Available to Druid 2+. You befriend a number of animals whose total HD do not exceed the Druid's level + the result of the rolled risk dice. These befriended animals will travel with the Druid as a companion and protector. If the druid focuses on a specific animal she has befriended, she can experience the world through their senses (ie: hear what they hear, see through their eyes, etc.). This befriending lasts for 24 hours. The druid can attempt to re-befriend these allies by sacrificing another Risk Die as originally required and defined by this Heroic Deed.

Available to Dwarves (of any classes/levels) only. You gain a {Risk Die Result} to-hit roll bonus against giants, goblinoids of all sorts, and ogres for the duration of the current active combat in which you are engaged. Against other foe-types, the bonus to-hit is equal to your Wisdom modifier or the Risk Die result minus one, whichever is least. If you crit an ancestral foe while under the effects of this deed, there is a 5% chance you gain five percentile points to your Strength attribute.

The Felicitously Forsworn — a mercenary band operating out of the city of Hohnberg in Westmark. For a time, Faramund shared in their operations, before departing for the region of Stigrix to seek his fortune.

Beckette, Faramund — The fourth son of minor baron of southern Hohnberg, Faramund joined his Uncle Ulred's mercenary band, The Felicitously Forsworn, at the age of seventeen, squiring for his uncle and building experience. Now, at the age of twenty, he has traveled to the region of Stigrix in the Westmark, seeking a former superior officer to his uncle.

Kai, Baron — The baron Luftwian Kai Beckette of Hohnberg, ennobled for services done for the Church. Father of four sons — his most recent, Faramund.

drow — dark elves who once, many millennia ago, were part of the great throng of surface elves. Sometime in the distant past, a great dispute and schism divided the elves of the surface world. The elves will not speak of it outside of their own race. Those who withdrew to the Underdark eventually became dark elves, able to use faerzress-induced native abilities.

Bauthwaf, The — the term drow use to reference the network of 100 or so tunnels surrounding Menzoberranzan. The Bauthwaf is vigilantly patrolled by drider-riding elite drow.

Derro resemble small dwarves. They have blue-gray skin, and their hair is often white, yellow, or a pale tan. They lack both irises and pupils, showing uniformly pale eyes. Most derro look haggard and wear shabby clothing, appearing pitiable to unsuspecting victims.

The duergar believe that the derro are another dwarf clan that was long held by mind flayers, which resulted in madness. The derro themselves all tell oft-changing variations of the myth of their god; all versions share a common focus on his stealing of magic from a great evil to help the derro survive through their ordeals of deceit and cruelty.

Moonpeaks, The — a mountain range in southeastern Stigrix, home to the second oldest dwarfhold, Gundgathol — in the hands of duergar, derro, and kuo-toa in recent decades.

Gundgathol, Ancient — A vast and sprawling dwarven kingdom beneath the Moon Peaks fifty miles southwest of Slaytonthorpe and approximately forty-five miles south-southeast of the village of Helix, lost centuries ago to a Duergar and Derro incursion.