D&D Tomb of Annihilation

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SecretCrawlway.Hiddenbehindabas-reliefdepictinga
crocodile-headedhumanoidholdingupatrapezoidalchest,a
crawlwayleadstoarea 62 D.Closeinspectionoftherelief
revealsthatthechest’skeyholeisreal.Thejadekeyfoundin
area 53 canbeusedtounlockthereliefandswingitopen,
revealingthecrawlway.Thelockcanalsobepickedwitha
successfulDC 21 Dexteritycheckmadebyacharacterusing
thieves’tools.Butifthecheckfailsby 5 ormore,thesecret
doorinthewestwallslidesopentoreleasethestone
juggernaut(see“NapakaAwakens”inarea 62 D).


62 C.BrokenStatue


Thehallwaycomestoadeadend 15 feetbeyondthepurple
drape.


Asix-foot-tallstatueofaleeringfour-armedgargoyle
standsagainstthebackwall.Oneofitsarmshasbroken
offandliesonthefloorinfrontofit,itshandcurledinto
atightfist.Theotherthreearmshavetheirclawed
handsopeninsuchawayastosuggestthey’remeant
toholdsomething.Carvedintothewallabovethestatue
isariddle:ThreeIneed

Thenthreemore

Threemorestill

Opensthedoor

Thegargoylestatueisimpervioustodamageandspells,
butitsbroken-offarmisnot.Ifthreegemstonesareplacedin
thethreeopenhandsofthestatue,thehandsmagicallyclose
intofiststhatcrushthegemstonestopowder.Thestatue’s
handsthenopenagain.Ifthisexerciseisperformedtwice
more,sothatninegemstonesintotalarecrushed,thehandof
thebroken-offarmopensandafist-sizedrubyappearsinit.
TherubyistheEyeofZaltec,whichisteleportedfromarea


62 Dbythesacrificeofthegems.Iftherubyispluckedfrom
thegargoyle’shand,thestatuemagicallyopensitsmouthand
exhalesacloudofsoporificgasthatfillstheeastern 15 feetof
thehall.Atthesametime,thesecretdooratthewestendof
thehallwayslidesopen,andthestonejuggernautinarea 62 D
rollsdownthecorridor.
Eachcreatureinthegascloudthatisnotimmunetothe
poisonedconditionmustsucceedonaDC 15 Constitution
savingthroworfallunconsciousfor 1 hour.Theeffectendson
acreaturethattakesdamage.

62 D.SecretRoom


Thesecretdoortothisroomspanstheentirewallandcan’tbe
openedbyforceormagic.Itopensonlywhentriggeredbythe
characters’actionsinarea 62 Bor 62 C.
Two-thirdsofthisroomistakenupbyAcererak’sstone
juggernaut(seeappendixD).Thearchlichnamedthe
juggernautafterNapaka,adeadOmuanqueen(seearea 53 ).If
thecharactersentertheroomthroughthecrawlwayand
haven’tyetawakenedthejuggernaut,itremainsinertand
doesnotattackunlessittakesdamageorthesecretdoor
slidesopen.
NapakaAwakens.Whenthestonejuggernautisactivated,
read:
Thewallatthewestendofthehallslidesbacktoreveal
astonejuggernautonrollers.Theconstructfillsthe
heightandwidthofthehallandbarrelstowardyouat
alarmingspeed.

Allcreaturespresentmustrollinitiative.Onitsturn,the
juggernautrollsdownthehallway,makingaSlamattack
againstanycreaturestandinginitswayandusingits
DevastatingRollfeaturetocrushsmallorproneenemies.
Whennoenemiesareleftalive,itreturnstothesecretroom.
Thejuggernautcan’tfitintoanyspacelessthan 10 feetwide,
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