Lords of the Cruth Lowlands - Vaults of Pandius

The Ruins of Achelos
13. Sunset balcony: This balcony
collapsed, and is not easily
accessible, though a dexterous PC
may walk on the outer wall, which
is still standing, or drop into area 5.
14. Bedroom: This room is relatively
well kept. The human slaves of the
Vampire Lord are tasked to keep
the area in good order, even
though their master has no real
need of it.
15. Bathroom: Like the bedroom in
area 13, this room is kept in good
order by the Vampire Lord’s
servants.
16. Spiral staircase: This secret
staircase connects the first and
second floor.
17. Parapet: The parapets are manned
by 3 Skeleton archers each.
18. Library: This area, together with
the study, is the only part of the
castle that is actually used by the
Vampire Lord.
19. Study: The Vampire Lord is usually
found here during the night,
working at arcane research. The
study itself and the library are
worth 2000 gp as research libraries
for magic users.
20. Workroom: This area has been
converted to serve as the
centerpoint of the necromantic
rituals the Vampire Lord employs to
raise the dead of the Old
Graveyard. The materials and texts
present in the area allow to
research the Animate Dead spell at
no cost. A Loot or similar skill check
is needed to find all the useful
items, which have a total
encumbrance of 200 cn.
21. Stone Bridge: This bridge
collapsed during the siege, together
with the southern tower.
22. Prison Cells: The prison tower was
shielded by the main body of the
keep from the worst of the Thyatian
bombardment. It was originally
used to hold ship captains and
merchants that were suspected of
smuggling, until an investigation
could be conducted. Crews were
detained in pens in the main
enclosure of the fort. This area is,
therefore, reasonably well
preserved. It is possible to rest
here during the day, since the
mindless undead do not use it. If
the PCs are captured by the
Vampire Lord and not immediately
killed, they will be imprisoned here.
23. Master Bedroom: This area was
destroyed during the siege. The
ceiling collapsed into the rooms,
which are now so full of rubble as
to be fully impassable.
24. Bathroom: See room 23.
25. Gallery: See room 23. In addition,
the floor in this area is also
damaged. A PC of medium size
carrying a medium load or more
needs to roll a successful Dexterity
check to avoid putting too much
weight on an unstable part of the
floor, pushing through it and taking
1d8 HP. Wearing armor decreases
this damage to 1d6 (non-metal
armor) or 1d4 (metal armor).
26. Southern tower peak: The
southern tower was hit by
trebuchet shots and powerful
magics which blasted its peak into
the river. This area does not exist
at the present time.
27. Northern tower roof: The
northern tower was entirely
destroyed, and this area does not
exist in the castle at the present
time.
28. Secret staircase: this staircase
leads to area 10.
29. Hall with alcoves: this hall leads
to area 7. The alcoves once held
lanterns, which have disappeared
long ago, replaced by 4 animated
skeletons. The Vampire Lord has
strengthened these skeletons with
old armor, weapons, leather strips,
as well as by magic (Improved
skeleton AC 5, HD 1+2, Dmg
1d6+2, XP value 15).
30. Locked crypt: a Vampire Lord has
taken residence here. This area was
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