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Heart of Darkness The final conflict in the book is with the archmage Rannirak in the tunnels below Crom Calamar. The Player Characters should, by now, realise the importance of the Abyssal Altar, which Rannirak is keeping below the city in the caverns from which the Darkspear arose. The Abyssal Altar is the Dark’s anchor on this plane. If it is destroyed, the Dark’s conduit of power will be broken. Information: What About the Rest of the Drow? The Ennead, the ruling body of the drow, are safely within their own caverns further to the northeast. They have entrusted Rannirak with the defence of Crom Calamar. Although they knew that a force was being mustered against them, they believed that it would be cut to pieces. Not one member of the Ennead thought that the city of Crom Calamar, much less the Abyssal Altar, was in any serious danger. Event: Reaching Rannirak To reach Rannirak, the Player Characters must fight their way into the Darkspear and activate the levitating stone platform that drops down into the drow caverns. If the drow are already in retreat, then hordes of them will already be heading this way, trying to escape into the underworld. The platform is activated by a command word, but a Use Magic Device check (DC 25) activates it without needing this. If the Player Characters prefer, they can run down the stone ramp that corkscrews around the outside of the shaft or fly directly down. The shaft is 1,200 feet deep. Depending upon how well the battle is going for them above, drow soldiers may be falling past the Player Characters, screaming as they fall. The Abyssal Altar At the bottom, the shaft opens out into a vast cave. To the north, many little tunnels lead off into the underworld. These connect to the cavern systems and underground settlements of the drow and are beyond the scope of this book. To the south is an opening ten feet across. Within it a figure wreathed in flames stands between the Player Characters and their goal. Beyond it the Player Characters can see the Abyssal Altar for the first time. Rannirak has gated in a balor, Skoreth, to slow the Player Characters down while he casts spells to prepare himself for the fight. The demon is under orders to prevent anyone from reaching Rannirak; it lashes its flaming whip at the Player Characters. Skoreth (balor): CR 20; Large outsider (chaotic, extraplanar, evil); HD 20d8+200; hp 290; Init +11; Spd 40 ft., fly 90 ft. (good); AC 35, touch 16, flat-footed 28; Base Atk +20; Grp +36; Atk +33 melee (2d6+8/19–20, +1 vorpal longsword); Full Atk +31/+26/+21/+16 melee (2d6+8/19–20, +1 vorpal longsword) and +30/+25 melee (1d4+4 plus 1d6 fire plus entangle, +1 flaming whip) or +31 melee (1d10+7, 2 slams); Space/Reach 10 ft./10 ft. (20 ft. with +1 flaming whip); SA death throes, entangle, spell-like abilities, summon demon, vorpal sword; SQ damage reduction 15/cold iron and good, darkvision 60 ft., flaming body, immunity to electrical Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8 251
252 and fire, immunity to poison, resistance to acid 10 and cold 10, spell resistance 28, telepathy 100 ft., true seeing; AL CE; SV Fort +22, Ref +19, Will +19; Str 35, Dex 25, Con 31, Int 24, Wis 24, Cha 26. Skills & Feats: Bluff +31, Concentration +33, Diplomacy +35, Disguise +8 (+10 acting), Hide +26, Intimidate +33, Knowledge (any two) +30, Listen +38, Move Silently +30, Search +30, Sense Motive +30, Spellcraft +30 (+32 scrolls), Spot +38, Survival +7 (+9 following tracks), Use Magic Device +31 (+33 scrolls); Cleave, Improved Initiative, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (telekinesis), Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (longsword). Skoreth has a +8 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks. Death Throes (Ex): When killed, Skoreth explodes in a blinding flash of light that deals 100 points of damage to anything within 100 feet; a Reflex saving throw (DC 30) is allowed for half damage. This explosion automatically destroys any weapons Skoreth holds. Entangle (Ex): Skoreth’s +1 flaming whip entangles foes much like an attack with a net. The whip has 20 hit points, and needs no folding. If it hits, the target and Skoreth immediately make opposed Strength checks; if Skoreth wins, it drags the target against Skoreth’s flaming body (see below). The target remains anchored against Skoreth’s body until it escapes the whip. Flaming Body (Su): Skoreth’s body is wreathed in flame. Anyone grappling it is dealt 6d6 points of fire damage