TEXT: Twisted Mountain High
  A dwarf raider is hunting a
  god of the mountains, and its up to the
  heroes to stop her nefarious plot!
  Enthrallment
  The dwarf nations of the Grandfather Peaks col-
  lapsed with the Wyrmcoming. Even the bandits and 
  raiders were driven out by the wyrms and their gob-
  lins. But one, Thraika ThreeSpikes, has embraced this 
  corruption in her quest for power. A dwarf raider, for 
  years her warband has been the bane of caravans cross-
  ing the Peaks. Now that the wyrms’ evil has consumed 
  her territory, she has given herself to them. She is 
  transforming into a thrall, trading her souls for power 
  and immortality. One last dose of power will complete 
  her metamorphosis, and the Pathfinder Stone has it. 
  The Stone is a power nexus of Earth (Power Level 
  3), and if she can tap into it, Thraika will have the pow-
  er to descend into thralldom. But it has been kept from 
  her by a powerful goddess of the passes known as She-
  Who-Makes-The-Way. Since the rising of the Twisted 
  Peaks, She has kept to the hidden places of the moun-
  tains, shaping paths to aid the dwarves of the Last 
  Keep and keeping the Stone safe. Thraika now hunts 
  the goddess, hoping She will lead her to the Stone.
  Pathfinding Pillagers
  The heroes are patrolling the Wild surrounding 
  the Last Keep, the only free dwarf settlement in the 
  Twisted Peaks. The Keep has little need for currency 
  or trade goods, so they often accept martial aid as pay-
  ment. They are always in need of scouts, sentries, and 
  the like. The heroes might be simple sellspears, traders 
  looking to cut a deal, or paying for travel supplies. 
  The heroes were tasked with hunting down packs 
  of sprintscales who have been sighted throughout the 
  fringes of the Keep’s lands. They must be slain before 
  they decimate the farms there. The heroes are paired 
  up on maulboars, making their way through the ridges 
  and valleys in high summer, when they are ambushed 
  by the sprintscales, ridden by Thraika’s raiders! Call 
  for a Notice roll, without any details. Those that fail 
  suffer 3d6 damage, and those that succeed suffer 2d6 
  damage, as they fight free of the raiders. This can be 
  soaked as normal. The heroes flee the ambush; we be-
  gin in media res, with the dwarf raiders in hot pursuit!
  There is one sprintscale per hero, each carrying 
  two raiders. This is a 5 round chase through a moun-
  tainous old growth forest, darkened and gnarled by 
  the evil of the Peaks. On round 3, call for a Survival roll. 
  Those who succeed find that the trail is shifting, that 
  some force is changing the land. On round 5, the he-
  roes round a bend in the pass, and find themselves at 
  a meeting of trails none of them have seen before. The 
  raiders at their backs are gone. 
  In the center of the crossroads is a dwarf woman, 
  illuminated by an ochre aura, and carrying a large clay 
  pot. Ever-shifting mazes and paths adorn her clothing 
  and skin. This is She-Who-Makes-The-Way; her power 
  has brought the heroes here, and kept the sprintscales 
  lost. The heroes have a short respite, allowing them to 
  treat their wounds and question the goddess about the 
  creatures pursuing them. She tells them of Thraika, 
  and how she threatens the Last Keep and the remain-
  ing free dwarves of the Twisted Peaks. 
  She-Who-Makes-The-Way has a worked out a way 
  to keep Thraika from the Pathfinder Stone forever, but 
  it will be dangerous. It will require a massive expen-
  diture of her power, opening the Stone to attack from 
  the evil dwarf. It is a a great risk, but it is the only way.
  
  Showdown at the Stone
  Once they agree to aid her, She-Who-Makes-The-
  Way uses her power to guide the heroes to the Path-
  finder Stone. After a few hours’ journey, they reach 
  it. The Stone is a great plinth of multicolored granite, 
  at a crossroads aligned to the cardinal directions. Its 
  surface is an evershifting quilt of color, and the heroes 
  can feel the deep Power of Earth within. 
  She-Who-Makes-The-Way begins to sing a song of 
  stones and mountains and Earth, stirring the heroes’ 
  souls. Her pot hovers before her, glowing with deep 
  amber energies. The colors and patterns on the sur-
  face of the Stone begin to slow in their dance, flowing 
  and swirling through the air and into the pot. The land 
  around them groans as the paths She-Who-Makes-
  The-Way reshaped move back into their old forms.
