The Oros
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The Oros, the tree that watches
You never see him arrive. You realize he was already there.A magnificent deer of the frozen lakeshores, carrying a necrotic aura that sits very badly with his elegance. Scholars hold that one Oros, long ago, took in the zombie deer sickness instead of dying of it, and turned it to his own use. He is not dead. It is more troubling than that: he is alive, and he wears death like a second set of antlers.Appearance
You catch sight of him. Almost nothing moves around you; life up here has enough to do simply holding on. Your eyes settle on a dead tree, and they have filed it away and forgotten it before the shape begins to move. Two slits of a blue turning toward mauve. Your hair stands on end without your knowing why, because all you have in front of you is a deer.The ambush. Night is falling, everything is running together in the white, and you are the one going out for firewood. A dead tree at last, a few paces off. You are close enough to touch it when two blue-mauve slits open level with your face.Combat
How he fights. He charges, he backs off, he charges again, and it takes him three strides to be at full speed once more. His antlers open a man wide, and what they open does not close as it should: the edges of the wound blacken, and the wounded man lasts two days too long before he understands. His gaze pins whoever meets it a moment too long. In the rut he gives out a sound from deep in the throat that empties a man of his courage before he has even seen the beast.How to fight him. First, you do not hunt the herd of hinds grazing peacefully nearby. They are his, he is never far, and nothing puts him in that state faster. If it comes to a fight regardless, keep him close: an Oros allowed to draw away is not fleeing, he is taking his three strides.
The Oros is a large cervid creature token set against a snow-covered mountain backdrop, depicted with white-grey fur, a heavy mane, and an oversized rack of antlers. The creature carries a necrotic aura despite being alive, with faintly glowing blue-mauve eyes that serve as its primary identifying feature in low-visibility conditions. This token suits wilderness, arctic, or highland encounter scenarios involving ambush mechanics, undead-adjacent boss creatures, or cursed wildlife, and is compatible with virtual tabletop platforms such as Foundry VTT, Roll20, and Fantasy Grounds for use in D&D 5e, Pathfinder, and similar fantasy RPG systems.
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