TSR 9064 - U2 - Dang.. - Free

score. Of course if the door-opener is aware what lies beyond
the door (eg. tly magical means) there is no chance of falling in
if the key is used.
Where you would expect to see a floor there is a water-
surface. OFiposite you, on the south wall and some three
to four feet below the surface of the water there is a hole
about two feet in diameter which has been covered with a
metal grille.
Though the water is not particularly clear, you can see a
shapeswimming around somedistance belowthesurface.
Above water the cell is completely bare.
Note that there is no sill by the door inside the room. The hole
on the south wall opens out into a roughly circular horizontal
tunnel which connects to area 52 (at which point there is
anothergrille). Bothgrillesaresetfirmly intothe rockwall.The
cell water is thus sea water and tidal. At high water, the water
level is about three inches below the level of the floor in the
passage, and I he water is some 20 feet deep.
Imprisoned in here (and, in normal circumstances, at the
bottom of the ,3001) is a sahuagin warrior (AC 5; MV 12“//24”;
HD 2 + 2; hp 1.1; #AT 5; D 1-2/1-2/1-4/1-4/1-4).
This creature :;peaks common and is extremely cunning and
subtle. It will tell party members, if they do not recognize it, that
it is a triton held captive by the evil lizard men, and it will offer to
assist the partbragainst their “mutual enemies” in exchange for
its liberty. Even if the party correctly identify it, it will still try to
persuade them to take it along with them, offering assistance
against the lizard men in exchange for its liberty. It will be very
persuasive in i”s arguments, not hesitating to lie with regard to
itsstrengthsarid abilities in orderto enhance its own potential
as a possible ally. If the party accept its offer it will, however,
desert them at the first opportunity that presents itself,
returning to its tribe to advise it of the lizard men’s whereabouts
and their plans, though whilestill with the party itwill fight any
creature encounter with an unbelievable ferocity.
While the sahuagin is with the party there is absolutely no
chance at all of them entering into any agreement or alliance
with the lizard men or any of the other races present in their
lair; for these, seeing the sahuagin with the party, will conclude
that the party members have allied with the creature and his
kind on a permanent basis and that they are friendly with that
race. Hence they will treat the party with implacable hostility
not only as enemies but perhaps as renegades as well. Even
when the sahuagin departs or is slain, the lizard men and their
allies will be most suspicious of the party and their motivesas a
consequence of their association with the creature, and
attempts to arrive at an understanding and an alliance will be
much more difficult.
Should the party decline the sahuagin’s offer of an alliance, it
will then attack them and try to force its way past them to
escape via the sea cave in area 49. It has no weapons or
treasure.
Oceanus, the aquatic elf, will recognise the sahuagin on sight
and will immediately identify it for the party; other party
members will not recognise the creature unless they have
previously encountered and identified a sahuagin (or perhaps
the guards in area42 have told them). Oceanus will also advise
strongly against allying with it and oppose accepting its
assistance. If the rest of the party should over-rule him in this
matter he will attempt to kill the sahuagin then and there.
438. WATER CELL
This cell is the same as cell A except that it is unoccupied. It is
fed by a similar tunnel leading to area 52, with a grille at each
end. Use the description for cell A, omitting mention of the
“swimming shape”.
43C. 43D. CELL
I This appears to be a prison cell, bare and unoccupied. 1
This is indeed a normally dry cell, no-one being in residenceat
the moment.
43E. CELL
This appears to be a prison cell in which a lizard man is
being held. There is no furniture in here - just the
Drisoner.
The lizard man is a warrior, imprisoned for a few days for an
infringement of disciplinary rules.
If the party enters this cell without the sahuagin being with
them, then the lizard man will simply huddle back into the
furthest corner of his cell, hissing in a menacing manner, but
he will not attack unless attacked first. However, if the
sahuagin is present with the party, then the lizard man will
attack it immediately and ferociously, ignoring the party
members completely. The sahuagin will, of course, defend
itself, but should the lizard man succeed in killing it, he will
then try to flee to area 44 to rouse and warn the occupants
there of intruders.
In the event of sahuagin/lizard man combat here, Oceanus
will, if he is able, attempt to join in and help the lizard man. If by
any chance the characters should aid the sahuagin in fighting
the lizard man, that act will mark the end of the party’s
relationship with Oceanus. Thereafter he will be unhelpful
and, when circumstances permit, openly hostile to the
characters. (If a player has been running Oceanus so far, the
DM should take over that task from here on.)