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Poison (Ex): Fortitude saving throw (DC 28), primary
and secondary damage 2d8 Strength.
Smite Good (Su): Once per day, the spider can make a
normal melee attack to deal an additional 32 points of
damage against a good foe.
Tremorsense (Ex): The spider can detect and pinpoint
any creature or object within 60 feet in contact with the
ground.
*The spider has a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Spot
checks and a +8 racial bonus on Climb checks. It can
always choose to take 10 on Climb checks, even if
rushed or threatened.
**The spider has a +10 racial bonus on Jump checks
and a +8 racial bonus on Spot checks.
Twists and Turns
The following optional extras can be added into the
adventure to extend it beyond the basic extraction
mission.
Surprise Inspection
While the Player Characters are trying to extract
Drozen Vellish, Archmage Bezenkai decides to spring
a surprise inspection. Vellish has not been performing
satisfactorily of late, and an official inspection might
give him the swift kick he needs.
The inspector is a high priestess of the drow, Lady
Azamura. She travels with a retinue of six devoted
drow warriors who are utterly fanatical and would give
their lives to protect her without a second thought (see
Elite Guards on page 193 for their statistics). When
she arrives to find the place in turmoil, she is far from
happy. This is one failure too many. Clearly it is time
to remove Drozen Vellish from active service… and
terminate his worthless life.
Lady Azamura, Female Drow Clr18: CR 19; Medium
humanoid (elf); HD 18d8+36; hp 117; Init +6; Spd 20
ft.; AC 25, touch 11, flat-footed 24; Base Atk +13;
Grp +14; Atk +15 melee (1d6+1/18–20, masterwork
rapier) or +15 ranged (1d4/19–20, hand crossbow) or
+15 ranged (entanglement, masterwork net); Full Atk
+15/+10/+5 melee (1d6+1/18–20, masterwork rapier) or
+15 ranged (1d4/19–20, hand crossbow) or +15 ranged
(entanglement, masterwork net); SA poison, rebuke
undead, spells, spell-like abilities; SQ drow traits, spell
resistance 29; AL LE; SV Fort +13, Ref +8, Will +15;
Str 12, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 18 (20), Cha 10.
Skills & Feats: Concentration +19, Diplomacy +3, Heal
+9, Knowledge (arcana) +7, Knowledge (history) +5,
Knowledge (religion) +11, Knowledge (the planes) +3,
Spellcraft +13; Combat Casting, Greater Spell Focus
(Necromancy), Improved Counterspell, Improved
Initiative, Spell Focus (Necromancy), Weapon
Proficiency (net).
Spells prepared (6/7+1/6+1/6+1/6+1/5+1/4+1/3+1/3
+1/2+1, save DC 11 + spell level): 0 th – detect magic,
guidance (2), read magic, resistance, virtue; 1 st – detect
secret doors*, divine favour (2), doom (2), entropic
shield, protection from good, shield of faith; 2 nd – aid,
detect thoughts*, eagle’s splendour, hold person, owl’s
wisdom, shatter, zone of truth; 3 rd – animate dead*,
bestow curse, clairaudience/clairvoyance, dispel
magic, glyph of warding, magic vestment, prayer; 4 th
– death ward*, dimensional anchor, divination, divine
power, lesser planar ally, restoration, spell immunity; 5 th
– disrupt good, greater command, mark of justice, slay
living*, symbol of pain, true seeing; 6 th – blade barrier,
create undead*, find the path, mass bull’s strength,
symbol of persuasion; 7 th – destruction*, greater
scrying, legend lore, symbol of stunning; 8 th – antimagic
field, create greater undead*, discern location, greater
planar ally; 9 th – gate, storm of vengeance, wail of the
banshee*.
Domains: Death (melee death touch attack kills a
creature if a roll of 18d6 exceeds its current hit points;
1/day), Knowledge (add all Knowledge skills to your
class list).
Equipment & Treasure: +4 full plate armour, crossbow
bolts (10), hand crossbow, heavy shield, masterwork
net, masterwork rapier, pearl of wisdom +2, staff of
necromancy.
Plant the Homing Device
If Drozen Vellish has a chance to speak to the Player
Characters before they drag him back to Xoth Sarandi,
he tells them the following:
‘The iron. You can’t have failed to notice that we’re
producing stupid quantities of it. I know what it’s for
and I’ll tell you that in good time, once we’re safely
back. That’s the information I’m being paid to give you,
and I’ll deliver. But I don’t know precisely where it’s
going. This is your one and only chance to find out.
‘The iron bars we produce at the smelter – we call them
‘pigs’ – are stored in a shed by the smelter, waiting for
the delivery cart. If your mages are any good, they’ll
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