Sanctum of the Elephant God

1. Elephant Statues. Low ceiling, walls of reflective black slate. Two glistening, mud statues of life-sized elephants kneel beside stairs, trunks raised. They trumpet if creatures exit room without prayer to Yag-Kesh, Elephant God. Air thick with spicy incense (DC 12 CON per round or 1 temp. WIS damage). It pours from Area 3 through tiny wall holes.

• 120 gp ruby buried in chest of each statue. Removing silences the statue.

2. Hall of Petitioners. Incense-addled peasants kneel on dirty mats amid flickering candles, droning for Yag-Kesh to "take us into the herd." 1:6 chance per round that 2d6 cultists come to take one to the ivory maiden (Area 7). Secret door to Area 3 in south wall.

3. Incense Room (Hidden). Dense, white smoke. Six silver censers on floor churn out potent incense (as Area 1, but DC 15 CON). Engraved with eyes, 30 gp each.

4. Sacred Mud. Narrow walkway around pool of waist-deep, earthy-smelling mud. Mud heals 2d6 HP per use. If pool is touched, a clay man with an elephant head (clay golem) rises from surface; it attacks those who take mud but don't toss a gold offering into the pool. If killed, reforms in 2d4 rds. 80 gp and Amulet of Vitality on bottom of pool.

5. Hall of Offerings. Cavernous, silent hall of reflective black slate. A giant brass idol of a meditating elephant-man sits in south alcove. Dozens of guttering candles are melted to it. 100 gp are scattered haphazardly around its base.

• Trap: Weight on the floor in front of the idol causes floor to fall open into chute. DC 15 DEX to jump aside. Chute dumps into mud pit in Area 10.

6. Idol of Yag-Kesh. Door trapped (see Area 9). Inside, a lumpy, grey statue of a humanoid elephant-man with wings sits on a black plinth. A creature who touches the statue and says a prayer to Yag-Kesh gains +1 INT (once only) and an ugly, permanent scar on their palm.

7. Prayer Hall. Door trapped (see Area 9). Silk mats line the floor. In the south alcove, a dead peasant is skewered inside an open iron maiden fashioned entirely from ivory (including elephant-tusk spikes). The blood runs into a floor gutter where a 120 gp ruby is trapped.

8. Sorcerer's Chamber. Gilbrath Dorn, the twitchy head sorcerer of Yag-Kesh (archmage), hunches over a Crystal Ball, feverishly scrying on the ritual in Area 10. He isn't fool enough to be present for it.

9. Undead Mammoth. Iron bars enclose a towering mammoth skeleton (as mammoth + skeleton's Undead talent). The skulls of 15 dead cultists rattle from cords inside its ribcage.

• Trap: Opening doors to Areas 6 or 7 lowers iron bars (closing raises them). Mammoth charges at non-cultists.

10. Mud Pit. Four cultists chant gutteral prayers around a bubbling pool of knee-deep sludge. One lifts the sparkling Jewel of Alkalla high overhead, preparing to toss it into the mud.

• The cultists chant for 3 rounds before throwing the jewel into the mud pit. If even one finishes the ritual without interruption, an avatar of Yag-Kesh (a grey-skinned chimera with three elephant heads) bursts from the pool and attacks all in its path. The avatar seeks to slay the Overlord so Gilbrath Dorn (Area 8) can seize power.