MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 107 DORMITORY.

107 DORMITORY. This is another bedroom housing about a dozen murmillones.

There will normally be 1d4+2 here are at any time.

Murmillones (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 35 + 3/hp)

Each gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents.

Their footlockers hold the usual effects and items used by fighting men. One has a false bottom. Contained therin is a fine silk bag holding 34 Jalluxian platinum imperials and an unlabeled tube holding a potion of extra-healing (green, tastes of mint, smells of cat pee).

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 106 GIANT'S BEDROOM.

106 GIANT'S BEDROOM. A hill giant makes this room his lair. He is a squatter, not a murmillo, but the gladiators have not been able to evict him so far and tolerate his presence.

Boxnoxer, Hill Giant Squatter (AC 4; MV 8”; HD 8+1-2 hit points; hp 36; #AT 1; D 2-16; SA Hurling Rocks for 2-16; XP 1760)

He wears a simple gold ring of delusion (apparent value 10 gold crescents) which he believes to be a ring of feather falling.

He has three sacks:

• 43 electrum lugdushes, 181 copper ganes, a carnelian valued at 200 gold crescents, and an illustrated book detailing the ancestry of a minor noble family from the city-state of Wolhusen. Several pages are missing from the back and it is only worth 2 gold crescents in its current condition.
• 455 gold crescents, and four glass vials of a brown chalky substance. This is a potent stimulant and if sniffed will keep a person awake for the next 36 hours and render them immune to magical sleep. They are worth 25 gold crescents per hit.
• 9 socks (none matched), 6 wheels of cheese wrapped in wax, 4 candles, and a tin cup.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 105 OVERFLOW STORAGE AND GUARD ROOM.

105 OVERFLOW STORAGE AND GUARD ROOM. The door to the east is locked and barred from the room side. Two murmillones are always on guard here. They like this duty since they get to snag extra morsels from the stores.

2 Murmillones (AC 7; MV 12”; F3; hp 17 each; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 128 each)

Each gladiator has 3d10 gold crescents.

A supply of preserved food is here (mostly salted and smoked meat, jams, potatoes, and carrots). It is enough to feed the murmillones for three weeks. There are also 3 barrels of ale and 62 bottles of hard alcohol.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 104 DORMITORY.

104 DORMITORY. There are beds and footlockers for about a dozen gladiators.

There will normally be 1d4+2 murmillones here are at any time.

Murmillones (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 35 + 3/hp)

Each gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents.

Each footlocker will contain things used by fighting men to take care of weapons and armor.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 103 KITCHEN.

103 KITCHEN. The murmillo cook is a young man.

Sansone (AC 5; MV 12”; HD 8; hp 50; #AT 2 Kicks; D 1-10/1-10; XP 875)

Sansone has experienced great hunger as a child beggar before slavery and being sold to the gladiator arena. He taken an oath to never let any person starve and goes to great lengths to take care of the murmillones' bellies. He is extremely talented at procuring and preparing food. He will not fight with his hands since he doesn't want to damage them and be unable to prepare food.

This room is equipped with everything one would expect of a kitchen, including a stove with appropriate venting and a sink with running water.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 102 DINING HALL.

102 DINING HALL. There is a 30% chance that 1d10 murmillones will be eating here.

Murmillones (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 35 + 3/hp)

Each gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents.

There is gigantic tapped keg of beer near the north wall.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 101 GUARD ROOM.

101 GUARD ROOM.

6 Murmillones (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; hp 12 each; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 71 each)

Each gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents.

The center of the room is occupied by a heavy rectangular table and four large sturdy chairs. Benches line the southeast and southwest corners. 

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 100 STORE ROOM.

100 STORE ROOM The following general items are kept here:

• 3 barrels of nails
• Scraps of wood
• 4 crates holding a total of 916 candles
• 7 wooden boxes holding a total of 253 torches
• 6 kits of flint and steel for lighting fires
• 6 hooded lanterns
• 400 feet of rope (in 8 segments of unequal length)
• carpentry tools
• 3 spare beds
• 8 large sacks
• 4 empty waterskins
• A saddle
• 3 suits of human-sized ring mail armor
• 607 bricks in a neat pile

In addition, there are extra food supplies capable of feeding forty men for a month. These consist of salted and smoked meats and fish, cheese, olives, pickles, and preserved fruit in the form of jelly.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 99 WASH ROOM.

