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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Electric Wizard" data-source="post: 6087878" data-attributes="member: 83982">Haunt of the Jackalweres (51.17)Jackalweres, devious creatures with human and jackal features, dwell in necropoli on the Shrouded Lands' eastern border. Their mannerisms, behavior and intelligence depend on their diets. Jackalweres who eat the flesh of dumb beasts behave much like jackals - cowardly, impulsive, shameless. But those who dine on human flesh become more like their prey. They speak eloquently, don clothing and execute plots. Many jackalweres in this hex are fairly intelligent because their diet is a balance of Sosarian livestock and their herders. Those further from the city are more bestial. Regardless of their level of sapience, jackalweres can induce deep slumber in non-jackalweres with mere eye contact. Sosarian herders and a few gnolls wear smoked glass goggles when they fear an ambush.Little is known about the necropoli the jackalweres inhabit. Those who return from the tunnels survive because they did not spend time analyzing their architecture or hieroglyphics. The few Shrouded Lands texts that reference the necropoli only warn travelers of the creatures within. But jackalweres have been spotted using ancient armor and weapons similar to those used by steppes people who dwell further east.Tomb robbers have reported being attacked by jackalwere mages armed with engraved bronze disks. The mages can fire an a hex that makes its victims incapable of speaking or writing in anything other than gibberish.Connections-Taheesha, a sycophant of Imorcar the Many (48.18), is a highly civilized jackalwere who hides her true form with a hat of disguise. She hopes to glean knowledge from the senile archmage that will make her queen of her race. Her attempt at a Jahuri accent is quite abysmal. Any Jahuri hearing her speak would suspect something is amiss.-A more bestial line of jackalweres lurks in the ruins beneath Hyfalls (40.20). Their diet of hobgoblin flesh mutates them in unusual ways.-The Great Mother's third non-human adviser (51.29) is a gormandizing jackalwere named Voon. He keeps her informed of events around Sosaria in exchange for his favorite delicacy, dwarf pie.Hooks-Who built the necropoli?-Where do more feral jackalweres roam?-Do the ancient armor and weapons they salvaged from the tombs have any special properties?-Do the mages' bronze disks function as scrolls or implements? Where did they come from?-Who has been struck by the gibberish curse?</blockquote>

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