TSR 9360 - WGR2 - Free

met, a gold necklace from Ekbir, a crystal goblet
from Monmura, a native statuette from
Hepmonaland, a necklace of tyrg teeth and a
petrified monkey’s paw. The potential prices of
these items range from 25 to 100 gp, but their
only real value is as curiosities.
Kitchen
The floor of the kitchen is wood, covered
with a special non-stick coating of Bigby’s creation.
The hallway to the south leads to the
basement door, the study and the foyer. The
stove and oven are both wood-burning, with a
pipe that directs the resulting smoke out to the
chimney on the north side of the house. The
sink uses the same system of water generation
and waste disposal as the bathrooms. The
closet across from the dining room door is
magically cooled to a temperature of 34 degrees,
to facilitate the storage of perishable
goods. The closet is full of milk, eggs, cheese,
butter, ale, and so on. The pantry is full of
food, but all the bread has gone stale.
Dinette
This room was designed to allow in the maximum
amount of morning sunlight. Windows
line the entire north and east walls. The simple
table and chairs, located in the center of
the room, are made of maple. The closet next
to the stable door is full of brooms, mops, and
cleaning supplies.
Study
The north wall of this office is lined with
bookshelves. These are filled to overflowing
with books of all sizes. Closer examination of
the books shows that they are all histories of
Oerth, books of merchant law, travelers’ journals,
and so on. There are no spell books or
any other volumes that are even remotely related
to magic. The table in the center of the
room is covered with maps of the countries of
Oerth, showing the locations of mercantile
centers, safe overland trade routes, and
frequently-used sea lanes. On the desk are
several neat piles of papers. Most of these are
sales contracts, trade agreements, and general
business correspondence directed to “Fraznier
of Scant”. The drawers of the desk are full of
files containing more of the same. This room is
where Bigby conducted business in his cover
as a merchant.
The entrance to the secret room is a hidden
panel behind a large potted palm that stands
next to Bigby/Fraznier’s desk.
Second Floor
Stairway and Upper Hall
The red carpeting on the stairs continues
along the floor of the hallway that runs the
length of the second floor. A metal railing,
painted white, runs along the ledge that looks
over the stairs, protecting anyone from falling
downstairs by accident. The walls of the upstairs
hall are beige with wood trim.
As soon as the PCs reach the top of the
stairs, they are attacked again, this time by a
flock of stirges that pop in courtesy of a monster
summoning I spell. Like the giant spider,
the stirges will attempt to snuff the life out of
the intruders, then disappear back from
whence they came in no more than two turns.
Stirges (15): Int Animal: AL N; AC 8; MV 3,
Fl 18 (C); HD 1 + 1; hp 6; THACO 17; #AT 1:
Dmg 1-3; SA blood drain to 12-point maximum:
SZ s; ML 8; XP 175.
Meeting Andrui
When the stirges have been defeated, the
door to Andrui’s room bursts open, and a
young man with disheveled robes and haggard
appearance emerges, profusely thanking the
adventurers for coming to his rescue. This is
Andrui, formerly Bigby’s apprentice, who has
been trapped in his room ever since the elderly
mage vanished. He has been using his meager
magics to stay alive and finds it hard to believe
that the PCs are here for a reason other than
his rescue.
If asked, Andrui will tell the PCs everything
he knows, which isn’t much. He had only been
Bigby’s apprentice for a little over a month,
and the old wizard had not even given him the
run of the house yet, much less shared any of
his real secrets. That is the reason why he
could not get past the house’s traps after
Bigby was summoned by Mordenkainen.
Andrui knows that Bigby had a secret room
in the house where he stored many of his most
powerful magical items, but he does not know
where it is. He has never been in the basement
or Bigby’s bedroom.
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