Characters

Nac-Romaih

Lothorion Laurdeauron

Slimanious Galanodel

Rivindrid Masstrike

Silvaknoise

Shin Amakiir

Quarion Nailo

Blazanar Bramblefoot

Malark Tallstag

Gorstag 'the Joker' Amblecrown

Hacathra Moondown

Brottor Dankil

Hareld 'the' Bard

Alton Thorngage

Skills and Feats:  Animal Empathy +9, Concentration +13, Diplomacy +9, Handle Animal +9, Heal +15, Hide +23 (-9 outside forest areas), Nature Know +24, Listen +22, Scry +9, Sense Motive +22, Spellcraft +9, Spot +22, Swim +17, Wilderness Lore +34, Craft (woodcarving) +12;  Power Attack, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Critical (Greatclub), Quicken Spell, Silent Spell, Still Spell, Forester, Survivor, Inscribe Rune, Improved Natural Armor (total +3);

Special Qualities:  Treant Traits:  Plant (immunity to mind-influencing, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, polymorphing and critical hits), Fire Vulnerability (double damage from fire unless save), Half Damage from Piercing;  Druid Traits:  Nature Sense (identify animals and plants with perfection), Animal Companion, Woodland Stride (move through overgrown areas at normal speed), Trackless Step (cannot be tracked in natural settings), Resist Nature's Lure (+4 saving throws vs. Feys), Venom Immunity (immunity to all organic and monster poisons), A Thousand Faces (alter self spell at will), Timeless Body (no longer suffers ability penalties for age);  Runecaster Traits:  Rune Craft +3, Rune Power +3, Improved Runecasting, Maximize Rune, Rune Chant; 

Druid Spells per Day:  7/7/7/7/6/5/4/4/4.  Base DC = 14 + Spell Level.  Runes vs. erase spell (DC 18 + caster level), dispel magic (DC 14 + caster level), Disable Device (DC 28 + caster level).  Caster level 26th;

Signature Possessions:  Wild Shape Amulet (see below), Great Druid's Staff (see below), Ring of Elemental Command (Fire), Ring of Protection +5, Rod of Flame Extinguishing (see below), Bag of holding (500 lbs), "Tarnruth's Rage" (see below).

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Wild Shape Amulet:  Druid gains 4 levels in Wild Shape Ability.

Great Druid's Staff:  +2 quarterstaff, summon 1D3 giant eagles (1/day), Dominate 36HD of animals in 1500 foot radius (DC 14, unlimited use), Insect Plague (DC 17, 1/month), Summon Nature's Ally V (1/month), Transmute Rock to Mud (1/month), Wall of Fire (DC 17, 1/month), Wall of Thorns (1/month), Pyrotechnics (1 charge, DC 13), Quench (1 charge, Fire-based creatures take 15D6 damage, DC 16 against single magical items), Ice Storm (1 charge), Sleet Storm (1 charge, DC 16), Dispel Magic (1charge), Pass without Trace (1 charge), Tree Shape (1 charge), Call Lighting (2 charges, 10D10, DC 14), Cure Serious Wounds (2 charges), Plant Growth (2 charges), Remove Disease (2 charges), Speak with Animals (2 charges);

Ring of Elemental Command (Fire):  Resist Elements (as a major ring of elemental resistance [Fire]), Burning Hands (unlimited use), Flaming Sphere (twice per day), Pyrotechnics (twice per day), Wall of Fire (once per day), Flame Strike (twice per week);

Rod of Flame Extinguishing:  Extinguish medium-sized or smaller fires with a touch, large or larger fires or a magic fire of medium-sized or smaller use 1 charge,  large or larger magical fires uses 2 charges.  If used on a fire-based creature, deals 6D6 damage and uses 3 charges.

"Tarnruth's Rage":  +5 Greatclub (+7 vs. Shapechanger), Impact, Disruption, Bane (Shapechanger) abilities.

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Watchtower over the forest, protector of the trees, defender of the natural way of life, Tarnruth is the Great Druid of Liamelia and commander of over 200 Treants.  Since he was a sapling, Tarnruth watched the humanoid empires grow and the natural world shrink.  As the years went by, Tarnruth and his folk were forced to drive more and more enemies of the forest from his woods.  Through his many battles, Tarnruth has collected quite a bit of treasure from fallen intruders.  The most useful to him he keeps in his bag of holding, while the rest are distributed among the other Treants or hidden within the forest.  As the last surviving elder, Tarnruth was the only druid Treant left within the forest, but has worked hard to train others of his kin; now all Treants are respectable druids in their own right.  His devotion to the forest and druid ways has presented him the Great Druid's Staff, a gift and artifact that could have only come from the hand of Silvanus himself.  Over the years, Tarnruth's allies grew in number and size, from the barbaric Ghostwise Halflings, to rangers of Mielikki, other druids of Silvanus and an elven city within the forest, but so did his enemies, including the human inter-city states of Chondath.  In continuing to improve the defence of the forest, Tarnruth was fortune enough to learn Rune Magic, which he now implores all over the forest, using spells that hamper or attack intruders.  To further help him defend the forest, the Lords of Liamelia gifted him with a few items, including the magical Greatclub that has been nick-named "Tarnruth's Rage".  For untold years, Tarnruth battled against the 'People of the Black Hand', who are worshipers of Malar.  They consist mostly of Lycanthropes (shapechangers).  Many times the Treants have ambushed or have been ambushed by this band.  Many know that it is Tarnruth who works with dedication to hunt down and slay these menacing lycanthropes every chance he gets.  Calling natural allies, setting traps and charging fearlessly into battle is how he got the nickname, 'the Fierce'.  After several raids on The People's lairs, many of the shapechangers fled to hide in the human cities to the North. Now, Tarnruth spends his time defending the north and north western part of the forest from would-be loggers, poachers and any signs that the 'People of the Black Hand' were attempting to return.  Tarnruth enjoys scaring any intruders with ghostly cries of "GET OUT!!", but is not afraid to take more direct approaches to drive them off.  Few settlers realize that it is the work of Tarnruth and his kind who continues to expand the borders of the forest using plant growth spells.  His Treants roam all over the forest, but Tarnruth mostly occupies the northern parts, which have been rightfully labelled 'Tarnruth's Woods'.