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"type": "section",
"name": "Preface",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
"Welcome to {@i Tales from the Yawning Portal}. Within this book you will find seven of the deadliest dungeons from the history of D&D, updated for the current edition of the game. Some are classics that have hosted an untold number of adventurers, while others are newer creations boldly staking their place in the pantheon of notable D&D adventures.",
"Just as these dungeons have made an impression on D&D players, so too have tales of their dangers spread across the D&D multiverse. When the night grows long in Waterdeep, City of Splendors, and the fireplace in the taproom of the Yawning Portal dims to a deep crimson, adventurers from across the Sword Coast-and even some visiting from other D&D worlds-spin tales and rumors of lost treasures.",
{
"type": "list",
"items": [
"A wanderer from the distant Shou Empire speaks of strange, leering devil faces carved in dungeon walls that can devour an explorer in an instant, leaving behind not a single trace of the poor soul's passing.",
"A bald, stern wizard clad in blue robes and speaking with a strange accent tells of a wizard who claimed three powerful weapons from a city on the shores of a lake of unknown depths, who spirited them away to a slumbering volcano and dared adventurers to enter his lair and recover them.",
"A one-eyed dwarf spins tales of a castle that fell into the earth, and whose ruins stand above a subterranean grove dominated by a tree that spawns evil."
]
},
"These are only a few of the tales that have spread across the Sword Coast from the furthest reaches of Faerûn and beyond. The minor details change with the telling. The dread tomb of Acererak shifts its location from a dismal swamp, to a searing desert, to some other forbidding clime in each telling. The key elements remain the same in each version of the tales, lending a thread of truth to the tale.",
"The seeds of those stories now rest in your hand. D&D's deadliest dungeons are now part of your arsenal of adventures. Enjoy, and remember to keep a few spare character sheets handy.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Using This Book",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
"Tales from the Yawning Portal contains seven adventures taken from across D&D's history.",
"The introduction of each adventure provides ideas on adapting it to a variety of D&D settings. Use that information to place it in your campaign or to give you an idea of how to adapt it.",
"These adventures provide the perfect side quest away from your current campaign. If you run published D&D campaigns, such as {@i Storm King's Thunder}, the higher level adventures presented here are an ideal way to extend the campaign beyond."
],
"id": "001"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "About the Adventures",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "The Sunless Citadel",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
"{@i The Sunless Citadel,} written by Bruce R. Cordell, was the first published adventure for the third edition of the D&D game. It is designed for a party of four or five 1st level player characters.",
"Ever since its publication in 2000, The Sunless Citadel has been widely regarded as an excellent way to introduce new players to the game. It's also a great starting experience for someone looking to be a Dungeon Master for the first time."
],
"id": "003"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "The Forge of Fury",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
"{@i The Forge of Fury,} written by Richard Baker, was published in 2000 shortly after The Sunless Citadel. Characters who succeeded in that mission and advanced to 3rd level were now ready to take on the challenges of a ruined dwarven fortress.",
"Like its predecessor, {@i The Forge of Fury} is tailored to provide increasingly tougher threats as the characters make their way through the fortress. Those who survive the experience can expect to advance to 5th level-seasoned adventurers ready to strive for greater glory and renown."
],
"id": "004"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
"{@i The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan,} written by Harold Johnson and Jeff R. Leason, made its debut under the title {@i Lost Tamoachan} at the Origins game convention in 1979, where it was used in the official D&D competition. The first published version of the adventure was produced in 1980.",
"The updated version of the adventure presented herein is designed for a group of four or five 5th-level player characters."
],
"id": "005"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "White Plume Mountain",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
"Lawrence Schick, the author of {@i White Plume Mountain}, related in the 2013 compilation Dungeons of Dread that he wrote the adventure as a way of persuading Gary Gygax to hire him as a game designer. Not only did he get the job, but {@i White Plume} became an instant favorite when it was first published in 1979.",
"The version of the adventure in this book is tailored to a group of characters of 8th level."
],
"id": "006"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Dead in Thay",
"page": 4,
"entries": [
"{@i Dead in Thay,} written by Scott Fitzgerald Gray, was created when the fifth edition D&D game was in the testing stages. In its original form, it was used as the story of the D&D Encounters season in the spring of 2014. Featuring an immense and lethal dungeon known as the Doomvault, the adventure serves as a tribute to {@i Tomb of Horrors, Ruins of Undermountain}, and other \"killer dungeons\" throughout the history of the game.",
"The version of {@i Dead in Thay} presented here is modified for use in home campaigns. It is designed for characters of 9th to 11th level."
],
"id": "007"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Against the Giants",
"page": 5,
"entries": [
"The three linked adventures that make up {@i Against the Giants} were created and originally released in 1978, during the time when Gary Gygax was still writing the {@i Player's Handbook} for the original AD&D game. Despite being (in a sense) older than the game itself, these adventures continue to hold a special place in the hearts and memories of D&D players of all ages.",
"The compilation of {@i Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl}, and {@i Hall of the Fire Giant King} was published in 1981 as {@i Against the Giants}. The version presented here is designed to be undertaken by characters of 11th level."
],
"id": "008"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Tomb of Horrors",
"page": 5,
"entries": [
"Before there was much of anything else in the world of the D&D game, there was the {@i Tomb of Horrors}.",
"The first version of the adventure was crafted for Gary Gygax's personal campaign in the early 1970s and went on to be featured as the official Dungeons & Dragons event at the original Origins gaming convention in 1975. The first publication of {@i Tomb of Horrors}, as a part of the Advanced D&D game, came in 1978.",
"As a proving ground for characters and players alike, fabricated by the devious mind of the game's cocreator, Tomb of Horrors has no equal in the annals of D&D's greatest adventures. Only high-level characters stand a chance of coming back alive, but every player who braves the Tomb will have the experience of a lifetime."
],
"id": "009"
}
],
"id": "002"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Running the Adventures",
"page": 5,
"entries": [
"To run each of these adventures, you need the fifth edition {@i Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide}, and {@i Monster Manual}. Before you sit down with your players, read the text of the adventure all the way through and familiarize yourself with the maps as well, perhaps making notes about complex areas or places where the characters are certain to go, so you're well prepared before the action starts.",
{
"type": "inset",
"entries": [
"Text that appears in a box like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased for the players when their characters first arrive at a location or under a specific circumstance, as described in the text."
],
"id": "00b"
},
"The {@i Monster Manual} contains stat blocks for most of the monsters and NPCs found in this book. When a monster's name appears in {@b bold} type, that's a visual cue pointing you to the creature's stat block in the Monster Manual. Descriptions and stat blocks for new monsters appear in the adventure itself.",
"Spells and nonmagical objects or equipment mentioned in the book are described in the {@i Player's Handbook}. Magic items are described in the {@i Dungeon Master's Guide}, unless the adventure's text directs you to an item's description in the adventure itself."
],
"id": "00a"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Creating a Campaign",
"page": 5,
"entries": [
"While these adventures were never meant to be combined into a full campaign-over 30 years separates the newest from the oldest-they have been selected to provide play across a broad range of levels. With a little work, you can run a complete campaign using only this book.",
"Starting with The Sunless Citadel, guide your players through the adventures in the order that they are presented in this book. Each one provides enough XP that, upon completing the adventure, the characters should be high enough level to advance to the next one.",
"The Yawning Portal, or some other tavern of your own invention or drawn from another D&D setting, provides the perfect framing device for the campaign. The characters hear rumors of each dungeon, with just enough information available to lead them to the next adventure. Perhaps a friendly NPC drawn from the upcoming adventure visits the tavern in search of help, or some element of a character's background pushes the group down the proper road. In any case, these dungeons are designed to be easily portable to any campaign setting."
],
"id": "00c"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "The Yawning Portal",
"page": 5,
"entries": [
"Amid the bustle of Waterdeep, within the Castle Ward where barristers, nobles, and emissaries battle with word and contract, stands an inn not quite like any other. Before there was a Castle Ward or even what could be recognized as an ancestor of the City of Splendors, there was a dungeon, and in that dungeon begins the tale of the Yawning Portal.",
"In ages past, the mighty wizard Halaster built his tower at the foot of Mount Waterdeep and delved deep into tunnels first built by dwarves and drow in search of ever greater magical power. Halaster and his apprentices expanded the tunnels they found, worming out new lairs under the surface for reasons of their own. In time, their excavations grew into the vast labyrinth known today as Undermountain, the largest dungeon in all of the Forgotten Realms. Halaster eventually disappeared, as have all his apprentices, but the massive complex he built remains to this day.",
"For untold years, the secrets of Undermountain remained hidden from the surface world. Everyone who entered its halls failed to return. Its reputation as a death trap grew to the point that criminals in Waterdeep who were sentenced to die were forcibly escorted into the dungeon and left to fend for themselves.",
"All of that changed with the arrival of two men, a warrior named Durnan and a ne'er-do-well named Mirt. The duo were the first adventurers to return from Undermountain, laden with riches and magic treasures. While Mirt used his wealth to buy a mansion, Durnan had different plans. Durnan retired from adventuring and purchased the land on which sat the deep, broad well that was the only known entrance to the dungeon. Around this well he built a tavern and inn that caters to adventurers and those who seek their services, and he called it the Yawning Portal.",
"Some of the magic Durnan looted on his successful foray into Undermountain granted him a life span that exceeds even that of an elf. And for decades Durnan left delving into Undermountain to younger folk. Yet one day, something drew him back. Days of waiting for his triumphant return from the dungeon turned to months and then years. For nearly a century, citizens of Waterdeep thought him dead. But one night, a voice called up from the well. Few at first believed it could be Durnan, but folk as long-lived as he vouched it so. The Yawning Portal had passed into the hands of his ancestors, but Durnan returned with enough riches for them to quietly retire. Durnan took his customary place behind the bar, raised a toast to his own safe return, and then began serving customers as if he'd never left.",
"Adventurers from across Faerûn, and even from elsewhere in the great span of the multiverse, visit the Yawning Portal to exchange knowledge about Undermountain and other dungeons. Most visitors are content to swap stories by the hearth, but sometimes a group driven by greed, ambition, or desperation pays the toll for entry and descends the well. Most don't survive to make the return trip, but enough come back with riches and tales of adventure to tempt other groups into trying their luck.",
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"type": "entries",
"name": "The Green Dragon Inn",
"page": 5,
"entries": [
"The Yawning Portal is not the only renowned tavern in D&D lore. In the Free City of Greyhawk stands the Green Dragon Inn, which has been the starting point for some of the most successful expeditions to Castle Greyhawk and beyond. The place is crowded and smoke-filled. Patrons talk in low voices, and anyone attempting to strike up a conversation without making a clear intent to pay can expect a cold reception. Paranoia and suspicion run rampant here, as befits a free city that stands at the nexus between a devil-haunted empire, a vast domain locked in the irontight grip of a demigod of evil, and a splintered, bickering host of kingdoms nominally committed to justice and weal. In the battered, weary world of Greyhawk, profit and power take precedence over heroics."
],
"id": "00e"
}
],
"id": "00d"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Features of the Yawning Portal",
"page": 6,
"entries": [
"The Yawning Portal's taproom fills the first floor of the building. The 40-foot-diameter well that provides access to Undermountain dominates the space. The \"well\" is all that remains of Halaster's tower, and now, devoid of the stairways and floors that formed subterranean levels, it drops as an open shaft for 140 feet. Stirges, spiders, and worse have been known to invade the Yawning Portal from below.",
"Balconies on the tavern's second and third floors overlook the well, with those floors accessed by way of wooden stairs that rise up from the taproom. Guests sitting at the tables on the balconies have an excellent view of the well and the action below.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Entering the Well",
"page": 6,
"entries": [
"Those who wish to enter Undermountain for adventure (or the daring tourists who just want to \"ride the rope\") must pay a gold piece to be lowered down. The return trip also costs a piece of gold, sent up in a bucket in advance. Once the initial payment is made, a few stairs takes one to the top of the waisthigh lip of the well. The rope that hangs in the center of the well is levered over to the lip by a beam in the rafters, and when those who have paid are ready, they mount the rope and take the long ride down."
],
"id": "010"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Oddities on Display",
"page": 6,
"entries": [
"A staggering variety of curios and oddities adorn the taproom. Traditionally, adventurers who recover a strange relic from Undermountain present it to Durnan as a trophy of their success. Other adventurers leave such curios to mark their visits to the tavern, or relinquish them after losing a bet with Durnan, who likes to wager on the fate of adventuring bands that enter the dungeon. Occasionally, something that strikes Durnan's fancy can be used to pay a bar tab."
],
"id": "011"
},
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"caption": "Yawning Portal Taproom Curios",
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"Item"
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"1",
"A key carved from bone"
],
[
"2",
"A small box with no apparent way to open it"
],
[
"3",
"A mummified troglodyte's hand"
],
[
"4",
"Half of an iron symbol of Bane"
],
[
"5",
"A small burlap pouch filled with various teeth"
],
[
"6",
"Burnt fragments of a scroll"
],
[
"7",
"A lute missing its strings"
],
[
"8",
"A bloodstained map"
],
[
"9",
"An iron gauntlet that is hot to the touch"
],
[
"10",
"A gold coin stamped with a worn, hawk-wing helm crest"
],
[
"11",
"A troll finger, still wriggling"
],
[
"12",
"A silver coin that makes no noise when dropped"
],
[
"13",
"An empty jar"
],
[
"14",
"A clockwork owl"
],
[
"15",
"A blue, glowing crystal shard"
],
[
"16",
"A statuette of a panther, wooden and painted black"
],
[
"17",
"A piece of parchment, listing fourteen magical pools and their effects when touched"
],
[
"18",
"A vial filled with a dark, fizzy liquid that is sealed and cannot be opened"
],
[
"19",
"A feeler taken from a slain rust monster"
],
[
"20",
"A wooden pipe marked with Elminster's sigil"
]
]
},
"(See also Template in the next Story)",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "A Typical Evening",
"page": 6,
"entries": [
"On quiet nights, guests in the Yawning Portal gather around a large fireplace in the taproom and swap tales of distant places, strange monsters, and valuable treasures. On busier nights, the place is loud and crowded. The balconies overflow with merchants and nobles, while the tables on the ground floor are filled with adventurers and their associates. Invariably, the combination of a few drinks and the crowd's encouragement induces some folk to pay for a brief trip down into Undermountain. Most folk pay in advance for a ride down and immediately back up, though a few ambitious souls might launch impromptu expeditions into the dungeon. Few such ill-prepared parties ever return.",
"Groups seeking to enter Undermountain for a specific reason generally come to the tavern during its quiet hours. Even at such times, there are still a few prying eyes in the taproom, lurkers who carry news of the comings and goings from Undermountain to the Zhentarim, dark cults, criminal gangs, and other interested parties."
],
"id": "012"
}
],
"id": "00f"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Starting the Story",
"page": 7,
"entries": [
"Kicking off a dungeon adventure can be as simple as having a mysterious stranger offer the characters a quest while they are at the Yawning Portal (or some other tavern). This approach is a cliché, but it is an effective one. Use the following two tables to generate a couple of details, then tailor the particulars of the quest and the quest giver to suit the adventure you plan to run.",
{
"type": "table",
"caption": "Mysterious Stranger Quest",
"colLabels": [
"d8",
"Objective"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-1 text-center",
""
],
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Recover a particular item"
],
[
"2",
"Find and return with an NPC or monster"
],
[
"3",
"Slay a terrible monster or NPC"
],
[
"4",
"Guard a person while they perform a ritual"
],
[
"5",
"Create an accurate map of part of the dungeon"
],
[
"6",
"Discover secret lore hidden in the dungeon"
],
[
"7",
"Destroy an object"
],
[
"8",
"Sanctify part of the dungeon to a god of good"
]
]
},
{
"type": "table",
"caption": "Mysterious Stranger Secret",
"colLabels": [
"d8",
"Secret"
],
"colStyles": [
"col-1 text-center",
""
],
"rows": [
[
"1",
"Intends to betray the party"
],
[
"2",
"Unwittingly provides false information"
],
[
"3",
"Has a secret agenda (roll another quest)"
],
[
"4",
"Is a devil in disguise"
],
[
"5",
"Has led other parties to their doom"
],
[
"6",
"Is the charmed thrall of a mind flayer"
],
[
"7",
"Is possessed by a ghost"
],
[
"8",
"Is a solar in disguise"
]
]
},
"(See also the Template below)",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Durnan",
"page": 7,
"entries": [
"The proprietor of the Yawning Portal is something of an enigma. Blessed with a seemingly limitless life span by treasures he brought back from his expedition nearly two centuries ago, he is as much a fixture in the tap room as the well.",
"Durnan is a man of few words. He expects to be paid for his time, and will offer insight and rumors only in return for hard cash. \"We know the odds and take our chances,\" he says, whether he is breaking up a card game that has turned violent or refusing the pleas of adventurers trapped at the bottom of the well who are unable to pay for a ride up. Despite his stony heart, he is an excellent source of information about Undermountain and other dungeons, provided one can pay his price.",
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{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Personality Trait: Isolation",
"page": 7,
"entries": [
"It's a cruel world. All people have to fend for themselves. Self-sufficiency is the only path to success."
],
"id": "015"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Ideal: Independence",
"page": 7,
"entries": [
"Someone who can stand alone can stand against anything."
],
"id": "016"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Bond: The Yawning Portal",
"page": 7,
"entries": [
"This place is my only home. My friends and family are long gone. I love this place, but I try not to get attached to the people here. I'll outlive them all. Lucky me."
],
"id": "017"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Flaw: Heartless",
"page": 7,
"entries": [
"If you want sympathy, the Temple of Ilmater is in the Sea Ward. No matter how bad things are, you'll be gone in a blink of an eye."
