Hylonome Kentaurides
More art from Tome of Salvaterra! Fernando Salvaterra regularly produces wonderful illustrations, another example of which is featured here (and used with his permission and understanding that all rights to the art remain his). Also, this post is my first post for The Palladium Roleplaying Game!
Hylonome Kentaurides
Hylonome is a centaur, a nomad and a seeker, traveling the world to find Cyllarus, her long lost love. While attending the wedding of Pirithous, a son of Zeus, and Hippodamia, the daughter of Butes. When centaurs invited to the wedding became drunk and carried off women attending the wedding party, including Hippodamia, Pirithous led the Lapiths of Larissa to wage war against the centaurs. Hylonome and Cyllarus were separated during the Centauromachy. Hylonome learned that her beloved had been abducted by pirates to be sold to a distant king.
Hylonome is presented as an NPC. If her goals and the PCs’ goals overlap, she could be a valuable ally. In combat, she prefers her short bow (+4 strike, rate of fire 2) or fighting with her hooves (+3 strike).
Alignment: Scrupulous
O.C.C.: Ranger 3
O.C.C. Skills Hand to Hand (Ranger) (+1 parry/dodge, +1 strike, 2 attacks per melee); Dowsing (50%), Identify Plants/Fruits (44%), Identify Tracks (52%), Medical (46%), Prowl (34%), Read/Write (2), Track (56%), Trap/Skin Small Animals (56%), Use Poison (24%)
W.P.: Knives (+1 strike, +1 parry, +2 throw); Large Shield (+1 strike, +3 parry); Throwing Axe (+1 strike, +2 throw); Short Bow (+1 strike, rate of fire 2); Spears/Forks (+2 strike, +2 parry)
Secondary Skills: Cook (50%), Faerie Lore (55%), Preserve Food (58%), Plant/Farm Lore (58%), Recognize Poison (30%), Sense of Direction (70%), Sing (50%), Speak 2 (65%), Swim (65%)
Size: 64 inches tall at the shoulder; weighs 975 pounds
A.R. 5 (8 in quilted armor)
Hit Points: 36
Number of Attacks: 2 kicks (front does 3d4 damage, rear does 5d4 damage)
Bonuses: +2 to strike, +6 to damage, +2 to dodge
Natural Abilities: great strength and endurance, speed 25 mph, can pull as much as 3 tons
