Into the Cellar
1- Descending the stairs you enter a rough cut chamber.
1a- The stairs, unlike most cellars which have wooden stairs are stone.
DC 12: the stairs are stone, roughly carved out of what appears to be a giant granite boulder on which her house sits rather than the black soil that dominates the land on which the village and surrounding farmland is located.
Something small and rodent-like scampers out of view. DC 15: you are pretty sure it looked like it was diseased and malnourished.
The cellar is cluttered with old wooden artefacts such as buckets, barrels, and even a chest covered by a pile of old rotted sacks.
If they clean out the cellar they have a DC 18 chance of noticing a circle of old wax poured on the stone, and strange writing within its circle. At midnight this magic circle turns any ordinary corpse into an undead zombie. The rat is an undead zombie rat with 1+1HD. Edda killed it the previous day and saw it scurrying around the day after causing her to think there was more than one rat.
1b- this section of hewn wall looks like a number of smaller stones have been used to brick up a hole. It will be noticed on a DC12.
2- hidden in a hole behind the stone bricks is a mask of bone, a holy symbol and magic item of Thanatos. It will allow the wearer the ability to cast a circle of zombie animation.
Circle of Zombie Animation (6th level)
Range: Touch
Duration: permanent until dispelled
Effect: creates a ritual circle which will turn any corpse in the prepared circle into a zombie once per midnight. The circle requires An hour of preparation time using wax and blood of the caster.
Earning XP
Desecrating the wax circle earns 100xp.
Destroying the Bone Mask is worth 500xp.
Selling the bone mask is worth 18,000gp
Chaotic PCs might be interested in keeping the bone mask as it is a powerful magic item.
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