Harnok Reedwatcher
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Harnok Reedwatcher

Harnok Reedwatcher

“The swamp has no memory… but the Seeping Sons do.”

Description:
A wiry Ashen Knollsmen guide with sharp eyes and a perpetually tense stance, Harnok is one of the few brave (or desperate) enough to lead outsiders through the Seeping Waste. He wears leather armor strung with ash-charms and bone fetishes, his face painted in streaks of gray and black mud. His manner is blunt, wary, but fair—he will take payment in coin, food, or promises of vengeance against the Seeping Sons.

Though he has guided hunters and pilgrims to the Ziggurat of Khalitharius, Harnok lives in fear of the Seeping Sons, whose mutagenic alchemy has claimed his kin before. He refuses to face them directly unless cornered or desperate.

Harnok Reedwatcher
Ashen Knollsman Scout, Male Human Ranger 2

  • AC: 6 [13] (leather armor, Dex)

  • HP: 11 (2d8+2)

  • HD: 2

  • Attacks:

    • Spear (melee): 1 × attack, 1d6 damage (or thrown, range 20/40/60)

    • Shortbow: 1 × attack, 1d6 damage, range 50/100/150

  • THAC0: 19 [+0]

  • Movement: 120’ (40’)

  • Saving Throws: D12, W13, P14, B15, S16

  • Alignment: Neutral

  • Special (Ranger Abilities):

    • Surprise opponents on 1–3 in 6 when in wilderness

    • +1 damage vs. humanoids (gloops, goblins, orcs, etc.)

    • Tracking: 90% in swamps, 65% elsewhere

  • Equipment: Spear, shortbow with 20 arrows, leather armor, swamp cloak, bundle of Ghost Pipe roots (worthless unless ritually prepared).

Personality & Hooks:

  • Superstitious, spits three times before speaking of the Seeping Sons.

  • Refuses to enter their territory, but will warn adventurers of their alchemical tricks.

  • Wants vengeance for his brother, who was dissolved alive by one of their boneglass flasks.

  • Offers to lead adventurers safely to the ziggurat, guiding them around quickmire and mutagenic fog.