99 WASH ROOM. Simple toilets line the walls.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 98 SPARRING ROOM.

98 SPARRING ROOM. Nine murmillones are practicing combat here. They are very careful to stay at least five feet away from the central pool, which is somewhat unpleasant smelling with rotting vegetation.

9 Murmillones (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; hp 12 each; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 71 each)

Each gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents. If the murmillones hear the bell from Room 95, seven will go there to help repel invaders, while the other two will alert other murnillones in other rooms.

Central Pool.

The reason the gladiators avoid this pool is because it houses a shambling mound, which will form itself and attack anyone who comes within five feet of the pool edge.

Shambling Mound (AC 0; MV 6”; HD 9; hp 41; #AT 2; D 2-16/2-16; SA Suffocation; SD Partial magic and spell immunity; XP 2092)

The pool is ten feet deep and the water is very murky and choked with vegetation. At the bottom are 2673 copper pieces, 764 silver spanners, 964 gold crescents, and a chime of opening.

A reasonable supply of weapons found in the Player's Handbook can be found here, along with wooden mockups used for practice.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 97 ABANDONED DORMITORY.

97 ABANDONED DORMITORY. The room is dusty with lack of use, the bunks and blankets in disarray. A green slime clings to the ceiling within the secret corridor at the area marked 'A'.

Green Slime (AC 8; MV 0”; HD 2; hp 14; #AT 1 (drip); D Turn to slime in 1-4 rounds; SA Corrosive properties; XP 638)

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 96 BATH HOUSE.

96 BATH HOUSE. The pool is four feet deep and drained by circulating water so it is always clean. The water in the southeast corner is scalding hot, becoming cooler as it rounds the bends until it is chillingly bone cold in the northeast corner.

A wax golem resembling a muscular man with a metal fish face will hand out dry towels to people emerging from the bath. If a towel is refused it is 50% likely to attack.

Wax Golem (AC 10; MV 12”; HD 7; hp 30; #AT 1; D 1-8; SD Limited spell immunity; XP 590)

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 95 BELL ROOM.

95 BELL ROOM. Five murmillones are here guarding the room. One is unusually tall, about nine and a half feet if the large stylized metal great helm is considered.

4 Human Murmillones (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; hp 12 each; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 71 each)

1 Verbeeg Murmillo (AC 4; MV 18”; HD 5+5; hp 31; #AT 2; D 1d10 +4 due to strength; XP 461)

Each human gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents. The verbeeg carries 34 gold crescents and carries a heavy iron stick.

In the center of the room stands wooden gantry holding a massive and elaborate bronze bell decorated with bizarre sigils. The piece is worth 2500 gold crescents (2000 gp weight), if extracted and sold to the right bidder.

If they are attacked by a considerable force the verbeeg will pound on the bell with his striker, summoning help from Room 98. He is intelligent enough to realize when the force at hand is overmatched.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 94 STAIRS.

94 STAIRS. The door is always locked to people going up the stairs. It always readily opens to people traveling from Level 5 to Level 6.

The stairs descend thirty feet to Area 3 of Level 6.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 93 YAWNING STAIRWAY.

93 YAWNING STAIRWAY. This is the continuation of the grand staircase. See The Upper Dungeons Level 3, Area 106 for a full description.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 92 CONCERN TROLL AND WHITE KNIGHT.

92 CONCERN TROLL AND WHITE KNIGHT. A troll and a man in brilliant white plate armor and fancy great helm are sitting at a table talking. A heavy chest is near the north wall.

The troll is making arguments expressing concern about the makers of the dungeon, their goals, and what it will take to get the dungeon “back on track”. The man is arguing that the troll should stop criticizing the makers of the dungeon, then he defends the status quo.

The chest has eight locks and is chained to the wall. It holds 5500 gold crescents and a wand of illusion (65 charges, command word “fish pimples”).

For every round spent in the room while the two are arguing, each person must save vs spells twice. Failing the first saving throw costs one point of intelligence. Failing the second costs one point of wisdom.

