# [[005_20201213 Sharkfeather Abyss]] ## Session Summary Boerth interrupted the interrogation of Dajarkal to report that "something weird" is happening above deck. We rushed above, expecting an attack, but instead find unnatural stillness and quiet. Boris and Lira decided to heal up and take a short rest. Meanwhile, Ora confronted Three Earrings about being a changeling. Ora told her she was a changeling, looking for a tabaxi changeling that she'd heard was on Palma Flora. Ora also told Three Earrings that she was maybe looking for her mother or her village, and that she was attempting to hide from her father. Three Earrings said she had not heard of changelings, but that they did have a tabaxi on board not too long ago-- a woman named Lin had paid for passage from Palma Flora to Port Damali. Above deck, Lira and Boris spotted sahuagins climbing up onto the side of the ship. Seeing that they had been spotted, one of the sahuagins called forth an abomination from the sea, a grotesque mass that looked oddly like the innkeeper Abari. During the fight, Ora noticed a few odd things about Three Earrings. After we killed the abomination, Three Earrings asked us to take the source out to prevent more from being made. We put on our breathing bubbles and dove down to the surface, where we found sahuagins in the middle of what looked like a ritual to turn a dead villager into one of those abominations. We easily dispatched whom we assume to be Selachai, taking her rod, and the other sahuagins ran away as soon as the connection between Selachai and the rod was broken. A few treasures in hand, excluding one that eluded Boris's grasp, we were welcomed aboard by Captain Three Earrings (once we had handed over the rod), who said that it was time to come clean. *"I'm part of the Revelry," CTE says. "And now, after what you've done, so are you."* ^summary - Quests: [[Tide of Retribution]] ## Housekeeping - [x] "Ora still has a bardic inspiration die." ## Recap ![[004_20201206 The Clovis Concord vs The Revelry#^summary]] ## Strong start - Heidi: "We're about an hour away, cap'n" - [[Boerth]] breaks into the room, panting. "Cap'n! You're gonna wanna come above deck to see this! Something weird is happening." Leaves right away. Everything is still: no wind, noise. ## Scenes - [x] Arrival above [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FiveSharkfeather Abyss]], where [[Palma Flora]] used to be - [x] [[Captain Three Earrings]] arrives on deck a bit later than the players. The hawk ([[Dajarkal]]) later lands on her shoulder as the fight begins. - [x] 8 sahuagin and 3 sharkboard abominations potentially surprise the crew - [x] [[Heidi Axebeard]] will cast Cure Wounds (acolyte) twice on Boris to get him up if needed. - 1d8 +3 - [x] **ENCOUNTER**: Sahuagin attempts to cleave CTE but as we watch, Hawk-Dajarkal casts [[Barkskin]] on CTE and then flies away, just in time for the Sahuagin's weapon get slightly embedded into CTE's leather armor. - [x] During the fight, players notice that CTE is faster than before ([[Longstrider]]) and there are some flowers in her wake ([[Druidcraft]]). - [x] [[Selachai]]'s ritual - # Secrets and Clues - [ ] [[Dajarkal]] was taken by the same slavers that took [[Lira]]. #[[Secrets]] - [x] [[Dajarkal]] and [[Captain Three Earrings]] are in love. #[[Secrets]] - [x] [[Dajarkal]] is a druid and can shapeshift. #[[Secrets]] - [x] One of the Sharkbody Abominations is [[Abari]], the innkeep. - [x] [[Selachai]] does not want to harm the players. She wants to see if she can use them to punish some wrongdoing surface dwellers by helping her free [[Uk'otoa]]. #[[Secrets]] - "[ ] **How Selachai got her powers.** [[Selachai]] got her powers when her desperate prayers touched the consciousness of [[Uk'otoa]]. #[[Secrets]]" - "[x] **The Revelry headquarters is in Darktow.** [[Darktow]] is the island of the pirates and the [[Plank King]]. #[[Secrets]]" - "[ ] **The Myriad trafficks in slaves. ** Slave trade is booming, and its base of operations in the [[Menagerie Coast]] is [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Port Damali]], headed by the [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/The Myriad]]. Pleasure slaves, particularly tieflings, are extremely in vogue right now. #[[Secrets]]" - "[x] **Changeling tabaxi in Damali.** There was a tabaxi named [[Aro]] who was on the [[The Wavechaser]], but she got off the boat in [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Port Damali]]. She is actually [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FivePort Damali/Aro]], [[Ora]]'s twin. #[[Secrets]]" - "[ ] **Revelry ramping up vs Concord.