Starting Wealth +40g

XGE's This is Your Life

Adopted by human parents who had no children, Kalte grew up in a large home in Stagwick. I had a few close friends and lived an ordinary childhood. I grew up fighting, and I refined my talents by defending myself against people who crossed me.

My life was good, but mundane, so when it was time for someone to step up and do the right thing, I took my chance.

Life events 2 (1d4)
8 Tragedy 9 By giving up my role in the family Cartwright shop, I brought terrible shame in the eyes of my family. The attitude of my family members toward me became indifferent at best, though they might eventually forgive me.
96 Arcane Matters 8 You identified an illusion for what it was.

Story Award: Stung by Greed. (removed) You were stung by greed, and your soul has been infected by the deadly sin. When you’re in the presence of great wealth (in the form of coins or gems/jewelry worth over 1,000 gp), you are stunned until the end of your first turn, as your mind reels at such great wealth. This can be removed with a remove curse.

Story Award: Friend of Kraddokk. You talked with the storm giant Kraddokk and did not desecrate the shrine of Annam. He tells his friends about your interaction with him. This friendship might bear fruit at a later date.

Story Award: Hated of Surtur. For thwarting Baron Ugarak’s plans in the Molten Vault, you have earned the ire of Surtur, god of the Fire Giants. Fire Giants who see you sense a deep and abiding hatred which can be quelled only through your painful death. You have disadvantage on any social checks with fire giants and they attempt to kill you as quickly as possible in combat, even at the expense of other foes.

*sold chain mail

Bought 10 sheets Paper, Ink, Ink pen, map case, Manacles, Healer's Kit

Purchased Longbow and quiver of 20 arrows

3x Potions of Fire Giant Strength, Potion of Invulnerability, Scroll of Raise Dead

Traded with Georg (Ian O'Donnell, DCI 5317866663)

The factions now have access to a store of ore that has been sustain prolonged exposure to unusual elemental energies. If you are Rank 2 or higher with a faction, you may spend 60 downtime days to assist your faction with crafting & fitting of a suit of nonmagical metal armor. You must pay the full price of the armor, however, when complete, it bestows resistance to fire damage when worn.
As a nonmagical suit of armor, this item is non-tradeable.

Kalte returned to Stagwick, where he led a group of adventurers to meet Frontier Scout Wum Burdun. Wum introduced us to a Frost Giant named Scövja Thurfurst whose son had been abducted. Wum suspected a group named The Bloodriders, a militia of Stagwick veterans who hate giantkind. Scövja has agreed to give Wum 5 days for us to recover her son, Burleigh.
While inspecting the site of the attack, we recovered evidence that the Bloodriders ambushed the giant, and then along the trail, a murdered Bloodrider killed by a human's knife.

The group convinced the Bloodrider Commander Scarn Mikel to release Burleigh, but Bloodrider Captain Cathica Lygia staged a coup and attacked us as we were returning to Stagwick. we cut her and her cohort down, saving Burleigh.

Story Award: Frontier Friend By convincing Scarn Mikel to let Burleigh Thurnfurst go peacefully, the Blood Riders gain a new respect for the Frontier Scouts. As a result, the riders stop bullying the scouts and they stay out of one another’s way. As long as you possess this story award, you have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) and (Persuasion) checks made to influence any member of the Frontier Scouts.

Purchased Warhorse (-400g), Military Saddle (-20g), Saddlebags (-5g), Bridle and Tack (-2g), and Splint barding (-800g).
Also purchased two flasks of holy water (-50g), and 2 Javelins (-2g)

8,750 gp carried in form of:
* 2 large emeralds (from the lair of the Huge Giant Crab in WPM, 1,000gp ea)
* Brass mug with jade inlay (from Qesnef's treasure in WPM, 250gp)
* Platinum bracelet set with a sapphire (from Qesnef's treasure in WPM, 2,500gp)
* 1 moonstone amulet (Bloodrider medallion, formerly Eliot Tragor's, 250gp)
* 2 Large Diamonds (formerly the eyes of a statue in the Rotunda of Hotun-Shul, 1,000 gp ea)
* Ruby-and-emerald-encrusted ivory statue of a wizard (Found in the ruins of Ulcaster's school of magic, 1,500 gp)
* Jade statuette of Mystra with 7 stars of pearl (Found in the ruins of Ulcaster's school of magic, 250 gp)

SEER charges the band of adventurers to seek out the stone giant Kryshilir at the Seven Stones. He will give us guidance in finding Hotun-Shûl and once we find it, we must learn what they can about the frost giant Jarl Ryndölg and his ancient, powerful axe called Øksavmakt.

