1105 - Church of St.Éla, the Dreamer

Notes

33 Rooms about 100 GP per room = 3300 GP Located in a church Simple enough, a church of St. Éla Let’s make it inhabited by gnolls

Area 1: 5 rooms, 1 large - church

Transition: short corridor, 20 ft wide, excavated, well-finished

Area 2: 15 rooms, 3 large - clergy area

Area 3: 10 rooms, 3 large

The item could be a rod that hurts minotaurs, maybe even causes them to flee

Potential Hooks

• Alchemist’s laboratory
  • Probably should be a teleportation chamber in there
• flesh zombies
  • The back of the dungeon should be overrun, fleshy nodes everywhere
• Minotaur area
  • This needs more interactivity, especially for the event where they kill the minotaur

Monsters

Stat Blocks

Chosen of Roth

AC 13, HD 4 (18hp), Att 2 x claws 1d6 To Hit +2, MV 90’ (30’), SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (2), ML 9, AL Chaotic, XP 75

Flesh Zombie

AC 11, HD 2 (9hp), Att 1 × weapon (1d8 or by weapon), THAC0 18 [+1], MV 60’ (20’), SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (1), ML 12, AL Chaotic, XP 20, NA 1d6 (4d6), TT None

Gnoll

AC 13, HD 2 (9hp), Att 1 × weapon (2d4 or by weapon + 1), To Hit +1, MV 90’ (30’), SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (2), ML 8, AL Chaotic, XP 20

Gnoll Leader

AC 13, HD 3 (13hp), Att 1 x weapon, To Hit +2, MV 90’ (30’), SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (3), ML 9, AL Chaotic, XP 35

Chained Minotaur

AC 13, HD 6 (27hp), Att 1 × gore (1d6), 1 × bite (1d6)] or 1 × weapon (1d6 +2 or by weapon + 2), To Hit +5, MV 30’ (10’), SV D10 W11 P12 B13 S14 (6), ML 12, AL Chaotic, XP 275, NA 1d6 (1d8), TT C

By Room

Room	Monsters	Total Hit Dice	Total Hit Points
3	2 Gnolls	4	17
6	3 Gnolls	6	33
7	Chosen of Roth	4	24
13	1 Gnoll	2	7
16	Gnoll Leader and 2 Gnolls	7	32
18	3 Flesh Zombies	3	11
20	1 Flesh Zombie	1	8
21	Minotaur	6	31
31	1 Gnoll	2	6

Treasure

Room	Contents	Total Value (GP)
3	Onyx-buttoned vest	280GP
6	8 Gems	1400GP
7	81GP and scroll with 2 level 3 spells	81GP
16	4k EP and 1 Quartz Gem	2010GP
23	Coffer of Rods	0 GP
31	3 potions	0 GP
Total		3771 GP = ~ 3300GP

Random Encounters

Main Area

d4	Encounter
1	2 gnolls chased by 6 flesh zombies
2	1 Chosen of Roth eating the corpse of a flesh zombie
3	1 Gnoll Leader and 4 gnolls, carrying an urn containing 1k EP toward the exit from room 17
4	The relics of a saint, chained to the ceiling, fall to the ground. 2-in-6 chance of hitting a random character, save vs breath to avoid 1d4 damage. The skull can be found mostly intact, with gold medallions melted into its eyes. The medallions are worth 25GP each but if presented to a person affiliated with the church while still attached to bone it will cause offense (having obviously been looted from the relics of a saint).

Rumors

d??	Rumor
1	The Church’s wealth for the past centuries apparently comes from their provision of the magical energies that powered Inverness. The source of which must have been the worship of their dwindling flock.
2	Dogfolk are all over the ruins of the city. They’ve been killing their way throughout, even fighting amongst themselves
3	Even before humans came, there had once been civilization on the peninsula. In the heyday of the city, earlier ruins regularly turned up.
??

