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Dwarven Stone Hoppers of Sun Stone Top
Posted on April 16, 2026 in Steel-Realms
The Stone Hoppers are dwarven scouts and rangers of the The Grand Duchy of Rhyl are all from Sun Stone Top. Their training is with the The Hornguard of Rhyl, specializing in the craggy mountainous terrain of the Tolkisson Mountain Range. They typically serve about 5 to 10 years, gaining their skills and trade. Beyond that, they can enter service formally as a World Watchers or return to the community to pursue other paths. They get their name from their ability to move like a mountain goat (typically with the aid of specialized gear and sometimes Barents Burning Harvest).
- These scouts, if they have an animal, will always have a mountain goat.
- The Stone Hoppers typically wield 2 special light-weight climbing picks for travel and melee, and a short bow ranged attacks.
Stone Hopper Boots
These are specialty hobnail like boots used by the Dwarven Stone Hoppers for aid in climbing. If the surface is not sheer, they Grant added movement and help with traction in adverse conditions.
Stone Hopper Picks
i20™ Item Details
Requirements: Race = Dwarf, Class = Ranger
D4 light weapons; Used in both hands and get full attack and damage bonuses without any feat or style. Like all picks, they are Armor Piercing. They can be thrown, but only have a range of 10/30′.
When climbing, they add +5′ to the movement of the wielder or grant them a climbing movement rate equal to their normal movement rate when used with the Stone Hopper Boots, and grant a +2 bonus as well as Advantage to any climbing activity check for the wielder.
iCore™ Item Details
Pages on the web site lean towards i20™ text flavor, discrepancies will be noted in the iCore™ tab.
Places of Sun Stone Top
Posted on April 16, 2026 in Steel-Realms
The Places of Sun Stone Top encompasses both the formally defined areas of the Dwarven enclave of Sun Stone Top and some geological features associated with it. All of the places are part of the greater Tolkisson Mountain Range on the border of The Grand Duchy of Rhyl.
Stoneforge Weapons (Rhyl)
Posted on April 16, 2026 in Steel-Realms
The giant-kin crafters of Stoneforge Valley are known for their skill in forging large weapons – mostly those of requiring strength to wield and 2 hands. These are known as Stone Forged Weapons.
Giant’s Bloodvein – Blood Bonded Giant Kin Weapons
Though they are renowned for their crafting of large weapons, the Goliath of the The Grand Duchy of Rhyl also make weapons only their kind may wield effectively – the Giant’s Bloodvein swords and axes. They are heavy, and when wielded by someone who possesses the blood of giants in their veins, the weapon’s balance shifts and flows to allow the wielder to effectively use one of these weapons in one hand that might normally require two. This requires a special bonding process that uses blood of giants and the blood of the wielder in the quenching process that leaves a pattern like veins of blood in the steel. Only a single one of these are normally made for any individual in their lifetime.
i20™ Forgeworks Details
“Stone forged” = +1 damage and +1 Resilience; Min Str 16 / Size Large for a lot.
> Pulverize type weapons is also a specialty…
Giant’s Bloodvein Weapons
Battle Axe and Long Sword; both normally do d8/d10 2 handed. They will do d10 one handed. These weapons also gain 1 extra resilience; When both resilience are used, the item is not broken, but becomes a normal item of its kind – any use of it does one less damage and if used to block it will shatter. Restoring resilience requires 1hp worth of blood from the wielder per use of Resilience.
Repairing: Cost is 15% of the weapon per Resilience; plus 1 Health in damage that can only heal back through normal bodily healing processes.
Starting PC’s: A PC desiring to start play with one must have a good story to account for it, and a DC 10 Charisma (Influence) check. It takes no starting money as the acclaim of their story/service and persuasive charm is the source in acquiring it.
iCore™ Forgeworks Details
The Brothers’ Doors (Rhyl; Stoneforge Valley)
Posted on April 16, 2026 in Steel-Realms
The entrance to SF is known as The Brothers’ Doors. It is at the base of the path that rises 400m up to plateau out in the low mountain valley.
A door shape is chiseled onto each side of the base of a 2m wide path that winds up through the rocks. Distantly, you can hear the echoing sound of metal on metal, much like a blacksmith.
The Chipped Anvil Forgeworks is a fortified keep that contains the forge. Characters arriving from the path must go through this to get to the rest of the valley. Beyond the gates is the rest of the unwalled sprawling town. Outsiders are always welcome, but it is a very insular subculture.
Chipped Anvil Forgeworks
While the Chipped Anvil Forgeworks at Stoneforge Valley is not considered exceptional, they do make large weapons made for large characters. Their specialty is mauls, and massive hammers and tree splitters. Though they downplay the craftsmanship, they do contribute to the defense of North Gate Garrison and are a well known armory in the north. The name comes from the large smiths hitting their weapons they are crafting so hard it chips the anvil – though a dramatic vision, utterly false.
Tree Vipers of the
Posted on April 14, 2026 in Steel-Realms
The Tree Vipers of the Naighvelaugh Weald are tree running savage elven warriors. They are camouflaged and move through trees and over rocks with ease. They quickly cover natural terrain, climb, jump, and tumble using every feature and drop silently from above – like a tree viper – to kill their enemies. When not fighting, they paint themselves with bright organic colors of blue and green. Often using make-up to make it seem as though they have enormous snake eyes and terrifying outsiders. Despite their affiliation with Epona in the Weald in general, these warriors obviously follow the Green Church, but through Ssissllenn.
The tree Vipers are given a healthy respect even by the Klaurians, though not known much beyond North Pines or The Autumn Wall.