D23: Room 1-17 The Temple of the Leaping Oracle; Northern Rogue's Chute

This level of the dungeon has four hidden passages that dungeoneers call Rogue Chutes. These rogue chutes offer the party an alternate route through the dungeon and a mechanism to bypass some of the rooms on this level.

Northern Rogue's Chute

Ancient Marianans incorporated essential halls into the architecture of state buildings as a means of allowing attendants to move about the building without interfering with the lord or their guests.

Design

Shaped from structural Coral, This dark five-foot-wide corridor is lined with stylized Aquan runes

woven across the surfaces inside. "ōng gêngqi - Walk the Path"

Entries

For clarity, the Entries to this corridor are numbered West to East.

Door One  

Strong Coral Panel (Hardness 15; 30 hp) that leads into the Northwest Parapet

Door Two  

Strong Coral Panel (Hardness 15; 30 hp) that opens into the Acolyte's study

Door Three 

Strong Coral Panel (Hardness 15; 30 hp) that opens into the Kitchen

Door Four  

Strong Coral Panel (Hardness 15; 30 hp) that opens into the Temple Entryway

Trap

Treasure

The skeletal corpse of a Merianan lays against the eastern wall of the chute, wearing the tattered remains of their blue robes; searching among the rags and bones yields a Scroll of Least (lvl 1) Magic Missile