Concern Troll (AC 4; MV 12”; HD 6+6; hp 38; #AT 2 claws and 1 bite; D 5-8/5-8/2-12; SA Intelligence drain; SD Regenerate, surprised only on a 1; XP 1004)

White Knight (AC 3; MV 6”; F7; hp 38; #AT 3/2; D Two handed sword +3 due to strength; SA Wisdom drain; XP 1030)

If the troll and knight are attacked, they will drain a point of intelligence or wisdom each time they hit, no save. Lost ability score points are regained at the rate of one per week each. In order to restore lost points, the person must abstain from pointless arguments during the entire week.

All other dungeon denizens, even mindless slimes, avoid this room so it is free of wandering monsters.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS 91 POOL ROOM.

91 POOL ROOM. The floor is decorated in blue tile while the walls are orange and purple checkered tiles. The ceiling is glowing golden yellow. Strangely, six trees with copious amounts of purple fruit resembling eggplants grow in large clay pots, arranged about the pool. When sampled, the fruit tastes like unusually sweet pineapple. The four foot deep pool holds fresh water which is always cool. The volume of water changes completely once per hour, so even if it is soiled, it will soon return to cleanliness. This is accomplished through tiny holes near the base of the pool.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 90 SCARY STATUE HOAX.

90 SCARY STATUE HOAX. A brass statue of a a barbed devil in an action pose is erected against the west wall. Flickering magical flames are at its feet, giving it a menacing appearance. First time viewers must save vs spells or use a missile weapon, spell, or ranged magic attack against it.

The stairs descend thirty feet to Area 109 of Level 6. The flames at the feet of the statue are magic, treat as 11th level for dispel magic.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 89 BEAR KEEPER.

89 BEAR KEEPER. The heavy animal odor of this room will be obvious to anyone who approaches it.

Erdu the Ogre (AC 4; MV 9”; HD 7; hp 33; #AT 1; D Two handed sword +3 damage due to strength; XP 489)

Cave Bear (AC 6; MV 12”; HD 6+6; hp 30; #AT 2 claws and 1 bite; D 1-8/1-8/1-12; SA Hugs: 2-16; XP 715)

Erdu wears fragments of black ring mail sewn onto a leather vest. Only he can control the cave bear.

There are six mismatched wooden chairs scattered about. A heap of rags and clothing serves as a bed. Four small cages are here. Three hold giant rats while the fourth holds three large and fat but harmless lizards. A sack with 345 gold crescents, 85 silver spanners, and 434 copper pieces is carelessly placed against the south wall.

3 Giant Rat (AC 7; MV 12"//6"; HD 1-4 hit points; hp 3; #AT 1 bite; D 1-3; SA Disease; XP 10 each)

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 88 OGRE VETERANS.

88 OGRE VETERANS. The two ogres living here decorate the walls of the room with animal and human skulls.

2 Ogres (AC 4; MV 9”; HD 4+1; hp 29, 26; #AT 1; D Long sword +2 to damage due to strength; XP 235, 220)

These two were gladiators in their past and they have thraex style armor, shield, and sword (sized larger). They each wear black leather belts adorned with golden buckles (50 gold crescents each).

A table is against the north wall and the ogres have been admiring their spoils: 442 gold crescents, 366 silver spanners, and 398 copper pieces.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 87 OGRE JUVES.

87 OGRE JUVES.

5 Adolescent Ogres (AC 6; MV 9”; HD 2; hp 11, 10, 9, 9, 7; #AT 1; D 1d6; XP 42, 40, 38, 38, 34)

Each will attack with a stick or metal pipe. They are going through a rebellious phase so they will not fight unless attacked first.

They sleep on piles of old straw and have no treasure.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 86 OGRESSES' CHAMBER.

86 OGRESSES' CHAMBER. Four ogresses are here.

4 Female Ogres (AC 5; MV 9”; HD 5-25 (4d6+1) hit points ; hp 17, 16, 14, 13; #AT 1; D By weapon type +1 to damage due to strength; XP 175, 170, 160, 155)

The first has a battle axe and a gold pin in her hair worth 90 gold crescents.

The second has a footman's mace and a single silver earring with a rhodochrosite gem worth 100 gold crescents.

The third has a bastard sword and a gold stud piercing her tongue worth 30 gold crescents.