],
"id": "018"
}
],
"id": "014"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Other Denizens",
"page": 7,
"entries": [
"The Yawning Portal is host to a variety of regular visitors, most of whom offer services to adventurers. Chapter 4 of the {@i Dungeon Master's Guide} provides plenty of resources for generating nonplayer characters. The following table provides some possibilities for why an individual is visiting the Yawning Portal.",
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"d10",
"Denizen"
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"1",
"Devotee of Tymora, encourages adventures to seek out quests, can cast bless"
],
[
"2",
"Bored, retired adventurer, claims to have explored dungeon of note and can describe first few areas ({@chance 20|20 percent} chance of an accurate description)"
],
[
"3",
"Heckler, mocks cowards and makes bets that adventurers won't return from an expedition"
],
[
"4",
"Con artist, selling fake treasure maps (but a {@chance 10|10 percent} chance that a map is genuine)"
],
[
"5",
"Wizard's apprentice, carefully making exact sketches of various curios at her master's command"
],
[
"6",
"Spouse of a slain adventurer, who pays the toll for anyone wanting to exit Undermountain and plots against Durnan"
],
[
"7",
"Zhentarim agent, seeks rumors of treasure, tails any folk who return from Undermountain and notes their home base for future robbery"
],
[
"8",
"Agent of the Xanathar, ordered to \"steal the hat worn by the eighth person to enter the taproom this night\""
],
[
"9",
"Magically preserved corpse in a coffin leaning against the bar; if asked about it, Durnan says, \"He's waiting for someone,\" and nothing more"
],
[
"10",
"Elminster, incognito; {@chance 10|10 percent} chance he is on an errand of cosmic importance; otherwise, he's pressing Durnan for gossip"
]
]
}
],
"id": "019"
}
],
"id": "013"
}
],
"id": "000"
},
{
"type": "section",
"name": "The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan",
"page": 61,
"entries": [
"The ancient ruined city of Tamoachan is familiar to a select few scholars and fortune seekers, who know of it but not always exactly where it is. Even more secluded, lying somewhere within or beneath the ruins, is a hidden shrine said to be dedicated to Zotzilaha, the vampire god of the underworld. Adventurers who catch wind of the place are likely to find its lure irresistible.",
"If the characters find their way to the environs of the ruined city, their next order of business might be to set up a camp nearby. After a few hours of searching, they can find an easily defended glade with an artesian spring.",
"Most of the city is toppled and almost completely covered in undergrowth. Intruders who enter the ruins will discover that the ancient streets now serve as overgrown \"valleys\" between the debris of the crumbled buildings. The largest of these valleys all lead to the central clearing where a great pyramid stands.",
"In the south side of that clearing is a newly collapsed area, revealing a jagged hole with a debris-covered slide, leading down into darkness.",
{
"type": "inset",
"name": "Placing the Adventure",
"page": 61,
"entries": [
"In the original adventure, set in the world of Greyhawk, the Hidden Shrine is part of the ancient ruined city of Tamoachan, once the northernmost capital of the Olman empire. The civilization of the Olman people covered much of the southern continent centuries before current history began. Tamoachan is located in the savage lands south of the Olman Islands and southeast of the Holds of the Sea Princes. The climate is subtropical and very damp; it rains nearly every afternoon.",
"In other worlds, similar possibilities can be found.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Dragonlance",
"page": 61,
"entries": [
"The hidden shrine might not be part of an ancient city on Krynn, but instead an isolated temple for a weird dead cult devoted to the god Chemosh. The site could date back to the Age of Dreams, and might be on an isle or in an isolated region near the Blood Sea of Istar."
],
"id": "01c"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Eberron",
"page": 61,
"entries": [
"On Eberron, the site might be the ancient seat of an elven cult, possibly connected to the line of Vol. Alternatively, Tamoachan could be a truly primeval location in Q'barra, and the Olman \"gods\" actually fiends from the Age of Demons."
],
"id": "01d"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Forgotten Realms",
"page": 61,
"entries": [
"Because the people of Maztica closely resemble the Olman, that region is a likely place for the ruined city and the shrine. Tamoachan might instead be a lost city in the jungles of Chult."
],
"id": "01e"
}
],
"id": "01b"
},
{
"type": "section",
"name": "Running the Adventure",
"page": 61,
"entries": [
"The adventure, which is designed for a group of four or five 5th-level player characters, gets under way the morning after the characters arrive in the vicinity of the ruins and make camp. When all of them have risen and finished preparing for the day's travel, read:",
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"type": "insetReadaloud",
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"As you head toward the pyramid temple, you tread across cracked and overgrown flagstones, stepping over fallen and shattered pillars, pushing aside vines and briars.",
"When you are nearly at the temple, the sound of creatures crashing through the underbrush comes from behind you. You turn around to see people moving through the woods toward the clearing around the pyramid.",
"Then, suddenly, the earth shudders and gapes open beneath your feet and you are falling amid the roar of collapsing masonry. Dust fills the air and the sunlight disappears as the darkness swallows you."
],
"id": "020"
},
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"The display appears to be a diorama depicting a hunting party of Olman warriors, in feathers and deer-hide garments, in a mountainside scene. Some have pulled down a stag with the aid of a dog, another group is cleaning a small mule deer, and others have cornered a panther with their spears. A scout watches the panther from an outcropping above. He holds a metal staff with a loop in its end. It looks like a shepherd's crook.",
"The three niches on both the northern and southern walls are five feet wide and about three feet off the floor. Each niche contains a diorama depicting some aspect of tribal life. The six-inch-tall figures in all of the displays appear to be made of stucco, realistically and brightly painted. The scenes portrayed represent fishing, farming, religion, warfare, the creation story, and crafting.",
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"In the display that depicts the creation of the world, all the statuettes are stylized and obviously nonhuman. These figures can be removed, but they don't animate. A god, adorned in green quetzal feathers, is mixing ashes with blood to form sculptures of a man and woman, while four towering figures painted red, black, blue, and white are standing about a fire committing suicide with their daggers. Two smaller figures are ringed by the four\u2014the modest \"Pimply One\" is being consumed by the fire, while the braggart \"Lord of Snails\" cowers in fear."
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"Attempting to dig upward through the rubble in the west end of the room results only in more detritus falling into the area.",
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"When the characters investigate the door that offers an exit from the chamber, read:",
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"The door is carved with a sun symbol and appears to open into the room; there are hinges on this side and scratches on the floor. There is no visible lock or handle on it, although a slight gap stretches across the top of the door. Eight holes seem to have been bored into the door; they are about an inch in diameter, but nothing can be seen in them. The door seems to be fairly thick. The lintel is arched, with a keystone at the top."
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"The key found in the diorama about hunting can be used to spring the door open when it is turned in the keyhole hidden under the keystone over the door. The keyhole can be found with a successful DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check.",
"Pitons or similar tools can be driven into the door to provide handles. Driving pitons into the door takes 1 minute and requires a successful DC 10 Strength check. With such a grip, the door can be opened with some force, but with no check needed. (Objects inserted into the holes that are already bored won't stay in the door.)",
"The two hinge pins can be broken (each has AC 12 and 20 hit points) and removed, but the door falls inward. Someone who holds the door and succeeds on a DC 15 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check can keep the door up and lower it to the floor. Otherwise, the door falls, and those within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw to avoid the falling door. On a failed save, a creature takes 7 ({@dice 2d6}) bludgeoning damage."
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"If the trap triggers, several of the logs swing out from either wall and buffet the party. Those in the plate's area when the trap triggers take 7 ({@dice 2d6}) bludgeoning damage and are pushed 5 feet down the slope toward the double doors. Once they swing out, the stone logs don't swing back and thus effectively block the passage, since they bar the way from ceiling to floor with only a 6-inch gap remaining between the logs."
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"This room is constructed of large stone blocks, buttressed in the corners. The walls are wet and slimy, and mud covers most of the floor in a thin coating. To the east and west may be seen stone doors recessed in the wall, and to the north a set of stairs leads down.",
"In the center of the chamber sits a large polished boulder amid a pile of smaller rounded rocks. The boulder is five feet tall and colored brown with dark streaks and spots. Leaning against it is what appears to be a bamboo staff.",
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"The creature at the base of the boulder is a {@creature giant crayfish|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}). If it is approached, it will advance waving its claws in an aggressive manner and speak. If any member of the party can understand Olman, an ancient language, the crayfish will be heard to say, \"Who is this? Who dares to enter the chamber of the guardian? You had better go, or I will have to discharge my sacred duty! Be off with you before I lose my temper!\"",
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"The boulder is in reality a huge shell inhabited by {@creature Kalka-Kylla|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}), a giant hermit crab. The bamboo staff is one of its legs; a successful DC 15 Intelligence ({@skill Nature}) check enables a character to discern this fact and get a hint as to {@creature Kalka-Kylla|TftYP}'s nature before the crab moves.",
"When the characters enter the room, {@creature Kalka-Kylla|TftYP} is asleep and will not awaken unless the crayfish is attacked. Once it is awake, it may attack or bargain. It speaks Olman.",
"The crab can be reasoned with, if the party doesn't attack it and can come to terms with it. The crab denies any knowledge of this place, stating that it was brought into these warrens when very young. If asked for directions, it first sends the party to the rubble-filled staircase to the east, and then, if asked a second time, it sends the party to the west."
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"Any attempts to open the door will meet with failure until the blockage is removed. Probing the silt will reveal its depth to be about 18 to 24 inches and its consistency as tenacious as quicksand. The silt can be scooped out of the stairwell, but it is semi-liquid and will quickly flow back. If water is forced, in quantity, through the silt, it will wash the silt under the door jamb and down the hall beyond, alleviating the blockage."
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"The walls of this corridor are wet and slimy. The stucco covering has become saturated with water and is decomposing and sloughing off in spots on the southern wall, exposing the seams of one of the large stone blocks from which this structure was built."
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"The tightly fitted stone seals off a tomb. The block is made of limestone, and the entire face of the plug is covered with wet, caustic lime.",
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"Any flesh that comes in contact with the lime will take 1 acid damage per round. The lime must be removed from the skin to stop the damage, and it can either be wiped off or washed away.",
"If cloth or soft leather is used to protect flesh from contact with the wet lime, the lime will soak through in 2 rounds. Nonmagical leather armor won't absorb the lime, but each hour of contact with it reduces the armor's AC by 1, making the armor useless if its AC becomes 10. The lime can't be removed from the stone, since it isn't a coating."
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"After the stucco is scraped away from the seams, the block can be pushed inward by the combined effort of up to four characters with a total Strength of 48 or higher. The stone is about 6 feet tall, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet thick. It takes 1 minute to push the plug 10 feet, after which it can be circumvented."
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"Beyond the plug is a small foyer holding three sealed urns on the east and west sides. To the south are double doors of bronze with glyphs worked into their faces."
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"The ancient glyphs are scribed in Olman. If anyone in the party can read this language, or if the message can be understood by other means, the glyphs will translate as \"Here lies {@creature Tloques-Popolocas|TftYP}, master of the others, who is like the wind and the night!\"",
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"Someone who examines the door closely with a light source notices the glint of glass in the seam between the doors with a successful DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. Even with the lock still in place, the lever on which the sphere rests can be moved by someone who succeeds on a DC 20 Dexterity check using thieves' tools. The painstaking process in the narrow space takes 5 minutes, and if the check fails by 5 or more, the sphere breaks at the end of the attempt."
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"If the glass sphere breaks, it releases green, swirling sleep gas throughout the area. Each time a creature ends its turn in this chamber, the creature must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or become {@condition poisoned} for 5,000 years. While {@condition poisoned} in this way, a creature is also {@condition unconscious}, and it is unaffected by the passage of time or by other poisons. If magic is used to cure the {@condition poisoned} condition, the recipient is immune to the poison for 1 hour. A casting of {@spell dispel magic} using a spell slot of 7th level or higher can also end the effect. The vapors linger for a month unless they are cleared away by a strong wind."
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"Behind the doors is a chamber cut out of the rock with a veil of calcite and stalactites covering the walls. Buttresses rise from the corners, brown shot through with black, and triangular stone pillars support the high ceiling. Occupying the center of the chamber is a colossal monument resembling a giant's table, covered on all sides with intricate carvings and glyphs. Engraved on the floor in front of the entrance is a seal that displays more glyphs. Opposite the entrance, a battleaxe is embedded in the wall, six feet above the floor."
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"The glyphs in the floor seal are written in Olman and translate as \"Ah, defilers! Now you shall join me in my eternal resting!\"",
"The monument is constructed from several parts. A great stone slab, 20 feet long by 10 feet wide, rests upon a 4-foot-thick monolith of rock of similar dimensions, and this, in turn, is supported by six huge blocks of dolomite. Every component has been covered with intricate carvings and glyphs. The top of the slab depicts a struggle between a dark-skinned man and a mighty, knotted serpent.",
"Engraved alongside this illustration are glyphs identical to those found on the door. Under these sigils are etched a series of four face-glyphs in a line. At the foot of the slab is a row of eleven of these symbols, all different in form.",
"The carved block is the resting place of {@creature Tloques-Popolocas|TftYP}, a servant of the shadow-loving Zotzilaha. The glyphs on the top of the slab give his name, and the date he died, 54\u20133\u20139, is written in the face-glyphs. One glyph is a {@spell glyph of warding} (save DC 17), which casts {@spell bestow curse} on everyone in the tomb if the crypt is opened by those who don't serve the god Zotzilaha. The curse lasts until it is dispelled, and {@dice 4d10} days after this tomb has been broken into, every cursed violator receives a visit from either Tloques or some other agent of Zotzilaha seeking retribution.",
"The eleven face-glyphs at the foot of the block correspond to the numbers 0 through 10. The tomb is opened by pressing the glyphs that correspond to the numbers of the date carved on the top, in order. When the 9 glyph is depressed, a grating sound issues forth and the top slab slides back a bit. The tomb lid can then be opened the rest of the way by the combined effort of one or two characters with a total Strength of 20 or higher.",
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"The block beneath the slab is hollow, and inside is a crumbling skeleton decked out in decayed finery. It appears to have been a man of taller than average stature, obviously of great importance. Gems and other small adornments of obvious value lie on and around the body. Covering the skull is a mask of jade with cowrie-shell eyes and obsidian pupils. About the corpse's neck is a jade pendant carved with the face of a humanlike bat."
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"The corpse is the body of {@creature Tloques-Popolocas|TftYP}, a {@creature vampire spawn} with special qualities (see below).",
"If the characters examine the contents of the tomb, see \"Treasure\" for details. Any of the items can be lifted off or out if the characters so desire. If the mask and the pendant are both removed, Tloques starts to awaken. Dust is stirred up into clouds and begins to gather on the bones as they knit back together. His wasted form then sits up and gazes about. This part of the regeneration process requires 2 rounds, during which time the corpse has AC 12 and 27 hit points. (If they have not been removed, the corpse benefits from the {@item bracers of defense} and the {@item ring of protection} he is wearing; see \"Treasure.\") If either the mask or the pendant is forced back upon him before the 2 rounds elapse, he returns to death. If not, he then sits for 2 more rounds, while his flesh knits and swells out with the apparent vigor of the living. He gains 27 hit points in the first round and 28 hit points in the second round, and he has his normal AC of 17 but remains {@condition prone}. He can use Multiattack to make two claw attacks in either of these rounds, but being {@condition prone}, he does so with disadvantage. Within this period, if both the mask and the pendant are forced back on him, he can resist returning to death with a successful DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. When he is whole again, he attacks.",
"Tloques, having gained his power from his allegiance to Zotzilaha, isn't a typical vampire and doesn't bite. He has the Shapechanger trait of a true vampire, except he can't change into mist. Tloques also has the Children of the Night action option of a true vampire, but he calls only bats. He can innately cast the {@spell hold person} spell at will, requiring no components, but his target must be able to see him. When he has a chance to do so, Tloques pulls his axe from the wall and then uses it for each of his two attacks per round.",
"He is a blood-drinker and attempts to subdue opponents, if not vastly outnumbered, so as to assure himself a constant supply of blood. To drink blood, Tloques must first drain it into a receptacle and then drink it, which can reduce the target's hit point maximum as a normal vampire spawn bite does.",
"{@creature Tloques-Popolocas|TftYP|Tloques} will not pursue fleeing grave robbers from his tomb immediately, but instead will seek to regain his bearings in the world of the living for several days. He can track down cursed thieves later, or invoke the power of Zotzilaha to locate any treasure stolen from this place. In the intervening time, he might regain some of his former power."
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"The battleaxe has a blade of bronze, and the haft is wound with snakeskin wrappings. The weapon detects as magical. It casts an ominous shadow in the shape of what appears to be a withered arm. Those who approach within reach of it feel a cold chill run up and down their spine, and anyone who tries to pull the axe from the wall finds it impossible to do so.",
"The weapon is a {@item berserker axe} that has a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls instead of the normal +1. The axe can't be picked up by another as long as its current owner, Tloques, remains alive. Concealed beneath the wrappings around the handle is a parchment containing the spells {@spell passwall}, {@spell burning hands}, and {@spell gust of wind}. When the attuned wielder uses an action to say the correct words of power, which are engraved in Olman on the axe blade, one of these spells can be cast.",
"The axe has 12 charges and regains {@dice 1d6 + 4} expended charges daily at dawn. Casting a spell from it takes a number of charges equal to the level at which the spell is cast (5th for {@spell passwall}, 2nd for {@spell gust of wind}, and 1st or higher for {@spell burning hands}; spell save DC 15). If the parchment is removed from the axe, the axe loses the capability of casting these spells forever."
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"The mask has a value of 200 gp, and the pendant is worth 50 gp. Describe the other contents of the tomb if the characters examine portions of the corpse more closely:",
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"Beneath the mask are fragments of bone, as though the skull has been crushed. Within the fragments of the jaw is a spherical white onyx (15 gp).",
"Strands of hair still remain on the skull, gathered into black obsidian and red pipestone tubes (worth 50 gp as a bunch).",
"Above the mask, on the corpse's forehead, is a diadem of dark opals and jade discs (worth 200 gp).",
"To either side of the mask are jade earplugs carved in several pieces to resemble budding flowers (the pair worth 30 gp).",
"Draped over the rib cage is a breastplate made of loops of tubular jade interspersed with bone dividers (protects like studded leather, worth 200 gp).",
"Scattered around the neck and through the rib cage of the corpse are one hundred fifty-six jade beads (each worth 1 gp) shaped like spheres, cylinders, tri-lobed beads, floral buds, open flowers, pumpkins, melons, and a snake's head.",
"About the wrists are wide jade bead bracelets ({@item bracers of defense}).",
"On the middle finger of each hand are carved jade rings, one in the form of a man holding the moon (a {@item ring of protection}) and the other a panther ready to strike (a {@item ring of animal influence}).",
"Pressed into the fingers of each hand is a large bead, a jade cube (150 gp) in the right hand and a spherical agate (50 gp) in the left hand.",
"At the feet of the skeleton lie two small containers, apparently of glazed clay, one fitted with flower-shaped plugs in both ends (it contains the dried remains of a {@item potion of invisibility}), the other holding a 1-inch-diameter piece of mother-of-pearl (5 gp).",
"Lying among the hip bones is a 6-inch-long statue of a faceless man with large pointed ears. Plugged at the bottom, it is a bottle that contains an {@item elixir of health}."
