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Don't make your own monsters. Grab stuff and re-fluff it to fit what you need. It is the easiest way to make sure you know what your team is going to be fighting and that it won't be too much extra work for you. I agree this is much easier. For example, for an encounter with a medium monstrous lizard and young, the young used the stats of giant rats.
Rukkh panics and runs through the sharpened stones. He collapses bleeding.
Rukkh uses a dash action to move 15' south (taking damage). He activates the healing stone as he goes.
This may come up: "Relentless endurance: When dropped to 0, not killed outright, drops to 1 instead. 1/per long rest."
Rukkh is scared and slowed! "A frightened creature flees from the source of its fear as best it can. If unable to flee, it may fight. A frightened creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks. A frightened creature can use special abilities, including spells, to flee; indeed, the creature must use such means if they are the only way to escape."
Rukkh grits his teeth and heads south, drawing the healing stone from his pocket. Three times he moves into a square covered in sharp stones, cutting his feet and lower legs, cursing in orcish, elvish, and common. He leaps over one square of sharp stones. As he moves, he draws the glyph stone from his pocket.
Rukkh runs south 30' and yells in common: "Murderers and Liars! You've had your last night of peaceful sleep! I will hunt you." Rukkh then runs another 30' south into the Pines.
Rukkh starts running south.
"Can you jam it open with your earth magic?"
"Liars and Murderers! You have had your last night of peaceful sleep. I will hunt you down!"
"I don't want ta get trapped down here. There should be a ready way out. Help me wi' this door."
Rukkh tries to open the large door.
Rukkh tries to open the large door.
Rukkh takes off after the escaping orc, drawing his sword. whispers in orcish:
Rukkh stage-whispers to the orc in orcish: "Open the door. We're getting out."
Rukkh takes off after the escaping orc, drawing his sword.
"We are guests here."
Rukkh hands over a small packet, similar to the one he earlier gave Grushlak
"I thought Grushlak was going to get us an audience with the Great Ulfe."
"We want to talk. I'm sure we have something to offer."
If it is still alive on his turn, Rukkh snarls a brief incantation (Hunter's Mark) and fires an arrow at the wolf. Rukkh hits AC 24 for 18 dmg.
"Steady friends. Draw no weapon. Cast no spell"
Rukkh shares what he found with the other characters.
Spot them. Don't get spotted. Find, follow tracks
ranger wilderness stuff: Ranger class features Favored enemy: Humanoids. Advantage to track and on knowledge checks, +2 dmg with weapons Natural Explorer:
While traveling for an hour or more in wilderness, you gain the following benefits:
Rukkh makes a quick resupply trip, including some meat for Grushlak. "Ready."
"My new friends, orcs 'r not smart but not beasts either. They know the more they raid the more soldiers come. These greenskins 'r raiding because something changed, making 'em desperate. A new tribe moved in from the north, wit dire wolf allies, an' they been killing the 'local' orcs and stoppin' 'em from hunting. Now the local greenskins are starvin' an' killin' farmers. Way I see it, tha problem we need ta fix is these Northerners. Now there's some reason tha Northerners been movin' in. Could be a lot of differnt reasons. Could be somethin' we can change, could be we jus' need ta kill tha invader wolf-lover bastards. We don't know 'til we goes and sniffs about." "Can't have the greenskins eatin' townsfolk while we work. Here's one thing might do: we give 'em food. Maybe 1 goat for 1 day wit no raids. Maybe 3 sheep for 5 days, I dunno what you can spare. On top o' that, find somethin' to trade wit the orcs. Don't matter if you don't need it; point is to get 'em in the habit of trading. They could bring in some timber, most likely. Orcs 'r good at felling trees. Give 'em any trade goods in return." "Hagglin' wit tha local orc chief 'Great Ulfe' will be a trick. Can't make him look weak 'r a fool; tha whole deal would fall apart." "Let Grushlak go or kill 'im. Orcs don't keep well in prison. Either way we'll find the orc lair. Easier if we're following fresh Grushlak tracks." "One thing I learned from my time in the wild: if you cut down a weed it grows back; ya got to go to the root."
"Avodaausan tug kal-ushk. Avmorrow, maush." translation from orcish:
"Today only horse-feed. Tomorrow meat." If Grushnak is interested, Rukkh brings him some.
Rukkh wordlessly tosses 1 day's rations to Grushnak. tricksy move: Rukkh scratches his leg, then reaches into his boot and pulls out a tiny bundle of cloth, which he tosses to Grushnak along the the food.
