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and engage them. The characters might try to run, at
which point a chase ens ucc; (see MChases" in chapter
8 of lbe DunAf!on Master':. Guide}, or they might stand
and 6gbt. They might even try to set up some sort of
ambush. since the front ranks of the party are likely out
o[ sight of the drow when the) first catch up.
U the adventurer~ flee and successfully escape. they
lower the pur~uat lt:.el to 4 and begin avoiding their
pursuers again.lfth<'y fight the drow. run the encounter.
The drow scout focu~ on maintaining close pursuit and
peppering the character.. with poisoned hand crossbow
bolts. After ld6 + 4 rounds, the remainder of the drow
party (livara, A~ha.jorlan, and Shoor) catches up and
joins the enrounter.

ELU DINO PURSUIT

Lf the adventurers lower th e purs uit level to 0, the

drow lose the trail unless circumstances allow them

to locate the charucters again. T his might include t he

characters s pendi ng o day or more in a place where they

are recognized, or whrre they talk openly about their

escape from Vdkynvelve. If the characters pass through

an area watched over by drow scouts or spies, llvara will

inevitably hear word of the characters' location. When

this occur~. increase the pursuit level to 1 and begin

tracking it again as the drow pick up the trail once more.

CAPTURE

The dro~~ tf) to capture the> escaped prisoners if at all

possible. since llvara wants the pleasure of teaching

them ales on about disobedience. If the dark elves

reduce any characters to 0 hit points, those characters

are knocked out rather than dying (see ··Knocking a

Creature Out~ in c-hapter 9 of the Player's Handbook).

Even if one or mort> of the characters are accidentally

killed. Uvara il. obl.closed enough to cast raise dead to

restore them tO life (nssuming the character's soul is

willing to return).

Captured chnrarters are disarmed, their hands bound

with spider-silk rope, and ga~ged. The drow march

Lhem back to Velkynvelvc unless Mcnzoberra nzan is

closer, in which case llvara takes them there instead.

The chararte rs will need to come up with a new plan

of cscupe. ideally before llvara has th e opportunity

to torture th em or 5ellthcm into slavery in the City of

Spiders. If they escape her clutches again, the drow

prieste~s continues her pursuit until s he is dead or the

party leaves the Undcrdark (sec chapter 7 ).

RANDOM ENCOUNTERS

Each day of travel through the Underdark. check nvice

Losee if the charac-ters encounter anything unusual:

once while they are tra,eltng. and again while they are

camped or reMing. Roll a d20 and consult the Random

Encounter~ tablt: to determine what. if anything. they

encounter. Characters rni~ht encounter special terrain.

one or more creatures. or a combination of the ['i\'O.

Any random encounter that occurs while the parry is

camped is automatically a creature encoumer. in which

case determine the encounter by rolling a d20 and

consulting t he Creature Encounter table.

RANDOM ENCOUN TERS

d20 Encounter

1-13 No encounter

14-15 Temun (roll onc4! on the T4!rram Encounters table)

16-17 On4! o r more creatures (roll once on the Crearure

Encounters table)

18-20 Terra1n encounter featuring one or more crearures

(roll once on the Terrain Encounters table, then roll

once on the Creature Encounter table)

TERRAIN ENCOUNTERS

The Underdark contains dangerous hazards and

wondrous terrain. Special terrain rules are explained

after the table.

TERRAIN ENCOUNTERS

d20 Encounter

1 Boneyard

2 Cliff and ladder

3 Crystal clusters

4 Fungus cavern

s Gas leak

6 Gorge

7 H•gh ledge

8 Horrid sounds

9 lava swe

10 Muck p11

11 Rockfall

12 Rope bndge

13 Ruins

14 Shelter

15 Sinkhole

16 Slim4! or mold

17 Steam vent

18 Underground Str4!am

19 Warning s1gn

20 Webs

BONEYARD

The characters come upon an eerie cavern littered with

countless bones of variou<; creatures. Whether the site

is a natural graveyard for some Underdark species or

the former lair of a fear..,ome predator, the characters

can p01enlially gather useful material for crafting among

the bones.

When the party enter s a boneyard. roll a d20 and

consult the tablt" to detr.rrmne ''hat creatures. if any, are

present. The undead rac;e up out of the bones and anack

when the first character~ are halfway across the cavern.

BONEYARD ENCOUNTER

d20 Encounter

1-14 No encounter

15 -18 3d4 skeletons

19 - 20 1d3 minotaur skeletons

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