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CHAPTER 6  I AGAINST THE Cl  ANTS

                                                            The largest ogre has a key to the chest in area 21.
                                                             bies. worth a total of 250 gp.
                                                                                                             seated at the head table.
                                                             item. The bear has a jewel-studded collar with six ru-
                                                                                                             nities. He has AC  17 from splint armor. The chief is
                                                             wear four pieces of  jewelry each, worth 1,000 gp per
                                                                                                             Chief Nosnra fights as a frost giant with no immu-
                                                             the occasion, has four pieces. Nosnra and Grutha also
                                                                                                             Creatures. The following creatures are in the hall:
                                                             pieces worth 100 gp each. The subchief, decked out for
                                                                                                               served for the chief, his wife, and their guests.
                                                             jewelry worth 250 gp each. Ogres each wear one or two
                                                                                                               and four pigs roast on huge spits) is a higher table re-
                                                            Treasure. Each giant wears one to four pieces of
                                                                                                               north of the central firepit (where a whole ox, two sheep,
                                                             those projectiles are ready to hand.
                                                                                                               going on, so the place is a veritable din of noise. To the
                                                             ing damage). It fires spears instead of bolts, and six of
                                                                                                               ing, shouting, arguing, wrestling, joking, and the like are
                                                             ballista, which he uses as a heavy crossbow (2d10 pierc-
                                                                                                               bread, and drinking containers. Singing, talking, laugh-
                                                             carry. On the wall directly behind the chief is a small
                                                                                                               tables are crowded with various sorts of meat, cheese,
                                                             that some of the giants, especially the stone giant, might
                                                                                                               stand barrels and kegs of ale, beer, and mead. All of the
                                                             There are no throwing rocks here, aside from the few
                                                                                                               tle tables, benches, stools, and the like. Here and there
                                                            eight ogres are scattered around the room.
                                                                                                             The vast room at the end of the corridor contains tres-
                                                            six hill giant servants (use the ogre statistics), and
                                                                                                               A few torches burn smokily high up along either wall.
                                                            (who has AC  16 from chain mail and 115 hit points),
                                                                                                               the feasting and fun lies beyond, in the great hall itself.
                                                            Seven hill giants, including the sergeant from area 25
                                                                                                               shadowy, and generally deserted and ignored, for all of
                                                            A stone giant visitor is seated at the head table.
                                                                                                               The long corridor that leads north from area 1 is dim,
                                                             ,  A cloud giant ambassador stands near the firepit.
                                                                                                               11.  GREAT HALL
                                                            ouflage. His AC is from splint armor.
                                                            giant that fights as a stone giant, without Stone Cam-
                                                                                                               geon level (areas 29 through 33).
                                                             •  The subchief, also seated at the head table, is a hill
                                                                                                             The steps lead to the secret area of the steading's dun-
                                                            head table at Nosnra's feet.
                                                                                                               are empty.
                                                            the polar bear statistics) is licking up spills under the
                                                                                                               floor plan of this level of the steading. All the other tubes
                                                            The chief's cave bear (use the cave bear variant with
                                                                                                               in Giant and signed Eclavdra. Also inside is a map of the
                                                            the chief.
                                                                                                               rounding a Y,  holds instructions on the next raid, written
                                                             •  Nosnra's wife, Grutha, is a hill giant. She sits beside
                                                                                                             One tube, sealed and marked with a triangle sur-
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