31. PRIESTESS'S QUARTERS
T The floor and walls of this room are tiled in medium gray,
and the ceiling has white tiles. A small table in the center
of the room is neatly set with a silver bowl and cup in the
center. A small bench stands beside the table.
A seaweed bed covers the southeast corner. A coffer,
its lid closed , stands in the southwest corner.The occupant of this room is currently in the temple as-
sisting with the ceremony.
Treasure. The unlocked coffers contain 70 gp and an
ivory-handled dagger in a plain scabbard (20 gp). The
silver bowl and cup are worth 5 gp each.- PRIESTESS'S QUARTERS
T
The floor and walls of this room are tiled a medium gray,
while the ceiling has white tiles. There is a table in the
center of the room with a small bench beside it. A single
four-inch-long shark tooth sits on the table.
A seaweed bed covers the southeast corner. A coffer,
its lid closed , s tands in the southwest corner.
- •
The occupant of this room is currently in the temple as·
sisting with the ceremony.
Treasure. The unlocked coffers contain 40 gp and a
silver hand mirror (15 gp).- PRIESTESS'S QUARTERS
Gray tiles cover the floor and walls of this room, while the
ceiling has white tiles. A small table and bench sit in the
center of the room. Colorful shells adorn the walls.
A seaweed bed covers the southeast corner. A closed
coffer stands in the southwest corner. Near the bed
stands a o ne-foot-tall wooden statuette of a shark.- •
The occupant of this room is currently in the temple as-
s isting with the ceremony. The statuette is a Sekolahian
worshiping statuette (see appendix B).
Treasure. The unlocked coffer contains 40 gp and a
s ilve r hand mirror (15 gp).CHAl'TUI G Till: Fl"'\l ENEMYThese rare plants grow a long isolated stony shelves in un·
derwater trenches. A creature that consumes the fronds of
rapture weed becomes poisoned for 6 hours, during which
time it experiences occasional hallucinations and a feeling
of euphoria. Sahuagin priests often use rapture weed in
t heir worship (as does the priestess in area 36).
Any creature that consumes rapture weed has a 1 per·
cent chance of instead becoming incapacitated for the du·
ration of the plant's effect. During this time it experiences
terrifying visions of an enormous shark devouring great
amounts of prey.
When the effect wears off or is negated, the creature
must succeed on a DC 1 S Wisdom saving throw o r be af.
flicted wit h a form of long-term madness (see "Madness"
in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master's Guide).- PRIESTESS'S QUARTERS
The floor and walls of this room are ti led a medium gray,
while the ceiling has white tiles. There is a small table
in the center of the room with a small, matching bench
beside it.
A seaweed bed covers the southeast corner. A coffer,
its lid closed, stands in the southwest corner. A hollow
space by the bed contains a ceremonial dagger with a
bone handle.
A sahuagin and several armored sharks occupy this
chamber.A sahuagio priestess is tending to the armored plates
of four shell sharks (see appendix C) in this room. She
is startled to discover intruders have made it this far.
She and the sharks attack all intruders.
Treasure. The unlocked coffer contains 113 gp and
six humanoid skulls with uncut chunks of turquoise
forced into the eye sockets. These twelve pieces of tur-
quoise are worth 10 gp each.- Prayer Room
This room has walls and ceiling tiled in dark green. A
mosaic on the northern wall depicts a huge two-headed
shark leading countless sahuagin toward the surface of
the water.
An a ltar on the west wall is made of a massive shark
jaw and tee t h mounted on a stone base. The base is sur·
rounded by small skulls and living sea creatures.The priestesses use this area to pray to Sekolah. It is
currently unoccupied.
A character who searches the altar and makes a suc-
cessful DC 14 Wisdom (Perception) check discovers a
hidden compartment under the stone base of the shark
jaws. The compartment contains twelve portions of
rapture weed that the priestesses use in rituals (see the
"Rapture Weed" sidebar).z 0