Secrets of the Saltmarsh
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Kingdom of Keoland
Showing the greater Kingdom of Keoland and surrounding countries. Credit to Anna B Meyer. Website https://www.annabmeyer.com/ -
Saltmarsh - Player View
The town council once commissioned a wizard to provide an accurate map of their town.
Supporting Cast
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Councillor Anders Solmor
Brash and inexperienced, Anders is enjoying the rush of being a local celebrity due to his unbridled success with his fishing and trading vessels. His energy and ambition help fuel the town's love for his rise to fame -
Councillor Eda Oweland
Eda is the current senior member of the town council as well as the owner of three fishing vessels. A native of Saltmarsh, she is keenly interested in expanding the fishing industry, but is very wary of the dwarven mining facility and the expansion of any other industry in Saltmarsh from outsiders. -
Captain Eliander Firebrand
A veteran of the royal army of Keoland, he walks upon a finely carved wooden peg. Eliander is a burly man that strikes an imposing figure, but is quite renown within Saltmarsh, because of a gift with languages. -
Councillor Gellan Primewater
Gellan runs a profitable trading company that deals primarily in textile and lumber. He shows great suspicion for this grandiose royal plan of making Saltmarsh a major trading hub. -
Councillor Manistrad Copperlocks
Once a fearsome warrior, she is Iron-willed dwarven woman that is a competent leader and savy miner with a knack for pulling off impossible jobs. She leads the mining operation near Saltmarsh and has little patience for the rest of the council who she sees as dullards.
Timelines
Timelines
Scheduled Sessions
Session 31 - A Salty Homecoming
The party returns to Saltmarsh returning the sentient painting and bringing sad tidings.
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Session 32 - The Illithive Crab
A man rushes up the docks and into Oweland's home. Curious, Adlia moves closer to overhear that this man's captain was stolen from the deck of his boat by an enormous crab. The Try-hard Misfits gather to help retrieve the missing captain.
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Session 30 - Escaping the grasp of the Agile Hand
The Try-Hard Misfits have left the guildhouse behind, but unbeknownst to them, someone saw them leave. Now the alarms are being raised and the whole town seems to turn out to waylay them.
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Session 29 - Infiltrating the Agile Hand
The party secretly infiltrates the Guildhouse to retrieve Primewater's portrait of the king.
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Session 28 - Uncorking the Dead
Karyssa has a problem with undead in the Tipsy Tavern's cellar. Will the Tryhard Misfits rise to the call?
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Session 27 - Drawing up a heist
Having cleared the natural well of the Grick, the party works out a plan to liberate the famed painting of Kimberos Skotti from the Agile Hand.
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Session 26 - Tidings within a port city
The party arrives safely at Redshore to begin exploration prior to freeing the stolen painting, but are immediately tasked with a quest to cleanse a natural well.
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Session 25 - Pursuit of the Hand
Primewater's expensive portrait of King Skotti has been stolen. Fireborn wants the Try-hard Misfits to retrieve, covertly.
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Session 24 - Joining the Band
The characters wrap up threads from last session and we add a new player before setting up next session.
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Session 23 - The Rising Tides
The party gets awakened by a loud clatter that reverberates within their rooms and head out to find the source of the din.
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Session 22 - Lizardfolk come to Saltmarsh
After returning from the island, the party needs to decide what to do regarding their prisoners, check in with the Merchant's Guild, and they discover a new encampment in town.
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Session 21 - The end of the Winding Way
The party is deep within the winding tunnels of the abbey with a foul stench invading their senses. Will their search ever end and what will they do with the veteran guards?
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Session 20 - Within the Winding Way
The party has resolved the cultists camping out in the ruins of the abbey, but they've learned that there is a secret treasure worth ten thousand gold and want to recover it before heading back to the Sea Mariner's Guild.
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Session 19 - The Skull Dunes and the Abbey
The party heads out from Saltmarsh to procure the island for the Sea Mariners guild.
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Session 18 - Interlude within Saltmarsh
The Try-hard misfits have returned from the Dwarven Mine and are catching up with activities within Saltmarsh.
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Session 17 - The Runaway Anvil
The Try-hard Misfits have discovered tracks that seem to indicate Dwarves have taken Mafera's prized anvil. Can they retrieve it before it disappears forever?
