View source for Volcanic Nexus (3.5e Location)

=== Location Activation ===

When the sun is overhead on the longest day of the year, a 5ft. wide circular ring at the base of the core, 30 ft. in diameter, surrounding the glass pillar at the core's center, begins to glow red. The glass pillar glows a brilliant white, shining right through the ash covering it. Magical power floods the area and the glowing circular ring of earth transforms into furiously flowing magma, which, flowing as fast as water, jets in a skyward spiral, walling in the center of the core with lava. Creatures standing in the volcanic nexus have their eyes glow red while they absorb the magical power. The pheomenon lasts for 15 minutes.

Underneath the glass pillar , in a chamber about 15 ft. below the core, a portal to the elemental plane of fire bursts open. When the effect ends, the equivalent of a CR 8 encounter worth of monsters from the elemental plane of fire have made their way to the core of the volcano. Usually they will be hostile, but depending on the composition of monsters, some of them might be reasoned with.

Example encounter groups:

* 2 [[SRD:Fire Elemental#HUGE|huge fire elementals]]
* 8 [[SRD:Water Elemental#LARGE|large fire elementals]]
* 4 [[SRD:Water Elemental#LARGE|large fire elementals]] and 8 [[SRD:Fire Mephit|fire mephits]] or 8 [[SRD:Magma Mephit|magma mephits]]
* 1 [[SRD:Efreeti|efreet]]
* 4 [[SRD:Salamander|salamanders]]
* 2 [[SRD:Salamander|salamanders]] and 16 [[SRD:Salamander|flamebrother salamanders]]
* 1 [[SRD:Seven-Headed Hydra|seven-headed pyro hydra]]
* 1 level 5 [[SRD:Azer|azer]] [[SRD:Cleric|cleric]] and 4 level 3 [[SRD:Azer|azer]] [[SRD:Fighter|fighters]]
* 64 [[SRD:Thoqqua|thoqquas]] (these might burrow out of the volcano instead of attacking the party and instead attack a nearby town)
Author	Aarnott +
Identifier	3.5e Location +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	In the core of a dormant volcano, on the longest day of the year when the sun is directly overhead, fiery powers are invoked. +
Title	Volcanic Nexus +
Type	Magical Location +