Savage tide

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The Savage Tide, A Fool's Game
Journal and Recap for our little game.

The Dungeon Master: Paul

The Players: Brian, Diane, Matt, Rob and Wade

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There is No Honor
Meet the swashbucklers


 * Veras, a druid from the marshlands living in the Sunrise district, secretly a member of the church of the whirling fury.


 * Julio “El Tiburon", an academy educated bon vivant, ladies man and troubadour from the noble district, an aspirant to the Dawn Council affiliantion.


 * George, a simple monk with brain addled from too many Gladiatorial combats from the Champion’s District walking the path of Zelkarune’s Horns.


 * Saltwalker, a half giant whaler from the Azure district trying his hand in the Arena. He is partnering with George in Zelkarune’s Horns.


 * H’rm Fulreys, a mysterious figure hailing from the Seekers, currently living in Shadowshore.

The Sasserine Job

Individually they all receive notes to meet at a noble house for a job. They meet Kora Whistlegap major domo of the house. As they are ushered in, they brush by an arrogant group called the Jade Ravens on the way out (Tolin the Ranger, Zan the rogue, Kaskus the druid and Liamae the sorceress.)

Lavinia explains that her parents were killed in a tragic fire and she has been thrust into a seat in the Dawn Council. She is trying to get her affairs in order and wants to hire the adventurers. Currently she needs to get her ship, the Blue Nixie, out of impound at the docks. It contains her family’s spare signet ring and she desperately needs to acquire it.

Blue Nixie

The party accepts the task and investigates the docks. They find that a ruffian named Soller Vark has kept the docking fees and impounded the boat. The Blue Nixie was not where it belonged, it was anchored out in the harbor. The party acquires a cheap rowboat and goes to investigate.

They find it crewed by cut throat smugglers. A fire breaks out below decks and a brash Saltwalker is slain by a bizarre giant insect creature (a rhagodessa.)

Upon searching the Nixie along with her signet ring they find the ship full of exotic creatures and cryptic note listing several monsters.

The Vault

Lavinia is ecstatic they succeeded but saddened by the death of Saltwalker. She has called upon an acquaintance from her days at the Academy to bolster the ranks of the adventurers. Cameron is actually an old friend, co-conspirator and rival of Julio. Hailing from the noble district he is the black sheep of the Kellani noble family and was actually raised in part by the Knowlern family, an elven enclave. He has been known to skulk around the Dawn Council currying favor but bears a shadowy allegiance to the Witch Wardens.

Lavinia confesses she needs help getting into her families vault below Castle Teraknian. She has never been there before but now she has the signet ring so she should be able to enter. Her usual body guards the Jade Ravens are off getting assistance from her aunt and uncle in Caldron so she would feel safer with someone to accompany her to the vault.

The vault is decorated with the symbol of the Seekers. A steel snake guardian construct attacks but is thwarted when Cameron hides behind Lavinia and accidentally makes the guardian back down.  The party used the note form the Nixie to crack a combination code. Found ledgers and treasure, but a lot had been stolen. The clerk’s logs confirm that Vanthus had been accessing the vault regularly.

On the Trail of Vanthus

Lavinia confesses that her brother, Vanthus, is missing. She wants to find out what happened to her brother but is afraid he has fallen in with a bad crowd.

Vanthus has been seen with his girlfriend Brissa, a shady local artist. Found out he was last seen with a smuggler called Penkus at a boat shop called "It still floats!"

The party finds a guy named Shefton who said he will lead the party to Vanthus but he looks totally untrustworthy. They follow him to Parrot Island.

Trapped beneath Parrot Island

After the party descends a shaft into hidden passages underneath Parrot Island, Vanthus traps them and murders Shefton. Beneath Parrot Island they find the Hungry dead and Penkus’s body. Note says Vanthus trapped Penkus here to elevate his position in the Lotus Dragons, an upcoming thieves guild.

The Lotus Dragons ascendant

After escaping they find out that the harbor master has been murdered, something is afoot.

Lotus Dragons keep sending assassins. They got a map of the Lotus Dragons hideout from one of the assassins.

Inflitration

Posed as priests of Kord / Professional Wrestling squad checking on stuffed Jaguar to gain entry to the Taxidermist’s Guildhall that is the front for the hideout.

