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dagger wounds in their chests. The third wields a
bishop’s crook, though it does not use it as a weapon;
this one has a broken neck. A Knowledge (nature) or
Knowledge (dungeoneering) check (DC 20) reveals that
it is very odd for spectres to want to head above ground,
since they are powerless in sunlight.
Spectre (3): CR 7; Medium undead (incorporeal); HD
7d12; hp 45; Init +7; Spd 40 ft., fly 80 ft. (perfect);
AC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 13; Base Atk +3/—; Atk
+6 melee (1d8 plus energy drain, incorporeal touch);
Full Atk +6 melee (1d8 plus energy drain, incorporeal
touch); SA create spawn, energy drain; SQ +2 turn
resistance, darkvision 60 ft., incorporeal traits, sunlight
powerlessness, undead traits, unnatural aura; AL LE;
SV Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +7; Str —, Dex 16, Con —,
Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 15.
Skills & Feats: Hide +13, Intimidate +12, Knowledge
(religion) +12, Listen +14, Search +12, Spot +14,
Survival +2 (+4 following tracks); Alertness, Blind-
Fight, Improved Initiative.
Energy Drain (Su): Living creatures hit by a spectre’s
incorporeal touch attack gain two negative levels. A
Fortitude save (DC 15) removes a negative level thus
gained. For each such negative level bestowed, the
spectre gains 5 temporary hit points.
Create Spawn (Su): Any humanoid slain by a spectre
becomes a spectre in 1d4 rounds. Spawn are under the
command of the spectre that created them and remain
enslaved until its death. They do not possess any of the
abilities they had in life.
Unnatural Aura (Su): Animals, whether wild or
domesticated, can sense the unnatural presence of a
spectre at a distance of 30 feet. They do not willingly
approach nearer than that and panic if forced to do so;
they remain panicked as long as they are within that
range.
Sunlight Powerlessness (Ex): Spectres are powerless in
natural sunlight (not merely a daylight spell) and flee
from it. A spectre caught in sunlight cannot attack and
can take only a single move or attack action in a round.
D: New Tunnels
Here something large has bored a new tunnel through
the sewer wall. This makes the guards with the Player
Characters exchange glances and mutter about how
they might have a point after all. The tunnel is ten feet
across and appears to have been made by some sort of
corrosive substance. The far end is caved in; the other
end opens in section E.
Aza Yog, the delver who made the tunnel, has been
enslaved by the aboleth Spa-Tront and is lurking in the
position indicated. If the Player Characters come too
close to the pool, the aboleth will force the delver to
attack them.
If the Player Characters manage to survive this encounter
without killing Aza Yog and are able to break the
aboleth’s domination power, the delver will be gruffly
thankful. If the Player Characters think to ask him for
information, he will report that he has not burrowed
under this area very often, as all the good minerals are
gone. The little dark ones have taken them; they are
making a big metal thing. The Player Characters may
encounter Aza Yog again in the final adventures in this
book, where he can be a useful ally.
Aza Yog, Enslaved Delver: CR 9; Huge aberration;
HD 15d8+78; hp 145; Init +5; Spd 30 ft., burrow 10
ft.; AC 24, touch 9, flat-footed 23; Base Atk +11; Grp
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