Secret Corridor – Temple of Elemental Evil Area of the Week 03/28/03

This page is a part (Dungeons of Elemental Evil #151) of a playthrough that spanned the year of 2003. All the information was taken from TSR’s original AD&D adventure, the Temple of Elemental Evil.

For the players: This passage shows disuse; it is dusty, dirty, and filled with cobwebs. However, someone wearing boots has made use of the place with fair frequency, as shown by occasional tracks. Three iron doors line the west wall, each with great hinges set to bear the weight of such portals. Each also has a small iron hatch. An old gray blanket hangs on the east wall.

For the DM: The hatch on each door can slide to the right, producing a spy hole through which one may see into the cell beyond.

Behind the blanket is a small alcove with a cot, small table, chair, lantern, 12 flasks of oil, a barrel (one quarter filled with wine), foodstuffs (the equivalent of three normal rations), some old clothing on pegs in the wall, an iron chest, and a heap of glittering equipment. The pile is Wonnilon’s adventuring gear, including leather armor, a shortsword, backpack, miscellaneous items, and a very plain-looking but magical dagger +2 (in a scabbard). From these contents one might assume (correctly) that this is the residence of the turnkey.

The chest is secured by a large padlock. Inside are 411 cp, 151 sp, 90 ep, 55 gp, 27 pp, and a small wooden box. Inside this box are two potions of healing, which the turnkey saves for use on particularly choice victims…