The fourth has a morning star and a backpack worn as a fanny pack holding 35 copper pieces, 17 silver spanners, and 15 gold crescents.

They are sitting around a pot of stew. There is a high table covered with gore and a silver dagger they use as a cutting knife.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 85 OGRE CHIEFTAIN.

85 OGRE CHIEFTAIN. The room has the earthy smell of mold and foot odor.

Bombronxus, Ogre Chieftain (AC 3; MV 9”; HD 7; hp 37; #AT 1; D By weapon type +4 to damage due to strength; XP 521)

Bombronxus carries a great morning star made of black iron (2D4+2 vs S and M, D6+3 vs L). He wears thick black leather armor fitted with fragments of black iron and human bone.

He has an old ogre servant.

Grubby, Ogre Lackey (AC 5; MV 9”; HD 4+1; hp 17; #AT 1; D By weapon type +2 to damage due to strength; XP 175)

Grubby uses a heavy club (d8 damage). He has rheumatism so he has to rest and can't attack every third round.

4 sacks hang from pegs against the west wall. The first contains 867 silver spanners and 108 copper pieces. It has a small hole in the bottom and there are 21 loose silver spanners and 2 loose copper pieces under the sack. The second sack contains 453 gold crescents and a wrought silver necklace decorated with four moonstones valued at 500 gold crescents each. The third contains dwarf beards and chin skin.

A cask of poor quality wine and four jugs of hard alcohol are in the southwest corner.

A huge rug made from the pelts of wolves serves as a bed. One of the wolf heads is still attached and hidden in the mouth is a tiny ruby (250 gold crescents).

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 84 OGRE HALL.

84 OGRE HALL. Three ogres.

3 Ogres (AC 5; MV 9”; HD 4+1; hp 22, 19, 18; #AT 1; D By weapon type +2 to damage due to strength; XP 200, 185, 180)

The 19 hit point ogre has a huge flail (d6+3 vs S and M, 2d4+2 vs L). The head of the flail is actually a human skull cast in black iron and the weapon is of impressive artistic quality. It is worth 450 gold crescents. It is only usuable by ogre sized or larger creatures. The other ogres use monstrous clubs (d8 damage).

There is a fire in each of the oddly shaped corners. These are equipped with spits and hold cooking meat. Firewood is stacked high against the west wall.

The ogres sleep on furs and rags. In the room are seven large sacks:

1. Hundreds of teeth from a wide assortment of monsters, men, humanoids, demi-humans, and animals
2. 287 silver spanners and 6 gold crescents
3. 165 gold crescents
4. 5 copper rings valued at 4 gold crescents each, 345 copper pieces
5. 6 large wheels of cheese
6. 45 gold crescents, 134 silver spanners, and three silver soup spoons valued at 4 silver spanners each
7. The rear leg and haunch of a donkey, not yet rotten

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 83 BATH HOUSE.

83 BATH HOUSE. The pools are each five feet deep. The east pool is cold, while the west is comfortably warm. The water is always fresh and clean due to a recycling process. The pools continually spawn glowing blue spheres identical to those found in Room 66, which float away.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 82 PRIVATE ROOM.

82 PRIVATE ROOM. This room is furnished as a private bathroom. There is a massive black wooden wardrobe and a six foot tall standing oval mirror. The walls are also all mirrors.

The wardrobe holds eight black silk robes (90 gold crescents each), black towels, and washcloths.

The mirror is actually a window into the Abyss, and if rubbed it will visit the lair of a succubus. She will happily interact with party members, attempting to get them to break the mirror, which will loose her into the room. If she succeeds in doing so, she will probably not hang around to fight, as she detests melee, unless she senses the party is very weak. Instead she will fly away to go cause trouble elsewhere. If the mirror glass is broken, the window to the Abyss is closed forever. If the mirror is taken out of the dungeon intact, it is worth 1000 gold crescents as a curiosity.

Succubus (AC 0; MV 12”/18”; HD 6; hp 34; #AT 2 or 1; D 1-3/1-3 or dagger of venom; SA Energy drain, magic use, psionics; SD +1 or better weapon to hit; MR 70%; XP 2304)

The bathtub has hot and cold running water.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 81 GASPAR'S BEDROOM.

