Exemplars of Evil

CHAPTER 8
KASTYA ZURITH-
MOVYA
4. Corroded Room: This empty room is similar to other
barren chambers in the tower. However, a serious breach
in the outer wall exposes the room to the Negative Energy
Plane, making it a major negative-dominant area (see Planar
Traits, above).
5. Necromantic Seepage: A foul liquid known as necromantic
seepage oozes from rents in the walls of these
chambers. It collects in areas as indicated on the map. If left
alone, the seepage bubbles harmlessly. If removed from this
room, it dries to a foul powder in 1d6 rounds.
If the seepage comes into contact with a living creature or
other organic material, it deals 1d6 points of damage (ignoring
hardness) and swiftly grows, enveloping whatever touched
it. If a PC is caught in the seepage, he must attempt a DC 20
Fortitude save. A successful save indicates that the seepage
dries up and flakes away. On a failed save, the victim takes
1d6 points of damage plus 1d6 extra points of damage for
each previous failed save. If the victim takes a total of 10d6
points of damage, he is completely encased and in danger
of suffocation.
A Small or Medium creature is cleansed of necromantic
seepage on a successful turning check against a 10 HD creature
that also affects 10 or more total Hit Dice of creatures.
6. Pit: The floor of this area rotted away long ago. Creatures
that fall into the pit slip out of the protective zone of Bleak
Hold and tumble into the major negative-dominant area that
surrounds the tower (see Planar Traits, above).
7. Library: This chamber serves as Kastya’s personal quarters.
Shelves line the walls, holding decomposed, now-useless
manuscripts. The lich’s spellbook sits on a reading stand in
the center of the room. A magnificent lamp equipped with a
continual flame spell hangs above the stand, illuminating the
book’s pages in soft blue light. Hidden in the lamp (Search
DC 30) is Kastya’s phylactery—a fake dragon egg studded
with diamonds. The phylactery has hardness 20, 40 hit points,
and a break DC of 40.
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