From the flying bridge which spans the
Pitchy Flow between Erelhei-Cinlu and the
nobles’ plateau, the road northeast leads to a
broad and high gallery, 100 feet and more
wide and over a mile long. Its walls have been
carved by slaves over centuries, so that everywhere
the eye rests a grinning demon face,
feeding spider, gibbering manes, or scenes of
disgusting practices or the <666> revolting landscapes
of the dimensions upon which demons dwell
will sicken the viewer. Skulls and orgy scenes
are the typical motifs used to border major reliefs.
The sculpturing becomes more detailed,
more disgusting, more horrible as the end of
the passage nears.

The whole AREA known as Lolth’s Egg glows
with a rusty red light, as if the very air contains
phosphorescent particles, while certain rock
strata and lichens add their putrid greenish
light, so that the whole scene is fitting for a
creature from a plane of the Abyss. The roadway
leads directly to an ugly structure, a squat
building (60’ x 100‘ x 30’) of yellowish rock,
crouching about 100 yards from the entranceway.
It too is ornately sculpted in demoniac
bas-relief, for the building is the Lesser Temple
of Lolth.

The open interior of the Lesser Temple is
pillared. In the center, two frames resembling
spiderwebs flank a large sacrificial altar. 16
exceptionally large black widow spiders
dwell herein on the ledges around the interior.
They have webs spun around 20 feet above the
floor, so that they can move quickly about the
whole interior, and they attack any non-drow
they see. They have no treasure. (When a ritual
sacrifice is made at the altar, two victims
are placed into the frames for feeding of the
temple spiders.)

Spiders, giant (16): hp 44 each; XPV 535
each, 8,560 for all

An obscene tapestry at the rear of the temple
screens a pair of double doors which lead
to the lower level of the place. Here are store
rooms, a kitchen, refractory, cells for sacrifices
(three current victims therein), and slave barracks
where a dozen prisoners (of various
races) are kept when not laboring for the glory
of Lolth. There is a suite of six rooms wherein
dwell the three clerics of the Lesser Temple. A
small barracks provides for 10 guards. All the
staff members are female drow, and each
proudly wears a golden brooch. Each has one
gem (100 gp) per level; fighters each have 2-8
pp per level, clerics twice that amount.

Swordswomen (8): hp 15; AC 0; chain +2,
buckler +2, model 1832 foot artillery sword +1, dagger +1,
hand crossbow with 10 poisoned bolts; XPV
220 each, 1,760 for all
<8 x 3 = 24 topaz, 300 gp each>

Swashbucklers (2): hp 30; MR 60% ; AC - 3;
chain +3, buckler +3, xiphos +3,
dagger +3, hand crossbow with 16 poisoned
bolts; XPV 510 each
<2 x 5 = 10 spinel, 500 gp each>

Under-priestess (Canonessa) (2): hp 30;
 MR 62%; AC -3; chain +3, buckler +4,
 <horseman's> mace +2; XPV 930; Spells:
 First Level: bless, command, cure light wounds,
 <cause> fear
 Second Level: chant, silence 15' radius,
  slow poison
 Third Level: bestow curse, prayer
<2 x 6 = 12 pearls, 600 gp each>

High Priestess Baltana (L10): hp 56;
MR 70%; AC -6; THACO 14; chain +4,
buckler +3, <horseman's> mace, demon staff; XPV
5,884; Spells:
1st Level: command (x2), cure light wounds (x2), detect good, sanctuary (x2)
2nd Level: augury, hold person (x2), speak with animals
3rd Level: blindness, prayer, speak with dead
4th Level: cure serious wounds, neutralize poison, tongues
5th Level: quest, true seeing

A secret trap door in the floor of Baltana’s
sleeping chamber leads 10 feet downwards.
The 2nd rung of the ladder is set to come loose
and precipitate the climber to the bottom,
where a covered pit drops the victim another
10 feet onto a bed of six poisoned spikes (2-5
hit, Dmg 1-6 each plus save vs. poison per
hit). 

The treasury of the Lesser Temple is kept
in a 20’ x 10’ room at the ladder’s base. A
locked chest contains 5,780 gp and 12 pieces <chest=x>
of wrought gold jewelry (value 200-1,200 gp
each). There is a secret door in the pit, however,
which will open to reveal a small platinum
coffer (worth 2,500 gp) containing 1,000
pp and 100 gems (50 gp each). A loose stone <moonstones>
beneath the coffer hides a temple service
(chalice, dish, and ewer) of gem-studded
gold, worth 10,000, 20,000, and 25,000 gp
respectively.

>19.