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The Mines of Khazakahn v1.3
The Mines of Khazakahn v1.3
These connected rooms are lit by two The front portion of this room contains four
fireplaces. Comfortable chairs sit in front of large wooden tables, each with four stools
them. Numerous doors lead off to smaller next to them. To the right, a large fireplace
rooms. blankets the room in a soft glow. To the left,
you can make out another room adjacent to
this one.
Encounter: Duergar Party. This is where the duergar
that have been involved in the raids have been sleeping.
There are currently six sleeping duergar , and two awake This is where the duergar eat. There are scraps of food on
sitting in the chairs closest to the staging area. If alerted to the tables, including poisonous Underdark Mushrooms.
the presence of the characters, they’ll try to rouse their The fireplace is lit, but it’s burned down to embers.
sleeping allies. If the fight begins to go badly for them, they The room to the left is the kitchen. There, the characters
will try to flee to room 6 to gather reinforcements. will find some of the missing livestock (including two of
Treasure. Minor Loot. If the characters search their Vazzik’s pigs).
corpses, they find an assortment of weapons and armor
along with 2d6 gold pieces each. 6. Forge
3. Flooded Facilities
Heat washes over anyone who enters this
room. A large and imposing forge stands
Ahead, a filthy green, brackish liquid pools on against the wall, its fires burning bright.
the floor outside two doors. The stench is
overwhelming.
Encounter: Fires and Forges. If the characters managed
to deal with the duergar in room 2 without them being
Encounter: Dual Oozes. These were the bathrooms, but able to alert their allies here, then the duergar are hard at
they’ve since fallen into disrepair. The northern room work forging a weapon, otherwise, they're ready for a
contains an ochre jelly that has since made its home in fight. There are three duergar working in this room. When
the hole in the floor. Meanwhile, a black pudding has they see the characters, they crush an elemental gem and
made its home in the southern room. If either is disturbed, summon a fire elemental to assist them in battle. If the
both will attack. duergar from room 2 made it here, they also fight.
Treasure: Filthy Loot. If the characters defeat both Treasure: Minor Loot. Once the elemental and the
oozes, they can make a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) duergar have been dealt with, the characters can search
check to locate a suit of Adamantine Half Plate at the their corpses to find an assortment of weapons and armor
bottom of the hole in the northern room. along with 2d6 gold pieces each.
Special Feature: A Weapon in the Making. A DC 16
4. Main Entrance Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals a sword in the last
stages of being crafted. If the party can complete the
following skill checks and saves without amassing three
This appears to have been the main entrance failures, they can finish forging a dragon slayer longsword.
to the complex many years ago when it was The duergar leader was making it as a failsafe in case he
first built. The stairs leading upwards, lost control of the dragon in the chamber ahead.
however, have long since been sealed off.
DC 18 Constitution saving throw: Withstand the heat of
the forge while heating the blade.
This was the old entrance, but the duergar collapsed it DC 18 Strength check: Hammer out the blade’s final
when they invaded to keep surface dwellers from gaining shape.
entry.
DC 18 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check: Quickly douse
the blade in the cooling vat.
Metal tracks lead from the forge into this A powerful heat emanates from this room. A
medium sized room and down a long cavern large pile of gold sits surrounded by the
to the left. To the right, horses can be seen in carcasses of half-eaten livestock. The stone
a makeshift pen. Ahead, numerous barrels platform that makes up the majority of this
and crates line the walls. It appears this is room is surrounded on three sides by
where the duergar kept their supplies. bubbling magma.
The horses belong to one of the Arcanfeld farmers. They Encounter: Thrazzix the Lazy. This is where Thrazzix,
were stolen a few nights ago. The shelves and crates the young red dragon Khazoc was raising to use as a
contain a variety of foodstuffs including the poisonous weapon, sleeps. It’s spent its life in this chamber gorging
Underdark Mushrooms. Stale ale fills the barrels and itself on livestock brought to it by the duergar and as such
anyone who drinks it must make a DC 13 Constitution has grown rather complacent. It’s not as intelligent as its
saving throw or else be poisoned for one hour. kin (it has an Intelligence of 8) and it’s rather lazy, content
The long cavern is about 120 feet long and curves to sleep away its day until it comes time to eat. If Khazoc
around a bend before emptying into the main mining site. wakes it, it rises and fights half-heartedly for the first
1d4+1 rounds (it has disadvantage on its attacks and
8. Crystal Chamber saving throws it causes the characters to make are at
advantage). After that, it fights in earnest as it finally feels
threatened. If the party defeats Khazoc, they find it
This massive room is lit by the glow of blue sleeping on its small treasure hoard. If they wake it
crystals lining the walls. Numerous rock peacefully, they can try to reason with it. A DC 25
formations cover the floor and ceiling and a Charisma-based skill check can convince it that there’s no
large hole can be seen in the northeast corner more food and it should seek sustenance elsewhere. If
of the room. Around it, the corpses of they fail, it says they look tasty and attacks.
smallish humanoids lay in piles. Treasure: A Dragon's Hoard. Once the party deals
with Thrazzix, they can loot the treasure hoard. It contains
the following:
Encounter: The Boss Man. The leader of the duergar,
Khazoc Fellhand, a duergar warmaster is currently 2,608 gold pieces
hunched over a table planning the next raids with his men. 8x 100 gold piece gemstones
He has four duergar with him. As soon as they notice the +2 Heavy Crossbow
characters, they crush an elemental gem and summon an Chain Shirt of Fire Resistance
earth elemental to their side. Staff of Healing
If the fight starts to go badly for him, Khazoc will retreat
to room 9 to get his young red fragon to assist him. It’s Aftermath
currently in a deep sleep and it takes him 1d4+1 rounds to
With the dragon and the duergar dealt with, the characters
shake it awake.
can return to town with the missing animals in tow. The
Treasure: Shiny and Strong. Khazoc has a +2
mayor will reward them as promised and the farmers will
warhammer on him along with 12d6 gold pieces and a
forever open their homes to the characters if they ever
gem worth 250 gold pieces. His men have an assortment
need a place to rest. They’ll forever be known as the
of weapons and armor along with 2d6 gold pieces each.
Heroes of Arcanfeld.
If the characters take the time to investigate the
chamber, they can discern with a DC 16 Wisdom (Insight)
check that the giant hole in the northeast corner of the
room is likely where the duergar invaded from. The bodies
around it belong to the Dwarves who lost their lives trying
to fight off the incursion.
Duergar Warmaster
Medium (humanoid), lawful evil