Against the Thieves Guild

Area 1-1 – Bridge Over Oblivion

The cavern stretches upward to a 30-foot-high ceiling marked by stalactites, its width

The characters may decide to search the village for information. There is little here that hasn’t already been looted or deteriorated with time. However, a character searching the chapel who succeeds a Luck check will find a leatherbound tome with a symbol embossed in its cover underneath some rubble. The symbol is three interlaced circles surrounding a pair of closed lips. All the pages are blank, although a candle held beneath reveals its text. A character who succeeds a DC 14 Intelligence check can identify this as a ritual book for worshippers of a god devoted to silence and secrets, and the judge can summarize the information in the sidebar regarding Amun Tor for the players.

Lyria placed this first challenge to tease her former friend, although it was easily bypassed by Dara when she first arrived decades ago. Characters inspecting the cavern walls who succeed a DC 12 Intelligence check discover small indentations on the cavern’s northern wall. These marks were made by pitons Dara used to scale the cavern wall to cross the chasm, bypassing the bridge. A character using similar gear may attempt to scale the wall. Doing so requires three successful DC 14 Strength checks. Characters who discover and intentionally use the already present piton holes gain a +2 bonus on these checks. Failing a check by less than 5 results in no forward progress; a failure of more than 5 causes the character to seemingly plummet into the depths of the darkness below. In truth, they are teleported behind the shifting walls in area 1-2.

A character searching the cavernous ground near the bridge will spot a symbol of an upside-down triangle with two X’s intersecting it. A character who understands thieves’ cant deciphers it as a warning that the area ahead is trapped. The second X implies it is advised to turn away.

Detection: A thief searching for traps at the edge of the bridge can easily see that it is not actually connected to the floor on their side of the chasm (no check required). A thief checking for traps near the middle of the bridge and succeeding on a DC 15 find trap check spots the pressure plate in the middle of the bridge. Dwarves, thieves, or characters with appropriate occupations (such as blacksmiths and trap-

“I CHECK FOR TRAPS”

As adventurers navigate the Labyrinth of Oathsworn Silence, searching for traps is an essential task for survival. The following guidelines will assist the judge in managing a trap-laden environment and help clarify the process for players as they search for traps.

Time to Check for Traps

Checking for traps is a methodical and time-consuming process. As a rule of thumb, inspecting a 10’ section of a hallway, room, or single object (such as a chest or door) should take about 1 minute of in-game time. This time increases with the complexity and size of the area or object being inspected. If players wish to check an entire room, use the room’s size to determine how long it takes (e.g., a 20’ x 20’ room would take approximately 4 minutes).

Disarming Traps

Disarming traps is a method of removing a threat but comes at a risk of triggering the trap. Unless otherwise noted, disarming traps require thieves’ tools. A failure on a disable trap check of 5 or more below the DC triggers the trap in question.

Unskilled Checks

While thieves have specific skills for finding and disabling traps, other classes may be at a disadvantage when attempting these same tasks. Whenever a skill such as find trap or disable trap is attempted by a nonthief, the roll is made using a d10 rather than a d20 to account for this lack of proficiency.

pers) who examine it and succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence check will realize that the bridge can fold up.

Trigger: The trap is triggered when a character crossing the bridge fails a Luck check. On a failure, they step on the pressure plate at the center of the bridge. Once triggered, roll for initiative.

Effect (Init +15): The bridge folds at its joints, fully forming a solid cage on its turn in the initiative order. Any characters on the bridge before this occurs can attempt to jump off it (if near the edge) or scramble to the outside of the forming cage with a successful DC 13 Strength or Agility check (player’s choice). Failing this, the character is trapped within the suspended cage.

After the pressure plate has been stepped upon, a permanent magic mouth spell triggers and appears upon the pressure plate, saying in Lyria’s voice: “You aren’t Dara. The trials ahead are beyond your capabilities. Sadly, your fate is to wither in this cage, forgotten and alone.”

The cables holding the suspension bridge draw together as they form a cage around the center section containing the

pressure plate. The motion of the bridge’s reconfiguration aggravates 15 stirges quietly roosting within small crevices in the ceiling. They are instinctually drawn to whatever prey is stuck within the cage. The stirges are small enough to easily squeeze through the cage bars.

Stirges (15): Init +4; Atk latch +2 (attach to victim, DC 12 Strength check to remove), blood drain (see below); Crit M/ d6; AC 9; HD 1d8 (hp 4); hp 4; MV fly 30’; Act 1d20; SP infravision 60’; SV Fort +1, Ref +1, Will -1; AL N.

Blood drain: A stirge that has latched onto a target automatically succeeds on an attack with its blood drain, dealing 1d3 points of damage. A stirge that has drained a total of 12 points of damage becomes bloated; it detaches from its victim and flies off.

Countermeasures: After the trap has been sprung and trapped any of the characters who were standing on the bridge, it’s possible to break out of the cage. The metal bars have an AC 19 and 20 hit points. A character succeeding two DC 20 Strength checks may be able to bend the bars enough to allow a character to slip through.

Characters who have freed themselves can shift their weight and attempt to swing the cage to one of the ledges on either side of the chasm. A character choosing to time their leap and safely land on the other side must succeed in a DC 13 Agility check. On a success, they safely leap to the landing where the bridge originated. On a failure, they plummet into the void below and are teleported inside one of the sectioning chambers in area 1-2.

Reset: A lever on the opposite side of the chasm can be pulled to reset the pulley system that allows the bridge to spread and retract.

Area 1-2 – Sectioning Corridor

Judge’s Note: Refer to Map 2 for area 1-2A before the trap is activated and to Map 1B for area 1-2B after the trap is activated.

Detection: Characters inspecting the corridor who succeed a DC 13 Intelligence check spot seams along the walls, indicating they are designed to move. A dwarf will notice these details innately with their underground skills ability. A DC 16 find trap check reveals the pressure plate, which is marked “T” on the map.

Trigger: A character stepping on the pressure plate triggers the trap.

Effect (Init +10): The shifting walls turn to become perpendicular with the corridor, dividing the hallway into three 10’ x 10’ chambers. As the trap is sprung, those with a higher initiative may declare which chamber they want to be trapped in. Those acting after the trap may still try to move to a different section but risk injury or death as the walls move into position (DC 13 Reflex save or suffer 2d12 damage).

Four crawling claws (12 in total) await any characters trapped within a sectioning corridor. These reanimated hands belonged to members of the Gravelight Sorority who perished to the dungeon’s traps. They behave with impudence initially, patting the trapped character sympathetically on the head, making crude gestures, attempting to tickle the victim, etc. After they have had a bit of fun humiliating the trapped character, they attack.

Crawling claws (12): Init +1; Atk claw +1 melee (1d3); Crit M/d6; AC 10; HD 1d4 (hp 2); hp 2; MV 20’, climb 20’; Act 1d20; SP un-dead traits; SV Fort +0, Ref +1, Will +1; AL N.

Un-dead traits: As un-dead, a crawling claw can be turned by a cleric and is immune to sleep, charm, and paralysis spells, as well as other mental effects, poison, and cold damage.

Countermeasures: The pressure plates can be disabled by removal or being jammed with an object by a character succeeding a DC 14 disable trap check. The swiveling walls can be pushed open or shut with a DC 16 Strength check.

Reset: The pressure plate takes 30 seconds to reset, after which stepping on it again allows the walls to shift 90 degrees and become parallel with the hall.

When a character reaches the stone door at the northern end of the hallway, a permanent magic mouth spell triggers and the lips within the door’s symbol animates and speaks: “Steal my pride, Dara? You merely borrowed delusion. To the right, fall victim to what you are. To the left, face your deepest fear.”

Treasure: A character searching the middle sectioning chamber who succeeds a DC 15 Intelligence check notices a treasure tucked away amongst the remnants of bones belonging to a previous delver. This polished sphere, unblemished by

time, is made from glassy obsidian and allows its wielder to gain a +1 bonus to Luck checks.

Area 1-3 – Gallery of Mimics

This chamber reflects Lyria’s desire to psychologically torment Dara, who held a deep fear of mimics. While none of the treasure chests in the room are truly mimics, they are all trapped.

Secret Door: A DC 12 Intelligence check spots a concealed keyhole in the stonework of the wall between the two statues. Opening the door without the key takes 10 minutes and a successful DC 20 pick lock check with thieves’ tools. Attempting to open the door without the key triggers an attack from two mimics who have disguised themselves as statues.

Mimics (2): Init +4; Atk pseudopod +4 melee (2d4); Crit M/ d12; AC 13; HD 7d8 (hp 24); hp 24; MV 10’; Act 1d20; SP shapechanger (transforms into inanimate object of similar size), adhesive flesh, immune to acid; SV Fort +2, Ref +1, Will +1; AL N.

Adhesive flesh: Anyone who touches the mimic becomes automatically grappled as they become stuck by the adhesive coating it exudes from its pores. A character who becomes stuck to the mimic may free themselves with a successful DC 12 Strength check. Additionally, any weapon that strikes the mimic becomes glued to its body. Immediately after a successful melee weapon attack, a character may attempt a DC 12 Strength check to pull the weapon free. Subsequent attempts to pull the weapon free require a full round of effort.

