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Haunted Hill "Cladefurnace"

Level 6 dungeon for a party of 6

"Haunted Hill" near Barri horse ranch was originally named 'Cladefurnace'. Cladefurnace used to be a place where gnomes boiled water. It was abandoned and long-forgotten. A bugbear has moved in with some troglodytes he bosses around. The troglodytes capture sentients for the bugbear, and the bugbear does recon to find easy or useful targets for the trogs.

At one point in the past the gnomes wanted to boil water into steam on land, contain the steam in steel containers, then transport the steam over boat. This endeavor failed, but the machinery for drawing water into giant steel tanks was still useful. The gnome civilization of old kept the facility as a well. The machines in Cladefurnace cannot draw up fresh water any longer, but if it doesn't stay pretty much how it is, the region's drainage will be altered drastically, causing an ecological upheaval. The gnomes who built it returned to the mountains to apply the knowledge they gained. No one has any reason to mess with the well, but it is sometimes home to creatures that are too violent to go anywhere in civilized society.

Parts of this old brick-and-metal watering hole have been abandoned to wild animals. It is unsafe to be in here.

Basically, there are two levels. Both were meant to be shaped like a staggered capital H and have east & west sections. The upper level was mostly for boiling and is half-cave half-quarters. The lower level was mostly for plumbing and is mainly dried reservoirs.

There are three keys (cyan, blue, red), which open doors locked by cyan, blue, or red locks. Red-locked doors are also trapped (the red key will disarm the trap).

Ground floor:

Basement:

Key

Ground floor

G.1

A dirt-walled room with some foot-deep mud puddles. An atrocious red cushion is on the ground.

G.2

A dilapidated brick-floor room with piles of dry dust. An empty crate is on the middle of the floor.

G.3

[TRAP] An innocuous rope snare awaits a careless step. It lies in plain sight, though the room is dark.

G.4

A spacious rectangular room occupied by 1 mammoth (elephant stats).

G.5

[DOORTRAP] small spraying oil flamethrower; dodge save vs +5, else: every 5 seconds: {d6p-N fire damage; N++;}

Resting on the uneven stone floor is a a steel desk, which has drawers. Atop the desk is the blue key.

Inside the desk:

fine awls, scribing tools, and hooks

scales and squares

(in gnomish on steel sheets) engineering diagrams and fluid mechanics manuals

G.6

Hanging on a wooden stand, is an immaculate white boiler suit (trackless travel clothes)

G.7

The floor is dust-free except the southeast corner.

Lying in the center of the room is a knocked-over iron gate.

G.8

A dark closet with a 4x4x4' steel bin of coal.

G.9

1 mountain lion is prowling around. The cavernous room stinks of absolute lion piss.

G.10

There is a knocked-over lectern. A book is inside it, written in Reanaarese, titled "Hymns of the patient arrow."

G.11

[TRAP] In the center of the room is a 2' covered pit with a column of leg-stabbing+trapping spears. (Dodge vs 5 else 2d4p piercing)

A large bookshelf fills the east wall.

there are several bird feathers and pieces of hay on it

there are torn-up grimy rags

there is a pamphlet:

divine scroll (patient arrow)

6 Magic Projectile of Skewering (M4)

7 Hush

7 Pestilent Swarm

G.12

A small, drafty room full of black dust. There is an unlit brazier made of bronze.

G.13

A suit of thick robes and heavy gloves are on the ground. There is a nickel-silver flask tucked in the the robes:

    a thin red potion: (minor healing).

G.14

[DOORTRAP] VF 6 blinding gas (lasts 48 minutes)

On a wooden stand is a suit of ringmail +1 (for a 340 lb hobgoblin).

There is a silvered mace near the wall, resting across a few bricks on the ground.

G.15

This small room has a collapsed dirt grave with an unmarked tombstone.

The grave is empty; beside it is a longsword +2.

G.16

Den of 1 large spider

G.17

A cot and a pile of wood shavings.

G.18

Barrels of horse haunch and gristle.

A bucket of mixed horse bodily fluids.

8 spintering, rusty shovels

A crooked end-table with a dusty roll of linen.

G.19

Here there is a huge cage made of wood and rope. Four human prisoners are inside (one is a HAG).

Name	Race/Gender/Age	Job	Home
Aresh	Drokkher/M/Young-adult	Nomad	Parkee-Den
Kroat	Rean/M/Mid-age	Drayer	Ardarr-Norr
Bibi	Fhokki (Hag)/F/Young	Cook	Ardarr-Norr
Nari	Rean/F/Mid-age	Dog catcher	Ardarr-Norr

G.20

6 troglodytes may be alert in here, or reclining. 5 have horse-femur clubs. The sixth ("hommy") has a silvered warhammer.

G.21

A small wooden rack is by the wall. There are three copper jars on it.

1lb mustard

1lb cloves

1lb nutmeg

Basement