Blood Baths

The iron stench of blood floods this chamber. Along one wall, a row of gore-filled pools sink into the floor. Blood trails and bloody footprints run between the pools.

When they awake each day, the yuan-ti ritually bathe in the blood of sacrifices. The blood is contained within these stone baths and heated by thermal vents underneath each pool. When the characters enter, four yuan-ti purebloods and two type 2 yuan-ti malisons bathe in the warm pools. Five slaves in loincloths (male and female Chultan human commoners of various alignments) tend to their every need. Give names to slaves as needed (see the “Chultan Names” sidebar in the book’s introduction).
The blood-drenched yuan-ti keep their weapons at the back of each alcove. If they hear the gong alarm sound, the yuan-ti command their slaves to remain here while they arm themselves and head quickly to area 9. If combat breaks out here, reinforcements from area 17 arrive in 1d3 rounds.