The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

Harrier ships as they are captured. The needles in each
of them are pointing towards the ship’s heart. If the
Player Characters take one of these with them, they
will be able to find the Celebration at any time in the
future.
5. Map Room
In the centre of this large room is a stand with a metal
device mounted on it that looks like a huge bullseye
lantern. It is obviously lit, as bright light is gleaming
from the cracks. The northern wall is hung with a single
white sheet. The stand has a set of sliding drawers built
into it. On its left side is a globe, marked in sections
and mounted on a pedestal.
To prevent tampering, the drawer handles are trapped
with contact poison:
Contact Poison Trap: CR 9; mechanical; touch trigger
(attached); manual reset; poison (black lotus extract,
Fortitude saving throw (DC 20) resists, 3d6 Con/3d6
Con); Search DC 18; Disable Device DC 26.
The drawers contain around 500 glass panels, painted in
intricate detail, designed to be slotted into the lantern.
Each panel is labelled with a grid reference, noting
which section of the globe it depicts. The panels are,
essentially, colour slides. The contraption projects a
ten-foot-by-ten-foot image of the globe section onto the
north wall. A character who succeeds at a Knowledge
(geography) check (DC 20) can tell that the level of
detail and accuracy is astounding, though the political
boundaries shown are some 20 years out of date. The
Sea Harriers stole the apparatus from an elven transport,
with Sunspite’s guidance. It is part of the secret of their
prosperity.
C. Lower Forecastle
This region is more luxuriously furnished than the rest
of the ship, as it is reserved for the highest-ranking
members of the Harrier clans.
1. Captains’ Quarters
These large cabins are the elite accommodations on
the Celebration and are reserved for captains and
their husbands. Each one contains at least a bed, a
dresser, a wardrobe and a desk, with some containing
cloak stands, large mirrors, sea-chests, bookcases and
similar paraphernalia. Player Characters who want to
root through the furniture looking for loot have a 60%
chance to find 1d3 pieces of typical Harrier jewellery,
each piece worth 1d6x100 gold pieces.
During daylight hours, these cabins are largely
unoccupied (10% chance of a captain or a lieutenant
being present); during the night, the majority of them
are occupied by sleeping or relaxing Sea Harrier couples
(90% chance for a room to contain one captain and one
lieutenant).
2. Grand Dining Hall
This room glitters with reflected light from dozens of
mirrors on the walls. Most of the room is taken up by an
irregularly shaped table that seems to be made from a
single piece of tortoiseshell polished to a tawny shine. A
humanoid creature with goggle eyes and fins is rubbing
away at the surface with a piece of cloth. Chains on its
arms rattle as it moves.
This is the central gathering room for the Harrier
captains. They only meet here at times of formal
celebration, when the amma hadrak leads the feasting.
The table is made from the shell of a dragon turtle and
could be sold for 2,500 gold pieces, if some way could
be found to remove it from the ship.
The creature labouring away at the table is Ubrilglup,
an enslaved locathah chieftain. He made the mistake
of leading a group of his people in an attack on the
Sea Harriers while they were raiding a merchant
vessel. The Harriers were furious at this insult; they
let the merchant ship escape, rounded on the locathah
and took Ubrilglup prisoner. He is now forced to do
menial work for the Harriers as compensation for the
insult (Sunspite has crafted an Amulet of Air Breathing
so he can survive on the ship indefinitely). The Harriers
have promised that if he works for them for five years
he will be returned to his people, but if he ever rebels,
the Harriers will return to the locathah settlement and
destroy it completely. Ubrilglup’s pride is not as strong
as his wish to preserve his people, so he has submitted
to this humiliation.
His legs are bound with manacles, allowing him to
walk, but not to move any faster than walking speed. If
the Player Characters set him free, he helps them if he
thinks they have any chance of success against the Sea
Harriers. His spirit is not quite broken and he grabs
a longspear that is mounted on the wall, a glimmer of
barbarian rage burning in his eye.
Ubrilglup, Male Locathah Bbn10: CR 10; Medium
humanoid (aquatic); HD 2d8+2 plus 10d12+12; hp
86; Init +2; Spd 20 ft., swim 70 ft.; AC 15, touch 12,
flat-footed 13; Base Atk +11; Grp +14; Atk +15 melee
(1d8+4/x3, longspear) Full Atk +14/+9/+4 melee
(1d8+4/x3, longspear); SA rage 3/day; SQ damage
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