The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

7. Caverns of the Whiteladies
Your breath steams in the freezing air. The region
under the fortress is all ice – the walls, floor and roof
are encased in it. The tunnels leading through it look
smooth, as if they had been shaped by hands rather than
worked with tools. Presumably there is rock and earth
somewhere under all this ice.
On entering the caverns for the first time, all characters
should make Knowledge (dungeoneering) skill checks.
Any result of 20 or more means that the character
notices that the ceiling is extremely loose. The glassy
bulk of the ice is all that holds it up. The whiteladies
have clearly chosen their lair carefully. Anyone trying
to dig them out risks being buried alive!
The average height of the rooms in this section is 15 feet.
The frost giants built it to their scale, so the passages are
much larger than an ordinary cellar would be.
Slippery Floors: The floor underfoot is slippery with
ice. It costs two squares of movement to enter icecovered
squares and the DCs of Balance and Tumble
checks made there are increased by five. Characters
who attempt to run or charge across an ice sheet must
make Balance checks (DC 10) to do so.
Causing Cave-ins: The Player Characters may attempt
to smash or melt through the ice to reach the fleeing
whiteladies. However, melting large amounts of ice in
these caves is asking for trouble. The ceiling is unstable,
and only the ice prevents it from crashing down.
Whenever two or more adjacent squares are cleared
of ice, the Games Master should make a percentile
dice roll to see if a cave-in occurs. The base chance is
10% plus 10% for each additional adjacent ice square
cleared. Cave-ins are dealt with in the DMG.
If the Grun (see below) makes a stunning stomp attack
or explodes in an icy detonation, the Games Master
should make a check to see if a cave-in occurs, as these
events forcibly shake the caverns.
7a. Maidens in the Ice
The mist is thicker down here, swirling around your
feet like a layer of grey-white fluid. On either side of
the passageway, immobile shapes hang in the ice – the
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