Keys: Each key fits the lock of the chest it is found in, allowing them to be locked or unlocked. An inspection of the keys, with a successful DC 9 Intelligence check, reveals they can be combined to create a master key, capable of opening the secret door.

Trapped Chests: A successful DC 12 find trap check discerns the razor-sharp lid of each treasure chest is rigged to snap shut if the key it contains is not lifted out carefully. The key can be swapped with a similar-sized object by a character succeeding in a DC 14 Agility check. On a success, they remove the key without activating this trap. A successful DC 16 disable trap check using thieves’ tools disarms the trap. An unsuccessful attempt at disarming this trap triggers its effect. The treasure chest makes a melee attack with a +5 bonus against the character attempting to remove the key. If struck, they take 1d8 damage and become grappled by the trapped chest. A character can attempt a DC 13 Strength check, freeing themself or another character on a success. Each failed check deals 1d4 additional damage to the trapped character.

Second Trap: Each chest is equipped with a secondary trap. A character inspecting the inside of a trapped chest who suc-

ceeds a DC 15 find trap check discovers that a secret compartment within the treasure chest’s lid is filled with liquid designed to spray via a concealed mechanism. This trap does not function if the chest is locked, either by the key taken from inside it or by a character using thieves’ tools who succeeds a DC 17 pick lock check. The trap triggers when the secret door is opened. When triggered, anyone within a 10’ radius of any trapped chest must make a DC 13 Reflex save or be doused in an incandescent, magical substance. Any weapons, armor, or items being carried by a character who fails this save begins to radiate a rose-colored light that illuminates them in darkness and imbues them with a semi-magnetic effect. As a result, attacks against a character wearing or wielding items coated in this substance gain a +4 bonus to hit. The effect lasts indefinitely but can be canceled via a dispel magic spell with a spell check of 16 or higher. Cleaning the items of the substance does not eliminate the effect.

Area 1-4 – Rat Trap

Judge’s Note: Refer to Map 2 for area 1-4A before the trap is activated and to Map 1B for area 1-4B after the trap is activated.

This chamber reflects Lyria and Dara’s time spent within city sewers during their tenure as footpads for the Gravelight Sorority before they rose up the ranks. Lyria transformed this chamber into a complex trap to communicate her disdain for Dara as nothing more than a treacherous rat. The floor and ceiling of this pit chamber are designed to depress like a large dumbwaiter when the weight of a delver reaches the bottom.

Detection: A character examining the stone pillars in the room who succeeds a DC 15 Intelligence check notices they don’t support the ceiling. Instead, they appear to act as guide rails, extending upward through narrow openings in the ceiling.

Trigger: A weight of 100 lbs. or more on the floor of the pit causes the room’s traps to be set into motion.

Effect: Weight upon the pit chamber’s floor causes the floor and ceiling to descend 10’. The walls of the chamber do not move, although the depression of the floor reveals a hidden chamber that contains a hell cat. It takes 1 round for the chamber to complete its descent. This may result in a split party in which some characters are trapped within the chamber while others are still in the corridor above. The implications for the delvers within the pit chamber are as follows:

Hell Cat Released: The subsiding floor reveals a chamber (5’ x 10’) along the west wall that releases a vicious hell cat that attacks any intruders within the pit chamber. When brought to 0 hit points, the hell cat disintegrates into a pile of ash.

Hell cat: Init +2, Atk bite +4 melee (1d6+2) or breath weapon; Crit M/d8; AC 12; HD 3d6 (hp 13); hp 13; MV 40’; Act 1d20; SP immune to damage from fire or heat; SV Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +1; AL C.

Breath weapon: The breath weapon is a cone of flame 10’ wide and 30’ long. All within the area of effect must make a DC 12 Reflex save or take 2d6 fire damage.

Flammable Sewage: The black slimy sludge at the bottom of the chamber is about 1’ deep and flammable; if the floor of the pit chamber comes into contact with flame (such as the hell cat’s fire breath), it will ignite, burn for 2 rounds, and deal 1d6 fire damage to any character starting their turn in the area.

The Mouse Trap Door: The iron door set in the eastern wall is now more difficult to reach as it is now 10’ from the bottom of the chamber. A character wishing to climb the wall to reach the door must succeed a DC 12 climb sheer surfaces check. The door is trapped, which can be discerned with a successful DC 12 find trap check. Disarming the trap can be accomplished with adequate tools by jamming the mechanism in the keyhole that releases the spring with a successful DC 15 disable trap check. The trap activates upon an attempt to open the door, causing it to swing down from concealed hinges at its base to crush the opener against the wall. A DC 12 Reflex save is required to avoid 1d8 damage from being pressed against the now-inverted door and the wall under its original position.

Delvers who are not within the pit chamber when it descends find a secret passage:

• Secret Passage: The pipe within the ceiling drops to form a 5’-wide corridor between the northern passageway and a secret passage revealed to the south.

• Rat’s Nest: Within the pipe is a nest of diseased rats that scurry forth and attack.

Swarm of diseased rats: Init +4; Atk swarming bite +1 melee (1 hp plus disease); Crit M/d10; AC 9; HD 7d8 (hp 24); hp 19; MV 40’ or climb 20’; Act special; SP bite all targets within 20’ x 20’ space, half damage from non-area attacks, disease (DC 11 Fortitude save or afflicted with rattlebane; see sidebar); SV Fort +2, Ref +4, Will -2; AL N.

Countermeasures: Adventurers can attempt to scale the walls horizontally without touching the floor. Doing so requires a DC 12 climb sheer surfaces check. The threat of the hell cat could be diminished by burning away the flammable waste by dropping a torch or other source of flame. Another option for bypassing this room would be to drop 100 lbs. of objects into the chamber to cause it to descend and gain access to the secret corridor.

Reset: A concealed button disguised as a part of the stone wall can be found by a succeeding a DC 15 Intelligence check while searching the northern passageway leading to the chamber. Pressing the button resets the chamber to its starting position if the floor holds less than 100 lbs. of weight.

Area 1-5 – The Rolling Stone

This trap relies on a magical illusion designed to trick the characters to expose themselves to the very real harm of the poison needles sticking out of the walls.

Detection: A successful DC 10 Intelligence check reveals the boulder is rolling through the center of the hall and has enough clearance on the sides for characters standing flat against the walls to avoid impact. A successful DC 8 find trap check reveals the walls are covered in half-inch needles. An actively searching PC may attempt a DC 11 Intelligence check to make the same discovery. Any successful casting of detect magic or similar spells will reveal the boulder as an illusion.

Trigger: The magical illusion of the boulder is triggered by walking 20’ into the corridor.

Effect: Anyone choosing to press themselves flat against the wall to avoid the boulder is subject to an attack roll from the poisoned spikes at +3 to hit dealing 1d3 damage plus the character must make a DC 14 Fortitude save. On a failed save, the character permanently suffers 1d4 Stamina damage. A character standing in the path of the boulder takes no damage as the illusory stone vanishes upon contact.

Countermeasures: A character who notices the spikes and declares they are using an item such as a thick blanket or bedroll to create a buffer between their body and the spikes may avoid the attack roll. Characters who notice the illusory nature of the boulder can simply allow the stone to pass through them suffering no ill effect.

Reset: After the illusion has been activated, it is unable to do so again until 10 minutes have passed.

Area 1-6 – The Ceiling Trap

RATTLEBANE

This disease is often carried among vermin and is a feared affliction by many professional thieves. Rattlebane causes the plagued victim to experience intermittent muscle spasms and uncontrollable shaking, primarily in the extremities. When someone contacts a source of contamination, they must make a DC 11 Fortitude save or become infected.

Symptoms are rapid and manifest within 10 minutes of infection. The infected character rolls one die less on the dice chain when attempting thief skills. After a full day of bed rest, an infected victim can make a DC 13 Fortitude save to recover from the disease. The effect can also be removed by a cleric using lay on hands.

Both doors open outward and are trapped. Inspecting the doors with a successful DC 15 find trap check reveals that opening them triggers a trap. Disabling the trap requires wedging the ceiling with something sturdy enough to hold it from dropping and a successful DC 13 disable trap check. Failure by 5 or more causes the ceiling to fall as if the door had been opened.

East Door: When the east door is opened, the ceiling area between the doors in the middle of the room slams down to the floor (the unshaded area on the map). Characters in the space when this occurs must make a DC 13 Reflex save. On a failure, they take 6d6 damage. On a success, they take half damage. The ceiling retracts to its original position after 2 rounds.

West Door: When the west door is opened, the ceiling area on the north and south sides of the room slam down to the floor (the shaded area on the map). Any characters in the area suffer the same effect as the east door. The statue at the southern end of the room is crushed into a pile of rubble, although the magical sword is unharmed.

Sword of the Silent Sentinel: The sword is a +2 short sword that belonged to Dara and has been rigged with a trap. Characters closely examining the sword who succeed a DC 15 Intelligence check discover a hidden hinge in the hilt. Disabling this trap requires thieves’ tools and a DC 17 disable trap check. Once disarmed, it functions as a normal weapon.