81 GASPAR'S BEDROOM. The leader of the thraces is a cruel man named Gaspar.

Gaspar, Neutral Evil male human Fighter (AC 7; MV 12”; F8; hp 44; #AT 3/2; D Short sword +3 +1 due to strength; S 16, I 17, W 16, D14, C 13, Ch 16; XP 1128)

Gaspar carries a stone of good luck and the key to this room. He wears a gold circlet about his head (apparent value 200 gold crescents). This item allows him to mentally control his two thralls.

Gaspar's Mindless Thralls, Neutral male human Fighter (AC 7; MV 12”; F4; hp 20 each; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 190 each)

These two are former rivals of Gaspar and each have a gold spike (40 gold crescents) driven into their foreheads, the source of Gaspar's control. They wear no helmet and their eyes are white on white. Gaspar doesn't care what happens to them. Each time he takes damage, he may roll a 1d20 and if he rolls a 15 or better, one of the thralls has interposed their body and takes the wound instead.

If the circlet is taken from Gaspar, whoever wears it will be able to mind control the thralls. If the spikes are removed from their foreheads they must make a system shock survival roll vs Constitution of 12 (80%) or die on the spot. If they survive, they will be freed.

The floor tiles are glossy black and a carpet made from displacer beast hide (400 gold crescents) is in the center of the room. The walls are mirrors. A huge chest is in the southwest corner. This chest is unlocked but protected by a poisoned needle and contains 254 gold crescents (loose), a sack of 315 silver spanners, a small black felt bag with 23 copper pieces, a potion of stone giant strength (green, tastes like pepper) and an obsidian and gold clasp worth 130 gold crescents.

The ceiling is a tiled in a black and white checker pattern, and one tile is removable. In this space there is a sack of 630 gold crescents.

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MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 80 DORMITORY.

80 DORMITORY. This room is similar to Room 70, providing living quarters for about a dozen thraces. Normally there will be 1d4+2 here are at any time.

Thraces (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 35 + 3/hp)

Each gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 79 STORE ROOM.

79 STORE ROOM. The room holds the following supplies:

Firewood

74 flasks of oil

863 candles

396 torches

45 bottles of wine (6 silver spanners each)

16 bottles of hard alcohol (1d5 gold crescents each)

7 barrels of beer

6 barrels of ale

Enough food to feed about 60 gladiators men for two months (mainly preserved meats, jams, and pickled items)

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 78 KITCHEN.

78 KITCHEN. This room serves as the kitchen and as a bedroom for two cooks, the twin brother gladiators Bertoldo and Bertrando.

Bertoldo and Bertrando, Neutral male human Fighters (AC 7; MV 12”; F4; hp 19 each; #AT 1; D Short sword or dagger +1 due to strength; SA +2 to hit with thrown dagger; XP 225 each)

Despite being hideously ugly with short stocky legs and long bandy arms, the brothers are friendly, clever, and talented cooks. They prefer to fight by throwing daggers instead of melee. Each carries 4d10 gold crescents.

This oven is brick and has a dedicated chimney to release smoke. A cold water source is available from a faucet with a length of tubing on the north wall. Below the hose is a permanent basin and drain.

MIDDLE DUNGEONS LEVEL FIVE 77 FEAST AND TROPHY ROOM.

77 FEAST AND TROPHY HALL. Normally, 2d4 thraces will be here.

Thraces (AC 7; MV 12”; F2; #AT 1; D Short sword +1 due to strength; XP 35 + 3/hp)

Each gladiator has 2d10 gold crescents.

There is a centrally located brick firepit. Trapped inside is a minor fire elemental.

Fire Elemental (AC 2; MV 12”; HD 5; hp 23; #AT 1; D 2-12; SA Burn inflammables; SD +1 or better weapons needed to hit; XP 285)

If a fight is going against them, the gladiators will be tempted to ask the elemental for help. They are loathe to do this since it requires a sacrifice of precious items or blood after the fight.

Above the exits from the room are magic glyphs, similar to glyphs of warding. They are visible to the naked eye and are the word for 'water'. Clerics have a 20% base chance of recognizing the symbol, plus an additional 5% per level. They can be erased as usual by a magic-user and this will allow the elemental to leave the room.

The trophies on the walls are weapons from rival gladiator factions. Most are battered and scarcely usable, but there is also a trident of warning.