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"This room is wet, and the walls are covered with a slimy, white buildup. There is about an inch and a half of water and mud blanketing the floor. Many overturned pedestals and pieces of broken statuary lie on the floor, partially buried in the mud. Opposite the entrance to this room is another door.",
"Only one pedestal remains standing, in the northwest corner. On it sits a small, metallic, three-sided pyramid. Overhead in the shadow-draped ceiling are inlaid colored tiles depicting a starry sky and forming strange patterns in the areas above the pedestals."
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"A dark, wet mass clings to the wall above the western door. Upon closer inspection, it appears to be green in color. The mass is a large colony of algae, though it resembles green slime; a successful DC 15 intelligence ({@skill Nature}) check enables a character to tell the difference. Fire will have little effect on it, because the algae is oozing wet and fire doesn't burn with much vigor in the presence of the poisonous gas that fills this level. Attempts to dislodge the slime will result in slippery sections of it dropping on the characters.",
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"The walls of this room are heavily coated with caustic lime. Any flesh that comes in contact with this lime will take 1 acid damage per round. The lime must be removed from the skin to stop the damage, and can be either wiped off or washed away."
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"The small pyramid is made of silver (worth 5 gp). It represents the god of the moon and lightning, Apocatequil (A-poe-ka-TAY-kel). The fallen statuary was made of stucco and depicted other Olman gods. These include a coyote, a crab-headed figure, an alligator-headed god, a feathered warrior, and a jaguar."
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"The walls and ceiling of this hallway are coated with slime, and the floor of the passage is covered with a layer of mud. Through this muck a steady stream of water trickles northward. The stucco on the walls is flaking off, and there are glowing silver tracks in the slime crisscrossing the walls and ceiling.",
"Along the east wall of the passage stands a twelve-foot-tall stone statue of a man outfitted in fine clothing and holding a stone tray in his raised arms. Its eyes appear to be black gemstones; the right one droops out of its socket, balancing on the statue's cheek. From behind the left shoulder protrudes the hilt of a weapon, most likely a sword. The stone tray, as well as the forehead and the nose of the statue, are chipped and scratched."
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"The easiest way to reach the sword or the gems is to climb up on the statue and stand on the tray. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence ({@skill Investigation}) check realizes the statue is top-heavy; proficiency with mason's tools and a dwarf's Stonecunning trait apply to this check. If a weight of more than 100 pounds is applied to the tray, or someone pushes on the statue anywhere above the tray and succeeds on a DC 10 Strength check, the statue overbalances and topples into the hall. Anyone on the statue, or under it, must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 7 ({@dice 2d6}) bludgeoning damage from the falling statue. Behind the toppled statue is a narrow passage 4 feet above the floor (see area 10).",
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"The eyes of the statue are pieces of polished obsidian worth 10 gp each. The sword is a {@item +1 longsword} in fine condition, made of laminated wood, inset with jagged teeth of obsidian. It deals an extra {@dice 2d6} damage to any creature of the plant type. The sword comes free easily, if any character pulls it up and out."
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"id": "093"
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"Water beads collect upon the walls of this narrow passage, and the flooring is cold and damp. A low ceiling, only five feet tall, further cramps this dank place."
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"The northern entrance to this passage is a block of stone mounted on a central pivot, which has been wedged partially open by accumulated debris.",
"The location of the southern entrance appears to be a blank wall when initially viewed from within the passage. The portal can be opened from inside the passage by releasing a concealed catch at the intersection of the wall and the ceiling. Finding the catch requires a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check."
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"(Say-man-AH-wok, place surrounded by water)",
"Describe the features of this room as the characters become able to see them or examine them. The text assumes the characters are approaching from the south.",
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"The doors to this room are made of bronze and are tinted blue from oxidation. Just inside the doorway are two small alcoves. Each space contains an old fountain, cracked and crusted with lime. Around the fountain in the eastern alcove, a heap of rubbish litters the floor. The fountain in the western alcove still holds some green scummy water, in which something moves.",
"A short hall ending in descending steps leads to the central chamber, which is flooded. A dark, foul pool covers the entire floor. A central hall, flanked by narrow aisles, is defined by two rows of massive square columns. The walls are coated with slime, and there are glowing silver lines etched across them. From what you can see of the chamber's walls, the stone appears to be crudely worked.",
"Two corroded bronze braziers stand in the pool. Toward the middle of the room, two broken urns, each apparently once about four feet tall, poke up out of the water. In the darkness on the eastern wall appears to be an enormous growth of an overall greenish hue that gives off the same silvery gleam as the slime trails."
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"The water in the central area of the floor is 2 feet deep, and the floor is very slippery\u2014moving across this {@quickref difficult terrain||3} costs 3 feet of speed for every 1 foot traveled). Any sudden actions, including those necessary for combat, might result in the character taking a spill. A character who takes the {@action Dash} action or tries to fight while in the room must first succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall {@condition prone}.",
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"The 10-foot-wide section of floor that runs along the east, west, and north sides of the room is 10 feet lower than in the rest of the room, creating a 12-foot-deep moat. Characters who don't probe ahead will be unable to detect the drop-off until it is too late."
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"The walls are heavily coated with lime, which also pollutes the water. If a character stands in this water for more than 30 minutes, the soaked portions of the character's clothing begin to rot away."
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"The phosphorescent glow on the eastern wall is actually a giant slug named {@creature Tecuziztecatl|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}), the Lord of Snails. {@creature Tecuziztecatl|TftYP} (Tay-COO-zeez-tay-COT-el) is highly intelligent and quite the boaster. In ancient lore it was considered to be related to the moon, a fact of which it is quite proud. During combat the slug will detail, in Olman, what it has in store for the characters and how hopeless their situation is.",
"If it begins to lose the combat, the slug will either \"surrender\" and after bargaining agree to help the party, or else it will flee and conceal itself in the moat. If the characters allow themselves to be helped, the slug will precede them to the north side of the moat and stretch its body across the gap, making it appear to be solid ground. Those who step on the slug without taking precautions will plunge into the moat.",
"The slug will lead the party toward the Tomb of Hurakan (area 12) and instruct them to open the door. Once the door is open, {@creature Tecuziztecatl|TftYP} will flee from the party and hide in the bottom of the moat."
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"The eastern fountain has a small amount of concentrated lime solution near the bottom (dealing damage as the lime in {@adventure area 5|TftYP-THSoT|1|5. Tomb Stone and Wet Lime}). It looks like cloudy water. A small amulet lies beneath the caked lime. The amulet (worth 65 gp) is made of brass and chrysoprase, engraved with the words \"Lord of Snails.\" It is possible to use the amulet as a bargaining tool with the giant slug, which will accept it in return for allowing the characters passage to the Tomb of Hurakan.",
"In the southeast corner of the eastern alcove, a {@creature swarm of rats} nests in the rubbish. The swarm is made up of diseased giant rats."
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"The western fountain is filled with algae, and some bullfrogs are raising a brood of tadpoles in the water."
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"id": "099"
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"(Ewe-RA-kan, god of the flood)",
"If the characters approach from the north (through the corridor marked 12A), read:",
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"This passageway is slime-covered, and a stream of water trickles away from the door. There is condensation on the walls, door, and ceiling, some of which drips down on you. A quiet sound of dripping and splashing echoes in the corridor. This door is tightly sealed and appears to be warped outward or wedged shut. The door's hinges are mounted on this side."
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"The door requires a successful DC 20 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check to pull it open. The difficulty is due to the fact that the room behind the door is entirely filled with water, which has bowed the door and jammed it shut. Those who listen at the door will hear a slight splashing and gurgling, if they hear anything at all.",
"Opening the door will release a wave of water. Those hit by the water take 2 ({@dice 1d4}) bludgeoning damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked down and washed along the passage to the north, then westward. A creature that succeeds on a DC 15 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check while moving around a corner can grab onto the stonework there and halt its movement. When the flood washes to area 11, the water bursts open the doors there (if they weren't open already), and anyone in the water is dumped into the moat.",
"A character who is washed down the hall must succeed on DC 15 Dexterity saving throw to keep a hold on anything in hand. Heavy objects sink to the floor in the hall, but lighter ones are washed into the moat."
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"If the characters traverse the corridor from east to west, describe the area as they advance.",
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"This hall is strewn with mud and flotsam. Water accumulates in the center of the corridor and flows westward to where a stone block in the southern wall has shifted out of place. The corridor turns north, and the flow of water follows it, then goes under a door made of bronze-bound wood. The door has a handle and a keyhole."
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"Opening the door will reveal stairs going down into a small room. A pool of water fills the entire chamber. Another door is across the way, but only the top 3 inches of it can be seen above the water."
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"A faint, melodious sound comes from ahead. It is difficult to tell whether it is someone singing or the echoing of dripping water in a great cavern."
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"If the characters burst into the room, they immediately hear a surprised squeal and a splash.",
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"The room is lit by a soft light that reveals a section of rocky beach. Beyond the beach is a pool of glowing water, filling half the room and framed by a crystal cavern. Green fronds can be seen in the pool. Light seems to flow from everywhere, the pool and walls glistening like soft moonlight. On the far side of the pool is a set of doors carved with a sun symbol."
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"If the characters approached quietly, they might glimpse the singer.",
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"Sitting on the beach in front of the crystalline pool is a woman, young and slim, with long golden hair and pale white skin. She radiates a soft silvery light even through her shawl, white as the froth of waves. She is singing a strange melody in an unrecognizable language. After finishing her song, she enters the water in a long, arching dive."
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"Water covers more than half of the cavern. The floor drops off sharply, creating a pool that is 12 feet deep. A ledge runs from the southern wall to a set of doors that lead east. Above the ledge, the water is only 2 feet deep, but the area counts as {@quickref difficult terrain||3}.",
"The doors that lead east have keyholes in them but are unlocked.",
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"The young woman is actually a {@creature nereid|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}) named Dasa Zotz. Whether startled or not, eventually the nereid surfaces and a silvery laugh is heard. This creature is an agent of Zotzilaha. Unlike most other nereids, she is chaotic evil in alignment, and she speaks Olman instead of Common. She possesses an insidious and clever mind, concealed beneath her alien beauty and seeming naiveté. She retreats from close combat and conceals herself in the water.",
"The nereid has a pet named Chac, a {@creature giant lightning eel|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}). If she calls to Chac for aid, she does so on her turn when she uses Water Lash. The waters begin to heave and boil, and the watery form of a human with an elephantine head, wearing an elaborate headdress and holding a trident, rises up. The eel comes near the surface and strikes when the watery \"god\" levels its trident at a character."
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"If seriously threatened, the nereid might reveal the location of her treasure. At the deepest part of the pool is a grotto hidden behind a bed of kelp. In this cave are six golden statuettes (worth 50 gp each) and a golden mask (worth 250 gp). Also lying in the cache are two crystal scroll cases (worth 25 gp apiece), though water has destroyed the scrolls in them; a silver idol (worth 15 gp), which is actually a bottle holding a {@item potion of clairvoyance}; and a pair of {@item gloves of missile snaring}."
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"id": "0a7"
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"name": "14. Flooded Hall",
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"Half of the L-shaped corridor is flooded. The water is 3 feet deep and cold, and the bottom is very slippery; moving across this {@quickref difficult terrain||3} costs 3 feet of speed for every 1 foot traveled. Any sudden actions, including those necessary for combat, might result in the character taking a spill. A character who takes the {@action Dash} action or tries to fight within the room must first succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall {@condition prone}.",
"The water becomes shallower to the east. After the corridor turns north, a set of stairs rises up out of the dampness, and the path ends at a set of bronze doors. The doors have keyholes but are unlocked."
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"This hallway is twenty feet wide and has piles of rubble and debris scattered along its length. The walls are covered with frescoes. The south wall displays scenes of a battle between natives and invaders.",
"The north wall depicts people questing for a new land; their experiences during the journey include crossing treacherous mountains, sailing over storm-tossed seas, and receiving the guidance of the gods in their battles to keep their homeland free from invasions. In the center of the wall is a painting of a pyramid with a temple atop it and the sun shining over the land.",
"Double bronze doors stand in the eastern end of the south wall. Down the hall to the west is an archway carved in the form of twining serpents. Beyond it, the corridor continues on into shadow."
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"The hallway extends only 5 feet beyond the arch. The western wall is a cleverly painted mural designed to give the illusion of depth and reality, and the obscuring effect of the poison gas contributes to this impression. If characters attempt to go in this direction, they walk straight into the wall unless someone succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. The space beyond the arch immediately in front of the mural is where creatures arrive after being teleported from the south end of {@adventure area 32|TftYP-THSoT|1|32. The Portal to Death}.",
"To either side of the arch is a 5-foot-deep niche. A character who steps into either niche triggers a pressure plate (see \"{@adventure The Ruins: General Features|TftYP-THSoT|1|The Ruins: General Features}\" at the beginning of the adventure) that releases a set of horizontal bars\u2014closing off the archway and trapping the interloper.",
"The character can instead take 10 minutes to remove the plate from the floor, requiring the same sort of check as for an attempt to block the plate from moving. A failed check in this case means another 10 minutes of work is required, followed by another check.",
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"The painting of the pyramid and the sun conceals a secret door. A character who makes a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check discovers that the portion of the work that depicts the sun is separate from the rest and can be depressed. Pushing it inward reveals and opens a secret door in the wall. The floor of the passage that leads north is 8 feet above the floor of the great hall. Accessing this secret exit causes any bars over the niches to retract into the walls and the pressure plates to reset."
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"This description assumes an approach from the north. The south side of the secret door is described in area 15.",
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"The wall at the end of this corridor has a bas relief sculpture of a warrior armed with a spear and shield. The shield, which rests on the floor, resembles a sundial, complete with a marker standing out from the wall. Etched on the shield's surface are runes in Olman script."
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"The message on the shield reads, \"Turn back!\"",
"Instead of being part of a solid carving, the shield has a seam that a character can discover with a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. Chips around the seam suggest that the shield can be pivoted. Experimentation thereafter reveals that the sundial marker is movable. When it's in its current position, leaning to the right, the secret door is closed. If the marker is pushed to the left, the shield pivots, and the exit opens.",
"The floor of the area beyond the door is 8 feet lower than the floor in the corridor."
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"This corridor is high-ceilinged and decorated with sculptures mounted on the walls. Two corridors branch off from the main hall, a narrow one to the east and another to the west. The statuary that adorns the walls consists of four sculpted heads of animals. Each one is six feet above the floor and two to three feet in diameter. Opposite the passage that leads east is the stylized head of a coyote, and across from the hallway going west is the head of a grinning bear. Near the south end of the corridor, the head of a bison is mounted on the east wall.",
"At the north end of the area, on the west wall, is what appears to be the head of an eagle, with its beak open. Something shines from within the eagle's mouth."
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"Wedged in the eagle's throat is an intricately crafted golden bracelet. To remove the item, a character must either reach into the mouth or attempt to push the bracelet out with another object.",
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"Disturbing the bracelet in any way will cause the beak to snap shut instantly. Whatever was inserted into the mouth will be pinned, and the hinge of the mechanism will jam.",
"The hinge can be loosened with oil, after which the beak opens easily, or the beak (AC 16, 25 hit points) can be broken off by dealing bludgeoning damage to it that reduces it to 0 hit points. If a character's arm is caught in the beak when the beak is struck, that character takes one-quarter of the damage dealt to the beak and the beak takes the remainder."
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"The golden circlet is a {@item bracelet of rock magic|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix A|TftYP-THSoT|2}) that was originally a ring, an earring, or some other piece of stone giant jewelry."
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"Along both sides of the corridor, deep in shadows, human figures appear to be floating above the floor. As you approach, you see that the figures seemingly suspended in the air are actually withered corpses standing upright on a ledge two feet above the floor."
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"Once the lead character in the party reaches the midway point of the east\u2013west passage, fifteen {@creature Zombie||zombies} animate and attack. These corpses don't register as undead to a casting of {@spell detect evil and good} until after they animate."
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"After combat with the zombies is finished, each character who took damage from the monsters must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or contract sewer plague (see \"{@disease Sewer Plague||Sample Diseases}\" in chapter 8 of the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG}). Unlike the normal disease, symptoms of this disease manifest in an infected creature after 1 hour rather than {@dice 1d4} days."
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"At the end of the corridor is a small alcove holding a three-foot-tall stone pedestal on which rests a small silver coffer. Fifteen feet in front of the alcove, there is a single small step up in the stone floor. Inside the alcove, the floor is elevated an additional two feet."
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"A character who examines the base of the 2-foot step along the edge of the raised floor and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check notices a metallic glint coming from a hinge that runs across the full width of the floor. The hinge can be dismantled by someone who uses thieves' tools, takes 5 minutes to do so, and succeeds on a DC 15 Dexterity check. On a successful check, the trap (see below) is prevented from triggering. On a failed check, the character hasn't managed to dismantle the hinge but can try again."
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"If the hinge in the floor isn't dismantled, a trap is triggered if more weight is placed on the floor of the alcove than on the space immediately in front of the step up. The floor inside the alcove sinks 10 feet. At the same time, the 15-foot slab of floor north of the alcove (as shown on the map) rises up, pivoting along its south edge. The northern side of the slab now seals off the passage to the north, while the southern side slopes down toward the alcove. Those who were on the slab when it pivoted fall {@condition prone} and roll to the bottom of the slope on the alcove floor, 13 feet below where the coffer sits on its pedestal. Each creature that falls in this way takes 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage.",
"When the slab finishes moving, it locks into place, so the floor remains steeply sloped and the passage north remains blocked. The locking mechanism is hidden by the northern (elevated) edge of the floor, and it's in a very narrow space. The stone around it can be chipped away over several hours of tedious labor until the edge of the slab no longer holds in place. A {@spell knock} spell can also defeat the locking mechanism."
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"The silver coffer is unlocked, but it is latched, so the lid will not come open unless the characters touch the box.",
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"Inside the coffer is a strange copper figurine, narrow, with fins, looking somewhat fish-like. Written on the side of this figurine are strange runes. On the slimmer end is a small arched square panel."
