Category:Rusalka

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== John W. Mangrum's Rusalka Lore^[1]

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Characters with ranks in Knowledge (nature) can learn more about rusalkas. A character who recognizes a rusalka’s nature can make a bardic knowledge check to learn more. When a character makes a successful skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the information from lower DCs.

Knowledge (nature) DC 11: The lovely, pale damsel bathing herself in this icy lake is a rusalka. Some folk believe rusalkas are the ghosts of drowned maidens, but in fact they are spirits of nature. This result reveals all fey traits.

DC 16: Rusalkas are lonely spirits who use their eerie songs to beguile mortals into joining them beneath the water. Rusalkas dislike physical violence, but like many nature spirits, they are capable of both kindness and cruelty. Rusalkas’ longing for companionship makes interacting with even the most benevolent of their kind a risky proposition for mortals who catch their eye. Rusalkas speak Aquan, Sylvan, and a local language.

DC 21: A rusalka is mystically bound to the body of water in which she resides, much as a dryad is bound to her tree. A rusalka drowns if she ventures farther than 100 paces from her body of water.

DC 26: Rusalkas can grant mortals the ability to breathe underwater with the gift of a kiss. They may use this ability to sustain their enamored mortals, or they can refuse the gift to drown foes or victims. Some sages believe rusalkas are closely related to the enchanting spirits known as glaistigs.

Bardic Knowledge DC 16: A rusalka’s beguiling song is a sonic effect which can be countered with bardic music.

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