TSR 9525 Heroes' Lorebook.pdf

Heroes Lorebook

Dale Donovan

and

Paul Culotta

campaign world, giving statistical information

on each hero as well as personal facts and a bit of advice on what

could happen if their paths should cross with that of a band

of worthy adventurers.

Being a compendium of the characters whose exploits in the struggle

against evil and chaos are chronicled in the literature of the

F ORGOTTEN R EALMS ®

Designers Dedication

To Bob, Doug, Ed, Jeff, Jim, Kate, Troy, Zeb, and the authors

of all the F ORGOTTEN R EALMS ®

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9525XXX1501

1st Printing, May 1996

ISBN 0-7869-0412-7

novels who made this task so enjoyable;

your stories brought tears to our eyes more than once.

Table of Contents

I NTRODUCTION ....................... 3

C HARACTER D ESCRIPTIONS

A DON ............................... 6

A LIAS ..............................8

A LICIA K ENDRICK .................... 12

A LUSAIR O BARSKYR .................. 13

A LUSTRIEL S ILVERHAND ............... 15

A RILYN M OONBLADE .................. 17

A RTUS C IMBER ...................... 18

K ING A ZOUN O BARSKYR IV ............ 21

B RENNA G RAYCLOAK ................. 23

B RIANNA B URDUN ................... 24

B RUENOR B ATTLEHAMMER ............. 25

C ADDERLY .......................... 27

C ALEDAN C ALDORIEN ................ 31

C ATTI - BRIE .......................... 32

D ANICA ............................ 33

D ANILO T HANN ..................... 35

D IMSWART ..........................38

D OVE F ALCONHAND .................. 39

D RAGONBAIT ........................ 41

D RIZZT D O U RDEN ................... 44

D URNAN ........................... 47

E LMINSTER ........................... 48

F YODOR ............................ 51

G ALVIN ............................ 53

G IOGI W YVERNSPUR ................... 54

G WYDION ........................... 56

K ING J ANOL (P INCH ) ................ 57

K EANE .............................. 61

K HELBEN B LACKSTAFF A RUNSUN ...... 62

L AERAL S ILVERHAND .................. 64

L ANDER ............................ 66

L IRIEL B AENRE .......................68

M ARI A L'MAREN

S PECIAL C OLOR S ECTION :

H EROES AT R EST ,

A ND D OING W HAT T HEY Do B EST

P AGES 7388

..................... 69

M OURNGRYM A MCATHRA .............89

M YRMEEN L HAL ...................... 90

N ARM T AMARAITH ................... 92

O LIVE R USKETTLE .................... 93

P IERGEIRON ......................... 96

Q ILUÉ V ELADORN .................... 97

R EGIS ............................... 99

R EN O THE B LADE ................... 101

R INDA ............................ 103

R OBYN K ENDRICK ................... 104

R UHA ............................... 106

S HAERL R OWANMANTLE A MCATHRA ... 108

S HAL B AL ......................... 109

S HANDRIL S HESSAIR ................. 111

T HE S IMBUL ........................114

S TORM S ILVERHAND ................. 117

S YLUNÉ S ILVERHAND ................. 119

T ARL D ESANEA ..................... 121

T AVIS B URDUN ..................... 123

T RISTAN K ENDRICK .................. 124

V ANGERDAHAST .................... 128

V ILHEIM ............................. 129

W ULFGAR ......................... 131

W YNTER ............................. 132

Z ARANDA S TAR ..................... 133

S UPPLEMENTARY M ATERIAL

T HE C HOSEN OF M YSTRA ............. 136

M AGICAL I TEMS AND E FFECTS ......... 138

S PECIAL W IZARD S PELLS .............. 145

H EROIC G ROUPS .................... 153

I NDEX ............................... 156

L IST OF S OURCES .................... 159

M ARTINE

........................... 70

M IRT

..............................72

Introduction

ily described according to the rules in the Players Hand-

book and D UNGEON M ASTER ® Guide. Some of these

NPCs break major game rules left and right; this simply is

a result of translating fiction and other nonofficial

sources into game information. Every attempt was made

to apply the rules of the AD&D

Welcome to the Heroes Lorebook. This book is an update

and a revision of the Hall of Heroes product first pub-

lished in 1989. That book has been out of print for sev-

eral years, and that was one reason for doing this book.