Assaulted the taxidermist Nemien and bullied him into keeping quiet. The group stumbled into some guards and set of the alarm. They retreated into some rough caves to wait out the alarms.

While exploring the cave they are set upon by blood thirsty ixitxachitl who spring upon George when he is abandoned in the water by the rest of the party. He is torn to shreds. A single flower floats to the surface and marks his watery grave.

Picked up a pair of kobolds, one a prisoner (Irl) and another the cook (Churtle.)

The Double Cross

Traitor in the ranks named Kersh, claimed to be a prisoner. He turns on the party at his first opportunity, unsuccessfully attempting to skewer Cameron.

Found exotic trade goods and animals from distant isles to the south, picked up the trail of the Crimson Fleet. Met Chompy for the first time and saw a glimpse of his future size. Rhagodessa baiting for fun and profit!!!

A Family Affair

Rowyn!? Sister? Rowyn Escapes! Running fight with Guttugger.

From the Lotus Dragon hideout, the group discovers the plot to take over the harbor and that Vanthus murdered his parents!!!

Wrap up

Lavinia wants justice.

Trail of Vanthus

Veras adopts Chompy.

Things to follow up
 * What happened to Vanthus?

The Bullywug Gambit
Shopping with Miss Whistlegap

Shopping with Kora for reward (swashbuckler hats) and receive heirlooms left by Lavinia's Parents, hat pins and feathers.

Trail of Vanthus, clues lead to a place called Kracken cove, an infamous smuggler's cove.

Hire fishing boat to find it. Dropped off Churtle in the swamps, but only after Irl mates with her. The heroes are universally disgusted.

Kraken Cove

Julio with the monkey bite, infected with Savage Fever.

Savage Tide? Fought smugglers and pirate crew transformed by the fever including a strange creature called a phanaton and a dinosaur. Found fragments of an immense black pearl fragments in the cove.

Harliss's Tale

Found a pirate named Harliss Jarvel with the fever fending off Savage creatures as well as a case of early stage Savage Fever. She was a skillful fighter and with a wicked prowess in cursing. Harliss gives a story of Vanthus and how he betrayed them all. While he was caught trying to steal the pearl, she stabbed him and he dropped the blood smeared pearl and it shattered into a mile wide explosion of green energy.

Most of the people in the cove including his girlfriend Brissa succumbed to the tide and turned into horrible beasts with a shrunken second head and an abyssal taint. Everyone else what the exception of Harliss and her first mate are slaughtered and eaten by the savage creatures. Her first mate went to get some bullywug allies and take revenge on the Vanderboren Family for the betrayal and slaughter.

Julio and Cameron seem to convince Harliss that Lavinia is not involved. She gives the party a note to bring to Drevoraz. The party forges a copy and sends it by carrier pigeon (feather token) in advance of their arrival.

Wormfall Festival

The festival is in full swing including two of the original heroes celebrating their triumph one year ago over Kyuss.

Out of control wagon, and planting of new tree in the Merchant district.

The cowardly murder of Veras by the assassin Diamondback.

The Vanderboren Estate

Bullywug siege and the Rescue of the Jade Ravens

Negotiation with the chief's wife

Discovery of the death of Kora at the hands of Drevoraz.

Death of Drevoraz, his liver skewered by Cameron.

Wrap up

A visit and a gift from the heroes of Wormfall.

Fall of the house of Kellani. Things to follow up
 * What happened at Kraken cove and what was the Crimson Fleet planning on doing with the pearl


 * What happened to Vanthus?

Sea Wyvern's Wake
A Modest Proposal Larissa Vanderboren’s Journal reveals the existence of the colony of Farshore. Lavinia mounts an expedition to resupply the colony. She is forced to accept the help of the Meravanchi family. She has her her own ship the Blue Nixie and invites the party to bring the Sea Wyvern along. Cameron supplies the ship with caviar and renames the ships the Ocean Stryder to the deafening silence of the rest of the party.

