
↑ Christopher Perkins (November 2018).Boyd, Ed Greenwood, Christopher Lindsay, Sean K. They were not allowed to inflict bodily harm on each other. According to Halaster's rules, the first to capture the lich's phylactery would be freed from the dungeon. The two genies had been imprisoned by Halaster in the dungeon and competed for freedom by attempting to rid the Runestone Caverns of the lich Ezzat, who had set up residence there. Inhabitants Īround 1492 DR, the complex was inhabited by the marid Ichthyglug the Voluminous and the dao Jarûk the Prismatic. The crew of the derelict ship, which included H'Cathan orogs, gray slaadi, and the mind flayer captain N'ghathrod, were left to fend for themselves in the cave complex. In the late 15 th century DR, the spelljammer Scavenger was captured by Halaster, teleported into the Caverns of Ooze, and stripped of its spelljamming helm. Ĭaptain N'ghathrod and a miniature giant space hamster on the bridge of the Scavenger. Hamster wheel definition, a cylindrical framework, usually within a cage, that is rotated by a hamster or other small animal running inside of it. A tunnel excavated by a purple worm led to the Runestone Caverns.A blood-sipping portal led to the Maze Level.A portal among a pair of menhirs led to the Terminus Level.A portal within the caverns led to Seadeeps.There were several known exits from the Caverns of Ooze: The crew was rescued by marids, but the ship was never found. Entrance Ī tunnel descended into the Caverns from Vanrakdoom and led to the site of the shipwrecked cog Blue Opal, which had sunk in Deepwater Harbor under mysterious circumstances. It was surrounded by intelligent oozes, originally drow and duergar worshipers who had been transformed by Halaster. Ī shrine dedicated to Ghaunadaur existed in a cavern on the level. It sometimes spontaneously formed pseudopods that resembled living creatures.

The ooze smelled like rotten eggs and had a yellowish-brown coloration. A large portion of the caverns were covered in a nonliving ooze that flowed from the Swamp of Oblivion through an orb placed in one of the caverns by Halaster Blackcloak.
