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of Gruu 1 warriors on a dangerous charge deep into the PROVEN
settled streets to plunder a certain location, retrieve an Prerequisite: Renown 3 or higher in your clan
item stolen from your clan, or assault a Boros garrison.
Sometimes your objective might be more esoteric. With several battles under your belt, you have demon-
strated service to your clan and earned the recognition
With prophecies of the return of llharg the Raze-Boar of your peers. You have the right to tattoo your body to
spreading like wildfire among the GruuJ druids, you commemorate your triumphs in battle and demonstrate
might be asked to carry out some task that the druids your loyalty to the Gruul. You don"t yet have authority
believe will speed his coming. Such a task might in- over others, but when you go into battle with your clan,
volve collecting a sacred relic held in an Orzhov vault or your fellow warriors fight near you, acknowledging your
collecting sacrifices for a grand ceremony in the Raze-
prowess. Y our clan chieftain knows your name and
Boar's honor.
might decide to single you out, offering you an oppor-
tunity to prove yourself by performing a special task.
A GRUUL PARTY
Depending on the nature of the task, the chieftain might
A group of Gruul adventurers can serve as a raiding
party to pursue the goals of one clan or the guild as send ld4 anarchs (see chapter 6 for the stat block)
a whole. The combination of anarchs and berserkers along to help you.
(fighters, rangers, and barbarians) with druids of the BEAST- FRIEND
Old Ways (druids or clerics) creates a powerful mix of Prerequisite: Renown 10 or higher in your clan
muscle and magic. Such a party lacks the capacity for
subtlety or stealth, but Gruul missions rarely require When you reach this level of renown, you develop a
such abilities. (A ranger can provide them, in the rare rapport with the beasts that haunt the rubblebelts.
case where they are necessary.) When you are in a rubblebelt area, you can summon one
beast to be your mount: a batterboar (a giant boar as
RANK AND RENOWN described in the Monster Manual), a ceratok (using the
stat block of a rhinoceros), or a raktusk (equivalent to a
Renown among the Gruul could also be called glory- giant elk). It doesn't fight for you unless you have magic
when you prove yourself in battle, you earn the respect
or another ability that can control a beast.
of your fellows. With glory comes acceptance of your In addition, when you carry out a raid on the guild's
leadership and warriors willing to follow you into battle. behalf, a druid of your clan gives you a Gruul charm (de-
The Gruul have no formal holders of titles aside from scribed in chapter 5) at the start of the raid.
the chieftains of clans and the guildmaster, but relative
status within one's clan is still important. CELEBRATED
Prerequisite: Renown 25 or higher in your clan
You are a hero in your clan, and your reputation extends
to other clans as well. You can count on the aid of your
clan in most situations. Your clan's druids cast spells
for you, and you lead a warband that consists of 3d4
anarchs (see chapter 6 for the stat block) plus three
berserkers or ogres (see the Monster Manual for their
stat blocks).
Your chieftain keeps an eye on you, aware that you're
a potential challenger for leadership of the clan.

CHIEFTAfN
Prerequisite: Renown 50 or higher in your clan
You can now rightfully challenge your chieftain in single
combat for leadership of the clan or take the warriors
loyal to you and form a new clan.

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