** [[The Revelry]] has been harrassing and confiscating cargo from [[Clovis Concord]] ships along major trade routes as retaliation for the high taxes the Concord is levying. #[[Secrets]]" ## Fantastic Locations - [x] [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FiveSharkfeather Abyss]] - [ ] [[Darktow]] - [ ] [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Port Damali]] ## NPCs - "[[The Wavechaser]] crew" - "[[Captain Three Earrings]]" - ""[[Boerth]] (Male Human). This darkly handsome, chaotic neutral [bandit](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/bandit) is heavyset and strong, and has a keen mind for games of chance. He hails from [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Port Damali]]. Boerth doesn’t trust anyone—especially his fellow Revelry sailors. -- carpenter"" - ""[[Dajarkal]] (Female Half-Orc). This lawful neutral [druid](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/druid) is soft-spoken and likes animals more than other people. She joined __Wavechaser__’s crew a week ago in [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Nicodranas]]—as a mercenary spy for the [[Clovis Concord]] tasked with identifying Revelry pirates. She secretly casts [animal messenger](https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/animal-messenger) every evening to send reports on __Wavechaser__’s whereabouts to her superiors."" - ""[[Dillyu]] (Male Sea Elf). This green-complexioned, chaotic good [bandit](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/bandit) joined the crew only a few days before. As a result, he has no idea yet that he’s working on a pirate vessel. Dillyu spent most of his life in [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FivePort Zoon]] after losing his family to a sahuagin raid as a child, and he hates the sea devils with a passion. -- boatswain"" - ""[[Heidi Axebeard]] (Female Dwarf). This lawful evil [acolyte](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/acolyte) is the ship’s pilot and first mate, and she has a knack for predicting the weather. She hails from [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FiveGrimgolir]] in the [[Dwendalian Empire]] but has spent decades navigating the sea. Heidi has fought sahuagin on multiple occasions but has never seen them wield magic like whatever caused [[Flora Isle]] to sink beneath the sea. -- first mate"" - ""[[Kijori]] (Male Human). This tan-skinned, chaotic neutral [bandit](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/bandit) is the ship’s navigator. Despite his muscled physique, he isn’t very strong. A philanderer who hails from [[ttrpgs/The Slayers Five/Port Damali]], Kijori is a fool and isn’t suspicious of anyone."" - [[Selachai]] - # Monsters - Ambush - "1 [sharkbody abomination](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/sharkbody-abomination)" - "1 [sahuagin](https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/sahuagin)" - [[ttrpgs/The Slayers FiveSharkfeather Abyss]] - [[Selachai]] - # Loot - "[x] [Rod of retribution](https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/rod-of-retribution) (500 gp for players if sold)" - CTE - ""[x] [[Wraps of Silence]]"" - box Lira - ""__Wondrous item, minor tier, common__"" - ""A set of ten pieces of cloth (5' square) so fine that they look like tissue. Each one can be applied to a non-living item to render it permanently silent."" - ""[x] 20 Walloping Arrows"" - Ora - ""__Ammunition, generic variant, minor tier, common__"" - ""This ammunition packs a wallop. A creature hit by the ammunition must succeed on a DC 10 Strength saving throw or be knocked [prone](https://5e.tools/conditionsdiseases.html#prone_phb)."" - ""[x] Mystery Key"" - Ora - ""__Wondrous item, minor tier, common__"" - ""A question mark is worked into the head of this key. The key has a 5 percent chance of unlocking any lock into which it's inserted. Once it unlocks something, the key disappears."" - ""[x] Ring of swimming"" - Ora - ""Ring, uncommon You have a swimming speed of 40 feet while wearing this ring."" - - Boris saw the dodecahedron, but did not reach it. He does not yet know it is the symbol of the Kryn Dynasty. - "I'm part of the Revelry," CTE says. "And now, after what we've been through, so are you." - Ora got one level of exhaustion: disadvantage on ability checks.