To the Isle of Dread

Take to sea with:
 * Amelia Venkale, Salty sea dog and gnome hater.
 * Urol Forol, a gnome historian and naturalist who has actually been to the Isle of Dread before.
 * Father Feres, preist of Hieroneous.
 * Avner Meravanchi, spoiled noble whose family is paying for part of the voyage. Accompanied by two servants and a magnificent stallion called Thunderstrike.
 * Lirith Veldirose, tomboy female warrior.
 * Skald, mysterious brusk warrior fleeing something.
 * Tavey Nesk, impressionable cabin boy.
 * Pak Pak, the carpenter.

Dinner Lavinia in the Nixie. Mysterious attack and sabotage Fathers Fere's mysterious package delivery (limbo gates plans) to Fort Blackwell Father Feres becomes ill. He was unwitting host to a blue Slaad, confesses he is really Conrad Horst a conman.

Tamoachan

Urol wants to go to the ruins of Tamoachan. Got Map that is supposed to lead to a new area. Got past basilisk and Gibbering Mouther. Encountered an un-named demon protecting the area Found a golden bat idol from a remote land. Seems to be a key to something.

The Open Sea

Ambushed by Scarlet Brotherhood pirates twice. Capture all of their ships (Purity’s prow, the Night shark and The Fury) intact but are forced to abandon them because of lack of crew. Manage to recruit some of their pirates as sailors. Including Blinky the pirate with the eye patch.

Discover the destruction of Fort Greenrock by a Shadow Pearl in black box trapped with spiked bloodletters. Irl got info from local kobold tribes.

The party overhears that Thunderstrike is one of Avner's scorned lovers polymorphed into a horse.

Discover Rowyn is poisoning the stew masquerading as Skald. Running fight, capture her. Cameron tries to civilize her. She becomes chummy with Avner. Last friendly isle bid farewell to Conrad. Avner tries to buy the chief's daughter. Great Storm comes and separates the ships.

The Mother of All

Mired in the Sargasso. Death of Irl. Found Sargasso covered Goliath, Lo-Gak. Explored The Rage and rescued journal Fighting waves of Vine Horrors and assasin vines. Discovered The Thunderer, home of the leader of the Vine horrors. Destroyed the Mother of All. Found magic pegleg in wreckage.

We Made It

Great Storm comes up a pushes ship onto rocks. Masher attacks.

Shipwrecked on the Isle of Dread.

Things to follow up
 * Why was Fort Greenrock destroyed by this black pearl.
 * How did a demon end up in the ruins of Tamochan?
 * Why did the Crimson Fleet plant a black pearl to wipe out a remote outpost?

Here There Be Monsters
A Rough Landing Skald, Rowyn, Irl's body and Pak Pak are missing.

Lirith is dead and the Rhagosdessa are feasting on her corpse.

T-Rex attack! Tried to swollow Lo-Gak whole, but becomes oddly docile. He is placated by feasting on the poor lost souls from the ship wreck offered by Veras and then goes off to the jungle.

The Dark Pass

Urol leads through the dark pass to the sea gates, but Tavey thinks they are being followed. Found dwarf corpse with good brews. Death of Logak in the Dark Pass, left him propped on ancient throne.

Discovered by old friend of Larrisa Vanderboren, Bop. He was on spirit quest to meet Lavinia.

While searching for key to the sea gate the party disturbs the rest of ancient Olman mummies. Cameron dies but wakes up confused in a new half elven female body. Many of the survivors are now racing The Rot, the mummy's curse.

Against the Gargoyles

Creepy accidents and evil portents. Thunderstrike drops to the ocean but is rescued by Veras. Intimidate the Leader of the Gargoyles.

The Fogmire

Path turns inland and soon they are lost in the Fogmire.

Urol is kidnapped by Bar Igula, apelike demons.

Find a shrine to demogorgon, doors that demand blood and mirrors of madness.

Slay the head demon (name unknown) and destroy the golem.

The end of the Journey

Arrive at Tanoroa, Rot cured.

Farshore at last... But it is under attack!!!


 * Where did this area bordering the abyss come from?
 * Why was this demogorgon worshipping Demon stalking the group?

Tides of Dread
Farshore under attack!

Pirates from Rat's End attack with the Hellfish. Cameron recruits pirate crew lead by Lefty the pirate Reunion at Farshore with Lavinia, discovery of the future attack from crimson fleet. Avner reunites with Manthalay. Found out Pelorian missionary name Noltus is missing. Bop become's Lavinia's Bodyguard. Investigate thefts at Warehouse, discover an ethereal filcher and a curious phanaton named Ook.

