Elder Rothé

Elder Rothé
Level 1
Elder rothé and a calf communicating through Dancing Lights
Information
Race	Rothé
Hometown	Underdark
Occupation	Working animal
Stats
Size	Large
Type	Beast
Armour Class	10
Hit points	23
Weight	600 kg ( lb)
Initiative	0
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 14 (+2) 10 (0) 14 (+2) 2 (-4) 10 (0) 4 (-3)
Proficiency bonus	+2
Saving throws	Str +2 Dex 0 Con +2 Int -4 Wis 0 Cha -3
Features
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.

Elder Rothé is rothé livestock who can be encountered at the Grymforge during Act One. He can be spoken to with Speak with Animals.

Background

Elder Rothé is a particularly long-lived rothé. He claims to have outlived his "mother, and her mother's mother, and many mothers beyond". The Elder Rothé saw firsthand Ketheric Thorm's Dark Justiciar army, and the hellbeast that defeated them.

Involvement

Speaking to either Elder Rothé or Deep Rothé Calf will start a joint conversation with them both. The rothé communicate using the spell Dancing Lights, which (when not using Speak with Animals) the player can observe to discern the emotions of the elder rothé: pain, sadness, and a fear stretching back generations.

With Speak with Animals, the party can join in on the conversation. The rothé will speak of Ketheric Thorm, who has left his mark on the area; "the rock shivers from the sound. The Ketheric Thorm." The elder rothé has lived long enough that he worked during the time of Ketheric's war. He recounts the bloody battle and Thorm's army, and Yurgir; the "hellbeast that broke them."