If the trap is active and the sword is used in combat, the spring-loaded hinge activates and the blade swings forward on its hinge, cutting through the guard and slicing the wielder’s hand. The wielding character must make a DC 18 Reflex save. On a failure, they take 1d4 points of damage that renders their hand useless until healed and they must make a successful Luck check or lose 1d4 fingers.

Treasure: If the statue is crushed by the ceiling trap, a treasure previously concealed within the monument is revealed. Among the stone debris is a small iron box holding an emerald carved in the likeness of an eye. Replacing one’s eye with this gemstone grants the ability to perceive all invisible objects and creatures within 60’.

Area 1-7 – The Black Parlor

The door to this chamber is trapped. A DC 15 find trap check will identify that the door is spring loaded to close automatically, although this mechanism is built behind the stonework of the adjoining wall. The door could be held open with the use of iron spikes.

This room was a reading room, but after Lyria’s occupation of the labyrinth it became an oubliette where she keeps her victims, both alive and deceased.

Holes in the Walls: Concealed holes in the walls can be discovered by a character searching the walls who succeeds a DC 13 Intelligence check.

Piles of Skulls: These skulls are the remains of Lyria’s victims, serving as her trophies.

Balanced Treasure Chest Trap: Both treasure chests are filled to the top with an equal weight of skulls. An observant character succeeding a DC 9 Intelligence check notices the glint of metal at the bottom of the chest, hinting at treasures beneath.

Both chests are perfectly weighed to the other and affixed upon fully concealed pressure plates, secured via hidden bolts to prevent shifting when the floor tilts. The trap is activated when the weight difference between the two chests is more than 5 lbs. A character succeeding in a DC 15 find trap check identifies the presence of the pressure plates. On a failure of 5 or more, they set off the trap.

When triggered, the door to the chamber slams shut and the floor pivots sharply from its center up to 45 degrees toward the heaviest point in the room, which depending on where characters are standing could be north, east, south, or west. Any character standing in the room when the trap is triggered must make a DC 13 Reflex save or fall prone and slide down the incline. The section of chamber at the bottom of the incline descends 5’ into a pool of green slime below the room that filters in via the holes in the wall. Any character who fails their save falls into contact with the slime and takes 1d4 acid damage. The victim will take damage again at the start of each initiative count until the slime is scraped off or destroyed. Against wood or metal, green slime deals 2d4 acid damage each round, and any nonmagical wood or metal weapon or tool used to scrape off the slime is effectively destroyed. Applying fire to the slime can also burn it away, but short of a fireball or similar spells, the entire pool’s contents can only be avoided, not fought.

While the chamber is tilted, any movement toward the center of the room can cause an extreme shift that sends the characters tumbling onto another section of the chamber. A character attempting to move up the incline without causing a dramatic shift must make a DC 12 Agility check. On a failure, all characters in the chamber must make another DC 13 Reflex save or potentially fall to the opposite side of the room and into the acid as before.

To reestablish balance, the characters must position themselves relatively evenly around the room and ensure the weight on both pressure plates is equal. Each chest, when full of skulls, weighs 100 lbs. However, after the trap is activated, the chests’ contents spill out with the room’s movements, causing an imbalance. The easiest way to reestablish balance is to empty both chests (which themselves have equal weight). This causes the floor to lock in place once again.

Mirror of Life Trapping: The mirror on the northern wall is a magical prison containing six thieves. If the room’s trap is activated, the mirror falls from the wall and shatters, releasing its inhabitants. The six prisoners are all female members

of the Gravelight Sorority who came to the labyrinth to take back the Reliquary of Silent Sisters from Lyria. Mistaking the characters for another of Lyria’s cruel games, they prepare to defend themselves fiercely. A character succeeding on a DC 15 Personality check can convince them to cease their attack. If befriended, they share the information in the background of the adventure regarding Lyria and Dara’s relationship and the Gravelight Sorority. Under no circumstances do they join the characters in delving deeper into the trap-filled tomb; having gained their freedom, they are eager to leave with their lives intact.

Treasure: The bottom of each treasure chest contains a +1 dagger and five black opals worth 500 gp each.

Area 1-8 – Silent Sanctum

This hall of prayer and worship was trapped by Lyria to slay the monastics after she finished using their labor to build her initial traps.

Unnatural Silence: The chamber is veiled in perfect silence as the result of divine imposition. Attempts to cancel this effect through arcane methods such as dispel magic will fail.

Prayer Mats: Each prayer mat is pierced by a 1” hole, a detail serving as a clue to the trap that killed the monastics who were praying here when they died. A character who searches the stonework underneath the mats and succeeds a DC 13 find trap check finds concealed holes housing spears. The skeletons of the deceased lie nearby in their tattered robes.

Statue of Amun Tor: A character searching the statue and succeeding a DC 12 Intelligence check identifies the hand of the statue is a lever. Moving the lever to the right appears to do nothing, but it releases an odorless gas, filling the chamber over the course of the next 10 minutes (the sound of the gas jets cannot be heard because of the silence spell). Characters who spend the full 10 minutes within this area must succeed a DC 11 Fortitude save or become paralyzed for 1 hour. After 15 minutes, spears shoot up from underneath where the prayer mats are placed. When the trap is triggered, each spear makes a +5 melee weapon attack, dealing 1d8 damage against any target standing on a trapped mat.

If the statue’s hand is moved to the left, a secret door slides open at the northern end of the room leading back to the labyrinth.

Altar: Upon the northern altar is a bronze bowl, incense, and small strips of parchment paper. A character who searches the altar finds an inscription, which reads “Only an offering to Amun Tor allows you keep what you bequeath.” If a character pens a secret or a piece of knowledge few know about on the parchment and burns it in the bowl with the incense, a golden ring materializes on the statue of Amun Tor’s hand and drops to the floor.

The ring contains the soul of the Sister Abbess, the head monastic of Amun Tor’s faith. She will telepathically share with the character who wears the ring the tale of the order’s downfall, the theft and return of the Reliquary of Silent Sisters, and the betrayal they endured by trusting the thief Lyria. The Sister Abbess directs the character to obtain the Reliquary of Silent Sisters so it can be taken from the hands of a heathen and restored. The Sister Abbess mistakenly believes the holy artifact is still located in area 1-14.

While wearing the ring, a character gains a +2 bonus to Willpower saving throws.

Area 1-9 – The Labyrinth

The labyrinth has numerous locations, described as follows.

A. Moving Stone Block: After the characters pass by either of the areas marked “A” on the map, an animated stone block rises from the floor. The stone block is 4’ wide and 8’ tall. Once active, the stone block and the characters roll initiative. The block follows the characters through the corridor but stops short of crushing them, slowing its movement to a negligible pace once it comes to within 10’ of a

dead-end corridor. Characters who enter a corridor where there is a dead end may become fearful of being crushed to death by the stone block and attempt to push back against it. The animated stone block discharges its spike trap ability 1 round after it halts its movement. Any character actively pushing against the stone block must make a DC 13 Reflex save with a -1d penalty or be impaled upon the protruding spikes and take 1d10 damage.

Animated stone block: Init +3; Atk spike trap +3 melee (1d10); Crit M/d10; AC 15; HD 10d10 (hp 70); MV 20’; Act 1d20; SP false appearance as ordinary stone block when motionless, forceful reposition, antimagic susceptibility, half damage from piercing and slashing weapons; SV Fort +5, Ref -3, Will -2; AL N.

Forceful reposition: The stone block’s forceful movement pushes creatures in its path. When it enters someone’s space, that person must make a DC 11 Reflex save or be pushed back and fall prone, taking 1d6 damage.

Antimagic susceptibility: The magic that animates the stone can be temporarily suppressed with a successful casting of dispel magic or a similar spell. Doing so freezes it in place for 10 minutes.

After the block discharges its trap, an illusory mouth appears on its stonework and Lyria’s voice speaks: “These walls have been Amun Tor’s ears. Now I’ve given them teeth. I’ve been going easy on you—that won’t last much longer.” The stone block then withdraws and returns to its original position, blocking the passage for 30 minutes before descending back into the floor.

B. Pits: Throughout the labyrinth (marked “B” on the map) are 5’-wide pits in the floor that have pressure plates at their bottoms. The adventurers may be tempted to lead the moving stone block to one of these openings to ditch it. Doing so causes the block to slide down into the pit, activating the pressure plate. This triggers the mouths on bas-relief faces throughout the labyrinth’s walls to dispense a cloudy, sulfurous-smelling gas. The cloudy vapor makes visibility difficult, imposing a -1d penalty on checks to find traps and secret doors.

The lit candles within the hall signal the gas’ combustibility by flickering more intensely. It takes 20 minutes for the gas to become dense enough to be explosive. Once it reaches this critical level, any spark can set off an explosion erupting throughout the corridors. This includes the candles that line the corridors. Everyone in area 1-9 when this occurs must make a DC 12 Reflex save. A character suffers 4d6 fire damage on a failed save or takes half damage on a successful save.

