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glass-fluted oil lamp on top of the desk lights the room with a feeble glow. A wooden door lies to the south. The most immediate concern will likely be ‘Where has Vellish gone?’ One of the Player Characters might think to scry him to see where he is. If they attempt this, they see the following: Drozen Vellish is standing with four other drow in a low-ceilinged tunnel held up by pit props. Two of these wear plate armour and carry halberds, which they are brandishing at something you cannot see; the other two are robed. One of the robed drow suddenly frowns and looks directly at the scrying sensor. ‘I believe we are being observed,’ he says. ‘The dwarves must have a sorcerer in their midst.’ At this point, have the Player Character or Non-Player Character who is performing the scrying make a caster level check. Irrespective of the result, the scrying link is broken; the Player Characters should now be aware that the drow might know exactly where they are. If the Player Characters think to examine the desk, they find a freshly written message on the parchment, with the ink still wet. It is written as if it were a log entry and reads: ‘The damned dwarves are rioting once again, down in the mine level. I must attend to this immediately.’ The last line is for the Player Characters’ benefit, explaining why he had to leave in a hurry. 2a-d. Offi cers’ Quarters This room has a simple bed with a lush velvet coverlet spread over it, a low bookcase and a desk with a chair. These rooms are identical in all important respects. They are the accommodation for Drozen Vellish’s subordinate wizards. In Room 2b, a big spider is lurking under the bed. This is Lovian’s pet. The Player Characters can kill it easily if they wish, as it is hardly a challenge. In Room 2c, a fiddle in a protective case has been left on the bed. This is a beautiful musical instrument made from darkwood and fitted with mother-of-pearl designs, with the neck carved into the shape of a drow female arching backwards. The female figure wears body jewellery made from actual rubies. This belongs to Munniaz. It is a masterwork instrument, worth 1,500 gold pieces as a treasure. 3. Offi cers’ Dining Chamber This room has been converted into a private dining area. A wooden table has been covered with a cloth of fine black silk, with an oil lamp set in the centre. A dresser against the wall displays a china dinner service. If the Player Characters examine the china, the Games Master should read the following: All the plates, saucers and dishes feature the same motif: a black spider, legs extended and ending in hooklike claws, with a white skull in the middle of the body. The design is simple, ugly and surprisingly disturbing to look at. Something about the regimental order of it all makes your skin crawl. The drow have always been organised in the past but this militaristic iconography is something new. A drawer in the dresser contains the silverware, which is worth 250 gold pieces (110 items in all) if the Player Characters are interested in stealing it. 4. Command Post This room has been converted into a command post. A flag hangs from the east wall, showing a design of a black spider on a crimson background, its legs extended to the corners of the cloth and hooked slightly inward. In the centre of the spider’s body is a white death’shead. A desk piled high with papers stands against the north wall and a table with chairs is shoved against the west wall. One of the chairs is toppled over, as if the occupant left in a hurry. On the desk is a thick ledger. Ledger: The ledger contains an ongoing record of how productive the mines have been, showing its net output, the number of workers requested and the number of deaths. A suitable Profession check (DC 15) is needed to make sense of it. The ledger shows a steady increase in the production of iron ingots, with a sudden increase in the number of worker deaths attributed to ‘gas’ and further deaths explained as ‘insubordination’, ‘rebellion’, ‘starvation’ or ‘accident’. Desk: A character who examines the desk and makes a Search check (DC 20) can locate a secret drawer underneath. This contains an envelope made from rough blue paper, with the name Drozen Vellish on the front. The envelope has already been unsealed. Within the outer envelope is a second envelope on which Rannirak has inscribed a set of explosive runes (deals 6d6 points of force damage, no saving throw for the reader, all others within 10 feet allowed a Reflex saving throw (DC 18) for half damage). A rogue can find Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8 191
192 these runes with a Search check (DC 28) and disable them with a Disable Device check (DC 28). Within the second envelope is the actual letter: Toz’capfa Vellish: Greetings of Night and Fire. We are not at all satisfied. The iron output from Mencarth is much too slow, and the great Project demands at least a tripling of output if the construction deadlines are to be met. I do not have to tell you what the consequences will be if Archmage Rannirak does not have his new vessels to play with. I am a forgiving superior. He is not. The other mines are functioning at full capacity. What can possibly be amiss at Mencarth? Why do you persist in this inefficiency? Do you, perhaps, find the responsibilities of command too much? Would you prefer to be replaced? I am sure that a veteran officer such as yourself finds the burden of years troublesome and would welcome the honour of death on the marriage-altar to a doddering old age, in which your juniors would eventually have to shoot you down like a dog to spare you any further indignity. We do not wish to hear any complaints about the truculence of your workers. They are dwarves. Their backs were made for burden. Use them as the mules they are and they will respect you. If you have to make an example of the occasional troublemaker, then do so. I cannot imagine that you have gone so soft that you cannot gut a dwarf. Triple the output, Drozen, or lose your station and everything that goes with it. You know what I mean by that. Your wife and sisters send their regards. In service to the Dark, Archmage Bezenkai 5. Strong Room The door to this room is a stone panel set on a pivot. It appears that it had a complicated lock at one point, but this has been smashed away. Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8
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Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006)
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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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54 listeners than watchers, since t
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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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62 stronghold of tunnels as if it w
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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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72 Ballast To add additional securi
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74 and activate or deactivate the f
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76 3. Desalinator Coils The air in
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78 +15, Knowledge (nature) +13, Lis
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80 opportunity. If it wins the grap
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82 If they decide to chase the Sea
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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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106 Note for the Games Master: In g
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108 Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73
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110 Brexel commands the Shadow Trou
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112 from Svarth and 10,000 from Cal
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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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124 If the Player Characters make a
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126 Foundation Keepers Those who un
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128 perfectly preserved bodies of h
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130 Background: Characters who can
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132 Location: The Glacial Peaks If
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134 Surrounding the citadel are sta
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136 These are the ice devils that s
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138 6. The Tropical Garden As you e
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Page 167 and 168: 166 Misdirection (Sp): To put hunte
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Page 171 and 172: 170 Tyrant of Brass This adventure
Page 175 and 176: 174 The Destriers of Heaven The Sun
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Page 201 and 202: 200 The Dwarves: The dwarves are am
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242 Skills & Feats: Appraise +24, B
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244 Skills & Feats: Bluff +53, Conc
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246 If the Stars Should Fall In thi
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248 Explosion Damage: As the Concla
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250 Major Hero: Kandang Sorcerer Se
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252 and fire, immunity to poison, r
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