The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

unseat the Architect of Flame on the Elemental Plane
of Fire. Their fate was harsh; eternal servitude to the
masters of the ship, whoever they may be. The efreeti
absolutely despise the Harriers but have no choice
in their servitude. They spend their time eternally
reprimanding each other.
The physical correlate of the efreeti’s curse is the
adamantine cage, which is a magic item emanating a
continual antimagic shell effect within its boundaries.
The efreeti cannot use any spell-like or supernatural
abilities but continue to emit searing heat, as this is
an extraordinary ability. It thus keeps them bound
physically and magically, while allowing them to carry
out the steam generation that is part of their duty of
service. Player Characters who attempt to set the efreeti
free must somehow negate the magic of the cage (caster
level 30 th ) and break the adamantine grating.
If the efreeti encounter the Player Characters without
the Harriers being present, they put on a pitiful show,
claiming to be slaves of the cruel pirates, taken away
from their home and forced to work as part of this
terrible engine. They beg the Player Characters to
release them in the name of the Gods, of mercy, of the
spirit of freedom, of the brotherhood of all living things
and in the name of any other platitude they can think
up.
If petitions to the Player Characters’ better natures do
not work, the efreeti attempt bribery instead, promising
that each one of them will grant a single wish to the
person who releases them. Under no circumstances
will they grant any more than three wishes in total.
Naturally they have no intention of granting even a
single wish, but if the Player Characters force them to
swear that they will, then they keep to their word if they
are released.
Each of the three efreeti have identical statistics, as
follows:
Massum, Jahammid and Zah, Male Efreeti: CR 8;
Large outsider (extraplanar, fire); HD 10d8+20; hp 65;
Init +7; Spd 20 ft., fly 40 ft. (perfect); AC 18, touch 12,
flat-footed 15; Base Atk +10; Grp +20; Atk +15 melee
(1d8+6 plus 1d6 fire, slam); Full Atk +15 melee (1d8+6
plus 1d6 fire, 2 slams); Space/Reach 10 ft./10 ft.; SA
change size, heat, spell-like abilities; SQ darkvision
60 ft., immunity to fire, plane shift, telepathy 100 ft.,
vulnerability to cold; AL LE; SV Fort +9, Ref +10, Will
+9; Str 23, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 15.
Skills & Feats: Bluff +15, Concentration +15, Craft
(alchemy) +14, Diplomacy +6, Disguise +2 (+4 acting),
Intimidate +17, Listen +15, Move Silently +16, Sense
Motive +15, Spellcraft +14, Spot +15; Combat Casting,
Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Improved Initiative B , Quicken
Spell-Like Ability (scorching ray).
Change Size (Sp): Twice per day, an efreeti can
magically change a creature’s size. This works just like
an enlarge person or reduce person spell (the efreeti
chooses when using the ability), except that the ability
can work on the efreeti. A Fortitude saving throw (DC
13) negates the effect. This is the equivalent of a 2 nd
level spell.
Heat (Ex): An efreeti’s red-hot body deals 1d6 points of
extra fire damage whenever it hits in melee, or in each
round it maintains a hold when grappling.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will – detect magic, produce
flame, pyrotechnics (DC 14), scorching ray (1 ray
only); 3/day – invisibility, wall of fire (DC 16); 1/day
– grant up to three wishes (to non-genies only), gaseous
form, permanent image (DC 18), polymorph (self only).
Caster level is 12 th .
2. Coil Defence Barrier
A portcullis-like steel grating closes off the region
beyond. It gives off a quiet, ominous hum. There
are four black, glittering jewels set into it in a square
pattern.
As the desalinator coils are so crucial to the crew’s
continued survival, the Harriers have taken pains to
defend them. Before the coils can be accessed, the
jewels must be touched with the black glass rod in
Dunstan’s possession, in the correct order (clockwise,
beginning at the bottom left). If the grating is touched
in any other way or the sequence is wrong, an identical
chain lightning trap is triggered from each jewel.
There are thus four traps in total, each one requiring a
separate skill check to find and disable. Once the trap is
deactivated, the grating can be lifted manually.
Chain Lightning Trap (4): CR 7; magic device; touch
trigger (alarm); automatic reset; spell effect (chain
lightning, 11 th level wizard, 11d6 electrical to target
touching trigger area plus 5d6 electrical to each of up to
eleven secondary targets, Reflex saving throw (DC 19)
half damage); Search DC 31; Disable Device DC 31.
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