33SSS
OTHER DIMENSIONAL PRISON. The door to this room can be opened with
the three keys. Beyond is a white barrier and passage to another
dimension besides the one from Rooms 33PPP to 33 RRR. It is a one
way passage.
This
room is cubic, with many windows. Two thrones face the door and
seated on the thrones are Hender and Harlow Hollow.
Outside
the windows the sky is blue, but the room appears to be tumbling,
although characters are stuck to the floor as though gravity was
acting normally. Outside there are numerous other falling cube-rooms
and in the distance huge spherical planets and moons. The apparent
tumbling motion makes observers nauseous. The whole scene is quite
chaotic with other cube-rooms passing within a few feet of Room 33SSS
on occasion, but collisions never seem to occur. These other cubes
are other prisons and if explored will contain all sorts of monstrous
inhabitants.
The
occupants of the seats wear platinum crowns, otherwise they are
dressed as the appear in their portraits in Room 33J. The crowns are
magicked to enchant the two into slumber, and if removed they will
wake up. The crowns radiate magic but their sleep-inducing magic is
limited only to Hender and his wife, being specifically tailored to
their ruin. Each is worth 12500 gld crescents, but if sold as a
pair, they will fetch 30000 gold crescents.
Hender
Hollow, Chaotic Neutral male human Fighter (AC 8; MV 12"; F17;
hp 74; #AT 2; D Dagger; S 15, I 17, W 8, D 16, C 16, Ch 17; XP 4850)
Harlow
Hollow, Neutral female human Magic-user (AC 7; MV 12"; MU19; hp
44; #AT 1; D Dagger; S 12; I 18; W 17; D 17; C 11; Ch 18; XP 7820)
Spells:
Bolded
spells are those for which Harlow has no material spells components
Burning
Hands, Charm Person, Detect Magic, Magic Missile, Ventriloquism
Detect
Invisibility, Forget, Knock,
Mirror Image, Web
Blink,
Dispel Magic, Fireball, Haste,
Phantasmal Force
Charm
Monster, Fear,
Fumble, Polymorph
Self, Remove Curse
Cloudkill,
Distance Distortion,
Feeblemind, Teleport,
Wall of Force
Disintegrate,
Globe of Invulnerability, Otiluke's
Freezing Sphere
Limited
wish, Power Word, Stun, Vanish
Maze,
Otto's Irrestistable Dance, Polymorph Any Object
Time
Stop
Hender
and Harlow were tricked by Fedele triskelion into wearing the cursed
crowns, thinking they were a gift from another. Fedele was a rival
for Harlow's affections and when she married Hender he plotted to
imprison them. He has his minions, the three guardians from Rooms
33PPP to 33RRR take them to this prison dimension and guard over
them. Because of this, Harlow has no spell components with her.
If
rescued, Hender and Harlow will be grateful and Hender will clap his
hands three times , summoning his minion, who he will address as
"Cousin Harvey". Hender and Harlow are not evil, but they
are obsessed with themselves and with each other and are not likely
to return to Hollow House for a good long time, preferring to go on a
vacation.
Cousin
Harvey (AC -7; MV 54"; HD 17; hp 122; #AT 1 huge fist; D 5-50;
SA See below; SD See below; XP 9150)
Harvey
is a other-dimensional creature that is loyal to the Hollow family.
He has the appearance of a very old wrinkled man, except he is twelve
feet tall and very stout. He has the abilities of a djinn and can
also use teleport with error as often as he likes.
The
adventurers are free to keep the crowns and Harvey will also give
them each 1000 gold crescents from a bag of holding he has.
He will also give 100 gold crescents as funeral expenses for each
party member killed in Rooms 33PPP to 33RRR. Harvey will take the
adventurers anywhere they would like to go.
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