Winterpath Guide
- Adversary
- Support
- Tier 1
Appears in: Forest, Storms and Weather, Wilderness and Survival
Winterpath Guide
- HP
- 3
- Stress
- 3
- Difficulty
- 12
- Attack
- +1
Antler Guard: 1d8+1 phy
Snow-Shelter. Allies within Very Close range ignore difficult terrain from snow and ice.
Guiding Light. Mark a Stress to grant all allies within Close range Advantage on their next navigation or perception roll.
Gentle Warning. When an ally within Close range would take damage from a hazard, reduce that damage by 1d6.
How to run Winterpath Guide
Winterpath Guide is a tier 1 support for Daggerheart. Drop it into any fitting scene; the statblock above is free to add to your compendium in the app, and the one-shot below gives you somewhere to run it.
Where it begins
- 1
A caravan followed hoofprints that ended at a blizzard wall with no trail beyond.
- 2
Locals leave carved salt at a frozen grove to ask for safe passage.
- 3
A hunter swears the elk warned her away from a sinkhole that swallowed her camp.
The White Path
A sudden whiteout strands the party and a group of refugees. A Winterpath Guide offers aid if the party restores a broken marker, escorts the refugees through a safe corridor, and honors the spirit's winter rules.
Whiteout Crossing
The storm erases the world. Snow whips across the path, and the trees fade into a white wall. A pale elk with antlers like frost steps from the veil, its breath turning to soft light. It waits, patient, as if inviting you to follow.
Introduce the Winterpath Guide as a calm presence in the chaos. It signals a safe route and a simple rule: no flames, no bloodshed, and no loud noise. The party must decide to follow, impose order on the refugees, and keep the group moving as visibility drops.
