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LEVEL 11: TROGLODYTE WARRENS

HE TROGLODYTE WARRENS ARE DESIGNED FOR D ROW
four 11th-level characters, and characters
Drow from House Auvryndar on level 10 and House
who defeat the monsters on this level should
Freth on level 12 are fighting each other for control of
gain enough XP to reach 12th level. These
this level, all the while capturing troglodytes to use as
reeking caverns and rough tunnels have
slaves and doing their best to steer clear of the behir.
long been home to clans of troglodytes. The
presence of drow on the levels above and be-
MUTATED TROLLS
low has turned these warrens into a battlefield-and an
opportunity for unlikely alliances. The trolls of the warrens have been mutated by the
glowing, rune-covered cavern at area 11. The magic of
WHAT DWELLS HERE? that cavern has spawned trolls with grotesque deformi-
ties and magical traits. These creatures devour troglo-
Troglodytes inhabit this level of Undermountain. Their
dytes, drow, and adventurers whenever they can find
dominance is contested by drow determined to enslave
them. The trolls are smart enough to avoid the behir.
them, trolls twisted by Halaster's magic and hungry for
troglodyte flesh, and a magically enhanced behir intent BEHIR
on terrorizing all.
This serpentine monstrosity feeds on the troglodytes
TROGLODYTES and trolls, keeping their populations in check. Halaster
has bestowed the behir with arcane sigils painted on
The troglodytes in area 2 on this level have been cap-
its hide, which it can activate to produce potent magi-
tured by drow, and they try to entice adventurers into
cal effects.
helping them escape. Meanwhile, the strongest and last
The behir roams throughout the level, but characters
remaining free clan of troglodytes defends against en- encounter it for the first time in area 17. Its presence
croaching drow in area 7. The troglodytes might reveal
can be hinted at beforehand, in the form of a flash of
secret locations and treasures to adventurers who elimi-
blue scales crossing the end of a tunnel. Huge, clawed
nate their hated enemies. footprints can be seen marking the ceilings of multiple
caverns, and the sound of lightning and thunder erupts
from time to time in the distance.

l,EVEL 11 I TROGLODYTE WARRENS