The Temple of Apshai
Room Descriptions
Level 1
Room One - The smooth stonework of the passageway floor shows that
advanced methods were used in its creation. A skeleton sprawls on the floor just inside
the door, a bony hand, still clutching a rusty dagger, outstretched toward the door to
safety. A faint roaring sound can be heard from the far end of the passage.
Room Two - A stream runs through this natural stone chamber, A narrow
landing adjacent to the corridor at the north end of the chamber allows easy access to the
stream. The water flows in from a cut in the west wall and flows out under the north wall
near the landing. In an alcove near one end of the landing there are many urns and pots.
The water is very clear and appears to be about three feet deep.
Room Three - A finely carved and painted mural fills the east wall of the
passage, opposite the opening, depicting men tilling the soil. A ransacked backpack rests
under the mural. A roaring sound can be heard from the north.
Room Four - is a smoothly carved passage with a native granite ceiling.
Slippery green moss fills every crack and crevice in the room, and the air is filled with
its heavy scent. An empty purse lies in the southwest corner. A droning sound can be
heard.
Room Five - is a pond-filled room with a small landing to the south. The
surface of the sluggish water is covered with moss and a number of black lilies rest
peacefully upon the green matting. The water can be found to be about three feet deep and
flows almost imperceptibly in under the west wall and out under the east wall. Some of the
lilies can be reached from the landing.
Room Six - Water flows into this chamber from the northern part of the
west wall and out again through the southern part of the same wall. The surface of the
water is covered with moss and multi-colored lilies, some within reach of the landing.
Experiments will reveal the water to be about three feet deep.
Room Seven - The moss-covered water in this chamber appears to be three
feet deep, also. A rusting suit of platemail can be seen on the murky bottom. White lilies
rest on the surface of the pool. Water flows into the chamber from under the east wall and
out under the west wall.
Room Eight - is a passage with smooth stone walls and floor and a native
rock ceiling. A loud roaring sound may be heard from the north. A humanoid skull rests on
the floor in the middle of the passageway.
Room Nine - is of roughly hewn stone. The floor has been leveled by
manmade means, but the walls and ceiling are native rock. Cobwebs fill every crack and
hang from the ceiling, dancing slowly in the slight breeze. A cloying, sweet odor fills
the air.
Room Ten - The air of the room is filled with a cloying, sweet aroma,
causing the senses to reel. The walls of the room are covered with moss which is largely
brown and dried with only a few pale green patches remaining. Breaking off any part of the
green moss will reveal it as the source of the aroma,
Room Eleven - A mist drifts into the corridor from an opening in the west
wall and a deafening roar is heard. Moss covers the floor before the opening to the west
and a rusty sword lies on the mossy stone.
Room Twelve - The floor, walls, and ceiling of the chamber bear the marks
of tools, A glow fills the opening to the east and a foul, musty odor is in the air.
Room Thirteen - The room is well lighted by the phosphorescent glow
emanating from the greenish-yellow algae covering the high ceilings of native rock and
well-worked stone walls to the north and south. A broken bow lies in two pieces on the
floor near the east wall.
Room Fourteen - A loud roaring sound may be heard from the west end of the
passage. A pyramid of medium-sized stones fills one corner of the north wall at the east
end of the corridor
Room Fifteen - is an irregular cave of native rock. The walls and
floor are covered with a heavy matting of multi-hued moss. The walls are brilliant reds,
greens, and blues, while the floor is a pastel yellow. A wooden box lies topless in the
middle of the cavern floor Inside lies a well-made cloak. The material of the cloak seems
to shimmer in the torchlight.
Room Sixteen - Here you find the source of the roaring sound. A stream
flows into the chamber from the south, across the large water wheel, and plummets into a
pit in the floor of the cave. The bottom of the pit cannot be seen, but experiments will
indicate that it is a very long drop.
Room Seventeen - Only the floor has been smoothed in this chamber, the
walls and ceiling having been left in the natural state. The air smells of decaying
vegetable matter. A small mound of stones against the west wall in the north end of the
passage partially blocks the way to the north..
Room Eighteen - The passage reeks of spoiled and rotten matter. A strip
of cloth sticks out from beneath a mound of dirt in the southern portion of the
passageway.
Room Nineteen - Small bones litter the floor of this chamber and crunch under the boots of the incautious traveler.
Room Twenty - The walls of the room are covered with algae. Most of the
algae is black and rotten, but the few remaining brown patches have a nutty aroma, and, if
tasted, are reminiscent of spiced bread.
Room Twenty-one - The west wall of the cavern shows the marks of carving
tools, but the rest is natural rock. The floor of the room is overgrown with mushrooms of
two varieties. One has broad, flat caps and is white with brown splotches, while the
second variety has black, tightly rounded caps.
Room Twenty-two - This cavern is also overgrown with the same types of
mushrooms as are found in room twenty-one. A skeleton lies among the mushrooms still
clutching the remnants of a sack.
Room Twenty-three - The native rock walls of the room are covered with
algae. Most of the algae is black and rotten, but the remaining brown patches have a nutty
scent and taste like spiced bread. The exoskeleton of a huge ant lies in the middle of the
chamber.
