The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

Rage (Ex): While raging, Bodesca gains a +6 bonus to
Strength and Constitution, a +3 bonus to Will saving
throws and a –2 penalty to Armour Class.
Equipment & Treasure: 20 arrows, chain shirt,
masterwork composite longbow, masterwork greataxe.
Note: Bodesca’s equipment is in a pile outside her
cell.
14a, 14b. The Thews
Both these rooms are identical except as described
below.
You must be inside one of the Colossus’ thighs. There
is a passageway leading out at the far side of the room,
but a deep pool of murky water lies between you and
it. The pool spans the whole room and looks as if it
is about ten feet deep. At the bottom of the pool is a
mosaic. It depicts a noble-faced man clad in black with
a mass of hair swirling around him.
Around the portrait are found the words, ‘Thou shalt
lave me with thy scourging waters, O Noctulos, and I
shall be cleansed.’
Noctulos requires petitioners to his throne to immerse
themselves in his version of a purification bath before
they come any closer. The water here is unholy (dealing
damage to good outsiders the way holy water damages
evil outsiders and undead) and the pool has a potent
additional effect. Any good divine spellcaster (or divine
spellcaster who worships a good deity) who enters the
waters voluntarily suffers profanation. He can no longer
cast or prepare divine spells until he atones for this
misdeed by means of an atonement spell. Divinations
cast before entering the water reveal that the pool is one
of evil baptism and will have a calamitous effect on
one’s relationship with the good deities.
Anyone examining the portrait and making a Sense
Motive check (DC 15) concludes that it is a purposefully
idealised image designed to flatter the person it depicts,
especially in the areas of comeliness and hair length.
15. The Entrails
The passage dips down into a network of winding
passageways, filled to a depth of three feet with clear
fluid.
This fluid is magical in nature and radiates a powerful
aura of Transmutation. Evil and neutral-aligned
creatures who come into contact with it suffer no ill
effects. If a good-aligned creature comes into contact
with it, the fluid around him turns a livid yellow in
colour and becomes highly corrosive, dealing 6d6 points
of acid damage per round of contact, with a Fortitude
saving throw (DC 22) for half damage. A good-aligned
creature who has bathed in the unholy water pool in
Area 14 is immune to this effect for one hour.
An exceptionally large and deadly devourer roams
through the Entrails seeking out failed petitioners to
consume. Noctulos calls it ‘the Gorger’ and treats it as
a beloved pet.
The Gorger: CR 18; Huge undead (extraplanar); HD
36d12; hp 234; Init +4; Spd 40 ft.; AC 27, touch 8,
flat-footed 27; Base Atk +18; Grp +39; Atk +30 melee
(1d8+13, claw); Full Atk +30 melee (1d8+13, 2 claws);
Space/Reach 15 ft./15 ft.; SA energy drain, spelllike
abilities, trap essence; SQ darkvision 60 ft., spell
deflection, spell resistance 28, undead traits; AL NE;
SV Fort +12, Ref +12, Will +23; Str 36, Dex 10, Con
—, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 21.
Skills & Feats: Climb +28, Concentration +30,
Diplomacy +19, Jump +28, Listen +30, Move Silently
+27, Search +34, Sense Motive +35, Spellcraft +15,
Spot +32, Survival +27 (+30 following tracks); Blind-
Fight, Cleave, Combat Casting, Combat Expertise,
Great Cleave, Improved Initiative, Improved Natural
Armour, Improved Natural Attack (claw), Power Attack,
Quicken Spell-Like Ability (confusion), Quicken Spell-
Like Ability (ray of enfeeblement), Snatch, Weapon
Focus (claw).
Energy Drain (Su): Living creatures hit by the Gorger’s
claw attack or spectral hand ability gain one negative
level. Removing a negative level requires a Fortitude
saving throw (DC 33). The save DC is Charismabased.
Spell Deflection (Su): The trapped essence provides a
measure of magical protection. If any of the following
spells are cast at the Gorger and overcome its spell
resistance, they affect the imprisoned essence instead:
banishment, chaos hammer, confusion, crushing
despair, detect thoughts, dispel evil, dominate person,
fear, geas/quest, holy word, hypnosis, imprisonment,
magic jar, maze, suggestion, trap the soul or any form
of charm or compulsion. In many cases this deflection
effectively neutralises the spell. Some of these effects
might eliminate the trapped essence, depriving the
gorger of its spell-like abilities until it can consume
another victim.
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