Chapter 4: Dis, the City of Burning Iron - Chains of Asmodeus

Chapter 4: Dis, the City of Burning Iron. At the center of the Agora of Floating Knives sits Orishada's Palace. Named for its ruler, the Iron Lord Dispater, Dis is the second layer of the Nine Hells and largely dominated by the city of the same name which is ringed by jagged mountains. Within the city, characters may find some of the items they're searching for. Running This Chapter Before running this chapter read the "Dis Overview" section. It provides you with everything you need to guide your players through Dis and its sprawling city. Encounters After arriving in Dis, the players must either navigate the River Styx or follow the Iron Road to venture into the City of Dis. Their destination is the Agora of Floating Knives with Orishada's Palace at its center. Whilst on the river, journeying into the city, roll at least once on the Random Encounters in Dis table. 1 A pack of six lemure have escaped the mines they were working. Four hell hounds pursue close behind. 2 Eight spined devil attack without provocation, mostly just for sport. They retreat from opponents who give as good as they get. 3 The characters notice an imp crouching on the rooftops, presumably spying on them. 4 A githyanki trade caravan makes its way toward the City of Dis. A half dozen githyanki knight on young red dragon provide protection. 5 A lone barbed devil approaches and demands 100 gp as tax for traveling across Dispater's realm. If he is attacked, he calls upon a pair of war devil (see appendix B) circling hundreds of feet above to protect him. 6 A blazing orb of iron, seemingly ejected from a faraway mine, lands on a random character. It explodes and that character, and each creature in 20-foot-radius sphere, must make a 17 Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 70 (20d6) fire damage and 70 (20d6) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The collected fragments of the orb are worth 2,000 gp. Random Encounters in Dis Locations When the characte...