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"The runes are in a script similar to Elvish and spell out the name Ilnedraw. Deft fingers will be able to open the small panel, revealing a hollow inside which is a wall of lighted, colored beads.",
"Touching any of the beads will cause the panel to close. A few seconds thereafter, the figurine will rise into the air and start to fly about the alcove, hovering at times and avoiding being touched by characters or missiles. Once an exit is available, the figure will fly from the party and move randomly through the ruins, stopping at doors and pausing for a minute. This floating statuette serves no purpose and is more or less a false lead.",
"The silver coffer weighs 15 pounds and is worth 150 gp due to its fine workmanship. The copper figure is worth 50 gp and weighs 5 pounds."
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"page": 74,
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"(A-YO-kwan)",
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"A massive bronze door opens into this grand chamber. The place is filled with rubble and life-sized statuary, much of it broken. Standing in ranks is an army of clay statues, in what must have once been an impressive array. Now, half of them are fallen and crumbled. Near the door are spear-wielders, perhaps twenty of them, outfitted only in scraps of leather now. At their feet lay obsidian spearheads and bits of rotted wooden shafts. Behind these figures are archers, in a scattered formation. Few of them remain standing. Their arrows are gone, but they hold laminated bows, dried and worm-eaten.",
"Farther into the room are figures of warriors with war clubs and handaxes, wearing scraps of lacquered leather, sandals, and caps. Beyond all of this in the north end of the chamber are a group of statues that must have been an honor guard. These warriors wear feathered robes and headdresses and are armed with pitted bronze spears. Each of these figures wears a breastplate of shells. They are standing near a domed structure. The stuccoed dome has no apparent openings.",
"On the east wall of the room are two carved stone columns flanking the remains of a covered sedan or litter, with statues of attendants standing nearby."
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"The stuccoed dome is a cairn. It is a weak construction and can be broken into in 1 minute, using any bludgeoning instruments. If the characters work in concert, the time can be divided among multiple workers. Inside are six sets of worthless bones and six jade bead pectorals, worth 50 gp each. In a dusty corner is a pendant made of silver and turquoise, which is an {@item amulet of protection from turning|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix A|TftYP-THSoT|2}). In the center of the floor of this cairn is a bronze and chrysoprase lamp set into the stucco, worth 15 gp."
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"Lifting the lamp will open a hidden door in the floor, releasing a {@creature wight} called Ayocuan from the compartment in which he has been trapped. Ayocuan wears another {@item amulet of protection from turning|TftYP}."
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"Inside the curtained portion of the litter are the skeletal remains of a human, his arms are shackled to an arm of the sedan. In his rib cage can be found three arrowheads. Mixed throughout the broken clay in the immediate area are nearly five thousand beads of coral and shell worth 1 cp each."
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"Behind the columns along the east wall is a bronze door barred shut with a pitted copper bar so that it can't be opened from the outside. From inside this room, one has merely to remove the bar."
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"A large block of stone obstructs the corridor ahead. It doesn't seem to have been a part of the original construction, for its composition is more sandy than the stones that make up the walls of these ruins. Furthermore, a gap of several inches is visible along the sides of the block and between the stone and the ceiling."
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"This block was placed by the ancient architects to prevent access into the lower chambers and deter grave-robbers.",
"To reach its current position, the stone was slid southward down the gently sloping passage to the north. That passage has several rollers built into the floor to aid in moving the stone across it. The block can be pushed back up the rollers by the combined effort of up to four characters with a total Strength of 45 or higher, or moved out onto the bare stone floor by the combined effort of up to four characters with a total Strength of 50 or higher. In either case, the stone can be moved a number of feet per round equal to half the walking speed of the slowest individual among the workers.",
"If the block is pushed up the rollers, it will roll back next round to block the corridor if not braked with a large object."
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"name": "22. Chamber of the Nacehual",
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"(Nah-SAY-wal, the achieved ones)",
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"All the doors bordering this lozenge-shaped room are made of heavy bronze. Colorful glyphs are scribed on the western wall. There are two sideboards against the walls to the east.",
"In the middle of the chamber are two stone divans, each with a human figure stretched out on it. Between the divans is a low stone table holding a flask and two goblets, all made of crystal. In the bottom of the crystal flask is a quantity of silvery dust.",
"The figures on the divans are a male and female, each about middle-aged and perfectly preserved. They are very still, dust-covered, and apparently dead. Their bodies are covered with dry snakeskin. The female wears a silver bracelet and holds what looks to be an ivory wand. The male has an amulet of electrum resting on his chest, inset with a red stone of considerable size."
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"The glyphs, in Olman, read, \"Beware... many-eyed god will bring down a fiery death.\"",
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"Mixing the silvery powder in the flask with any liquid will create a special potion. A creature that drinks it must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or become {@condition poisoned} for 5,000 years. While {@condition poisoned} in this way, a creature is also {@condition unconscious} but semi-aware of its surroundings, and it is unaffected by the passage of time or other poisons. If magic is used to cure the {@condition poisoned} condition, the recipient becomes immune to the poison's effect for 1 hour. A casting of {@spell dispel magic} using a spell slot of 7th level or higher can also end the effect."
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"The two bodies are {@creature Martial Arts Adept|VGM|martial arts adepts} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}) in suspended animation. The male is named Cipactonal (See-PAK-ton-al), and the female is Oxomoco (Oks-OH-mo-koh). They used the potion that the flask once contained to feign their death. If either is disturbed, they both instantly awaken and stand. Oxomoco says, first in Olman and then in an ancient dialect of Common, \"You have broken our glorious sleep; for this you must atone.\"",
"The two then assume fighting stances, and if either is threatened or harmed, they attack. If the party negotiates, the two demand payment of 500 gp or one uncommon or rare magic item. If they aren't paid, the monks attack.",
"If the monks are questioned about the ruins, they know nothing to tell, except that they can translate the message on the western wall. They will not leave their chambers."
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"The ivory \"wand\" that Oxomoco holds is actually a folded fan worth 50 gp, and her platinum bracelet is worth 250 gp. Cipactonal's amulet, made of electrum and garnet, is worth 100 gp."
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"As you peer down the corridor, a faint flickering light becomes visible. The light begins to move through the hallway away from you, sputtering and wavering just at the edge of your perception."
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"The bobbing light is a {@creature will-o'-wisp}. It will attempt to lure the party into a trap, then use Consume Life on a victim. The creature will lead parties coming from the west toward and then into the north\u2013south corridor. Characters approaching from the north, who might already be familiar with the will-o'-wisp (see {@adventure area 24|TftYP-THSoT|1|24. Sandbox}), will be led on a zigzag route through the passages toward {@adventure area 19|TftYP-THSoT|1|19. Silver Coffer}."
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"name": "23A. Triangular Stone",
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"If the characters approach from the south, read:",
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"You come upon a ten-foot-wide pit that stretches across the corridor. Beyond it is a wedge-shaped stone block or pillar that blocks the passage. The light ahead of you that you had been following is nowhere to be seen, as though it somehow passed through the pillar."
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"The pit is 10 feet deep and contains several humanoid skeletons.",
"The triangular pillar's apex points toward the pit. Scratches on the floor and ceiling, scribing short arcs on either side of it, are easy to see. Someone who examines the pillar notices that it can be pivoted to either the left or the right, which will open a passage 2 feet wide that offers access to the north. If the characters move through this opening, they once again see the light of the will-o'-wisp in the distance.",
"If the characters approach from the north, read:",
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"The hallway abruptly ends at a blank stone wall."
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"If the wall is hammered on, it will sound solid. A character who examines the floor or the ceiling finds scratches that scribe an arc from one corner to the other. Pushing on one side of the apparent dead end causes the triangular pillar to pivot as noted above. If the characters move through the opening, they discover the pit. If they proceed to the south, continue with area 23."
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"name": "24. Sandbox",
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"The two thick lines on the map mark the boundaries of a trap. A character who examines the ceiling 20 feet overhead as the party passes under one of the marked areas and makes a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check notices a narrow band of copper extending from wall to wall. A gap between the copper and the surrounding stone suggests that the metal might be part of a door or a portcullis. This object can be prevented from coming down by wedging it in place as if it were a pressure plate.",
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"name": "Pressure Plate",
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"The 10-foot-square section of floor marked on the map is the location of a pressure plate (see \"{@adventure The Ruins: General Features|TftYP-THSoT|1|The Ruins: General Features}\" at the beginning of the adventure). If an amount of weight equivalent to that of three or four humanoids is placed on it, the trap described below is triggered."
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"If the characters set off the trap by activating the pressure plate in the floor, they hear a click and then a crash as both portcullises, made of timber bound in copper, come crashing down, sealing off the indicated area. These barriers are a foot thick; each has an AC of 15 and 100 hit points. Lifting a door requires a successful DC 25 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check, and any such check is made with disadvantage, since getting a good grip is difficult. If a door can first be pried up slightly with a crowbar or similar lever, requiring a successful DC 20 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check, someone not using the lever can get a grip on the bottom of the door, eliminating the disadvantage.",
"After 5 rounds, characters confined by the trap hear the sound of stone slowly grating on stone. Small panels near the ceiling move to expose four holes the size of a human fist on each wall. Dust trickles from the holes. After another 5 rounds passes, golden sand starts to pour rapidly through the holes. The floor is swiftly covered by the sand, which builds up at a rate of 2 feet per minute. Therefore, it takes 10 minutes for the sand to completely fill the hallway.",
"The area becomes {@quickref difficult terrain||3} after 1 minute. After 3 minutes of accumulation, a creature that moves through the sand must make a DC 10 Strength or Dexterity saving throw, becoming {@condition restrained} on a failed save. (A creature that crawls need not make the saving throw, and creatures that have more than two legs have advantage on the saving throw.)",
"A creature can end the {@condition restrained} condition on itself by using an action and succeeding on a DC 10 Strength or Dexterity check. Another creature can use an action to make the check and pull a {@condition restrained} creature free. After 5 minutes of accumulation, the DC of the saving throw increases to 15. Once the sand is flowing, it must be scooped away from a closed door for someone to try to lift that door, and the sand flows through open doorways.",
"The dust that fills the air as the sand falls causes choking. Unless it need not breathe, a creature in the dust must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw at the start of its turn. On a failed save, the creature spends its turn coughing, able only to move at half speed or to make a check (with disadvantage) to free itself from the {@condition restrained} condition."
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"As soon as the sand begins flowing, the {@creature will-o'-wisp} that frequents this part of the ruins (see {@adventure area 23|TftYP-THSoT|1|23. Light Ahead}), if it remains alive, moves through one of the doors into the trapped area. It harries those who are having the most success at escaping the trap."
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"page": 77,
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"A bitter stench assails the senses as you lay eyes on the room ahead. Inside, amid a pile of rubbish, offal, and bracken, ghostly lights move across the floor.",
"Closer observation reveals that the light is emitted by giant beetles. There seem to be around a dozen of these creatures in the room, each about three feet in length. They don't appear to take notice of you. From within the largest pile of trash, where most of the beetles are clustered, come glints of something shiny."
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"The garbage-infested room is home to thirteen {@creature Giant Fire Beetle||giant fire beetles}. They lack the two light-emitting glands behind the eyes that are normal for such creatures. They do give off a soft glow that emanates from their abdomens but doesn't provide significant illumination. The beetles are nonaggressive unless their nest is threatened. Any sudden noise will bring a beetle or two to investigate. They examine any strange object with their feelers, and if it is edible, they bite it. Other beetles move toward the sound of their comrades fighting."
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"The shiny objects in the beetles' nest are odd pieces of metal, polished rocks, broken crystal, three large turquoises (worth 20 gp each), and a {@item +1 dagger} that looks like junk. When it is used, its grip frays, its blade chips, and it flakes rust. If a character wielding this weapon gets a natural 1 on an attack roll, the dagger breaks and becomes nonmagical."
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"Ascending either of the routes out of the lower chambers brings the characters to the first tier of the temple proper. The following locations are identified on {@adventure map 3.1.|TftYP-THSoT|1|Map 3.1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan}",
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"If the characters approach from the north, read:",
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"A ramp slopes gently down from north to south. Set in the floor at two-foot intervals are smooth stone cylinders that apparently function as rollers."
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"If the characters approach from the south, read:",
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"A ramp leads gently up from south to north. Set in the floor at two-foot intervals are smooth stone cylinders that apparently function as rollers."
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"This corridor ascends from south to north in a series of short, gently sloped staircases.",
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"name": "Pressure Plate",
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"The 10-foot square indicated on the map is the location of a pressure plate (see \"{@adventure The Ruins: General Features|TftYP-THSoT|1|The Ruins: General Features}\" at the beginning of the adventure). If more than 30 pounds is placed on the plate, the trap described below triggers.",
"If the characters detect the presence of this plate, they can remove it from the floor with 10 minutes of work and a successful check as for an attempt to block the plate from moving. A failed check means another 10 minutes of work is required, followed by another check."
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"A millstone, concealed in the wall behind a layer of stucco, lies at the top of the steps. No nonmagical means can detect the hidden stone. If the trap is triggered, the mechanism pushes the millstone through the wall and sends it rolling down the stairs. When this occurs, anyone who has a passive Perception score of 14 or lower is {@quickref Surprise|PHB|3|0|surprised}. Everyone rolls initiative, including the stone, which has a +10 bonus to the roll. On its turn, the stone moves 60 feet. Anyone in its path must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 27 ({@dice 5d10}) bludgeoning damage and have a 50 percent chance to drop anything carried in hand. A character whose saving throw fails by 5 or more takes maximum damage, is knocked {@condition prone}, and drops anything held in hand. Dropped objects take damage from hitting the stone and end up somewhere on the stairs.",
"The stone ultimately crashes into the doors to {@adventure area 25|TftYP-THSoT|1|25. The Nest of the Warriors}, breaking them open and destroying them. If beetles remain in the room, some or all of them come into the stairway agitated and looking for a fight."
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"name": "28. The Arc of Nanahuatcin",
"page": 77,
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"(Na-na-WA-tzen, the Pimply One)",
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"This is a spacious, vaulted hall, weathered and cracked from the ravages of time. The walls are charred and scored. Scattered around the floor are several stone statues of baboon-like creatures, chipped and tipped over. The remains of a few once-living baboons, partially eaten, lie nearby, with fungus covering their corpses."
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"As the area is further penetrated, it is discerned that this was once a processional hall. Little remains to identify its past purpose except for a carving etched in the center of the worn floor that depicts a silver sun with a single eye. The beast that lairs here will not attack until the party sights it.",
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"Ahead, something spherical floats in the air at about chest height. The sphere has a central eye and about a dozen tentacles growing out of its top. Each appendage has a white sphere with a black pupil at its tip."
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"The spherical creature is a {@creature gas spore} that represents Nanahuatcin, the \"sun.\""
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"Near the center of the south wall is a sack made of fish skin. It contains seven silver pellets, each about the size of a sling bullet and worth 1 gp."
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"As you approach a bend in the passage, you see a series of faint line drawings on the walls depicting people playing a game that uses a ball and has goals on either end of the playing field."
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"At the place where the corridor bends is a capstone that seemingly covers a hole in the floor. Etched into the top of the slab are several glyphs obscured by a layer of dust. This writing, in Olman, reads, \"Dare not open this pit unless you be willing to meet the challenge of pelota.\"",
"Five feet above the capstone in the southern wall is a hemispherical depression 1 foot in diameter.",
"Lifting the capstone requires the application of leverage and the combined effort of up to two characters with a total Strength of 25 or higher. Beneath the stone lid is a pit filled with the skeletal remains of the losers of a previous game of pelota in this area. Atop the bones rest several figurines and a plaque, all made of jade, and a glistening black ball 1 foot in diameter.",
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"If any treasure is removed from the pit, a curse will fall upon its bearer 1 hour later. The victim must succeed on a DC 15 saving throw, or it has disadvantage on Strength and Dexterity ability checks and saving throws until the curse is dispelled.",
"The jade plaque depicts two men, wearing padding on their arms and hips, with a large ball traveling between them. The figurines are carved in the image of a sun-god in a feathered robe. There are seven jade items in all, weighing 1 pound and worth 30 gp each.",
"Buried beneath the skeletons is a chalice of beaten gold, inset with six amethysts, that weighs 1 pound and is worth 150 gp."
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"The ball, made of rubber wound around a balsa core, is used in the game of pelota. It is the same size as the depression in the wall, which is one of the goals on this playing field. The ball is cool to the touch. If it is picked up, it suddenly jerks free of the holder's grasp and rebounds off the south wall, then speeds 30 feet to the north and hovers. It animates for the purpose of challenging the violators of the tomb to a game.",
"The ball can fly up to 30 feet on its turn, and it can hover. It makes melee weapon attacks with a +5 bonus, dealing 1 ({@dice 1d4}\u22121) bludgeoning damage on a hit. The ball has AC 13 and 50 hit points. It is immune to all damage except for magical effects that deal acid, fire, force, piercing, or slashing damage. The ball is immune to most conditions, but it can be {@condition grappled} or {@condition restrained} by effects that work on objects. It makes ability checks to escape such entanglements with a +5 bonus."
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"Roll initiative. The ball uses its initial actions to bounce off the walls and strike at characters, trying to get them to strike back. When a character's attack hits the ball, it bounces off the south wall, and the depression in the wall briefly glows orange. After the second such occurrence, the ball will break off its attacks. A sound like that of a trumpet indicates that the game is about to start. The goal above the pit and another goal at the northern end of the hall 140 feet away are limned in orange light that remains until the game ends. When the characters hit the ball, it flies to the south and the southern goal flashes briefly. When the ball moves, it flies to the north, and the northern goal flashes."
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"The characters win the game by propelling the ball into the goal above the pit while preventing the ball from reaching the northern end of the hall. If all the characters fail to hit the ball for 1 round, the faint sound of a drum dirge will be heard.",
"A character who attacks the ball successfully sends it flying south up to 15 feet. To knock the ball into the southern goal, the ball must be within 15 feet of the goal, and a player must declare that the character is trying to score. If the character's attack roll exceeds the ball's AC by 4 or more, the ball goes into the goal.",
"If the ball moves to within 5 feet of the northern wall, it can bounce itself into its own goal. To do so, the ball must make a successful attack roll against AC 15.",
"Once the ball is knocked into a goal, it sticks there for 1 round, impossible to remove without destroying it. If the ball enters the goal to the north, a number of {@spell Magic Missile||magic missiles} erupt from the goal equal to the number of conscious characters in the corridor. Each missile strikes a different character for 3 ({@dice 1d4 + 1}) force damage.",
"When the ball moves out of a goal, it flies to the center of the corridor and hovers, awaiting the start of another point. The game continues until the characters die or score a goal that puts them 2 points ahead of the ball."
