43A
OVAL ROOM. This vast room has a high arched ceiling of forty feet.
It is a haven for bats, as a central chimney is here which leads to
the surface. There are thousands of normal bats and twenty two giant
bats hanging from the ceiling.
22
Giant Bats (AC 8; MV 3”/18”; HD 1; hp 7, 7, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3,
3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1; #AT 1 bite; D 1-4; SA Disease;
XP 17, 17, 15, 15, 14, 14, 14, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 12, 12, 12,
12, 12, 11, 11, 11, 11)
The
giant bats dislike light, especially torchlight. There is a 80%
chance per round that they will attack if torches or other sources of
open flame are used in this room. This is reduced to 45% if lanterns
or smaller lights such as candles are used. Magical light (such as
from magic swords or a light spell) carries a 30% chance. If
no light is used, the chance of attack is only 10% per round.
If
the giant bats are disturbed and attack, the normal bats will also be
roused. The normal bats have no effective attack, but are extremely
disruptive as they fly about causing non-bats to strike at -2 on to
hit rolls in combat.
A
monstrous statue of a bat headed woman, at least twenty feet tall,
rises from the floor in the eastern portion of the room. The floor
is covered in guano and crawling with noisome life: small insects,
arachnids, slugs, and fat grubs. Ground movement is reduced by half
while slogging through this mess.
A
small metal door is located on at the base of the statue on its
eastern aspect. The door is five feet high, not locked but covered
with slimy guano. Within is a staircase leading down twelve feet to
Room 43B.
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