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ENCOUNTERS IN THE FORGE
The following descriptions correspond to areas marked
on map 3.5.
Fl. DESCENT TO THE FORGE
Read the following boxed text to the players when their
characters reach the lowest level of Bel's fortress:
A wrought iron spiral staircase descends into a cavern·
ous forge. Channels of bubbling lava wind through the
complex, casting fiery light over huge anvils. Chained
giants with coal-black skin and fiery orange hair hammer
out weapons under the malignant gaze of a pit fiend
seated in a flying throne. Throughout the forge, sparks
fall like rain.The pit fiend is Bel (see "Roleplaying Bel" below). Only
he can control his Large flying throne, which has a fly.
ing speed of 15 feet and can hover.
F2. FIRE GIANT BLACKSMITHS
Four fire gia nts in chains are using enormous ham·
mers and anvils to craft infernal weapons and armor
under Bel's watchful eye. A clutter of giant-sized objects
surround each giant's anvil: iron buckets containing
oily water, coils of greasy chain, mounds of iron fiJ.
ings, and more.
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g)The fire giants' names are Drumra,Jalt, Rosska, and
Zrakorn. While chained, the giants have a walking
speed of 10 feet. The giants despise Bel but are bound
by magic to do as he demands. The chains that bind
them can't be broken or unlocked except by Bel.
F3. WEAPONS RACK
These racks contain weapons awaiting delivery to the
front lines of th e Blood War. Most of them are too big for
Small or Medium characters to wield effectively.
Treas ure. Among the larger weapons are three
magic weapons sized for Small and Medium charac-
ters: a pair of hellfire javelins and a hellfire greatsword
(see page 223).
F4. POOL OF MAGMA
Inside this cavern, steel pylons and gantries keep a huge
and terrible new machine suspended above a pool of
magma. The machine is Bel's secret weapon in his cold
war to overthrow Zariel. When the characters arrive
here, the infernal machine is still under construction
and far from complete.
ROLEPLAYING BEL