Quasqueton Room #45 - Cavern of the Mystical Stone

Purpose / Function

This is the heart of Quasqueton. The magic stone is formed of micha. If you break off a stone and place it in your mouth, it will bestow a random effect.

Design

The room is 20ft square.

Entries

There is a northern passage that leads to the stone

Contents & Furnishings

This is the resting place for a large. glowing chunk of rock which appears to be mica. The stone radiates magic strongly.

Valuables

The stone rests permanently in its place and is not removable.

Although chips can easily be broken off the rock by hand, only one chip at a time may be broken away; until anything is done with it, the rest of the rock will remain impervious to breaking.

Various tests have shown some of the effects are as followed:

• Immediately teleports the character and his gear to the webbed cave (room 42)

• Immediately blinds the character for 1-6 hours of game time (no combat, must be led by other adventurers)

• Raises strength rating permanently by 1 point

• Raises charisma rating permanently by 1 point

• Raises wisdom rating permanently by 1 point

• Raises intelligence rating permanently by 1 point

• Raises dexterity rating permanently by 1 point

• Lowers strength rating permanently by 1 point

• Lowers charisma rating permanently by 1 point

• Lowers intelligence rating permanently by 1 point

• Cures all damage on one character

• Causes Invisibility for 1-6 hours of game time (subject to normal restrictions)

• Poison (saving throw at + 1)

• Makes a 500 g .p. gem (pearl) appear in character's hand

• Gives a permanent + 1 to any single weapon carried by character (if more than one now carried, roll randomly to determine which)

• Heals all lost hit points of character (if any)

• Causes idiocy for 1-4 hours (unable to function intelligently or fight, must be led by other adventurers)

• Gives a special one-time bonus of 1-6 hit points to the character (these are the first ones lost the next time damage or injury is taken)

• Gives a curse: the character will sleep for 72 hours straight each month, beginning one day before and ending one day after each new moon (can only be removed by a remove curse spell)

• Has no effect

RUINED STRUCTURE
968

Founding Date

958

Type

Room, Natural, Cavern

Parent Location

Lower Levels

Owner

Mistress Melissa

Ruling/Owning Rank

Quasqueton Keeper of Quasqueton

Owning Organization

Explorer's Guild