The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

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+15, Knowledge (nature) +13, Listen +2, Profession
(explorer) +10, Search +6, Spellcraft +6, Spot +2,
Survival +6; Enlarge Spell, Improved Counterspell,
Maximise Spell, Quicken Spell, Scribe Scroll, Spell
Mastery (mage armour, message, sending), Spell
Mastery (mage armour).
Spells prepared (4/5/5/5/3/3/2, save DC 13 + spell level):
0 th – acid splash, ghost sound, message, resistance; 1 st
– detect undead, endure elements, expeditious retreat,
mage armour, shield; 2 nd – fox’s cunning, locate object,
see invisibility, spider climb, whispering wind; 3 rd
– dispel magic, lightning bolt, protection from energy,
ray of exhaustion; 4 th – dimensional anchor, greater
invisibility, hallucinatory terrain, lesser globe of
invulnerability; 5 th – mage’s faithful hound, transmute
rock to mud; 6 th – greater dispel magic, sending (already
cast).
Equipment & Treasure: The tattered remains of a
travelling outfit. Everything else was confiscated.
Azbeth is a footloose traveller, more of a bard or druid
at heart than a wizard. She loves to be out on her own
among the elements, sailing her one-woman skiff on the
open sea. She never really fit into the formal, stratified
society of Xoth Sarandi and so serves the Council in
ways that let her stay as far from the city as possible.
She is their preferred scout, explorer and surveyor,
sending back regular dispatches from distant parts of
the world.
9. Trapdoors
At this point, you find a sturdy-looking metal trapdoor
in the floor. You can hear the soft gurgle of water from
beneath.
These trapdoors lead down to the bilges. They are kept
locked (although they can be opened with an Open Lock
check (DC 30)) to prevent children from wandering
down there, though they seem to be able to get into the
bilges with bewildering frequency. This is because the
trapdoor marked 9a has a broken lock and can be opened
with a swift tug and a Strength check (DC 10), though
this is not obvious from above; noticing it requires a
Search check (DC 20).
H. Bilge Level
The bilges are at the very bottom of the ship. Water
steadily collects here from tiny leaks in the hull or from
battle damage, and has to be pumped out. This entire
region is always flooded with foul water. When the
pumps have not been run for a while, the water is waist
deep (four feet). Running the pumps for an hour lowers
the water level to two feet in depth.
The Harriers never come down here unless there is a
specific task to be done, such as patching up a leak in
the hull or finding something that has fallen into the
waste disposal system.
1. Waste Disposal
A blocky cistern stands before you, with multiple pipes
feeding into it. The stench is overpowering. You hear a
grinding, sloshing noise, as if the filth inside were being
stirred repetitively.
The various waste pipes in the ship all feed into this
tank, where machinery powered from above slices the
contents into slurry that is then pumped out of the back
of the ship. The tank is made from iron but is lined
with ceramic tiles to prevent corrosion. A hinged iron
security grating closes off the top of the tank, with
padlocks holding it shut; it can be opened with an Open
Lock check (DC 20).
A character looking down into the filth may make a
Spot check (DC 20) to notice a small human skull bob
to the surface and then vanish. Revekhal Sunspite has
been using this slurry tank to dispose of his victims.
Unbeknownst to him, the tank has another inhabitant,
who has been digesting their bodies and leaving only
their bones – a gigantic black pudding, hidden under
the sewage. The ooze is not in the least bothered by the
slicing blades; those that have sliced into it have been
quickly dissolved. It is too big to be pumped out of the
tank with the rest of the sludge.
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