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Slaying the sages is easy; they put up no resistance. Extinguishing the lamp or increasing the temperature in the room by even a few degrees causes them to disintegrate. 5. The Halls of the Fallen This long gallery, dim and gloomy in the feeble light, has dark shapes embedded in the walls. As you draw closer, you see that they are the bodies of men and women, lifeless and encased in ice. By their clothing and weapons, you guess that they are – or were – adventurers. You wonder if they will jerk to life and open blank white eyes as you come near; you are used to that kind of thing happening by now! It seems, however, that these poor souls are merely dead. This room can only be a grisly trophy cabinet, in which Bastirak keeps the bodies of those who have entered his citadel against his will. There is plenty of room left in the walls for the likes of you. A single ice devil (see above for statistics) patrols up and down this hall keeping watch for intruders. If the party is at least 15 th level on average, the Games Master should give him a companion ice devil. The bodies are still wearing the clothes they arrived in and carrying the gear they bore. Bastirak likes to preserve them as they were. The Player Characters may attempt to break the ice and reach the corpses in order to loot them. Each one is behind three feet of ice. The Games Master should bear in mind that fire attacks, though they may melt large quantities of ice at once, have a chance to damage the gear that the corpses are wearing. Bastirak has already taken anything that he can use himself, so the gear that is left is useful only for character classes other than wizard. The bodies and their gear include the following: • A young male halfling, who appears to have died from repeated blows with a blunt object. He carries 458 gold pieces in coin, two small sapphire earrings worth 600 gold pieces each, a +3 short sword, a set of masterwork rogues’ tools and an improved ring of climbing. • A female elf with blonde hair, with no visible sign of the cause of her death; Bastirak killed her with slay living. She carries a silver symbol of the god Brith worth 50 gold pieces, a set of +1 full plate of moderate fortification, a +5 cold iron dagger and a +1 vorpal greatsword. • A bald-headed human male in his 60s wearing colourful silk robes, who appears to have been crushed to death, so that his body is mangled and misshapen. He wears a ring of mind shielding. • Two half-elf males, apparently twins given their identical facial features, one wearing blue traveller’s garments, the other red. They appear to have died from stab wounds from a large spear-like object. They carry identical minor rings of cold resistance, identical +1 silver longswords, and identical goldinlaid black lacquer scroll cases worth 120 gold pieces each. The contents of the blue-clad half-elf’s scroll case have been ruined by seeping water; the redclad half-elf has a scroll of feeblemind, a scroll of greater invisibility and two scrolls of mass bear’s endurance. • A grey-haired human female, almost completely decapitated by a slashing blow to the neck. She carries a +2 darkwood shield, a set of full plate made from wood (intended for use with the ironwood spell), a +3 scimitar and five bottles of potion that have been frozen solid and thus ruined. • There are five other bodies, which appear to be those of henchmen or followers of the others. Their gear is all mundane and has been spoiled by the ice. Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8 137
138 6. The Tropical Garden As you enter this ice chamber you feel unexpected warmth in the air. There is a strong light source in the ceiling which radiates heat like a small interior sun. There is a smell of plant life, rich and earthy. The room is filled with plants growing from ceramic troughs laid along the room’s length. There are roses, lilies, daffodils and even blackberries, completely out of place in this frigid realm. Bastirak has created a garden of plants in the middle of an ice palace. The warm air is kept confined to this room and does not melt the walls. The secret of the room is the light source, which is a magical sunlamp. The Gardens: The plant beds are each within the area of effect of a permanent alarm spell, shaped so as to sound an alarm if anything falls or stumbles into them. The alarm sounds in the ice devil barracks (Room 11) and brings the ice devils in that room running down to investigate. Guardians: These laboriously cultivated plants cannot be left unsupervised or some denizen of the citadel might blunder into them. The ice devils are uncomfortable about spending time in this room as it is too hot for them, so Bastirak has assigned two barbed devils to watch over the garden. They are bored, irritable and spoiling for a fight. Granyang and Sconk, Barbed Devils: CR 11; Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, lawful); HD 12d8+72; hp 126; Init +6; Spd 30 ft.; AC 29, touch 16, flat-footed 23; Base Atk +12; Grp +22; Atk +18 melee (2d8+6 plus fear, claw); Full Atk +18 melee (2d8+6 plus fear, 2 claws); SA fear, impale 3d8+9, improved grab, summon devil; SQ barbed defence, damage reduction 10/good, darkvision 60 ft., immunity to fire and poison, resistance to acid 10 and cold 10, see in darkness, spell resistance 23, spell-like abilities, telepathy 100 ft.; AL LE; SV Fort +14, Ref +14, Will +12; Str 23, Dex 23, Con 23, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 18. Skills & Feats: Concentration +21, Diplomacy +6, Hide +21, Intimidate +19, Knowledge (arcana) +16, Listen Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8
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2 Introduction Welcome to The Drow
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4 island of Chillhame, then in the
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6 the past and old ghosts will retu
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8 It is likely that at some point o
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10 that his office is not the same
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12 but it is considered very dishon
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14 for 1d3 hours after drinking. Ho
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16 Equipment & Treasure: Arrows (20
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18 dagger wounds in their chests. T
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20 break free. The control is also
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22 The people of Jehannum are not i
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24 Skills & Feats: Balance +11, Cli
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26 they announce that one of the ca
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28 them off trying that route. Some
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30 paws, adding cowardice and the p
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32 Across Unkown Oceans This chapte
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34 and electricity 10, spider climb
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36 light slashing or piercing weapo
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38 Effects of the Vortex If they ar
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40 4. Hidden Entrance The main entr
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42 The One has a +8 racial bonus on
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44 Sahuagin Lacerators The lacerato
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46 other ships are sent out. Whole
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48 If a Harrier should die and his
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50 a hull, lacking any masts or sai
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52 Environment: Temperate aquatic O
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56 shark’s tooth set in silver (w
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58 Tizla Leaves These leaves are mi
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60 This room is where Revekhal Suns
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64 reduction 2/-, illiteracy, trap
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66 faith and treated her with respe
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68 5. Galekki Lairs These dank, lig
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70 It is possible to shut the mangl
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76 3. Desalinator Coils The air in
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84 Special Qualities: Amphibious, c
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Page 167 and 168: 166 Misdirection (Sp): To put hunte
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Page 175 and 176: 174 The Destriers of Heaven The Sun
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188 Aftermath With the threat to th
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190 simply gave a name, a location,
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192 these runes with a Search check
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198 Skills & Feats: Hide +8, Listen
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200 The Dwarves: The dwarves are am
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202 18. The Prisoners Four drow war
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216 Inside, the cathedral is desola
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218 of the stuff on the whole plane
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220 against them. A magical attack
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222 Spell-Like Abilities: At the st
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224 Skills & Feats: Bluff +33, Conc
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232 Factory Floor A: Sheet Rolling
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238 The drow twins Hester and Jazme
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240 The Ironclads An Ironclad is a
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