Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

The Ruins of Achelos
know the layout of the area well, and will
react promptly to alarms. Once the PCs
are discovered, it will be very difficult for
them to surprise anyone, and the major
NPCs will start packing and moving
through secret exits (or simply the main
gate) as soon as it is clear that the camp is
under a serious attack.
1. Main Entrance. The entrance is
guarded by two Hounds. Six goblin
archers are posted on the roof of
the guard post buildings.
2. Goblin camp. 20 goblins of the
Nightseeker clan, with one chieftain
(Goblin 5, C) and one wicca (Goblin
3/Wicca 3, C) live in or around this
area. The leader will deal with any
party that asks to speak with an
Iron Ring representative, calling
one of the Reavers if in doubt.
3. Granary. This building is used to
store provisions for the slaves,
goblinoids, and Hounds. There is
plenty of rats (4d8).
4. Ruined building. This building is
partially collapsed. It is used by
some of the goblins in area 2 to
repair themselves in rainy weather.
5. Slave pen and Orc barracks. This
buildings house both a group of
Orcs from the Greyslayer tribe, and
a small number of slaves. There are
8 Orcs and 1 Orc underchief (Orc 4,
C). The 10 slaves are all
Traladarans from various villages
along the Volaga. They have been
beaten and ill treated, and are not
able to fight or even to run.
6. Slave pen. There is a single slave
here, an old Traladaran man. He is
ill and has been left here to die, as
the other slaves have been already
transferred elsewhere. The man,
Dimitri Marinescu (C3, L), is a
village priest of the Church of
Traladara. If saved, he remains in
the area, as the hamlet where he
lived has been destroyed by
goblinoids in the employ of the Iron
Ring, and all the inhabitants have
been enslaved. Dimitri may become
a minor ally for the PCs, especially
if they help him save his relatives
and friends from the slavers.
7. Guard post. This room is guarded
by 6 Hounds of the Iron Ring and 4
goblin archers. One of the goblin
flees and alerts the Reavers as
soon as the first Hound falls.
8. Baths. This ill-kept building
includes a large pool, that is used
to bath the Hounds and slaves. It is
not used very often, though.
9. Slave pen. This complex was used
as the main holding area for the
slaves. It is presently abandoned.
10. Reavers lodgings. Three Reavers
(F5, C) use this area, though they
are rarely present, except at night.
One of them, Igor Pyotrevich (T6,
C), though, is always present in the
camp. Roll 1d4 to choose the
location of the Reaver: 1- Reavers
lodgings (10), 2- Residence of
Master Haxmal (12), 3- Main
Entrance (1), 4- Fane of Hybristes
(13). Igor Pyotrevich own an
excellent suit of giant-work leather
armor (AC 6, worth 200 royals; AC
downgrades to 7 if the wearer takes
maximum damage from any attack;
the armor can only be repaired by
Hill Giant artisans).
11. Warehouse. This building is used
to store tools and construction
materials. It is little used, and
characters hiding here will not be
discovered unless they are very
obvious.
12. Residence of Master Haxmal.
Master Haxmal (MU 8, C) wears a
ring of protection +1, and his robes
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