Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

The Ruins of Achelos
remains of the large benches and
tables that filled the central area.
Ocythoe and Nikothoe roost on the
balconade, and regularly fly out of
the building to survey the
surroundings. The two harpies
engage anyone who enters the
room and is not in the company of
either Brandin or Serdalu. Their
screeches will alert both the Nagpa
and the Gnome.
3. History Section: This long hall has
book shelves along its walls, full of
old texts of Traladaran history.
Most of them are too ruined to be
of any use, but it is possibly to find
two almost intact volumes of the
Annales Regum Acheloion, as well
as a number of other less valuable
texts covering the Traladaran Wars
and the Vampire Wars. Serdalu has
stored here 10 Zombies, which do
not move or attack unless ordered
by him.
4. Foreign Literature Section: This
section once held copies of many
Thyatian books, as well as some
Darokinian texts. Unfortunately, a
number of cracks in the ceiling and
walls led the books to be repeatedly
drenched in rainwater, rendering
most of them useless. The most
valuable book that can be found
here is Paphocuzitum’s Oratory. A
secret door leads to a much smaller
room, where only a few books were
kept. There is a copy of the Treaty
on Exploration, as well as other
books on distant lands -- mostly
copies of explorers’ diaries. The DM
should include a Treasure Map here
(e.g., the diary and map leading to
the Isle of Dread, or a map of
tunnels leading to the “center of
the Earth”, depending on future
adventures).
5. Traladaran Religion Section:
This section once housed many
religious texts, mostly
commentaries on the Song of
Halav, writings of the ancient
patriarchs, as well as philosophical
musings on the different sects of
the Traladaran religion. More texts
can be recovered here than in the
other sections, but these texts can
mostly be found in the library of the
Church of Traladara in Specularum,
so they have limited worth. Fifty
volumes can be saved, each worth
on average 10 gp and weighing
about 50 coins.
6. Technical Literature Section:
This section preserves a number of
books on subjects such as
agriculture, construction,
engineering and economics.
However, these books are all rather
outdated, and are of no practical
interest.
7. Magic Literature Section: This
section was used by the few mages
of Achelos. It still holds a number
of basic texts on magic, totalling a
value of 500 gp for any Magic
User’s library. When used to
research polymorph magics, these
books are 20% more effective than
their value. A secret door leads to a
small room with a iron safe
(standard Open Locks roll to open).
Inside the safe, there is a copy of
the Traladaran translation of the
Thanatopsis, as well as a spellbook
containing the Continual Darkness,
Choke, and Walking Dead spells 19 .
Serdalu is in the main room,
19
The spells Choke and Walking Dead
appear in “Tomo della Magia di Mystara”,
volume 1, by Marco Dalmonte and Matteo
Barnabè.
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