on page 294 of the Monster Manual.

Loot

• minus 440 GP
• Potion of Speed
• Manual of Quickness of Action

Traded with Justus
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/90309

Traded with Amélie
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/91349

Traded with Corus
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/86958

Traded with Missy
https://www.adventurersleaguelog.com/users/36316/characters/89815

Item Overview

Consumables

Potions:
- 3x Potion of Greater Healing
- 7x Potion of Superior Healing
- Potion of Flying
- Potion of Mind Reading
- 2x Potion of Growth
- Potion of Hill Giant Strength
- Potion of Acid Resistance
- Potion of Vitality
- potion of enhance ability (acts as fox's cunning)
- potion of enhance ability (bear's endurance)
- potion of enhance ability (eagle's splendor)
- Potion of Invulnerability
- 2x Potion of Speed

Scrolls:
- 2x Spellscroll Greater Restoration
- 2x Spellscroll Revivify
- Spellscroll Raise Dead
- Scroll of Fear
- Scroll of Hold Person
- Scroll of Conjure Minor Elementals
- Scroll of Protection (Fiends)
- Scroll of Mind Spike
- Scroll of Sending
- Scroll of Teleportation Circle
- Scroll of Simulacrum
- Scroll of Forcecage
- Scroll of Programmed Illusion
- Scroll of Sunburst

Spell Components

Wizard Spells
- 5x find Familiar stuff (5x 10GP)
- Contingiency Oleander statuette (1.500 GP)
- Forcecage Ruby Dust (1.500 GP)
- Draconic Transformation Statuette (500 GP)
- Simulacrum Powdered Ruby (1.500 GP)
- 25x Plane Shift Forked Metal Rods (25x 250 GP) (Material Plane, Feywild, Shadowfell, Ethereal Plane, Elemental Plane of Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Limbo, Mechanus, Acheron, Nine Hells, Gehenna, Hades, Carceri, Abyss, Pandemonium, Arcadia, Mount Celestia, Bytopia, Elysium, Beastlands, Aborea, Ysgard)

General usefull Components
- 2x Holy Water (2x 25 GP)
- 5x Revivify-Diamonds (5x 300 GP)
- 2x Raise-Dead-Diamond (2x 500 GP)
- 5x Heroe's Feast Bowl (5x 1000 GP)

Mundane Items

/

Potions

• 5x Potion of Superior Healing (5x 500 GP)

Spell Components

• 5x find Familiar stuff (5x 10GP)
• Contingiency Oleander statuette (1.500 GP)
• Forcecage Ruby Dust (1.500 GP)
• 25x Plane Shift Forked Metal Rods (25x 250 GP) (Material Plane, Feywild, Shadowfell, Ethereal Plane, Elemental Plane of Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Limbo, Mechanus, Acheron, Nine Hells, Gehenna, Hades, Carceri, Abyss, Pandemonium, Arcadia, Mount Celestia, Bytopia, Elysium, Beastlands, Aborea, Ysgard)
• Draconic Transformation Statuette (500 GP)
• Simulacrum Powdered Ruby (1.500 GP)
• 2x Holy Water (2x 25 GP)
• 5x Revivify-Diamonds (5x 300 GP)
• 2x Raise-Dead-Diamond (2x 500 GP)

Story Award

/

Loot

• 2922 GP
• Ioun Stone of Awareness
• Staff of Fate
• Watchful Helm
• Ring of Spell Storing (Bless, Revivify)
• Hat of Disguise (Diadem)
• Eyes of Minute Seeing
• Sun Blade
• Crystal Ball of True Seeing

Teleportation Circle

House of the All-Seeing Orb
Tashluta is the busy port-city capital of Tashalar

Used a Day of Downtime and powdered ruby worth 1,500 GP to cast Simulacrum of himself

Oleander war aus irgend einem Grund wie jeder andere auch im Wildspace unterwegs...
Background Feature: False Identity (Charlatan) -> Wildspace Adaptation (Wildspacer)

Loot

• 250 GP
• Lor'shon Va'na'eel (Rod of Absorption)
• Oil of Sharpness
• Scroll of Lesser Restoration
• Scroll of Ray of Enfeeblement

» Book One: detect magic, mirror image, banishment, wall of force, Booming Blade
» Book Two: identify, misty step, fire shield, globe of invulnerability, _________________
» Book Three: mage armor, counterspell, stoneskin, teleport, _________________
» Book Four: magic missile, fly, cone of cold, mind blank, _________________
» Book Five: detect thoughts, lightning bolt, scrying, time stop, _________________

Loot

• 7000 GP
• bought 2x Scroll of Passwall (2x 1000 GP), used one
• Scimitar of Speed
• Hat of Wizardry
• Potion Greater Healing

---Level 1---

Race:

Tasha's Custom (Mensch-"Warforged")
- +2 Int
- Darkvision 60ft.
- Feat: Sentinel
- Point Buy: Str 8, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 15 (+2), Wis 10, Cha 10

Background:

Soldier.

(nur Flavor) *A.C.E. war ein menschlicher Schmied im militärischen Dienst. Bei einem Überfall auf ihr Lager wurde er schwer verletzt, da weder Magier noch sonstige Tränke oder Heilungsmöglichkeiten übrig waren entschied man sich stattdessen eine experimentelle Prozedur durchzuführen. Sein Körper wurde durch verschiedene metallene Geräte erweitert die seine Knochen stützen, muskeln stimmulieren und teilweise sogar Organe ersetzen. Es gelang, doch A.C.E. konnte sich an nichts mehr aus seinem früheren Leben erinnern und verhielt sich generell merkwürdig. Er sollte abgeschaltet werden da er als gefährlich eingestuft wurde, konnte allerdings entkommen. Nun ist er auf der Suche nach dem Sinn seiner Existenz und versucht sich nützlich zu machen.