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"If the characters win, the ball becomes inert. The sound of triumphant drums erupts briefly, then the area goes silent. The southern goal goes dark, but the northern goal continues to glow orange. {@skill Investigation} reveals that a small panel has opened in the back of the depression. Within the space beyond is a pouch made of fish skin that holds ten pink pearls (worth 20 gp each), a topaz and shell necklace (worth 50 gp), and a whistle made of an eagle's bone with feather decoration, which is an {@item eagle whistle|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix A|TftYP-THSoT|2})."
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"This oddly shaped room is decorated in a cat motif. The center of the southeastern wall is carved to resemble the face of a snarling tiger with hollow eyes. Near the center of the room is a stuffed tiger, posed as if on the prowl. The tiger's left ear has been torn off, leaving a jagged scar on the head. Also near the middle of the room stands a stone statue of a tiger-headed man holding a spear.",
"In several other spots on the floor are stuffed domestic cats in various poses: sitting, stalking, pouncing, and one is begging, pawing the air. One of these cats in the center of the room has been knocked over and chewed on; its stuffing is falling out.",
"Hung on the walls are several skins of lions and leopards, tiger heads, and a cat-of-nine- tails. Along the northwest edge of the chamber a large calendar stone is mounted on the wall above a stone table or altar.",
"The statue of the cat-man depicts a tall human male with two extra sets of nipples. He seems to be wearing a tiger-faced mask and is clad only in a loincloth. A jagged scar runs across the left side of his chest, above the heart, and his chest is sunken and bony. The spear is stone-hafted, but bears a silvery head."
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"All the items hanging on the walls are actually realistically painted stucco sculptures. If the characters investigate the calendar stone, see area 31.",
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"The statue is a {@condition petrified} {@creature werejaguar|TftYP} (use the {@creature weretiger} statistics). If the altar is molested or any of the room's contents are abused, the {@creature werejaguar|TftYP} becomes aware and seizes the first opportunity to attack with surprise. It can turn to flesh as a bonus action and then transform into cat shape, dropping its spear. (The magic on the creature renders it strongly related to earth and stone with regard to the curse on the {@item bracelet of rock magic|TftYP}, described in {@adventure appendix A|TftYP-THSoT|2}). Its first choice of targets is always the weakest member of the party. If the {@creature werejaguar|TftYP} is reduced to 0 hit points, it reverts to human form and becomes {@condition petrified} again.",
"The {@creature werejaguar|TftYP}'s heart has been removed by magical surgery and is hidden in the head of the stuffed tiger (hinted at by the scars on man and tiger). Therefore, the cat-man might take damage or even die, but unless its heart is destroyed, it is reborn again whole in one day's time. If the lycanthrope's heart (AC 10, 2 hit points) is destroyed, the creature dies and turns to dust."
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"In the belly of the stuffed tiger are 500 gp."
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"A secret door is concealed in the mouth of the wall carving. The catch to open it is hidden in the hollow of the right eye. The door and the catch each require a successful DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check to find."
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"The calendar, a great wheel of stone, is carved from limestone. In the center of the calendar is a symbol of the sun surrounded with various sigils depicting seasons of the year. The stone is ten feet across and is mounted five feet above the floor over a stone altar. On the altar rests a ceremonial dagger of flint and a jade statue of a cat. At the foot of the altar is a stuffed cat, posed as if begging or attempting to catch something in the air."
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"The calendar stone covers a door and a secret passage to a hidden tomb. A character who examines the calendar and succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check can see that it is held onto the wall by a smaller rod of stone behind it. The gap between the calendar and the wall is a few inches wide, so characters looking at the calendar in a specific way might notice the unusual mounting without making a check. In order to open the door, the sun symbol must be pushed into the wall. The calendar stone and the wall behind it then swing to one side on a set of hinges."
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"The sacrificial knife on the table is a {@item +1 dagger}. The jade statue is worth 200 gp and weighs 9 pounds. In the tail of the stuffed cat is a {@item scroll of protection} (feline beasts and feline lycanthropes)."
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"Behind the concealed entrance is a narrow tunnel that slants down and away. The passage is barely four feet in diameter, and the walls are carved with a profusion of ancient and weird glyphs. The floor of the tunnel is slick with a molten, glassy glaze."
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"These nonmagical glyphs are of two types. Some are Olman curses cautioning and cursing trespassers; others are arcane symbols of abjuration, which is apparent to anyone who has proficiency in the {@skill Arcana} skill.",
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"The tunnel opens out two feet above the floor of a corridor running north and south. Three exits are visible, one at either end of the hallway and a set of double doors on the midpoint of the western wall.",
"The door to the north is barred, though it seems to have no latch. The image of a bear holding a disk of obsidian is set in its face. The lintel of the door is carved in the form of entwined serpents.",
"The southern door is plated in bronze. Etched on it is a symbol of two circles joined. The path leading up to it has a depression in the stone floor, as though it has been worn smooth by the passage of countless feet.",
"The floor in front of the central doorway is sunken and glazed. Affixed across the double doors is a golden seal one foot in diameter with ancient glyphs scribed into it. To open this door, it appears that the golden seal must be broken. Ancient glyphs are scribed on the seal. To either side on the lintel of the door are barely discernible scratches, and brown stains stipple the wall and floor."
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"Even after the bar is removed, the false door will not open. It appears to open outward, but when a character pushes against it, three arms spring out from the lintel and surround the character. Spotting these arms among the entwined serpents in the lintel requires a successful DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. The arms are treated as a pressure plate (see \"{@adventure The Ruins: General Features|TftYP-THSoT|1|The Ruins: General Features}\" at the beginning of the adventure) if a character attempts to jam them in place to keep them from moving.",
"A character caught in the trap can wriggle free only with a successful DC 20 Dexterity ({@skill Acrobatics}) check. Otherwise, unconfined characters can attempt to free a victim. The combined effort of two characters with a total Strength of 30 or higher is needed to pry back each arm, taking 1 round to move each one.",
"After a victim has been trapped for 5 rounds, the cover to a 5-foot-square pit starts to drop open. The pit is lined with spikes. The cover fully opens in 2 rounds, at which point the arms swiftly spring back into the lintel, releasing any victims to plummet into the 15-foot-deep pit. A fall into the pit deals 11 ({@dice 2d10}) bludgeoning damage. The spikes are hard rubber wrapped around balsa wood, placed for artistic effect."
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"The image on the southern door is the infinity symbol, representing the dual-god, the supreme god of creation. The door isn't latched, but it is stuck shut. A {@spell detect magic} spell cast on it reveals that an aura of conjuration magic emanates from beyond the door. It takes a successful DC 20 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check to bash the door open. If a creature does so, the door gives way suddenly, dumping the gate-crasher into a narrow space ahead. Any creature that enters this space is teleported to the west end of {@adventure area 15|TftYP-THSoT|1|15. The Great Hall}, just outside the painted mural on the wall."
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"The message on the seal, written in Olman, reads, \"Beware! Beyond this door is death!\" Once the seal is broken by opening the doors, it may not be used to reseal the doors. The gold in the seal is worth 250 gp.",
"The door is trapped, but the only evidence of this fact is concealed within the door frame and under the stucco on the ceiling, completely hidden. When the doors are pushed open, five heavy crossbows, set in the ceiling of the room beyond, fire. Two are aimed toward each door, and the last is aimed down the center of the two doors. The crossbows have a +6 bonus to hit, and each deals 5 ({@dice 1d10}) piercing damage."
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"(Tlah-kah-AYL-ayl)",
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"Beyond the door is a pillared porch overlooking a chamber that contains a model of a city. Arrayed on the porch are numerous clay statues of guards holding bronze-headed spears. The face of each statue is different, as if they were modeled from different subjects. Next to each statue is a small, glazed clay pot. The walls are decorated with brightly colored frescoes depicting a royal court in ceremonial garb and a king arrayed with his armies.",
"There is a chill in the chamber beyond, like that of a brisk winter morning. In the center of the room is an enormous, tarnished copper raft, crafted to resemble a dragon, bearing a copper coffin. The raft is afloat on a sea of silvery-white, flowing metal, fed by several rivers that trail along the floor of the room. The flowing liquid appears to be cool.",
"Between the waterways, stepped pyramid-temples rise skyward in mute paean to the gods of ancient Olman. Three of the pyramids appear to have tops that can be removed. In the rest of the area, a royal complex sprawls across verdant fields, and courtyards and ringed marketplaces dot the miniature countryside. There is a blight on this spectacle, however, for several of the models have been smashed and melted."
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"On the floor just inside the doorway is a {@spell glyph of warding} (save DC 17). The first character to step through the door and onto the glyph causes a {@spell wall of fire} spell to spring up in the doorway, with the damaging side facing away from the character who entered. The wall remains in place for 1 minute."
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"Within the copper coffin is a {@creature doppelganger}. The creature emerges from the coffin through a hole in the side facing away from the entrance as soon as the glyph is triggered. It assumes the form of any character trapped alone in the room and tries to attack with surprise. If it succeeds in slaying the character before the {@spell wall of fire} expires, then it hides the body in the coffin.",
"The doppelganger is unfamiliar with the rest of the ruins but tries to act like the character it has killed until it is discovered. If the doppelganger is forced to fight the party, it assumes the shape of a creature of molten metal that shrouded in flames. The fire is an illusion and doesn't burn."
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"The first time a creature or an object enters or touches the silvery liquid metal of the sea or the rivers on a turn, or a creature starts its turn in such a place, the creature or object takes 3 ({@dice 1d6}) fire damage. If any of this fluid is carried out of this room, it evaporates in 1 minute. The ships and the coffin floating on the liquid deal similar fire damage if they are touched."
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"Three of the pyramid-temples, which are fastened to the floor, conceal treasure. The top of each temple is hinged like the lid of a chest, and the catch is released by pressing down on the altar at the top. Each of these chests holds several coin necklaces, each made of three hundred sixty silver coins pierced and threaded on a piece of gut, and other assorted valuables.",
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"The lid is jammed on the first chest that the characters examine, requiring a successful DC 15 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check to pry open. The chest holds ten coin necklaces, six pairs of jade earplugs (worth 15 gp a set), an alabaster statuette (worth 50 gp), and an agate ring (worth 5 gp)."
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"The second chest is trapped. When hands are thrust into the treasure, a mechanical vise in the wall of the chest grabs the limbs within. A character must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or become {@condition grappled} by the device (escape DC 15). A creature is {@condition restrained} while {@condition grappled} in this way. Roll initiative. Six mechanical needles spring out from the sides of the chest on initiative count 0. The needles can be attacked (AC 12, 5 hit points). Each needle deals 1 piercing damage.",
"A creature struck by one or more of the needles must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. The creature takes 21 ({@dice 6d6}) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. In either event, the creature is {@condition poisoned}. The {@condition poisoned} creature must repeat the saving throw every 24 hours, taking 3 ({@dice 1d6}) poison damage on a failure. The poison ends when the creature makes five successful saves against it. Until the poison ends, any hit points lost to it can't be regained. The {@condition poisoned} creature is feverish and occasionally trembles, gibbers, or retches.",
"The chest holds nine coin necklaces, eight bracelets of beads (5 gp apiece), four small figurines of jade and coral (25 gp each), and three rings carved of jade and alabaster (10 gp each)."
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"Operating the catch of the third chest requires more force than with the other two. If the catch is pressed, the chest lid sprays perfumed oil on anyone within 5 feet of it. The nozzles that produce this spray can be discovered by someone who succeeds on a DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. The only way to disarm the \"trap\" is to disassemble the chest lid and remove it without pressing the catch. Doing so takes 10 minutes of work with thieves' tools.",
"When the catch is pressed, a lever wedged in the lid pops up, triggering the launch of darts. The tubes that hold these darts are sealed with a thin layer of stucco, so they're all but impossible to discover without damaging the chest. Someone who cautiously opens the chest can feel the pressure from the lever and see it by peeking into the chest. If someone can reach the lever through the half-open lid and hold it in place, the trap doesn't function. Holding the lever in place as the lid is opened requires a successful DC 12 Strength check. This check must be repeated in every round that the lever is held down. If the trap triggers, four darts fire from each of the chest's front and back sides. Each dart flies up to 60 feet, has a +6 bonus to hit, and deals 5 ({@dice 2d4}) piercing damage on a hit.",
"The third chest holds eleven coin necklaces, fifteen bracelets of obsidian, bronze, and shell (10 gp each), and two piles of gems (tourmalines, spinels, and topazes; sixty gems worth 5 gp each) lying upon two silver platters 15 gp apiece)."
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"The clay pots on the porch are sealed with wax, and they hold scented oils and perfumes\u2014there are twenty such containers, each weighing 10 pounds and with contents worth 15 gp.",
"Several places that represent royal granaries in the modeled city are actually stone bins that hold aromatic woods and spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, quince, cinchona, sandalwood, and pepper). This haul is worth a total of 250 gp and weighs 10 pounds.",
"Inside the coffin are the bones of Tlacaelel, for the doppelganger has eaten the flesh. Scattered around the interior are the ornaments once worn by the corpse. These items include a stone box, two jade bracelets (worth 20 gp apiece), and an alabaster statuette of Coatlicue (Koh-WA-tlee-cue), the snake woman, mother of the gods (worth 25 gp). The stone box (worth 75 gp) holds five small figurines carved of coral (25 gp each), a large jade thumb ring (10 gp), and eight ceramic miniature flasks of perfumes and essences (10 gp apiece).",
"Cradled in the crook of the elbow of the corpse's right arm is a baton of granite. The baton is a scroll case with a cleverly fashioned plug. Within the case is a piece of faded parchment\u2014a {@item spell scroll} of {@spell stone shape}, written in astrological symbols of the Olman.",
"Upon the skull is a ferret-faced, feathered mask that functions as a {@item hat of disguise}."
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"When the characters can see the northern end of the chamber, read:",
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"In an alcove framed by pillars stands a stone bench on which a shriveled corpse huddles. Scattered around its feet are various trinkets."
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"This figure is the preserved body of an adolescent male, whose heart has been cut out. He was a guesa, a boy chosen at birth to be sacrificed to the sun upon his coming of age.",
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"The items at the corpse's feet include an agate carved in the shape of a heart (worth 15 gp) that is actually a {@item stone of ill luck|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix A|TftYP-THSoT|2}), a miniature gold llama (worth 50 gp), a ring of polished pink granite (worth 10 gp), and a silver plaque bearing the face of the sun (15 gp)."
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"The passage leads toward a set of double bronze doors bearing the engraved face of the jaguar god. Both walls of the corridor are carved to represent two lines of warriors in profile, holding hatchet-headed polearms and facing the western doors. These figures are painted with vivid, lifelike colors: red, black, white, green, and yellow."
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"Near the midpoint of this corridor is a 10-foot-square pressure plate (see \"{@adventure The Ruins: General Features|TftYP-THSoT|1|The Ruins: General Features}\" at the beginning of the adventure) that triggers if more than 30 pounds is placed on it."
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"If the pressure plate is depressed, two of the carved warriors pivot out from the walls in front of the party, crossing their metal halberds before them to bar the way to the northern doors. The blades spark and hum when they are brought together. A creature that touches either of the blades takes 5 ({@dice 2d4}) lightning damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become {@condition paralyzed} while it is in contact. A {@condition paralyzed} creature takes the damage again at the start of each of its turns.",
"There is barely enough room for a Medium humanoid to crawl under the crossed polearms and between the statues. Doing so without touching the blades requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity check."
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"(Zee-PAY)",
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"When the door comes open, a rush of warm, fetid air greets you. The room is lit with a sanguine glow. On the wall opposite the door are tacked several human skins. A cat-o'-nine-tails hangs beside them.",
"To the west the room widens to accommodate a statue that towers almost to the ceiling. The statue is an ogre-like figure, outfitted in flayed skins and adorned with skulls, with a gaping mouth wide enough to swallow a horse whole. It is seated atop a huge basin of red-hot coals, more than ten feet in diameter.",
"Around the statue is a pile of splintered bones, skulls with cracked pates, and broken weapons. In front of the display crouches a panther, deathly still, facing away from the statue.",
"To the east the walls are highly polished. They loosely enclose an intricately carved well that seems to be illuminated from within. Beyond the well, mounted on the wall, is a blackened mirror with a richly ornamented frame. Directly above the well, in the twenty-five-foot-high ceiling, a five-foot-wide opening can be discerned in the red light of the room."
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"The statue represents Xipe, \"Our Lord of the Flayed Skins.\" The chamber serves as the foyer to his lair, which lies beyond the opening in the ceiling.",
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"If the characters approach the statue, the {@creature panther} will stand and pad menacingly in their direction... and then continue on past them. The panther has a mental block that prevents it from being able to see humans, which initially applies to other humanoids as well. It likewise ignores familiars, but it attacks any beast companion or other non-humanoid present with the party.",
"If the panther is not attacked and is unable to find a target, it takes to pacing in front of the door. If the party attacks the cat, its mental block regarding other humanoids fails, and the panther attacks any such creature it can see. If it can see no target, the bewildered panther resumes its pacing."
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"Almost all the weapons around the statue are useless, though the head of a {@item +1 mace} attached to a broken haft can be found."
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"name": "Well of Light",
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"The illumination inside the well comes from liquid light, a fluid that clings like oil if touched to a given surface and in the presence of other light eventually spreads to cover the entire surface.",
"If a creature falls into the well and is pulled out, the liquid light clings to a small portion of its body, then spreads to cover an additional 5 percent of the body every round. Eventually the liquid covers its eyes, nose and mouth. If this happens, the character can't breathe until the liquid is removed by immersion in water. In the absence of a light source, the liquid light doesn't spread, and a {@spell darkness} spell renders it inert for 1 hour.",
"If anything is tossed into the well, brilliant light flashes upward and a bellowing voice fills the chamber. The voice belongs to Xipe, and he asks (in Giant) who has come and for what purpose. Nothing else happens, for Xipe can't be bothered to leave his lair to investigate."