Rooms

Room Number	Summary	Interactive?	Needs Work?
1	Entrance hall, empty	False
2	Robing room, empty	False
3	sanctuary, 2 gnolls and treasure	True
4	Hidden one way door here, can’t open but useful info	True
5	Hall, empty	False	Could use some better description
6	Well room, 3 gnolls and treasure	True	Where is the treasure? Anything else interesting?
7	Oubliette, chosen of Roth and trapped treasure	True
8	Bestiary, empty	False	Yes, something going on here, not empty
9	Zoo, empty	False
10	Bedroom, empty	False
11	Bedroom, empty	False
12	Bedroom, empty
13	Bedroom, sleeping gnoll	True
14	Office, other side of teleporter to Minotaur land	True	What is the form of the teleporter, would be nice if there were a puzzle
15	Saints chained to ceiling, flowering moss hangs in strands from the skeletons	False
16	Kennel, gnoll leader and gnolls and treasure	True	Set dressing
17	Antechamber, empty	False	Set dressing
18	Flesh zombies	True	Could use new set dressing, room type, flesh room
19	Study, hidden room with secret book/treasure	True	Flesh room
20	Pool, bathing room, zombie	True	flesh room,
21	Minotaur starting location	True
22	Well Room	False
23	Treasure in a bathroom, but not yet defined	True	Decide on treasure and room theme, 100 PP
24	Possible location of coffer	True
25	Empty cell	False
26	Other side of teleporter	True	work on set dressing for this room
27	Empty, possibly where minotaurs were kept	False
28	Wheel of pain	True	read aloud text?
29	empty office	False	think of way to make this interesting
30	empty barracks	False
31	Gnoll and two potions	True	Lab area
32	Ruined laboratory	False	Lab area
33	Teleportation chamber	True	Lab area
34	empty hallway	False
35	Exit from minotaur domain	True	figure out how one-way door works

Room 1

Empty Entrance Hall

Windows line the upper part of the walls of this room. At the far end are a set of curtains.

Room 2

Empty Square 30x30 Robing room or something?

Similar to the last room, windows line the upper part of the walls of this room. Pegs, some still holding what look like ragged robes, are placed at regular intervals along the walls below the windows.

Room 3

Monster and Treasure 2 Gnolls: 1 battle axe - 6 hp 1 spear - 11 hp

10 hp

600 SP, 20 GP, 4 gems Vest, 4 onyx for buttons, made from soft fabric. Each gem worth 50GP, vest in total worth 280GP

Worship Room

Two dog-headed creatures, covered in what looks like blood, stand on a dais hacking at a wooden statue, now totally unrecognizable.

Room 4

Empty

Antechamber

You step down into shallow water. 1/2 inch of standing water here.

Room 5

Empty

Office

Transition to stone construction. There’s the tattered remains of a rug, and some chairs lining the wall.

Room 6

Special

Well Room

Let’s treat this as a pool as per ADnD DMG Appendix A Table VIIIA Monster, Treasure, and Pool

3 Gnolls, 10,11,12 hp two handed sword, short bow, short bow, both with only 4 arrows Occupied with drinking water 8 gems (1400GP total): * 500GP * 50GP * 50GP * 100GP * 500GP * 100GP * 50GP * 50GP

Room 7

Monster and Treasure

Oubliette

Chosen of Roth, 24 hp 81GP Scroll with 2 third level spells, Fly and Infravision Both contained in a chest (650 coin capacity) hidden under bones Chest is trapped. Opening the chest meets with some resistance, forcing it open tears open a wax-sealed paper bag of poison gas. Save vs breath to run, save vs poison or die, success is 1d6 damage. Cut the leather attaching the bag to either top or bottom to disarm, 1d4 turns to dissipate Listening at door - crunching of bones

Room 8

Empty

Bestiary

Room 9

Empty

Zoo

Room 10

Empty

Bedroom

Room 11

Empty

Bedroom

Room 12

Empty

Bedroom

Room 13

Monster Only

Bedroom

1 gnoll, spear, 7 hp

Room 14

Empty

Office

This was clearly once an office, but it has been ransacked. There is an overturned desk, objects that once lined the walls are pushed into the center of the room. Against the far wall is an unblemished mirror.

