Ring of Animal Influence — (magical)
This ring has 3 charges, and it regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the ring, you can use an action to expend 1 of its charges to cast one of the following spells:
Animal friendship (save DC 13) Fear (save DC 13), targeting only beasts that have an Intelligence of 3 or lower Speak with animals
Greatsword, +1 — 2d6 Slashing, Heavy, Two-Handed, Graze (magical)
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Kürbis' Greatsword of the Ild — 2d6 Slashing + 1d6 Fire, Heavy, Two-Handed, Graze (magical)
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The weapon has received the gift of flame from the Ild rune, dealing an extra 1d6 fire damage on each hit.
Longsword — 1d8 Slashing, Versatile, Sap
Proficiency with a Longsword allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature has Disadvantage on its next attack roll before the start of your next turn.
Javelin — 1d6 Piercing, Thrown, Slow
Proficiency with a Javelin allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
Sling — 1d4 Bludgeoning, Ammunition, Range, Slow
Proficiency with a Sling allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
giant tooth amulet
giant tooth on a rope
rod of vinnendod
ding
- giant drinking horn
- opal of the ild rune
- Armor: Light Armor, Medium Armor
- Weapons: Martial Weapons, Simple Weapons
- Saving Throws: Constitution, Strength
- Skills: Animal Handling, Athletics, Intimidation, Nature, Survival
- Instruments: Bagpipes
- Languages: Common, Giant, Orc
Attack with Greatsword, +1 — +6 to hit, 2d6+3 Slashing
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Attack with Kürbis' Greatsword of the Ild — +6 to hit, 2d6+3 Slashing + 1d6 Fire
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The weapon has received the gift of flame from the Ild rune, dealing an extra 1d6 fire damage on each hit.
Attack with Longsword — +6 to hit, 1d8+3 Slashing
Proficiency with a Longsword allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Sap. If you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature has Disadvantage on its next attack roll before the start of your next turn.
Attack with Javelin — +6 to hit, 1d6+3 Piercing
Proficiency with a Javelin allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
Attack with Sling — +5 to hit, 1d4+2 Bludgeoning
Proficiency with a Sling allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
Stone’s Endurance — As a reaction, reduce damage dealt to you by 1d12 {{modifier:con}} once per short rest.
As a reaction, reduce damage dealt to you by 1d12 {{modifier:con}} once per short rest.
Rage — As a bonus action enter a rage for up to 1 minute (10 rounds).
You gain advantage on STR checks ...
As a bonus action enter a rage for up to 1 minute (10 rounds).
You gain advantage on STR checks and saving throws (not attacks), {{scalevalue#signed}} melee damage with STR weapons, resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, slashing damage. You can't cast or concentrate on spells while raging.
Your rage ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then. You can also end your rage as a bonus action.
Instinctive Pounce — As part of the bonus action you take to enter your rage, you can move up to half your speed.
As part of the bonus action you take to enter your rage, you can move up to half your speed.
Storm Soul: Tundra - Freeze Water — As an action, you can touch water and turn a 5-ft. cube of it into ice that last for 1 minute.
As an action, you can touch water and turn a 5-ft. cube of it into ice that last for 1 minute.
Storm Aura: Tundra — You gain a 10 ft. aura effect when you start your rage and as a bonus action on each of your turns. ...
You gain a 10 ft. aura effect when you start your rage and as a bonus action on each of your turns. When this effect is activated, each creature of your choice in your aura gains {{2+(classlevel/5)@rounddown}} temporary hit points.
Rage (Barbarian)
In battle, you fight with primal ferocity. On your turn, you can enter a rage as a bonus action. While raging, you gain the following benefits if you aren’t wearing heavy armor:
You have advantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws. When you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a bonus to the damage roll that increases as you gain levels as a barbarian, as shown in the Rage Damage column of the Barbarian table. You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
If you are able to cast spells, you can’t cast them or concentrate on them while raging. Your rage lasts for 1 minute. It ends early if you are knocked unconscious or if your turn ends and you haven’t attacked a hostile creature since your last turn or taken damage since then. You can also end your rage on your turn as a bonus action. Once you have raged the number of times shown for your barbarian level in the Rages column of the Barbarian table, you must finish a long rest before you can rage again.
Unarmored Defense (Barbarian)
While you are not wearing any armor, your Armor Class equals 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier. You can use a shield and still gain this benefit.
