Central Courtyard

18. CENTRAL COURTYARD

Bull Statue: 20' tall, black onyx, rippling muscle. Horns lowered and dotted with white objects. Courtyard: Sandy flagstones, sun-scorched. Heaps of bleached bones. Red Pillars: Free-standing, some shattered and crumbling. Cast cool, dark shadows.

• The Scarlet Minotaur. 3:6 chance of being present. If not, cumulative 1:6 chance per round it returns. Minotaur: 9' tall, wine-red fur. Charges at shadows, headbutts pillars, snorts and bellows. Two-headed, bronze +1 greataxe called Bloodlust; wielder deals x4 damage on a critical hit.
• Bull Statue. 30 humanoid skulls in various states of rot punched onto horns like necklace beads. Some have traces of grey fur.
• Ritual Sacrifice. Punching a freshly beheaded humanoid skull onto a horn grants +1 point of Strength. Each additional time: cumulative 1:4 chance of transforming into a beastman.
• Bones. Trampled and crushed. No skulls. Piles of dented armor and broken weapons, both steel and bronze.
• Treasure. Each round spent sifting reveals one of the following: 1. Scarred mithral shield carved with prowling tiger (40 gp), 2. Bag of 60 gp stamped with long-dead emperor, 3. Scroll of Burning Hands in bronze tube adorned with jade dragons (80 gp), 4. Silvered longsword with half-moon pommel (30 gp).