Chestnutt Oakberry
Chestnutt Oakberry is the older brother of Pixus Oakberry, the owner of Bellwater Concoctions. Together with his sister he has run the potion shop in Vansreik for a decade.1
The ferocious heart
As the shop's potion master, Chestnutt recently brewed a new potion he named the ferocious heart. He tried it on himself, and it gave him immense strength and endurance. He enjoyed its high so much that he became addicted, and since its ingredients cost a great deal of gold, he joined the Shortstack Stranglers to earn extra coin and to live out his dreams of vigilantism.2
Under the potion Chestnutt gains monstrous power and speed. Chitinous claws spring from his fingers and a chitinous shell grows over him, his hearing and smell become inhuman, and the potion strips him of his humanoid appearance and of his self-awareness.1
In battle
Chestnutt fights like a feral beast. Being a potion-maker, he lacks the experience most adventurers have; his positioning and choice of targets are usually poor, and he often ends up stuck behind enemy lines, surrounded.1
Notes
Sources
This article draws on:
- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 12, 42
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