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with concealment, creatures without discernible anatomies, do not share knowledge of how to operate the lifejammer or
and creatures immune to extra damage from critical hits maneuver the vessel with any other creatures, not even to save

are all immune to sneak attacks. The defiler can choose to their own lives.
deliver nonlethal damage with its sneak attack, but only
when using a weapon designed for that purpose, such as a 6. SLAVE PEN (EL 3)
sap (blackjack). A short, steep slope leads down to a large cave lit by several dim
Evasion (Ex): If Jawarkk Fel is exposed to any effect that yellow oil-lanterns. Crude sleeping pallets lie along the walls.

normally allows it to attempt a Reflex saving throw for half Most are empty now. A long trestle table stands at one end of
damage, it takes no damage with a successful saving throw. the cave, with a small, smoky cooking fi re nearby. Two other
Trapfinding (Ex): Jawarkk Fel can find, disarm, or bypass passages exit the cave, but they’re a good 15 feet above the fl oor,

traps with a DC of 20 or higher. It can use the Search skill reachable only by a narrow and treacherous ledge that circles the

to find, and the Disable Device skill to disarm, magic traps pitlike fl oor. An armed bugbear stands here, keeping watch over TAKERS CHAPTER 5
(DC 25 + the level of the spell used to create it). If its Dis- a handful of other humanoids. THE SLAVE
able Device result exceeds the trap’s DC by 10 or more, the

defiler discovers how to bypass the trap without triggering Reaching the floor of the pen, or the ledge from the pen floor,

or disarming it. requires a DC 15 Climb check. Navigating the ledge to reach
Uncanny Dodge (Ex): Jawarkk Fel retains its Dexterity bonus the east or south exits requires a DC 10 Balance check or a DC

to AC even when flat-footed or targeted by an unseen foe. 15 Climb check. The neogi and umber hulks, all quick and
It still loses its Dexterity bonus if paralyzed or otherwise skillful climbers, easily circle the pen in either direction. A
immobile. ladder is kept drawn up on the ledge near the north entrance,
Possessions: Bracers of armor +3, masterwork light crossbow where the guard is stationed; when he needs to get someone
with 20 bolts, gloves of Dexterity +2, potion of cure moderate wounds, into or out of the pen, he lowers the ladder.
potion of invisibility. The neogi have a total of seven human slaves (two here and

The mindspider can be repaired to fly again, but its use five in area 4), five orc slaves (two here and three in area 2), and

requires a magical device known as a lifejammer. It slowly six goblin slaves (three here and three in area 2). The slaves are

drains the life force of a creature strapped into it. The neogi supervised by five bugbear slave warriors (two in area 1, two Illus. by R. Sardinha
The wreck of the mindspider

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