At The Bottom of The Sea
A wealthy merchant hires the party to retrieve a lockbox from a ship that sank three days ago. He provides water-breathing scrolls. The twist: the ship didn't sink by accident; it was pulled down by a cult of Sahuagin who are using the lockbox (which contains a magical pearl) to summon a Kraken hatchling. The party must navigate the dark, pressurized wreck and escape before the hatchling wakes up.
Suggested NPCs
Thorin Thornridge
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Dockside factor
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Analytical and logical
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Knows everyone's birthday but pretends not to
- Speaking style
- Uses harvest metaphors for violence
- Private fear
- Returning home unchanged
- Secret
- Is documenting the party for a future trial
- Signature item
- Pocket sundial that runs backward on fey days
Elara Crest
- Human
- Other
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Meteor salvage appraiser
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Sunburned optimist who refuses shade
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Refuses to walk under laundry lines
- Speaking style
- Says we when they mean I
- Private fear
- Their past catching up in public
- Secret
- Is the reason the bell rings, not the victim
- Signature item
- Ring that buzzes when oaths break nearby
Marcus Nightingale
- Human
- Female
- Adult
Role
- Occupation
- Honey broker
Character
- Motivation
- Building wealth and reputation
- Personality
- Manipulative and cunning
- Background
- Merchant dealing in rare goods
Details
- Quirk
- Collects lost buttons
- Speaking style
- Short, clipped sentences
- Private fear
- Dreams that continue after waking
- Secret
- Their shadow is the real person
- Signature item
- Ledger written in lemon juice