Avernal Vortex
Level 22Hazard (Complex)HazardUniqueLargeRemaster
AC 0
HP 0
Speed 0 ft.
Fort +0
Ref +0
Will +0
Perc +0
Size Large
Unique
Complex Hazard
Stealth +42
Disable DC 50 arcana (master) or DC 50 religion (master) to allow the group to traverse along the portal tunnel; six total successes are required to complete the journey; a PC who succeeds at a DC 48 acrobatics, DC 48 athletics, or DC 48 survival check as a 2-action activity grants themselves a +2 circumstance bonus to AC and saves against the hazard's routine for 1 round (on a critical success, they can also grant this bonus to one other PC)
Recall Knowledge arcana DC 54
Abilities
Gaze of Barbatos↺defensive
Trigger A living creature enters the portal tunnel --- Effect As the PCs begin to pierce planar boundaries, they feel they've caught the attention of the archdevil Barbatos, ruler of Avernus. Each creature in the tunnel must attempt a DC 45 will save. The hazard then rolls initiative. --- Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature is Stupefied 1 for 1 round and Frightened 1. Failure The creature is Stupefied 2 for 1 minute and Frightened 2. Critical Failure The creature is Stupefied 3 for 1 minute and Frightened 3.
Description
The edges of the extraplanar tunnel seem to writhe with malevolence, as if preventing unwanted souls from passing through.