Chapter 8: Faunel
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“This is an ecological nightmare, and I don’t
know how it even works!” – A player at my table.
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Notes about Faunel
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Faunel was recently absorbed into the
Beastlands, so what remains is a wild area slowly starting to reorganize
itself.
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Camp Greenbriar is a trading post where
travelers intermingle with awakened beasts.
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Animals that drink from the water in the pool at
the gate to the Beastlands become awakened.
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Wisdom (Survival) checks n Faunel have
advantage.
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Read the box text setting the scene, then the
introduction of Razak the sloth.
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Some jokes Razak might tell:
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What do you call a fish with no eyes? Fsh!
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Why did the mushroom go to the party alone?
Because he's a fungi!
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"Why did the herbalist start a band?
Because she had all the thyme in the world!"
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"What do you call a magical owl? A
hoot-dini!"
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Razak takes the characters to the gate to the
Beastlands.
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The empyrean Wrath guards the gate. So
long as the characters are honest with them, he will give them access to the
gate.
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Ravenous
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As the characters leave the gate, run the
Ravenous encounter.
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Razak indicates the gnolls are part of the Vile
Hunt, a pack of evil gnolls hunting animals around Faunel.
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Razak identifies the ibex as Oka, and suggests
the characters come with him to speak to Ophelia the elephant in the Heart
Delta.
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Heart Delta
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Read the box text.
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Ophelia stays at a crater at the center of the
Delta. She is an awakened elephant.
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She is sad about Oka’s death but happy the
characters told her.
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She thinks the Vile Hunt works for Ebonclaw and
the predators.
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She thinks Ebonclaw is mad because Ophelia
recently defeated him for preying on someone under her protection.
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She thinks Ebonclaw hired the Vile Hunt to kill
Oka in retaliation.
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Ophelia asks the characters to go to Razortooth
Rock and find out if Ebonclaw is working with the Vile Hunt.
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If they find out who killed Oka, she will give
the characters a figurine of wondrous power (serpentine owl).
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Razortooth Rock
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Read the box text.
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Ebonclaw is an arrogant saber-toothed tiger who
is mad he was defeated by Ophelia.
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He’ll only treat with the characters if they
succeed on a DC 16 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check or offer him yak
meat (or some other tasty animal).
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If they can get him to talk, Ebonclaw is very
forthcoming.
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Ophelia recently defeated him in a fight over a
misunderstanding.
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He loathes the Vile Hunt.
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He doesn’t know who killed Oka, but he thinks
Parvaz at the Eagles’ Aerie might know.
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Eagles’ Aerie
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Characters navigate through the forest to a
petrified tree when Parvaz the albatross meets a variety of winged creatures.
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Parvaz is guarded and pragmatic. His goal is to
turn Faunel into a trading crossroads.
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He doesn’t know about Oka’s death and doesn’t
particularly care.
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The Vile Hunt is ground bound and doesn’t bother
him or his followers.
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He knows where the Vile Hunt’s lair is, but he
won’t share it without something in exchange.
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DC 18 Charisma (Persuasion) check to get him to
talk, or can offer him Ophelia’s figurine, or the promise an item in the
future.
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Vile Hunt Camp
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Ophelia or Ebonclaw will offer characters 2000
gp if they go take out the Vile Hunt. Ebonclaw will supply dire wolves
as backup and Ophelia will supply rhinoceroses.
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Read the box text.
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One gnoll stays back with the cage to let the
Triceratops out. It charges forward and starts randomly attacking.
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This fight is much too easy as written. At least
have the triceratops focus on the characters. I’d replace the fang of Yeenoghu
with a flind. Instead of a flail, Mick wields a very long knife. I made
him out to be an evil Crocodile Dundee type.
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Rewards: three potions of healing,
1400 gp, and a snakeskin that functions as a rope of entanglement.
· At the end of the chapter, if he is still around, Razak will give the characters his ring of animal friendship in thanks for their help.
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