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and activate or deactivate the fog cloud that surrounds
the ship. A single large lever behind a locked grille
shuts down the entire engine in an emergency or for
maintenance; the grille can be opened without its key
via an Open Lock (DC 40) check. Currently the ship is
immobile, though the engine is still running.
The ship’s cloaking screen of fog depends on a constant
supply of steam from the engine room; the obscuring
fog is in fact magically thickened steam. If the Player
Characters shut the steam engines down, the fog clears
in 1d4 minutes. It is much easier to stop the engine than
to start it. It takes ten minutes of work and a Profession
(engineer) check (DC 15) to start the engine again after
it has been shut down.
In addition, shutting down the boiler disables
Gugglehatch’s breath weapon (see the Brig, below).
Sabotage: If a Player Character studies the boiler
and makes a successful Knowledge (architecture and
engineering) or Profession (engineer) check (DC 20),
he can see a way to cripple it. The valve at the top of the
boiler vents excess steam and keeps the pressure inside
at a safe level. If the valve is blocked and the engine
kept running, then pressure will build up and up until
the boiler explodes at its weakest point.
If a Player Character wants to try this, he must first
reach the valve. The boiler’s metal casing is scalding
hot, dealing 1d6 points of fire damage per round to any
creature who touches it. The character must then make
a successful Disable Device check (DC 25) to plug the
valve. If this is done and the boiler is left unattended, it
detonates in 1d6+4 minutes, dealing 20d6 fire damage
in a 60-foot-radius spread; a Reflex saving throw (DC
23) halves this damage. If Dunstan sees that the boiler
pressure is going through the roof, he unlocks the
shutdown lever and stops the engine before any damage
is done.
The Grate: Set into the space below the steam cylinder
is an adamantine cage, through which the occupants can
direct heat.
The source of power for the steam engines is a group of
three imprisoned efreeti, Massum, Jahammid and Zah.
These are brothers who were part of a conspiracy to
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