cate one in area 14b. A character proficient with smith's
tools can also fashion one out of scrap metal in a tenday
using an intact forge.)
Treasure. Yrlakka carries a potion of resistance (fire)
in a tiny crystal vial fastened to a cord around his right
ankle, and he has a wand of magic detection hanging
from his belt.
24D. FOUNTAIN
In the west half of the room, a semicircular fountain
e merges from the north wall. Fresh water springs from
the mouth of a stone trout held in the arms of a merman
bas·relief carved above the fountain's basin, which is
filled almost to the brim.
The water pouring into the fountain is drinkable. It
drains out slowly through holes along the inside lip of
the basin.- ABANDONED SMITHY
Characters who listen at the doors to these rooms can
easily hear the clanging of hammers striking metal,
even though the forge was destroyed and abandoned
long ago. The sounds are illusory effects created by the
Mad Mage (see "Halaster's Lair,'' page 311) that end
when any door to the smithy is opened.
25A. EMPTY STORAGE ROOM
Raw metal was stored here until it could be cast into
weapons and armor. Now, the room has been mostly
cleared out, and the door that leads to area 25b has
been smashed to rubble.
What looks like a large iron book lies facedown on the
floor in the northeast corner. Closer inspection reveals
that the object is a cast-iron mold for smelting metal in-
gots. The hinged covers form the top and bottom halves
of an ingot mold last used by duergar long ago. One side
of the mold bears the image of a dwarf's head in profile,
the other an image of a mind flayer's skull.25B. DESTROYED FORGE
This room contains a rusty iron anvil and the shattered
remains of a s tone forge, cold and dark for centuries.
Bare iron hooks line the walls, the floor is strewn with
rubble, and the door to area 25a has been smashed.
If you haven't done so in a while, remind the players
that their characters can't shake the feeling that they're
being observed (one of Netherskull's regional effects).- STATUE OF MORADIN
This 20-foot-high, domed chamber is dominated by a
12 -foot-tall s tone statue of Moradin, the great dwarven
god of the forge. It stands in the middle of the room
facing the only exit. The statue is veined with bright
mithral, and with one hand it raises a stone hammer
carved with faintly glowing runes. A steel plaque at the
base of the statue reads in Dwarvish, "All that is made
can be unmade."
The statue can't be budged or damaged. A detect
magic spell reveals powerful auras of abjuration and
transmutation magic surrounding both it and the ham-
mer, which cannot be separated from one another.
TELEPORT TRAP
This trap fills the^10 -foot square directly in front of the
statue. A creature teleported by this trap arrives at a
location determined by rolling a d20 and consulting the
following table:
d20 Teleport Destination
1-6 The teleport trap in area l
7-14 The teleport trap in area^10
15-20 The teleport trap in area^35Additional Effect: Moradin Smash! When a creature
is teleported to this location from another teleport trap,
a disembodied voice s houts, "Teleported!" at the same
moment the statue of Morad in animates and takes a
swing at the creature with its hammer. The target must
succeed on a DC^17 Dexterity saving throw or take^40
(6d 10 + 7) force damage. Any creature reduced to^0 hit
points by this damage is disintegrated, along with all
items it is wearing and carrying except for artifacts. Af-
ter swinging the hammer once, the statue reverts to its
inanimate state until the trap is triggered again.- MARK OF DEATH
Halaster captured a dwarf vampire named Zorak Light-
drinker and magically bound him here.
Open Pit. A 20-foot-long,^40 -foot-deep pit spans the
width of the corridor. Blood stains the pit's sheer
walls, which are too smooth to climb without climbing
gear, magic, or a trait such as Spider Climb.
Sarcophagus. At the bottom of the pit rests a 6-foot-
long, 3-foot-wide alabaster sarcophagus draped in
cobwebs. Its lid is carved to resemble a giant bat with
folded wings. (The sarcophagus contains a vampire.)
Floating above the vessel is a magic rune that glows
as bright as a candle flame.
A character who understands Dwarvish recognizes
the glowing, magical rune as a dwarven symbol of death
(identical to the one inscribed on the door to area 14a).
The first time a creature crosses from one side of the pit
to the other, the rune disappears and imprints itself as
a death mark on a visible portion of the creature's face
or body. The mark disappears when its bearer dies or
when the vampire is destroyed. Only a wish spell or a
deity can remove a death mark otherwise.
The sarcophagus at the bottom of the pit is a
2,000-pound chunk of hollowed-out alabaster. Zorak
Lightdrinker, a vampire in mist form, is trapped inside.
When the death mark is imprinted on a creature, the
sarcophagus crumbles to dust and Zorak is released.
T he sarcophagus is otherwise indestructible.
A geas spell cast by Ha laster compels Zorak to hunt
down and destroy the creature bearing the death mark,
singling out that target above all others. Zorak knows
the exact location of the marked creature while the two
of them are on the same plane of existence. Slaying the
bearer of the death mark frees Zorak from Halaster 's
geas spell, whereupon the vampire seeks to return to his
true lair in the Underdark.
If a successful dispel magic spell is cast on the rune
(DC 19) before it imprints on a creature, the rune dis-
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