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1 square = 5 feet

Exterior Grounds. The ground is free of cover in a 60-

foot radius around the tower.

WaJI Chains. Barbed iron chains hang at 10-foot inter-

vals down the exterior walls. These chains are part

of the tower's defense, as the chain devil subcom-

mander can animate them using its Animate Chains

ability. Climbing a chain requires a successful DC 16

Strength (Athletics) check.

WATCHTOWER LOCATIONS

The following locations are keyed to map 3.7.

Tl. GROUND FLOOR

The door at ground level is a stone slab secured from

within by an iron crossbar that lifts away easily but re-

quires a DC 23 Strength (Athletics) check to break from

the outside.

This level of the tower is drab and unadorned save for

a plain, rectangular stone table set with a pair of stone

benches. Spare polearms and scale armor, suitable for

five Large and ten Medium devils, are stored in racks

along the walls.

Ten bearded devils and ten hell hounds occupy this

floor. There is a 30 percent chance that half of the

bearded devils and hell hounds are out patrolling the

perimeter at any given time, returning 1 minute after

combat starts unless the fighting remains very quiet.

An iron ladder rises through a hole in the northwest

corner wide enough to accommodate Large creatures.

T2. SECOND FLOOR

The tower's amnizu commander and a chain devil

subcommander reside here. These commanders enjoy

having one or more sentient beings on hand to torture,

to help alleviate boredom.

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The floor of this room is strewn with hooked chains,

and manacles are bolted to the walls. In the middle of

the room, a spiked iron chair is bolted to the floor. The

chair's armrests and legs are fitted with iron shackles.

One corner of the room has gaping holes in the floor and

ceiling, through which passes a large iron ladder leading

to the tower's ground floor and rooftop.

The devils like to chain prisoners to the walls and use

the spiked chair for interrogations. The chain devil can

use its Animate Chains ability to animate the chains.

T3. ROOF

Two spined devils roost on the roof and act as lookouts

and scouts. An opening in one corner grants access to

the tower's interior, with an iron ladder leading down to

areas Tl and T2.

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