D&D Tomb of Annihilation

Thedevilfaceis 6 feettall,withamouth 2 feetindiameter.
Adetectmagicspellorsimilareffectrevealsanauraof
transmutationmagicontheface.
Thedarknesswithinthemouthisasphereofannihilation,
whichcan’tbecontrolledormoved.Anycharacterwhostands
within 5 feetofthespherecanhearafaintwhisperemanating
fromit.AsuccessfulDC 12 Wisdom(Perception)checkallows
acharactertomakeoutwordsinAbyssalthattranslateas
follows:“Darknessiscomingforyou.Yourdoomisathand.”

49 C.BlackOpalCrown

Inthiscentralopenspace,agoldcrowntoppedwitha

glitteringblackopalrestsonamarblepedestal.

Ifanycreatureremovesthecrownfromthepedestal,two
thingshappensimultaneously:
 Thestoneslabsinarea 49 Ariseuptosealoffbothexits
fromthemaze.
 Twobodaks(seeappendixD)magicallyemergefromthe
sphereofannihilationinarea 49 B,seeminglyunaffected
byit,andbeginscouringthemazeforprey.Anycreature
killedbythebodaksisdraggedbacktothesphereand
tossedintoit.Thebodakscrawlbackintothesphereonly
ifthey’resatisfiedthatthere’snothingleftinthemazeto
kill.
Treasure.TheBlackOpalCrownisworth 5 , 000 gpbutcan
fetchuptofourtimesthatvalueifsoldatauctioninanymajor
city.Formoreinformationonthisitem,see"Fabled
Treasures."

50 .MirrorofLifeTrapping.....................................................................................................................................................

Anycreatureteleportedherefromarea 48 appearsina
randomspotnearthecenteroftheroomandfacingwest,
muchtoitsperil.

Thisdustyroomisfifteenfeetsquareandemptyexcept

foranornate,rectangularmirrormountedonthewall

oppositetheroom’sonlyexit.

Attachedtothewestwallwithsovereignglueisamirrorof
lifetrapping.Anycreaturewithin 30 feetofthemirrorthat

seesitsreflectionmustsucceedonaDC 15 Charismasaving

throworbeimprisonedwithinoneofthemirror’stwelve

extradimensionalcells,alongwithanythingitiswearingor

carrying.Constructsautomaticallysucceedonthesaving

throw.

Themirrorcurrentlyhasthreevacantcells.Ifthemirror

trapsacreaturewhenitstwelvecellsarealreadyoccupied,it

releasesonetrappedcreatureatrandomtoaccommodatethe

newprisoner.ThePrisonersoftheMirrortableliststhe

mirror’scurrentprisonersandsummarizeshowtheyreactif

setfreeorspokento.Otherwise,roleplaythemasyouseefit.

Themirrorhastwocommandwords.Speakingtheword

“Khomara”whilestandingwithin 5 feetofthemirror

deactivatesorreactivatesit.(Themirrorcan’ttrapcreatures

whiledeactivated.)Speakingtheword“Blackfire”alongwitha

cellnumberfreesthecreaturetrappedinthatcell.

Castinganidentifyspellonthemirrorrevealsitscommand

wordsandmagicalproperties.Thecommandwordsarealso

writteninthespellbookfoundinarea 28.

DestroyingtheMirror

Ifthemirrorisdestroyed,allcreaturestrappedwithinit

arereleasedatonce.(Seechapter 7 oftheDungeonMaster’s

Guideforthemirror’sstatistics.)Ratherthanrunningcombat

withsomanycreatures,assumethatonlytheinvisible

stalkerandthetrollattackthepartyinitially.Theother

creaturesreacttotheirliberationbyturningononeanotheror

runningaway,asfollows:

 LukanuandZaalattackthegargoyle,destroyingitin 4

rounds,andthenhelpthecharactersdealwiththe

invisiblestalkerandthetroll.

 ThestirgeattacksA’tan,killinghimin 1 round.After

drainingA’tan’sblood,thestirgefliesawaytodigestits

meal.

 Thedoppelgangertriestofleebutdoesn’tgofar,hoping

thatthecharacterssurviveandreturningtothankthem

iftheyprevail.

 TladXolbrysuseshismagictohelpthecharactersunless

itlookslikethey’reneardefeat,whereuponthedrow

turnsagainstthem.

PrisonersoftheMirror

Cell Prisoner Notes ReactionifReleased

1 A’tan(CNmaleChultan

humancommoner)

Omuanmerchanttrappedshortly

afterthefallofOmu;driveninsaneby

hislongincarceration

Followshisliberatorsaround,

talkingnonsense

2 — — —

3 Invisiblestalker Mirrorguardian Triestokillwhoeverreleasedit,

andvanishesifitsucceeds

4 Zaal(minotaur) TrappedbyAcererakshortlyafter

Omu’sfall

Attacksanyothercreatureitsees

exceptLukanu,whomitobeys

5 — — —

6 Yraggath(troll) Driveninsanebyitscaptivity Attacksanythingitcaneat

7 TladXolbrys(NEmale

drowmage)

AvisitortoOmuwhowastrapped

duringtheconstructionoftheTomb

oftheNineGods

Aidsorbetrayshisliberatorsto

ensurehisownsurvival

8 Pox(doppelganger) Disguisedasamalehuman

adventurernamedBiffLongsteel;

followedtheCompanyoftheYellow

Triestojointhepartyandstayout

ofharm’sway