The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

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Fight Fire With Fire This is a short additional adventure and is entirely optional. It concerns the threat posed by Scallandriax, with whom the Player Characters may need some additional help to deal. Against the Black Dragon The drow’s last and greatest ally, the black dragon Scallandriax, is powerful enough in his own right to annihilate an army of human soldiers. Nobody knows how the drow have managed to enlist his aid, but enlist it they have. The Player Characters might have a chance of victory against the wyrm but the drow will surely destroy them while they fight him; and if they go for the drow officers first, the dragon will most likely devour them. The Conclave of Xoth Sarandi has only one solution to this dilemma. To fight a dragon, one needs the help of a dragon. Information: The Fall of Aristeele According to legend, the noble silver dragon Aristeele was defeated and cast down by Scallandriax over a thousand years ago and imprisoned in a labyrinth beneath Mount Graanek, in the northern part of Svarth. The legends do not say that she died, but hint that Scallandriax continued to mock her after her fall. If Aristeele is indeed still alive, she would make a powerful ally. The archivists do not know this, but Yahven the Desolator, one of the dragons who flew with Scallandriax, was indeed cruel enough to keep Aristeele alive, bound in mortal form in a tiny cell (and thus unable to resume her draconian shape), instead of killing her. Scallandriax does not know that she still lives. Yahven and his descendants torment her every day, burning her pale flesh with their fiery breath and mocking her defeat. Event: Into Dragon-Haunted Hills The Player Characters must travel into the most remote regions of Svarth, the peaks where the chromatic dragons dwell and no humanoid goes, in search of the only dragon who can be counted on to side with the allied powers and prove powerful enough to confront Scallandriax. Many dragons are not fond of mortal politics and look with contempt upon the affairs of men, but Aristeele has a score to settle. The hills around Mount Graanek are green and pleasing to the eye, almost like halfling lands. The mountains are an icy blue, veiled with mist at their heights. The surroundings suggest a sylvan paradise, not the dragons’ playground that this region is rumoured to be. This impression is false, of course. The region only looks peaceful because no humanoids have settled it. The only creatures here are the wild animals on which the dragons prey. Event: Dragon Attacks The Player Characters soon see dragons flying overhead. Mount Graanek is the territory of the red dragons, and they guard it fiercely against incursions from the greens, who inhabit the forests beyond the hills. Fights between green and red dragons are common. Unless the Player Characters have gone to considerable lengths to conceal themselves (such as with mass invisibility spells and the like), the indigenous dragons notice them. Mildly amused at the audacity of these mere humanoids in venturing this far into dragon lands, they nonetheless attempt to burn them to cinders. First a single young adult red dragon attacks, not expecting the party to be any great threat. After he is dispatched (as he doubtless will be), the threat is recognised, and young adult red dragons begin to attack in flocks of five to six. The dragons are not stupid and are not willing to send their brood members out in flock after flock to be slaughtered. If the Player Characters prove hard to kill, the dragons appeal to the eldest dragon of all in Mount Graanek, Yahven the Desolator, to come forth and parley with them. Yahven’s Spawn: Huge dragon (young adult); CR 13; HD 19d12+95; hp 218; Spd 40 ft.; fly 150 ft. (poor); Init +4; AC 26, touch 8, flat-footed 26; Base Atk +19; Grp +37; Atk +28 melee (2d8+10, bite); Full Atk +29 melee (2d8+10, bite) and +25 melee (2d6+5, 2 claws) and +25 melee (1d8+5, 2 wings); Space/Reach 15 ft./10 ft. (15 ft. with bite); SA breath weapon, crush, frightful presence; SQ blindsense, DR 5/magic, keen senses, immunity to fire, paralysis and sleep, locate object, vulnerability to cold, spells, SR 19; AL CE; SV Fort +16, Ref +11, Will +13; Str 31, Dex 10, Con 21, Int 14, Wis 15, Cha 14. Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8 241
242 Skills & Feats: Appraise +24, Bluff +14, Diplomacy +18, Intimidate +26, Jump +24, Knowledge (local) +14, Listen +26, Search +24, Sense Motive +12, Spot +26, Use Magic Device +12; Alertness, Cleave, Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite). Blindsense (Ex): Dragons can pinpoint creatures within a distance of 60 feet. Opponents the dragon cannot actually see still have total concealment against the dragon. Keen Senses (Ex): A dragon sees four times as well a human in shadowy illumination and twice as well in normal light. It also has darkvision out to 120 feet. Breath Weapon (Su): The dragon can breathe a 50 ft. cone of fire that deals 10d10 fire damage (Reflex saving throw DC 24). Once the dragon breathes, it cannot breathe again until 1d4 rounds later. Crush (Ex): When flying or jumping, the dragon land on opponents as a standard action, using its whole body to crush them. Crush attacks are effective only against opponents of Small size or smaller. A crush attack affects as many creatures as can fit under the dragon’s body. Creatures in the affected area must succeed on a Reflex saving throw (DC 24) or be pinned, automatically taking bludgeoning damage during