E5 — Tormonshild’s Meadow – The Lost Mansions of House Vhalek: Ash, Glass, and Thorn (imported)

E5 · Tormonshild’s Meadow

The meadow rises gently toward a pair of clear pools. The 3× Tormonshild already attached to this encounter keep to the water’s edge and watch the approaches rather than claiming the center of the clearing. They have made a temporary camp among the roots and know the glade’s safest paths.

Tormonshilds do not attack immediately. The party can speak, keep its distance, or leave an offering of clean water or useful news. They are wary of anyone carrying Ash-marked metal and become guarded if the party describes the mansion as a prize instead of a danger.

Roleplaying: The Tormonshilds can confirm that the eastern route is not the true entrance. The mansion’s influence has rearranged the old paths, and the safest passage lies behind a door that looks like part of the forest wall.

Source: Thirst for Blood · Demiplane ↗

Perception +6; low-light vision

Skills Acrobatics +6, Athletics +5, Stealth +6 (+8 in water), Survival +4

Str +2, Dex +3, Con +4, Int –5, Wis +1, Cha +0

AC 15; Fort +9, Ref +8, Will +4

HP 20

Speed 20 feet, swim 20 feet

Melee ◆ jaws +7 (agile, reach 0 feet), Damage 1d6+2 piercing

Ranged ◆ spit +7 (range increment 20 feet, water), Damage 1d4+2 bludgeoning

Phlegm Mortar ◆◆ (primal, water) The tormonshild spits a globule of mucus and water at a square within 30 feet. Any creature in that square takes 2d4 bludgeoning damage (DC 14 basic Reflex save). The square also becomes coated with slippery mucus, which has the area effect of grease (DC 14).

Pouncing Bite ◆◆◆ The tormonshild compresses itself and then makes an enormous jump. It Leaps 50 feet horizontally. If it lands within reach of a creature, it can make a jaws Strike against that creature.