Encounter
The Forgotten Throne Room
Moderate fight for 4 level-1 characters in a dungeon
- XP
- 300 of a 300 XP moderate budget
- Party
- 4 characters of level 1
Rows of statues line the hall, and each has its face chiseled away. Faint chanting rises and falls behind the walls.
Setup. Four skeletons led by a shadow are keeping a silent vigil over a grave that has been dug up from the inside.
Terrain
- Collapsing ceiling: a creature can pull the loose lever to drop the ceiling on a 10-foot square: DC 11 Dexterity saving throw or 2d6 Bludgeoning damage.
- Portcullis: a lever (Utilize action) drops or raises the portcullis, splitting the room in two.
Tactics. They target whoever carries light or holy symbols first.
Twist. The creatures are illusions masking a single real threat among them.
Adjust on the fly
- Easier: Remove one skeleton (−50 XP).
- Harder: Add one more skeleton (350 XP total, high for this party).
Treasure. 75 gp and 230 sp; Oil of Slipperiness; A portrait miniature whose subject's eyes are closed.