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The Rakshasa Hoard: The rakshasa’s bags and pouches contain the following looted goods: 16 gold and silver rings of various sizes (worth an average of 70 gp each); a slightly scorched reliquary in need of cleaning but made from finely wrought gold, for carrying holy objects (worth 2,500 gp); three jewelled statues of obscure elven deities (worth 1,100 gp each); the broken silver-shod ends of a shattered staff of the magi (the silver is worth 20 gp); two figurines of wondrous power (golden lions), still coated with ash from the great burning many years ago. Location: Devourer’s Mound This ugly outcrop of rock rises from the sand like the back of a creature breaking through waves. The stone has a rotten look to it, unlike that caused by natural erosion. This place was avoided even when the Desert of Sharn was a forest. It is a knot of old evil left over from the days when the world was formed. Exploration of the mound reveals tunnels bored into it, though it is impossible to tell whether these were shaped naturally or artificially. If the rakshasa lead the Player Characters here, they claim that their route takes them past this place, which has been accursed since olden times. They allude to dark powers from the days when this was a forest and try to imply that what the Player Characters are seeking might lie within. One way or another, they want the Player Characters to go inside that mound. A. Examination of the tunnel entrance at this point with a Spot check (DC 20) reveals two faded inscriptions cut into the rock, one regularly spaced and formally laid out, the other scrawled as if in haste. A Decipher Script check (DC 25) for each one is needed to make any sense of them. Characters who make their checks can read all of the inscriptions; characters who fail theirs cannot read the words in italics. Neat Inscription: ‘Laid reverently in darkness, Moch and Krunna, the husband and wife that loyally served the maggot god, the great devourer. May the curse of He Who Consumes The Dead fall upon those who seek to plunder the golden grave goods. Let their bones run with hot lead, their eyes be made a feast for the vultures.’ Hurried Inscription: ‘Brith send your blessing to cleanse this cursed place! May the dead lie still and rise no more to plague us!’ B. Each of the tunnels ends in a seeming dead end. The tunnel at Point B, however, has a crack at the end a mere foot across and two feet in height which is easily missed; a Spot check (DC 15) is needed to notice it. A creature whose head fits through this gap may be able to squeeze through with an Escape Artist check (DC 25). Examination of the rocks, along with a successful Knowledge (dungeoneering) check (DC 20), reveals that the tunnels were deliberately sealed off with engineered cave-ins. Just inside the burial chamber, a skeletal human hand can be seen protruding from beneath a fallen rock, clear evidence that those who brought the roof down either were not allowed to escape or did not want to. 1. Burial Chamber This room is little more than an irregular cave at the heart of the rock. The air is dry and has a sickly sweet reek of mastic and spices, like an old unopened jar of pickles that has gone rotten. A few light grains of sand rattle from the roof, which you see is made up of rock slabs that look none too stable. Fortunately, four thick wooden posts have been set in place, supporting some of the weight. These posts stand at the corners of a square shallow pit, around two feet deep, scraped out of the centre of the cave. The mummified bodies of two humanoids lie in it side by side, with bronze plates covering them like an antique style of armour. They appear to have the skulls of huge cats instead of people. Around the pit, in the shadows at the edges of the room, lie heaps of yellowing human bones. In place of their human skulls, the skulls of lions have been fixed to the mummies’ neck bones with metal wire, creating composite mummies. This does not grant the two mummy lords any additional powers; it just makes them look fearsome to tomb-robbers. Surrounding the pit are the jumbled bones of around a dozen humans. It is difficult to tell how they died, but examination of the remains quickly reveals a small golden cup (worth 75 gp) encrusted with black filth lying close to each one, so it seems they took poison and died willingly. The two bodies are mummy lords. They remain dormant while the Player Characters remain outside the pit. If they approach, the mummy lords lurch to life and attack them. Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8 179
180 Moch and Krunna, Mummy Lords, Clr10 (2): CR 15; Medium undead; HD 8d12 plus 10d8; hp 97; Init +5; Spd 15 ft. ; AC 30, touch 11, flat-footed 29; Base Atk +11; Grp +19; Atk +20 melee (1d6+12/19–20 plus mummy rot, slam); Full Atk +20 melee (1d6+12/19–20 plus mummy rot, slam); SA despair, mummy rot, rebuke undead, spells; SQ damage reduction 5/—, darkvision 60 ft., resistance to fire 10, undead traits, vulnerability to fire; AL LE; SV Fort +11, Ref +6, Will +18; Str 26, Dex 12, Con —, Int 8, Wis 20, Cha 17. Skills & Feats: Concentration +8, Knowledge (religion) +4, Listen +18, Move Silently +5, Spot +18; Alertness, Combat Casting, Great Fortitude, Improved Critical (slam), Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus (slam). Despair (Su): At the mere sight of the mummies, the viewer must succeed on a Will saving throw (DC 17) or be paralysed with fear for 1d4 rounds. Whether or not the saving throw is successful, that creature cannot be affected again by the same mummy’s despair ability for 24 hours. The save DC is Charisma-based. Mummy Rot (Su): Supernatural disease: slam, Fortitude DC 16, incubation period one minute; damage 1d6 Con and 1d6 Cha. Unlike normal diseases, mummy rot continues until the victim reaches Constitution 0 (and dies) or is cured. See the MM for special rules relating to curing mummy rot. The save DC is Charisma-based. Moch’s spells prepared (6/5+1/5+1/4+1/4+1/3+1, save DC 15 + spell level): 0 th – inflict minor wounds (3), resistance (2), virtue; 1 st – bane, cause fear* (2), inflict light wounds, obscuring mist, sanctuary; 2 nd – darkness, death knell, inflict moderate wounds, shatter*, spiritual weapon; 3 rd – animate dead* (2), bestow curse, blindness/deafness, contagion; 4 th – giant vermin, inflict critical wounds*, poison, summon monster IV; 5 th – insect plague (2), slay living*, spell resistance. Krunna’s spells prepared (6/5+1/5+1/4+1/4+1/3+1, save DC 15 + spell level): 0 th – inflict minor wounds (3), resistance (2), virtue; 1 st – bane, cause fear* (2), inflict light wounds, obscuring mist, sanctuary; 2 nd – death knell*, desecrate, hold person, shatter, spiritual weapon; 3 rd – animate dead (2), contagion*, invisibility 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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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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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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76 3. Desalinator Coils The air in
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84 Special Qualities: Amphibious, c
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86 At Sunspite’s signal the crew
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88 creatures, no two of which can b
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90 The rays are grouped in sets of
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92 Possessed By a Myrrik It is quit
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94 until they have been to Xoth Sar
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96 Crossroads of the World In this
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98 Non-Player Character Group: The
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100 The bearer of such an orb can u
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102 SA death attack, ki strike (mag
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104 Deathblade Poison: Injury DC 20
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108 Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73
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110 Brexel commands the Shadow Trou
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118 Warriors of Winter Following ma
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120 Player Characters will understa
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122 Weremammoths (Frost Giant Lycan
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126 Foundation Keepers Those who un
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