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or lying when he said that only prototypes had been
produced. 20 completed Ironclads stand immobile in
the darkness.
Four elite guardsmen stand watch over this area. These
Ironclads have been consecrated and animated but do
not have pilots.
Power Source: The Storm Spirit
This cylindrical room is lit by a strobing, pale blue light
and filled with a low thunderous rumble. Girders thick
as tree trunks support a cage made from silvery metal,
large enough to hold a titan captive. Within is a thick,
swirling cloud of dark gases giving off shuddering arcs
of electricity that light up the cage’s bars like white-hot
wires. The cloud has a very vague humanoid form.
Wooden mounts around the cage’s perimeter hold glass
bell jars. Their contents flicker and swirl like miniature
versions of the thing in the cage. To the north a metal
tube has been bolted to the cage, with the bottom end
immersed in the clouds and the top end open.
A staircase leads up the wall to a level above, where
there is an observation platform opening onto this level.
From the platform, a long-haired male drow looks down,
his face lit from below by the glare. He has a satisfied
expression. A raven perches on his shoulder.
This is Archmage Bezenkai, the supervisor of the factory
and the most powerful villain present here (see below).
He remains on the observation deck most of the time,
moving from room to room and keeping a close watch
as the Ironclads come into being.
If the Player Characters are able to observe for a while,
the Games Master should read the following:
A duergar worker comes into the room from the east,
carrying a bell jar like those around the cage, though
empty and lifeless. He exchanges it for a glimmering
one and leaves the room. As soon as it is set into its
socket by the cage, the lifeless bell jar begins to flare
with electric sparks.
Non-Player Character: Archmage
Bezenkai
Bezenkai reports directly to Rannirak. He has been
given the duty of making sure that the Ironclads are
produced on schedule. So far, all is going according
to plan.
Bezenkai has hair down to his waist and large, staring
eyes. He believes that he is not only the most intelligent
and gifted of drow, but also the handsomest. He loves
to be flattered and is reluctant to destroy an opponent
who pays him compliments, even when he knows he
should. Rannirak plays on Bezenkai’s monstrous ego to
manipulate him into serving his own purposes.
Archmage Bezenkai, Male Drow Wiz17/Acm1: CR
19; Medium humanoid (elf); HD 17d4 plus 1d4; hp
45; Init +3; Spd 30 ft.; AC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 15;
Base Atk +8; Grp +7; Atk +14 melee (1d6+2/19–20
plus poison, +3 rapier of speed) or +7 melee (1d6-1,
staff of transmutation) or +14 ranged (1d4+3/19–20
plus poison, +3 hand crossbow); Full Atk +14/+14/+9
melee (1d6+2/19–20 plus poison, +3 rapier of speed)
or +7/+2 melee (1d6-1, staff of transmutation) or +14
ranged (1d4+3/19–20 plus poison, +3 hand crossbow);
SA arcane fire, poison, spell-like abilities, spells; SQ
drow traits, scry on familiar, spell resistance 29; AL
LE; SV Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +17; Str 8, Dex 16, Con
10, Int 19, Wis 12, Cha 16.
Skills & Feats: Appraise +7, Concentration +18, Craft
(armouring) +22, Decipher Script +13, Knowledge
(arcana) +22, Knowledge (architecture and engineering)
+13, Knowledge (history) +13, Knowledge (the planes)
+13, Listen +10, Search +6, Spellcraft +22, Spot +5;
Alertness B , Augmented Summoning, Combat Casting,
Craft Magical Arms and Armour, Craft Wondrous Item,
Greater Spell Penetration, Scribe Scroll, Spell Focus
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