Brinefathom Caves Level 6, Week 4

6.36: The Alluring Entrance

6.37: The Stolen Statue: Submerged. Perfectly clear water. Plinth that obviously once held a statue, now bare. Empty.

6.38: The Morkoth Lair

6.39: The Hypnotic Tunnels: Submerged. Maze of tunnels criss-cross at strange angles. After 1d4+1 minutes, a creature finds the exit to [AREA]. Every minute a non-morkoth creature spends in them, they must make a Wisdom saving throw or be compelled to swim back to 6.38, which takes 1d4+1 rounds. Empty.

6.40: The Evil Crystal

6.41: The Ship Storage

6.42: The Crushing Pillar: Large pillar in the center of the room carved to look like a big wretched soul struggling to hold the load. One of its eyes is a button. When pressed, the pillar trembles, then crushes down with a scream and opens the secret door. It remains open for 1 hour, after which the pillar rises again with the wretched soul in a slightly different position. Lever on northwestern wall opens southern portcullis to 6.44. Empty.

6.43: The Wretched Dispenser

Nov 30: The Hot Box

Brinefathom Level 5, Week 8

5.71: The Bone Yard

5.72: The Ghost Stage: Dusty. 4’ tall ledge. Dust on ledge is disturbed as if people were dancing there, but other dust is undisturbed. Empty.

5.73: The Incomplete Statue

5.74: The Devil Armor

5.75: The Directional Chamber: Walls, floor, and ceiling covered in paintings and carvings of arrows in many different hands, pointing in all directions. A creature that steps on one must make a Strength saving throw or be moved 5’ in the direction that arrow points. Empty.

5.76: The Vermin Summit: Various dungeon vermin (a gull-bat, a hand-sized spider, a flying fish, etc.) are clustered on the ceiling, making noises like they’re discussing something. Upon noticing other creatures, they scatter into bolt-holes. Lever on the northwestern wall raises one stone slab door and lowers the other when thrown. Empty.

5.77: The Diamond Crusher

5.78: The Fishing Lines

5.79: The Shellacked Chamber: All surfaces covered with a layer of milky rock as in 5.1, but the source in this room has long dried up. Preserved, encased bodies of dungeon vermin. Perception check to notice that one section of wall, about a foot square, has had the milky covering removed. Pressing on the revealed section raises the secret slab door. Empty.

5.80: The Fiery Obelisk

5.81: The Carved Birds: Carvings of birds move along ceiling as if flying. If damaged, they “fall” to the floor, intimate. Empty.

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Dec 24: The Truthful Guards

Two anchor devils stand guard on either side of the northern door of this chamber. The floor is etched with runes that form a zone of truth. The devils are under the spell’s effect and do not lie; they know whether other creatures passed or failed their saves. They will not let creatures through the door without a good explanation of what business those creatures have in [AREA], and they interpret a refusal to answer questions as lying. They will attack only if creatures attempt to force their way through the door without permission or in self-defense.

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Dec 2: The Painting Souls

Nov 22: The Blood Circle

Brinefathom Caves Level 3, Week 3

3.18: The Whale's Stomach

3.19: The Shadowy Names: More dead coral lining walls, fish- humanoid- and isopod-shaped shadows roam without source. They whisper “Imprudence, Anathema, Effrontery” over and over—the true names of the hags who control this level.

3.20: The Crushing Depths

3.21: The Escape Tube: Tall flooded chimney leads up to dry chamber. Empty.

3.22: The Transverse Tube: Pool leads to flooded chimney, then underwater tunnel that lets out in [AREA]. Empty.

3.23: The Choking Mermaid

3.24: The Noisy Beach: Screams from 3.3 audible, even underwater. Sandy floor, buglike footprints lead north from dry section. Empty.

3.25: The Dark Statuary

3.26: The OPEN Door

3.27: The Dead Fish: Several dead, rotting fish on ground, horrible stench. Stone table. Harmless scavenger animals. Empty.

3.28: The Broken Cauldron: All doors are 10’ off ground, adjacent to ceiling. Cauldron lying on side continually leaks a slow trickle of brackish, dirty water. Empty.

3.29: The Sea Air

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