Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Free

can talk slowly while concentrating
on the illusion, he cannot use his
breath weapon or otherwise attack.
He must drop the illusion to engage
the PCs. He uses his spells, if
possible, to his best advantage. The
web spell, in particular, should be
used against spell casters. When
seriously attacked, he can cast an
invisibility spell.
Digger joins in the melee. He adds
missile fire at spell casters or, if
few PCs are left, may try to attack
from behind. If caught, he
surrenders and asks for a trial in
the capital city, where he knows
that the Thieves' Guild will help
him.
Henkus can certainly be subdued, at
normal chances of success. If given
the chance, he surrenders when
reduced to 12 or fewer hit points.
The pit slopes gently downward about
50 feet and opens into a spacious
room with large tunnel exits.
Henkuss treasure is here: 3,000
platinum pieces, 150 sarkums, 40
gems (total value 16,000 gp), 20
pieces of jewelry (total value
20,000 gp), a potion of extrahealing,
a potion of flying, a
potion of speed, and two lightwands
with control rings (10 charges
each). Henkus begs to keep a few
platinum pieces, gems, jewelry and
sarkums. He offers a deal: if the
PCs ever need a friend on the
moon....
Blue Dragon (Henkus): AC 2; MV 9"
/24" ; HD 9; hp 63; #AT 3; THACO 12;
Dmg 1-6/1-6/3-24; SZ L (42' long);
AL LE: IN Very; STs 8, STw 7.
Special Attacks: lightning bolt
breath (100'x 5'); spells (see
below)
Charm Person (C 1s, R 12")
Comprehend Languages (C 1r, R Touch,
DR 45r)
Magic Missile (C Is, R 15", 5d4+5)
Invisibility (C 2s)
Stinking Cloud (already used)
Web (C 2s, R 4.5", DR 18T; 8 cu", I"
min dimension)
Phantasmal Force (already used)
Digger: AC 1 (AC without shield = 4,
AC rear = 7); MV 9"; hp 40; #AT I
dagger or 2 arrows; THACO 16 (19 as
thief); Dmg by weapon (plus
adjustments, see below); SZ S
(3'4"); AL N(E); IN Ave (8); STs 13,
STw 12.
Special Abilities: Modify attacks
for STR 17 (+1/+1), DEX 17 (+2 to
missiles), dagger +2, shortbow +2, 8
arrows +1; attack from behind for
triple damage; MS 72%, HS 59%, CW
81%
After the melee, the player
characters can easily re-rescue all
the prisoners. No Black Chak bother
them unless they spend more than 12
hours in the jail and retriever room
area. If they rest for that long in
this area, a squad of six Black
Chak, all armed with lightwands,
sneak up and attack, gaining a +1
bonus to surprise.
D6. Return
No events or encounters occur on the
trip back. If the PCs bring the
princess back alive (whether or not
they can identify her), they gain
the good will of King Sarkum, the
trade agreement (and a percentage of
the trade revenue), and the 25
sarkum reward (per survivor) for the
rescue. The party gets
a bonus of five sarkums for each
additional live Chak rescued. Even
glommers are worth one sarkum each.
The PCs may return home at any time,
where they will be welcomed,
cheered, beset by pleas, praised,
and eventually forgotten.
If the PCs fail to return with the
princess, or if they bring back her
body (raise dead attempts fail),
they get a saddened, "Gee whiz!
Thanks for trying, anyway," from
King Sarkum. The PCs must return the
two loaned lightwands and are sent
home. The obelisk is then turned off
remotely by the Chak. It remains
still and quiet until, a few years
later, Sarkum has a problem and
wants to see those valiant
adventurers who visited last time.