TSR 9291 - DLC1 - Dr.. - Free

overcome before the heroes can recover
their weapons, if they were
captured earlier.
The Daergar soldiers are only concerned
with who possesses the hammer.
Its influence keeps them from
being active in the battle. If the heroes
liberated the prisoners earlier,
the prisoners fight an equal number
of Daergar. The heroes must defeat
Verminaard’s guard and the Dragon
Highlord himself to win.
Once the traitor is dead, Verminaard
tears a dragon-headed necklace
from around his neck and
throws it into the pit, crying, “Come,
oh mighty Queen! Send me your servant
so that your child may be
avenged!” Silence follows, and then
from the pit arises a horror—a
fireshadow! The fireshadow resembles
a wraith-like dragon outlined by
pale green fire.
The fireshadow first attacks one of
the prisoners with its ray of oblivion,
disintegrating him. Next, it strikes a
Daergar, converting him into dark
flame. The heroes must defeat the
fireshadow and the dark flame
Daergar, in addition to their other
foes.
If the heroes do not think to retrieve
the hammer and use it against
the fireshadow, it glows and rings
out. The hammer allows only Eben,
Arman, Tasslehoff, Flint, or Caramon
to pick it up. The fireshadow automatically
attacks any person
holding the hammer. The hammer
can dispel the fireshadow if it hits the
creature. The hammer arcs through
the monster and it fades away, but
then the hammer falls at Verminaard’s
feet.
If the heroes entered the Mind of
Evil in their dreams, suddenly they
sense the mind of Elistan among
them. Hope floods into their souls,
and they gain a +2 bonus to their attack
and damage rolls and a -2 bonus
to their ACs for the remainder of
this battle. Verminaard staggers
back under the mind of Elistan; he
suffers a -2 penalty to attack and
damage rolls and a +2 penalty to his
AC.
Verminaard, reeling, stoops to
pick up the hammer. “You may think
you have won, but this battle is not
yet over!” he cries. But when he lifts
the hammer, he cries out in pain and
suffers 15 points of damage. He cannot
hold the hammer and flings it
away. Verminaard continues to fight,
but when he is down to his last few hit
points, he says, “You shall not have
the satisfaction of taking me alive,”
wraps his cloak around himself, and
steps into the pit, falling to his death
without a sound.
Once Verminaard is dead, the
Daergar flee and Verminaard’s guard
suffers -1 penalties to their attack
rolls, damage rolls, and saving
throws.
Death of a Hero
Regardless of actual battle events,
Arman Kharas receives a fatal wound
in this fight. As the final enemies flee
or die, a faint whisper is heard from
the crumpled form of Arman. There
is no saving him; he seems to have
been poisoned.
If the heroes attempt to aid him, he
shakes his head and says, “No, I am
undone. No aid will save me. Take
the hammer to my father; he will unify
the kingdom. Tell him not to
mourn, I have served the Wheel well.
I know I am not Kharas, but I have
driven the darkness back.”
And with his final words, he dies.
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