Dungeon Magazine 096 by Unknown

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2 Animated Golden Shambler, Huge Zombie: hp 55; Monster Manual 192. Tactics: The zombie executes a partial charge in the first round. It follows up with melee attacks on anything living and within reach. Development: During the fight, sobbing in shock and despair, Short Fang drops the leather training belt the Golden Shambler bequeathed to him. The belt lands oddly, a secret pouch is jostled open, and a hidden net of bloodrush tumbles out. This is another potential case-cracker. If the PCs haven't searched Paramezzuss5 office, this is a second place where they can find an unspoiled sample of bloodrush. If they take it to Fra Lorenzo, he can link it to the deaths and to Paramezzus. If they go knocking on mausoleum doors at the nearest graveyard, the PCs eventually turn up the local undertaker, Rig Jambones (male Com1). Rig is a diehard fan, and a Diplomacy check (DC 10) convinces Rig to tell the PCs, "Yeah, I did see that crazy crookback poking around the Shambler's grave yesterday.” Ad-hoc Experience Award: Award 50% more experience (as a story award) for defeating the Golden Shambler zombie if any PC was thoughtful enough to either shield Rufillius from the violence or comfort the boy after the battle (requires a successful Diplomacy check, DC 10). 16. A CAGE WITH A VIEW—THE VEINS ARENA FLOOR (AREA V2) This is the climactic battle of the gladiatorial season. Only the seven gladiators with the highest Fame point totals receive entry bids. For any PCs who do not qualify, Thel can find them jobs as honeyball concessionaires for the match (that job pays 2 gp per day). The Fame or Infamy Point totals for the other gladiators are: Severus Tulero—23; Squirt Hurk—20; Mountain Morasso—15; Niggles—14; Jeb Hurk—12; and all the rest have less than 5. The crowd is chanting with Diamond Dharina, "Lock them in! Lock them in!" Like the arena itself, the marble cage is white but shot through with red veins. The cage has no roof; once the portcullis falls, the only way out is up. This event is deceptively simple: The first one out of the cage wins. However, the only way out is to climb up and over the walls; all transportation save climbing is forbidden (no flying, no spider climbing, and so on). The walls of the massive cage are 40 feet high and fairly easy to climb (DC 10). The cage itself covers a 40foot square. While still in the locker room, the PCs must choose whether to wear armor or to leave it off "OT and avoid the armor check penalty. Squirt Hurk is the only gladiator who doffs his armor for the match. Tactics: Squirt doesn't wear armor because he plans on using his sanctuary spell to scramble up the walls untouched. Severus, the defending Marble Cage champion, uses suggestion, polymorph other, and deeper darkness to slow the ascent of any climber in the lead. The yuan-ti's overarching strategy is to destroy the competition and then enjoy the adulation of the crowd while leisurely climbing out, just like he did last year.

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