It's totally drugs.
"Something's changed. Mayhap the towns gotten weaker, or else the orcs got stronger or more desperate. Let's talk to townfolk and the prisoner tonight, then look for tracks tomorrow."
"I'm not too road-dirty ta visit a prison. I'm off ta meet an orc. 'S too soon ta talk about muscle, methinks."
"I'll range on, 'n head back if I see trouble. If yuh hear a whistle like this **loud whistle** I'm in trouble; come get me."
"Let's clear off this annoying brush and be off!" Rukkh hands Baron Altheon his shovel. (It's on Rukkh's char. sheet, no doubt.)
Rukkh's survival skills come in handy in order to find some answers Rukkh shares these results with the party. "What could it mean?"
"Good in a fight, bad for visiting towns. Can't ride it, tha horses won't like it." Rukkh searches the area around the campsite. Unanswered questions:
Rukkh hisses over his shoulder "Clear away from the pit and the ramp." He makes wolf noises as he approaches and offers the wolf his last goodberry (1 day's food and heals one hp). It the wolf isn't too hostile, Rukkh points it toward the pit.
"Do orcs hunt with wolves?" "Aye, all manner of beasts." "Ruhhk, do you think you can befriend the wolf? Are there any tracks?" "Hmmm..." Rukkh cautiously approaches the area where Oleksandr spied the wolf.
Primeval Awareness, part II: You have an innate ability to communicate with beasts, and they recognize you as a kindred spirit. Through sounds and gestures, you can communicate simple ideas to a beast as an action, and can read its basic mood and intent. You learn its emotional state, whether it is affected by magic of any sort, its short-term needs (such as food or safety), and actions you can take (if any) to persuade it to not attack. You cannot use this ability against a creature that you have attacked within the past 10 minutes.
"I'm exhausted."Have a drink Rukkh! It'll perk you up! "Glug-glug-glug. Bless yer beard, that's the stuff." Nature: Giant wolves of this region? "Who wants ta fight, 'n who doesn't? I'm up fer either."
"I'm exhausted."
Rukkh signals for a halt. "I don't like something about the road ahead." Rukkh hops of his horse, sniffs the air and placed an ear to the ground.
Primeval Awareness: You can attune your senses to determine if any of your favored enemies lurk nearby. By spending 1 uninterrupted minute in concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell), you can sense whether any of your favored enemies are present within 5 miles of you. This feature reveals which of your favored enemies are present, their numbers, and the creatures’ general direction and distance (in miles) from you. If there are multiple groups of your favored enemies within range, you learn this information for each group. Rukkh's favored enemy is humanoids.
On long-march days there's no time for foraging, so Rukkh hands round goodberries (eating one is a full day's food). On other days, Rukkh occasionally wanders off for a short time and returns with snacks.
One may need to copy and paste the link. Con Saves:
"Thanks on you, Jorlitharr. Here's hoping they'll go unused, at least 'til we reach Blasingdale."
Caravan Notes: People: Baron Altheon, Jorlitharr Deepflagon, Oleksander Blackwind, Olian Anaran, Thravum Grimrock, Rukkh Animals and vehicles: Rukkh’s warhorse “Kal,” two draft horses (unnamed?), one wagon Food and water: Outlander background + Ranger abilities easily cover food and water for people. A single casting of Goodberry feeds up to 10 animals per day. That leaves water for horses: we need to carry about
Travel equipment wishlist: (from most to least urgent)
Other stuff?
"Food 'n drink is no trouble for us two-footers, so long as yuh not fussy. I've a bit o' magic ta feed the horses. That leaves watering 'em. We need barrels."
Orcs are like sharks, if they smell blood in the water ... Rukkh sniffs at the Baron. "You got a smell of blood on yuh, Altheon. There's more'n one way for raids to end, y'know, my Baron."
I'm ready to go."Do you have the means to expedite our trip? Any shortcuts? Looking at the map it seems like cutting through the mountains maybe mire direct but horses so do so well through there. Stick to the road? " I bought muhself a horse. We'll be glad of 'em when we get to Blasingdale. We cut cross country, ride where we can, lead 'em where we can't. Anyone have magic that lift a warhorse? It'd free up some routes.
I'm ready to go.
... this town is very safe." "Then it's off to Blasingdale!"
"Some of us should spare a few days to visit tha goblin lair an' see what's wut. With good steeds and long marches we might catch up to the rest of you on yer way to Burning Dale."
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