C. Firebolt Trap: Any of the areas marked “C” on the map contain trip wires that can be spotted with a successful DC 15 find trap check. When tripped, two blasts of magical flame are discharged from the eyes of a bas relief face from the opposing wall. Two attacks are made against the individual tripping the trap with a +5 on each attack roll that deals 1d6 fire damage. If the corridors have accumulated explosive gas for 20 minutes, activating the firebolt trap may ignite the gas, potentially causing the explosion described before.

Secret Door: The secret door leading to area 1-10 is detectable with a DC 10 Intelligence check. Dwarves and elves automatically attempt this check to discover the secret door when passing within 10’ of it. No check is necessary for finding the switch to open it if the characters are not under pressure, as its discovery is only a matter of time after finding the secret door. If the animated stone block is still in pursuit or another threat requires a hasty discovery, the door’s discovery is more challenging and characters must make a DC 13 Intelligence check while frantically searching the southern wall to find the door’s hidden switch.

Area 1-10 – Trip Wire That Isn’t

On either side of a 10’-long section of floor within this corridor is an obvious pair of trip wires.

Detection: Characters spot the trip wires automatically. Upon closer inspection, a DC 14 find trap check allows a character to identify that the floor is designed to pivot on a central axis when weight is placed on it that drops delvers into a pit.

Trigger: If the hinged section of floor is not somehow anchored, stepping on it automatically opens the hinged section of floor. The victim must make a DC 15 Reflex save or fall into the pit.

Effect: There is a 40’-deep pit below the rotating section of floor. A character who leaps over the trip wire or otherwise steps into the trapped area must make a DC 15 Reflex save or fall into the pit, taking 4d6 damage. Any damage die that comes up a natural 6 indicates that the victim breaks a random bone and permanently loses 1 point of Strength of Agility (player’s choice).

If the trap is triggered, an illusory mouth appears on one of the walls within the pit and goads the victim: “Careful, the floor here will betray you. Perhaps it took a lesson from you, Dara. If you are still breathing, make haste, your reward awaits.”

Countermeasures: Breaking the trip wire activates spikes underneath the floor that lock it into place, disabling the trap. Deactivating the trap without using this method requires a DC 18 disable trap check to somehow jam the hinged floor shut.

Reset: If the trip wire is broken, the trap requires a manual reset. Otherwise, the trap resets when the trapped floor stops spinning after 1 minute.

Area 1-11 – Perdition’s Prison

The walls of the pit are composed of smooth stone requiring

incredible strength to climb without magic or climbing gear. A character succeeding a DC 23 climb sheer surfaces check could achieve such a feat.

The creature is Dara, who ousted Lyria as leader of the Gravelight Sorority thieves guild. After sending many agents to retrieve the Reliquary of Silent Sisters, Dara took it upon herself to try and reclaim their treasure. She failed and perished during a confrontation with the trap golem in

Area 1-12 – The Trapped Antechamber

This hall is trapped. A giant crossbow is hidden beneath a 10’ section of the corridor pointed toward the ceiling. Upon being

stepped on, it fires upward, crushing victims between its floortopped quarrel and the ceiling 20’ above. After it discharges, the opening in the floor exposes a chamber where the crossbow mechanism is held. Shortly after being activated, a volley of normal-sized crossbow bolts fire from hidden compartments in the walls of the shaft at targets within the corridor.

Features: This trap has two main features: the Giant Crossbow and the 12 Hidden Crossbows.

Detection: The trap is triggered by a standard pressure plate, which a thief actively searching the floor can find with a DC 13 find trap check.

Trigger: Any weight of more than 50 lbs. on the pressure plate sets off the primary crossbow. The launching of the first bolt triggers the remaining 12 crossbows, which fire an instant later.

Effect (Main Crossbow Instantaneous; Secondary Crossbows Init +3): The primary bolt launches with such force that it lifts a section of floor with it. This is unlikely to strike the adventurer who triggered the trap—they can make a Luck check on a d14 and are only struck on a failed check. If the triggering adventurer is not targeted, the second in line is. In either case, the targeted individual must make a DC 14 Reflex save or be crushed against the ceiling for 3d6 points of damage.

The remaining 12 crossbows fire on their initiative round, targeting any individual within 12’ of the breach in the floor and doing 1d6 damage if they hit. Everyone in range should make a Luck check; failure means they are targeted by two bolts instead of only one. These secondary bolts are at +5 to hit and also strike for 1d6 damage.

Deactivation: If the pressure plate is detected before the trap is triggered, a thief can deactivate it with a DC 13 disable trap check.

Reset: Resetting the trap is a time-consuming process, requiring all 13 bows to be reloaded—one with a specialized enormous bolt—and then repairing the floor. The process could take weeks depending on the available workforce.

Vault Doors: Opening the vault doors triggers a magical effect as per scare, result 14. The PC who opened the doors can attempt a DC 14 Willpower save to resist this effect. Failure indicates they experience a moment of fright and immediately flee the area at their maximum speed. This effect lasts 1 round following the failed save. A victim who fails the check retreats from the vault doors and automatically steps upon the pressure plate, triggering the trap if it had been safely bypassed earlier.

Area 1-14 – After her death, Lyria took efforts to reanimate her as an intelligent un-dead wretch so she could continue to torment her. Dara remains trapped in this pit, fantasizing about the day she may get vengeance.

Dara, the Accursed Thief: Init +2; Atk claw +4 melee (1d4 plus Stamina drain); Crit U/d8; AC 15; HD 4d8 (hp 20); MV 30’; Act 2d20; SP un-dead traits; SV Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +0; AL C.

Stamina drain: A character hit by Dara’s claw attack must succeed a DC 12 Fortitude save or take 1d3 Stamina damage.

Un-dead traits: Dara is un-dead and can be turned by a cleric. She is immune to sleep, charm, and paralysis spells, as well as other mental effects and cold damage.

Dara asks to be released from the pit and demands the characters throw down a rope. She makes it clear her goal is retribution against Lyria. If the characters refuse, she curses them and vows to hunt them down when she gets her freedom. If the characters begin attacking Dara from the high ground, she scuttles out of sight into a small crevice in the western wall she’s claimed as her den.

At the top of the stairs is a wooden door. A DC 15 find trap check detects that opening the door will trigger a trap. A character succeeding a DC 14 disable trap check can bypass the trap, which allows the door to be opened normally. If the trap is triggered, a trap door at the top of the staircase opens and the victim falls down a winding chute and into the pit. If Dara’s attitude is antagonistic toward the party, she attacks.

Treasure: Dara is wearing a cursed cape that she found elsewhere in the dungeon. Dara did not live long enough after acquiring it to know it is cursed. Any successful casting of detect magic identifies the cape as being magical but not that it is cursed. A character wearing the cape will gain a +1 to all saving throws, but this benefit comes at a cost. The cape leaches age from those who wear it. After wearing the cape for a week, the character will age 3d30 years. This rapid aging continues at this rate for each week it is worn. For every 20 years aged, the character loses 1 point of Strength, Agility, and Stamina, but gains 1 point of Intelligence and Personality. Partial increments of less than 20 years result in no losses or gains. Note that this effect cannot improve an ability score beyond 18 or reduce it below 3. A remove curse spell can remove this effect.

The curse of the cape could push a character to the limits of age. Upon reaching the age threshold of what would be typical for their race’s natural lifespan, characters must make a Fortitude save each week against a DC equal to the number of

years exceeding beyond their race’s average lifespan. Failure indicates the character succumbs to the ravages of old age. It is up to the judge’s discretion what the average age of a particular race’s lifespan is, but some guidelines are provided here:

• Humans: 75 years

• Dwarves: 250 years

• Halflings: 100 years

• Elves: 1,000 years

Area 1-13 – False Reliquary Vault

This chamber served as the vault for the Reliquary of Silent Sisters prior to Dara and Lyria’s initial acquisition. Lyria has become afflicted with the curse of the artifact; she has taken it down to Level 2 intent to unlock its secrets.

As the characters enter the room, a magic mouth appears on the mosaic speaking: “Sorry, the Reliquary is not here—its true location you shall never find. Farewell, Dara. Know that I gave you all my love and hate.” The platform the treasure chest rests on rises and reveals itself to be the head of a trap golem that prepares to attack.

Trap golem: Init +0; Atk scythe arm +3 melee (1d8) or poison dart +1 missile fire (1d4, plus poison [DC 10 Fortitude save or lose 1d3 Stamina]) or activate trap (see below); Crit M/d10; AC 16; HD 5d8 (hp 27); MV 30’; Act 2d20; SP golem traits, infravision 60’, activate trap, conjure pit trap, rolling sphere; SV Fort +5, Ref -1, Will +0; AL N.

Golem traits: The trap golem is immune to sleep, charm, and paralysis spells, as well as fear, petrification, and poison. The trap golem is healed by exposure to extreme cold; when any cold damage is inflicted, the trap golem is not damaged and is instead healed by the same amount. All spells cast against the trap golem are subject to a 50% chance of failure before saves are rolled.

Activate trap: Once per round, the trap golem can use one of its actions to activate a simple trap within 30’ of it.

