Troll

Troll

Harper Field Dossier
Combat reference
Type	Giant (troll) — a loping, ravenous horror that knits its wounds shut as you watch
Vulnerabilities	Fire and acid — the only things that stop its flesh from closing
Resistances	None known
Immunities	None known
Condition Immunities	None known
Strong Saves	Hardy of body above all (constitution); little else of note
Senses	Keen of scent; sees in the dark
Movement	Lopes fast on two legs or four; climbs
Notable Abilities	Rends with claws and a snapping bite; regenerates — wounds close and severed limbs crawl back unless seared with fire or acid; a tireless, witless hunger
Provenance
Knowledge	Well-attested
First Encountered	Session 26
Filed by	Agent Wren, of the Tellstone circle

The parent dossier for troll-kind. Cold-dwelling Ice Trolls and water-bound Scrags are subtypes — see below.

A forest troll (Theodor Kittelsen, 1906; public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Of every monster in this book, the troll is the one most often killed twice. Read why. — Wren

The Harpers' Read

A troll is barely a mind wrapped around a hunger. What makes it deadly is what it does after you wound it: the gash closes, the bone knits, a hewn-off arm gropes back to its socket. There is exactly one answer — fire or acid. Sear every serious wound or the thing simply will not stay down; a troll dropped without flame rises again in moments. Carry a torch, a flask of oil, a fire-spell — anything that burns — and finish it on the ground.

Subtypes

• Ice Troll — a frost-rimed troll of the far north, inured to cold and quick to deal it. Arauthator keeps them as wardens.
• Scrag — the aquatic troll; it mends only while water touches it, so dry land is its undoing.

Encounters of Record

The company has met troll-kind on both sides of a blade. They fought them on the road north (26), and in the icy north they both faced troll-kind and turned some to their side — the mercenary trolls Ralph, Gunner, and Blade held off a pack of scrags inside Oyaviggaton (48–49), where the dragon's ice trolls guarded its halls.

Harvest Profile

CR 5 — Rare ceiling. Rules: Monster Harvesting. Search all components by effect: Find Components. Harvest with fire close to hand — a troll's parts keep trying to be a troll.

Component	Tool	Rarity	Effect	Primary for	Contributor to
Troll Heartroot (signature)	Alchemist's	Rare	The knotted, still-beating root of the troll's mending — regeneration itself, cut from the source Restore: Regeneration • Boost: Constitution	Potion	Wondrous
Troll Ever-Knitting Flesh	Alchemist's	Rare	Flesh that closes over a blade even off the body — potent mending stock Restore: Regeneration • Restore: Healing	Potion	Wondrous
Troll Rending Claws	Smith's	Rare	Long gut-hook claws — savage weapon stock Damage: Slashing	Weapon	Armor
Troll Warty Hide	Leatherworker's	Rare	Rubbery, self-sealing hide — armor that closes its own cuts Boost: Armor Class • Boost: Hit Points	Armor	Wondrous
Troll Marrow-Jelly	Herbalism	Uncommon	Green marrow-jelly — a mender's draught-stock Restore: Healing	Potion	—
Troll Fang Set	Smith's (or Thieves' fine work)	Uncommon	A snapping jaw's worth of fangs — weapon stock Damage: Piercing	Weapon	Armor
Troll Sinew Cords	Leatherworker's	Uncommon	Loping, tireless sinew — straps that never slacken Skill: Athletics	Armor	Weapon, Wondrous
Troll Gut-Acid	Alchemist's	Uncommon	Stomach acid that digests bone, iron, and boot-leather alike Damage: Acid	Potion, Bomb	Poison
Troll Nose-Glands	Alchemist's	Uncommon	The scent-organs of a hunger that tracks meat for miles Sense: Heightened Senses • Skill: Survival	Wondrous	Potion
Troll Blood Sludge	Alchemist's	Common	Structure only'(loses its virtue within a day)	—	Potion, Poison
Troll Bone	Smith's / Woodcarver's	Common	Structure only	—	Weapon, Armor, Wand
Troll Hide Scraps	Leatherworker's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Wondrous
Troll Meat	Cook's	Common	Structure only'(keeps twitching — cook it thoroughly and at once)	—	Rations
Troll Knuckle-Bones	Woodcarver's (or Thieves' fine work)	Common	Structure only'(carving stock)	—	Wand, Wondrous
Troll Gut Trove	Scavenge	Common	Structure only'(whatever it swallowed that would not digest — scavenge)	—	—

See also

• Bestiary — the company's field bestiary
• Ice Troll · Scrag — the subtypes
• Monster Harvesting · Harvested Materials · Find Components