Roaring River
Description
Spotted Tabaxi, Mulhorandi Tomb Raider by background — comfortable with traps, ancient places, and things best left undisturbed. Speaks Common, Dwarvish, Sylvan, and Thieves’ Cant, an unusual spread that tells its own story. Started out a Swashbuckler and is finding his way toward something more disciplined as the campaign goes on. Carries 1,000 ball bearings, which have not yet been deployed but will eventually matter at exactly the wrong moment.
Personality
Lawful Neutral and quietly competent. Willing to skin a wolf to earn a nod from a skeptical orc hunter. Has seen a glowing white wolf in the distance that nobody else could spot — not the first time River has noticed something others missed.
Relationships
- Party: Alina Shandorath, Dr. Medicine, Berg Wurdnowwah
Appearances
- 2026-04-24 — Session 1 (April 24, 2026) (It Has Your Scent) — went down to the first giant owl crit in round one; stabilized by Dr. Medicine; back up and fighting before the end
- 2026-05-01 — Session 2 (May 1, 2026) (The Name on the Door) — crossed the underground lake right behind Berg; took heavy piercer damage; turned the slick terrain into a springboard
- 2026-05-08 — Session 3 (May 8, 2026) (Soon) — polished worthless junk into heirlooms for the spring guardian trade; sneak attack found the gap in the wolf fight; helped skin the wolves; earned Kaarsk’s nod; spotted the blue-glowing white wolf following the party
- 2026-05-15 — Session 4 (May 15, 2026) (Discovering What Never Was) — picked up exhaustion on the walk to the ruins (Cold Snap); sneak attack for 14 into the Remorhaz when it came up through the ground
- 2026-05-22 — Session 5 (May 22, 2026) (Don’t Forget Your Mother) — jumped off the landing and grabbed a mephit out of the air, taking falling damage alongside it; entered the ghost fight at 5 HP and kept swinging until it was done
- 2026-05-30 — Session 6 (May 30, 2026) (The Woe She Promised) — caught Dak’s gunt attempt on 22 Perception and repaid him in hide scrapings; told Kaarsk to get up or stop complaining; took Ragnhild’s shortbow; killed Rimetalon with a natural 20 for 27 damage
- 2026-06-06 — Session 7 (June 6, 2026) (Dead Run) — delivered the words that kept Kaarsk in camp without a fight; said yes to Dak; natural 20 to open the hunt, natural 20 again to save Dak from the elk; invented “dead run” on the spot and made it land
- 2026-06-12 — Session 8 (June 12, 2026) (I’m Not Supposed to Be Here) — walked Dak home and gave Skara the story she needed with an advantage Persuasion roll; stood for Pasha’s memorial, came away with a Moon Touched blade and a Candle of the Deep; has an eye on the Glamoured Studded Leather Bjarne handed off
- 2026-06-20 — Session 9 (June 20, 2026) (It Is Not Too Late to Come Home) — goatball MVP: 25 interception, 27 tackle, game-winning throw; sneak attacked the first chardalyn warrior for exactly 20 damage — precisely what it had left; confirmed rebuild to Soulknife subclass
- 2026-06-26 — Session 10 (June 26, 2026) (Cold Tooth) — received Ragnhild’s farewell and the shortbow stays — earned for what he did for Pasha, not requested; Steady Aim plus Sharpshooter range put an arrow into a charging alpha at 80 feet; natural 20 mid-fight for 22 damage, called “to the boneyard,” tipping the fight toward cleanup
- 2026-07-10 — Session 11 (July 10, 2026) (The Shelter Holds) — taught Dak to aim (16 on a wisdom-based ranged attack), earning a floating advantage he spent for a 21 mid-fight; played ball with Aldric through the whole standoff and poured a potion into him when he fell; evasion zeroed the lightning bolt; saved against Yrel’s possession by exactly one
- 2026-07-17 — Session 12 (July 17, 2026) (Nothing Will Have Ever Been) — broke free of a grapple with Athletics; used Steady Aim for advantage and hit on a 20 for a ranged sneak attack; held the combat count while the session’s narrative weight fell elsewhere
- 2026-07-24 — Session 13 (July 24, 2026) (Elegant Gloves) — never missed in the beaver fight; used Parry reaction to cut an incoming 22 to hit down to 3 damage; traded his Ring of Mind Shielding to Aldric for an Amulet of Health in about fifteen seconds
- 2026-07-31 — Session 14 (July 31, 2026) (Fur and Hatred) — Uncanny Dodge halved a 25-to-hit incoming construct attack; offhand dagger crit with doubled sneak attack dice finished the last construct standing; never missed across the fight
- 2026-08-08 — Session 15 (August 8, 2026) (The North Is Most Prominent) — natural 20 on initiative; opened with Steady Aim; natural 20 attack late in the fight put 25 damage into a bloodied elemental; also tried Brekk’s vial twice after watching Dr. Medicine retch, to similar effect