1/11 — Thinning Veil (use
Snow Day map)
Description: The already cold temperature drops rapidly as one passes through the southern passage into this chamber and the wind picks up, whistling through the shards of ice that protrude from the wall and ceiling. The cave—antechamber to an elemental vortex—contains 2d ice alfs (
Norđlondr Óvinabókin, p. 115) and a larger ice elemental. Treat the ice elemental as an earth elemental (
Monsters, p. 25) with these additional traits: Extra Attack (1), Immunity to Cold/Ice, Vulnerability (Fire/Heat attacks ×2). It has Brawling-14, attacking twice with ice shards that can do 2d+4 cutting or impaling damage (it’s choice).
Vision: -10 (total darkness)
Hearing: -4 (whistling wind)
Exits: Two passages. The southern passage leads back out to the wider ice caves (see
1/5 — Snow Day). The east passage leads to
1/12 — Elemental Vortex.
Hazards
Bitter Cold: Each PC must roll at -7 vs. HT for exposure when they first enter the cave and again every 5 minutes. See
1/5 — Snow Day for modifiers and other details.
Treasure- The “heart” of the elemental can be identified and retrieved with successful rolls against Thaumatology and Surgery. The heart is a grenade (Exploits, p. 44) that produces a 3-hex ice slick upon shattering; treat this as the Grease spell (Spells, p. 57). [$960, 0.5 lb.]