+ potion of Fire Giant Strength, portion of Superior Healing
* Downtime Activity: Student of Stone. Illsenstaad has chosen you and you alone to complete his life’s work and put his soul to rest. By spending a total of 365 downtime days (these need not be spent all at once) possessed by Illsenstaad, allowing him to tell his stories and carve them into the living rock of Hotun-Shûl, you gain the Student of Stone story award. If you are a dwarf, possess the Guild Artisan (mason or stonecutter) background, or are otherwise proficient in mason’s tools; you complete this in half the normal time.
* Downtime Activity: Dreamwalker. Kryshilir has taught you to look beyond the veil of the world and navigate your dreams. By spending 25 downtime days, you travel to the Seven Stones and meditate under Kryshilir’s whispered guidance. Upon completing this downtime activity, you gain the Dreamwalker story award.

Story Award: Dreamwalker. Your meditations have granted you the gift of foresight. Upon receiving this story award, roll a d20 and record the number rolled. (19)
Once, you can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with the number you rolled. You must choose to do so before the roll. Once you have used this story award in this fashion, remove it. This story award may be earned again as often as you like, but you must complete the Dreamwalker downtime activity each time and may not do so again until you no longer possess this story award.

Story Award: Student of Stone. You have studied under the tutelage of Illsenstaad, a long-dead stone giant loremaster and stone carver. You gain the benefit of the dwarven Stonecunning trait. If you already possess the Stonecunning trait, you triple your proficiency bonus instead of doubling it. In addition, you also gain proficiency in mason’s tools and the Giant language if you are not already proficient.

Bought Mason's Tools -10g

Story Award: SEER’s Delivery Service. You successfully delivered the rune tablet into the hands of the Lord’s Alliance for study, much to their gratitude. You gain advantage on ability checks that involve interacting with NPC members of the Lord’s Alliance. Additionally, you gain disadvantage on ability checks that involve interacting with NPCs that specifically oppose the Lord’s Alliance.
Story Award: Heroes of Citadel Adbar. Your brave rescue of the Frostbite Platoon has earned you fame and favor within the dwarven citadel. While the citadel normally shuts out visitors, you are granted access to the citadel’s upper reaches. You gain advantage on ability checks that involve interacting with dwarves from Citadel Adbar, regardless of where you travel.

Kalte and a few companions are summoned by King Hartwick and SEER to rejoin the defense of Stagwick, as Jarl Ryndolg's giant army has laid siege to the Hartsvale region. Uli of the Frontier Scouts reported a powerful creature in the area around Middle Spire, with a lot of game found rent asunder and consumed raw. SEER has concerns that this could be a powerful creature summoned by the sounding of Hartkiller's Horn and the adventureres are asked to investigate to ensure it is not going

En route to the Spires, we are ambushed by a Frost giant, an ice spire ogre, and two orogs from the top of a cliff. Climbing the 35' shelf in plate was more effort than Kalte could muster, so after cutting down the frost giant, he watched Torrik the Barbarian clean up the remainder.

On top of Middle Spire, we discovered a skeletal giant gobbling venison from a score of felled deer and mountain goats. To our suprise, he was the Hartkiller, son of Annam All-Father and the demigod namesake of Hartsvale. It seems that it was not only living giants who felt the call of the Horn. He asked us to help him find more to eat so he could regain his strength in order to defend Stagwick and Hartsvale.

The group tracked the gargantuan Beast of Talos, a legendary remorhaz that felt no pain from fire, ice, lightning, nor thunder. It ate two of the less experienced in the party, but they were saved before death by digestion. Dragging the massive creature back to Hartkiller was troublesome, but it was the protein he needed to make his defense of Stagwick and slay Jarl Ryndolg, shattering his alliance of giants.

We found a dagger of venom in the side of the beast. Perhaps I can find someone who wants it.