Proficiencies:

From...
- Background: Athletics, Intimidation
- Class: Investigation, Perception

Equipment:

From Background: (Soldier)
An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
From Class: (Artificer)
- any two simple weapons (2x Light Crossbow)
- light crossbow and 20 bolts
- studded leather armor or scale mail
- thieves’ tools and a dungeoneer’s pack

sold
3x light Crossbow (3x 12,5GP)
bought
Maul (10GP)
20x Dart (20x 0,05GP)

---Level 2---

Infusions:
- Enhanced Defense
- Enhanced Weapon
- Returning Weapon
- Mind Sharpener

---Level 3---

Artificer Specialist: Battle Smith
- Smiths Tools prof
- Spells: Heroism, Shield
- Steel Defender

---Level 4---

Feat: Great Weapon Master

---Level 5---

Spells: Branding Smite, Warding Bond
Extra Attack
Spear +1

Level 12 (Wizard 12)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: ASI
ASI: Dex +2
Spells: Chain Lightning, Globe of Invulnerability

Level 13 (Wizard 13)

Downtime Ability: Catching Up (-10 Days)
Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: /
Spells: Teleport, Draconic Transformation

Level 14 (Wizard 14)

Downtime Ability: Catching Up (-10 Days)
Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: Song of Victory
Spells: Plane Shift, Forcecage

Loot
- Snarls Zauberbuch:
* 1st Level: Magic Missile, shield, thunderwave
* 2nd Level: mirror image, web
* 3rd Level: dispel magic, fear, stinking cloud
- Spellscroll of Holding Person
- Spellscroll of Fear
- Spellscroll of conjure minor elementals,
- Spellscroll of dispel magic
- Spellscroll of magic mouth
- Spellscroll of protection (fiends)
- Potion of Flying
- Potion of Mind Reading
- Potion of greater healing

1. First Weapon Returned. five rare consumables:
2x Spellscroll Greater Restoration
2x Spellscroll Revivify
Spellscroll Raise Dead
2. Second Weapon Returned. Greatsword +2
3. Third Weapon Returned. blessing of protection, when the character gains 17th level can claim one of these legendary items (Blackrazor, Whelm, Wave) for their own use subject to the MIL restrictions.

Level 6

Level 7

Downtime Ability: Catching Up (-10 Days)

Story-Award

Story Award: Xorvintroth Base Security - POSITIV
You secured or didn’t secure (delete as applicable) the hidden base against discovery by the Red Wizards and against being breached by wandering dangers. In addition to the minimum preparations, you also did the following (cross out any that don’t apply):
- Removed or destroyed the magic-draining statues.
- Destroyed the fog-generating pods.

Story Award: Bond of Fellowship
You encountered three Harper agents during your time in Xorvintroth (cross out anyone who didn’t survive):
- Amri Thistlebrick
- Salros Eventide
- Tua

Loot

• 8333 GP
• Cold Weather Clothing
• Scroll of Sending
• Scroll of Teleportation Circle
• Potion of Vitality
• Bracers of Defense
• Belt of Stone Giant Strength

Level 15 (Wizard 15)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: /
Spells: Clone, Dominate Monster

Story-Awards

Story Award: I Only Do This for Special Customers
Upon presenting their coupon at Tity’s Emporium in Hillsfar, the character may select any one (and only one) of the following benefits:
• 10% off the total bill of any normal equipment purchase of 50 gp or more (before discount). This includes everything in the armor, weapons, adventuring gear, and tools tables from the Equipment chapter of the Player’s Handbook.
• One weapon you already own silvered at half price (50 gp instead of the usual 100 gp).
• Closeout special! You may purchase a single potion of climbing for 50 gp. They do not usually sell these potions, but Fortuna tells the character she had a recent opportunity to purchase another merchant’s remaining stock at the “end of the season.”
Remove this story award from your logsheet once it has been used.
Story Awards: You Should Stick Around for a While (Option 2).
Until the wizard either completes adventure HILL 1-3 or reaches 11th level (whichever comes first), they are granted free access to the Mage’s Guild library in Hillsfar Castle.
The character may spend downtime and gold to copy into their spellbook any two PHB spells of level 4 or lower that they do not currently have.

The wizard must still spend the lifestyle expenses associated with the total downtime invested.

Loot:

• Potion of Growth
• Potion of Hill Giant Strength
• 478 GP

Level 9 (Wizard 9)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: /
Spells: Steel Wind Strike, Wall of Force

Story Awards

Story Reward: A Dissident is Here
Your actions subverting Hillsfar’s current regime have been noticed by the political factions in the City of Trade. You gain advantage on Charisma-based ability checks that involve interacting with anyone actively opposed to First Lord Yestral and his government. Additionally, you gain disadvantage on those checks when interacting with any of Hillsfar’s government officials and with the Red Plumes. If you later earn the In Yestral’s Service Story Award, you lose this Story Award and any of its effects.
+ 2 Punkte Regierung
+ 2 Punkte Dissidenten

Loot

• 400 GP
• Emerald Kidgloves (Gloves of Thievery)
• Greater Healing Potion
• Potion of Acid Resistance

Level 10 (Wizard 10)

Class: Wizard
HP: +6

Features: Song of Defense
Cantrip: Mage Hand
Spells: Telepathic Bond, Hold Monster