Manual of the Planes

Table 6–2: Elemental Plane of Earth Encountersd% Encounter Number CR At EL01 Dragon, blue, adult 1 13 1302 Dragon, copper, young adult 1 10 1003–11 Dao 1d6 7 1012–13 Earth element dire wolverine* 2d6 5 1014–15 Earth element gargoyle* 2d4 5 1016-17 Earth element purple worm* 1 14 1418–19 Earth element remorhaz* 1d3 8 1020–21 Earth element rhinoceros* 1d3 6 822 Earth elemental, Small 2d6+3 1 823–24 Earth elemental, Medium-size 2d4 3 825–26 Earth elemental, Large 1d4 5 827–28 Earth elemental, Huge 1 7 729–30 Earth elemental, Greater 1 9 931–32 Earth elemental, Elder 1 11 1133 Earth half-elemental 1d8 5 101deinonychus†34 Earth half-elemental medusa† 1 9 935 Earth half-elemental minotaur† 1d6 6 936 Earth half-elemental owlbear† 1d6+1 6 1037 Earth half-elemental troll† 1d3 7 938 Earthquake — — —39–44 Elemental pocket — — —45–50 Fossils‡ — — —51–56 Gemstones‡ — — —57 Giant, stone 1d3 8 1058–61 Janni 1d4+1 4 762 Magma paraelemental, Small 2d6+3 1 8d% Encounter Number CR At EL63 Magma paraelemental, 2d4 3 8Medium-size64 Magma paraelemental, Large 1d4 5 865 Magma paraelemental, Huge 1 7 766 Magma paraelemental, Greater 1 9 967 Magma paraelemental, Elder 1 11 1168–70 Mephit, earth 2d4 3 971–73 Mephit, salt 2d4 3 974–76 Mercane trading mission§ — — 1277–82 Metal seam‡ — — —83 Ooze paraelemental, Small 2d6+3 1 884 Ooze paraelemental, 2d4 3 8Medium-size85 Ooze paraelemental, Large 1d4 5 886 Ooze paraelemental, Huge 1 7 787 Ooze paraelemental, Greater 1 9 988 Ooze paraelemental, Elder 1 11 1189–90 Thoqqua 1d8 2 691–93 Xorn, minor 1d8 3 794–98 Xorn, average 1d8 6 1099–100 Xorn, elder 1d3 8 10*Apply the earth element creature template.†Apply the half-elemental creature template.‡There is a 50% chance of encountering another group here: asquad of mountain dwarves (01–40), a squad of duergar(41–70), or a cluster of average xorn (71–100).§Trading mission consists of two mercanes with seven averagexorn guides.CHAPTER 6:THE INNERPLANESPockets normally extend 20 feet from the breach point.In some places, the area around an elemental pocket hasbeen carefully mined, and these areas may be still beinhabited by natives of the emerging plane.Metal Seam: This type of deposit is usually a preciousmetal on the Material Plane, such as gold, silver, or platinum.A typical seam produces 1,000 gp per hour’s diggingfor 4d10 hours before giving out.Gem Seam: These smaller but more valuable discoveriesproduce rough, uncut gems. Such a deposit can net2d10 gems. Successful use of the Craft (gemcutting) skillcan yield gems of great value. Determine the value of thefinished product by using Table 7–5: Gems in Chapter 7of the DUNGEON MASTER’s Guide.Fossil: This is a generic term for objects and creatures(living or dead) that have been trapped in thestone until discovered by prospectors or explorers.When someone digging through the plane hits a fossil,roll a random encounter on the table of your choicefrom the DUNGEON MASTER’s Guide for the appropriatechallenge level. If the creature is one that would notsurvive long-term burial on the Elemental Plane ofEarth, the characters find its body instead (and anytreasure on it). If it is a creature that might survive sucha period of entombment, such as a construct or a corporealundead, then the discoverers have a new problemon their hands.Great Dismal DelveThe most civilized race on the Elemental Plane of Earth isthe dao (as they will undoubtedly tell you). These geniesare found in a number of communities and are often atodds with the native elemental life because the dao continuallydesire to deal with extraplanar races. The greatestof the dao communities is the Great Dismal Delve, alsoknown as the Great Mazework. It is here that the greatestleader of the race makes her home.The delve itself is a maddening maze of passages, memorizedby the dao but confusing to the traveler. The daoand their slave races live here in dark splendor, eagerlymining gems for trade. Slaves, often the losers in bets andbargains made with the dao, build and rebuild passages,fend off elemental attacks, and are otherwise slowlyworked to death by their uncaring masters.Glowing crystals line the Great Dismal Delve, andgreat vaults are set with them in star patterns unlike anyseen on the Material Plane. Food is grown here as well,mostly luminous fungus that thrives in the darker areas.This smelly, bad-tasting food primarily feeds the slaves.The dao themselves eat and drink only for the sensationand can survive as easily on rocks as on anything else.Some have such strange tastes that they willingly consumerare gems, thinking them delicacies.The Great Dismal Delve spans a number of large, naturalcaverns that are tectonically unstable. Earthquakes arefrequent occurrences, which keeps the slaves busywithin the continentwide Delve.The connections and passages of the Great DismalDelve link up with a bewildering array of portals leadingto other Inner Planes, the subterranean reaches ofsome of the Outer Planes, and the deepest dungeons ofthe Material Plane. It is rumored that somewhere within73