the next round unless the dragon moves off them. If the dragon chooses to maintain the pin, treat it as a normal grapple attack. Pinned opponents take damage from the crush each round if they do not escape. A crush attack deals 2d8+15 points of damage. Frightful Presence (Ex): The dragon can unsettle foes with its mere presence. The ability takes effect automatically whenever the dragon attacks, charges, or flies overhead. Creatures within a radius of 150 feet are subject to the effect if they have fewer than 19 Hit Dice. A potentially affected creature that succeeds on a Will saving throw (DC 21) remains immune to that dragon’s frightful presence for 24 hours. On a failure, creatures with 4 or less HD become panicked for 4d6 rounds and those with 5 or more HD become shaken for 4d6 rounds. The dragon ignores the frightful presence of other dragons. Locate Object (Sp): The dragon can use this ability as the spell of the same name, five times per day. Spells: Yahven’s spawn casts spells as a 5 th level sorcerer. Spells Known (6/7/5; save DC 12 + spell level): 0 th – read magic, resistance, guidance, flare, touch of fatigue, detect magic; 1 st – alarm, true strike, ventriloquism, ray of enfeeblement; 2 nd – resist energy, hold person. Non-Player Character: Yahven the Desolator Yahven is a red wyrm, only slightly younger than Scallandriax. He remembers the destruction of the Forest of Sharn as if it were yesterday. He has kept Aristeele here, bound in magical chains, for the past thousand years. Although it was Scallandriax who cast her down, Yahven has guarded her. Yahven is not keen to have his prisoner set free. He remembers all too well how her frost breath nearly destroyed him before Scallandriax’s claws tore her out of the sky. However, he has one strong reason for wanting to see her slay Scallandriax; he knows that the black dragon will come for him. Now that Scallandriax is rising to power once more as the ally of the drow, no wyrm is safe. Once the war is won and the drow control all of eastern Ashfar – possibly all the world – then Scallandriax will come for the other dragons. At the last Equinox of the Heroes, he all but destroyed the metallic dragons. Now only the chromatics are left to challenge him. Yahven has kept Aristeele not only as a trophy but as a potential weapon. No other dragon has ever come close to defeating Scallandriax in battle. Yahven: Gargantuan dragon (wyrm); CR 24; HD 37d12+370; hp 610; Spd 40 ft. fly 200 ft. (clumsy); Init +0; AC 42, touch 6, flat-footed 42; Base Atk +37; Grp +64; Atk +49 melee (4d6+15, bite); Full Atk +49 melee (4d6+15, bite) and +47 melee (2d8+7, 2 claws) and +46 melee (2d8+7, 2 wings) and +46 melee (2d8+22, tail slap); Space/Reach 20 ft./15 ft. (20 ft. with bite); SA breath weapon, crush, frightful presence, spelllike abilities, spells, tail sweep; SQ blindsense, DR 20/magic, keen senses, immunity to fire, paralysis and sleep, vulnerability to cold, SR 30; AL CE; SV Fort +30, Ref +20, Will +27; Str 41, Dex 10, Con 31, Int 24, Wis 25, Cha 24. Skills & Feats: Appraise +47, Bluff +47, Concentration +50, Diplomacy +51, Intimidate +51, Jump +59, Knowledge (arcana) +47, Knowledge (local) +47, Knowledge (history) +47, Listen +49, Search +47, Sense Motive +47, Spot +49, Use Magic Device +47; Alertness, Cleave, Empower Spell, Flyby Attack, Great Cleave, Improved Initiative, Multiattack, Power Attack, Snatch, Spell Focus (Evocation), Weapon Focus (bite), Weapon Focus (claw), Wingover 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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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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58 Tizla Leaves These leaves are mi
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64 reduction 2/-, illiteracy, trap
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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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102 SA death attack, ki strike (mag
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104 Deathblade Poison: Injury DC 20
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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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122 Weremammoths (Frost Giant Lycan
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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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144 ways to create one. A dagger to
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146 Fellraven: +4 keen scythe; AL N
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152 The Family Azarak, Zamelak and
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156 ‘The dark ones, little dark o
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158 Skills: Bluff +22, Diplomacy +3
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160 These dreadful creatures are th
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166 Misdirection (Sp): To put hunte
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170 Tyrant of Brass This adventure
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174 The Destriers of Heaven The Sun
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176 News from Jehannum The merchant
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180 Moch and Krunna, Mummy Lords, C
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184 Atk +18 melee (2d4+7, 2 claws);
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188 Aftermath With the threat to th
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