Friend of the Olman

Cameron given tasks.

The Wrath of Zotzila

Discover threat of Zotzila at Tanaroa. Return of Mystery idol to volcano. H'RM snags mysterious tooth

The Tar Pits

Kill big T-rex, Temahti-tecuani, but not before it slays Julio. Welcome Julia the gnome! Now it is the infamous six

Meet the Phanatons

Eat some Arenea. Find out about the Temple of the Jaguar. It was peopled by a race called the rakasta who were wiped out by some demonic creatures called Skinwalkers.

Temple of the Jaguar

Visited temple and made the alliance of with an ancient Coatl named Tonatiuh

H'RM implants the tooth.

Election at Farshore

H'rm: Stuffing the Ballot for fun and profit.

Exploring Temute

A few things close to Farshore bore investigation.

Wiped out the Trogs laying siege to the banana grove valley. The Trogs were led by a strange Leper Priest who sacrificed the children and elderly to a dark god rather than surrender to the party. Found tunnel he collapsed that leads into the depths of the Isle of Dread.

Find ruins of what was rumored to be the lost tribe but only found some wights.

Punishing the Gargoyles

Got a cool crown.

The Wrecked Wyvern

Strike out to repair the Sea Wyvern and encounter a Korpus for the first time. He is Druid who battles the party with his elastamasaurus pet.

The Crimson Sunset

The fleet attacks. Cameron captures the The Hag. Attack by Flesh Golems made of pirate bodies. A ship (The Stygian Shark) of Yuan Ti fireball the city. A group of Vrocks (demons) terrorize the city. The party defeats them but not before they set off a dance of ruin slaying many innocent people in the warehouse district.

There is no time to mourn as Vanthus returns and attacks Lavinia.

Vanthus almost sets off a pearl but is thwarted and slain. H'RM sees the reflection of a demonis face full of teeth instead of his own in the pearl and decide to remove the tooth.

Vanthus’s Journal His journal is found upon his ship, The Brine Harlot. It reveals:
 * He stole the pearl from the “Lords of Dread”
 * There are more pearls being delivered to the Fleet
 * He loved his sister in a very disturbing fashion.

Wrap up

Julio makes a trip Sasserine for to gender/race reassignment surgery. Amela sets off to establish trade routes again.

Things to follow up
 * Where did the trog tunnel go and what were they doing?
 * Who are the Lords of Dread?

The Lightless Depths
Feeding the Glutton

Lavinia discovered Manthalay had not been paying tribute to Emraag the Glutton, an immense Dragon turtle. Asks party to help.

Cameron is dogpiled. Julio soothes the savage beast and he accepts the tribute. Emraag reveals that the Lords of Dread have been visiting every few months.

Under the Isle

Discover pier guarded by a diseased dinosaur and diseased trogs. Find strange split open black geodes. Leads to underwater paths. One huge river rushing down and a trail of smaller passages seeming to lead to the Trogs.

Veras's visions lead her to split off on a quest down a deep rushing river going strait down to the depths followed by H’RM. Veras faces a trial of one-on-one combat with a demon. H’RM is not quite steeped in the mysteries of the Whirling Fury and “helps” her out.

Laogroat

The rest of the crew follows the trail of the trogs to village of Laogroat. entire city is in throes of disease kept one step from death.

Discover a not quite diseased trog named Irgzid Uzeye (“Izzy”) and human olman tribesman wioth no memory ("Spot") in cages and free them. Convince Izzy to guide them to the Lords of Dread. Izzy believes that the Lords of Dread have corrupted the worship of Lagozed for their own ends.

The Cerulean Curtain

After encountering a black pudding and bribing their way past a roper they find themselves faced with a shimmering wall of blue energy holding back the water. The wall is composed of Olman spirits. Reunited with Veras and H'RM. Izzy leads them inside.

There is an offshoot of the main passage. Beyond a cavern of deadly fungus the party finds a city of mongrel men guarded by Hook Horrors and decide to leave them alone.

Find huge ancient calcified fish and discover that is still alive. They push it through the curtain and discover it is actually a mind controlling monster.

