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====== The Time Machine ======

This adventure was run on 19 Feb 1984 and was designed for [[Sly]] and [[Ozzie]],
who were running without [[Sorgul]] as he had been enslaved by [[Hades]].

==== Maps ====

{{timemachinemap1.jpg?500|"The Time Machine" Map #1}}

{{timemachinemap2.jpg?500|"The Time Machine" Map #2}}

==== The Clue ====

|  Go to the rocky valley six days ride\\ West of [[Blanan]].  There, a great\\ Steed is imprisoned by powerful\\ magic.  Beware the leader for his\\ powers are many and his imprisonment\\ reflects on his true evil.  His\\ prisoners hopes run high only when\\ his magical hold is shattered.  |

==== Travel schedule ====

^ __Travel Time__ ^ City  ^ Distance ^ ^ # encounters ^
| | [[Backbone]]  | | | |
| 1/2 d | -> [[Hookridge]]  | 30 miles | TCF | 0 |
| 1d | -> [[Marsvan]]  | 70 miles | TCF | 1 - evening |
| 1d | -> [[Hawkwood]]  | 70 miles | TCF/P | 0 |
| 1d | -> [[Resh]]  | 60 miles | TCF | 0 |
| 3d | -> [[Lankshall]]  | 150 miles | TCF | 0 / 1 - night / 0 |
| 2d | -> [[Girthrap]]  | 100 miles | TCF/P | 0 / 1 - evening |
| 2d | -> [[Blanan]]  | 80 miles  | TCF/P | 0 / 0 |
| 1d | | 30 miles | TCH/M | 0 |
| 6d | -> Dungeon (30 miles west of [[Blanan]])  | 30 miles | TCM | 0/0/0/0/1-eve/0 |

  - TCF: Bandits
  - TCF: Lg. Spiders
  - TCP: Pseudo-Undead Vampire
  - TCM: Goblins

  * + Final Encounter: [[Akhnatep]] H/M 5'11" 163# AL:LE F/12

==== Encounter Details ====

  - 20 Bandits, AC 8, MV 12", hp 1-6, On horseback (Lt. Riding) Dd8 (longsword)\\ + F/3 AC 5 (Chain) MV 9" hp 17 Dd8+2 (+1 to hit) longsword\\ Ambush by rope planted across road.
  - 13 Lg. Spiders, AC 8, hp 2-9, D1 + poison at +2, No treasure
  - 4 Pseudo-Undead Vampires, AC 1, MV 12"/18", HD 8+3, hp 32, 51, 29, 38\\ At night
  - 1 Goblin, hp 2

^ Akhnatep ^ ^^^
| | H/M F/12 AL:LE | 5'11" 163# | hp 63 AC -2 |
| | #AT 2 Dd6+4 | (+2 to hit - Mace, specialized) ||
| | S 17 | D 12 | Plate +3 / NS |
| | I 15 | C 14 | Boots of Speed |
| | W 13 | Ch 16 | |
| | | Co 12 | |

+ 2 Minions of Set, AC -2, MV 12", hp 25, #AT 3/2, Dd12(bite), MR 10%\\
+ 18 Bandits (as #1 above - no horses)

==== Dungeon Details ====

1) In here are 5 **Firedrakes** (hp 25, 18, 11, 25, 15).  They
will try to breathe first (only 1 per round) and
if hurt will alert the dragon in (2).

2) Living here is an **Average Adult Red Dragon** (hp 50).  It
can cast the following spells: //Detect Magic// / //Shield//;
//Web// / //Invisibility//; //Lightning Bolt//.  It is female and
she speaks Common & Gnome.  If trouble arises, she will
cast //Web// into area (1) and then go invisible.
If intruders enter, she will cast //Lightning Bolt//
and then attack.

Her treasure is:
  * 3,000 sp
  * 1,000 gp
  * 900 pp
  * 23 gems: 1000x3, 300, 100x5, 75, 60, 50x3, 45, 30, 20x2, 12, 10x2, 7, 5 = 4,244 gp
  * a **Ring of Regeneration**
  * and 2 **Potions**: **Heal** & **Speed**

3) This room is apparently a supply room.  It has
barrels of food (dried meats, grains, etc.) and
weapons & armor for Orcs.  Also here, though, is
[[Kwalish's Transport|Kwalish's Mighty Transport]]: a magical traveling
machine that allows teleportation, plane shifting, and
__very__ limited time travel.  Details are elsewhere, but
its description is as follows: It is a smooth
marble pillar 10' high and 3' in diameter.
4' from the bottom is a 1" wide cut-out section
sized to fit a large, multi-faceted gem.

4) A small tribe of 36 male Orcs, 30 females, and
10 children live in this large area.  As treasure,
each male carries 12 sp, each female 5 sp, and each
child: 1.  As a whole, they have 30 gp, 110 sp, and
160 cp.  They are typically armed with battle axes
and longswords.  On the second round out, the
leader from (5) will appear!

