The Kiln

The Guardians of the Kiln are collectors of sorts, it's a trait that makes them distinct from most of the others in the complex. Trespassers who make it into their lair are not likely to appreciate their taste in art.

Design

While not at cavernous as The Pillars, with it's much lower twenty foot ceiling and lack of bottomless pit, at one hundred and fifty feet across this circular room is still quite imposing. The luxury of a sure footing you've enjoyed in other chambers abandons you as traversing this ice rink is anything but a sure thing.

Entries

There are three portcullis style gates granting access to this room, the one the players enter through is raised, resting on the shoulders of an unusual looking ice sculpture.

Sensory & Appearance

You can see your breath from the cold, as it blows out and intermingles with the fog. There's a sharp chill in the air not enough to have you trembling yet but will if you give it long enough and don't bundle up against it. If you're quiet you can hear two distinct hard exhales in the room with you and see the fog disturbed in the distance.
A disembodied crowd roars with cheers, jeers, and laughs in response to the shifting tide of battle

Contents & Furnishings

The room is dotted about with statues, ice sculptures, in the form of adventurers with horrified anguished looks on their faces.

Hazards & Traps

The floor is solid ice, there's a risk of slipping and falling if you try to move too fast on it

Special Properties

As a lair this room grants special abilities to the its resident Guardian

Architecture

Icicles hang from the glacier like ceiling. A fog slightly obscures your view but you can see and feel water running down the walls, flowing through ornate tiny canals carved into the smooth stone floor turning to steam as it moves about. Laminar spurts of water leap about from fountain to fountain made from elaborate ice sculptures.

Type

Lair

Parent Location

Vault of Stars

Environmental Effects

It's cold, not enough of a deep freeze as to be an immediate threat but prolonged exposure to those not prepared for it will certainly become a risk. A thin fog settles low within the room just obscuring the floor.