Reckless Attack (Barbarian)
Starting at 2nd level, you can throw aside all concern for defense to attack with fierce desperation. When you make your first attack on your turn, you can decide to attack recklessly. Doing so gives you advantage on melee weapon attack rolls using Strength during this turn, but attack rolls against you have advantage until your next turn.
Danger Sense (Barbarian)
At 2nd level, you gain an uncanny sense of when things nearby aren’t as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away from danger. You have advantage on Dexterity saving throws against effects that you can see, such as traps and spells. To gain this benefit, you can’t be blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.
Primal Path (Barbarian)
At 3rd level, you choose a path that shapes the nature of your rage. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th levels.
Fast Movement (Barbarian)
Starting at 5th level, your speed increases by 10 feet while you aren’t wearing heavy armor.
Feral Instinct (Barbarian)
By 7th level, your instincts are so honed that you have advantage on initiative rolls. Additionally, if you are surprised at the beginning of combat and aren’t incapacitated, you can act normally on your first turn, but only if you enter your rage before doing anything else on that turn.
Storm Aura (Path of the Storm Herald)
Starting at 3rd level, you emanate a stormy, magical aura while you rage. The aura extends 10 feet from you in every direction, but not through total cover. Your aura has an effect that activates when you enter your rage, and you can activate the effect again on each of your turns as a bonus action. Choose desert, sea, or tundra. Your aura’s effect depends on that chosen environment, as detailed below. You can change your environment choice whenever you gain a level in this class. If your aura’s effects require a saving throw, the DC equals 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Constitution modifier.
Storm Soul (Path of the Storm Herald)
At 6th level, the storm grants you benefits even when your aura isn’t active. The benefits are based on the environment you chose for your Storm Aura. Desert You gain resistance to fire damage, and you don’t suffer the effects of extreme heat, as described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Moreover, as an action, you can touch a flammable object that isn’t being worn or carried by anyone else and set it on fire. Sea You gain resistance to lightning damage, and you can breathe underwater. You also gain a swimming speed of 30 feet. Tundra You gain resistance to cold damage, and you don’t suffer the effects of extreme cold, as described in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Moreover, as an action, you can touch water and turn a 5-foot cube of it into ice, which melts after 1 minute. This action fails if a creature is in the cube.
Natural Athlete (Goliath)
You have proficiency in the Athletics skill.
Stone’s Endurance (Goliath)
As a reaction, reduce damage dealt to you by 1d12 {{modifier:con}} once per short rest.
Powerful Build (Goliath)
You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.
Mountain Born (Goliath)
You don't suffer the penalties for being in high altitudes, and have resistance to cold damage.
The Raging Bull
Kürbis's combat loop — rage, charge in, swing recklessly, and passively keep allies alive while soaking hits.
Reckless Fury
- Round 1 Bonus Action: Rage — resistance to bludgeoning/piercing/slashing damage, +3 rage damage per hit, activates Storm Aura: Tundra (allies within 10ft gain temp HP)
- Subsequent Bonus Action: Storm Aura: Tundra — refresh temp HP to all chosen allies within 10ft each turn (scales with level)
- Action: Reckless Attack x2 (Extra Attack) with Greatsword of the Ild — advantage on attacks, enemies get advantage on Kürbis (rage halves their damage) 2d6 slashing + 1d6 fire + 4 slashing + 1 slashing + 3 slashing | 2d6 slashing + 1d6 fire + 4 slashing + 1 slashing + 3 slashing(max 52) (2d6 Greatsword + 1d6 Ild fire + 4 STR + 1 Greatsword +1 + 3 Rage | same per hit)
Situational
- Stone's Endurance: Reaction — when hit, reduce damage by 1d12+CON (once per short rest). Save for the biggest hit.
- Feral Instinct: Advantage on initiative rolls. If surprised, can still act on the first round by raging immediately. Kürbis is almost always the first to swing.
- Instinctive Pounce: When entering rage, move up to half speed as part of the bonus action — close the gap before attacking.
Party Synergy
- Storm Aura temp HP refreshes every turn for allies within 10ft — benefits Zarok and Don Juan on the front line
- Reckless Attack draws enemy attacks toward Kürbis and away from squishier party members (Dustin, Archibald)
- Zarok's Aura of Protection shores up Kürbis's weak saving throws (+2 to all saves within 10ft)
- Zarok's Aura of Alacrity gives Kürbis +10ft speed on top of his Fast Movement (50ft total) — he reaches anything on the battlefield
- Dustin's Mantle of Inspiration lets Kürbis reposition without provoking opportunity attacks
- Mindartis's Hold Person locks down a humanoid threat for execution — every Greatsword swing within 5ft autocrits (doubled 2d6 → 4d6 per hit, plus rage damage). Paralyzed creatures can't attack, so Reckless Attack's downside vanishes against that target.
