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CHAPTER 6 I AGAINST THE GIANTS

was killed by falling rocks.
giant strength.
to the south (behind the rubble) but failed to make it and
trol (frost giant) (see appendix A), and a potion of cloud
the giant was trying to flee from the cave-in of a passage
present the box contains 500 gp, a potion of mind con-
chamber, half-buried under stone rubble. It appears that
of material or 60 pounds, whichever is the lesser. At
A frost giant skeleton rests in the far south end of the
by 6 inches wide and 4 inches deep, it holds 3 cubic feet
4A. STONE RUBBLE
holding-although the container is but 10 inches long
The box has properties similar to those of a bag of
any creatures that poke around in these bones.
trum-platinum on the top.
skeletons. Note that the monsters at area 4B will attack
platinum-electrum-silver on each end, and silver-elec-
from a rotted sack, are scattered around the frost giant
right side in a particular sequence. The correct order is
Treasure. Loose coins amounting to 500 gp, spilled
certain plates on the left side, then the top, then the
the center of the cavern.
eighteen plates of silver. The box is opened by sliding
Three skeletons of frost giants are plainly visible near
teen plates of platinum, eighteen plates of electrum, and
Soot-covered wall cressets hold burned-out torches.
a gift to the Lord of Oni-a trick box made out of eigh-
the remnants of tables, benches, stools, and chairs.
A small iron casket among the oni's belongings holds
Broken items of giant-sized furniture litter this place-
from the jar!).
4. DESERTED CAVERN
oni also bears a pouch containing six 500 gp gems (gifts
five beads remaining that it will not hesitate to use. The
avoid notice by hiding in this storeroom.
Treasure. The oni wears a necklace of fireballs with
are injured or were being hotly pursued, they attempt to
minions garner, if they will join the war on humankind.
If any of the denizens from above fled to this level and
25,000 gp worth of gems, plus whatever loot the lord's
egar, and ale barrels that have been stove in.
special mark) by the jar! and offers the Lord of the Oni
containing moldering grain, casks of wine turned to vin-
home with a treaty scroll. This scroll is signed (with a
broken boxes with spoiled provisions, some split sacks
wassail to be held on the morrow they will depart for
The place contains some remnants of carcasses, a few
have had an audience with the jar!, and after a special
3. ABANDONED STORAGE CAVE
An oni and its four ogre servants are staying here. They
6. EMISSARIES' CAVERN
on the ledge.
250 gp each (eight opals and four diamonds) behind her
blow the horn.
Treasure. The female has hidden twelve gems worth
center of the cavern. The giant has to use an action to
joins the battle as stealthily as she can.
horn suspended from the ceiling on iron chains in the
male dragon hides and watches. If roused to action, she
a conflict erupts, the giant tries to sound a great iron
cave-like nook at the back. On the elevated area, the fe-
weapons and throwing stones, plus a giant's bag. If
A ledge about 30 feet above the floor of the cavern has a
It is always guarded by a frost giant equipped with a
2A. DRAGON'S LEDGE
chamber is the actual entrance to the jarl's complex.
Hidden by a camouflaged boulder from prying eyes, this
diminution and growth respectively
5. ENTRANCE CAVERN
of resistance (fire), and two more that hold potions of
that holds a potion of poison, another that is a potion
in the center of the main cavern.
• Sixty-one bottles and flasks, valueless except for one
ers to be distracted by the glint of gold and lure of bone
• Twenty-seven urns of small value
forcing themselves to wait only long enough for intrud-
chain mail)
to ki!! and deVOUf any Creat11rP<: th:,t PntPr thP f'!HTPrn,
Eight suits of armor (including a silvered set of +2
extreme of this chamber. They are very hungry and seek
Nine shields
Six giant ice toads (see appendix B) lair in the northern
among them)
4B . HUNGRY AND HOPPING
• Twenty-four various weapons (a +2 dagger
• Eleven pewter serving pieces of small worth
passage beyond can be unearthed.
worth 1 gp each
room, they succeed only in making a lot of noise-no
• A scattering of three hundred fifty gems,
tempt to dig out the rubble to find the supposed treasure
Seven white marble statues of no great worth
jar! to mislead would-be robbers. If the characters at-
deva), worth 800 gp
This map is actually a fake, a ruse perpetrated by the
• An alabaster statue depicting a winged woman (a
chambers, and a treasure room.
the ivory inside it)
erns, including various barracks room, the jarl's private
pounds apiece, each box worth 300 gp plus 100 gp for
after some 60 feet reaches a complex of caves and cav-
• Eight silver boxes filled with ivory (weighing 20
chamber (along the way now blocked by rubble), which
• 15,000 sp and 12,400 gp in loose coinage
The map also shows a passage leading south from this
a -Provisions," and area 4 as "Great Hall of the Jar!."
lowing items:
as -Grand Entry," area 2 as "Storage Place," area 3
Treasure. The dragons' hoard includes the fol-
and 4 of the lower level. Area 1 is labeled (in Common)
ber (see area 2A).
an iron tube containing a map that shows areas 1, 2, 3,
a ledge that projects from the western wall of the cham-
Treasure. One of the giant's skeletal hands clutches
the north end of the cavern. The female rests nearby on