Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

The Ruins of Achelos
time, as monsters are attracted by
the noise.
4. Large warehouse: This building
once housed the warehouse of the
Blacksmiths’ Guild of the Kingdom
of Achelos. It is now the home of 2
Rust monsters. These rust-eating
beings have left little of the original
contents of the warehouse, but
what is left is still enough, so they
have almost no interest in
bothering the PCs. They will only
attack obvious meals (characters
wearing heavy armor), and will not
chase the PCs beyond the
warehouse.
5. Tenement: 10 Archer bushes have
colonized this gutted building, as
well as the overgrown plaza in front
of it. They are scattered across the
area and prey upon giant rats and
other small animals, but will attack
PCs as well.
6. Tanner’s house: This building
once house a tanner’s workshop. It
is still terribly smelly, but the smell
is due to the large colonies of
Yellow Mold and other molds that
have colonized the damp workshop
area.
7. Collapsed warehouse: This
building was almost entirely gutted
by a fire. Roll for random
encounters. If one happens,
combat in the area will result in a
further (major) collapse. All
involved combatant need to pass a
ST vs Dragon Breath, or suffer 3d4
HP of damage. On a successful ST,
the character or monster avoids the
damage entirely.
8. Sweatshop: This large, squat
building is almost intact. It was
composed of a single large hall to
begin with, and survived the
Thyatian onslaught and the passage
of time with little damage, though
the furniture is completely rotten. It
is inhabited by many normal bats
(10d10 can be found at any time),
as well as some giant bats (1d10).
If the bats are chased off and the
broken windows are repaired, the
building is stable enough to be used
at least temporarily. Any Dwarf can
assess this, as well as any
character able to pass a moderate
skill check on a relevant skill (e.g.,
Civil Engineering). Lord Kaerin
would pay up to 30 royals for the
information.
9. Granary: This building is the base
of the Wererats. 1d6+2 of them are
present at any given time. The
granary itself is a simple, circular
stone building. The upper story is
almost completely collapsed, but
the wererats have cleared most of
the rubble. One wererat hides on
what remains of the upper story,
and is armed with a light crossbow.
The others loiter on the ground
floor, and switch to rat form as
soon as they are aware of enemies.
A sack with the treasure of the
band, 50 royals, 100 cronas and a
potion of healing, is hidden under
the rubble on the side opposite to
the entrance. The lycanthropes do
not know what the potion actually
is, as their leader told them it is
poisonous -- any captured wererat
will tell the PCs so.
10. River Port Guard: A single
Darkhood haunts this tower, once
used by the Achelos city guard as
barracks and custom house. Use
the Tower map for this area. There
are no other monsters, except a
number of Skeletons. Roll for
random monsters normally. 50% of
the times, the encounter will by
with the Darkhood, the remaining
will be with 3d4 Skeletons. After
the Darkhood is defeated, only up
to two Skeleton encounter can
happen.
To generate encounters for parties
exploring the Riverside Slums, a
wandering monsters table is provided. The
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