The jungles of Chult are vast and forbidding to outsiders, but a comforting home to those who live there. Adventurers from outside are at best considered a useful annoyance, a source of gold, foreign trade, and labor skilled at removing the more dangerous fauna and other intruders. The Dendo, tribe that Chui had guidance of was among those closer to foreigners’ haunts, and often served as guides into the deeper interior. This served them well, but even as insulated as they have been from the perils of the land they have still been affected by recent disturbances. With the rise of bandits along semi-traveled routes, their income has dried up and several tribe members have been among the caravan guards slain. Furthermore, someone somewhere in the deep jungle has been hunting the wildlife, causing a cascading effect resulting in swarms of displaced dinosaurs, goblins, and other creatures invading the Dendo lands.
Although the clan’s warriors have so far hunted and fought off the intruders, the Jungle Druids know that these problems are a sign of a deeper imbalance, more than one clan can and should be expected to address. Therefore, Chui and his dinosaur companion Windaghi have left the tribe in the hands of a colleague and journeyed to the city of the adventurers, there to seek a group to go inland and find the root of the region’s troubles.
Personality: Chui is used to being a wise and revered member of a small society, trading on his social position in place of actual skills at leadership. He’s out of his element among foreigners, though he knows they are necessary to his plans (better their lives than those of his people spent on the current menace), and is anxious to prove himself useful while amassing the best possible team. He’d like to be the leader behind the scenes, but mistrusts both his abilities and the attitudes of the foreigners.
Stats and Basics:
Chui Aolu Dendo of Ubtao, N Human Saurian Shaman Druid 7
Str 14
Dex 13
Con 13
Int 14
Wis 15 (+2 racial, +1 4th level) - 18
Cha 11
Gear
-3000 rod of giant summoning
-3500 ring of eloquence
-3750 druid vestements
-4000 amulet of mighty fists (Windaghi)
-170 MW hide shirt
-257 Darkwood shield
-8000 ring of protection +2
-15 Scimitar
Traits
Highlander (Stealth class skill, +1/+2 in mountain areas)
Reckless (Acrobatics class skill, +1)
Suspicious (Sense motive class skill, +1)
Drawback: Paranoid (DC to assist is 15)
Racial trait:
Impostor Wary (+2 vs illusions, sense motive 1 rank/level)