Keep the Nettle Sluice Shut
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Nettle SluiceCrane YardKesh Steps
Combat EncounterDND5E 2024Party L3 · 4 PCs
Keep the Nettle Sluice Shut
Read Aloud
The iron sluice shudders as water pounds behind it. Three goblins scramble across the timber yard toward the control wheel while a broad bugbear drags a hooked chain up the steps. If the gate opens, the flood takes the workers below.
Forces
3xGoblinsSKIRMISHER
Nimble Escape · Scimitar · Shortbow
CR1/4
AC15
HP7
1xBugbearBRUISER
Brute · Morningstar · Javelin
CR1
AC16
HP27
Battlefield Zones
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Nettle Sluice
A 25-foot stone platform beside the iron gate; the control wheel is here.
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Crane Yard
A 25-foot timber yard with waist-high stacks that provide half cover.
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Kesh Steps
A 25-foot stair cut into the wall; loose stones make the upper steps difficult terrain.
Terrain Levers
- Cut the rope holding the counterweight: the sluice drops, flooding the lower yard.
- Kick loose the stacked timber: it creates half cover and blocks one 5-foot lane.
- Open the side drain: water turns the stone floor slippery until the next round.
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