The Dead Wizard's Skyscraper
Forbidden Island of Xygax the Wizard, Land of One Thousand Towers
Day Three. Late Morning, March 27th, 912 CY
In the bizarre skyscraper of science and sorcery, Chaka the ape-boy scampers back to the seeming safety of the doorway as the other adventurers secure their metal gear and advance.
The eerily weightless steel pyramid looms over them like the executioner's ax as they slowly venture to the white stairwell, to begin their descent up into the tower.
Jeojand approaches first. Testing cautiously, the curious cat-mancer carefully pads down the glossy white stairs. His tethered pack becomes light as air, but it doesn't send him plunging to the ceiling. Whatever strange enchantment brings their iron possessions to life must be shielded in part by the massive inverted pyramid in whose shadow they now creep.
Tullia, Fiefo and Ko-Nan follow Jeojand down the stairs with trepidation and without mishap. Their iron possessions become more lifeless with every step, gradually returning to their normal, inanimate, unhexed state. Seeing no danger, the rest of the adventurers soon follow.
Far below, at the bottom of the spiraling stairwell, more witch lights have flickered to life.
The stairs finally end in a glossy white octagonal room with two large identical doors.
Against the wall between the twin doors, slumps an iron skeleton with a glass orb for a head (at 'G'). Encased within that dome is a human brain. It lacks the color, eye and tentacles of the Dalek creature in the vat that Ko-Nan slaughtered in the alchemist's laboratory. The machine creature slowly stirs!
Actions?!
Map:
One square = 10 feet.
PC Status:
- Chaka: Ape-Boy Thief 3: Move: 12"(6"), AC: 6, HP: 3/17
Fiefo LeBratt: Rat-Man Fighter 2: Move: 9", AC: 1, HP: 20/20
Jeojand: Cat-Man Magic-User 2: Move: 6", AC: 7, HP: 2/10, Spells: 2/2 1st lvl
Ko-Nan: Human Barbarian 2: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 5/32
L.L. Adrock: Half-Elf Cleric/Magic-User 2/1: Move: 9", AC: 2, HP: 7/8, Spells: 1/5 1st lvl
Maskelyn: Gnome Illusionist 2: Move: 9", AC: 8, HP: 7/10, Spells: 1/2 1st lvl
Tullia Galena: Half-Elf Ranger 2: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 16/24
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