Descent into Avernus

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ENCOUNTERS IN THE FORGE


The following descriptions correspond to areas marked


on map 3.5.


Fl. DESCENT TO THE FORGE


Read the following boxed text to the players when their


characters reach the lowest level of Bel's fortress:


A wrought iron spiral staircase descends into a cavern·
ous forge. Channels of bubbling lava wind through the
complex, casting fiery light over huge anvils. Chained
giants with coal-black skin and fiery orange hair hammer
out weapons under the malignant gaze of a pit fiend
seated in a flying throne. Throughout the forge, sparks
fall like rain.

The pit fiend is Bel (see "Roleplaying Bel" below). Only


he can control his Large flying throne, which has a fly.


ing speed of 15 feet and can hover.


F2. FIRE GIANT BLACKSMITHS


Four fire gia nts in chains are using enormous ham·


mers and anvils to craft infernal weapons and armor


under Bel's watchful eye. A clutter of giant-sized objects


surround each giant's anvil: iron buckets containing


oily water, coils of greasy chain, mounds of iron fiJ.


ings, and more.


CHAPTER 3 I AVERNUS


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The fire giants' names are Drumra,Jalt, Rosska, and


Zrakorn. While chained, the giants have a walking


speed of 10 feet. The giants despise Bel but are bound


by magic to do as he demands. The chains that bind


them can't be broken or unlocked except by Bel.


F3. WEAPONS RACK


These racks contain weapons awaiting delivery to the


front lines of th e Blood War. Most of them are too big for


Small or Medium characters to wield effectively.


Treas ure. Among the larger weapons are three


magic weapons sized for Small and Medium charac-


ters: a pair of hellfire javelins and a hellfire greatsword


(see page 223).


F4. POOL OF MAGMA


Inside this cavern, steel pylons and gantries keep a huge


and terrible new machine suspended above a pool of


magma. The machine is Bel's secret weapon in his cold


war to overthrow Zariel. When the characters arrive


here, the infernal machine is still under construction


and far from complete.


ROLEPLAYING BEL


Bel (see th e accompanying stat block) oversees the


manufacture of weapons and armor for the Blood War.


Though Asmodeus has instructed Zariel to accept Bel


as her advisor, Bel and Zariel loathe each other and


invent distractions to keep them apart. When Bel learns

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