D20 SYSTEM✦ Normal

The Rampant Ram of Scree Slopes

# Wilderness# Intrigue# Beast# Urban

The Scree Slopes are a treacherous trade route where colossal, horned rock rams, normally docile herd beasts, have been trampling merchant caravans with unnatural ferocity. This is no natural disaster; it is a calculated act of terror. The Iron Tusk Brotherhood, a desperate miners' guild facing ruin, has been deliberately provoking the herds into rage to extort 'protection' payments from terrified travelers. Opposing them are the Ram Wardens, a reclusive druidic circle who believe the herds' spirit has been wounded by industrial encroachment and that the Brotherhood's actions are accelerating a catastrophic ecological collapse. Caught in the middle, the players must navigate the treacherous slopes, uncover the truth, and decide which group's vision for the future is worth killing for.

Chronicle Prelude

You arrive at the besieged trading outpost of Summit's Rest, built into the lee of a great cliff. The air is thick with tension and the distant, thunderous crack of ram horns against stone. Wounded merchants litter the infirmary, and a palpable fear hangs over the market. The local constable is overwhelmed, and whispers point to two possible sources of the madness: the radical Ram Wardens in their hidden groves, or the recently impoverished miners of the Iron Tusk Brotherhood.

Environmental Traits

The entire Scree Slopes region is a powder keg. The unnatural aggression of the giant rock rams has severed a vital trade artery, causing starvation in nearby valleys. The ultimate goal is to restore safe passage, but the method—whether through extermination, appeasement, or violent suppression—will define the region's future for generations.

Legendary Archetypes

Rayan

HP:45

STR:16

WIS: 12

CHA:11

Key Factions & Autonomous Nodes (8)

Constable Brack
A heavy-set man with a worn leather jerkin over a chainmail shirt. His face is etched with exhaustion, and his eyes dart nervously. The constable's badge on his chest is tarnished. He carries a simple mace but keeps it holstered, looking more like a bureaucrat than a warrior.
Foreman Gristle
A powerfully built dwarf with a braided, iron-grey beard stained with soot. His leather apron is scarred from forge work, and his hands are calloused. He wears a heavy iron medallion shaped like a tusk. His eyes hold a deep, weary sadness, but his posture is one of grim resolve.
High Druid Vera
A tall, severe woman with hair like woven silver vines and eyes the colour of moss. She wears robes of undyed wool and bark armour, with living thorns weaving through the fabric. Her hands are stained with green sap, and she carries a staff of twisted root from which faint, emerald light pulses.
Merchant Silas
A wiry man with a stained waistcoat and a haunted look in his eyes. He nervously twists a signet ring on his finger—the twin to one that is conspicuously absent. His remaining goods are few, and he guards a locked chest fiercely.
Sergeant Kael
A grim-faced human soldier in patched Brotherhood leather armour. His face is hard, but his eyes frequently drift towards the slopes, filled with a private worry. He carries a standard-issue spear and shield bearing the Iron Tusk symbol.
Warden Scout Lynx
A slight, agile figure clad in mottled grey and green cloaks that blend with the scree. Her face is smeared with mud, and she moves with a predator's silence. She carries a short bow and a knife of sharpened bone.
Hermit Baelor
An old, weathered human with a tangled grey beard and skin like tanned leather. He wears furs and hides, and his eyes are sharp and clear. He sits outside a crude shelter of stone and wood, whittling a piece of horn. Ravens perch nearby.
Spirit of the Ram Matriarch
A colossal, spectral figure of a rock ram, translucent and shimmering with a angry, crimson light. Its horns are massive, ghostly chains of rock and energy, and its form flickers between solid and ethereal. It is a manifestation of the herd's collective agony and rage, a sacred entity driven to violence by the conflict tearing its world apart.

Chronicle Prelude

Environmental Traits

Legendary Archetypes

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