TSR 9360 - WGR2 - Free

suggestion, and polymorph others. Items: long
sword.
6. Training Room
This large room (40-foot diameter) is a training
ground for the yuan-ti pureblood warriors.
A wide variety of single-edged weapons lie
about or rest in racks on the wall. These blunted
weapons are obviously for practice. Nonetheless,
every weapon has at least a thin line
of blood along its length. There is no armor,
nor are there any shields. twelve sleeping pallets
lie here, but there is nothing of value in
this room.
If the party tarries here for more than ten
rounds, five yuan-ti with snake heads will enter
the room, obviously coming back from a
training excursion, as they are wearing their
own blood and carrying long swords. They will
attack intruders immediately.
One yuan-ti, after three rounds of combat,
will try to run past the party into room 4 to get
reinforcements.
Yuan-ti purebloods: Int Genius; AL CE; AC
4; MV 12; HD 6; hp 24, 22, 20, 20, 15; #AT 2;
THACO 15; Dmg 1-8; MR 20%; SZ M; ML 14;
XP 975. Items: long sword.
Undercity: Level 2
7. Altar Room
This forty-foot diameter room is brightly lit
by carved chandeliers, although no open flame
is visible. Along the southern side of the room
is a ramp from the upper level leading down to
a round dais. On the dais, ten feet away from
the ramp, is an altar of human bones, upon
which rest three vials. A small throne stands
nearby. Along the eastern wall hang three
tapestries.
The characters have four rounds to examine
this area before being interrupted (see below).
Of the three tapestries, two depict whole
armies of yuan-ti overrunning human cities,
while the third is of humans being changed
into yuan-ti by some gigantic snake-man, obviously
a god. This tapestry, if watched closely,
is slowly playing out the history of the yuan-ti.
Each of the first two tapestries will fetch a
price of 250 gp. The third can be sold for up to
2,000 gp if the characters take the time to
search for a scholar. Otherwise they will only
get 1,200 gp.
The small throne is made from wood. Its
design is comprised of hundreds of snakes
coiled together, intertwined and straight. At
the head of the chair, many snakes come together
to form the open mouth of a greater
snake. The craftsmanship is exquisite. If the
throne is somehow removed, it would fetch a
price of 500 gp. The chandeliers are of the
same craftsmanship as the throne, and shine
with continual light.
At the altar, a detect magic cast upon the
vials reveals their dweomer. two are potions of
extra-healing, and the other is a potion of invisibility
If the characters check the floor carefully
around the altar, they will find
scuff-marks. If they move the altar, they will
find that it is coated with a contact poison
(save vs. poison at - 3 or be paralyzed for 2- 12
turns). If the altar is successfully moved (total
Strength of 30 required), a shallow depression
will be found beneath it.
Inside is a pair of bracelets (bracelets of the
serpent; gp 5,000, XP 1,000). The wearer can
assume the form of a snake of the same mass
as himself and move at a rate of 6. Thick, overlapping
scales give the character an armor
class of AC 2. Further, the wearer can converse
with any serpent and communicate in
the language of serpents. The character’s bite
will inflict 2-12 points of damage, and anyone
bitten must save vs. poison at -4 or die.
The item has drawbacks, however. Each
time the character uses the bracelets, there is
a 1 % cumulative chance that some aspect of
reptilian form will force itself upon the wearer.
This can range from a change in the person’s
eyes (which become reptilian) to having his
legs replaced by a tail. These effects will become
more severe over time. The baneful effects
cannot be reversed by any magic short of
a full wish.
If a character uses this item in the presence
of a yuan-ti abomination or halfbreed, it will
fall to the ground in supplication. The yuan-ti
will say the name “Sarthis” with reverent
awe. (The characters may guess that the
yuan-ti see the wearer as an incarnation of
their god.) The yuan-ti will follow any order
given by the character. Note, that only the
yuan-ti that saw transformation will have this
reaction.
The Encounter: In four rounds. a halfbreed
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