TACTICS:  This bunch has had much time to prepare for the party's 
  arrival.  They will be fully prepared for combat...
  ROUND 1 : Xusia will greet the party with a Pyromania spell, while
    Terrorek will send a blade barrier of finger snakes at them after
    Xusia's spell.  Strabonius will prepare for melee, while Von Drek
    will turn into a bat and fly above the party, waiting for the most
    opportune moment to strike.  Gorgorax, already having made 4 mirror
    images of himself, will advance, perhaps using his telepathy power
    to read characters' minds.  The four golems will ring the party,
    but stay at a distance of 30'.  Note that the room will be dark,
    except when spells light it up; Strabonius has already consumed
    his potion of infravision.
  ROUND 2 : Xusia will send Evard's Black Tentacles at the party (he
    generates at least 32 tentacles...), and Terrorek will Transmute
    Rock to Mud under their feet, simultaneously.  Von Drek may or
    may not attack, depending on circumstances.  Strabonius and the
    golems will wait for anyone who escapes the mud and/or the Evard's
    Tentacles.  Gorgorax will use his reverse gravity power on some
    character if circumstances permit.
  FURTHER ROUNDS : Xusia and Terrorek will try to stay back and use
    their spells, while the others provide melee support.  The golems
    will be used first, as they are expendable.  If Xusia is physically
    attacked, he will use his Rod of Death to smite offenders and
    hopefully turn them into undead (he is by no means afraid to engage
    in melee combat).  The evil ones, in general, will flee or escape
    if things get bad, but they should be powerful enough to give as
    much as they get.  Strabonius and Xusia will almost certainly
    escape; if Xusia leaves, the entire complex will collapse within
    an hour's time.  



(18)  This is the first chamber found along a long hallway.  It is the 
lair of Von Drek, the vampire.  The chamber is furnished with dark,
Gothic things - portraits of gloomy castles, dank swamps, foggy plains,
etc.  The huge, engraved hardwood coffin is padded with silken cushions
inside, and contains no soil (Von Drek keeps himself meticulously clean
for a vampire).  A large barrel of unholy water leans against a wall.
An antique dresser holds a variety of dark-shaded clothes and robes.
There is a bookshelf, with a series of history books detailing Oerth's
progress in the last few millenia.  Other tomes discuss both ancient 
and modern politics and theology; an entire section is devoted just to
military history.  The vampire lord has a keen interest in these topics.
  Another wooden item, this one a rack, contains various weapons and
warfare-related things.  A shortsword +2, of quickness rests in its
sheath in this rack, alongside a pair of +2 daggers.  A normal, but
expensively ornamented longsword hangs here also (value 4000 gp), next
to a rapier +4 and a whip +3.  A suit of chain mail +2 and a medium
shield +1 are propped up as well.
  On one wall hangs a trophy case, which contains various medallions
and decorative insignia, things that Von Drek has collected over the
centuries.  One of the medals is actually a medallion of ESP (the
vampire does not care to wear it, since it gives him headaches). 


(19)  This is the next chamber, the quarters of Strabonius.  He is one of
Xusia's few living minions, because even Xusia has use for living agents
to roam the lands without incident, and Strabonius is as evil-minded as he
is competent.  To one side is a gleaming suit of full plate - plate of the
deep.  Nearby is a longsword of rusting in a thick leather sheath.  On
a wall hang two quivers; one is an everfull quiver, the other contains 9
screaming arrows, 6 flare arrows, and an arrow of summoning.  Both of these
quivers were taken from Hawk (cf 16d) when he was incapacitated.
  A matching king-size bed, dresser, and nightstand are in here; all of
these items are of hardwood stained a deep crimson...the anti-paladin's
wardrobe is simple and efficient, mostly suited for travel or combat.
Since he isn't undead, Strabonius needs light to see; a pillar in here
has been enchanted with a variable continual light spell, allowing it
to be dim or bright as desired.  A steel basin in one corner is kept
filled by a decanter of endless water.  A heating stone keeps the room
continually warm, for it is somewhat cold in this dungeon.
  In another corner is a round well.  This actually leads down to a deep
underground pit, full of nameless slimes and oozes.  Strabonius has
developed a nasty habit of bringing captured women and girls to his
room.  They always disappear shortly afterwards, never to be seen again...
  A few pictures ornament the wall; all depict violent and bloody
things, such as sacrifices and massacres.


(20)  This room is the chamber of Terrorek, Xusia's second-in-command.  A
wooden table has an opened book - a divine tome of stellar bodies - which
Terrorek has been reading recently.  A massive bookshelf contains more
tomes on such subjects - the lich priest's interest lies with other worlds
and planes.  A shabby bed and a broken-down dresser are the only furniture
in this chamber; Terrorek doesn't much care about his living accomodations.
  One of the books in his collection is a book of infinite spells, though,
and another is actually a collection of scrolls with priest spells. 


