TSR 9360 - WGR2 - Free

pearance of actual flesh, and attack.
Caryatid Columns (2): Int Non; AL N; AC
5; MV 6; HD 5; hp 22; #AT 1; Dmg 2-8; THACO
15; SD saving throws at +4, normal weapons
do half damage, magical weapons do normal
damage, 25% chance of weapon breakage (adjust
for pluses); XP 650.
4. Crypt
The stench of death fills the air and a wave
of nausea moves through you as you gaze
upon a room filled with corpses. Bodies are
piled upon bodies, lying in twisted heaps as
though they were simply thrown on top of
each other with total disregard. Rotting
hunks of flesh still cling to some of the grotesque
forms, while others have been reduced
to nothing but bones. The forms
lying on top of the pile seem to have rusted
weapons still clutched in their hands.
Most of these bodies are the remains of the
workers and craftsmen who built the tomb for
Lord Gregor, and who were subsequently
slaughtered by the lord’s soldiers. Gregor himself
then poisoned his men and threw their
bodies into the crypt as well.
He then cast an animate dead spell from a
scroll, which caused the bones of his soldiers
to become undead skeletons. As soon as the
crypt door has been opened, the skeletons of
the soldiers animate and attack the PCs. It is
up to the DM to determine just how many
skeletons attack the party, depending on the
number of players and the relative levels of the
characters involved.
Skeletons: Int Non; AL N; AC 7; MV 12; HD
1; hp 7 each; #AT 1; THACO 19; Dmg 1-6; SD
immune to sleep, charm, fear, and hold spells,
edged and piercing weapons do half damage,
holy water inflicts 2-8 damage.
5. Lord Gregor’s Quarters
The walls of this room are covered with the
tattered remains of what once must have
been very beautiful and elaborate tapestries.
All that can be made out now is a recurring
image of a beautiful woman with long, flow-
ing black hair and delicate features. There is
also a small bust of the woman’s head and
shoulders standing on a pedestal in one corner.
In all of these works, the artists seem to
have infused her with a sense of regret and
melancholy.
At the north end of the room, there is a
large bed that appears to have a human
figure still lying in it. A chest lies at the foot
of the bed, and small bedside tables sit on
either side of the head of the bed. Alongside
the west wall, there is a dressing table and a
chair.
The figure lying in the bed is a lifelike wooden
statue of Lady Karyne that has been carved
in the same likeness as the female statue in
the chapel described above. Its only function is
to serve as further evidence of Lord Gregor’s
obsession with his wife.
The chest is made of oak, bound with iron
bands. It is fastened shut by a padlock that has
Lord Gregor’s coat-of-arms engraved upon it. A
successful attempt to find traps reveals that the
chest is rigged to throw a cloud of dust of choking
and sneezing into the air if opened incorrectly.
This trap is so sensitive that all attempts
to remove traps are made at - 5 % . Failure to
remove the trap automatically triggers it. All
characters within 10’ of the chest will be affected
and must immediately make a saving throw
vs. poison. Those who fail choke to death at
once, while those who succeed will be unable to
function for 5d4 rounds, due to the sneezing
and choking the dust induces. The chest is full
of coins of all types, including 100 gp, 110 ep,
225 sp, and 400 cp. With the coins are 2d4 assorted
pieces of gold and silver jewelry: bracelets,
rings, and tiaras. These range in value
from 25 to 100 gp each (ld4 X 25). None of the
jewelry is magical.
Each of the two bedside tables has a small
drawer. In the drawer of table to the left of the
bed (the same side that the wooden figure is
lying on) lies the ivory handle of a hair brush
(the bristles have long since rotted away), a
small silver mirror, an empty glass vial, and a
pearl necklace worth 600 gold pieces. The
drawer of the table to the right contains a gold
locket worth 25 gold pieces, in which there is a
tiny portrait of Lady Karyne, a bejeweled hair
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