Conjure pit trap (1/day): The trap golem conjures an extradimensional space in a flat 10’ square area that becomes a spiked pit trap. Characters within the space when it appears must immediately attempt to leap to safety by succeeding a DC 14 Reflex save. On a failure, the PC falls into the 10’-deep pit and takes 2d8 damage from the spikes. The conjured trap remains for 1 hour. Climbing out of the pit is successful with a DC 10 Strength check or climb sheer surfaces.

Rolling sphere (1/day): The trap golem can spend both its action dice to manipulate its body to contort into a sphere of solid stone that moves up to 60’ in a straight line. Any character in its path when it does so must succeed a DC 14 Reflex save or take 3d6 damage and be knocked prone. While it is a rolling sphere, it cannot make any other attacks or perform any other actions. It takes an entire round of effort to switch back to its normal form.

Illusory Floor: The pit of snakes is an illusion intended to keep delvers on the bridge or make them retreat to area 1-14, putting them at risk of tripping the crossbow trap if it is still active. Its illusory nature is discovered through direct interaction (such as stepping upon it) or with detect magic (result of 18 or better).

Swinging Scythes (Init +5): There are three swinging scythes hidden in the walls that can be released by the trap golem using one of its action dice to trigger. Each scythe requires a separate action to trigger. Once triggered, a scythe is released and swings outward from a hanging chain across the room with a movement speed of 40’. The scythe trap makes an attack against any character in its path with +5 to hit and dealing 1d12 damage upon striking a target.

A character can leap onto a scythe and grab hold of its chain with a successful DC 13 Agility check. Doing so puts the PC in an advantageous position, granting them a +2d on attack rolls against the trap golem. Additionally, they receive a +2 AC bonus against the trap golem’s attacks.

Trap Doors: Behind each of the six doors is a different statue that deploys a one-time simple trap when opened. Each door can be opened by the trap golem using one of its action dice to trigger. Each door requires a separate action to open. Each door and its effect are as follows:

Door Statue Effect

1 Soldier The statue throws a spear it is holding at a living target within 30’. The spear attack is +4 missile fire (1d8)

2 Wizard The statue’s finger dispenses an arc of lightning directly east in a 30’ line that is 5’ wide. Each character in the path must make a DC 13 Reflex save, taking 3d6 damage on a failed save or half damage on a successful one.

3 Medusa The statue’s face animates along with the 13 serpents that make up its hair, all fixing their gaze upon a character in the room. It targets a victim with a magical effect as per turn to stone, result 16. The character must succeed a DC 16 Fortitude save or their body turns partially to stone. If the target fails, they suffer a -4 penalty to all attack rolls, Reflex saving throws, and initiative, as well as all skill checks involving mobility. The effect lasts for 1 hour.

4 Dragon A spray of corrosive acid shoots out from the statue’s mouth in a 30’ line. Each character in the line of fire must make a DC 13 Reflex save or take 1d6 damage. Additionally, the effectiveness of any armor worn is reduced by -1 AC.

5 Yeti A frigid blast of cold air issues forth from the statue’s mouth, targeting a 10’ square centered on the bridge directly east of the door. Each character in that area must make a DC 12 Fortitude save, taking 2d6 damage on a failed save or half damage on a successful one. The ground within this area will become covered in slippery ice that remains for 1d4+2 rounds. A character that tries to move through the ice must succeed a DC 12 Reflex save or fall down and immediately end their movement.

6 Hell The statue’s mouth discharges three Hound blasts of flame at three different living targets within 30’. The flame blast attack is +4 missile fire (1d6)

Treasure: Within the chest is a single gold coin etched with a stylized “L” on one side of it and a “D” on the other. This coin was responsible for making decisions between Lyria and Dara whilst they were still comrades during their heists together. Accompanying the coin is a letter scrawled on paper intended for Dara. Provide the characters Player Handout 1.

Area 1-14 – Double Trap

Detection: A thief searching the hall must make a DC 16 find trap check to notice that the door is likely trapped, evidenced by the pattern of scrapes in the stonework as if caused by friction from a large moving object. Searching the spiked wall reveals a secret door with a successful DC 16 Intelligence check.

Trigger: Anyone touching the door springs the trap. A thief inspecting the false door and failing a DC 16 find trap check also triggers the door’s spring mechanism.

Effect (Instantaneous): The door slams into whoever touches it with great alacrity and gains surprise. Others standing in a 5’-wide line between the spiked panel and the false door may also be struck by the trap’s door if they fail a DC 10 Reflex save. Anyone struck by the door suffers 2d6 damage. The victim who triggered the trap is smashed into the spiked panel down the corridor and suffers 4d6 damage (DC 15 Reflex save for half damage).

Deactivation: The door must be triggered and its latching mechanisms covered or stuffed with spikes, detritus, or wads of cloth. The thief can come up with this scheme by making a DC 14 disable trap check.

Reset: After smashing and spindling its victim, the Double Trap door rebounds and returns to its moorings.

Area 1-15 – Rolling To Their Depths

Judge’s Note: Prior to the lever being activated, the chamber is depicted as area 1-15A on Map 2. After the lever has been

LEVEL 2: THE VAULTS OF SACRED OFFERING

The second level of the dungeon holds the areas of Amun Tor’s monastery where only the highest ranking of his faithful were allowed access. Most of these areas were former vaults that held material wealth collected and distributed to individuals who made spiritual offerings to the patron of secrets. Now these halls are filled with traps designed to deter adventuring parties from disturbing the former thieves guild leader while she obsessively studies the Reliquary of Silent Sisters.

GENERAL FEATURES

Dungeon Level 2 is depicted on Map 3. Unless otherwise noted, all corridors are 10’ high, and the walls are constructed of finished granite stone. Ceilings in dungeon rooms are 15’ high. The entirety of the labyrinth is unlit unless otherwise noted. Stone doors are 4” thick and have an AC 18 and 22 hit points.

All areas of Level 2 are covered by an obscuring fog pumped into the halls by jets built deep in the walls, causing find trap checks to be rolled with a -1d penalty. Zimgrazhan’s Workshop in area 2-3 and the Reliquary Vault in area 2-8 are unaffected.

Area 2-1 – Hall of One-Thousand Slices

A stone door with the familiar symbol of three interlocking rings surrounding a pair of closed lips precedes this area. When the characters approach it, another illusory mouth appears and delivers a message from Lyria:

activated and the chamber drops, this room is depicted as area 1-15B on Map 3.

Previously, this chamber operated as a gradual elevator to transport monks down into Amun Tor’s treasury where coins and precious gemstones were held. Lyria has since converted it into one of her traps.

Pushing the lever down causes the chamber to descend to Level 2, whereas pushing it up causes it to return to Level 1, respectively, moving like a colossal gear around the central stone pillar. Once activated, the lever locks in place and the chamber rises or descends 100’ over 18 seconds.

Once the chamber begins its ascent or descent, it quickly begins to accelerate. Characters that have not taken precautions such as anchoring themselves to the floor can attempt to grab onto a piece of stonework if they succeed a DC 15 Strength check as the spinning room begins to accelerate. On a failure, they are flung against the walls and take 3d6 damage as the chamber wildly spins down to the second level of the dungeon or back up to its current location if returning to the first level.

After the characters open the door, read or paraphrase the following:

Lyria incorporated the blades from her conquered guildmates into this chamber’s trap. The characters must find a way to navigate to the opposite side of this chamber and reach the stone door to progress further. The stonework on the ceiling and the walls containing the doors are marked with dozens of triangles missing half a segment on one side with a line through it; this is a thieves cant symbol that means “not safe for the guild.”

Detection: A thief searching the floor 10’ inside the room who succeeds a DC 14 find trap check notices the floor appears to be divided into two large pressure-sensitive areas on either side of the line of swords running down the center; both sides are pitted with tiny stab marks.

Trigger: When a character moves more than 10’ into the room, the trap triggers and its effect is dependent on whether one or both pressure-sensitive floors are activated.

Effect: When one of the pressure plates to either side of the line of swords is depressed, the corresponding wall (the wall nearest the pressure floor) falls inward toward the floor, impaling anyone standing on that side of the room. The blade-

filled wall inflicts 6d6 damage (DC 15 Reflex save to avoid). Note that a successful Reflex save positions the character on the opposite side of the room, triggering the trap again if it has not already been set off earlier.

A character who straddles the line of swords down the middle of the room triggers both walls at the same time, which results in the two walls falling at the same time and jamming them together above the head of the character. This allows safe passage to the other door.

Deactivation: The trap may be averted by avoiding the pressure plate or jamming it with an appropriate object and making a successful DC 14 disable trap check.

Reset: Both walls automatically reset the round after they fall, if set off individually. If both walls are triggered at the same time, it takes 5 rounds for their machinery to pull them back into position.

Area 2-2 – Pilum Stairway

The staircase leading down to area 2-3 is rigged with a trap activated when the pressure plate marked “T” on the map is stepped upon.

When the trap is triggered, a pilum juts out from each riser (the vertical, front face of the step) at 3, 4, and 5 steps above the pressure plate. Each pilum is 10’ in length, allowing for multiple targets due to the spacing and placement. This trap is particularly effective against parties that do not leave space between characters in the marching order.

