Haveallpartymembersrollinitiativewheneverthewinds
begintohowl.Whilethewindsarehowling,anycreaturenot
standingonafloatingplatformthatstartsitsturnintheroom
mustsucceedonaDC 20 Wisdomsavingthroworgaina
randomformofshort-termmadness,determinedbyrollingon
theShort-TermMadnesstableinchapter 8 oftheDungeon
Master’sGuide.Constructsandundeadareimmunetothis
madness.Inaddition,thewindscausecreaturesintheroomto
sufferdisadvantageonallStrength-basedskillchecks,
includingchecksmadetojumptoandfromthefloating
platformsandchecksmadetoclimbthewalls.
Statue
AnycharacterwhosucceedsonaDC 15 Intelligence(Arcana)
checkrealizesthatthestatuedepictsanycaloth.Adetect
magicspellorsimilareffectrevealsaurasoftransmutation
magicradiatingfromthestatue’sclenchedfists.
Thestatueweighs 15 , 000 poundsandisimperviousto
damageandspells.Castingaknockspellonthestatuecauses
oneofitsfiststounclenchfor 1 round,duringwhichtimethe
objectinthathandcanbesafelyremoved.
Treasure
Thestatueclutchesa 1 - inch-diameterpearlywhitecrystal
eyeballinitslefthandandasimilarlysizedscarletcrystal
eyeballinitsrighthand.
CrystalEyes.Thenonmagicalcrystaleyesaretwoofthe
tenkeysneededtoopenthevaultofthebeholder(area 44 ).
38 .RevolvingRoomTrap.......................................................................................................................................................
Threeseparateareascomprisethissectionofthetomb:a
controlroom(area 38 A),anaccesscorridor(area 38 B),anda
revolvingdeathtrap(area 38 C).Diagram 5. 2 showsaside
viewoftheseareas.
38 A.ControlRoom
Thisroomisdarkanddusty.Ahulkingfigurewearinga
buckethelmstandstothewest,withonehandonan
ironleversetintothewall.Thesouthwallisslopedand
hasalargerectangularwindowfivefeetwidebyseven
feethigh.Thewindowlooksintoahallway,througha
rectangularholeinthehallwayfloor,andfartherdown
intoawell-litroomshapedlikeacylindertippedonits
side.
Thehelmedfigureisatombguardian:afleshgolemclad
inplatearmor(AC 17 ).Itstaskistopulltheleverwhenitsees
adventurersenterarea 38 C.Thetombguardianfightsonlyin
self-defenseandhasordersfromWitherstonotleavethe
controlroom.Ifitgoesberserk,itignorestheseorders.
Window.Thewindowinthesouthwallisstonemagically
renderedtransparentfromthissideonly.Asuccessfuldispel
magic(DC 17 )castonthestonecausesittoloseits
transparency.Ifthetombguardianispreventedfromseeing
intoareas 38 Band 38 C,itwon’tpullthelever.
IronLever.Theleverprotrudesfromaverticalslotcut
intothenorthwestwall.Itrestsintheupposition.Pullingthe
leverdownactivatesthetrapinarea 38 C.38 B.AccessTunnel
Thishallwayis 10 feethighand 5 feetwide.Ifthecharacters
enterthehallthroughthecrawlwaysfromareas 30 or 37 ,read:
Thewallsofthisnarrowtunnelslopeinwardasthey
approachtheten-foot-highceiling.Patchesofmold
clingtothewallsandfloorintheeasternhalfofthehall.
Cutintotheflooratthewestendofthecorridorisa
three-foot-wide,four-foot-longrectangularholewith
brightlightspillingoutofit.Anycharacterstandingnexttotheholecanpeerdowninto
acylindricalroom(area 38 C),thecurvedfloorofwhichis 15
feetbelowthehole.
Thewallnorthoftheholeactsasaone-waywindow,butit
appearsnodifferentfromtherestofthetunnelfromthisside.
Creaturesinarea 38 Acanseeintothistunnel,butcreaturesin
thetunnelcan’tseeintoarea 38 A.Spellssuchasdetectmagic
andtrueseeingdonotrevealthewindowfromthisside.38 C.RevolvingDrum
Thecharacterscanenterthisroomthroughthe
rectangularholeintheceiling(area 38 B)orthroughastone
doorinthesouthwall.
Thisroomisshapedlikeadrumorcylinderlyingonits
side,withitssouthendtaperingtowardasmallstone
door.Carvingsofdemonsdecoratethestonework,with
flickeringflamesinalltheireyes.Theflickeringflameswerecreatedbycontinualflame
spells,whichfilltheroomwithbrightlight.
Whentheleverinarea 38 Aispulled,threehiddenlocks
sealthesouthdoor,awallofstonespellblockstherectangular
holeintheceiling(cuttingoffescapetoarea 38 B),andthe
roombeginsrevolving.Whenthathappens,allcreatures
presentshouldrollinitiative.
Anycreaturethatisnotfirmlyattachedtoawall,flying,or
undertheeffectofagaseousformspellorsimilarmagicis
knockedabouttherevolvingroom.Thecreaturemustmakea
DC 15 Dexteritysavingthrowatthestartofeachofitsturns,