The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

Random Encounters Inside the Complex
d% Encounter Purpose
Average
EL
01–10 A single elite guardsman On his way to relieve another from duty 17
11–24 A war-mage and a master craftsman Discussing a point of arcane mechanics 17
25–34 Four duergar heavy lifters and a single Taking a pair of fi nished Ironclads to the 17
elite guardsman
hangar
35–45 Two elite guardsmen, or one guardsman at On their way to or from the consecration 18
half hit points and one senior priestess temple
46–55 Four duergar craftsmen-at-arms and a war- Going to inspect the latest delivery from 18
mage
the crystal mines
56–78 Three elite guardsmen, or two elite Patrolling the base, discussing Vellish’s 19
guardsmen and a war-mage
defection
79–96 Four elite guardsmen Running to deal with a crisis (a fi re in the
factory, an industrial accident, a dropped
lighting jar)
20
97–100 Three senior priestesses Preparing to sacrifi ce a drow master
craftsman who blundered and ruined his
work
20
It is easy to find this cave mouth. A cursory search of
the mountainside turns it up. A more careful Search
check (DC 15) reveals the signs of wheeled vehicles,
which have clearly been arriving here for several weeks.
A Survival check (DC 15) made with the Tracking feat
estimates that a heavily laden cart has come here six
times a day for the last week.
If the Player Characters wait around to see if a
delivery comes, they soon notice a horse-drawn wagon
approaching from the south. The drivers are two figures
wrapped up in heavy clothing against the sun. These are
elite drow guardsmen (see above). The wagon is loaded
with iron and the horses are clearly struggling to pull it.
If the Player Characters do not stop it, the wagon heads
into the cave, where one of the drivers finds and pulls a
bell cord and the elevator descends, wagon and all.
Delivery Point
What seemed like a natural cavern from outside is
revealed to be – a natural cavern. It extends for 30 or
so feet and ends in a rough rock wall.
A careful search of the floor using a Search check
(DC 25) reveals a ten-foot-square section that seems
smoother than the rest, with a seam at its edges. A
similar search of the walls (DC 25) finds a nodule of
rock that can be removed, revealing a pull cord in a
hollow cavity within. When this is pulled, it sounds a
bell below to alert the duergar to activate the elevator.
Elevator
The stone platform descends with a sequence of
juddering bumps that jar your bones. It sinks down and
down until you are, at a rough guess, 200 feet below
the surface. The room into which you emerge has been
hollowed out from the grey rock, an echoing, drab,
cubical chamber. Three squat figures stand beside
the descending platform, sweating as they haul on a
capstan. Two dark elves, one in a black breastplate and
one wearing a velvet gown, stand on an observation
platform halfway up the eastern wall.
Hung above the archway to the north is the now-familiar
flag of the Drow Empire, with the spider logo radiating
like a dark sun.
The three figures are duergar craftsmen-at-arms,
charged with the dull duty of operating the lift. The
drow are an elite guardsman and a war-mage. If they
find something amiss, they investigate thoroughly
before sounding the alarm.
Materials Store
This chilly cavern smells of iron, steel and oil, the smell
of a blacksmith’s shop magnified a hundredfold. It is
crammed with ingots of metal in neat stacks, barrels
packed into tight squares, heaps of rope and crates.
Everything is laid out in tedious, plodding order.
Four duergar heavy lifters (see above) work here, storing
away the latest delivery from the mines and fetching the
required materials to the factory floors.
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