L17. Surgery

The smell of acrid chemicals and rusting metal are pungent within this dark cavern. Two small tables against the far walls hold all manner of surgical tools and knives, as well as a tattered notebook. Beneath an unlit lantern hanging from the ceiling, a larger rectangular table is affixed with restraints and stained with old blood.

The notebook on the side table builds on some of the notes the characters might have found already in Area L5. They describe in gory detail the process by which Stahlmast performs the experimental surgery that implants explosive seeds in his minions.

Treasure

A search of the room reveals a small box under one of the tables that holds 1d4 Explosive Seeds (see the “Alchemical Items” sidebar earlier in this adventure).

Parent Plot

3. Stahlmast’s Lair