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"The hole in the ceiling leads to Xipe's lair. If the characters try to climb the walls, they discover the walls are too slick to be ascended in this way.",
"A surefire way of getting in is to tie a grappling hook to an arrow and shoot the arrow up through the hole. This method never fails to anchor the hook on something, for Xipe grabs the rope once it is fired through his front door. If a creature then decides to climb the rope up into the lair, Xipe starts to reel in the climber when it has ascended halfway.",
"A creature being hauled up into the tunnel can release the rope and drop into the well, taking no immediate damage (other than being covered in the liquid light), or it can swing its body outward and drop onto the floor, taking falling damage. Otherwise, Xipe pulls the climber into his lair in 1 round."
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"Beyond the hole in the ceiling is a chamber that measures 30 feet in each direction. It is the lair of Xipe, an {@creature oni}. Xipe can't cast {@spell cone of cold}, but he can cast {@spell sleet storm} and {@spell fear} once per day each. When he casts {@spell fear}, he unleashes a great bellow that shakes the room."
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"Xipe's treasure includes a wooden cylinder that holds a {@item spell scroll} of {@spell detect magic}. Also in his lair are piles of rich cat furs, eight of the furs worth 5 gp each. Two leather bags beneath the furs hold 1,000 sp each.",
"Lastly, an intricately carved ivory cube about 1 foot tall stands on an ornamental table. The cube (worth 100 gp) is a trick box. To open it, two plugs on either side of the cube must be pushed in, and then its center slides out of a frame formed by the other four sides. This inner box opens like a chest. Within it is a silver and aquamarine necklace (worth 125 gp) and a parchment packet that holds three pinches of {@item dust of disappearance}."
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"The floor of this room is covered with a layer of fine gray dust and ash, three inches deep. Across the room, opposite where you entered, is another set of double doors. There are two empty alcoves to the north and south. On small ledges in each corner of the room are pieces of what appear to be broken pottery.",
"As you move into the room, your steps send motes of dust and ash swirling into the air, and these clouds form into shapes.",
"First, from the ash, a dusty phantom assumes the shape of a woman. Her face is forlorn and tear-streaked. She throws up her hands in despair, rushes into one of the alcoves, and disappears.",
"Immediately afterward, two more dusty phantoms emerge\u2014mighty warriors armed with jagged-edged swords and bearing fierce countenances. They move to block the doorway opposite where you entered."
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"If the characters approach the phantom guards, they raise their swords threateningly. But they can cause no harm, for they are just images of the long-dead past. For as long as the characters remain in the room, other phantoms\u2014in the shapes of priests, sages, and mourning young women\u2014briefly form out of the dust and then dissipate. Moving through any of these phantom forms causes them to collapse."
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"name": "37. Bed of Xilonen",
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"(Zeel-OAN-an)",
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"In the center of this room is a withered tree that looks like a leafless willow, rooted in a terraced depression. The bottom of this hollow is filled with oily water, a few inches deep. Across the room, beyond the dead tree, is another door. Around the sides of the room, a five-foot-wide ledge encircles the tree. The walls of the room are beaded with condensation."
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"The water in the bottom of the depression makes the floor in that area {@quickref difficult terrain||3}.",
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"The \"tree\" is {@creature Xilonen|TftYP}, a semisentient (Int 2), gigantic variety of polyp, similar to a sea anemone, once revered as the hairy mother goddess of corn. The polyp, which functions similarly to a {@creature roper}, is very hungry. Its mouth is concealed among a nest of flailing tentacles and protected by sharp spines."
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"name": "Treasure",
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"Within the polyp's gut are twelve pieces of blue jasper (worth 10 gp each) and a silvery rod, actually a copper-nickel alloy, which is a {@item wand of lightning bolts}."
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"The walls of the passage glow magenta, bathing the corridor with a ghastly hue. After fifteen feet, the floor drops away to a pit that fills the hallway ahead. The pit is twenty-five feet deep. Eight large, spidery bushes with thorny stems, white leaves, and enormous yellow blossoms grow across its bottom.",
"Five feet beyond the nearest edge of the pit is a bronze bar, set level with the floor and embedded in the pit walls to either side. Farther out over the pit can be seen other similar bronze rungs, set at five-foot intervals. On the floor by the edge of the pit is a scattering of broken, rotting wooden planks."
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"A character can attempt to cross this pit by leaping from one bar to the next. There are a total of eight bars and 45 feet of pit. Moving across the bars is akin to moving across {@quickref difficult terrain||3}; moving 5 feet onto a bar, or between two bars, costs 10 feet of movement. If a creature attempts to move more than half of its base walking speed on any of its turns, it must make a DC 10 Dexterity ({@skill Acrobatics}) check. On a successful check, the creature can keep moving. On a failed check, the creature stops moving to regain its balance and can move no farther on that turn. If the check fails by 5 or more, the creature falls into the pit.",
"The third and sixth bars along the way are corroded. When a character moves onto one of these bars, roll a {@dice d20}. On a roll of 5 or lower, or 2 or lower for a Small character, the bar breaks. If the bar doesn't break and the roll is 10 or lower, some obvious sign of the bar's weakness becomes evident, such as chipping or bending."
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"The bushes growing in the pit are carnivorous {@creature Thorn Slinger|TftYP|thorn slingers} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}). Each plant lies beneath one of the bronze bars and casts its projectiles directly upward against anyone attempting to traverse the bars. A creature balancing on a bar when it is hit by thorns must make a Dexterity saving throw with a DC of 6 + the damage taken. If the saving throw fails by 4 or less, the creature falls {@condition prone}, catching itself on the bar. (To stand up on the bar afterward, a character must make a Dexterity check as if attempting to move on the bars.) If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the character falls in the pit.",
"Someone who falls into the pit always comes down on a bush, cushioning the impact. The fall deals only 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage, but the character lands on a plant's adhesive blossoms."
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"This enormous chamber is thirty feet tall with mighty buttressing and a vaulted ceiling. Parts of the ceiling and walls have collapsed, and raw earth has spilled down from a gaping hole in the east wall. Crushed beneath a fallen block in the center of the room are humanoid remains. Elsewhere around the floor are the chewed and decayed corpses of baboons. Through a hole in the eastern ceiling, daylight and fresh air filter in. Above, through this gap, can be seen four baboons. They jump around the hole and and scream in agitation, and as they do, dirt begins to slide down the banks and rocks in the walls shift slightly."
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"There is no poison gas in the room, or in any of the upper areas ({@adventure 40|TftYP-THSoT|1|40. Dragon Breath} and higher), because the gas escapes out the hole in the ceiling. The floor is strewn with rubble, so it is {@quickref difficult terrain||3}. Larger rubble piles are 1 to 4 feet high. Any loud noise (such as an explosion, shouting, or fighting) causes a minor cave-in: at the start of each creature's next turn after the noise, that creature is subjected to an attack from falling rocks and earth (+5 to hit, dealing 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage on a hit).",
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"Hidden in a pile of rubble in the center of the room is an {@creature amphisbaena|GoS}\u2014a giant, two-headed snake. It fights as a {@creature giant constrictor snake} that can make two melee attacks on each of its turns, only one of which can be a Constrict attack. This ability increases its challenge rating to 3 (700 XP).",
"If the snake is slain, the four {@creature Baboon||baboons} leap through the hole in the ceiling and down upon the party. (They remained outside the room because of their fear of the snake.)"
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"name": "Treasure",
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"The bones crushed beneath the fallen block belonged to two humans. This block can be moved by the combined effort of up to three characters with a total Strength of 30 or higher. A pouch tied on the waist of one corpse holds 40 ep. One of the humans wore a brooch of bronze and green quartz in the shape of a lizard (worth 25 gp). A silver and beryl-emerald ring (50 gp) is worn on a bony finger. A silvery dagger, actually made of a copper-nickel alloy and worth 10 gp, is stuck in the left boot of one figure. A scroll case holds a map of the territory in which these ruins are located. Finally, a crystal sphere, cracked in the catastrophe, has rolled into the shadow of some nearby rubble. It is made of polished quartz, 3 inches in diameter, and is worth 45 gp."
],
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"name": "Crumbling Exit",
"page": 84,
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"If characters attempt to climb up the dirt embankments to the hole in the ceiling, they discover that the surface supports only 50 pounds. More weight than that on any space along the slope causes further collapse\u2014each climber must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be buffeted by dirt and rubble, taking 7 ({@dice 3d4}) bludgeoning damage. If the save fails by 5 or more, the rubble engulfs the digger completely, and the trapped character can't breathe until dug out. Getting out on one's own requires a successful DC 15 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check, and doing so takes 1 minute."
],
"id": "107"
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"name": "Serpent Doors",
"page": 85,
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"The southeast exit from this chamber is a set of double bronze doors in the north wall at the end of a short corridor. Above them hangs a plaque inlaid with jade (worth 25 gp). The plaque depicts a two-headed serpent, with its second head where its tail should be."
],
"id": "108"
}
],
"id": "104"
}
],
"id": "102"
}
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"The staircase at area 40 provides access to the second tier of the temple. The following locations are identified on {@adventure map 3.1.|TftYP-THSoT|1|Map 3.1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan}",
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"name": "40. Dragon Breath",
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"When the party reaches the bottom of the stairs, read:",
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"A staircase leads upward into the gloom. It seems as though you have found the entrance to another layer within the complex."
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"The second 10-foot square along these stairs is warded by magic like that of a {@spell glyph of warding} spell (save DC 17). If the glyph is triggered, nothing happens until a creature moves onto the uppermost 5 feet of the stairs. When that occurs, a stone statue of a dragon, hidden in the secret room at the top of the stairs (see the \"Second Tier\" portion of the {@adventure map|TftYP-THSoT|1|Map 3.1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan}), pops out and rolls forward to the head of the steps. The statue has the statistics, defenses, and traits of a {@creature stone golem}, but it has no action options. As soon as it stops after emerging, it opens its mouth and breathes a gust of steam 30 feet long and 10 feet wide. Those in the area must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 7 ({@dice 2d4 + 2}) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.",
"Thereafter, the statue breathes the next three times someone moves into or through the warded area. After four breaths, the statue retreats to its room and the door closes. (The statue's resting place is connected to a hot water geyser in the bedrock, through which it replenishes itself.)",
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"After the statue breathes for the first time, the condensing steam makes the stairs slippery {@quickref difficult terrain||3}. A character who moves on the stairs must while they are slippery must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity ({@skill Acrobatics}) check or fall {@condition prone}."
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"If the characters get to the top of the stairs without triggering the glyph, someone can discover the secret door here with a successful DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. The door can't be opened from the outside, however."
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"id": "10c"
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"At the western end of this corridor is a pile of golden coins heaped on the floor. On top of the gold rests a skull missing its lower jaw. In the right eye socket, a black spider has made a home. Several bones are piled with the coins, and the hilt of a broken sword thrusts up from the mass."
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"This apparent pile of gold is covered with a pale yellow dust. The entire pile of coins is actually yellow mold (see \"{@hazard yellow mold||Dungeon Hazards}\" in chapter 5 of the {@book Dungeon Master's Guide|DMG}) covered by a permanent {@spell major image} spell (save DC 15). The bones, spider, and sword hilt are real.",
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"Close examination reveals that the stone in the center of the corridor is smoother than the surrounding wall. Because of this clue, it takes only a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check to find the secret door. The door can be opened by stepping forcibly upon an obvious cobblestone that is slightly raised from the floor. The door has two facing panels that pivot inward when it is opened."
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"name": "Western Door",
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"In front of the secret door is a dark stain on the floor, which makes the door as easy to find as the eastern one. This door swings on a horizontal pivot in the middle of the slab. Pushing in at either the top or the bottom of this secret panel causes the opposite end to swing outward, providing enough space to crawl through into the secret passage beyond."
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"id": "113"
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"id": "111"
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"name": "42. The Chapel of Kukulkan",
"page": 86,
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"(Koo-KOOL-kahn, the feathered serpent)",
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"Beyond the secret door, the passage bends around to the left. At the end of a narrow corridor hangs an ornate mirror, and a door is set in the eastern wall next to it."
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"id": "115"
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"name": "Magic Mirror",
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"The first creature to come within 10 feet of the mirror at the end of the corridor must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed check, the creature believes that it is in deadly combat with a feathered warrior that has emerged from the mirror. This effect is like that of a {@spell phantasmal force} spell, with the character battling a warrior that has a +6 bonus to hit and deals 3 ({@dice 1d6}) psychic damage, as described in the spell. The effect ends if the affected creature deals the imaginary warrior a total amount of damage equal to the creature's own hit point maximum.",
"While under the effect of this magic, the creature is actually {@condition paralyzed}, appearing to others as if it were just standing there staring into the mirror. If someone disturbs the affected creature, that creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a successful save."
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"When anyone get close to the door, read:",
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"The door seems to be very heavy, and it has many glyphs carved upon it. In the center of the door is carved an eagle killing a serpent. Two stone warriors dressed in loincloths and wearing panther masks are sculpted into the door posts."
],
"id": "119"
},
"The glyphs on the door tell a story in ancient Olman of a journey to find truth and light, which ended in failure and imprisonment in the land of the dead.",
"The door opens outward. When the characters pass through the doorway, read:",
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"Beyond the door is a wide foyer that leads into a circular room. On the south wall of this hall is a jade death mask affixed at chest height.",
"Taking up the middle of the chamber is a cross-shaped dais with sets of stairs leading up to it along each of the four ends. In the center of the dais rises a cylindrical structure that appears to be made of transparent walls of crystal enclosing an oddly carved, stone pillar.",
"The stairs that face the room's entrance are carved with the heads of many gods. The steps on the north side are bloodstained, and atop the landing stands a statue of a warrior. The stairs to the east, across the room, are partly obscured by shadow. The southern staircase is luminescent, appearing to change colors in the light.",
"Tucked into each nook where the arms of the cross come together is a low shelf on which are placed small offerings: silver bracelets, earrings, neck collars, anklets, piles of coral beads, and silver and jade statuettes."
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"The mask (worth 25 gp) is the trigger to a trap. If the mask is taken off the wall, the lever it hangs on pivots up and three sets of iron bars drop, caging whoever is in the square in front of the mask. The bars are old, and they can be bent or lifted away from the floor with a successful DC 20 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check."
],
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"name": "Trapped Treasure",
"page": 86,
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"If any of the items on the shelves (worth a total of 450 gp) are touched, the exit door seals with an effect like that of an {@spell arcane lock} spell, requiring the use of magic or a successful DC 25 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check to force the door open."
],
"id": "11c"
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"name": "Creature",
"page": 86,
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"Coiled about the pillar, trapped within the magic walls of the crystal cylinder surrounding it, is a {@creature couatl}. Because of its especially potent Shielded Mind trait, it is effectively {@condition invisible}.",
"If the characters disturb any of the items on the shelves, the couatl speaks to the party in Common, its voice seeming to come from everywhere in the chamber.",
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"\"Interlopers, you have trespassed on my sacred chapel. For this affront, retribution has already begun, for you are now breathing a toxic gas which will kill you shortly. It is possible your actions were not from malice or greed, but just idle curiosity. Therefore, you will find the cure upon the stone in the middle of the dais, if you can solve the puzzle to reach it by the proper route. Choose your path wisely, and act quickly.\""
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"There is actually no poison gas in the room, but as the characters spend time in here trying to get to the cure, describe how they seem to be getting weaker and weaker. They should feel as if time is running out."
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"id": "11d"
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Aura",
"page": 86,
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"A {@spell detect magic} spell reveals an aura of evocation magic emanating from inside the crystal cylinder."
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"id": "11f"
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"type": "entries",
"name": "The Right Path",
"page": 86,
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"To reach the \"cure,\" the characters must first face the challenge of ascending the northern steps, where the warrior stands. The warrior, a {@creature helmed horror}, animates and attacks when it is approached. Once the construct is defeated, the characters can proceed to the center of the dais.",
"A character who attempts to reach the dais another way has no luck:",
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"Someone who tries climbing up the shelves takes 2 ({@dice 1d4}) force damage and is pushed back 10 feet.",
"The heads carved into the western stairs babble when a character steps on them. That character feels too weak to continue, and sits down until helped away from the stairs.",
"The eastern stairs are shrouded in dim light, which can't be made brighter by any means. Any character who mounts the stairs falls down and rolls back onto the floor, taking 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage.",
"The southern stairs change color constantly. Anyone who tries to ascend them makes no progress (though they can be descended normally)."
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"Once the characters reach the crystal cylinder, the couatl again speaks to them, still hidden from sight:",
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"\"So you have passed the first test. Perhaps you are not the fools you first seemed. But it will take the best tool of your most clever person to breach these crystal walls. Your time is running out.\""
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"The surface of the crystal cylinder is cold to the touch and impervious to all blows. The enclosure has no visible gaps.",
"A gap appears in the wall if someone who has proficiency with thieves' tools touches the tools to the surface with the intention of finding a portal or a lock. The players might come up with other valid solutions, such as a wizard (clever person) touching the crystal with a wand (tool). It's up to you which alternative attempts work."
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"name": "Cure in Sight",
"page": 87,
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"By the time the characters reach the pillar inside the cylinder, they feel very weak. On the top of the pillar in front of them is a potion bottle, but an {@condition invisible} barrier prevents anyone from touching it. A glyph is etched into the side of the pillar just below the bottle. One more time the couatl speaks, its voice now seeming to come from the stone:",
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"type": "insetReadaloud",
"entries": [
"\"So you have reached my altar, but your time is nearly exhausted and the cure is just beyond your reach. Trust your souls to the gods, foolish mortals.\""
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"The top of the pillar is shielded by a wall of force that must be breached to reach the potion bottle. The wall can be destroyed by a {@spell disintegrate} spell or by damaging the glyph inscribed below it. If someone pours holy water on the glyph, touches it with a holy symbol, or casts a divine spell on it, the {@spell wall of force} disappears."
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"name": "Aftermath",
"page": 87,
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"When the characters claim the potion bottle, the {@creature couatl} becomes visible and flies out into the chamber. If the characters immediately attack it, the couatl calls them ingrates and fools, and then attacks back.",
"If the characters don't attack, the couatl smiles and thanks them for freeing it from its long imprisonment."
],
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"name": "Treasure",
"page": 87,
"entries": [
"Inside the bottle is a {@item potion of healing}. The mask, if it is claimed, weighs 30 pounds and is worth 25 gp. Miscellaneous items on the shelves have a total value of 450 gp."
