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FEATURES OF THE AREA Ground: The surface of the unobstructed terrain here is slick, but not especially so. Characters must make a DC 10 Balance check to run or charge across the surface. Failure means that the character can act normally, but cannot run or charge. In addition, add +2 to the DC of all Tumble checks across this surface. Brood spawn do not take these penalties. Rubble: The ground in certain places is strewn with large chunks of rubble. These squares count as difficult terrain, requiring 2 squares of movement to enter. The frost giant brood spawn can throw pieces of rubble from these piles. Each square of rubble has two usable rocks. Treat rubble as an improvised Large weapon with a range increment of 10 feet that deals 4d6 points of damage. Structures: The walls of the keep are all roughly 40 feet tall and covered in frost and ice. Due to the damage, however, scaling the structures requires only a DC 25 Climb check. The thick outer walls of the keep have hardness 8 and 450 hit points. The inner walls also have hardness 8 but only 180 hit points. Doors: The two gigantic doors of the keep lie in ruin before it. A frost giant brood spawn can throw one of these doors as a standard action. The door is an improvised weapon (same bonus as rubble) with a range increment of 5 feet. Anyone hit by a door takes 2d8+11 points of damage and must make a DC 15 Balance check or fall prone. ENCOUNTER 3-1 When a character comes to within 20 feet of the keep, read: Three large forms come rushing into view from inside the ruins. Fully twice as tall as a man, these creatures are made of pure crystal shards, covered in razor-sharp spikes and plates. Three cold eyes stare out in silent malice from each of their brows as they rush you. TACTICS All three brood spawn frost giants rush out of the keep on the first round to engage the PCs out in the open. They target their attacks against PCs bearing a functioning light source, whether it’s natural or magical in nature. If kept at range, they use their spell-like abilities to hamper and damage the PCs by separating them with walls of ice, damaging them with ice storm, and weakening spellcasters with enervation. They also use their breath weapons whenever they can catch half of the intruders or more in the blast. The worgs (W) wait 1 round before revealing their presence. They first cast darkness on their collars and move into a closer position. In the following round, one or more of them casts sleet storm to catch the entire party before moving in to attack. The worgs do not use their breath weapons unless sorely pressed. These creatures use their spell-like abilities and breath weapons without regard to their companions, relying on their immunities to negate the damage. These brood spawn fight to the death. Prolonged combat here attracts other brood spawn to assist in holding the path. After 10 rounds, 1d4+1 brood spawn ogres (see page 36) come to investigate from a nearby encampment. 43
ENCOUNTER 3-2 44 I CE WYRM Encounter Level 15 SETUP Beyond the black ice spire is a spur in the path that leads to a dark cave opening in the side of the mountain. The players can place their miniatures anywhere along the path leading past this cave. The brood spawn white dragon (W) starts just inside the cave, well out of sight of the PCs. When the characters spot the cave, read: The path you have been following continues up the mountain, but a side path leads directly to a large icy cave. If the characters ignore the cave and continue on, read: Suddenly a tall wall of pure ice appears in front of you, blocking your path. A ferocious howl emanates from the ice cave. Something stirs in the darkness. If the characters approach the cave, read: Just before the cave is a broad plain of perfectly smooth ice. On the far side, darkness seethes from the opening as a dragonlike creature crawls out. Made of the same crystal as all the other beasts of this mountain, it bounds in your direction with a thunderous howl. TACTICS This brood spawn is a cunning opponent, using its surroundings to its best advantage. It moves out from its cave only close enough to unleash its breath weapon and does not fly unless cornered. It instead waits for the PCs to approach it before using its powerful tail slap against the thin ice underfoot. If any characters fall in, its next action is to use its wall of ice ability to seal the hole, trapping them in the freezing water. Once reduced to 130 hit points or fewer, the brood spawn dragon flies up above the group, hiding in the howling storm. From there, it uses greater dispel magic on any of the characters who were causing it harm in melee. After hitting these foes, it returns to the ground, focusing on spellcasters and other support characters before returning to that combat. The white dragon fights to the death. If the characters bypass this brood spawn white dragon, it flies up to join the fight with Father Llymic the moment he is freed. Brood Spawn White Dragon CR 15 hp 261 (24 HD); DR 10/magic CE Huge outsider (native) Init +0; Senses blindsight 60 ft.; Listen +29, Spot +29 Languages Draconic AC 32, touch 8, flat-footed 32 Immune ability damage, ability drain, cold, mind-affecting spells and abilities, polymorph, petrification Resist electricity 20, fire 20; SR 29 Fort +20, Ref +14, Will +16, +12 against divine spells Weakness light sickness, sonic vulnerability Speed 80 ft. (16 squares), burrow 30 ft., fly 200 ft. (poor), swim 60 ft.; ice step Melee 2 claws +33 each (2d8+11/19–20 plus 2d6 cold) and bite +28 (2d8+5 plus 2d6 cold) and 2 wings +28 each (1d8+5 plus 2d6 cold) and tail slap +28 (2d6+16 plus 2d6 cold) Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft. (15 ft. with bite) Base Atk +24; Grp +43 Atk Options Chosen of Evil (+5 bonus), Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Power