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d6 Hourly/Per-Room Encounter bodies sloshing with it. They are slow NIBOLCUS THE GIANT d4 Nibolcus’s Mood
1 Oil gatherers (d4) coming or and passive, but if poked they burst, The Seree had powerful allies in their 1 Rageful—angry that intruders
going with heavy urns. 1 in 4 splashing their lifetime’s collection of war against the gods. Among them were might disturb the sphere or
chance a prodigy leads them. fire oil on everyone nearby. gray giants, first people of the earth, harm the children
skilled in magic and crafty science.
2 d4 prodigies here to practice 2 Haughty—will insist on gifts to
Like the Seree, nothing remains of
honor an “unrivaled sorcerer”
3 d6 prodigies well rested, them but ash—as far as he knows, Ni-
armed, and here to fight with bolcus, Archmage of Firevault, is the 3 Needy—desperately lonely for
the sphere last of his kind. He hides here, unable worldly conversation, he offers
to use his magic or re-assemble his body anything he has to win friends
4 Injured apocalypse larva,
dripping flaming oil and for fear of awakening the sphere. 4 Guilty—inconsolably distraught
threatening to explode He has memorized a library’s worth over the harm he has brought to
of lost natural philosophy, and knows the children over the years.
5 Nibolcus’ left hand having a
dozens of incantations and rituals.
quick look around
Within his chest he holds the souls of older and more magical its target, the
6 Grieving parent from the four friends recovered from the battle- more needles it fires. It ignores chil-
village, come to lament / find a field, awaiting reincarnation. dren, except for prodigies, whom it
gatherer lost to fire / a prodigy Sorgite sigils cover his arms and shoots with one or two needles. Their
killed by the sphere neck, but scoffs at demon worship, horrors have the strength of angry
considering Sorg the Devourer (and in- drunks. Against adults, it fires d6
THE OIL GATHERERS deed, all Powers) a mere ‘natural force’. needles. The resulting horrors are as
A group of twelve children from the vil- strong as gorillas. Wariors face d12
lage knows how to extract fire oil from APPROACHING THE SPHERE needles and horrors with fire-breath-
the apocalypse larvae. They take this The sphere of needles is an autonomous ing, shadow form or regeneration. Sor-
duty and the harvesting procedures FIRE OIL weapon, a remnant of the war between cerers get d20. Their horrors are rhino
very seriously, as mistakes can be le- This extremely flammable oil must be the Seree sorcerers and the Powers of strong, telekinetic, and hurl lightning.
thal. The presence of adults will alarm kept in stoppered containers. If exposed heaven and earth. It came here in pur-
them, for they worry that it will acti- to the air, it evaporates rapidly, form- suit of Nibolcus, and waits for any sign NEEDLE BY NEEDLE
vate the sphere. ing an invisible cloud. After d3 min- of him. Trapped here, Nibolcus is using the
utes, the invisible cloud self-ignites as a It was fashioned by the demigod prodigies to deplete the sphere. Each
THE PRODIGIES blue fireball, splashing any remaining Panur in his war aspect, and it weap- month, he sends one to trigger it. Three
When gatherers turn thirteen, Nibol- liquid oil everywhere. onizes its victims’ memories against others lie in wait to ambush and destroy
cus makes them an offer: if they will Fire oil is prized by miners for its po- them. When it spies a target, it fires one the resulting horror. He has trained
help him fight against ‘cruel Panur’, tency, excellent light, and the fact that or more of its needles with unerring them well, and they nearly always win.
he teaches them magic. Each knows it is self-lighting. A lamp filled with fire accuracy. If they strike, they extract a After a hundred years of this, Nibol-
a handful of war spells: invisibility, oil lights itself with a pop as soon as the victim’s memory and materialize it as cus can taste freedom.
stonegrip, blasting gaze, cyclone shield. wick is exposed, and will yield light for a violently aggressive memory horror. If, however, the sphere somehow lo-
Prodigies are loyal to Nibolcus, but a full day. Metal lamps are preferred! cates him, it fires all of its needles. This
all are scarred, physically and mental- MEMORY HORRORS unleashes a four-headed Sorgite drag-
ly, from their fights with the sphere. HARVESTING FIRE OIL Memory horrors take the form of child- on made of Nibolcus’ long-dead fami-
When they reach adulthood, Nibol- Nibolcus has taught the oil gatherers hood rivals, enemies or bullies; the last ly, whose merest gaze causes internal
cus banishes them from the cave (for how to extract oil from the larva using a truly dangerous opponent faced; an ally bleeding. The dragon will kill Nibolcus,
their own safety). Few sleep soundly. sharpened bellows syringe. Basting the or loved one turned to a murderous and then everything else.
tip in numbwort paste prevents the lar- rage; a parent; a deceased relative or
APOCALYPSE LARVAE va from exploding, and the wounds are beloved pet crawling from the ground.
These fat, white grubs are native to the small enough not to leak afterwards. The sphere is damaged and half
deep places. As they mature, they bloat The extracted oil is then injected into blind; its response is now only propor-
with fire oil, their translucent, sac-like urns sealed with wax, and taken away. tional to age and magical ability. The
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