tsr09497 - AD&D - Ra.. - Property Is Theft!

mansion. In Gabrielle's well-appointed chamber upstairs, the heroes find a pouch filed with 2-8 pieces of gold jewelry
(worth 100-600 gp each), Gabrielle's spellbook (containing the spells listed in the introduction), and her tarokka deck, all in
a locked chest by her four-poster bed. Malocchio's chamber contains no treasure.
The majority of Cliff House has been left for the Dungeon Master to fill with whatever additional furnishings, treasures, and
adventure hooks as are appropriate for the campaign. There are many published deserted or haunted house adventures that
the Dungeon Master may draw upon for ideas, including the House of Lament and the Shadowborn Manor from the
Darklords accessory. Cliff House serves as primarily as an eerie, desolate location for the heroes' final confrontation with
the Midnight Slasher, Gabrielle Aderre, and the Dukkar.
In the Shadows
The Slasher avoids the party by hiding in the shadows, waiting patiently until all of the bodyguards have been dispatched.
When the heroes leave any of the slain or incapacitated guards alone, the Slasher murders the helpless prisoners (or at least
mutilates their bodies).
On the door leading down to the basement where Gabrielle is imprisoned, they find the following writing in the guards' fresh
blood:
You cannot hide from the shadows.
You cannot run from your fate.
You cannot escape my justice.
Unbeknownst to the heroes, these warnings are meant for Gabrielle, not them. The Slasher continues to evade the heroes
until they descend to the basement and release Gabrielle.
How the Mighty Has Fallen
The basement of Cliff House is a series of abandoned stone-lined vaults, culminating in a locked wooden door watched by at
least two bodyguards. Once the guards have been overcome (one of them has the key), the heroes can listen at the door,
hearing the sounds of a woman crying.
The low vaulted chamber appears to be a wine cellar, but its bottles lie shattered on the hard stone floor. Spatters of blood
red wine cover the walls and pooled on the floor. In the far corner, a woman in a wine smeared dress cowers, sobbing
quietly. She looks at you and screams, her eyes wide with startled fear. The hysterical madness fades quickly from her
intense dark eyes.
"You are not Mother," she says accusingly. "Who are you?"
Gabrielle Aderre is now quite insane, a victim of intense paranoia. Until assured otherwise, she assumes that everyone is
plotting against her in a grand conspiracy linking all of her enemies: the Vistani, her Mother, and her vicious son Malocchio,