The Ziggurat of Ngbabaturca - Post Apocalyptic Mars Adventure Encounter

The illusionary nature of the Ziggurat makes this a deadly place to visit 

The Ziggurat of Ngbabaturca
At the polar ice caps of  Mars are two twin cities that are known as the Ziggurat Of Time & The Lost. Illusions of green grasses, welcome sands, & flowing waters beckon the lonely & lost. Those who venture into the seemingly welcome embrace of the structure find only blood &sand to welcome them instead.
The Time Pylons 
The Ziggurat is surrounded by a scattered plylons of greenish glowing metal. These of these structures focuses planar & tachyon energy  toward the Ziggurat & the buried alien city.
Each pylon is controlled through a series of psychic matrices. Each of these crystals responds to both the power of the mind & life essence. 
The ziggurat itself is built into the side of a mountain & snakes its way to a central plaza into the hallowed out under  the mountain. 
The place is guarded by a group of ancient Lovecraftian horrors from beyond the Outer Darkness They will guard the place against all explorers & intruders.
They patrol the ruins keeping the place free from debris & making repairs where necessary. 

The location of The Ziggurat of Ngbabaturca

The strange ruins of the ziggurat & its surrounding ruined underground city extend some 22,000 levels down. The ruins snake their way down through the polar valley floors. 

 
Points of Interest 
 

The Halls of Reflections 
Here hordes of time stasis Yithians await the centuries but for what purpose is unknown. There are over 75 of the aliens intact here but the rest are ruined & dead. 

Reservoir of Knowledge 
A vast 250 foot pool of liquid memories awaits those who enter this room. A reservoir of psionic energy & memories sits. The stories & knowledge of a million races awaits. These minds reflect & contemplate eternity. They have no real agenda of their own except what the person gives to them. With no will of their own they will answer any & all questions put to them. Some of these answers may drive those who ask insane or worse.
A fake Yithian librarian is on staff to help with inquires.
 
The Orb Of Expansion & Reason 


An orb of 40 foot around floats in mid air here. It will reach out with an alien intelligence into the mind of those viewing it. It will plunge them into the time streams. The orb itself is made from solid tachyon mists & unstable particles. The person's mind is the guide for the orb & acts as its stable instrumentality. The orb can plunge someone 1d1000 years X  intelligence. There is a 60 % that the Hounds of  Tindalos may follow a person through time & space once the orb has them. It will take 1d20 weeks for such a creature to catch up with them.
 


One Voice Many Faces 
These are minds of  those who have ventured to closely to the center of time to know the secrets of the Great Nuclear Chaos itself. They are in pain & highly insane. These minds will lash out with a deadly psionic blast to share that pain. Each blast does 1d6 points of damage & lowers the intelligence of the target by 2 points unless a save versus wands is made. The minds can be secreted back behind a Greater Barrier of  Psychic Energy if the victims mind brushes against it.
 


The Ziggurat Of  Ngbabaturca Random Encounters 1d10  

1. Time Lost Red Martian Warriors 1d10 2nd level  
2. 3 Hit Point Nanite Cloud 1d3 damage per round. Will attack anything with an energy signature 
3. 1d10 mini machines of alien origin that will buzz the players & play merry havoc with any electronic devices for 3 rounds 
4. A series of strange rain bows surrounds each person in the party. They will whisper strange secrets of space & time to the victim. They will have to make a wisdom roll to not  give in to the mind numbing effects of these whispers of blasphemy & cosmic nonsense . 
5. A Hound of Tindalos is reflected out of the corner of the eye of the victim. They must make a saving throw not to be pursued by the monster. It will chase them otherwise for 1d10 years showing up at very incontrovertibly at the wrong time 
6. Two 3 hit point chaos elementals appear near the party & attack 
7. Lose 3 hours each & appear back where the party started randomly 
8. A vast alien city is seen on the horizon & 1d4 horrors begin to stalk the party. This lasts for 3 rounds & then it all vanishes 
9. The vast bulk of Hastur appears before the party with his back to them. There is a 40% of the Great Old One turning around & causing everyone to lose 2 intelligent points & 1 wisdom point before the vision vanishes. If it was a vision! 
10. A time door way appears infront of the party & they are swallowed up only to reappear at the twin city of  ziggurat. There is only a 10% chance of them realizing what has happened.
    There is a 30% of a shaggoth appearing randomly caught in the time field  & teleported across time & space from when the Great Race &The Elder Things were at war! These shaggoths are very angry & hungry.