Elder Evils

CHAPTER 6
PANDORYM
Dice; creatures with an Intelligence score of 6 or higher
return as intelligent undead such as vampires or ghouls.
There’s a 10% chance that an intelligent being’s mind
and body separate. Its consciousness rises as an incorporeal
undead, such as a quell (Libris Mortis 116) or wraith,
and its body animates as a corporeal horror such as a
bodak or a forsaken shell (Libris Mortis 100).
ENCOUNTER AREAS
The ruins above the crystalline prison are filled with the dire
challenges and opponents typical of a high-level dungeon
setting. Their extent and salient features are left to you to
design as you see fit. The complex can be dropped into the
deepest part of any suitable dungeon.
A. Chamber of Summoning (EL 15)
In this room the ancient wizards first contacted and lured
Pandorym to this reality. The chamber barely survived its
arrival: The annihilating body of the ultraplanar being
instantly blew a 30-foot-wide sphere out of existence, along
with several of its summoners. In a last act of freedom as
the survivors strove to divert it into its prison, Pandorym
lashed out at its betrayers. It utterly destroyed the bodies
of a handful of mages and their assistants, leaving their
suddenly insatiable souls intact. Panic ensued. A few summoners
managed to escape, sealing the chamber against
dimensional travel. The ghostly remnants of the rest fed
on their former allies and coconspirators, bolstering their
numbers. Now a dozen angry greater shadows (MM 221)
remain trapped within.
B. Outer Circle of Binding (EL Varies)
The lines and symbols of a massive calling diagram (PH
249) cover the floor of this circular hallway. Passing over
the lines toward the center of the circle shifts a corporeal
creature’s body to the “perpendicular” reality of Pandorym’s
home for a brief moment. The sudden disorientation causes
all living creatures to become nauseated for 1d4 rounds
(no save).
Necromancy spells cast within the circle (including
adjacent rooms and passages) are extended (without using
up higher-level spell slots). Casting a conjuration spell
within the circle requires a Concentration check (DC 30
+ spell level); a failed check results in the spell being lost
with no effect.
Several groups of constructs and undead patrol the hall.
C. Inner Circle of Binding (EL Varies)
A second great circle of binding covers the floor of this
circular hallway, enclosed entirely within the outer circle.
Passing over its engraved lines shifts a corporeal creature’s
body to Pandorym’s native reality for a few seconds. The
wrenching shift causes all living creatures to take 1d4 points
of Constitution drain and 1d4 points of Wisdom damage (no
save). In addition, living creatures must succeed on a DC 30
Fortitude save or be stunned for 1d4 rounds.
Necromancy spells cast within the circle (including
other rooms and passages) are extended and maximized
(without using up higher-level spell slots). All conjuration
(calling, summoning, and teleportation) spells cease to
function. Undead creatures within the area gain +8 turn
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