Tirana's Lair, Part 2 (Gozran (IV) 29th, 4709 AR)

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The heroes continued their exploration.

Generator Station. The console contains a number of switches and dials, none of them labeled. The heroes pressed buttons at random and as a result discharged excess energy into the pool, dealing electrical damage to and killing the squid that was hiding in the water.

Ventilation Duct. The tunnel here opens up onto the cliff face, barely extending a broken lip out past the entrance. Ten feet in, the tunnel divides into three shafts, each filled with man-sized turbine blades that spin lazily, sucking in air with a low hum. The blades are spaced 5 feet apart and supported by vertical girders.

The Maws of Yesterday and Tomorrow. The air in this room is thick and cloying, carrying upon it the heavy and offensive smell of rotting flesh, sickly-sweet flowers, exotic smoke, and reptilian musk. Shadows and smoke coil in the corners of the room, and the floor is smeared with dirt and patches of pallid mold. To either side of the room’s central dais, stone carvings of demonic visages yawn, their open maws revealing two different and hostile terrains. The opening to the north shows a verdant jungle of fungus that serves as a battleground between enormous insects and gargantuan reptiles, while the southern maw shows the same landscape with the jungle burnt away, leaving nothing but skeletal fungoid trees and an ash-charred landscape.

When Jules stood close to the maw to the north she distinctly heard the chaotic sounds of life in the fungus jungle beyond and felt a warm, humid breeze that carried on it a strange musty stink. When Gryxxa stood close to the southern maw she could smell smoke and feel the blasts of heated air that whipped the ash and dust around burned-out stumps, and took fire damage.

A pair of abyssal raptors and their fiendish goblin riders were placed here as guardians. The raptors hid in opposite corners of the room in the darkness and smoke gathered there. The raptors and their riders were highly skilled at hiding, so the heroes did not notice them before they were surprised by them.

When surprising the heroes, each raptor charged Gryxxa, using pounce when they hit and attacking with all their natural weapons. Thereafter, the raptors attacked new foes. The raptors preferred to attack foes that were unable to defend themselves effectively from their attacks, striking vital spots. The raptors fought to the death.

Once combat begun, one goblin started singing, while the other used his wand of blindness/deafness. Thereafter they used their wands, switching to a wand of cure moderate wounds if they or their raptors were hurt. The riders did not retreat and fought to the death.

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