watches over them in darkness, and the sun is the
Tortle ]imYddqna_adYfl]q]g^\Yq&Lgjld]k^]]degklYlh]Y[]
I caught a big fish.
Now I search for a good friend
To share my lunch with.
—Tortle haiku
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[YddYda^]g^Y\n]flmj]&Lgjld]kYj]Zgjff]YjkYf\q
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skills to the test, and make new acquaintances.
Life of a Tortle
A tortle hatches from a thick-shelled egg and spends
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it learns to speak and to survive on its own.
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ships with its neighbors while also respecting their pri-
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ries of its exploits and new skills.
When a tortle nears the end of its natural lifespan, it
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one. The parents spend the remainder of their lives
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pick up whatever weapons and tools their parents left
behind and set out on their own.
Beliefs
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for a tortle to hear stories or legends related to a god and
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Gods of Good in Dragonlance and the Sovereign Host
in Eberron. Among the nonhuman deities, Moradin and
Yondalla relate to tortles most of all.
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Blake Hamilton (Order #12424726)
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uncomfortable underground, where neither the sun nor
the moon is visible to them.
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dangerous.
Adventurers at Heart
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the need to root themselves in one place for too long.
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of greater numbers. Tortles don’t regard these settle-
ments as places worth defending with their lives, and
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their needs.
Most tortles like to see how other creatures live and
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The urge to procreate doesn’t kick in until the end of a
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native land without feeling homesick.
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pad, or to stand in a crowded human marketplace.
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lives in isolation, tortles are social creatures that like to
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often seek out friendships with non-tortles to learn new
customs and new points of view.
Tortle Names
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like its name for whatever reason, it can change it. A
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Lgjld]k\gfÌl`Yn]kmjfYe]kgj^YeadqfYe]k&
Male and Female Names::YcY$<Yem$?Yj$?mjY$Afa$
Jappa, Kinlek, Krull, Lim, Lop, Nortle, Nulka, Olo,
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OYZm$P]dZmc$PghY$Qg_
THE TORTLE PACKAGE
3
 Tortle Traits
Your tortle character gains traits that enable it to cope
with the perils of a savage world.
Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score in-
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Age. Young tortles crawl for a few weeks after birth
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vor of chaos.
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an unarmed strike.
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can remain underwater for some time before needing to
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as normal.
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Languages. You can speak, read, and write Aquan
and Common.
Tortle Guides
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of guides available for hire in Chult. One of the tortle
guides, Kwilgok, works for the merchant prince Jobal
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Eeyal
Tortle guide (Fort Beluarian)
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at the end of this supplement.
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THE TORTLE PACKAGE
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Blake Hamilton (Order #12424726)
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traveled from the Snout of Omgar to Fort Beluarian on
foot, crossing Chult through rough mountains, dense
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k`ahoj][cafl`]bmf_d] l`]oj][cg^l`]Narwhal) and
befriended a weretiger that lives there.
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and a set of tinker’s tools. She also owns a climber’s kit,
a healer’s kit, and a dungeoneer’s pack. This equipment
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parable to that of a much older, much wiser tortle. She
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alternative.
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Kwilgok
Tortle guide (Port Nyanzaru)
When the characters meet Kwilgok, give them handout
B at the end of this supplement.
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in several high-stakes dinosaur races. He lost more than
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exploration. Kwilgok the tortle (see “Tortles,” page
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Kwilgok travels with a cantankerous ankylosaurus
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Although he’s an able and honest guide, Kwilgok won’t
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