Twistweald Quests

Source: Briar and Bone (out of print)

Twistweald Quests

These quests are intended for Twistweald warbands and provide a mix of combat and narrative-driven goals across your campaign.

From Corpse to Curio

Sylvaneth artefacts are often grown from magical buds and blossoms in a celebration of flourishing, seasonally attuned life. No such niceties exist in the Gnarlwood. Gruesome, bloodstained artefacts are torn from the ground following morbid rituals performed upon gnarloak buds that spring from sundered corpses.

Pick 1 artefact of power from the Barkflesh Artefacts table (see below) and note it in your quest log. You cannot pick an artefact of power already borne by a fighter in your warband.

Fertiliser Score:
While embarked upon this quest, keep track of your warband’s fertiliser score.

• Add 1 for each enemy fighter taken down in a campaign battle.
• Add 1 additional point if the fighter taken down had a Wounds characteristic of 25 or more.

Completion:
You can complete this quest once your fertiliser score is 10 or more. When complete, you obtain the artefact you noted in your quest log.

Barkflesh Artefacts

Artefact	Effect
The Gnarlblade	Add 3 to damage points allocated by each critical hit from melee attack actions made by the bearer.
The Bloodbriar Whip	Add 1 to Strength of melee attacks. End of each battle round, allocate 3 damage to each enemy fighter who was allocated 1 or more damage points by the bearer’s melee attacks in this or the previous round.
Needlebrite Hornet Hive	Action: Roll a die for each enemy within 3" of a visible platform within 6". On 4+, allocate D6 damage. Roll for each enemy the bearer took down: on 1–3, they gain an injury.
The Garland of Twisted Bark	Add 1 Strength to melee attacks. When an enemy is taken down, bearer may immediately make a bonus move of up to 3" (must end closer to an enemy).
The Mantle of Flayed Bark	End of each battle round, roll a die. Remove damage points equal to the roll. If the bearer has no damage at end of battle, roll a die: on 1, gain an injury.
Gnarlok Haft	Add 1 to Range of melee attack actions, to a max of 3.

Spiteful Charms

The Twistweald can enter into a symbiotic relationship with a number of helpful sprites.

Pick a Swarmspike fighter who can gain a heroic trait and one heroic trait from the Symbiotic Spites table (see below) and note it in your quest log. You cannot pick a heroic trait the fighter already has.

Progress Score:
Track this for the selected fighter. Increases based on chosen trait:

1. Alarielle's Worshipper: +1 when enemy fighter is taken down by melee attack from this fighter.
2. Ococlousse: +1 when enemy is taken down by Blast-tagged ability or attack.
3. Necrocore Beetle: +2 each time 1+ damage points are removed and no damage remains allocated.
4. Glitterling: +2 at the end of a battle round if more friendly fighters are on platforms than enemies.
5. Scarlet Terror: +2 each time an enemy uses a disengage action.
6. Scaldvenom Biter: +2 each time an enemy dies. +1 if 1+ enemies were taken down that turn before any damage was allocated to them.

Completion:
If the progress score is 8 or more, you may complete the quest in Step 4 of the aftermath sequence. The fighter gains the noted heroic trait.

Symbiotic Spites

Spite	Trait
Alarielle’s Worshipper	Once per battle round, +2 damage for one critical hit from melee attacks.
Ococlousse	Fighter’s Strength counts as greater than enemy’s Toughness for ranged attacks.
Necrocore Beetle	After removing 1+ damage in a round, remove D3 more damage.
Glitterling	Can fly. While flying, cannot move vertically more than 3”. First time each round an enemy ends a move near this fighter: on 3+, deal D3 damage.
Scarlet Terror	Subtract 1 damage from each hit and crit (to min 1) if enemy melee has Range ≥2.
Scaldvenom Biter	After activation without an attack, pick an enemy within 6", roll a die: on 4+, pick 1: -1 Toughness for rest of battle OR if on platform edge, they fall.

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A Twisted Chorus

The Twistweald’s goal is to end the threat Talaxis presents by manipulating the growth of gnarlroaks into a safe refuge. But to do so, they must raise and shape sprouts through gruesome rituals.

Seedling Score:
Track the number of gnarlroak sprouts collected:

• +1 each time an enemy fighter is taken down within 3” of a gnarlroak terrain feature.

Completion:
When your seedling score is 5 or more, you can fight using the Sung in Blood battleplan. If you win the battle, you may complete this quest in Step 4 of the aftermath sequence. In Step 5, you may also relocate your encampment to Gnarlhaven (see below) for free.

Quest Battleplan: Sung in Blood

Deployment

Use deployment map shown; defender is blue, attacker is red.

Objectives

Place 6 on the battlefield. At the end of a battle round, attacker removes 1 objective if they control it. Defender may pick 1 to shape after control is determined — shaped objectives can't be removed.

Battle ends:

• After 4 rounds, or
• When 4+ objectives are removed
• Attacker wins if 4+ removed; otherwise, defender wins

Twist

Determine a twist as normal.

Aftermath Bonus

Renown to be Earned: Attacker adds 1 to each renown roll this sequence.

Encampment Location: Gnarlhaven

Location	Bonus	Points Limit	Reputation
Gnarlhaven	+1 to renown rolls for Hero runemark fighters. Do not make injury rolls for warband fighters. In Step 5, pick 1 fighter with Twistweald runemark and send them forth.	1150	+3

Awakened Battlefield Result Table (D6)

Result	Description
1: Hollow Echoes	No effect.
2: Bursting Roots	Pick one enemy battle group. Roll 2 dice for each fighter with Wounds ≤10. On double 6, that fighter is taken down. Else, deal 3 damage to each fighter.
3: Erupting Bonecage	Pick one enemy fighter. Roll a die: 1–4, nothing. 5+, deal D3 damage and subtract 3 from their Move.
4: Lashing Gnarlroaks	Subtract 3 from Move of each enemy fighter for Round 1.
5: Nature’s Savagery	Pick one enemy battle group. For each fighter, on 3+, deal D3 damage. That fighter cannot make reactions in Round 1.
6: Reverberating Refrain	Pick two of the above results.