This happened around late April-May 2006 Shortly after the Ark arrived in this world, and the Cloudkill killed half the NPCs. The "fertsoi" snuck in from the Underdark. They took over the kobold watch station near the surface. Were calling to people telepathically from under the cairn, pretending to be their dead kin and friends buried in the cairn. Past the kobold living quarters, the sewage pool. Then the 70' deep pit the kobolds were guarding. Past that, a flooded tunnel, a shrine. The shrine was a kobold shrine to Kurtulmak in his aspect as "Defender of Earth". It had 2 aquatic gargoyles serving it (killed by the PCs.) The kobold high priest was a ghost when the PCs encountered him. There was a secret door at the back of the shrine that lead into more semi-natural caverns, but the Council decided to just seal off the whole complex at a couple of points (tunnel at the bottom of the pit, and at the surface). ------------------------------Grid: under-cairn-2------------------------------ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y SURFACE: A door (now stone-shaped and sealed off) opens onto some stairs that go down... 1++[XXX]++.....................++++_+v++++++++.............................. 2+++...+++.....................++[.........+++.............................. 3+++...+++++++++...............++++_+^++...+++...TOP.VIEW................... 4+++...........++++.............V....+++...+++.down......................... 5+++++++++......................V....+++...+++.............................. 6++++++++++++...................V....+++...+++.............................. 7SIDE.VIEW.++++++++.............V....+++...++++++++++++..................... 8...........................+++++++v++++...++++v+...++++++++++++............ 9......steps.down->.........+++..............................++++++......... 10...........................+++....^..........+^+...............+++......... 11...........................+++++++++.........+v+...............+++......... 12..............................+++...........................++++++......... 13..............................++++++++[...]+++^++++++++++++++++............ 14........................................................................... ------------------------------Grid: under-cairn-3------------------------------ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 1....................................++[...]++.............................. 2....................................+++...+++.............................. 3....................................+++...+++.............................. 4.................................+++......+++.............................. 5..............................++++++...++++++.............................. 6..................+++++++++++++++......+++................................. 7...............++++++...............++++++................................. 8...............+++......++++++++++++++++++................................. 9...............+++...++++++................................................ 10...............++[...]++................................................... 11........................................................................... ------------------------------Grid: under-cairn-4------------------------------ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 1....................................++[...]++.............................. 2....................................+++...+++.............................. 3....................................+++...+++.............................. 4.................................+++......+++.............................. 5..............................++++++...++++++.............................. 6..................+++++++++++++++......+++................................. 7...............++++++...............++++++................................. 8...............+++......++++++++++++++++++...............+++++++++......... 9...............+++...++++++........................+++++++++...++++++...... 10......+++++++++++[...]+++++++++++++++++......+++++++++............+++...... 11...++++++...........................++++++++++++.........~~~~~~...++++++... 12...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...~~~~~~~~~~~~..................~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+++... 13...+++~~~~~~.1.~~~...~~~~~~.2.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...~~~~~~.3.~~~~~~~~~~~~... 14...++++++~~~~~~~~~...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...~~~~~~~~~~~~+++++++++... 15......++++++~~~~~~...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...~~~~~~~~~++++++......... 16.........++++++++[...]++++++++~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...~~~~~~++++++............ 17...............+++...+++...+++++++++~~~~~~~~~~~~++++++++++++............... 18...............+++...+++.........++++++++++++++++++........................ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ------------------------------Grid: under-cairn-5------------------------------ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 1.........................................................+++...+++......... 2.........................................................+++...+++......... 3...................................................+++++++++...+++......... 4...................................................+++.........+++......... 5.......................................+++++++++++++++.........+++......... 6.................................+++++++++..................++++++......... 7........................++++++++++++........................+++............ 8.....................++++++..................++++++++++++++++++............ 9.....................+++....PIT........+++++++++........................... 10.....................+++...PITPIT...++++++................................. 11.....................+++.....PIT....+++.................................... 12.....................++++++......++++++.................................... 13........................++++++++++++....................................... 14........................................................................... This next grid shows what's at the bottom of the 70' deep pit: ------------------------------Grid: under-cairn-6------------------------------ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 1.................................+++++++++++++++........................... 2..............................++++++.........++++++........................ 3...........................++++++...............++++++..................... 4.....................+++++++++.....................++++++.................. 5.....................+++..............................+++.................. 6.....................+++........................+++++++++.................. 7.....................++++++..................++++++........................ 8........................++++++++++++++++........................... 9...........................+++......+++.................................... 10...........................+++......+++.................................... 11...........................+++PITPIT+++.................................... 12...........................+++PITPIT++++++................................. 13...........................+++.........+++................................. 14...........................+++.........+++++++++........................... 15...........................++++++............+++........................... 16..............................+++.......................................... 17..............................++++++++++++................................. 18.......................................+++++++++........................... This pit is in the floor. A stone-shaped bridge was made over it. Later, the walls were stone-shaped to close this area off at "XXX". The tunnel goes a long way, sloping down and getting more flooded... It's deep enough and wide enough for canoes to go in. The flooded areas are infested with bloodbloater (aquatic ooze, FF) Then this part: ---------------------------Grid: under-cairn-shrine---------------------------- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 1........................................................................... 2..........................................+++++++++++++++.................. 3............+++++++++++++++++++++.........+++.........+++++++++............ 4+++++++++++++++...............+++++++++++++++...............+++............ 5............................................................+++............ 6.............................................................S............. 7...............++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...............+++............ 8++++++++++++++++++........................+++.........+++++++++............ 9..........................................+++++++++++++++.................. 10........................................................................... The area at the right is the shrine. "The chamber ahead is higher and deeper than the tunnel: the ceiling is 15' up, the water perhaps 6' deep. The far end of the room is raised, there's some kind of stone ledge above water (column T). Carved into the stone walls are various koboldish depictions. (Knowledge:religion to recognize them)." "S" marks a secret door. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 From: The Doctor At: Wed May 17 20:37:36 2006 (Conn) Fldr : 0 Status: Read Subject: Aftermath and treasure --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching the flooded shrine, Inconna finds 1) a hidden compartment holding some treasure and 2) a secret door leading into a short tunnel that connects to a large natural cave system. The Ark's Council says they want the area secured by sealing it off, so unless there are strong objections from the PCs, those capable of casting stone shape (i.e. Skrags, Hyan, and Jones) are drafted to close off access to the caves, the tunnels, the kobold lair, etc. Loot: 1900 gp in gems and coins, a +1 glowing longsword (book price 2315 gp) and a bottle of air (book price 7250 gp). ---- The Doctor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------