```col-mdflexGrow=2.5===# Outline<u> *Elevation ranges from 300 feet to 350 feet above ground level.* </u>## 25. Male Drow Barracks The door to the area is unlocked.> [!read-aloud] **Read Aloud** > > > This chamber is appears to be a barracks of some. It contains six cots and the same number of wooden chests, plus a small table and two chairs. Two of the six places are currently in use but the room is unoccupied.Only ==two of the six living areas are presently being used== ; each of the (locked) wooden chests in those two areas contains ordinary clothing and personal items, plus (in one) 112 gp and (in the other) two gems of 25 gp value apiece. ## 26. Female Drow Barracks The door to the area is unlocked.> [!read-aloud] **Read Aloud** > > > This chamber is appears to be a barracks of some. It contains six cots and the same number of wooden chests, plus a small table and two chairs. Two of the six places are currently in use but the room is unoccupied.Aside from the to-be-expected clothing, the only items of value in the chests in those areas are (in one chest) 11-20 gold pieces and (in the other) a pair of non-magical necklaces worth 30 and 50 gp apiece. ## 27. Erihn's Chamber This is the living quarters for the drow noble Erihn, the commander of the fortress, and his henchman Tarmar. The ==door to the room is wizard locked== ( *arcane lock* spell).- Casting *knock* on the object suppresses arcane lock for 10 minutes.- The door is more difficult to break or force open (DC 20 on Strength).- Similarly, DC 20 to pick the lock.> [!read-aloud] **Read Aloud** > > > The room much nicer that any living querters you've seen here. It contains two beds strewn with silk coverings, one of them set off from the rest of the chamber by silk curtains; two desks north ans west walls); and a single wooden chest.- The ==desk on the north wall== belongs to Erihn. In its compartments and drawers are ==material components== for Erihn's spells, ==plus a set of ledger books== in which the commander keeps track of plundered goods that have been transported back to the drow underworld. - The books are written in drow language, which is unintelligible to anyone not familiar with the dark elves' secret writing. - Inside a ==drawer that is wizard locked== are Erihn's spell books, plus a letter signed by Erihn and bearing his personal seal. The spell books contain instructions for all the spells Erihn currently carries (see the description for **area 29** ) plus * jump* and *fire trap* .- The ==desk against the west wall== , belongs to Tarmar. ==In its drawers== are a jeweled dagger (non-magical) worth 200 gp, some writing implements, and a partially completed report on the recent activities of the drow that includes a section relating how three promiment members of the Council of Launewt have been bribed into siding with the drow and trying to discourage concern on the part of other council members. ==The wooden chest== bears a *fire trap* which was cast upon it by Erihn. Inside are 200 sp, 150 gp, a scroll with *jump* inscribed on it, a small pouch containing 500 gp worth of gems, and a +1 dagger of drow manufacture. ## 28. Meronal's Chamber The ==door to this room is trapped== with a *glyph of warding* that will explode for 16 points of fire damage if it is not bypassed. - The glyph is nearly invisible and requires a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check vs. DC 14 to spot.- *Dispel Magic* will remove the glyph.> [!read-aloud] **Read Aloud** > > > This room,contains a large, round bed with silk coverings in the center of the floor; a desk and chair along the east wall; a small wooden altar in the southeast corner; a small, free-standing closet along the north wall; and tapestries of silk on all the walls. This is the living area of ==Meronal, a female who is Erihn's consort== and (for the moment, at least) his second in command.- The == closet contains== ordinary clothing and clerical vestments owned by Meronal.- The ==desk holds== incense and other sorts of clerical items of no particular value.- The tapestries are all of no great value, ==except for one behind the altar== bearing a portrait of a huge spider with a female head that is worth 200 gp.- The ==altar has a secret compartment== in the front (DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) to spot) that contains a gold statue of Lolth, the drow spidergoddess, that is studded with gems and worth a total of 3,000 gp## 29. Hall of Homage This spacious chamber is located at the top of a winding ramp that leads up from the second level. The double doors at the top of the ramp are == not locked, but they have a Leomund's Trap== cast on them, and they are so massive that a ==strength of at least 13 is needed== to pull one of them open.- The room is principally used for worship ceremonies and celebrations.- It is mostly open space, with ==massive pillars of wood arranged in a rough circle== around a center clearing where the activities are conducted. These pillars are integral parts of the tree that were not chopped away when the cavern was hollowed out, primarily so that the tree would not be overly weakened by a fullscale excavation of the chamber. They are gently curved and tapered at the top and bottom so that they blend smoothly into the ceiling and floor of the chamber.In the center of the chamber are ==two ornately carved and engraved wooden thrones== . - The one to the west is Meronal's, and the one to the east is Erihn's. ==Both thrones are currently occupied== by their owners, and each seat is flanked by a pair of guards.- Under no circumstances will the dark elves in this chamber be surprised by the arrival of invaders; as soon as even a single character advances to a point between any of the surrounding pillars, the ==drow guards will stand at the ready, prepared to beat off any assault== directed toward them or the occupants of the thrones.- The guard on Erihn's left is his henchman Tarmar, a 5th level fighter, his chainmail, sword, and dagger are all +2 items of drow manufacture.- The ==other three guards== are all 3rd level male fighters ( with +1 weapons and +1 chainmail of drow manufacture).- ==Meronal is an 8th level cleric== who has the following spells in addition to her innate magical abilities: *bless, command, cure light wounds (x2), protection from good, chant, detect charm, hold person (x2), snake charm, resist fire, cause blindness, feign death, remove curse, cure serious wounds, and speak with plants* .- ==Erihn is a fighter/magic-user of 7th level in each class== who has the following spells in addition to his innate magical abilities: *friends, hold portal, magic missile (x4), message, feather fall, detect invisibility, ray of enfeeblement, shatter, lightning bolt, protection from normal missiles, and wall of ice* . - He wears a ring of wizardry which doubles his first-level spell ability. Erihn wears +2 chainmail and uses +1 weapons, all of drow manufacture. - Around his neck is a pouch, attached to a string, which con-tains 5 platinum pieces, a gem worth 100 gp, and a metal stamp that produces a seal identical to the one found on the letter inside his desk (see the description for area 27). ==Starting on the tenth round after a conflict breaks== out in this chamber:- Any and all dark elves from the lower levels who are still alive and able to fight ==will arrive on the scene== , entering the room at the rate of ==one per round thereafter== .- The ==“rear guard” will attempt to block off the exit back to the ramp== , while at the same time mounting enough of an offensive to direct the invaders' attention away from the occupants of the thrones.- Erihn and Meronal will ==refrain from physical combat as long as possible== , staying behind their guards and using their spell-casting powers to complement the fighters' attacks. ==If the battle goes against them, the dark elves will try to flee== through the double doors and down the ramp – but ==in no case will they surrender== .``````col-md![[table-of-contents]]---![[images/third-level.jpg]]---**Completion Date:** <br>**Parent Plot:** **Related Characters:****Related Organizations:****Related Locations:**---### World Anvil Metadata**Id:** b05da8f8-0c57-44b2-abe1-d96d335d9877<br>**Entity Type:** Article / plot<br>**Category:** <br>**Tags:** FoD-plot```