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<blockquote data-quote="Dyson Logos" data-source="post: 9164751" data-attributes="member: 83678"><p>[ATTACH=full]310700[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>The Black Skulls Tomb</strong></p><p></p><p>In remote and desolate Khervis, surrounded by mountains and ravines, is the Black Skulls Tomb – a small subterranean complex with two entry ways. The first is a stone door behind four standing stones that leads to an antechamber (“the Chamber of the Black Skulls”) with a magically sealed stone door beyond it that shows no signs of ever having been breached. The antechamber is decorated with four massive black skulls (cut out of stone) on a circular black background – two on each side of the room. Each of the four standing stones outside also have this same motif cut into them (although the black paint has long ago faded).</p><p></p><p>An alternate access point into the deeper levels is a collapsed section into a lower stairwell. This unstable descent bypasses the antechamber and curved staircase and leads straight into the stairs that descend to the lower chambers. Again, the doors to these chambers are sealed, but with traditional mortar instead of magic. The larger chamber can also be accessed via the well in the small room on the level above (surrounded again by three black skulls). The lowest chamber once held a pool of something that has dried into a thick black crumbly crust that is intensely poisonous if swallowed.</p><p></p><p>But this completely ignores the actual treasure of the Black Skulls Tomb – the secret treasure chamber isn’t in the depths of the dungeon, but is attached to the first flight of stairs from the antechamber. Here there are statuettes, paintings, and carvings of the Black Skull, as well as magical amulets, scrolls and flensing daggers of the cult that built this complex. Beyond that is a second secret treasure chamber, heavily trapped, who’s treasures include a 4 inch crystal orb containing a fragment of the original Black Skull – a fragment of a slain god from a distant realm – the Black Skull Orb can grant visions, insights, and even curses upon those who gaze within it.</p><p></p><p><em>The 1200 dpi versions of the map were drawn at a scale of 300 pixels per square and are 9,000 pixels (30 squares) wide. To use this with a VTT you would need to resize the squares to either 70 pixels (for 5′ squares) or 140 pixels (for the recommended 10‘ foot squares) – so resizing the image to 2,100 pixels or 4,200 pixels wide, respectively.</em></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dysonlogos.blog/2023/10/16/the-black-skulls-tomb/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dyson Logos, post: 9164751, member: 83678"] [ATTACH type="full"]310700[/ATTACH] [B]The Black Skulls Tomb[/B] In remote and desolate Khervis, surrounded by mountains and ravines, is the Black Skulls Tomb – a small subterranean complex with two entry ways. The first is a stone door behind four standing stones that leads to an antechamber (“the Chamber of the Black Skulls”) with a magically sealed stone door beyond it that shows no signs of ever having been breached. The antechamber is decorated with four massive black skulls (cut out of stone) on a circular black background – two on each side of the room. Each of the four standing stones outside also have this same motif cut into them (although the black paint has long ago faded). An alternate access point into the deeper levels is a collapsed section into a lower stairwell. This unstable descent bypasses the antechamber and curved staircase and leads straight into the stairs that descend to the lower chambers. Again, the doors to these chambers are sealed, but with traditional mortar instead of magic. The larger chamber can also be accessed via the well in the small room on the level above (surrounded again by three black skulls). The lowest chamber once held a pool of something that has dried into a thick black crumbly crust that is intensely poisonous if swallowed. But this completely ignores the actual treasure of the Black Skulls Tomb – the secret treasure chamber isn’t in the depths of the dungeon, but is attached to the first flight of stairs from the antechamber. Here there are statuettes, paintings, and carvings of the Black Skull, as well as magical amulets, scrolls and flensing daggers of the cult that built this complex. Beyond that is a second secret treasure chamber, heavily trapped, who’s treasures include a 4 inch crystal orb containing a fragment of the original Black Skull – a fragment of a slain god from a distant realm – the Black Skull Orb can grant visions, insights, and even curses upon those who gaze within it. [I]The 1200 dpi versions of the map were drawn at a scale of 300 pixels per square and are 9,000 pixels (30 squares) wide. To use this with a VTT you would need to resize the squares to either 70 pixels (for 5′ squares) or 140 pixels (for the recommended 10‘ foot squares) – so resizing the image to 2,100 pixels or 4,200 pixels wide, respectively.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://dysonlogos.blog/2023/10/16/the-black-skulls-tomb/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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