Temple of the Ancient Ones

Izzy leads the party at last to the place where he has met the Lord of Dread. They enter a half submerged Olman temple, Izzy has been no further but says that the Lords are beyond. A spirit of an old Trog priest appears and tells of the danger deeper on and how then must destroy the curtain to destroy the lords of dread. The spirit tells the party about Tlaloc’s Tear and how they should find a way to neutralize it. The party goes on and leaves Izzy to go back and take care of his people.

Golismorga

They find their way to the living city of Golismorga. Bizarre place. Encounter hostile parts of the city and Korpus scouts with trog slaves.

Tlaloc’s Tear

After several close calls they find the Tear. Confusion galore. It is being examined by a Brain Collector who escapes after fighting the party.

The Pyramid

The party leaves and is ambushed by Korpus. They return to the spirit and expose it as an aboleth and find out more about the Korpus pyramid that is the source of the black pearls.

After an abortive frontal assault of the pyramid the party tries a distraction. They drop onto the pyramid from above and wipe out its guardians. In its depths is discovered Bile Wretch, steeping black pearls in the black bile of the world enhancing their power. Eventually the Bilewretch and the living pyramid itself is slain cutting off part of the chain of the black pearl production but not answering the question of where they are being produced.

Wrap up

Cameron is barely restrained from slaying everything that was not killed previously (Emragg, the Aboleth, the roper, etc...) The group enjoys some well earned downtime.

Things to follow up


 * Where are these pearls coming from?
 * What can be done about the Korpu army gathering under the isle?
 * Who is "Spot"?

City of Broken Idols
Jakara

Spot is actually Jakara, a totemic demon slayer. Friend of Noltus, missing missionary of Pelor. His people were wiped out by skinwalkers. They came from the taboo plateau atop the Isle of Dread. Meet a fiesty halfling favored soul of Rudd name Kiela (sp??). She has a torrid yet somehow disturbing affair with Julio.

Gathering an army.

As party is preparing to go to plateau they make a discovery. Julio sick of sharing spot light with Cameron, signs on as a general. Goes to the stop the Korpu threat permanently.

The Plateau

Find Lizardfolk Led by Rissashtak, a ranger and unexpectedly a priest of Pelor.

False Noltus Returns

Noltus Innersol returns with his doggie and missing Olman from exploration of the village of Mantru, but turn out to demons leading skinwalkers.

Visit Lovely Mantru

Met Couatls. Send spirit of Umlat on his way to Quetzalcoatl.

Taboo Island

Chompy gets some loving. Find sea gates and fight Wastrilith.

Taboo Temple

Fight Skin Walkers in temple.

Dreams and portents

Most of party led to Nimbus bow.

Kiela's Journey

Splits from the party and goes to help Liamae, Julio and Bop fight the Korpus in the Lightless Depths.

The bottom of the Temple

The party goes to fight Korpus in Mud. Find ancient hero with sword. Fight Khala who kills H'rm, but he comes back as a she-orc.

Reclaiming the Olman

Captured teifling named Theogriff. Spend week capturing Skinwalker to transform them back Olmans.

Wrap up

Found log about pearls. War cost heavy price for people of seven villages.

Things to follow up


 * Where did the pearls go?
 * What are they going to be used for?

The Serpents of Scuttlecove
Ook's Journey Home

Before leaving the Isle of Dread, Ook meets with a tribal elder, Tiki Riktav. He is given a large egg that can be used to divine the location of a powerful worker of the old blood magic, a person who can consecrate the Nimbus bow.

When far from any tree, look to spy three sheets of green.

They will lead on the path to the Bloody Claw of the Jaguar, look to him.

The end of his path with bring back the blessing of the gods to you.

It is a Large Egg hardened through many coatings sap and lacquer. It is cracked cleanly in a single line around the short circumference of the shell and the edges gilt with gold. Inside is the dried preserved body of a tiny Pterodactyl tattooed with a sharply pointed triangle.

Tiki explains that the old shaman of the Temple of the Jaguar gave this to the phanatons as a symbol of friendship long ago, so they could find a shaman to call upon if they needed aid from thier people. Since the Temple of the Jaguar now stand empty the phanaton do not need it anymore.