Room Twenty-four - is a mossy, carved stone landing. The air is very
humid and smells of damp and mold. A slime-covered sack rests against the eastern wall of
the landing.
Room Twenty-five - A stagnant pond fills the south end of the carved
stone chamber, with a narrow landing at the south end. White mold covers the surface of
the water, save the southeast corner, where a gold-colored seaweed is in evidence, Tests
will reveal the water to be three feet deep, but the bottom of the pool cannot be seen
through the murk.
Room Twenty-six - A shallow pond fills most of the room. The surface of
the water is covered with a white mold, except in the northeast corner where a clump of
golden-brown seaweed is visible.
Room Twenty-seven - The floor of this tunnelled passage is streaked with
slime. A well-wrought iron candlestick lies at the southern end of the tunnel.
Room Twenty-eight - The tunnel floor is streaked with a stinking slime
and
littered with small and medium-sized stones.
Room Twenty-nine - The odor of the slime coating the entire chamber floor is
overpowering. A trickle of water runs down the eastern wall and a small pool has formed in
a depression in the southeast corner of the room. A rigid body in a finely woven cloak
lies in the northeast corner.
Room Thirty - The smoothly carved northern and southern sections of the
chamber contrast sharply with the native granite found in the middle of the room,
suggesting that it has been widened out from a natural passage. A quiver and some arrows
lie on the floor in the middle of the chamber next to a sword and a broken bow.
Room Thirty-one - is a narrow, low tunnel of native rock. Small slides of
earth and rock line the sides of the passage with a larger fall of stones near the eastern
end of the tunnel. A skeletal hand protrudes from the rockfall, an inscribed bronze ring
visible on one of the fingers.
Room Thirty-two - is a rough, five-foot wide tunnel with packed dirt
walls, floor, and ceiling. A shining trail of dried fluid runs the length of the tunnel
and the air smells of vanilla. Strange clicking sounds echo faintly through the passage.
Room Thirty-three - A shiny trail runs the length of the packed-earth
tunnel and the odor of vanilla fills the air. The clicking grows louder.
Room Thirty-four - A trail of shiny excretions run the length of the
passage and the vanilla odor is stronger than before. The clicking sound is clearly
audible from the north end of the tunnel.
Room Thirty-five - is a rough cave, carved out of the dense earth. The
vanilla odor clogs the nostrils and the clicking noises are still audible from within. A
handful of gems litters the dirt floor before the western wall,
Room Thirty-six - Vanilla fills the air and the clicking sound appears to
emanate from nearby. A fresh slide of earth against the north wall reveals the glitter of
gems amid the fallen earth.
Room Thirty-seven - The odor of vanilla is strong and the clicking sounds
continue. The east wall is studded with a number of glittering gems.
Room Thirty-eight - The tunnel appears to have been dug out of the hard
earth. A familiar trail runs the length of the passage and the odor of vanilla is heavy.
The clicking sound begins to fade.
Room Thirty-nine - The floor of the passage is lined with the excretion and the aroma of vanilla fills the air. Clicking sounds echo faintly through the passage. Room Forty-has been dug out of the surrounding hard-packed earth. The odor of vanilla becomes exceedingly strong, but the clicking sound is barely audible from within. Gems can be seem gleaming from the south wall.
Room Forty-one - The trail of dried fluid is heavier here and the odor of vanilla is almost unbearable. The clicking sound grows louder in this passage.
Room Forty-two - The vanilla odor is cloyingly thick. Bones and gems litter the floor along the north wall. The clicking sound is plainly audible within the cave.
Room Forty-three - The aroma of vanilla makes the senses reel and the
floor of the room is covered with the shiny stuff previously observed. Bones lie scattered
across the floor and the clicking sound grows fainter from within. Gems stud the south
wall.
Room Forty-four - The tunnel floor is heavily coated with dried fluid and
the aroma of vanilla is overpowering. The strange clicking sounds are now quite loud in
this passage.
Room Forty-five - is a large cavern. The shiny stuff is lighter inside
than in the connecting tunnel, but the vanilla odor is strong. The clicking sound appears
to emanate from within. A pile of shiny cocoons fills the northern half of the room and
gems are scattered about the dirt floor.
Room Forty-six - The vanilla odor is still strong. The ceiling of the
cavern is hung with the moldering bodies of various creatures, mostly men. The shiny stuff
is heavy on the floor and the clicking sound is heard clearly. Gems are visible in the
dust of the cavern floor.
Room Forty-seven - The clicking is replaced by a droning sound. A skull
and some bones lie next to a quiver of arrows.
Room Forty-eight - The droning continues to echo from within the cavern.
An elaborately carved sword hilt sticks out from under a heap of rocks. Bootprints lead up
to the pile, but no other signs of disturbance can be seen.
Room Forty-nine - is a narrow, high-ceilinged passage. Small slides
of earth and stone line both walls of the tunnel.
Room Fifty - A forgotten backpack rests on the slimy stone against the
middle of the north wall.