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2o. TROGLODYTES' TROVE Secret Door. The north wall contains a secret door that
This cave features natural shelves lined with the skulls swivels on a central axis. The secret door can be seen
of the troglodytes' former leaders. automatically from inside the tunnel.
Treasure. Piled on the floor in plain view is the trog- If the characters watch to see how the battle plays out
lodytes' wealth: 920 gp, a silvered longsword, and three between the troglodytes and the troll, assume that one
amethyst orbs (750 gp each). troglodyte dies each round, while the troll's hit points
do not decrease thanks to its Regeneration trait. If the
3. H UNGRY G NOME characters come to the troglodytes' aid, the fearful trog-
Corpses. Eight drow corpses are splayed like rag dolls lodytes disengage from combat on their next turn, flee
across the floor of this 10-foot-high cavern. through the secret door, and retreat to area 7a, leaving
Troll in Gnome Form. A naked, hairless, gray-skinned the characters to deal with the troll on their own.
deep gnome is gnawing on one of the corpses. (The The mutated troll has an extra pair of arms sprouting
gnome is really a troll named Xlorp, transformed by from its chest and a fifth arm growing out of its back.
the runes in area 11 b.) The troll has made a successful saving throw against
the stench of the troglodytes. It has the statistics of a
In its current form, the troll has the statistics of an normal troll, with these changes:
unarmored (AC 12), chaotic evil deep gnome (svirfneb-
lin) that speaks only Giant. Casting a successful dispel • It has 44 hit points when the characters first arrive.
magic spell (DC 19) on the troll causes it to revert to • It makes an additional three claw attacks as part of its
its normal form. Xlorp also reverts to its normal form Multiattack action.
when its gnome form is reduced to 0 hit points. It has In its wounded state, the troll has a challenge rating of
full hit points in its troll form, but any excess damage 6 (2,300 XP). If it regains all its hit points, its challenge
from the attack that caused it to revert is carried over to rating becomes 8 (3,900 XP).
that form.
Xlorp follows the characters around if they give it 6. P IERCER CAVERN
food. It fights alongside the party, as long as it remains
happy and fed. If Xlorp is mistreated in any way, it goes This cavern is filled with stalactites and stalagmites,
and hidden among the stalactites are twenty-six
berserk and attacks everyone. piercers . A piercer drops onto any creature that ends its
The drow were killed by the behir. A character who
examines the bodies and succeeds on a DC 10 Wisdom turn in the cave, until all the piercers have dropped.
(Medicine) check reveals that four drow are covered in North of the cavern is a 30-foot-deep, yawning pit with
burn marks consistent with lightning strikes, three were nothing in it. Beyond this pit lies area 5.
torn to pieces by large claws, and one was crushed to 7. TROGLODYTE LAIR
death (a victim of the behir's coils).
The last free clan of troglodytes inhabits these caves.
4. L OATH SO ME LIMBS Its members live in equal fear of the behir, the trolls,
and the drow. Adventurers are perceived as just another
Rock Formations. Stalactites and stalagmites fill
threat until they prove otherwise. Characters who don't
this area.
Warty Limbs. Six severed troll limbs (five arms and one speak Troglodyte and don't have access to a tongues
leg) and a decapitated troll head lie in pools of dark, spell or similar magic can use gestures, pictures, or
other crude methods to communicate with the troglo-
sticky blood across the floor.
Bloody Trail. A trail of large, bloody claw marks mean- dytes on a rudimentary level. Getting a message across
ders around the stalactites on the ceiling, then exits to in this way requires a successful DC 15 Charisma (Per-
the southwest. formance) check.
When the characters pass through this area, the limbs 7A. BATTLE-READY TROGLODYTES
twitch as they come to life and attack, as described in Ceiling. Stalactites dot the ceiling, which runs from 30
the "Variant: Loathsome Limbs" sidebar in the "Troll" feet high in the north to 50 feet high in the south.
entry in the Monster Manual. Any character who suc- Floor. This cavern has a muddy, uneven floor.
ceeds on a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check can identify Troglodytes. Eighteen adult troglodytes take cover
the body parts as belonging to three separate trolls, behind a scattering of stalagmites. (Add to this num-
which were torn apart and partially devoured by the ber any troglodytes that fled from area 5 or escaped
behir. The tracks on the ceiling belong to the behir and from area 2.)
fade out halfway to area 14. Ledge. A stone slope along the east side of the cave
rises up to a long ledge toward the south. The ledge
5. T ROLLING THE TROGLODYT ES
is 20 feet above the cavern floor and has four tunnels
Ceiling. This ceiling varies in height from 15 to 30 feet. opening off it. A fiery glow spills out of the tunnel that
Battle. A five-armed troll is engaged in battle with six leads to area 7d (see that area for details).
troglodytes in the northwest part of the cave. Secret Door. A secret door at the southwest corner of
Pit. The southwest edge of the cave borders a 30-foot- the cave swivels on a central axis. The secret door can
deep, yawning pit with nothing in it. be seen automatically from inside the tunnel.

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