Hru for Burning Wheel
This page contains a Burning Wheel version of the Hru, one of the five most common types of Ivashu.
Concept
The Rock Giant: A gentle giant with flesh of stone.
Generic Hru Beliefs
- Non-Hru should be avoided; they are strange and squishy and quick to
anger— direct dealings with them always end badly.
- Mountains are our home; we will preserve
their peaceful solitude.
- Sudden action is not for Hru. Hru act carefully, after much forethought and discussion with other Hru.
Generic Hru Instincts
- Always sleep in boulder-form during the day.
- Never stray far from other Hru.
- Always sing at night.
Generic Hru Stats, Attributes, Traits, Skills, etc.
The table below provides typical stats, attributes, traits, skills, and weapons for a generic Hru. There could be variations among individual Hru.
Several of the traits listed are Ivashu common traits, found on the general Ivashu page. Other traits are unique/specific to Hru. (A list of unique Hru traits is found below.) All other traits are either self-explanatory character traits or taken directly from the Monster Burner. For convenience, all traits taken from the Monster Burner are accompanied by a reference to the page number on which the trait is discussed.
Hru: The Rock Giant
Wi Pe Ag Sp Po Fo He Re Ste MW Res Cir B4 B4 B3 B3 G10 G9 B9 B3 B4 G15 B0 B2 Stride 7 Hesitation 7 PTGS Su Li Mi Se Tr Mo B9 G2 G11 G13 G14 G15 Traits Char Beast of the Barren Cycle, Gregarious, Peaceful, Sexless Die Alien (p. 319), The Brooder's Tongue, Earth Drinker, Gigantic Stature (p.343), Hammer Hands (p. 331), Low-Frequency Hearing, Low-Frequency Voice, Nocturnal (p.335), Obedient to the Brooder's Call, Shapechanger, Speech of Ages (p.340), Stone Skin (p.336), Thundering Stride Call (none) Skills Brawling B3, Earth & Stone-wise B5, Intimidation B7*, Mountain-wise B6, High Speech (Ivashi) B4
*See the Thundering Stride trait.Weapons and Damage Type/Name I M S Length VA Spd Add Fists B6 B12 G2 Shortest — 3 2
Hru-Specific Traits
| Earth Drinker | Dt | Hru Trait |
Hru do not eat or drink; like a tree, they draw their sustenance from the earth itself. A Hru can only 'starve' if it is removed from contact with rock or soil for an extended period of time. |
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| Low Frequency Hearing | Dt | Hru Trait |
Hru can hear (and feel) infrasonic sounds that cannot be heard by most other creatures. +2D on Perception tests involving low pitches or vibrations. |
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| Low Frequency Voice | Dt | Hru Trait |
Hru speak (or to be more accurate, sing) in a rumbling voice barely on the threshold of human hearing. The low vibrations of Hru-voices can carry for great distances through rocky ground. Hru-song is disconcerting for most non-Hru to hear. +2 Ob. on any social tests by Hru on non-Hru. |
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| Shapechanger | Dt | Hru Trait |
At night, Hru are giant, bulky bipeds; during they day, they sleep in the form of large boulders or rockpiles. In day-form, Hru are immobile and indistinguishable from normal boulders; it takes an Ob. 9 Perception test to tell that a boulder or rockpile is actually a sleeping Hru. (Note: Although Hru can awaken and take biped form during the day, they do so only for the direst emergencies.) |
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| Thundering Stride | Dt | Hru Trait |
The crushing, sound of Hru-steps is unnerving to those who hear it. In Fight, a Hru gets a free Intimidate action each exchange in which it seeks to Vie for Position. This action is resolved during the positioning phase of the exchange, in tandem with the positioning test. Any hesitation resulting from a failed Steel check by the Hru's opponent(s) starts on the first action of the exchange. |
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