POISONER’S GUILD – DAYTIME
- Thornai**
- 2 Journeymen*
- 4 Apprentices
- 2 Vladaam Gladiators
POISONER’S GUILD – NIGHT
- 2 Advanced Vladaam Guards
- 50% chance: 1 Journeyman*
- 50% chance: 1 Apprentice
* Carries common vault key.
** Carries master vault key.
Alchemical Lab – Poisoners’ Guild
Guildsman District
Brewer’s Close – I9
AREA 1 – LABORATORY
The large space is filled with a chaos of lab tables and work stations. A thick, acrid smell fills the green-hazed air.
ALCHEMIST’S LABS: 6 sets of alchemist’s supplies.
- DC 14 Intelligence (Alchemist’s Supplies): The labs here contain a predominant amount of equipment specialized for the handling and refining of poisons.
ALCHEMY SUPPLIES: 2,000 gp in alchemical supplies.
One crate of unopened supplies still has the Bill of Shipping Right issued by the Docks attached to it. It identifies the Prince’s Servant, commanded by Captain Therech and registered to the Fleet of Iron Sails, as the ship which carried the crate to Ptolus. The taxes were paid by the deot of House Vladaam.
ALCHEMY CONCOCTIONS: banecord (x6), benecord (x2), beastbane incense (x2), beastbane salve (x2), beastgrace perfume (x1), poisonbane unguent (x12), verminbane incense (x2), verminbane salve (x2)
DC 20 INTELLIGENCE (INVESTIGATION): A concealed trapdoor reveals a small compartment with an iron coffer (DC 24 Thieves’ Tools) containing augur’s draught (x3), cassandra’s tears (x6), and soul’s draught (x3).
SECRET DOOR: DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation), two DC 24 Dexterity (Thieves’ Tools) made simultaneously. Requires both the master vault key and one of the common vault keys to be turned simultaneously in twin locks.
AREA 2 – POISON VAULT
This vault contains:
- 3 vials of every poison in the DMG (p. 357) except for midnight tears, purple worm poison, and wyvern poison.
- Alchemy Lab 2 – Secret Lorebook (located on pedestal; see trap below)
- Unfulfilled Order for Shadow Essence Poison
- 5,000 gp in alchemical supplies
IRON COFFER: 10% chance of being present.
- 500 gp
- 40,000 sp
- 50,000 cp
- Instructions to have the Ithildin Couriers ship it to the Red Company of Goldsmiths on Gold Street (see Part 12).
TRAP: If the lorebook is removed from the pedestal without first pushing a trigger concealed on the back of the pedestal, six crossbow bolts tipped with purple worm poison fire into the room (determine targets randomly). Detect DC 20, ranged attack +10, 1d8 piecing damage + purple worm poison (12d6 poison damage, DC 19 Constitution saving throw for half damage).
UNFULFILLED ORDER FOR SHADOW ESSENCE POISON
Thornai—
I’m running low on shadow essence, and I’d dearly appreciate a fresh supply of thirty doses at your earliest convenience. Our guests can get dreadfully out of sorts without it.
I’ll take delivery at Marquette’s on Pitch Street.
Arquad
