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• Her brother has angered the dead by sending out
ice devils to dig up old graves. There are dead
chieftains out in the snow who wait patiently for
the return of what he has stolen.
• There was a time when the planes leaked into the
world. Her brother came and went to the other
planes as he pleased but the citadel was always
full of confused creatures who had wandered in
from other dimensions. Then the spider came and
mended all the holes. Now Bastirak is not allowed
to travel as much as he used to, but at least the
citadel is quieter.
Zamelak, Priestess of Gahaira, Female Half-Silver
Dragon Clr13: CR 15; Medium dragon (augmented
humanoid); HD 13d8+26; hp 84; Init +2; Spd 30 ft.; AC
16, touch 12, flat-footed 14; Base Atk +9; Grp +14; Atk
+14 melee (1d4+5, claw); Full Atk +14 melee (1d4+5, 2
claws) and +9 melee (1d6+2, bite); SA breath weapon,
rebuke undead, spells; SQ darkvision 60 ft., immunity
to cold, paralysis and sleep, low-light vision; AL CE;
SV Fort +12, Ref +8, Will +12; Str 21, Dex 14, Con 14,
Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 12.
Skills & Feats: Concentration +10, Knowledge (arcana)
+4, Knowledge (history) +10, Knowledge (religion) +4,
Knowledge (the planes) +12, Spellcraft +10; Combat
Casting, Dodge, Great Fortitude, Improved Counterspell,
Lightning Reflexes, Spell Focus (Necromancy).
Breath Weapon (Su): 30-ft. cone of cold, dealing 6d8
points of cold damage, Reflex saving throw (DC 12)
allowed for half damage, usable once per day.
Spells prepared (6/6+1/6+1/5+1/5+1/3+1/2+1/1+1,
save DC 14 + spell level): 0 th – detect magic, detect
poison, guidance, read magic, resistance (2); 1 st –
command, divine favour, inflict light wounds, obscuring
mist*, protection from good, sanctuary, shield of faith;
2 nd – bear’s endurance, bull’s strength, death knell, hold
person, shatter*, owl’s wisdom, wind wall; 3 rd – bestow
curse, blindness/deafness, contagion*, dispel magic,
magic vestment, protection from energy; 4 th – death
ward, divine power, inflict critical wounds*, poison (2),
spell immunity; 5 th – dispel good, greater command,
mass inflict light wounds*, spell resistance; 6 th – blade
barrier, chain lightning*, harm; 7 th – destruction,
disintegrate*.
*Domain spell.
Domains: Air (turn earth creatures and rebuke air
creatures as if undead, 3 + Charisma modifier/day),
Destruction (smite attack with +4 bonus on attack roll
and +13 to damage, 1/day).
Equipment & Treasure: Crystal orb, The Book of
Fairytales.
Crystal Orb: Zamelak’s only treasure is hidden in a box
beneath her bed, protected by a glyph of warding (5d8
damage to target and all within five feet, Reflex saving
throw (DC 17) for half damage). It is a crystal orb three
inches across, set into a silver mount. Inside the orb is
a continuous animated illusion of a silver dragon flying
across a stormy sky. This is Zamelak’s mother, who
was killed when the drow attacked Kandang. The orb
is worth 1,400 gold pieces as a curio.
The Book of Fairytales: This book has been handdrawn
and contains many familiar folktales of Ashfar.
Any character who has knowledge of folklore (such as
a bard) who studies it can identify one tale that is not
part of the oral tradition, the story of the Three Dragon
Brides. The story tells of how King Hazrad of Argantia
married many beautiful women, but none of his wives
found greater favour than the three dragons who took
on mortal form and bore him children, two sons and a
daughter. This is the tale of how Azarak, Bastirak and
Zamelak came to be born. The last page of this story
has been torn from the book.
8a. Fake Ice Block Trap
The walls at this point in the corridor are trapped. When
a creature other than Bastirak, Zamelak or an ice devil
passes the shaded area, two ten-foot cubes of translucent
rock slide from the walls at the locations indicated and
block off the corridor. They then slide inwards towards
each other, moving at a rate of ten feet per round until
they finally grind together.
The translucent rock cubes look almost exactly like ice.
Only deliberate investigation on the Player Characters’
part (chipping at the ‘ice’, attempting to melt it and so
forth) reveals them to be anything else. Trying to melt
the walls with fireballs and the like does not work, of
course; the best way to escape is to melt a hole through
the walls or floor.
Crushing Walls: CR 16; mechanical; location trigger;
automatic reset; walls move together (20d6, crush);
multiple targets (all targets in enclosed area); never
miss; onset delay (2 rounds); Search DC 30; Disable
Device DC 30.
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