Starting Wealth +40g

XGE's This is Your Life

Adopted by human parents who had no children, Kalte grew up in a large home in Stagwick. I had a few close friends and lived an ordinary childhood. I grew up fighting, and I refined my talents by defending myself against people who crossed me.

My life was good, but mundane, so when it was time for someone to step up and do the right thing, I took my chance.

Life events 2 (1d4)
8 Tragedy 9 By giving up my role in the family Cartwright shop, I brought terrible shame in the eyes of my family. The attitude of my family members toward me became indifferent at best, though they might eventually forgive me.
96 Arcane Matters 8 You identified an illusion for what it was.

Story Award: Stung by Greed. (removed) You were stung by greed, and your soul has been infected by the deadly sin. When you’re in the presence of great wealth (in the form of coins or gems/jewelry worth over 1,000 gp), you are stunned until the end of your first turn, as your mind reels at such great wealth. This can be removed with a remove curse.

Story Award: Friend of Kraddokk. You talked with the storm giant Kraddokk and did not desecrate the shrine of Annam. He tells his friends about your interaction with him. This friendship might bear fruit at a later date.

Story Award: Hated of Surtur. For thwarting Baron Ugarak’s plans in the Molten Vault, you have earned the ire of Surtur, god of the Fire Giants. Fire Giants who see you sense a deep and abiding hatred which can be quelled only through your painful death. You have disadvantage on any social checks with fire giants and they attempt to kill you as quickly as possible in combat, even at the expense of other foes.

*sold chain mail

Bought 10 sheets Paper, Ink, Ink pen, map case, Manacles, Healer's Kit

Purchased Longbow and quiver of 20 arrows

3x Potions of Fire Giant Strength, Potion of Invulnerability, Scroll of Raise Dead

Traded with Georg (Ian O'Donnell, DCI 5317866663)

The factions now have access to a store of ore that has been sustain prolonged exposure to unusual elemental energies. If you are Rank 2 or higher with a faction, you may spend 60 downtime days to assist your faction with crafting & fitting of a suit of nonmagical metal armor. You must pay the full price of the armor, however, when complete, it bestows resistance to fire damage when worn.
As a nonmagical suit of armor, this item is non-tradeable.

Kalte returned to Stagwick, where he led a group of adventurers to meet Frontier Scout Wum Burdun. Wum introduced us to a Frost Giant named Scövja Thurfurst whose son had been abducted. Wum suspected a group named The Bloodriders, a militia of Stagwick veterans who hate giantkind. Scövja has agreed to give Wum 5 days for us to recover her son, Burleigh.
While inspecting the site of the attack, we recovered evidence that the Bloodriders ambushed the giant, and then along the trail, a murdered Bloodrider killed by a human's knife.

The group convinced the Bloodrider Commander Scarn Mikel to release Burleigh, but Bloodrider Captain Cathica Lygia staged a coup and attacked us as we were returning to Stagwick. we cut her and her cohort down, saving Burleigh.

Story Award: Frontier Friend By convincing Scarn Mikel to let Burleigh Thurnfurst go peacefully, the Blood Riders gain a new respect for the Frontier Scouts. As a result, the riders stop bullying the scouts and they stay out of one another’s way. As long as you possess this story award, you have advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) and (Persuasion) checks made to influence any member of the Frontier Scouts.

Purchased Warhorse (-400g), Military Saddle (-20g), Saddlebags (-5g), Bridle and Tack (-2g), and Splint barding (-800g).
Also purchased two flasks of holy water (-50g), and 2 Javelins (-2g)

8,750 gp carried in form of:
* 2 large emeralds (from the lair of the Huge Giant Crab in WPM, 1,000gp ea)
* Brass mug with jade inlay (from Qesnef's treasure in WPM, 250gp)
* Platinum bracelet set with a sapphire (from Qesnef's treasure in WPM, 2,500gp)
* 1 moonstone amulet (Bloodrider medallion, formerly Eliot Tragor's, 250gp)
* 2 Large Diamonds (formerly the eyes of a statue in the Rotunda of Hotun-Shul, 1,000 gp ea)
* Ruby-and-emerald-encrusted ivory statue of a wizard (Found in the ruins of Ulcaster's school of magic, 1,500 gp)
* Jade statuette of Mystra with 7 stars of pearl (Found in the ruins of Ulcaster's school of magic, 250 gp)

SEER charges the band of adventurers to seek out the stone giant Kryshilir at the Seven Stones. He will give us guidance in finding Hotun-Shûl and once we find it, we must learn what they can about the frost giant Jarl Ryndölg and his ancient, powerful axe called Øksavmakt.

