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The drow soldiery smashed their way into the mine’s strong room hoping to find some stored dwarf gold, but the room was empty. Vellish now uses it to store valuables and has his wizards keep the door closed with an arcane lock (caster level 15, Strength check (DC 38) to break the door). Once inside: This bare stone room contains only a heavy wooden chest set against the wall with a small brass coffer beside it. Small Coffer: This container is locked (Open Lock DC 30) and trapped. The lock workings have been lightly smeared with concentrated black lotus extract made to look like oil: Poisoned Lock: CR 14; mechanical; touch trigger (attached); manual reset; poison (black lotus extract, Fortitude saving throw (DC 24) resists, 3d6 Con/3d6 Con), Search DC 30, Disable Device DC 30. The slave dwarves taken from Crom Calamar were thoroughly searched to ensure that they were not keeping back any valuables. Some of them had hidden rings and gems on their persons, which were confiscated. Others had gold teeth which the drow pulled out with pincers. These few personal treasures have been put into this coffer for safekeeping. The coffer contains 13 gold rings sized to fit dwarven fingers (worth 50 gp each), one small ruby (worth 900 gp), a pair of matching tiny diamonds (worth 500 gp each), a sapphire the size of a thumbnail (worth 1,000 gp) and five gold teeth with blood still on them (30 gp each). No good character would think of keeping this treasure for himself, once he knew its source. Heavy Chest: This chest is locked (Open Lock DC 30) and trapped. Drow war chests tend to have ostentatiously deadly traps to dissuade the soldiery from stealing the contents. Explosion of Poisoned Nails: CR 20; mechanical; touch trigger (when opened); manual reset; Atk +20 ranged, 1d4 nails per target for 1d4+10 plus poison each); poison (colossal monstrous scorpion venom, Fortitude saving throw (DC 33), 1d10 Con/1d10 Con) multiple targets (all creatures in 20 ft. burst); Search DC 26; Disable Device DC 30. The chest contains the pay for the soldiers and officers in the mine for the next three months. This is sorted into 13 velvet sacks, each one containing 2,000 gold pieces. 6. Guard Post The corridor opens out into a square room. Four drow warriors stand here, very faintly lit by a light from high above. The helmets and breastplates they wear are polished to a shine and their violet eyes glimmer below the brow guards. Elite Guards, Drow Ftr12 (4): CR 13; Medium humanoid (elf); HD 12d10; hp 66; Init +2; Spd 20 ft.; AC 17, touch 12, flat-footed 15; Base Atk +12; Grp +16; Atk +18 melee (2d4+8/15–20 plus poison, masterwork falchion) or +15 ranged (1d4+2/19–20 plus poison, masterwork hand crossbow); Full Atk +18/+13/+8 melee (2d4+8/15–20 plus poison, masterwork falchion) or +15 ranged (1d4+2/19–20 plus poison, masterwork hand crossbow); SA poison, spell-like abilities; SQ darkvision 120 ft., drow traits, spell resistance 23; AL LE; SV Fort +8, Ref +6, Will +4; Str 18, Dex 15, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 14. Skills & Feats: Climb +6, Handle Animal +9, Intimidate +11, Jump +2, Listen +10, Ride +7, Search +4, Spot +11, Swim +4; Alertness, Cleave, Dodge, Improved Critical (falchion), Improved Sunder, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (falchion), Weapon Focus (hand crossbow), Weapon Specialisation (falchion), Weapon Specialisation (hand crossbow). Equipment & Treasure: Crossbow bolts (10), drow poison, 4d6x10 gold pieces, masterwork breastplate, masterwork falchion, masterwork hand crossbow, potion of cat’s grace, potion of haste, potion of owl’s wisdom. The guards are expecting trouble from below, not from above. They are here guarding the command corridor while the majority of the other guards are down below, trying to deal with the dwarf slave revolt. If they are attacked, they yell to the barracks for reinforcements. The off-duty guards come to their aid. 7. Barracks This room is clearly a communal sleeping area, with tables and chairs at the opposite end. Broad wooden shelves serve as bunks. These have soft cocoons of spider silk laid along them, as if something had hatched there. There are over 40 bunks here, all of them with the silken bedrolls. You now have an idea of just how many drow soldiers are stationed in this mine. Two of the bunks are occupied by sleeping drow, swaddled in their silk sacks like pupae. An ancient dwarf, naked but for a loincloth, squats motionless in the corner, gripping an onyx jug as if his life depended upon it. Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8 193