5) Here, the Orc leader lives.  His name is [[Akhnatep]] and
he is a **Pit Fiend** (hp 71).  He is in human form
(as he was before he was killed and became a devil)
and wears a **Cloak of Protection +2**.  Around his
neck he has a large red gem (the key to
[[Kwalish]]'s machine).  As treasure, he has 70 gp, 100 sp,
and 18 small gems (10 gp ea.) as well as a **Wand
of Wonder** w/60 charges (which he never uses).  In
human form he wears black scale armor, carries
a mace, and has a shield with a coiled cobra
on it.  He has long black hair and wears a
great helm.  He is S 18/00 I 15 W 11 D 15 C 14 Ch 15 Co 14; 5'11",
163#.

Finally, here is the object of the adventure: A
**Mirror of Life Trapping** with 17 compartments (12
of which are occupied).  The 12 prisoners are:
  - Dragon Horse, hp 41
  - H/M MU/16 AL:CG
  - Trapper, hp 62
  - Green Dragon (Avg. Anc.) hp 64
  - H/F MU/14 AL:LG
  - Otyugh, HD 7, hp 33
  - Moon Dog, hp 51
  - Ghoul, hp 13
  - Gargoyle, hp 20
  - Nighthag, hp 40
  - Green Slime, hp 12
  - 14-headed Hydra, hp 112

The 2 magic-users are man and wife and they come from
a different time: 141 years in the future!  As a
result, they have interesting stories to tell but will
only talk if asked because they do not
know they have traveled in time and if
they begin to suspect they may at first
think they have been imprisoned for a 
__very__ long time!  The **Dragon Horse** belongs with
them.  The **Green Dragon** comes from 199 years in
the future.  The **Moon Dog** comes from 346 years in
the future!

^ The stats for #2 & #5 are ^^^^
| H/M || H/F ||
| S 12 | +3 Cloak | S 9 | Quaal's Token: Anchor |
| I 18 | Scroll: MU/6 (Stone to Flesh) | I 15 | Ptn: Remove Curse balm |
| W 16 | Ptn: Giant Control | W 10 | Bracers AC 5 |
| D 12 | Ptn: Healing | D 15 | Scroll: 6/6/4/3 |
| C 7 | Scroll: Prot Undead | C 6 | Disintegrate/Control Weather |
| Ch 8 | Daern's Inst. Fortress | Ch 10 | Poly. Other/Det. Illusion |
| Co 10 | Scroll: 9/6/2 | Co 9 | Ring of Fire Resistance |
| Age 62 yrs | Mordenkainen's Disj | Age 53 | Dagger +2/+3 vs. large |
| DA: 87 yrs | Extension III | DA: 72 | Dagger +1/+2 vs. small |
| hp 37, AC 7 | Magic Mouth | hp 25, AC 4 | |
| Spells: 7/6/5/5/5/3/2/1\\ (1/2/2/2/1/2/2/1) || Spells: 5/5/5/4/4/2/1\\ (1/2/4/3/4/0/1) ||

==== Kwalish's Mighty Transport ====

Capacity: 10' x 10' x 20'; no weight limit

Console is on far wall: Irregular tetrahedron with
the side flush with the wall and the top side
forming a right angle.  From the center of
the top side sticks a small rock pillar
(6" tall, 2" diameter) with an indentation on the
top.  This is where the key gem fits.  In 
the three vertices of the top face are
three more indentations.  Three more gems
fit here but they have been lost.

| The four functions and base chances are: |||
| 1) | Teleport | 60% |
| 2) | Plane Shift to an Inner Plane | 40% |
| 3) | Plane Shift to an Outer Plane | 20% |
| 4) | Time Travel | 10% |

Details:

1) Teleport

| Teleport adjustments: | Very familiar | +0% |
| | Studied carefully | -10% |
| | Seen casually | -20% |
| | Viewed once | -40% |
| | Never seen | -80% |
Failure indicates target was missed by a percentage
error equal to the percentage above the chance.
i.e.: A roll of 80 for a 60% chance when the teleporting
distance was 100 miles means an error of 20% or
20 miles.

2) Plane Shift -- Inner planes
| Failure indicates: ||
| percentage above chance | effect |
|  1% - 20%  | Random inner plane |
|  21% - 40%  | Teleport 1-1000 miles random direction |
|  41% +  | No effect |

3) Plane Shift -- Outer planes
| Failure indicates: ||
| percentage above chance | effect |
|  1% - 20%  | Random outer plane |
|  21% - 40%  | Random inner plane |
|  41% - 60%  | Teleport (as above) |
|  61% +  | No effect |

4) Time Travel adjustments

Base chance is x1/2 if going backward in time\\
Chance is -1% per full year of the jump.
| Failure roll below: ||
| 01 - 50 | No effect |
| 51 - 75 | Error in time jumped is 1% per % above chance.((If error is + (Pick + or - randomly), then double successively on a 50% chance (Keep doubling until 50% chance fails)) |
| 76 - 90 | d3) 1)Teleport 1-1000 miles 2) Random inner plane 3) Random outer plane |
| 91 - 99 | Reverse direction jumped (Roll again ignoring >90) |
|  00  | Abducted by **Time Elementals**! |
A Roll of 01 is always Success\\
A Roll of 00 means an alternate Prime Material Plane is Found!

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