22R
KITCHEN. This room holds cabinets, a sink, a stove, and other
fixtures that one would expect from a kitchen. Four dwarves and a
human are here, seated at a table, unless they have been warned by
Qulius in Room 22Q, in which case they will be ready for action. At
the south portion of the room is the queen thermite, bound with rope
and with cord tied around her mouth so that she cannot bite.
Rogi,
Neutral Evil male dwarf Fighter (AC 3; MV 6"; F6; hp 36; #AT 1;
D Battle axe +1 to damage due to strength; SD luckstone;
S 17, I 14, W 9, D 13, C 14, Ch 9; XP 513)
Rogi
killed the thermite king and forced Pelmuff to make him essence so
that thermites would acknowledge him as their king. He wears a great
helm and white plate armor. Rogi is a hunchback and his armor is
specially made for him and will be useless for anyone else. His
battle axe has a luckstone embedded in its head that gives its
protection as long as he holds the weapon. He has 35 gold mabans, 12
electrum lugdushes, 41 silver khurams, and 58 copper ganes.
3
Neutral Evil Dwarf fighters (AC 3; MV 6"; F2; hp 17, 14, 13; #AT
1; D Battle axe; XP 86, 77, 74)
Each
dwarf has thermite warrior essence, white plate mail, a great helm,
0-7 (1d8-1) gold mabans, 0-11 (1d12-1) electrum lugdushes, 1-20
silver kurams, and 2-24 copper ganes.
Pelmuff,
Lawful Neutral male human sage (AC 10; MV 12”; HD 8 (4 sided dice);
hp 20; #AT 1; D By
weapon type; SA
Spell use; S 8, I 17, W 10, D 9, C 8, CH 13; XP 840)
First
Level Druid Spells:
Invisibility
to Animals
Second
Level Druid Spells:
Cure
Light Wounds
Third
Level Druid Spells:
Summon
Insects
Major
Field: Fauna
Special
Categories: Arachnids, Insects
Minor
Fields: Supernatural & Unusual
Pelmuff
was captured by Rogi and is being kept here against his will. He is
afraid to try to escape, and is unarmed and without wealth. He is
keeping a secret of the fact that he knows druid spells and will not
use them to assist Rogi in any situation. He has a small amount of
mistletoe available in a pocket of his robe, enough to cast his
spells. If Pelmuff is returned to his library in Sarcoy he will
reward his rescuers with 6000 gold crescents. He is being forced to
make essences under threat of violence and will not agree to make
more unless it is clear that he will be killed unless he does.
Thermite
Queen (AC 3; MV 15”; HD 7+7; hp 40; #AT 1 bite; D 1-8; SA +4 to hit
with blistering spittle for 3-12; XP 950)
Rogi
is keeping her alive for now as he plans on using her to make a
thermite army. The way she is currently bound, she cannot move
effectively, bite, or spray her blistering attack. The thermite
queen has an intelligence score of 14 and can speak quite well. She
is likely to be well disposed towards (will not attack) any
adventurers who rid the colony of Rogi and do not kill her while she
is helpless. If she is killed while she is bound, she is worth no
experience points.
There
is a wooden bucket of meat and vegetables that the dwarves use to
feed the queen through a hollow wooden tube as a straw. There are
seven large crates holding iron rations, enough for a year for the
dwarves and Pelmuff. The sink still dispenses hot and cold water.
Such is the marvel of Triskelion engineering.
There
are eight large metal buckets, five of which hold gold nuggets (9327
gold crescents worth in all). The rest are empty.
On
the counter-top Pelmuff has a set up a small laboratory. Along with
alchemical glassware there are the following items:
4
essences of thermite warrior
2
essences of thermite king
3
essences of thermite nymph
2
potions of giant insect control (as animal control potion,
green, smells and tastes of bile)
The
essences mimic thermite pheremones. The princess and queen are
immune to these because they are intelligent, but other thermites
will accept those who wear these phermones as authentic, unless the
user attacks them. Each essence is enough to cover one character
and will work for three weeks before requiring re-application.
Pelmuff requires dead thermites to make essence. He regards its
creation as morally repugnant and will not willingly share the secret
of its manufacture.