| The merest glance herein reveals the past
purpose of this circular room a place for alchemical experimentation. The walls and floor are covered with graven symbols, glyphs indicating the elements, metals, and other stuff of alchemy. Benches and work tables line the walls; <tables=x> upon them are flasks, retorts, crucibles, et al. 3 braziers, each of a different size, are aligned in the middle of the room, piled with plates and dishes which hold heaps of strange powders, granules, and crystals. Beakers and flasks here and there are filled with odd substances. |
Careful inspection reveals metal in
powder and chunk form, including 10-40
coins weight of each coin type (platinum,
gold, electrum,
silver,
and copper), but
no actual coins.
<27 pp, 21 gp,
17
ep,
24
sp, 20 cp>
A small pottery flask
weighs over 10 pounds; it contains 100
gp weight of quicksilver (mercury),
worth 1, 000 gp.
(Total 2e treasure XP: 1,167)
To describe other items
and materials found, refer to the DMG,
pages 218 (the table for magic-user
furnishings) and 221-222 Appendix K, for
specific substance descriptions).
<eg.: skin, tube (piping), workbench, cruet, workbench, skull, alembic,
pentacle, beaker>
<eg.: pipette, vial (glass), bay leaves, scroll tube (leather)>
<beaker: bubbling, clear, flame, oniony>
<beaker: smoky, variegated: pitchy-coppery-fallow-silvery-lake-mahogany-black,
sour>
<beaker: bubbling, clear, cream, fishy>
<beaker: bubbling, variegated: gold-flame-white-gold-green-lilac,
vinegary>
<beaker: cloudy,
rainbowed,
greasy>
<flask: viscous, flecked, cinnabar, honeyed>
<flask: cloudy, opaline (glowing), sanguine,
biting>
<flask: effervescent, opaline (glowing), mauve,
meaty>
<flask: smoky, phosphorescent, blue, vinegary>
<flask: watery, phosphorescent, golden, earthy>
<flask: fuming, luminous, dun, dusty>