Elder Evils

F. Large Sleeping Area
(EL varies)
Much like area J, this room is filthy
and smelly, full of poorly tanned
animal hides and little else. A few
starved and sickly noncombatant
cultists lie in the filth.
A second tunnel leads to area L, but
it is small and difficult to notice in
the shadows. Unless someone fully
enters the chamber, it cannot be seen
at all. If the PCs enter the room but
choose not to search it, have them
make a DC 20 Spot check to see the
second tunnel. The Search DC to find
the tunnel is 15.
G. Library (EL varies)
Here the cultists keep their stash of
manuscripts referencing the Hulks
of Zoretha as well as any other texts
the cultists have decided allude to
the Hulks. The original Zoretha
Scrolls are not present. Other books
and scrolls here include fairy tales
and fiction, a vacuous grimoire, and
divine scrolls of lesser animate dead,
unholy aura, unhallow, and wail of the
banshee. Several cultists (minimum
CR 8 each) make a stand here. They
fight to the death to protect their precious
books.
H1. Fire Hulk
Before awakening, the red and orange
mottled fire Hulk stands here, facing
the acid Hulk.
H2. Ice Hulk
The quiescent gray ice Hulk stands
here, facing the lightning hulk. Pale
blue lines that look like veins in the
stone monolith glimmer wetly in
torchlight.
H3. Acid Hulk
Until the Hulks are raised, the brown acid Hulk stands here,
splotched randomly with sickly green patches that resemble
lichen. The acid Hulk faces the fire hulk.
H4. Lightning Hulk
Before awakening, the dark blue lightning Hulk stands
here, facing the ice Hulk. Torchlight sparkles brightly in
the white crystal lines that run through the apparently
stone Hulk.
H5. Male Hulk
The fifth Hulk stands here, facing the entrance. Though
he is made of a black stonelike substance, his eyes follow
observers.
I. Ritual Room
The cultists keep their pseudo-religious paraphernalia here,
including costumes and props for bizarre rites; many of the
items are blood-soaked, and nearly all are poorly made. A
few minor magic items are scattered in the mix, such as a
+1 wounding dagger that has obviously been used for blood
sacrifices, an eversmoking bottle, and a flask of sovereign glue.
The cult leaders keep the best acquisitions for themselves.
J. Storage
The three smaller back chambers of the ritual room serve
the cultists as storage areas. They keep food in one area,
torches, fuel, and other supplies in a second, and weapons
and armor in the third. All of it is filthy, mundane, and
poorly organized.
CHAPTER 4
THE HULKS OF
ZORETHA
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