D&D 5E - The Tortle Package

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the Bitch Queen (see “High Horn,” page 18).

1. Ruined Portico
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against the rocks just below the palace walls.

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Scores of harmless lizards use the shaded areas of the

portico as a den. East of the portico is a ten-foot-tall

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3. Overgrown Garden

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Three statues, two depicting sharks and one depicting

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case climbs ten feet to a crumbling stone balcony that

stretches southward as it hugs the palace wall.

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into the garden. No treasure is hidden here.

4. Antechamber and Portcullis
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5. Feast Hall

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grand dining table situated in the middle of a large room.

Light dapples the table through holes in the roof, and a

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littered with broken dishes, bird droppings, and other

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a raised gallery that surrounds the room. Old, framed

pictures of sailing ships hang on the gallery walls. Three

closed sets of doors lead from the upper area to other

parts of the palace. A fourth doorway in the southeast

corner is almost completely blocked by rubble.

This ruined feast hall contains nothing of value. Char-

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which has a head shaped like an anchor, unlocks the

painted chest in area 18.