Manafrel wears a telcporter ring (see "Teleporter
Rings," page 157).
Treasure. A cupboard holds a dozen jars of herbs
and spices. Among them is a flask labeled "Assassin's
Blood," which contains six doses of the poison.K4. MUSTY L I BRARY
This musty room is situated at the bottom of the main
tower, and it has no door on level 1. It contains the fol-
lowing features:- A suit of dented plate armor stands in the center
of the room. - Tomes are packed into built-in stone bookshelves,
with a tall alcove above each shelf holding a gargoyle.
(Two of these sculptures are living gargoyles.) - An in-progress game of Dragonchess sits on a marble
table in a reading nook. - A stone staircase spirals up to area K6.
Gargoyles. The two real gargoyles are indistinguish-
able from the inanimate gargoyle statues in the high
a lcoves. When intruders start poking around the room,
the gargoyles swoop down and attack.
Tomes. Any character who spends an hour searching
the bookshelves finds a fat tome titled Flumph Mating
Rituals, with an embossed image of two flumphs on
the cover, their tendrils entwined. The cover is a false
one, wrapping around a tome bound in dragon hide-a
disguised spellbook that contains the following wiz-
ard spells: arcane lock, burning hands, comprehend
languages, counterspell, darkvision, dimension door.
find familiar, levitate. sending, and unseen servant.
(You can replace any of these spells with a spell of the
same level.)
Treasure. The Dragonchess set is made of band-
carved ivory and is worth 500 gp.
K5. GARBAGE-FILLED ROOM
This room is on level 1 of the outermost tower but isn't
accessible from t hat floor. It reeks of garbage and has
the following features:- Ankle-deep refuse fills the chamber.
- Black scorch marks stretch from floor to ceiling along
t he walls and the stairs, which lead up to a rea Kl O.
Manshoon's servants throw their garbage here. The
Kolat brothers created some magic items in this room,
an d an exper iment gone awry caused the scorch marks.
K6. MAIN TOWER LANDING AND LEDGE
Level 2 of the main tower has the following features:- A stone landing with no railings has a door leading
to area K7 and a stone spiral staircase descending to
a rea K4. An invisible staircase with no railings (see
"Kolat Towers Features," page 149) hugs the wall as
it climbs from the landing to a rea Kll. - Across from the landing, a wide stone ledge protrudes
from the northeast wall beneath a window. A pair of
identical wooden chests sits atop the ledge. (One chest
is real. The other is a mimic.)
Ledge. T here's no easy way to access the ledge, which
is 8 feet away from the landing and a t the same height.
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Characters can try to jump onto the ledge, or they can
hook a rope onto the railing on the level above (area
Kll) and swing across the gap. They can also use magic
to cross. Anyone who falls off the landing or the ledge
lands in area K4, 20 feet below.
Mimic. A character who touches the mimic becomes
adhered to it. The mimic attacks if disturbed or when a
character inspects the real chest next to it.
Treasure. The genuine chest is unlocked and contains
thirteen items, each of which can be used as an arcane
focus: two crystals (worth 10 gp each), an orb (worth 20
gp), four rods (worth 10 gp each), and six wands (worth
10 gp each).K7. READING ROOM
This room contains the following features:- A burly half-ore clad in black leather armor sits in an
overstuffed chair in the northernmost corner of the
room, reading a book. - Large framed pictures of cities and landscapes hang
on the walls, and a worn, blood-spattered rug covers
the floor. Other furnishings include a pair of rocking
chairs, a couch, and an ottoman.
Mouthwatering scents rise from a staircase that
curves down to the kitchen (area K3).
Zhent. Yorn the Terror is reading a copy of Volo:S
Guide to Monsters, autographed on the title page by the
author with an added note that reads, in Common: "For
Yorn. I hope you find the ore chapter illuminating!"
Yorn is a half-ore thug, with these changes: - Yorn is neutral evil.
- He has these racial traits: When reduced to 0 hit
points, he drops to 1 hit point instead (but can't do this
again until he finishes a long rest). He has darkvision
out to a range of 60 feet. He speaks Common and Ore.
Yorn values his own well-being above all else. He is
initially indifferent toward intruders. If Yorn believes the
characters aren't a threat, he's happy to chat with them
about the inhabitants and the layout of Kolat Towers. He
has never visited Manshoon's extraplanar sanctum, but
he does know that the teleportation circle in a rea K22 is
the way to get there.
Combat in this area draws the attention ofManafret
Cherryport in area K3, who investigates.
Treasure. Yorn carries 36 cp, 20 sp, 12 gp, 8 taols,
and a gem-studded ivory toothpick (worth 25 gp)
in a pouch.
K8. APPRENTICE BEDROOM
This narrow room contains the following features:- Three single beds are bunched less than an arm's
length apart beneath a staircase that leads up
to area Kl2. - At the foot of each bed is a wooden chest.
The Kolat brothers once took on apprentices, who
slept here. Manshoon now allows his own apprentices-
Ered Payno, Havi Termock, and Savara Firethorn-to do
the same. All three can be found in area Kl5.
Treasure. Inside each chest is a set of common
clothes, a spare spell component pouch, candles, ink,