Detection: A thief searching the stairs and succeeding on a DC 13 find trap check notices the pressure plate on the triggering step. For each point above the check result, the searcher also detects a concealed pilum launch tube (i.e., a check of 16 reveals the hiding places of all three javelins).

Trigger: Stepping on the pressure plate activates the trap. Additionally, if a DC 14 disable trap check is unsuccessful, the trap is triggered.

Effect (Instantaneous): All those standing on the pressure plate and those next in the marching order are struck by long javelins suffering 1d8 per fired pilum (DC 18 Reflex save for half damage). If the trap is not disarmed, humanoid-height victims on the step and those of any height standing lower down on the stairs suffer 2d8 damage (1d8 per pilum). Demihumans on the pressure plate will only suffer 1d8 damage.

Countermeasures: Once the pressure plate is detected, it can be removed from the step by a thief with a successful DC 14 disable trap check. Alternatively, the pilums could be thwarted by inserting appropriately sized objects or substances into the holes from with they emerge, thus blocking or gumming them up before the spiked poles can jut out.

Reset: The pilum stairway is reset via a removable crank that can be inserted at the top of the stairs that pulls the pilums back into position and resets the pressure plate back into the step.

Area 2-3 – Zimgrazhan’s Workshop

This chamber is the workshop for Lyria’s imp ally, Zimgrazhan. Hidden behind the trap schematics halfway up the wall is a valve connected to metal tubes running down the wall and exiting through the floor. This valve controls the obscuring mist pervading this level of the dungeon; turning it off makes it easier to navigate and locate traps.

Whenever Zimgrazhan is not patrolling the upper level of the dungeon to repair or install traps, he can be found here scheming and designing new devices to enhance the labyrinth’s defenses. As soon as the characters arrive, Zimgrazhan elects to turn invisible to interact with the party.

Zimgrazhan: Init +3; Atk sting +1 melee (1d4 plus poison [DC 11 Fortitude save or death]); Crit DN/d4; AC 16; HD 2d4 (hp 7); MV 20’ or fly 60’; Act 1d20; SP immune to fire, poison stinger, spellcasting (+3 spell check): spells (1st)

ZIMGRAZHAN THE IMP SABOTEUR

The judge may employ Zimgrazhan in several different ways to maximize the dynamics of the dungeon during play. Here are a few suggestions to allow Zimgrazhan to take a more active role in sabotaging the party.

Setting Traps During Rests: While no wandering monsters exist within the dungeon, at the judge’s discretion, Zimgrazhan may be able to serve a similar function. If the party chooses to rest or decides to wait out a threat, Zimgrazhan might seize the opportunity to set up traps in their vicinity using his Toolbox of Trapsmithing.

Resetting Disabled Traps: Another of Zimgrazhan’s tactics is to revisit traps the characters have already disabled or bypassed and reset them. He takes great care not to make it obvious their preventative measures have been tampered with. For example, he leaves the appearance that pitons under pressure plates are still actively preventing a trap from activating.

Bait and Switch: Zimgrazhan is fond of leaving marks or signs along the walls to confuse adventurers, either pointing them in the direction of a trap he has set or toward one innately found within the dungeon. Alternatively, he also possesses a storm gem (see area 2-3 treasure) used as bait in noticeable locations throughout the dungeon to entice characters to travel along the path toward one of his traps. Of course, the gem itself is also trapped.

charm person, choking cloud, detect magic, (2nd) invisibility; SV Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +4; AL C.

Zimgrazhan is extremely proud of his traps and takes offense if any comment is made about them being easy to bypass. He fishes for compliments when encountered by asking the adventuring party if there were more of them when they arrived or to describe the worst injury they sustained.

Zimgrazhan is surprisingly chatty but seems reluctant to discuss his master. A character who succeeds a DC 14 Personality check gets him talking about some specific information.

• Lyria was the former leader of a thieves guild called the Gravelight Sorority. She was deposed as its guild leader by her partner, Dara.

• Lyria stole and brought the Reliquary of the Silent Sisters to this dungeon of death to bait her former friend and the other members of the thieves guild into attempting to retrieve it.

• She succeeded in killing off Dara and the Gravelight Sorority but has not left the dungeon. She has become obsessed with the Reliquary of the Silent Sisters and has isolated herself within one of the former vaults with the object. The artifact’s curse has made her ageless but doomed her to an eternal fascination with the object.

Zimgrazhan’s apparent willingness to engage in conversation with the party is a strategic delay tactic as he covertly activates a hidden trap within the room.

Trap Features: Discreetly positioned under the high surface of the central workbench is a concealed button. Zimgrazhan activates the button while invisible. In doing so, an odorless, flammable gas slowly begins to fill the chamber from tiny jets installed within the walls.

Detection: A character succeeding a Luck check notices the blueprints and schematics hanging from the walls begin to quiver, a clue as to the air currents created by the release of the gas into the room.

Effect: After 5 minutes have passed, the gas in the chamber becomes concentrated enough for any spark or flame to cause an explosion. Each character in the room when this occurs must succeed a DC 14 Reflex save, taking 6d6 fire damage on a failed save or half damage on a successful one.

Once Zimgrazhan observes the adventurers showing symptoms of gas exposure, he slyly reaches for flint and steel from one of the workbenches, intending to ignite the volatile atmosphere. Zimgrazhan remains unscathed due to his immunity to fire damage, and he moves to slip away from the room and escape into the dungeon.

Treasure: Upon one of the workbenches rests Zimgrazhan’s Toolbox of Trapsmithing (see sidebar next page). Also, a small brown bag contains a storm gem that Zimgrazhan uses to bait adventurers toward traps.

The storm gem is an azure blue and black opal with a luminous sheen. A gem of this quality would be worth approxi-

ZIMGRAZHAN’S TOOLBOX OF TRAPSMITHING

This dark, iron-bound box is adorned with infernal runes and contains a variety of sinister-looking tools specifically designed for trapmaking. It includes finely crafted pliers, cutters, wire, springs, gears, and various arcane and mechanical components that all seem to shift and change to suit the task at hand. While the toolbox allows itself to be handled by others on occasion, it is more than capable of using its own powers of telekinesis to finely and expertly employ its vast array of tools to accomplish its tasks.

The Toolbox of Trapsmithing is a sentient object that is capable of hearing and seeing as if it had infravision of 60’. A character in possession of the toolbox who is of chaotic alignment can communicate telepathically with the infernal device and direct the toolbox to lend use of its talents. The toolbox forms a complex relationship with its user. It revels in being used to construct sadistic traps designed to maim and kill. However, it quickly becomes impatient and at times attempts to manipulate its user into making mistakes and sabotaging themselves.

The toolbox has a 1-in-3 chance of alerting its owner of a trap when it comes within 30’ of a trigger. The Toolbox of Trapsmithing is also capable of rearming and disarming any simple mechanical trap without the need for a check. The toolbox eagerly assists with the rearming of traps, as its bloodthirsty instincts yearn for the brutal misfortune it might reap. Asking it to disarm a trap is another matter, requiring a DC 15 Personality check to convince it to begrudgingly disarm a known trap, which it does without the need for a check.

The Toolbox of Trapsmithing is also capable of creating its own improvised traps using materials contained with-

mately 1,000 gp to the right buyer. Although valuable, the item is cursed, a fact that is revealed by casting detect magic with a spell check of 18 or higher. The first time each day a PC in possession of the gem steps outdoors, the opal (and the character) is struck by a massive bolt of lightning. The wearer and each creature within 5’ must make a DC 15 Reflex save, taking 3d10 lightning damage on a failed save or half damage on a successful save. This effect does not function again until the next dawn. The curse can be removed with dispel magic or similar means.

Area 2-4 – Vault Antechamber

The door into this area is locked. A character can open it with a DC 18 pick lock check. When the door has been bypassed, read or paraphrase the following:

in it and those it summons from the hells where it was forged. This takes 10 minutes and requires a sufficient environment for setting the trap. When this function is employed, the PC in possession of the toolbox chooses one of the following options or roll a 1d3 to see which trap is created:

1. Poisoned Dart Trap. This trap is placed and concealed within a flat surface such as a wall and activated by a trip wire. It fires a volley of three darts at targets within 60’ of the trigger, with a +4 to hit and doing 1d4 damage. Those hit must also make a DC 13 Fortitude save or take an additional 2d6 damage from the poison.

2. Scorching Flame Trap. This trap is placed within a flat surface such as a wall and activated by a pressure plate. It releases a 30’ cone of fire. Those in the range of fire must succeed a DC 13 Reflex save or take 3d6 fire damage, half damage on a save.

3. Net Snare Trap. This trap is concealed within a ceiling and activated by a pressure plate. It releases a net dropping upon anyone beneath it within a 15’ area. Characters in the area must succeed a DC 13 Reflex save or become ensnared. Characters stuck within the net cannot move and have a -1d penalty to attack rolls. (Attacks against ensnared victims gain a +1d bonus.) A character can cut their way out of the net with an appropriate weapon (AC 10, 5 hp) or with a DC 15 Strength check.

Traps created by the toolbox are detected with a DC 15 find trap check and disarmed with a DC 17 disable trap check. These traps are magical in nature and can be discovered with a successful casting of detect magic.

