Unbearably warm. Brimstone and wood odor. This room, meticulously maintained by its inhabitant’s servants, features an enormous, well-appointed bed over which hangs a massive painting of a mountain scene. An open jar sits atop a small chest resting against the wall. This richly decorated chamber feels unnaturally warm and has an odor mixing brimstone and sandalwood. The bed and furnishings are…
Level 13 Bastion Facility Prerequisite: None Space: Roomy Hirelings: 1 Order: Research This facility is an office for an inquisitive agency—either the headquarters of an agency you control or a branch office for a larger agency (such as Information Acquisition or Karr’Aashta’s Investigations, both of which are discussed in chapter 4). Its one hireling is a secretary who maintains an extensive…
Kava Velderan, principal investigator at the Globe Information Agency, prides herself on her ability to find anyone, anywhere. A human dragonmarked heir of House Tharashk, Kava eschews the “d’ ” prefix she’s entitled to use before her surname, as she values her clan more than house traditions. Her agency is located in the Dragon Towers district.
Kalaash’arrna, a cunning orc man with the Mark of Finding, runs Information Acquisition, an inquisitive agency affiliated with the Finders Guild, in the district of Underlook. Information Acquisition (sometimes abbreviated to “InAc”) specializes in shadowing people, unearthing evidence of illegal or immoral behavior, and learning secrets that others would prefer to keep hidden.
Karr’Aashta, a human investigator affiliated with the Finders Guild, runs a small agency in the Deathsgate district whose inquisitives can find out just about anything a client wants to know. Karr’Aashta takes on cases that other Finders Guild inquisitives won’t touch; he specializes in jobs involving the Cogs far below the towers of Sharn. This willingness to venture into the depths of the earth…
The Records Office of the Guild of Lawyers, Scribes, and Accountants, as it is formally known, is located in the Artisans’ Quarter. The façade is embellished with detailed carvings of gold and silver dragons, and the interior boasts highly polished dark woodwork. Stairs circle up to the records rooms above, where Helva Plinkington staffs the front desk. Helva is Indifferent to the party and takes…
Deadly Trap (Levels 5–10) When the inscribed rune breaks, it releases a condensed Cone of Cold. Trigger: When a creature opens the coffer bearing the inscribed rune, the trap activates. Duration: Instantaneous. The rune creates a 30-foot Cone of cold, emanating from the coffer. Each creature in the area must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 36 (8d8) Cold damage on a failure, or half…
A wooden sign hung on this room’s door reads “Private! Keep out!” Lief handles the organizational affairs of Rat’s Run from this office. She also stores bribes from criminals here. At night, the manager works on paperwork or sleeps in her bedroom in area R11. She keeps the door locked while she’s in here. During the day, the room is unoccupied and locked. Treasure. On the desk are records…
If the lurker is discovered outside the window, it begins combat by using Dark Teleport to appear next to the character who discovered it. If it isn’t revealed in six attempts, the lurker attacks from the ceiling, surprising the characters. Once the lurker is destroyed, the wooden doll climbs onto the left bed and settles in comfortably before becoming inanimate as the soul fragment is put to…
A character looking for a specific item can also make a DC 16 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check to try and find it within the clutter. Distilled Memory. Dozens of crystal decanters containing glowing, violet-colored liquid can be found scattered throughout the Laboratory—Unrefined Ichor, harvested directly from The White Worm. Each container is labeled with a date and…
The following areas are keyed to the Memory's Rest Sanatorium (Second Floor) map.
| 1d8 | Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | A set of Fine Clothes and a gold pocket watch worth 150 GP |
| 2 | 4 cannisters that each contain the following seasonings: salt (5 CP each); ginger (1 GP each); cinnamon (2 GP each); pepper (2 GP each); cloves (3 GP each); saffron (15 GP each) … |
Second Floor, Experimental Wing Both entrances to the Laboratory are concealed behind smooth walls, each bearing a mural depicting a barn owl roosting in a weeping willow. As a Search action, a character who examines one of the murals and succeeds on a DC 16 Wisdom (Perception) check spies that one of the owl’s eyes has a small hole cut into the wall, ringed in metal. If the check succeeds by 5…
Map: The Crooked House (Attic) View Player Version Below are the rooms that can be found in the attic of the Crooked House as shown on The Crooked House (Attic) map. This floor can be accessed through the trap door in the Trophy Room (area H15).
“Clo-bi-oh-don” (Cage tooth) This whole area was filled with lil’ fish-snatching pterosaurs. They kept their distance from us – I guess they’re used to being plucked off of the ground by small predators. Still, beautiful creatures to see flyin’ and fascinatin’ to observe perchin’ on rocks. They fed by flyin’ low over the water and quickly dippin’ their heads in, nabbin’ unaware fish. Nifty stuff.…
This multi-story wooden structure is modeled after the towers found at the Broken Bird Airfield and is built behind the headquarters, overlooking the training grounds and landing pad. Its observation deck is filled with maps, charts, colored flags, and a complex system of First Age speaking tubes (a public address system) made operational through the joint efforts of AHA and the Tall Hat coven.…
Level 2 Divination (Cleric, Druid, Ranger) Casting Time: Action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You sense any trap within range that is within line of sight. A trap, for the purpose of this spell, includes any object or mechanism that was created to cause damage or other danger. Thus, the spell would sense the Alarm or Glyph of Warding spell or a mechanical pit trap, but…
Chaos has erupted in this chamber, where desks and bunk beds have been smashed to kindling by the enormous quadrupedal monster pummeling the closed stone doors to the northeast. A smaller door stands in the southwest corner, and ten feet above, a gantry surrounds the room. The monster is a Rendelith. Areas with rubble in them are Difficult Terrain. Gantry. Ladders in the southwest corner, one…
If the characters confront Postmaster Theodora Mayville—who is actually the Pigeon Hag * Golub Graygullet in disguise—before she kills Geneva, she attempts to dissuade the characters from their accusation and alleviate suspicion. In truth, Theodora is dead and her skin is being worn for a flawless shapeshifted form (as detailed in “ Golub Graygullet ” previously). If the characters persist in…
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