Once he annoints the tiny desiccated corpse with blood it point toward the Bloody Claw of the Jaguar.

Lavinia Kidnapped

Return of Vanthus. Corruption of Avner and effects of his momento. Bop and Kora is gone as well.

Unrest at Farshore

Meravanchi tries to seize ships, quashed by Julio who slays Avner on the spot. He seizes temporary(?) control of the colony and executes his Manthalay. Asks Cameron to watch out for Liamae.

Irl's Navy

Three ships with green sails (Purity’s Prow, Night Shark and The Fury.) Destoyed pinnace and two red sheeted ships. Porn/Note from Harliss and Dream Vision.

Scuttlecove and trail of the Jade Ravens

Hannging Riun: Kaskus Rusty Shunt: Lars Red Foam Whaling

Zan and the false Harliss.

Ooks Joutney part two

Ook finds that the Bloody Claw of the Jaguar is Ophearak M'doom. Says the old gods demand sacrifice to appease the bow's powerful magic.

The Minting House

Dead end.

The Birdcage

Scrying. Connect with the protectorate. Recapture Harliss. Find Liamae.

The Gods Demand Blood

After capturing one of the 'Sisters' from the Birdcage, Ook summons Ophearak onto the Wyvern to perform the sacrifice there on the spot. The rest of the group is frozen in shock and indecision.

Porphyry house

HR'M's lucky night

Assault on the The Wreck

Deal with Harliss Scouting SWAT attack on the tower. Fun with gibbets.

Treasure!

Broke into the mighty treasury and awoke the guard dog who looked like Mr. Body on steriods with bat ears. Hr'm swore his arm was so big he could only walk in circles. He was dispatched back his plane, but not before stunning Hr'm. The party was impressed with the pirate booty in the treasury and all who saw magic auras went practically blind when beholding the chest of Hathruman. As Hr'm awoke, he found treasure of his own.

Insanity and the return of Bop

Upon more exploring, Cameron's fondness of unwisely opening doors continued and a glphy of insanity hit most of the party. Sadly there was not a lot of difference noticed in Ook. Once Ook was returned to "normal" he gleefully killed Cameron for her own good and Veras witnessed Ook's alignment shift.

We next encountered our good friend Bop, but he had changed into a big nasty thanks to the evil and painful skinwalker transformation. We had to kill him, but in keeping with tradition Veras converted another male in the party to the true path.

We found Kora (missing a tongue) and a disfavored demonic Captain with a broken jaw and crushed legs. Both were in bad shape. Fortunately Kiela was there and quickly healed Kora. The captain would wait.

More searching, more looting, more information gathered, including a map with the locations of black pearl deliveries. We found the borrowed quarters of The Seventh, but she had packed up her coils and left.

In the process of clearing the rest of the Crimson Fleet base an unexpected beholder type creature popped up. Half the party was incapacitated by the Eye of the Deep. Bop, Veras and Hr'm took it out. The rest of the clearing went uneventfully. The party rested and prepped for the tackling of the chest of Hathruman and the statue of Demogorgon found in one of the rooms.

Traps and Misdemeanors

Hr'm was buffed up as much as possible to tackle the chest. He was about to start and probably ensure his doom when Ook stopped him last second with a reminder to look at a scroll found in Capt. Wyther's bedroom. The scroll held the combination to the chest, which goes to show even the best of security systems is defeated by dumb users who write down their passwords. Arcane Trickster Hathruman must be cursing Wyther's name right now. There were many cool treasures. Veras' eyes were wide with admiration for the legendary ruby that was contained inside, but cooled by the alleged curse it held. This was deemed to be Harliss' share. The mysterious sphere under the cloth was determined to be a crystal ball with telepathy.

Next the statue of Demogorgon: With amazing skill Hr'm solved the puzzle sphere. It floated free and blossomed into a flower of wicked scalpels showing what fate H'rm had adroitly avoided. The statue came to life and granted the chance for one question to be asked or 10 yes/no questions to be asked. The group asked the one key question of, "Where is Lavinia?" The answer was "Withing the Gaping Maw imprisoned in the Divided Ire". He closed with the typical "stupid mortal blah blah doom and gloom" and then exploded. Hr'm was unharmed.

(will finish later)

Return of Irl

Wrap up

Things to follow up