Save the Descent into the Forge
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Upper LandingThe SwitchbackThe Hot Run
Combat EncounterDND5E 2024Party L3 · 5 PCs
Save the Descent into the Forge
Read Aloud
The stairwell drops away in cracked black stone, with orange light pulsing up through the rails. A heat burst rolls past, and the floor spits molten gas across the switchback. Then the fire takes shape, and the mephits come shrieking through the smoke.
Forces
Battlefield Zones
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Upper Landing
Top landing with broken stairs, bent rails, and one safe ledge of cold basalt.
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The Switchback
Mid-stair bend with cracked rails, sputtering vents, and knee-high slag piles.
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The Hot Run
Lower choke point where lava runoff threads through black stone and flashes orange underfoot.
Terrain Levers
- Kick loose slag to block a rail or force a creature to spend movement climbing over it.
- Shove a foe into a hot patch, slag pit, or down a cracked stair.
- Cut a rail cable or brace beam to drop a short section of stairs into a lower tunnel.
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