These iron vault doors lead to a repository of remains belonging to followers of Amun Tor. The names along the wall are a memorial to the dead who are interned within. Lyria enhanced the security of the vault knowing it would be too enticing for members of the Gravelight Sorority to bypass. The wall-mounted lever on the far wall not only opens the vault doors but also triggers the false floor and false ceiling to split into two, creating two funnels: one beneath the characters to drop them into a pit and one above that will bury them under the weight of thousands of coins hidden above the ceiling.

Detection: A DC 18 find trap check discovers the floor and ceiling are constructed of carefully concealed stonework designed to open.

Trigger: The trap activates when the lever is pulled.

Effect (Instantaneous): The false floor divides the room in half and drops into a funnel. Each PC standing on the false floor may attempt to leap to safety within the vault doors that open when the lever is pulled by succeeding a DC 16

Reflex save. Characters who fail the save fall into the funnel that culminates in a 40’ drop, causing 4d6 damage. In addition to the falling damage, characters who fall into the funnel begin to be buried by a torrent of coins released from the ceiling.

PCs in the pit have one last opportunity to scramble out of the pit before becoming engulfed. Each PC in the pit must make a DC 16 Strength or Agility check (player’s choice) to extricate themselves from the ever-increasing pile of coins. Those who fail by 1 to 4 points are held fast by the coins up to their chests. They will need outside assistance (rope, 10’ pole, etc.) and the half-buried PC must make a DC 14 Strength check to be pulled free. Those who fail by 5 or more points are engulfed by coins, and the target must succeed in a DC 12 Stamina check each round. When the first check fails, the target begins suffocating and loses 1d6 points of Stamina per round until they are freed. If the PC reaches 0 Stamina, they have died. The weight of the coins surrounding the entombed PC makes it impossible for them to move. Finding and rescuing an engulfed party member will be extremely difficult without inventive solutions and/or magical assistance, requiring a DC 20 Strength check to lift them free.

Deactivation: A thief may disassemble the lever’s housing; examine its gears, pulleys, and wire cables; and destroy its operation with a DC 15 disable trap check. Doing so will keep the catch-pins holding the corridor’s ceiling and floor in place but will also not release the trap’s gold.

Reset: This trap does not reset automatically. However, a contingent of workers can empty the pit of the trap’s gold, reload the funnel, and reset the pit trap.

Treasure: The coins contained within the ceiling are fake iron coins enchanted to look like gold.

Area 2-5 – North Skull Ossuary

The untold secrets of Amun Tor’s worshippers are intended to be sacred and maintained by his worshippers, even beyond death. This vault is a place for the deceased worshippers of Amun Tor to have their remains interred so they will be protected from the magic of diviners and necromancers who might compel the deceased to reveal their knowledge. Upon anyone entering the room, the lid of the sarcophagus slides open, and an awakened mummy guardian rises from its resting place to defend the vault.

Mummy: Init +0; Atk choke +5 melee (1d4/2d4/3d4/etc.); Crit U/d10; AC 11; HD 6d12 (hp 29); MV 20’; Act 1d20; SP damage reduction 5, mummy rot, vulnerable to fire (takes double damage), un-dead traits; SV Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +10; AL C.

Un-dead traits: As un-dead, the mummy can be turned by a cleric and is immune to sleep, charm, and paralysis spells, as well as other mental effects, poison, and cold damage.

Choke: On the first round the mummy succeeds in a choke

attack, it deals 1d4 damage as it throttles its target. If the mummy succeeds in a second attack, the next attack causes 2d4 damage. If the third attack succeeds, the attack causes 3d4 damage, and so on until its attack fails or its victim is suffocated.

Mummy rot: Any character that takes damage from a mummy may contract mummy rot (DC 12 Fortitude save to avoid). Mummy rot causes the victim’s body to slowly shrivel and desiccate. Affected characters take 1 Stamina damage each day and are constantly thirsty. The Stamina damage will not heal naturally until the rot is arrested by magic.

Treasure: The northern vault’s skulls belonged to scribes and spellcasters. The following spell scrolls can be found rolled up within the skulls: Ekim’s mystical mask, ward portal, and forget. An iron ring worn by the mummy is set with a moonstone worth 150 gp. Inside the sarcophagus is a simple brass music box worth 75 gp.

Area 2-6 – South Skull Ossuary

Much like area 2-5, this chamber serves as a final resting place for the followers of Amun Tor, although these skulls belong to individuals who broke their oaths to Amun Tor. The zombie “guardian” of this chamber was never afforded the ritual to preserve its dignity, instead placed here as a rotten animated corpse to serve as a reminder of their dishonor. It rises from the sarcophagus to attack as soon as anyone enters the chamber.

Zombie: Init -4; Atk bite +3 melee (1d4); Crit U/d8; AC 9; HD 3d6 (hp 11); MV 20’; Act 1d20; SP un-dead traits; SV Fort +4, Ref -4, Will +2; AL C.

Un-dead traits: As un-dead, the zombie can be turned by a cleric and is immune to sleep, charm, and paralysis spells, as well as other mental effects, poison, and cold damage.

Treasure: Characters searching the skulls discover a total of seven gemstones each worth 50 gp concealed within. The zombie is wearing a golden gorget worth 750 gp.

Area 2-7 – The Guillotine Door

Above this door is a slot that hides a heavy guillotine knife. The knife is propped up by the door itself. Its thin edges are coated with a rough substance, so it doesn’t immediately fall once the door opens; it takes several seconds for its weight to overcome the friction.

Detection: A thief searching the door for traps will notice a slit above the door jamb and a slot running along either side of the door with a DC 12 find trap check. The upper slit is where the guillotine blade drops from; the slots are guides. Further investigation automatically shows signs of wear in the guide slots. If the obscuring fog has been deactivated in area 2-3, the guillotine blade can also be seen without an additional check.

Trigger: The trap is triggered by opening the door.

Effect (Instantaneous): A guillotine blade drops from the slot, cutting through anything in the door frame. This blade makes a +6 melee attack against the PC who opened the door, inflicting 2d8 damage on a hit. A character who takes damage from this trap must immediately make a Luck check; on a failure, the guillotine severs any limb in the door for an additional 1d10 damage plus a permanent 1d5 reduction of Agility.

Deactivation: The trap can be disabled by jamming the upper slit with an iron spike (or similar) with a successful DC 10 disable trap check. Blocking the guide slots is less effective and requires a DC 15 disable trap check to succeed.

Reset: Carefully pushing the guillotine blade back into place and closing the door resets the trap.

Area 2-8 – The Double Scythe

The trap in this hallway causes two powerful scythe blades to emerge from the ceiling and floor at the same time, swinging in opposite directions and threatening all characters within 10’ of the triggering pressure plate.

Detection: A successful DC 20 find trap check notices the pressure plate among the stonework.

Trigger: The trap in this hallway is activated by a character stepping upon the pressure plate halfway down the hall or on a failed attempt to disarm the trap.

Effect (Instantaneous): All characters standing within 10’ of the pressure plate in the corridor (in either direction) are simultaneously subjected to two attacks by two great reaper’s blades, one at head level and one at knee level. Each is a +6 melee attack that deals 1d12 damage. These attacks count as critical hits on a roll of 18-20; critical hits by the double scythe trap are rolled with a d24 on Crit Table V.

Deactivation: A thief must remove the plate from the floor. Once the mechanics are exposed, they may opt to disable the pressure plate, leaving the blades in their hiding places or sabotage the reset mechanisms leaving the trap in a triggered, open state. In either case, the thief deactivates the trap on a DC 20 disable trap check.

Reset: Once the blades have swept the corridor, a spring system pulls the trap back into place.

Area 2-9 – The Vault Door

The door holds the spirit of a monk who served as a cus-

todian for the labyrinth. He betrayed Amun Tor’s trust by sharing secrets he eavesdropped upon that were whispered by worshippers in the halls. As punishment, Amun Tor had him imprisoned within this vault door, rendering him incapable of speaking.

The spirit can manifest eyes within the face of the door that gaze at the party. Even in punishment, the loose-lipped monk still yearns to proudly display the secrets he knows with others. He can only communicate by blinking. He knows the combination to the door, but he is also limited in how he can communicate with the party. By blinking, he can provide “yes” and “no” responses to questions the party may ask of him. In doing so, they may be able to deduce the passphrase. After he answers 20 questions, his spirit’s ability to manifest within the door ceases and he is incapable of reappearing until the next dawn.

The code for the combination lock is HONOR. The code can be cracked without learning it from the door (see countermeasures below).

The dial on the door is connected to a trap linked to the floor.

Detection: A successful DC 18 find trap check allows a character to notice a slight groove at the base of the wall just above the floor indicating the floor is designed to shift.

Trigger: Each time the dial is turned and does not use one of the correct letters of the combination, the trap’s effect causes the floor to recede.