194 If the soldiers here have not run to assist those at the guard point, the Games Master should add the following: A group of four more drow are playing a dice game around a table, drinking black wine from carved onyx beakers. One of them snaps his fingers and the elderly dwarf immediately shuffles across to bring more wine. The Games Master should use the statistics given in Room 6 for the drow fighters. They do not have weapons ready. If the party is over 17 th level on average, the Games Master should include two more drow soldiers. The Dwarf Slave: The dwarf is Corbin Eosker, formerly Forge-father Corbin. He was previously a cleric of a dwarven deity, Thunor, but lost his clerical abilities when he betrayed his people to save his own life. A group of dwarves took sanctuary in the temple of Thunor in Crom Calamar. Instead of fighting to the end to defend them, Corbin allowed the drow to capture the temple and those who were sheltering there, so long as the drow promised not to harm them. Thunor immediately abandoned his spineless priest, who now enjoys the ‘privilege’ of waiting on the drow soldiers instead of working himself to death in the choking mines below. Corbin is bitterly ashamed of what he has done, though he will not admit it to the Player Characters. He has frequently made plans to kill himself but does not have access to anything sharp, and the drow are always watching. If rescued, he claims that he was made to serve in the barracks because he is old and would not last a minute in the mines. He insists that the drow took him and his congregation by force, overwhelming the dwarves by weight of numbers and capturing them all. He can tell the Player Characters that there are hundreds of dwarf slaves in the mines. Any dwarf slave that sees him wants to kill him on sight. Corbin would give anything to redeem himself and undo the wrong his fear has wrought. If a suitable moment arises, the Games Master can have Corbin sacrifice himself to help the slaves or the party escape. Corbin Eosker, Male Dwarf Clr10: CR 10; HD 10d8; hp 45; Init 2; Spd 20 ft.; AC 8, touch 8, flat-footed 8; Base Atk +7; Grp +7; Atk +7 melee (1d3 nonlethal, unarmed strike); Full Atk +7/+2 melee (1d3 nonlethal, unarmed strike); SA none; SQ dwarf traits; AL N; SV Fort +7, Ref +1, Will +11; Str 11, Dex 7, Con 11, Int 14, Wis 18, Cha 7. Skills & Feats: Concentration +8, Craft (alchemy) +8, Diplomacy +8, Heal +8, Knowledge (arcana) +10, Knowledge (religion) +10, Spellcraft +10; Brew Potion, Combat Casting, Extend Spell, Improved Initiative. Domains: None. Corbin is currently an apostate. He cannot cast spells or channel divine energy. 7a. Training Room This long hall has been set up as a practice area. Straw targets hang from the walls and fencing dummies stand waiting for use. A group of six drow are honing their skills with rapier and hand crossbow. As you watch, there is a zing and a thud as a crossbow bolt strikes home. One of the observing drow begins a slow, ironic clap. There are five drow warriors (see above) and one warlock here (see page 198 for warlock statistics). Any noisy disturbance in the barracks has a chance of being overheard via a Listen check (DC 20), though the thick intervening walls give some insulation. 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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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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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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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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76 3. Desalinator Coils The air in
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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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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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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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138 6. The Tropical Garden As you e
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140 The spiders are able to open an
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Page 175 and 176: 174 The Destriers of Heaven The Sun
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