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suffer terrible pain, imposing a –4 penalty on attack
rolls, skill checks and ability checks. Affected
creatures remain agonised for as long as they remain
in the area and for five rounds after.
• Sculpture of Slumber: The soothing music that
ululates from this ice figure has creatures yawning,
nodding and keeling over. Creatures in the area of
effect must make Will saving throws (DC 20) or
fall asleep. If left undisturbed, they remain asleep
for eight hours. Attempting to wake an affected
creature, such as by shaking him, allows him a fresh
saving throw for each such attempt.
• Sculpture of Terror: The shrill screams from this
sculpture cause panic in affected creatures. Those
who fail their Will saving throws (DC 20) are
panicked for as long as they remain in the area and
for 3d6 rounds thereafter. A creature who re-enters
the area of effect once the panic has worn off must
make a fresh saving throw at a –2 circumstance
penalty.
Ice Shaping (Sp): Windshapers may shape ice three
times per day as if by the stone shape spell cast by a 14 th
level sorcerer, affecting solid ice rather than stone.
Imbue Thunder (Su): Windshapers can temporarily
imbue weapons with the thundering quality as a
standard action. Weapons so imbued deal an additional
1d8 points of sonic damage on a successful critical hit.
If the weapon has a critical modifier of x3 it deals 2d8
points, and if the modifier is x4 it deals 3d8 points.
Subjects dealt a critical hit by a thundering weapon
must make a Fortitude saving throw (DC 14) or be
deafened permanently. This quality lasts for one hour.
Windshapers imbue their own weapons before going
into battle.
Invisibility (Sp): A windshaper may become invisible at
will, as per the spell cast by a 12 th level bard.
Spells: A windshaper casts spells as a 12 th level bard.
Weathermongering (Sp): Windshapers may use control
weather at will, as per the spell cast by a 16 th level druid.
They commonly use this ability to ensure a continual
supply of strong wind.
Aftermath
Once the Player Characters have overcome Bastirak
and collected some tenebrium samples, they can return
to Xoth Sarandi, where the Conclave of mages analyse
the crystals thoroughly. Their discoveries, along with
Bastirak’s notes (if the Player Characters were smart
enough to find these and bring them along), are sufficient
to track down the origin plane of tenebrium – a place
called ‘Noctulos’ in the elven scrolls. It proves to be,
unsurprisingly, adjunct to the Plane of Shadow and only
reachable through there.
The tenebrium samples brought back from Bastirak’s
citadel are not large enough to test properly. The Player
Characters will have to travel into the Plane of Shadow
and venture into Noctulos in order to bring back a
suitably sized piece of tenebrium for testing. This
expedition is covered in Chapter 8, Following Darkness
Like a Dream.
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