The other reason was the simple fact that the Realms is a

vital, dynamic place. In the seven years since Hall of He-

roes saw publication, the Realms has withstood the

Avatar crisis and its aftermath, the Tuigan invasion, the

(almost) rebirth of the dead god Moander, and numerous

smaller upsets and trials. Further, many characters and

their stories have become known and loved as part of

Realmslore. We learned of the trials and triumphs of the

Kendricks and the Moonshae Isles; we came to know and

love the inhabitants of Icewind Dale, and we cheered for

an artificial lifeform and her reptilian companion as they

threw off the evil shackles of her creators. Weve also

learned more of the activities of the Harpers, and more

about the past of the Realms spokesmage, Elminster of

Shadowdale.

In this book, we have tried to encapsulate the myriad

events and major individuals of the years of heroic action

that weve all been treated to viewing. While even a par-

tial timeline of everything thats recently happened in

the Realms is impossible (really it is, so please dont ask

to see one), wed like to think we did hit the high points.

After all, the Realms is about heroic deeds and valiant

heroes and heroines, so its in that spirit that we present

this book.

game when possible, but

some folks in this book (Alias, Elminster, and the Seven

Sisters, for instance) just cant be accurately described

without throwing some of the rules out the window.

Format and Organization

In the interest of conserving space and trying to structure

the book to make it as reader-friendly as possible, we

came up with a few conventions that are used frequently

throughout the character descriptions:

An asterisk after a word or phrase designates a mag-

ical item, magical ability, or spell that is described in the

supplementary material following the character descrip-

tions.

A characters name given in S MALL C APS within an-

other characters entry identifies someone who is covered in

his or her own entry elsewhere in the book. To get a com-

plete picture of a certain character, it is sometimes helpful

to read the descriptions of one or more other associated

characters. For instance, Bruenor is also mentioned in the

entries for Drizzt, Wulfgar, Regis, and Catti-brie.

The statistical information that begins each entry is

somewhat shortened from the way these facts are ordinar-

ily presented; categories such as Damage/Attack, Spe-

cial Attacks, Special Defenses, and Size are covered

in the text when such information is noteworthy and

needs to be explained.

How to Use This Book

Its our hope that you will use the Heroes Lorebook as

more than an encyclopedia of Realms NPCs (though it

serves that purpose admirably). We hope this book be-

comes a tool for you to use in your game, whether youre

a player, a DM, or both. Read the entries in this book, es-

pecially those of characters with whom you may not be

familiar. Use the characters, plots, magical items, and

campaign hooks detailed here to spice up your campaign.

Take the pieces of the stories and characters in this book,

tweak them (so others whove read the novel or this book

wont recognize your sources), and add them to your

game. The Campaign Uses section of each entry was

specially designed for this purpose.

Note that this book is a compilation of information

from novels and other sources published through the end

of 1995. The requirements of scheduling and publication

made it impossible for us to include products that were

released during the first half of 1996.

Another note should be made regarding the characters

herein; these characters are not PCs and are not necessar-

Within the descriptive text for each character, some of

the categories have special meanings or are handled in

particular ways:

Spells is not a comprehensive list of every spell a char-

acter is capable of receiving, learning, or casting. The

specific spells mentioned in this paragraph are those that

a character might be expected to carry on a typical day;

any or all of them (within reason) could be replaced with

other spells in a special set of circumstances.

Weapons of Proficiency and Nonweapon Profien-

cies often end with a statement such as 3 open. In such a

case, the list of proficiencies given includes all the skills

that a character has been known to demonstrate, which

leaves a number of slots open (depending on the characters

class, experience level, and Intelligence). These open slots

may be filled with proficiencies that you think are logical

for the character to have, or they may be left vacant ini-

tially to allow for the character to improve and expand his

or her skills as your campaign progresses.

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