Room 15

Special, plants, wondrous or strange appearance

Oubliette

Moss hangs in strands from rafters lining the ceiling of this room. The moss has bright yellow flowers growing from it. Chained to the rafters are skeletons - the remains of forgotten saints. It is difficult to see across the room

Room 16

Monster and Treasure Kennel

Gnoll Leader, 17 hp, spear Gnoll 1, 7 hp, morning star Gnoll 2, 8 hp, battle axe

4k EP, 1 gem contained in urns 4 urns each containing 1k EP, 4th one containing a quartz gem worth 10 GP

Room 17

Empty

Antechamber

Room 18

Monster Only

Zoo

3 Flesh Zombies, 4, 3, 9 hp

Room 19

Trick/Trap

Study

Decaying books line the East and West walls of this room, the far wall is blank. A small crystal chandelier has fallen from the ceiling and lies broken on the floor.

Secret Door, 2k CP treasure. Let’s make it a book sitting on a pedestal describing a secret of the cult of Éla. Valuable artifact for the church

A cult of Éla attempting to popularize knowledge of the Church’s secrets will pay 5x for such texts The book describes Éla’s dreams as regarding her dead friends. “Solemn, her Dreams.”

Room 20

Monster and Treasure

Pool/Water Room

Flesh Zombie, 8hp, no treasure

Well in South-east corner

Room 21

Monster Only

Library

Minotaur? 31hp?, battle axe, 1d8+2 dmg, weighed down by chains so it moves MV 90’ (30’)

Room 22

Empty

Well Room

Water was drawn from a cistern here that was fed by a spring. The wall of the cistern has been broken, flooding the rest of the area.

Room 23

Treasure Only

Bathroom 100PP?

Room 24

Empty

Foyer 2k SP, probably the coffer, in the hands of a dead man who has one of the rods in his hands

Room 25

Empty

Cell

Room 26

Special

Pool/Water Room Other side of the teleporter Ruined skeletons of priests

Room 27

Empty

Gymnasium

Fragments of bone and decaying clothing are littered around the floor here. Some weapons can be found sitting in the shallow water but all seem to be in an advanced state of rust

Room 28

Special

Solar

A device previously powered by minotaurs that generates magical energy. Used to provide the substantial magical energies that ran Inverness?? It would make sense but not for the church who have been losing influence? Maybe they did it anyway for the money. And it was the payment from the city to the church for this energy that kept the church afloat and wealthy even as its congregation shrank, nevertheless maintaining significant political influence.

Wheel of pain

A large pillar of stone sits in the center of this room, with a wooden wheel around it at about head height. Spokes come out from the wheel.

Room 29

Empty

Office

Rotten furniture collapses into the water here.

Describe bookshelves and books as having a lot of water damage

Room 30

Empty

Barracks

Room 31

This room is clearly hewn from dirt and rock, burrowed through the raw earth

Monster and Treasure

Arena

1 Gnoll, spear, 6 hp wooden box with three potions * growth - semi-opaque, watery appearance. greasy smell * treasure finding - opalescent, peach colored, herbal smell * clairvoyance - cloudy, opalescent, muted brown color, fishy/rotten meat smell

The gnoll in this room is likely to hear any combat in room 3.

Room 32

This room has quite low ceilings (6 ft), and is composed of perfectly hewn, flagstones of pitch black rock. Empty

Laboratory

Room 33

This room has quite low ceilings (6 ft), and is composed of perfectly hewn, flagstones of pitch black rock.

The walls of the room describe a ritual in magical script etched into the stone to activate the portal. Studying takes 1d4 days.

Empty

Teleportation chamber, roll for this

Room 34

Hallway Empty

Room 35

Stagnant water

exit from minotaur domain, one way door activated by pushing, takes variable number of rounds? strength check, stuck