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62. STONE J UGGERNAUT Secret Crawlway. Hidden behind a bas-relief depict-
ing a crocodile-headed humanoid holding up a trapezoi-
This area is a dead end- in more ways than one.
dal chest, a crawlway leads to area 62D. Close inspec-
62A. ''AWAKEN NAPAKA! " tion of the relief reveals that the chest's keyhole is real.
The jade key found in area 53 can be used to unlock the
relief and swing it open, revealing the crawlway. The
This hall is choked with dust and cobwebs. Up ahead, lock can also be picked with a successful DC 21 Dexter-
flickering lights dimly illuminate a larger hall running per· ity check made by a character using thieves' tools. But if
pendicular to this one. Where the two halls meet, words the check fails by 5 or more, the secret door in the west
wall slides open to release the stone juggernaut (see
have been scrawled on the ceiling in dried blood.
"Napaka Awakens" in area 62D).
62C. BROKEN STATUE
A secret door in the west wall slides open to reveal a
dark tunnel leading to areas 26 and 66. At the spot The hallway comes to a dead end 15 feet beyond the
purple drape.
marked X on map 5.5, bloody words on the ceiling read,
"AWAKEN NAPAKAI"
A six-foot·tall statue of a leering four-armed gargoyle
62B. SLOPED IlALL
stands against the back wall. One of its arms has broken
off and lies on the Aoor in front of it, its hand curled
Large puddles of gray slime spread across the floor of
into a tight fist. The other three arms have their clawed
this ten-foot-wide, gently sloping hallway. Candles Ricker
hands open in such a way as to suggest they're meant to
on riveted sconces, casting dim light across a sequence
hold something. Carved into the wall above the statue
of sculpted reliefs depicting humanoids with bestial
is a riddle:
heads kneeling before a black star. At the lower end of
Three I need
the hall, a thick purple drape hangs wall to wall. At the
Then three more
upper end, the hallway terminates.
Three more still
Opens the door
The hall slopes down toward area 62C. Area 62D lies to
the west, behind a secret door that spans the entire wall
(see that area for more information). The gargoyle statue is impervious to damage and spells,
Candles. Six magic candles are spaced 10 feet apart but its broken-off arm is not. If three gemstones are
on alternate sides of the hallway. The candles don't burn placed in the three open hands of the statue, the hands
down as long as they remain in this area. magically close into fists that crush the gemstones to

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