The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

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Player Characters will understand why the chattermen
have arisen and how they might rest again.
If the Player Characters recover the golden buckle,
falcon pectoral and sword hilt from Bastirak’s citadel
(see below) and return these items to the chattermen,
they dig themselves back into the earth. The Player
Characters should receive experience as if they had
defeated the chattermen, along with a story award
equivalent to overcoming a CR 14 challenge.
Location: The Wreckers’ Lair
With the giantesses laden down with plundered
provisions, the giants who wrecked Ommersdale have
clambered down into a crevasse and made a temporary
lair on a broad shelf of ice. This keeps them out of the
wind, which does not harm them (since they are cold
creatures) but is annoying and noisy. At the instruction
of their husband Grommen, the giantesses have hacked
out some small caves in the crevasse wall in which they
can hole up.
The ice shelf is 40 feet down from the surface – an easy
distance for a giant but not quite so easy for smaller
beings. The crevasse walls are made from rock covered
with a thick layer of ice and are difficult to negotiate,
requiring a Climb check (DC 25).
The main crevasse dropping down beyond the ice shelf
is two hundred feet deep. A creature who falls into it
has a 20% chance to bring a cascade of snow and ice
down upon him when he hits the bottom; the Games
Master should treat this as if he were in the bury zone
of an avalanche, for which see the DMG.
Fragile Region: The shaded area of the ice shelf is less
sturdy than the rest. If weight is put upon it, there is a
chance it will collapse. A Medium-sized creature has
a 5% chance per round of causing a collapse, a Large
creature has a 10% chance and a Huge creature has a
20% chance. If a collapse occurs, the Games Master
should mark a cone from the creature to the edge of the
shelf and consider all squares within that cone to have
crumbled away.
Any character who studies the shelf for at least one round
and succeeds at a Survival or Knowledge (architecture
and engineering) check (DC 20) can discern the fragile
region.
1. Lookout Point
The trail ends at the lip of a crevasse, plunging down
into the snow. The wind is howling around you, but
even this constant din does not drown out the sounds of
something eating noisily within the crevasse.
The noisy eater is Gurt, who is supposed to be keeping
watch. He is sitting on a hummock of snow, guzzling a
bowl of stew. Gurt is located at Point A on the map. The
Games Master should use the weremammoth statistics
given below to represent Gurt. If Gurt is attacked, he
bellows, assumes hybrid form and tries to shove his
assailants into the crevasse. A fight that goes on for
more than ten rounds and creates a lot of noise will
bring one of the giantesses from Area 2 to investigate.
Unearthly Music: While the Player Characters fighting
Gurt (or just observe him), the Games Master should
have them make Listen checks (DC 20). Those who
succeed hear a weird ululating melody carried on the
winds, as if the wind itself were singing. Gurt hears
it too and shudders with fear. This is the song from
the windshaper hills again, and Gurt’s reaction makes it
plain that the sound is something of which he is afraid.
2. Provisions Cave
This small cavern looks as though it was smashed out of
the ice by crude tools. There are boxes and crates piled
up haphazardly against the walls. Honey has leaked from
one barrel and frozen into a solid amber lump. A drained
cask of wine has been hurled against a wall, spattering
the ice with crimson jewels of frost. A pile of timber
beams is stacked next to them; the beams look as if they
may have been wrenched from Ommersdale’s cottages.
On the floor, mending what looks like a blanket of
chainmail, are five pale-skinned giantesses. Their hair
is a dirty blonde colour and their expressions are vacant.
They are wearing clothing made from sackcloth.
These are Grovi, Runki, Yoka, Moora and Skungen, five
of Grommen’s wives. They are patching his armour,
which suffered some damage during the destruction of
Ommersdale. If attacked, they try to defend themselves
with thrown crates and timbers used as improvised
greatclubs.
Grovi, Runki, Yoka, Moora and Skungen, Female
Giants (5): CR 9; Large giants (cold); HD 14d8+70;
hp 133; Init –1; Spd 40 ft.; AC 17, touch 8, flat-footed
17; Base Atk +10; Grp +23; Atk +18 melee (2d8+13,
greatclub) or +18 melee (1d4+9, slam) or +9 ranged
(2d6+9, rock); Full Atk +18/+13 melee (2d8+13,
greatclub) or +18 melee (1d4+9, 2 slams) or +9 ranged
(2d6+9, rock); Space/Reach 10 ft./10 ft.; SA rock
throwing; SQ immunity to cold, low-light vision, rock
catching, vulnerability to fire; AL CE; SV Fort +14, Ref
+3, Will +6; Str 29, Dex 9, Con 21, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha
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