Shipwreck Beach is the southeastern coast of [[Rumblecusp]]. The landscape there is less lush in vegetation than the southwestern shores. It is rocky, with many cliffs ending sharply at beaches, but the rocks are covered with a green moss. ![[shipwreck-beach.png]] ![[shipwreck-beach-2.png]] The curves of the coast occasionally reveal white sand beaches against sharp drops from the white rock, and most beaches house several shipwrecks. > The precipice juts out into the open air before you. As you approach the cliff, cautiously, a few bits of rock and debris break from the edge, disturbed by your movement. They tumble down the sheer wall of rock, bouncing off jagged edges and resilient shrubbery until they reach the ground far below. ![[shipwreck-beach-3.png]] ## Airship ruins > The sheer, crumbling cliffs of the plateau provide a harrowing climb, but you manage to scale the rocky rise. At its summit, you find a magnificent view of the wilderness, sprawling in all directions in an infinite, green and white expanse. The cliffs are made of a white stone that looks almost blinding in the sunlight, but they're topped by a lush mossy sheen and a few large trees that grow somehow, seemingly impossibly, from all this rock. Flocks of birds circle below, and in the distance, you spy the ruins of what looks like a ship that is nestled in the valleys between hills, but far from the sea and seemingly misplaced. Parts of it seem to have crashed among the boughs of a massive tree and are held aloft by little more than tangled, knotted vines. Loot: - large ruby red gem that is dead. (brumestone from [[Alsfarin Union]]) - crest of [[The Farrimonds]] ## Shipwreck Caves ### What's happening - [[The Grim Accord]] came by and took _The Misty Sorcerer_ while the party was gone. They claimed that they had killed Vokodo, and one of them, a beautiful woman, convinced the other people to help them. ### Description > Before you see it, you smell the difference on the air. The musky mud-and-fungus scent of the caves clears, becoming light in the nose and on the lungs. When you get its rocky shore in sight, what’s most astonishing—besides its size—is the silence and stillness. Water clear as glass and flat as a mirror extends outward into a vast, low cavern, its extent and depth unknowable from your vantage point. There is a wooden bridge on stilts that leads to the nearby landmass, Shipwreck Caves. ![[shipwreck-bridge.png]] ![[shipwreck-caves.png]] ![[shipwreck-caves-2.png]] According to [[Jannika Jäger]], aka Viridian, when travelers decide to stay on the island, they are instructed to leave their vessels there. Underneath Shipwreck Caves is the underwater lair of Lightning, the dragon turtle mother of Thunder. Unfortunately, her carcass lies there rotting and half-eaten, and those who seek to capture her hoard will have to deal with the scavengers who feast on her body. ### What's happening now - [[Orly Skiffback]] and the remainder of [[The Wavechaser]] crew that CTE did not take are working on repairing the Red Treasure (Ora's ship). 150*.25 = 37.5 days to repair it, and 2500 gp. Orly will ask for some of the gold when they return, because some of the crew have been working. - A group of villagers are working on the Storm of Revenge. It will take them 37.5 days as well. - Orly, the crew, and some of the villagers have begun to set up a rudimentary camp inside the caves. Lots of people are working on ships. ### Ships There are 12 ruins of ships: - 1 is in working condition right now (100%) - 4 need minor repairs (75%) - 7 need major repairs (50%) - Pride of the Wanderer, Cargo, Sailing ship - 50% - Bawdy Victory, Mercenary, Longship - 50% - Beautiful Revenge, Military, Rowboat - 100% - Ring of endless ball bearings found here in [[033_20210807 The Harpies]] - Drunken Jester, Fishing, Galley - 50% - The party fought harpies here in [[033_20210807 The Harpies]] and spent the night on board - Royal Mermaid, Ghost, Keelboat - 50% - Sinful Kraken, Keelboat - 75% - Rambunctious Leviathan, Warship - 50% - Storm of Revenge, Longship - 50% - Ora and Boris allowed a group of Vo villagers to begin repairs on this in [[033_20210807 The Harpies]] - ~~Misty Sorcerer, Sailing ship - 75%~~ - Drunken Prince, Longship - 75% - Ora and Boris got cursed when they stumbled across a half-finished arcane ritual here in [[033_20210807 The Harpies]]. - ==Red Treasure, Sailing ship - 75%== - Ora has chosen this as her ship - Also has the Immediate Anchor - The Twilight Tide, Sailing ship - 50% ## Encounters ### Encounters by the coast/caves | Roll | Encounter | | ----- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1-4 | Another group of villagers going towards the ships | | 5-7 | lone dryad who drinks water with the Encode Thoughts potion on purpose | | 8-9 | party of Kryn Dynasty soldiers that had been left behind | | 11 | abandoned wooden hut with a feral girl wearing a periapt of proof against poison | | 12 | 1d10 griffons with riders looking for Eryn | | 13-14 | 1d4+3 merrow, part of nearby tribe that killed Lightning | | 15 | pseudodragon worshipped by kobolds | | 16 | NPC | | 17 | NPC | | 18-19 | 2d10 ostracized winged kobolds that have learned to live on the rock face | | 20 | NPC | ### Ship encounters | Roll | Encounter | | ---- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | Carnivorous Ship, ToB II p. 56 | | 2 | Map Mimic: https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/1624929-map-mimic | | 3 | Random curse: p.249 of GM's Book of Random Encounters - d100 | | 4 | Clockwork weaving spider (1, ToB p. 66) | | 5 | 1d6 Cobbleswarm (2, ToB p. 68) | | 6 | a feral little girl wearing a periapt of proof against poison | | 7 | A large gold coin bearing the crest of the Kryn Dynasty and the queen | | 8 | Book about the Arms of the Betrayer Gods | ^ship