Effect (PC Action): When the dial is turned and lands on an incorrect letter, the floor slides 5’ under the wall toward the vault door. The floor can retract six times before it disappears. A character standing on the retracting floor when it withdraws the last 5’ automatically falls. The pit below the floor is 70’ deep. Anyone falling into it takes 7d6 damage from the fall. The entire pit area is shrouded in magical darkness concealing a grell lurking patiently near the door leading to area 2-10. It has been over a month since Zimgrazhan last fed it, and it hungrily waits to reach up with its tentacles and attack any characters choosing to leave the chamber through the southern hallway to area 2-8.

Grell: Init +1; Atk tentacle +2 melee (1d4 plus paralysis and grapple) or bite +4 melee (2d6); Crit M/d12; AC 11; HD 7d6 (hp 26); MV 10’ or fly 30’; Act 11d20 (1d20 per tentacle plus bite); SP electricity immunity, infravision 100’, paralysis (DC 9 Fortitude save or paralyzed for 1 turn); SV Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +0; AL C.

The grell’s swollen head resembles a floating brain with a razor-sharp beak. Ten barbed, tentacle-like appendages extend from its mass and reach out to paralyze and ensnare its victims. Anyone hit by a tentacle must make a DC 9 Fortitude save or become paralyzed for 1 turn and become grappled. After a character grappled in such a way regains control of their body, they may attempt a DC 14 Strength or Agility check to escape. Any attack made against the grell can specifically be directed at its tentacles (AC 13). Damage to the grell is halved but renders 1d3 tentacles unusable.

Countermeasures: A character attempting to crack the safe without learning the combination must succeed on five DC 18 disable trap checks. The successful checks need not be consecutive. Each failed check causes the floor to withdraw 5’.

Reset: The trap automatically resets 10 minutes after the whole floor has slid under the wall or immediately after the correct combination has been dialed on the safe.

Area 2-10 – The Reliquary Vault

This chamber once held the coffers of Amun Tor that were used to reward those who shared their secrets. Now, it has been claimed by Lyria who has made it her personal sanctuary to isolate herself while she learns all she can from the Reliquary of the Silent Sisters.

Lyria: Init +4; Atk short sword +5 melee (1d6+3) or throwing dagger +4 missile fire (1d4 plus poison [DC 9 Fortitude save or 2d4 damage]); Crit II/d20; AC 15; HD 5d6 (hp 19);

MV 30’; Act 1d20; SP backstab, thief skills, spellcasting (+5 spell check): spells (1st) charm person, spider climb, (2nd) invisibility; SV Fort +2, Ref +6, Will +2; AL N.

Lyria can backstab and use thief skills as if she was a level 5 thief. She can cast the following spells: invisibility, spider climb, and charm person.

Lyria’s enchanted short sword grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls. Additionally, the wielder of the blade can speak a command word to transport themselves to the physical space of a creature they can see. The target of this effect must make a DC 15 Willpower save, or they are teleported physically, swapping positions with the wielder of the sword. Each time the power of this sword is used, there is a 5% chance that the wielder of the sword accidentally swaps positions with a different creature within 10 miles. Lyria has gained mastery over the sword in her time with it and is immune to this quirk.

Lyria’s Tactics: Lyria knows she is outnumbered and attempts to use her knowledge of the maze and its traps to her advantage, intentionally setting some of them off to divide the group. She first casts invisibility, and her strategy focuses on attempting to isolate a single party member to gain a strategic position. She prefers targeting the spellcasters among the group while proceeding to move stealthily through the labyrinth to selectively trigger the crushing floor traps. While sections of the maze remain invisible, she uses the magic of her short sword to swap places with a character to intentionally isolate them or place them where they are more likely to trigger a crushing stone trap.

Invisible Walls: The crystal eyes adorning the three Amun Tor relief sculptures in the north, east, and south walls are enchanted with the ability to make objects invisible. Once used by the monastics to conceal their treasure, Lyria has harnessed the power of these statues on a series of walls to provide an advantage in combat. A network of invisible floor-to-ceiling stone walls creates a maze that leads to the center of the room. Attempting to step into an invisible section of wall takes 5’ of movement and electing to feel for a wall while moving can be done at half-speed.

Crystal Eyes: Each of the crystal eyes in the three Amun Tor relief sculptures are magically enchanted crystals responsible for the invisible walls. Each crystal eye has an AC 13 with 5 hit points. When a crystal eye from a statue is destroyed, the illusory magic is interrupted and the corresponding wall becomes visible. These crystals and the walls they are associated with are labeled on the map as a, b, c, d, e, and f.

Spike Pit Trench: A clearly visible trench filled with iron spikes runs from the north wall to the south wall. Characters who attempt to leap over a section of the trench run into an invisible wall and plummet to the bottom of the pit, taking 1d8 damage from the spikes. Due to the poison coating the spikes, the character must also succeed a DC 11 Fortitude save or take 1d4 permanent Strength loss. On a successful save, the character takes 1 temporary Strength loss, which recovers after a week of rest.

Crushing Stone Trap: Pressure plates (marked on the map as “T”) located within the invisible maze are subtly integrated into the floor design, requiring a DC 16 find trap check to notice. If stepped upon, they activate a trap. A stone slab falls from the ceiling, threatening the 10’ square below centered on the pressure plate. Any character standing within the area must succeed a DC 13 Reflex save to leap out of the way of the falling stone, otherwise they take 3d6 damage. The stone slab remains intact and is designed to cover the entire width of the hall where it drops, cutting off easy

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access to the hall beyond. A character can attempt a DC 12 Strength check to climb to the top of a dropped stone.

Treasure: Lyria carries with her the Reliquary of Silent Sisters (see sidebar). The treasure chest at the foot of her bed is locked, requiring a DC 18 pick lock check to open. Inside are 10 lustrous white pearls (worth 100 gp each); 750 gp; an opaque, corked bottle that when opened instantaneously casts choking cloud as with a spell check of 18; and a leather bag containing a silvery powder that when sprinkled on a creature or object makes it invisible for 1 turn.

CONCLUDING THE ADVENTURE

If the characters obtain the Reliquary of the Silent Sisters, they find themselves in possession of an item yielding unknown potential and incredible risk. While the temptation to discover a forbidden secret may be potent, Lyria’s descent into obsession may be a cautionary tale for anyone considering the idea of using it. Players should be ready to accept these risks before attempting to use the object.

If Sister Abbess is in communication with a member of the party via the ring found in area 1-8, she encourages the party to return it to members of the faith, whom she can help lead the group to. The Order of Amun Tor would be willing to pay handsomely for the return of the Reliquary of the Silent Sisters, granting a party who does so 5,000 gp.

Another option would be to sell the object. There is no shortage of collectors who would relish to have such an item, which could easily fetch 25,000 gp or more. Of course, doing so would likely continue to perpetrate the curse of the object on others.

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Player Handout 1: This handout depicts a piece of parchment written in ink that has the following message scrawled upon it

been avoided if I correctly assessed your capacity for betrayal. But let’s not dwell on the past—this place I created for you has exhausted my capacity person. And presumably you are still breathing, although depending on how you fared that might If you are reading this, then perhaps I underesti-mated you again. Maybe all of this would have reward is that you have been forgiven—not that you ever asked for it. But as ever I am the bigger

PLAYER HANDOUT 1

I will be brief with the sentimentalities. Your

Dear Dara, for regrets.

RELIQUARY OF THE SILENT SISTERS

This relic is an ornate box forged of mithril and accented with gold filigree. Patterned around the sides of the box are images of saints who hold a silent finger to their pursed lips. The front of the box yields a feminine face containing a complex dial where its mouth should be. The dial contains letters, numbers, and symbols.

The spiritual contents of this box are believed to contain all the secrets and knowledge shared with Amun Tor.

Divine Insight: While in focused engagement with the Reliquary, a PC can ask a question about a person, place, or object. To receive the response, concentrated focus must be maintained for the next 8 hours over which the Reliquary slowly provides an answer using its dial to reveal either a direct or cryptic response. It is up to the judge’s discretion regarding what knowledge Amun Tor has received from his worshippers and is accessible via this means. This property is accessible once per week, after which it cannot be used until Amun Tor accepts a gift of knowledge deemed worthy or a sacrifice of material goods worth 200 gp.

Consider our business concluded. The Reliquary be a charitable assessment of your health. Each geon’s deepest vaults. I’ve found myself a cozy of Silent Sisters is mine, safe within the dunof way. We’ve played this out, Dara, and some games are just too dangerous to play a second little nook, impervious and secure. It’s quite charming, in a ‘surrounded-by-death’ kind

scar is a lesson—cherish them. In the shadow of our allegiance,

time. Lyria

Curse: The Reliquary bears a curse that may affect anyone who wields it. Each time the Reliquary of the Silent Sisters is used to learn information, there is a cumulative 5% chance they fall victim to this curse. The curse has the following properties:

• The afflicted character no longer requires food, water, or sleep. Their body stops aging.

• Cursed characters become obsessed with learning everything they can from the Reliquary. Pursuing another activity other than asking it questions for more than an hour makes them irritable and imposes a -1d penalty on all attacks, ability checks, and saving throws.

• The cursed character refuses to willingly share what they have learned from the Reliquary with others. Nothing short of magical compulsion can make them reveal information obtained from using the artifact.

• The curse can be canceled with a remove curse spell cast with a spell check of 34 or higher.

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