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Your tortle character gains traits that enable it to cope
with the perils of a savage world.
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Languages. You can speak, read, and write Aquan
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of guides available for hire in Chult. One of the tortle
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and a set of tinker’s tools. She also owns a climber’s kit,
a healer’s kit, and a dungeoneer’s pack. This equipment
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parable to that of a much older, much wiser tortle. She
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Tortle guide (Port Nyanzaru)
When the characters meet Kwilgok, give them handout
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