],
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"id": "116"
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"name": "Special Treasure",
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"If the couatl and the characters are on good terms at the end of the encounter, the couatl provides them with special treasures: a {@item balance of harmony|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix A|TftYP-THSoT|2}) and the gems needed to operate it, a {@item mirror of the past|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix A|TftYP-THSoT|2}), and a {@item periapt of wound closure}.",
"In addition, if the characters ask, the couatl might be willing to use its spells to help the party. It has been imprisoned a long time and doesn't know anything about the ruins. It returns to the celestial planes after giving the characters their rewards."
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"name": "43. The Smoking Mirrors",
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"An amber haze drifts in this room, which is unoccupied. Strangely shaped and colored mirrors hang on the walls, and a large, oblong stone basin stands in the middle of the floor. The basin is about ten feet long, five feet wide, and three feet tall. It is filled with a steaming golden liquid.",
"The red mirror on the eastern wall seems to be composed of fiery glass and framed in bronze. Light beams are broken by the mirror into myriad flames, and ghostly shapes seem to flicker in its depths.",
"On the northern wall are two mirrors: a striking black one of obsidian framed in lacquered wood, and a stark white mirror with a wrought iron frame. The black mirror has a distinctive earthy odor and the blackness of subterranean caverns, but it seems of crude construction and reflects objects only when they are close to it. The white mirror has a pungent odor of nutmeg and spice, and its depths are gelid and smoky.",
"The mirror that hangs on the western wall is in a stone frame and is blue in color. Reflections in this mirror ripple as if the viewer were looking into a pool of water."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Red Mirror",
"page": 87,
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"A creature that looks into the red mirror sees a ghostly white form next to its own reflection. This mirror falsely predicts the viewer's death. The ghostly image takes on the appearance of a monster or a trap from this adventure. The image then assaults and kills the viewer's reflection. The mirror functions only once per character; after a character has this vision, the mirror becomes a normal mirror for that individual.",
"A creature that touches the red mirror for the first time on a turn takes 2 ({@dice 1d4}) fire damage."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Black Mirror",
"page": 87,
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"A creature that looks into the black mirror sees its reflection blur and then reappear in ancient garb as if depicting a previous incarnation. The image says, in Olman, \"Command me to answer, and I shall.\"",
"The image of a long-dead Olman is superimposed on the character's reflection. A {@spell command} spell can cause the spirit to answer three yes-or-no questions (the one-word command is \"Answer\"). The spirit answers only questions spoken in Olman, and nods or shakes its head in response.",
"Any creature that touches the black mirror must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw, or all valuable metals and gems in its possession turn into lead and glass."
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"id": "12b"
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"type": "entries",
"name": "White Mirror",
"page": 87,
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"Reflections in the white mirror are blurred by what looks like a fine mist. Any creature that steps before this mirror and looks into it must make a successful DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be {@condition stunned} until the end of the creature's next turn. If the saving throw fails, the mirror, which is really an {@creature ochre jelly} of unusual color, comes out of the frame and falls upon the character. Behind this false mirror is a door, which can be opened once the jelly is removed."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Blue Mirror",
"page": 88,
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"The mirror on the western wall is actually a window of magical glass that offers a view of a pool of water. Any character who touches the glass must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or be drawn through the glass, becoming submerged in the water. Weapons can be used to break the glass (AC 15, 20 hit points). If the glass is destroyed, the water in the pool and those trapped in it spill out into the room."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Golden Liquid",
"page": 88,
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"Any nonmagical object immersed in the basin reacts with the fluid inside, which turns the object into gold for 1 hour. If any of the golden liquid is removed from the basin, it becomes colored water."
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"In the center of this diamond-shaped room is a dais on which a weirdly formed altar rests. The altar is made to resemble a many-armed and beaked octopus-like creature with a large purple-red stone its forehead. The altar and floor are covered with dust. The walls of the room are decorated with paintings of the sun and moon in motion. Other images show people standing about a temple making sacrifices of flesh and blood, while the figure of a priest holds the heart of his latest victim above his head."
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"The altar radiates an aura of transmutation magic if {@spell detect magic} is cast on it. Any creature that touches the octopus figure sticks to the stone, becoming {@condition grappled} (escape DC 15). Once a creature is stuck, the octopus-altar starts to spin, dragging the victim about the room. Within 1 round, the speed is too great for the victim to maintain footing, and the creature is dragged and bashed about, taking 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage at the end of each of its turns. A creature that comes free while the altar is spinning tumbles away from it and takes another 2 ({@dice 1d4}) bludgeoning damage.",
"The gem in the center of the altar has AC 17 and 15 hit points. If it is destroyed, the altar stops spinning and the character is released. The gem is a cursed stone, but it appears to be a jewel of value, and it can be pried from the altar. If the gem comes in contact with a creature's flesh, that creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be affected as if by an {@spell Otto's irresistible dance} spell, going into a spinning dance that lasts until the stone is released. To let go of the stone willingly, the creature must be the target of magic that removes a curse or breaks an enchantment.",
"If the creature dances for a number of minutes equal to its Constitution score, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or suffer one level of {@condition exhaustion}. The creature repeats the saving throw whenever the same number of minutes elapses again, suffering one more level of {@condition exhaustion} on a failed save."
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"name": "45. Mictlan",
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"(Meek-TLAN, Land of the Dead)",
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"This room is decorated with a bizarre diorama depicting the land of the dead. Small, brightly painted clay statues have been placed about the room to represent the inhabitants of this realm and the unfortunate people they have taken into their care.",
"In the center of the room, the floor rises to form a small hill. A group of small figures seem to be struggling to roll a boulder up the hill, while a devil drives them on. Above the hill in the ceiling is a glowing spot that illuminates the entire chamber with an eerie silver light.",
"A cobblestone path leads from the western door to the foot of the hill. A similar path runs eastward and then veers south. Sections of the diorama around the perimeter of the room depict different environments in the land of the dead.",
"In the western end of the room is a region of burning sands. There devils torture those who have been unfortunate enough to fall into their hands.",
"Along the southern side is a grassy plain where people frolic and hunt antelope and deer.",
"North of the grassy plain and south of the hill, the floor opens into a model of a canyon. A river of lava flows down it while flames lick the walls.",
"East of the hill, in a side area of the room, is a counterpart to this fiery canyon\u2014an icy waste.",
"To the north of the hill is a putrid, bubbling marsh where figures strive to keep their heads above the surface.",
"From out of the marsh a black, torpid river wends its way past the northern edge of the hill and flows west to pour over the lip of a steam-filled chasm in the northwest corner of the room. Within this dark chasm, worms pursue the fleeing forms of naked people.",
"In the south corner of the room on the eastern wall is a barred door."
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"The light in the ceiling comes from the walls of a chute that glows in the dark. The chimney can be reached by someone who climbs on the shoulders of another character, but to enter it, the character must brace back and legs against opposite walls because there are no protuberances to hold onto. The steeply inclined passage beyond is full of cobwebs and leads eventually to {@adventure area 48|TftYP-THSoT|1|48. Hound of the Bat}.",
"Each section of the diorama in this room has a magical aspect that affects any creatures that walk into the region. If the effect isn't instantaneous and isn't related to a spell, it can be dispelled with {@spell dispel magic} cast as a 5th-level spell (or at a level stated in the effect). A creature on which a region's effect is dispelled is immune to the effect for 1 minute.",
"The two paths are free of magical effects. If characters veer off the paths, either unwittingly or with the intent of exploring, apply the effects described below according to the areas they enter. Unless otherwise noted, creatures can leave an area whenever they desire, by either moving onto one of the paths or into an adjacent area.",
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"A magical force pushes those who climb to the top of the hill in a random direction. A creature that ends its turn on top of the hill must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be pushed 5 feet off the top of the hill and knocked {@condition prone}. If a creature slips, roll a {@dice d4} to see which direction it rolls off the hill."
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"name": "Burning Sands",
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"Any creature that ends its turn in this region must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or start to bleed profusely from the nose. This hemorrhaging causes a loss of 1 hit point at the end of each of the creature's turns thereafter. If the creature leaves the area, the bleeding stops at the end of its next turn."
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"name": "Grassy Plain",
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"Any creature that enters this region must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or refuse to leave it. A creature affected by the magic is allowed another Wisdom saving throw every 24 hours while the magic persists. A creature can repeat the saving throw every time it takes damage. If companions outside the area try to talk the creature into leaving, you can decide to allow the victim another saving throw. In any case, each time the saving throw is repeated, the DC increases by 1."
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"name": "Flames",
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"Creatures that enter this section are affected as if by a {@spell heat metal} spell cast at 3rd level (save DC 15)."
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"name": "Ice",
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"Creatures that enter this area are affected as if by a 3rd-level {@spell heat metal} spell (save DC 15), but the damage is cold instead of fire, and the creature has no chance of dropping a chilled object."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Marshes",
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"Any creature that enters this area feels a shortness of breath after 3 rounds and begins to suffocate after 3 more rounds."
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"name": "River",
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"Those who enter the river for the first time on a turn must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or forget how they came to be here and why they are here. A spellcaster also forgets how to cast one level of spells for each point by which the saving throw is failed, starting with the highest level the character knows. Forgotten spells can be prepared again. {@spell Dispel magic} doesn't remove this effect, but {@spell remove curse} or {@spell greater restoration} can."
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"name": "Pit of the Worms",
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"Any character who enters this region must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be affected as if by a {@spell fear} spell."
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"name": "46. Tlazoteotl",
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"(Tlaz-ohl-TAH-oh-tel, mother goddess of the earth)",
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"Beyond the door is a modest-sized room with a lumpy pile of earthy material in the middle of the floor. Across from the door in the southeast corner, a glazed flask rests on a small shelf. In the northwest and northeast corners are two more shelves on which rest a small urn and a thin stone cylinder."
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"When any character starts into this room the pile of earth, which is a {@creature gibbering mouther}, opens one eye, and then another and another, until many eyes of different shapes and sizes stare at the party. All about the eyes are fanged, drooling mouths that begin a cacophony of babbling. The creature attacks until destroyed but doesn't leave the room."
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"name": "Treasure",
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"The flask contains a dried {@item potion of hill giant strength}. The stone cylinder is a {@item +1 rod of the pact keeper}.",
"The urn holds the dried heart of a mighty yuan-ti that radiates transmutation magic if {@spell detect magic} is used on it. Any character who eats the entire thing gains the permanent ability to understand the speech of snakes and yuan-ti."
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"name": "47. Spider in Hiding",
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"name": "Creature",
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"In a web-covered opening in the wall of the steeply inclined chute, 30 feet above the where the lower end meets the ceiling of {@adventure area 45|TftYP-THSoT|1|45. Mictlan}, lurks a {@creature giant spider}. The spider's lair is 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet tall. A character must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check to notice the tunnel or its occupant before the spider attacks. If the spider paralyzes its prey, it retreats into its lair with the prey to feed."
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"The cramped quarters of the tunnel impose disadvantage on weapon attack rolls.",
"Also, a creature in the chute struck by the spider must succeed on a DC 11 Dexterity or Strength saving throw (player's choice). On a failed save, the creature slips down the chute 5 feet for every point by which the saving throw failed. If a creature falls 30 feet, it plummets out of the chute, taking falling damage accordingly and rolling in a random direction (roll a {@dice d4}) after landing {@condition prone} in area 45. The spider pursues prey into the chute, but is unlikely to emerge to fight in an open area."
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"name": "Upper End",
"page": 90,
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"The top of this passage is covered with a pewter basin, which requires a successful DC 10 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check to move."
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"id": "149"
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"The tunnel that leads up from {@adventure area 45|TftYP-THSoT|1|45. Mictlan} opens onto the third tier of the temple. The following locations are identified on {@adventure map 3.1.|TftYP-THSoT|1|Map 3.1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan}",
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"name": "48. Hound of the Bat",
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"The description below assumes that the characters entered the room by traveling through the chute and pushing aside the pewter cover. The tunnel comes out at the bottom of a stone ring that, from inside the room, resembles a well. (If they entered from the west, the pewter cover is still in place.)",
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"This room is small and plainly decorated. On the north and south sides are fountains made of bronze-inlaid marble. The southern one is cracked, and only dry limy deposits remain in it. The northern one contains about two feet of dark water, fed by a trickle that falls from the top of the fountain. In the water, the white, gauzy form of a crayfish lies on a bed of lime encrustations.",
"To the west, stairs lead up out of the room, and to either side of the stairs along the west wall are narrow, dust covered ledges."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Creature",
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"The fouled water in the fountain contains a neutral evil {@creature water weird}. It rises up and attacks characters who disturb the water."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Treasure",
"page": 90,
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"The \"crayfish\" is nothing more than the shed shell of a long-expired resident of the fountain. Beneath it is a platinum key and chain (worth 20 gp). The key unlocks the portcullis that blocks the exit in {@adventure area 53|TftYP-THSoT|1|53. The Valve}."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "49. Sacred Chitza-Atlan",
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"(SHEET-zah AY-tlan)",
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"In the middle of this chamber is what appears to be the withered, preserved form of a centaur mounted on a slab of marble. Tinted green and decked out in lacquered leather, feathers, and copper wire jewelry, he faces the western entrance to this chamber. The centaur holds a bronze-hafted pike tipped with a broad, blue-gray, flame-shaped spearhead.",
"Scattered around the room are jewelry and knickknacks, made of beaten copper, cut and polished obsidian, shells, quartz, and coral. Much of this treasure is at the feet of the centaur, symbolically being trod underfoot. Two tall urns shaped like wicker baskets stand along the north wall, each one filled with river stones."
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"The centaur figure is the mummified remains of a sacred offspring of Chitza-Atlan, the guardian of the gateway to the underworld. This guardian has two functions: to prevent any but the dead from entering these ruins, and to keep those creatures in the ruins confined there. Thus, if any character tries to exit this room by any door other than the one entered from, the {@creature centaur mummy|TftYP} (see {@adventure appendix B|TftYP-THSoT|3}) animates and attacks the characters. The mummy will also defend itself if attacked. A word or a pass from Zotzilaha will gain free passage."
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"name": "Treasure",
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"If all the junk jewelry is taken (eight hundred pieces), the total value of the haul is 80 gp. The real treasure is concealed in the bottoms of the two urns. Buried beneath the stones are two crushed silver masks (worth 25 gp each), an electrum serpent bracelet (worth 50 gp), a broken marble statue of a monkey (50 gp), and four silver hairpins set with jade worth (5 gp each)."
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}
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"Here a wall of green, polished stone blocks the way."
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"id": "156"
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"This wall, which is 7 feet wide and 7 feet tall, is a trap for those attempting to break into the ruins. If any tampering is done to the wall, it falls west out into the anteroom. If the wall falls on a creature, the creature must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 9 ({@dice 2d8}) bludgeoning damage and is knocked {@condition prone} under the wall, {@condition restrained}. A successful DC 15 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check is needed to lift the stone wall off any trapped beneath it."
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"name": "51. Wind Tunnel",
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"type": "insetReadaloud",
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"This five-foot-diameter passage is dry and dusty, and it shows no sign of having been used for ages. Near the top of the corridor walls, about three feet from the ceiling, stone lintels run the length of the passage. The corridor abruptly widens to a cube fifteen feet on a side with a corrugated floor. In the ceiling of this area, a bronze, circular trapdoor is set. The cover is latched shut.",
"In the four corners of this foyer are sets of metal rungs forming a ladder that leads up and across the arched ceiling to the trapdoor. The rungs are broken in several places, leaving rusty spikes. On the other side of this area, the corridor continues."
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"id": "158"
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Hazardous Hatch",
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"Opening the hatch releases a whirlwind. The character who climbed up to open the hatch is hurled to the floor and takes 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage as the wind emerges and fills the 15-foot chamber. Thereafter, it costs 3 feet of speed to move 1 foot in the room. The hatch can't be shut, and the wind doesn't die down.",
"Each creature that starts its turn in this area must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. (A character grasping the rungs of one of the ladders has advantage on the saving throw.) On a failed save, the wind throws the creature 10 feet in a random direction, the creature takes 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage, and it is knocked {@condition prone}. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature strikes one of the rusty spikes, taking an additional 3 ({@dice 1d6}) slashing damage.",
"If a target thrown by the wind strikes an object, such as a wall, the target takes another 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage. If a target is thrown into another creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 3 ({@dice 1d6}) bludgeoning damage and be knocked {@condition prone}. On a successful save, the creature takes half the bludgeoning damage and isn't knocked {@condition prone}.",
"A creature that moves only by crawling on the floor, using the corrugated surface to maintain one's grip, is safe from the wind."
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"(NAH-wahl, alter ego)",
"A character can discover one of the secret doors to this room by succeeding on a DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. Each door can be opened by reaching up above it, grabbing the lintel or the molding on the wall about 8 feet above the floor, and pulling down. The secret door then swings inward, but it closes 30 seconds later. These doors are counterweighted and can't be spiked open. From the inside, either of the doors can be opened by pressing down on a stone projection to the right of it.",
"When the characters exit one of the antechambers and pass into the room beyond, read:",
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"The walls of this chamber are painted flat black, while the floor is inlaid with a colorful mosaic of strange gods cavorting and leaping around a sun. An alcove in the center of the eastern wall is masked by a curtain of shells and beads."
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"id": "15c"
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"If the characters push aside the curtain, read:",
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"Behind the curtain is the chalky form of a statue seated on a stone throne with its surface carved to depict feathers. The statue is wearing a feathered headdress and a feathered robe. Lying across its lap in its open palms is a scepter of gold and silver with an eagle's head crafted on one end and the talons of a bird holding a blazing sun on the other. The most remarkable thing about the statue is its face."
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"The statue duplicates the face of the first person who enters this room. The scepter is worth 200 gp. It is stuck to the palms of the statue, and only the character with the same face as the statue can lift the scepter.",
"Once that character picks up the scepter, it provides its holder with visions of great battles of the past. The holder is transfixed by the visions; others see the character lose focus and begin to sweat. After 30 seconds, if still holding the scepter, the holder becomes {@condition petrified}. At the same time, the statue becomes flesh and blood.",
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"The figure on the throne is a {@creature nahual|TftYP}, or alter-ego. It is essentially a {@creature doppelganger} of chaotic evil alignment that is also a fiend (demon). It possesses the memories of the {@condition petrified} character and tries to convince the party that it has just merged with the spirit of one of the character's earlier incarnations. Given a chance, the {@creature nahual|TftYP} leads the party to their deaths with false information gained from \"memories\" of its former life.",
"The {@creature nahual|TftYP} must be slain and the scepter touched to the {@creature nahual|TftYP}'s corpse to restore the {@condition petrified} character. A {@spell greater restoration} spell also works, before or after the {@creature nahual|TftYP} has been slain."