Attack Special Actions breath weapon, crush (2d8+16) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 24th): 1/day—dispel magic, cone of cold (DC 18), enervation (+22 ranged touch), ice storm, sleet storm 3/day—darkness, deeper darkness, greater dispel magic, wall of ice Abilities Str 33, Dex 10, Con 23, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 16 Feats Abominable Form B , Ability Focus (breath weapon), Apostate B , Chosen of Evil B , Cleave, Flyby Attack, Great Cleave, Hover, Improved Critical (claw) B , Master’s Will B , Power Attack, Toughness (3), Willing Deformity B Skills Climb +39, Concentration +33, Hide +19, Intimidate +33, Jump +39, Listen +29, Move Silently +27, Spot +29, Swim +39 Light Sickness (Ex) Brood spawn are sickened whenever they are in the area of a light spell or similar effect. When in natural sunlight, they are slowed (as the spell). Brood spawn are treated as undead when targeted by spells that deal damage based on light, such as searing light and sunburst. Sonic Vulnerability (Ex) Brood spawn take half again as much (+50%) damage as normal from sonic attacks, regardless of whether a saving throw is allowed, or if the save is a success or failure. Ice Step (Ex) Brood spawn ignore all movement penalties associated with snow or ice on the ground. They always succeed on Balance checks against effects caused by ice or spells or special abilities that have the cold descriptor. Breath Weapon (Su) 45 ft. cone, once per day, 13d6 cold plus brood fever, Reflex DC 30 half and negates disease.
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Page 16 and 17: PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS Each of the f
Page 18 and 19: through the void. Perhaps atropals
Page 20 and 21: ATROPUS Atropus is as much a place
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Page 24 and 25: THE MOONLET Atropus is the moonlet,
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Page 28 and 29: FEATURES OF THE AREA Altar: The alt
Page 30 and 31: When a character moves 10 feet or m
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Page 36 and 37: Llymic for the glory of the dark go
Page 38 and 39: Atk Options Power Attack Special Ac
Page 40 and 41: The surface of the mountain consist
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Page 46 and 47: FEATURES OF THE AREA Icy Plateau: T
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Page 52 and 53: DESCRIPTION When quiescent, the fou
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Page 58 and 59: F. Large Sleeping Area (EL varies)
Page 60 and 61: 3 Whitespawn Berserkers MM4 CR 6 hp
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Page 64 and 65: Hulk of Zoretha (Male) CR 16 hp 256
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Page 68 and 69: THE LEVIATHAN IN FAERÛN The Leviat
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Page 72 and 73: Marcus Hape CR 12 hp 60 (12 HD) Mal
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Page 76 and 77: Axihuatl CR 19 hp 206 (24 HD); fast
Page 78 and 79: FEATURES OF THE AREA The battlefiel
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Lucather Majii CR 21 hp 155 (23 HD)
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Outer Circle o
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spores become aberrant hybrids. (Kn
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progeny of Ragnorra (see page 100).
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The bolt corrupts the life force of
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CL 20th); a Reflex save halves the
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CHAPTER 7 RAGNORRA 105
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FEATURES OF THE AREA (B) Blistered
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Vane’s Hideo
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The neurotangle above twists itself
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his essence transformed the serpent
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SERTROUS IN EBERRON The teachings o
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to flee for her life from the templ
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must make a DC 15 Concentration che
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CHAPTER 8 SERTROUS 121
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Summoned Babau CR — hp 80 (7 HD);
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Zuvexus CR 19 hp 267 (18 HD); DR 10
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When Avamerin is defeated, read: Th
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Through these inscriptions, he disc
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Skills Balance +22, Climb +28, Conc
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Spell Focus (necromancy), Spell Pen
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CHAPTER 9 THE WORM THAT WALKS Centu
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Gravecrawler MM2 CR 16 hp 162 (25 H
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Deep Bog: Thes
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Blood Rock: An
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The gods blessed Zankar, but their
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denizens, and learn that Zargon is
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Sickening Slime (Ex) All creatures
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CHAPTER 10 ZARGON Adventurers make
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Ochre Jelly CR 5 hp 69 (6 HD); spli
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Cultist of Zargon CR 10 hp 59 (10 H
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Lighting: This
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