Cairnshell
Its shell is a field-stone heap (turf, 8-9 stones, moss on the north faces, a flower). At rest the only tell is a dark seam under the front edge with one amber eye in it.
An ambusher that looks exactly like a heap of field stones.
Every frog gets the same experience for it, whatever your own level (only your stamina changes it: half again when rested, half when worn out). When several frogs hurt it, they share it by how much damage each did; a party with shared experience on gets 20 % more, and 10 % more again for each different calling in it.
Where and when
The Harrow field and the foot of the mill rise in Harrowfield, among the real stone heaps.
How it fights
It rises when you come within two tiles of it, and at night a carried light within four tiles wakes it too, so a torch is a trade-off here. It snaps its neck out to bite and slams its stone shell down, which slows you. It is slow and will not follow you far.
Drops
| Item | Chance | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handful of hedge berries | 35% | 1 to 2 | |
| Round shield | 4% | 1 | |
| Pair of leather boots | 3% | 1 | |
| Ox-horn helm | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Harrow plate | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Tine sword | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Harrow-door shield | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Rook-quill cap | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Miller's smock robe | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Millrace slippers | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Millstone wand | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Harvest almanac | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Scarecrow patch coat | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Harrow-hide coat | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Flail stave | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Corn-doll charm | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Rook-beak hood | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Furrow-crawler trousers | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Millrace boots | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Sickle parrier | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Flour-sack cape | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Harrow oilskin | 0.2% | 1 | |
| Ox bell | 0.8% | 1 | |
| Scarecrow rag bundle | 0.8% | 1 |
Carries no coin: sell its parts instead.