(21)  This is Xusia's living quarters.  There is a spell on the entrance
such that any entry will immediately alert Xusia.  Beyond the door, there
is a lavish chamber with many decorations.  A large desk is covered with
papers and scrolls, with some odd paperweights (small skull, a half-
sphere of diamond, a crystal egg, etc.).  Several couches and old chairs
are scattered about, and a walk-in closet holds many robes on wall pegs.
There is no bed (Xusia never rests or pretends to).  Three bookcases and
two large chests hold the lich's other possessions.
  Among the papers on the desk are a journal (which incinerates itself
upon examination - Xusia has several copies in other places) of his
deeds and plans, a spell book containing the spells he has currently
memorized (only a fraction of the total number he knows), a large map
of Oerth (with several large red "X"s marked; one is Greyhawk City,
another a possible tarrasque lair, etc.).  Also on the desk are a quill
of dictation and some ancient Sueloise scrolls.  In one drawer is a
short rod with a shriveled hand at one end - a Bigby's Talisman.
  In one chest is a pouch of holding, containing two Tears of the Gods
(black, blue) and six perfect rubies (5000 gp value each).  Also in
this chest are a folded robe of teeth, a girdle of femininity/masculinity,
a scroll with a terrible curse (leprosy; only curable by a Heal spell
from a priest of 18th level or higher), and a scarab of death.  A tube
contains scrolls with some of the new spells in the Appendix (DMs choice).
  The second chest is locked with three locks, each containing a poison
needle trap (poison is powerful, -4 on saves) and explosive runes as
well, cast by Xusia himself.  It is lined with glass, even inside the lid,
and contains powerful acid.  Under a false bottom (beneath the glass
layer) is a cylindrical niche, which contains the Dreaded Staff of Count
Astoc and the sword Ithalmar.  The chest is bolted to the floor.  Xusia
has hidden these relics for fear that they might be used against his
plans, if left in the world. 
  One area of this room has a painting stand, with a nearby stack of
blank canvas sheets.  On the stand is a cheap-looking paintbrush -
actually a Brush of Creation.  This powerful artifact has not been
left unprotected, however - Xusia has placed a Pushpop spell on it
(see appendices), which will cause it to teleport itself far away if
touched by anyone other than Xusia himself.  
  A sword of Yol is sheathed and hangs over the desk, on a peg.  The
wall is decorated by many paintings, some done by the lich himself
(without the magical brush, of course).   
   

(22)  This is a long hallway, 20' wide by 20' high and about 100' long.  
It leads westward into the crypts, area 23.

(23)  A pair of 20' high (and 10' wide each) bronze doors open into the
crypts.  This huge area is essentially a cylinder, 50' in radius, and the
bottom of the cylinder is about 500' down.  A ramp winds around the outer
perimeter of the room (about 10' wide), going both upwards and downwards 
(about 500' either way).  There are various chambers spaced around this
peripheral ramp...about 3000 in all, since the total room height is about
1000'.  These side rooms are the lairs of all the various undead that Xusia
created or converted.  Some of the rooms are mere 10'x 10'x 10' areas, with
one or perhaps two minor undead; others are deeper and contain powerful
undead or families.  There are a LOT of undead here; the number can be
suited to fit the campaign and party, but Xusia has cleaned out three small
towns already and at least six graveyards, plus he had a sizable number of
corpses already.  A typical assortment for the room might be about ten times
the numbers found guarding the keep where Skorvus was found, plus perhaps
fifty vampires (with a good half of them being spell-casters), two dozen
liches (ranging from 11th to 18th level in ability), and several death
knights, undead anti-paladins, etc.  These undead may have treasures of
their own, as appropriate, but getting such loot will probably not be a
feasible thing.  This is one of those rooms that you retreat from and try
to seal forever.  Perhaps Hawk (cf room 16d) could use his orb here, or
the party may have an item that could help, but a battle proper will 
surely prove fatal for the party.
  The occupants of this room are currently doing nothing useful, for the
most part.  A few of the lesser undead are hauling cargo along at various
points on the ramp (cargo being rotting meat and kegs of dirty water and
such things).  If a party stays here for long, it will surely come to
the attention of some of the undead, though.
  When it is time to attack a new town or farm, Xusia usually uses his
spell of mass teleportation to open a gateway from here to the target
site, allowing the undead a pathway to assault the living. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES:
  An Arch-Lich is like a normal lich except:
    1)  armor class is -6 due to semi-material, shady form
    2)  a +4 or greater (!) weapon is needed to injure it
    3)  all levels count as hit dice when figuring hit points
    4)  ditto for thac0 derivation
    5)  touch does 3-30 of chilling damage rather than 1-10