  With the heroes entranced, call for a Notice (-2) 
  roll. Thraika and her minions have tracked them down! 
  The thrall-to-be flies over her raiders (2 per hero), who  
  surround the heroes and loose arrows at She-Who-
  Makes-The-Way, slaying her. Her form collapses in a 
  rainbow shower of pebbles, but her pot remains. 
  Battle ensues, but spears are not the way to victory. 
  The pot’s song calls out to the heroes, and anyone can 
  take it and use their Spirit (-2) to continue She-Who-
  Makes-The-Ways’s ritual. This is a Dramatic Task, and 
  others can support the lead hero with Spirit or Spell-
  craft.  A Complication results in the pot exploding, 
  dealing 4d6 damage in a Large Burst Template. Thrai-
  ka and her minions do all they can to disrupt the he-
  roes, but she flies away if they complete the ritual.
  Even if they are victorious, questions still remain. 
  Can the Stone be restored? Who is Thraika’s master? 
  What else does she plot in the shadows of the Peaks? 
  Your heroes must adventure to find the answers!
  Sprintscale
  Attributes: Agility d12, Smarts d4 (A), Spirit d6, 
  Strength d10, Vigor d4
  Skills: Fighting d6, Notice d6
  Pace: 10; Parry: 5; Toughness:  7 (1)
  Special Abilities:
  • 
  Armor +1: Scaled hide.
  • 
  Bite: Str+d4.
  • 
  Fleet Footed: Sprintscales roll a d10 Running die.
  • 
  Infravision: Sprintscales halve all darkness penal-
  ties vs. warm targets.
  • 
  Large: Attackers add +2 to their attack rolls when 
  attacking a sprintscale due to its immense size.
  • 
  Passengers: Sprintscales carry up to 1 passenger.
  • 
  Size +4: Sprintscales are the over 12 feet long.
  • 
  Sprinter: Sprintscales tire over long pursuits. After 
  3 rounds of a chase, reduce a sprintscale’s top speed 
  by 5. After 5 rounds, reduce it by an additional 5.
  • 
  Wyrmspawn Mount: Sprintscales never go Out of 
  Control when ridden by wyrmspawn, netherborn, 
  or  Corrupted. If ridden by anyone else, they in-
  stantly go Out of Control.
  Dwarf Raider
  Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d6, Spirit d6, Strength 
  d8, Vigor d8
  Skills: Fighting d6, Intimidation d6, Notice d6, Riding 
  d6, Shooting d6, Stealth d6, Survival d6, Throwing d6
  Charisma: -4; Pace: 4; Parry: 5; Toughness: 7 (2)
  Hindrances: Bloodthirsty, Vengeful (major).
  Edges: Low Light Vision, No Mercy.
  Gear: Battle hawk (Str+d8, AP 1), recurve bow (2d6, 
  12/24/48, AP 1), heavy hairpipe vest (+2).
  She-Who-Makes-The-Way 
  Force: d10; Parry: 5; Toughness: 7 (2)
  Abilities: Armor (+2), God (minor), Innate Powers 
  (burrow, shaping), Melee Attack (Str+d6)
  Thraika ThreeSpikes 
  Attributes: Agility d8, Smarts d10, Spirit d10, Strength 
  d12, Vigor d12
  Skills: Fighting d10, Intimidation d10, Notice d6, Rid-
  ing d6, Shooting d8, Stealth d6, Survival d6, Taunt d10
  Charisma: 0; Pace: 4; Parry: 5; Toughness: 7 (2)
  Edges: Low Light Vision, No Mercy.
  Hindrances: Bloodthirsty, Vengeful (major).
  Gear: Battle hawk (Str+d8, AP 1), recurve bow (2d6, 
  12/24/48, AP 1), heavy hairpipe vest (+2).
  Special Abilities:
  • 
  Fear: Thralls are terrifying, and cause Fear checks.
  • 
  Flame Burst: Thralls have a lesser fiery breath. This 
  affects a Small Burst Template. Those affected roll 
  Agility (-2) or take 2d8 damage. This is a Heavy 
  Weapon. A thrall cannot make melee attacks and 
  spit a flame burst in the same round. 
  • 
  Flying: Pace 16.
  • 
  Size +2: Thraika stands over seven feet tall.
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