Backstory
The Ice Spires
Kürbis Kohl was born among a Goliath tribe high in the Ice Spire Mountains. Life there was harsh and unforgiving. From childhood, he learned to climb sheer cliffs, hunt dangerous mountain beasts, and endure storms that would drive most travellers back down the mountain paths.
Among his people, strength was respected above all else, and Kürbis proved himself early as a powerful warrior. When danger threatened his tribe, a fierce battle fury would take hold of him, turning the calm mountain wanderer into a relentless protector.
By the time he was grown, Kürbis had left his tribe behind. He wandered the Ice Spires alone, following the high passes and the frozen trails, lending his strength where it was needed.
One night, that strength was truly tested.
While crossing a remote stretch of the mountains, Kürbis came across a yak folk slavers’ camp. The Yaksha — brutal, cruel, and entirely certain of their dominion over these peaks. He watched from the shadows, taking stock. Among the prisoners, a young Half-elf was preparing a desperate escape.
Kürbis didn’t hesitate. Under cover of darkness, he guided the Half-elf out of the camp and into the frozen wilderness beyond.
The Half-elf’s name was Aric.
They travelled together for a time after that. Kürbis taught him to survive in the frozen wilderness — how to find shelter, read the weather, move through snow without leaving tracks. A bond formed between them, the kind forged by shared danger and mutual respect.
Eventually, on the road through the Silver Marches, they encountered a band of travelling entertainers called the Wanderlust Revue. Aric was drawn to their music. Kürbis could see it in his eyes — the Half-elf had found his people. The farewell was brief. Neither of them was good at goodbyes.
Kürbis continued wandering. Following the road wherever it led, lending his strength to those who needed it.
Thoughts & Reflections
Kürbis from the Song
Kürbis from the song?
He hadn’t known. He’d had no idea that Aric — Dustin, apparently — had written a song about him. Let alone that it had spread across taverns throughout the realms. That strangers knew his name. That in many taverns, when the ale was flowing and the musicians began to play, there was always someone ready to shout the famous refrain:
"Raise your cups for Kürbis Kohl!"
The song portrayed him as a towering hero who charged into battle with thunderous bagpipes echoing across the mountains while driving back the attackers and saving the helpless bard. As with most bardic tales, the truth had grown larger with every retelling. There had been no bagpipes. No thunderous charge. Just a quiet escape in the dark.
Kürbis himself rarely spoke of that night. Hearing someone else sing about it was strange. Not bad. Just strange.
The Wild Thing
The wild things in the Ice Spires had taught him this. You did not approach. You stood. You waited. You let the place know you were not a threat. And eventually, sometimes, the wild thing came to you.
Most people in his life had not learned this. Most of them moved too much, talked too much, asked too much. He had stopped trying to explain it.
Its breath smelled of meat and feather oil and high cold air. He scratched behind the ear, and it leaned into him.
Strange. Good. He was glad to be up high again.
Something Answered It
Aric had taken the tome from the yak folk's hoard the night they escaped. Kürbis had watched him grab it. Hadn't asked. A man who stole back his own life had earned whatever else his hands could carry.
The tome had stayed on Aric's back for years. Kürbis had seen him reading it on watches. Cast spells on it. Curse it under his breath when the spells did nothing.
Now there was a tinderbox, and the tinderbox had a friend inside it.
Kürbis had caught it on instinct. The metal had been hot and not-hot at the same time, the way a banked fire is. Heavy in a way brass had no right to be. He had tucked it into his belt. He had jumped.
When Dustin came out, blinking, in the wet field — Kürbis had said only what needed saying.
"You can come out now."
And he had thought what he often thought. The bard had carried that tome a long time. Something had finally answered it. He hoped, for Aric's sake, that the something was on their side.
Songs
A tribute to his dear friend Kürbis, the gentle goliath who helped Aric escape the yak folk slavers. Dustin performed it by the campfire on the road to Nightstone the night they were reunited — much to Kürbis's mixed embarrassment and pride.
A heartfelt ballad honouring Kürbis Kohl, the goliath barbarian who became one of Dustin's closest companions. The song tells of their escape from yak folk slavery and the unbreakable bond forged in adversity.