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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stoat" data-source="post: 5730337" data-attributes="member: 16786">Area 27. The Portal of Scintillating VioletArea 27 is a ten foot square room located in the center of the north wall of the Pillared Throne Room.  The door to this chamber glows lilac, but flares with tinges of sickly green when touched.The room on the other side is empty, except for eight sets of swords and shields.  Each set consists of two swords crossed in front of a shield.  There is another door on the north wall.<a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToH_Gallery/ToHGraphic27.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ToH_Gallery/ToHGraphic27.jpg</a>If anybody enters the room, two swords and one shield will animate and attack!  Worse, every other time the threshold of the room is crossed, another of the eight sets of swords and shields animates!  Worse still, each animated set is tougher than the one before.  The first set attacks as a 1st level fighter.  The eighth as an 8th level fighter.IMO:  Meh.  A bunch of animated weapons attack, and each is more powerful than the last.  It's not a deathtrap per se, but I guess it could wear down a persistent party.  I see no clues or hints, but I don't really see a reason for them, either.One question.  I don't have an intuitive feel for 1E combat.  How dangerous are these swords?  Will they slaughter a 10th to 14th level party?  Challenge it?  Get wiped out by it?</blockquote>