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"Before you is a foyer, ten feet wide and twenty feet long. A narrow hall connects with this area on the south side, and on the north end a five-foot-wide staircase leads up.",
"A wheel is set horizontally half into the wall in the southwest corner. This wheel appears to be a crank. Above the wheel, a bronze lever is set in the wall, angled downward."
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"type": "entries",
"name": "Open and Shut",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"The stairs lead up to a blank wall that is the location of a secret door. This door can be opened by turning the wheel in the foyer. The wheel turns only after the lever is pushed up, and then only in one direction. Rotating the wheel opens the secret door, but it also opens the floor in front of the wheel to reveal a 10-foot-square pit, at the bottom of which can be seen a pale shimmer of bones. There is a 1-foot-wide ledge along the west edge of the pit for someone to stand on while working the wheel, and a 6-inch-wide footbridge of polished marble spans the center of the pit from west to east.",
"Crossing this beam, which is {@quickref difficult terrain||3}, requires a DC 10 Dexterity ({@skill Acrobatics}) check. On a failed check, the character can't move farther during that turn. If the check fails by 5 or more, the character falls off the beam 30 feet to the bottom of the pit.",
"If the crank is released once the secret door is open, it unwinds quickly, pulling the door shut. To prevent this, the lever can be pulled down to lock the wheel in place\u2014but doing so causes a portcullis to fall across the entrance to the stairs. The portcullis can be lifted by a character who succeeds on a DC 20 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check."
],
"id": "163"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Easy Way Out",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"If the characters search the walls beside the portcullis, a keyhole can be discovered. The key from {@adventure room 48|TftYP-THSoT|1|48. Hound of the Bat} fits the lock, enabling the portcullis to be opened like a gate."
],
"id": "164"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Hard Way Out",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"In the ceiling directly above the pit, a thin slab that looks like ordinary stonework conceals a sloping tunnel that leads upward. The slab can't be detected or manipulated from this side."
],
"id": "165"
}
],
"id": "162"
}
],
"id": "160"
}
],
"id": "14a"
},
{
"type": "section",
"name": "Temple Grounds",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"The inset on {@adventure map 3.1|TftYP-THSoT|1|Map 3.1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan} depicts what is left of the shrine at ground level.",
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "54. Temple Ruin",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
{
"type": "insetReadaloud",
"entries": [
"This was apparently a large temple of some sort. Once a major building, all that remains are the back wall and enough of the roof to shelter the altar. All else seems closed off by fallen debris. Several pillars have fallen and they litter the floor. Sunlight filters through holes in the roof, thirty-five feet overhead, which is a maze of chips and cracks. The back wall is covered by a bas-relief of a giant bat-thing, nine feet tall, with a wingspan of twenty feet. In front of this wall is an altar stone, carved to represent a mass of squirming rats, weasels, and worms. On the front of the altar is the head of a screaming bat. Jutting above the altar on either side are a pair of sharp-edged, metal bat-wings, eight feet long. The floor in front of the altar is worn smooth."
],
"id": "168"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"entries": [
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Field of Rubble",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"The temple area is filled with debris that offers no obvious passage to the interior. In the center of the south edge is an area where rubble is heaped over an opening that seems to lead down deeper into the debris. It is shaky and can be collapsed easily\u2014any force applied to the heap by a creature with Strength 15 or higher will bring the rocks down. This rubble can also be caused to collapse by hurting a weighty object at it or using a spell such as {@spell thunderwave} to create the needed force. Those within 10 feet of the collapse must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or take 5 ({@dice 2d4}) bludgeoning damage from falling debris.",
"Climbing elsewhere on the debris causes a minor collapse, dealing 2 ({@dice 1d4}) bludgeoning damage to each climber. Each climber must also succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be buried by the debris, taking 7 ({@dice 3d4}) more bludgeoning damage. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the debris engulfs the digger completely, and the trapped character can't breathe until dug out. Struggling out on one's own requires a successful DC 15 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check, and doing so takes 1 minute. Any of these sorts of collapses open no access to the inside."
],
"id": "16a"
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{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Fragile Roof",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"Each time a creature ends its turn on the portion of the roof that remains standing, there is a 20 percent chance that the roof beneath its feet gives way. The creature falls 35 feet, to the rubble below, taking 14 ({@dice 4d6}) bludgeoning damage."
],
"id": "16b"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Trapdoor Entrance",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"If the characters begin their investigations of the hidden shrine by arriving at the temple, they need to find a way in. One route is by way of a trapdoor in the floor about 10 feet in front of the altar. A character can discover the seam of the door with a successful DC 15 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check. Any creature that walks across the top of the door has a 1-in-12 chance of triggering it, for the mechanism is old, and long disuse has made it unreliable. Any skilled character's reasonable attempt to keep the door from opening works. Forcing the door to stay open requires a successful DC 10 Strength ({@skill Athletics}) check. The trapdoor opens onto a slide that emerges above the pit in {@adventure area 53|TftYP-THSoT|1|53. The Valve}. Anyone who slides down the tunnel to the hidden hatch at the other end is dumped into that room."
],
"id": "16c"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Secret Entrance",
"page": 92,
"entries": [
"The second way to enter the tombs below is through a secret door hidden behind the left wing of the giant bat-thing carved upon the wall. A character can locate the door with a successful DC 20 Wisdom ({@skill Perception}) check.",
"The door can be opened if a character places a limb into the mouth of the carving. If this occurs, the mouth clamps shut; the teeth puncture the limb, dealing 11 ({@dice 2d10}) piercing damage; and a giant batwing folds out from the wall to reveal the passage. A creature trapped in the bat's mouth is {@condition grappled} (escape DC 12) but doesn't take further damage.",
"The mechanical nature of the latch becomes apparent to any creature that examines the mouth of the bat sculpture and succeeds on a DC 10 Intelligence ({@skill Investigation}) check. If the check succeeds by 10 or more, the creature deduces that the function of the mouth can be activated by placing any object (not necessarily an extremity) into it. This information can also be obtained by a creature that examines the mouth further and then succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence ({@skill Investigation}) check.",
"Once the wing has moved to reveal the secret door, it veils the lower half of the carving's face and the bat's black eyes start to glow. Any character who looks at them must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or be {@condition paralyzed}. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each minute or whenever it takes damage, ending the effect on itself on a successful save. The effect ends after 1 hour, or earlier if any magical light is shone on the altar.",
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],
"id": "16d"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Development",
"page": 93,
"entries": [
"After the secret door to the shrine is opened, a {@creature giant hyena} moves into this area. It makes a lair behind a fallen pillar to the east, waiting to ambush any who emerge back through the door."
],
"id": "16e"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Hinged Altar Trap",
"page": 93,
"entries": [
"Close inspection of the altar reveals handholds along the front side and hinges at the back, indicating that the altar can be lifted from the front and tipped on its side. This can be accomplished by the combined effort of up to three characters with a total Strength of 30 or higher. If the altar is lifted quickly by characters in a standing position, the metal wings whip through an arc from the sides of the altar to the front center about 4 feet off the floor. Each wing's leading edge is razor-sharp. Anyone in the path of a wing must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 13 ({@dice 3d8}) slashing damage. If a wing misses its first target, it sweeps past that creature with the possibility of striking another creature along the same path.",
"If the altar is tilted by characters while they are in a kneeling position, the wings whistle harmlessly overhead. The other way to avoid the trap is by being careful in the lifting.",
"The mechanism for the trap is inside the altar. Characters who lift the altar slowly and look underneath it can easily spot the levers and joints that connect with the bladed wings. The characters can prop the altar up, enabling someone to crawl under and disable the trap. Doing that requires 10 minutes of work and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check using thieves' tools."
],
"id": "16f"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Treasure",
"page": 93,
"entries": [
"Beneath the altar is an 8-foot-deep pit in which are many items of value and two bodies cut in half. The treasure is very bulky. Resting on and buried in a pile of 20,000 silver pieces are the following items: fifty silver chased goblets (worth 5 gp each), twenty gold-plated statuettes (10 gp apiece), forty embossed silver chalices and servings (5 gp each), eighty pieces of jewelry (5 gp apiece), fifty mother-of-pearl pieces (1 gp each), a jade placard bearing the image of Zotzilaha (100 gp), and a marble statue of a reclining figure (50 gp).",
"It is very likely that if large portions of this treasure are taken, Zotzilaha finds out about it and sends a {@creature vampire} or a {@creature giant bat} to seek retribution."
],
"id": "170"
}
],
"id": "169"
}
],
"id": "167"
}
],
"id": "166"
}
],
"id": "01a"
},
{
"type": "section",
"name": "Appendix A: Magic Items",
"page": 228,
"entries": [
"The magic items that are introduced in this book are detailed here in alphabetical order. The adventure in which an item appears is given at the end of its description.",
{
"type": "list",
"columns": 3,
"items": [
"{@item Amulet of Protection from Turning|TftYP}",
"{@item Balance of Harmony|TftYP}",
"{@item Bracelet of Rock Magic|TftYP}",
"{@item Eagle Whistle|TftYP}",
"{@item Hell Hound Cloak|TftYP}",
"{@item Loadstone|TftYP}",
"{@item Mirror of the Past|TftYP}",
"{@item Night Caller|TftYP}",
"{@item Potion of Mind Control|TftYP}",
"{@item Robe of Summer|TftYP}",
"{@item Shatterspike|TftYP}",
"{@item Spear of Backbiting|TftYP}",
"{@item Stone of Ill Luck|TftYP}",
"{@item Wand of Entangle|TftYP}",
"{@item Waythe|TftYP}"
]
}
],
"id": "142"
},
{
"type": "section",
"name": "Appendix B: Creatures",
"page": 230,
"entries": [
"This appendix details creatures and nonplayer characters that are mentioned in this book and that don't appear in the {@book Monster Manual|MM}. That book's introduction explains how to interpret a stat block.",
"Some of these creatures are available in {@book Volo's Guide to Monsters|VGM} but are reproduced here for your convenience.",
"The creatures are presented in alphabetical order.",
{
"type": "list",
"columns": 4,
"items": [
"{@creature Animated Table|TftYP}",
"{@creature Barghest|VGM}",
"{@creature Centaur Mummy|TftYP}",
"{@creature Champion|VGM}",
"{@creature Choker|MTF}",
"{@creature Conjurer|VGM}",
"{@creature Deathlock Wight|MTF}",
"{@creature Dread Warrior|TftYP}",
"{@creature Duergar Spy|TftYP}",
"{@creature Enchanter|VGM}",
"{@creature Evoker|VGM}",
"{@creature Giant Crayfish|TftYP}",
"{@creature Giant Ice toad|TftYP}",
"{@creature Giant Lightning eel|TftYP}",
"{@creature Giant Skeleton|TftYP}",
"{@creature Giant Subterranean lizard|TftYP}",
"{@creature Greater Zombie|TftYP}",
"{@creature Illusionist|VGM}",
"{@creature Kalka-Kylla|TftYP}",
"{@creature Kelpie|TftYP}",
"{@creature Leucrotta|VGM}",
"{@creature Malformed Kraken|TftYP}",
"{@creature Martial Arts Adept|VGM}",
"{@creature Nereid|TftYP}",
"{@creature Necromancer|VGM}",
"{@creature Ooze master|TftYP}",
"{@creature Sea Lion|TftYP}",
"{@creature Sharwyn Hucrele|TftYP}",
"{@creature Sir Braford|TftYP}",
"{@creature Siren|TftYP}",
"{@creature Tarul var|TftYP}",
"{@creature Tecuziztecatl|TftYP}",
"{@creature Thayan Apprentice|TftYP}",
"{@creature Thayan Warrior|TftYP}",
"{@creature Thorn Slinger|TftYP}",
"{@creature Transmuter|VGM}",
"{@creature Vampiric Mist|MTF}",
"{@creature White Maw|TftYP}",
"{@creature Yusdrayl|TftYP}"
]
}
],
"id": "143"
},
{
"type": "section",
"name": "Credits",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"columns": 2,
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Compilers",
"entries": [
"Kim Mohan, Mike Mearls"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Lead Rules Developer",
"entries": [
"Jeremy Crawford"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Fifth Edition Conversion",
"entries": [
"Chris Sims, Sean K Reynolds, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Managing Editor",
"entries": [
"Jeremy Crawford"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editors",
"entries": [
"Kim Mohan, Michele Carter"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editorial Assistance",
"entries": [
"Chris Dupuis, Ben Petrisor, Matt Sernett"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Art Director",
"entries": [
"Kate Irwin"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Additional Art Direction",
"entries": [
"Shauna Narciso, Richard Whitters"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Graphic Designer",
"entries": [
"Emi Tanji"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Cover Illustrator",
"entries": [
"Tyler Jacobson"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Interior Illustrators",
"entries": [
"Mark Behm, Eric Belisle, Zoltan Boros, Noah Bradley, Sam Carr, Jedd Chevrier, Bud Cook, Olga Drebas, Wayne England, Lake Hurwitz, Izzy, Tyler Jacobson, Titus Lunter, Brynn Metheney, Scott Murphy, Claudio Pozas, Ned Rogers, Chris Seaman, Cory Trego-Erdner, Franz Vohwinkel, Mark Winters, Sam Wood, Ben Wootten"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Cartographers",
"entries": [
"Jason A. Engle, Rob Lazzaretti, Mike Schley, Ben Wootten"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Producer",
"entries": [
"Stan!"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Project Manager",
"entries": [
"Heather Fleming"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Product Engineer",
"entries": [
"Cynda Callaway"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Imaging Technicians",
"entries": [
"Sven Bolen, Carmen Cheung, Kevin Yee"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Art Administration",
"entries": [
"David Gershman"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Prepress Specialist",
"entries": [
"Jefferson Dunlap"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Other D&D Team Members",
"entries": [
"Bart Carroll, John Feil, Trevor Kidd, Adam Lee, Christopher Lindsay, Shelly Mazzanoble, Christopher Perkins, Hilary Ross, Liz Schuh, Nathan Stewart, Greg Tito, Shawn Wood"
]
}
]
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Credits from the Original Adventures",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"columns": 2,
"items": [
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Tomb of Horrors (1978)",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Design",
"entries": [
"Gary Gygax"
]
}
]
}
],
"id": "174"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "White Plume Mountain (1979)",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Design",
"entries": [
"Lawrence Schick"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editing and Suggestions",
"entries": [
"Mike Carr, Allen Hammack, Harold Johnson, Tim Jones, Jeff Leason, Dave Sutherland, Jean Wells"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Art",
"entries": [
"Dave Sutherland, Erol Otus, Darlene Pekul, Jeff Dee, David S. LaForce, Jim Roslof, Bill Willingham"
]
}
]
}
],
"id": "175"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (1980)",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Design",
"entries": [
"Harold Johnson, Jeff R. Leason"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Able Assistance",
"entries": [
"Dave Cook, Lawrence Schick"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editing",
"entries": [
"Harold Johnson"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editing and Production",
"entries": [
"Dave Cook, Jeff R. Leason, Lawrence Schick"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Illustrations",
"entries": [
"Erol Otus, Jeff Dee, Gregory K. Fleming, David S. LaForce, David C. Sutherland III"
]
}
]
}
],
"id": "176"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Against the Giants (1981)",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Design",
"entries": [
"Gary Gygax"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editing",
"entries": [
"Mike Carr, Timothy Jones, Jon Pickens, Lawrence Schick"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Art",
"entries": [
"David C. Sutherland III, David A. Trampier, Jeff Dee, David S. LaForce, Erol Otis, Bill Willingham"
]
}
]
}
],
"id": "177"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "The Sunless Citadel (2000)",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Design",
"entries": [
"Bruce R. Cordell"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editing",
"entries": [
"Miranda Horner"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Cartography",
"entries": [
"Todd Gamble"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Illustrations",
"entries": [
"Dennis Cramer, Todd Lockwood"
]
}
]
}
],
"id": "178"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "The Forge of Fury (2000)",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Design",
"entries": [
"Richard Baker"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editing",
"entries": [
"Miranda Horner"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Cartography",
"entries": [
"Todd Gamble"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Illustrations",
"entries": [
"Dennis Cramer, Todd Lockwood"
]
}
]
}
],
"id": "179"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "Dead in Thay (2014)",
"entries": [
{
"type": "list",
"style": "list-hang-notitle",
"items": [
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Design",
"entries": [
"Scott Fitzgerald Gray"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Editing",
"entries": [
"Ray Vallese"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Cartography",
"entries": [
"Mike Schley"
]
},
{
"type": "item",
"name": "Illustrations",
"entries": [
"Eric Belisle, Sam Carr, Tyler Jacobson, Miles Johnstone, Mark Winters"
]
}
]
}
],
"id": "17a"
}
]
}
],
"id": "173"
},
{
"type": "entries",
"name": "On the Cover",
"entries": [
{
"type": "gallery",
"images": [
{
"type": "image",
"href": {
"type": "internal",
"path": "adventure/TftYP/credits.webp"
},
"title": "As proprietor of the Yawning Portal, Durnan has heard amazing tales from adventurers of all sorts from across the multiverse, as seen in this array of characters by Tyler Jacobson.",
"width": 2560,
"height": 1690
},
{
"type": "image",
"href": {
"type": "internal",
"path": "adventure/TftYP/credits1.webp"
},
"title": "See if you can identify the face and the adventure found in {@i Tales from the Yawning Portal}.",
"width": 1397,
"height": 1200
}
]
},
"{@note (1. Gargoyle (Tomb of Horrors); 2. Tarul Var (Dead in Thay); 3. Mialee (Sunless Citadel); 4. Sir Bluto Sans Pite (White Plume Mountain); 5. Tordek (Forge of Fury); 6. Xipe, the Oni (Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan); 7. Manticore (White Plume Mountain); 8. Kieren, Chosen of Ilmater (Dead in Thay))}"
],
"id": "17b"
}
],
"id": "172"
}
]
}
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