Rainhaven

The small community depends heavily on a relatively large group of shifter scouts to patrol the nearby woodlands, keep in contact with the wandering druids who make their way through the area, and generally keep an observant eye on the surrounding lands. The scouts described below are typical of the region and the training in woodcraft that shifters undergo when living close to the land, as they do in Rainhaven.

Rainhaven is home to a dozen fierce shifter warriors, who combine their shifting ability with the wild fighting style of the barbarian tribes. These tribal warriors are members of the community, but they often spend long weeks away from the small town hunting and trapping food. When needed, they also serve as the town’s most intimidating group of warriors. While they lack the stealth and subtlety of the shifter scouts who share in the town’s defense, their fearsome rage and powerful melee abilities make them the most capable warriors in the town.

Although still relatively low level, the shifter shaman described here makes an interesting encounter, especially when paired with some of the scouts and tribal warriors described above. The stat block is representative of the junior druids who roam the Eldeen Reaches in the service of either the moonspeakers or the Ashbound order of druids. When they are not wandering on their own, these druids spend more time than druids of other races within the small thorps and hamlets that dot the reaches, serving as teachers, advisors, healers, and guardians to the local shifters.