+ potion of Fire Giant Strength, portion of Superior Healing
* Downtime Activity: Student of Stone. Illsenstaad has chosen you and you alone to complete his life’s work and put his soul to rest. By spending a total of 365 downtime days (these need not be spent all at once) possessed by Illsenstaad, allowing him to tell his stories and carve them into the living rock of Hotun-Shûl, you gain the Student of Stone story award. If you are a dwarf, possess the Guild Artisan (mason or stonecutter) background, or are otherwise proficient in mason’s tools; you complete this in half the normal time.
* Downtime Activity: Dreamwalker. Kryshilir has taught you to look beyond the veil of the world and navigate your dreams. By spending 25 downtime days, you travel to the Seven Stones and meditate under Kryshilir’s whispered guidance. Upon completing this downtime activity, you gain the Dreamwalker story award.

Story Award: Dreamwalker. Your meditations have granted you the gift of foresight. Upon receiving this story award, roll a d20 and record the number rolled. (19)
Once, you can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by you or a creature that you can see with the number you rolled. You must choose to do so before the roll. Once you have used this story award in this fashion, remove it. This story award may be earned again as often as you like, but you must complete the Dreamwalker downtime activity each time and may not do so again until you no longer possess this story award.

Story Award: Student of Stone. You have studied under the tutelage of Illsenstaad, a long-dead stone giant loremaster and stone carver. You gain the benefit of the dwarven Stonecunning trait. If you already possess the Stonecunning trait, you triple your proficiency bonus instead of doubling it. In addition, you also gain proficiency in mason’s tools and the Giant language if you are not already proficient.

Bought Mason's Tools -10g

Story Award: SEER’s Delivery Service. You successfully delivered the rune tablet into the hands of the Lord’s Alliance for study, much to their gratitude. You gain advantage on ability checks that involve interacting with NPC members of the Lord’s Alliance. Additionally, you gain disadvantage on ability checks that involve interacting with NPCs that specifically oppose the Lord’s Alliance.
Story Award: Heroes of Citadel Adbar. Your brave rescue of the Frostbite Platoon has earned you fame and favor within the dwarven citadel. While the citadel normally shuts out visitors, you are granted access to the citadel’s upper reaches. You gain advantage on ability checks that involve interacting with dwarves from Citadel Adbar, regardless of where you travel.

Kalte and a few companions are summoned by King Hartwick and SEER to rejoin the defense of Stagwick, as Jarl Ryndolg's giant army has laid siege to the Hartsvale region. Uli of the Frontier Scouts reported a powerful creature in the area around Middle Spire, with a lot of game found rent asunder and consumed raw. SEER has concerns that this could be a powerful creature summoned by the sounding of Hartkiller's Horn and the adventureres are asked to investigate to ensure it is not going

En route to the Spires, we are ambushed by a Frost giant, an ice spire ogre, and two orogs from the top of a cliff. Climbing the 35' shelf in plate was more effort than Kalte could muster, so after cutting down the frost giant, he watched Torrik the Barbarian clean up the remainder.

On top of Middle Spire, we discovered a skeletal giant gobbling venison from a score of felled deer and mountain goats. To our suprise, he was the Hartkiller, son of Annam All-Father and the demigod namesake of Hartsvale. It seems that it was not only living giants who felt the call of the Horn. He asked us to help him find more to eat so he could regain his strength in order to defend Stagwick and Hartsvale.

The group tracked the gargantuan Beast of Talos, a legendary remorhaz that felt no pain from fire, ice, lightning, nor thunder. It ate two of the less experienced in the party, but they were saved before death by digestion. Dragging the massive creature back to Hartkiller was troublesome, but it was the protein he needed to make his defense of Stagwick and slay Jarl Ryndolg, shattering his alliance of giants.

We found a dagger of venom in the side of the beast. Perhaps I can find someone who wants it.