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Session 16 - The Voyage Home - Demons, Devils, and Goodbyes
The part finds itself within the cavern lair of Ixitxachitl and discover new dangers returning to the surface.
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The Voyage Home - The Froth within the Sea
The party has located Krichelle who wants some supplies from her father's ship that crashed upon the Tyrant's shards. She won't be able to pay much, but she only wants a few items from the ship that are sentimental, a Sextant and a painting of her and her father.
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The Voyage Home - The long way around
The party has just captured the Sea Princes ship "The Gladiator" and it's now time to head back toward Saltmarsh. Will they face clear skies and following winds, or will Procan frown upon their endeavor and send them astray?
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Session 13 - Death of the Emperor
Our heroes are on-board the Emperor searching for Aubreck's chest. Will they find it within the bilge? What will happen when they return back to the Soul of Winter? Are there other forces searching for it?
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Session 12 - Aboard the Emperor
Continuing the search for Aubreck's treasure chest
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The Emperor of the Waves
Aubreck Drallion heard the song Tryhard Misfit's sighting his ship the Emperor of the Waves. He has requested that the group be his boarding party to retrieve his treasured chest that includes all of the promissory notes of his fortune.
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The Corrupted Cove
The morning after returning to Saltmarsh, Capt Fireborn commissions the party in a mystery
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Session 9 - The great Azure Sea
Manistrad Copperlocks has had some mining equipment hijacked by the Sea Princes who have now approached her with a ransom fee. She's contracting the party to go negotiate on her behalf.
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The wind and the willows - the passing of time
You were able to negotiate a peace with the Lizardfolk upon learning of their upcoming war against Sahuagin and have earned several weeks of downtime. Most of the party regularly practices Draconic, while Mina works on her herbalism skill.
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Dunwater Lair
A large promontory point rises out of the marsh across the Dunwater river. The trail you've been following fords the river and then runs straight to a cave within the bedrock.
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Session 6: On the topic of Lizardfolk
Immediately after returning with the smuggler's ship, the Sea Ghost, you headed out of town to thwart zombies reeking havoc upon the town and surrounding countryside. In those 4 days away, the pirates have been questioned, the lizardfolk have been interrogated, and the contraband has been properly distributed. The lizardfolk are heading to war and the council wants to know more about their lair, particularly their defenses and offensive capability and target.
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Session 5: Securing the Sea Ghost
You've taken down the pirate crew aboard the smuggling vessel, the Sea Ghost, but you haven't had a chance to explore it. You'll want to be back at Saltmarsh by dawn in case there are other vessels out here. What cargo is the hold containing? Is there more to the request from the Lizardfolk? What do you do with the Lizardfolk?
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Session 4: The Council Reacts
You've returned to Saltmarsh in victory. You've been through the entire mansion and uncovered the reasons for it's hauntings. Now it's time to bask in the praise from the council on a job well done, receive your reward and move on to your next challenge.
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Session 3: Beneath the Haunted Mansion
As we left our heroes, they had finished exploring the second and first floors of the haunted mansion and in the last room had just heard the loud mocking words "Welcome Fools! Welcome to your deaths!" with fiendish laughter echoing away.
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Session 2: Within the Haunted Mansion
After fighting your way through the wild grounds, you have entered within the ramshackle mansion. Each of you have seen or heard furtive motive but so far no living humanoid has been seen. Is the house truly haunted? Is there a banshee waiting on the first floor?
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Session 1: Arrival to Saltmarsh
You arrived in Saltmarsh a few days ago. Hoping for hero's welcome, you are unceremoniously dumped off at The Snapping Line, a small inn and tavern built into a modified fishing vessel. What might've otherwise been quaint, feels too realistic thanks to the cramped quarters, narrow passageways, and the ever-present smell of rotting fish that has been your unwelcome companion the last few weeks on your travels. The feeling is so complete that you've sworn the floor has rolled beneath you. And just like a real ship, you're confined within its frame. The city watch guards the entrances and turns you back any time you attempt to explore the village. Today brings hopeful news, though: you and several other persons who recently arrived are being brought to the town council for induction into this village. If they see your worth you can finally start pursuing your dreams of wealth in the surrounding countryside.
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