each round. Spell-Like Abilities: At will – blasphemy (DC 25), dominate monster (DC 27), greater dispel magic, greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), insanity (DC 25), power word stun, telekinesis (DC 23), unholy aura (DC 26); 1/day – fire storm (DC 26), implosion (DC 27). Caster level is 20 th , and the saving throw DCs are Charisma-based. Summon Demon (Sp): Once per day, Skoreth can automatically summon 4d10 dretches, 1d4 hezrous or one nalfeshnee, glabrezu, marilith or balor. This ability is the equivalent of a 9 th level spell. True Seeing (Su): Skoreth has a continuous true seeing ability, as the spell (caster level 20 th ). Vorpal Sword (Su): Skoreth carries a +1 vorpal longsword that looks like a bolt of lightning. Equipment & Treasure: +1 flaming whip, +1 vorpal longsword. The Confrontation While the Player Characters confront Skoreth, Rannirak sets up defences for the Abyssal Altar. It is too big to teleport, so he protects it with the remaining spells he has prepared. He has placed a wall of force directly in front of it, in the hope that the Player Characters will waste the charges from their star-wands firing into the wall. Rannirak is a starved, haggard, wasted-looking drow. His obsessions have eaten him alive. He stinks of unwashed clothing and old sweat; his eyes are a dull red. He is so furious with the Player Characters for wrecking his plans that he is barely sane. He is thus thinking and acting in the moment, instead of making careful plans as he usually would. Archmage Rannirak, Male Drow Wiz17/Acm4: CR 22; Medium humanoid (elf); HD 21d4; hp 52; Init +6; Spd 30 ft.; AC 29, touch 21, flat-footed 23; Base Atk +10; Grp +9; Atk +12 melee (1d6+2, +3 quarterstaff) or +19 ranged (1d4+3/19–20 plus poison, +3 hand crossbow); Full Atk +12/+7 melee (1d6+2, +3 quarterstaff) or +19 ranged (1d4+3/19–20 plus poison, +3 hand crossbow); SA arcane fire, arcane reach, mastery of counterspelling, poison, spell-like abilities, spells; SQ drow traits, spell resistance 32; AL LE; SV Fort +6, Ref +12, Will +14; Str 8, Dex 16 (22), Con 10, Int 20, Wis 12, Cha 16. Skills & Feats: Concentration +24, Craft (carving) +29, Decipher Script +29, Knowledge (arcana) +29, Knowledge (history) +29, Knowledge (religion) +29, Spellcraft +31; Combat Casting, Craft Magical Arms and Armour, Craft Rod, Craft Wondrous Item, Greater Spell Penetration, Improved Counterspell, Scribe Scroll, Spell Focus (abjuration), Spell Focus (evocation), Spell Focus (necromancy), Spell Penetration. Spells prepared (4/6/5/9/5/5/4/4/4/4, save DC 15 + spell level): 0 th – detect magic, message, read magic, resistance; 1 st – charm person, burning hands, magic missile, ray of enfeeblement, shield, true strike; 2 nd – acid arrow, false life, fox’s cunning, ghoul touch, mirror image; 3 rd – blink, dispel magic, fireball, heroism, rage, ray of exhaustion, wind wall; 4 th – black tentacles, detect scrying, enervation, scrying, stoneskin; 5 th – baleful polymorph, symbol of pain, teleport, wall of force (cast), waves of fatigue; 6 th – circle of death, globe of invulnerability, greater dispel magic, repulsion; 7 th – forcecage, mage’s sword, simulacrum, summon monster VII; 8 th – horrid wilting, iron body, maze, Ibon Presno Gonzalez (order #73006) 8
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2 Introduction Welcome to The Drow
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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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30 paws, adding cowardice and the p
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32 Across Unkown Oceans This chapte
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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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44 Sahuagin Lacerators The lacerato
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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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122 Weremammoths (Frost Giant Lycan
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126 Foundation Keepers Those who un
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132 Location: The Glacial Peaks If
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134 Surrounding the citadel are sta
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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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198 Skills & Feats: Hide +8, Listen
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