| This 30' x 40' chamber is a strange
composite of polished pink stone, golden chains, and a floor of loose earth. Deep black earth covers the entire floor, save for a four-foot-wide walkway which edges the room. The bright metal chains hang from the walls, affixed by rings to the walkway as well. The room is dark; the walls show neither cressets nor sconces. |
6 violet fungi spring up from the center
of the earthen AREA. Each is 7 feet tall,
with 4 branches of 4' length; they all
MOVE to attack any creature on or near the
earthen AREA. As they do so, a forest
of 50
small toadstool-like growths also spring up.
These have mock "faces and eyes, which
seem to follow their dangerous kin in their
attempt to enrich the loam with human
flesh. Whenever a fungus strikes a blow, a
happy hooting sounds from the cavities
pocking the caps of these monstrous spectators.
If the violet fungi are all slain, the other
fungi all puff forth small spore clouds to a 6
foot range, attacking as 3 Hit Die monsters; <THACO 16>
a victim hit is blinded for 1-4 rounds (no
saving throw). Any blow or kick will
destroy one of these lesser fungi, and a
bright light (such as light or continual
light
spell) will shrivel them all in but a single
round.
Violet Fungi
(6): AC 7, MV 1", HD 3, hp 24
each, #AT 4, D 0 + rot (save vs. poison
or die); XP 231 each (x6). THACO 16.
Hooting Fungi (50): automatically hit, MV
0, HD 1/8, hp 1 each, #AT 1, D blindness
1-4 rounds (6 foot range); XP 8 each
(x50). THACO 16.
If the earthen floor is searched, it is found
to be 4 feet deep, damp, loose, and rich.
Hidden in the exact center, under the dirt, is
an ivory case (1,400 gp value) containing
a
wand of illumination
(44 charges).