TSR 9360 - WGR2 - Free

ploy what used to be very expensive silk hangings
as blankets.
Room 4: This burial room has most of its
ornately scrolled niches occupied by former
clerics of St. Cuthbert. If Saranee is along, she
will permit no looting here. Such looting here
might have possible alignment effects, especially
if the PCs have sworn an oath against
looting the temple. A party that searches these
tombs will find three suits of fine chain mail, a
magical shield + 2, and three rusted maces.
The last coffin on the left contains the remains
of Herkluth, now little more than dust.
There is no sign of the chapeaux the PCs
were sent to recover. Searching the room does
allow the standard chance to find the secret
door. If Saranee is present, she has a pretty
good idea that there must be an entrance to a
hidden sanctuary somewhere around here.
The trigger to open the secret door is hidden in
the designs around Herkluth’s burial niche.
Someone specifically checking that area has a
3 in 6 chance of finding it (5 in 6 for elves or
half-elves).
5-7. The Hidden Area
The secret door opens to reveal a narrow
hallway. There is a door to both the left and
right, and one at the end of the hall.
5. The Left Door: This conceals a small
room that Zomitil was using for treasure storage.
It contains treasure recently looted from
the temple (Zomitil was planning on shipping
it out via the ogres in a week or two). In a fairly
haphazard pile, the characters can find the
following items: a set of 12 tarnished silver
mugs, with the faint outline of the starburst
symbol; a platinum goblet with a sheaf of
wheat inscribed on the side; three reliquaries
(religious items) made of platinum, inset with
emeralds and rubies; a gold holy water font;
and a large silver mirror with crumpled hats
carved into its bronzewood frame. These items
belong to the order, and the temple will expect
to get them back (total value: 12,400 gp).
Also to be found here are 350 loose pp, a
sack with 120 sp and a small amethyst worth
55 gP.
Hidden behind a false stone in the wall is a
cache of magical items: three potions, flying,
extra-healing, and elixir of health; a mage
scroll with stone to flesh, flesh to stone and
globe of invulnerability; a ring ofprotection
+2; and a quiver with 20 arrows + 1.
6. The Right Door: This storage room has
been looted by Zomitil. The old books, altar
furnishings, clerical vestments, and the like
remaining here are all a bit rotted, and have
been roughly handled by the ogres besides.
7. The Center Door: The last door has a
powerful magical ward upon it. Only those of
good alignment can enter here. Zomitil’s an timagic
ray was able to negate it, but unless the
characters can dispel the ward (a dispel magic
spell will work), only good-aligned characters
can enter this room.
The chapel inside is a mess. The altar has
been partially disintegrated; the walls have
had chunks dug out of them. Rubble lies all
over the room. No hat is in sight.
Anyone poking around the altar will set off a
glyph of warding, which causes anyone within
a five-foot radius to save or take 10d4 points of
electrical damage (save vs. spell for half damage).
When the beholder looted the altar, his
an ti-magic ray prevented glyph from triggering
at that time.
If the PCs make a determined search (three
hours with one PC, less if more PCs search),
they will find a tattered bit of cloth with a copper
starburst. This is all that remains of the
Chapeaux of Herkluth. Nothing else of value
can be found in this room.
Aftermath
Those returning this bit of cloth are very
well received. Bidrow is not concerned that
only a piece of the hat was recoverable, it will
do just fine for his purposes. He does not reveal
these purposes to the characters, even if
asked. (If one of the characters is a high ranking
cleric of St. Cuthbert, that character may
be taken aside and told that it is for use in a
very important ceremony involving the consecration
of holy ground. The character is invited
to the ceremony, and sworn to secrecy.)
The characters have made a valuable friend
in the high priest. If desired by the DM, Bidrow
can be available for healing later. The PCs
might also be called on for other missions,
now that they have proved themselves capable
of handling any challenge.
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