Campaign Stormwreck Isle; Curse of Compass Rose (1-3)

Part 3 - Curse of the Compass Rose
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THE STORY SO FAR:

Stormwreck Isle: Journey to Stormwreck Isle (1-P)
Stormwreck Isle: Welcome to Dragon's Rest (1-1)
Stormwreck Isle: Spores of Seagrow Cave (1-2)​

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THE QUEST:

• The party seeks the wreck of the Compass Rose, a ship that went down decades ago and may be linked to the undead incursion.

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THE LOCATION:

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Local Party Map​

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THE PARTY:

ITEM GLOSSARY:

Image	Name	Value (per)	Weight (per)	Description
	Wind Spore Mushrooms​	30	0.06 lbs	A rare fungus with a unique magical property. When a creature squeezes a wind spore mushroom's cap, it releases a small cloud of spores. For 1 hour, the creature doesn't need to breathe, as the spores provide it with oxygen.
	Obsidian Chunk​	10	1 lb	An uncut opaque black gemstone.
	Heart Cap Mushrooms​	30	0.2 lbs	These mushrooms bear an unsettling resemblance to human hearts.
	Potion of Healing​	50	0.5 lbs	This potion's red liquid glimmers when agitated. You regain 2d4+2 hit points when you drink this potion.
	A Fine Lute
	Boots of Elvenkind			While you wear these boots, your steps make no sound, regardless of the surface you are moving across. You also have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks that rely on moving silently.
	Spell Scroll of Command

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THE STORY CONTINUES:

Having departed from Dragon's Rest for the second time, your band of adventurers slowly make their way down the mountain paths towards the shore where you first landed. The journey is uneventful and peaceful, a welcome contrast to the carnage the party has faced since arriving on the island. Songbirds flutter across the path ahead of you as they dart back and forth between bushes, hunting the insects they harbor. Your walk down to the water does not take more than a half hour however, so the ramble through nature is fleeting.

Returning to the beach where you had fought the zombies, the party find the scene just as you left it. The battered corpses of the drowned sailors lay immobile where they were slain, the putrid grey flesh not appealing to any scavengers and having been left untouched. Your group moves cautiously past the bodies, one by one each battling the anxiety that the monsters will spring up again and attack.

The five of you convene on the short wooden dock. There is an old fishing net dangling over the edge and trailing in the water, where it appears to be tangled within a clump of seaweed. Several short lengths of aging rope are knotted here and there around the thick posts, some having been cut free in haste rather than untied. A rowboat not dissimilar to the one you arrived in is tethered to the dock, and you see a pair of oars laying across the seats. The boat appears big enough for 4 medium sized passengers.

North of your position, you can see a long spur of sharp rocks jutting from the ocean waves, extending several miles out.​

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INITIATIVE:
https://improvedinitiative.app/p/e88bk48y

 

[Dungeon Master]

Aims watches as Moonsprout drags away the new pupper up to a more safe place. He's very impressed by thr small halfling being able to do this.

Wow. I wouldnt have been able guess grabbing a stiffy got the halfling so excited.

((He literally tugged a stiffy off in front of everyone.))

((Lol my d4 rolls for Ur’kokk have been terrible))

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Zesty Zapcrackle
@Jon​

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You move North to get a clear shot around Nac's beard.

The ghoul starts towards you, wanting your supple red meat-bits.



You level your shot and pull the trigger of your crossbow.

The Ghoul take another shaft to the chest.



You deal 6 points of damage to the Ghoul.

The ghoul staggers to a halt, dead blue eyes staring at you as the necrotic magics try to drive the monster forward, but the vessel is too damaged. With a groan, the Ghoul collapses into the water



Ghoul has been defeated. |

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((Told you you'd all be fine! ))

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Wolf Order
@An Obligatory Name Change​

| A minute passes, and you begin to feel the sensation return to your paws. You're no longer paralyzed or incapacitated. |

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((Still in wild shape, that'd last a while longer if you choose.))



((Just posting for review. Combat is over.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Combat summary?

• Nac participated in 3 rounds, averaging 1:48:31 per round.
• Moonsprout participated in 2 rounds, averaging 45:49 per round.
• Zesty participated in 6 rounds, averaging 1:58:22 per round.
• Ur'kokk participated in 5 rounds, averaging 0:01 per round.
• Aims'orreh participated in 2 rounds, averaging 5:27:41 per round.
• Short participated in 1 rounds, averaging 0:02 per round.

• Combat lasted 6 rounds, taking 20:13:01, for an average of 7:22:10 per round.
• The DM took, on average 2:25:00 per

Times are kind of off given this is spanning days, but kind of gives some perspective. ))

 

[Short Order]

Wolf Order tries to lead the group to the area with beds.

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

((Aims must've waddled through a small lake to get to that zombie. Dang.))

Okay, okay... they're all dead now. Deader. Whatever. The pupper!

Aims runs up the deck to find the pup. Still 100% oblivious to the fact that it's Short Order and not a nice new furry friend. He tries to go lean over to give him pets and scritches before he starts walking towards the sleeping quarters. Aims is a tad confused about the pup showing so much leadership qualities, but decides to follow him.

 

[Dungeon Master]

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Dungeon Master
@Ben​

|As the last of the undead fall, the ship is for a time, silent. The party do not move while waiting for Short Order to recover, fearing another assault from the undead scourge. But none comes, and for now it appears as though the danger has passed.

You find yourselves scattered around the ship. Short Order and Moonsprout are on the upper deck, with Zesty, Nac and Aims still down below in the lower deck.

On rising, Wolf Order pads back into the crews quarters and stops inside the doorway.




On the lower deck, having a chance to assess the surroundings, you find that the water is slightly deeper on the South side of the ship. There are various crates and barrels strewn around, some seemingly unopened and undamaged.

Towards the rear of the ship, where Aims had dropped down from the hole in the Captain's Quarters, a hole of similar size to the one above is punched through the decking. It is below water, but you could fit through this hole. |

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((F it, I'm not redoing the screenshot. Aims is there too.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Up to you what you want to do at this point. Rest, search, whatever.

@An Obligatory Name Change If you want to search this room again while in Wolf form, you can roll Perception again.))

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

((Maybe with advantage? Aims would also be there sniffing around.))

 

[Short Order]

Sniff sniff

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

((Guess the pup is fine. The nose knows.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

Sniff sniff

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Wolf Order
@An Obligatory Name Change​

| You sniff around the room. After circling once or twice, you move to the middle of the room and catch something different. Sniffing around a slightly raised floorboard, you smell some kind of molded fabric, a metallic twang and something bitter. |

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[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

Aims gets on all fours, ass up in the air, and sniffs around a couple beds as well.

 

[Dungeon Master]

Aims gets on all fours, ass up in the air, and sniffs around a couple beds as well.

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Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd
@Jawneh​

| You find nothing but rotting bedding. It smells like home.|

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[Short Order]

Wolf Order gets the attention of Aims and tries to point out the area with the slightly raise floorboard he was just sniffing. He then paws at it.

Growl....

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

Aims perks up to the noise and looks what the pup is doing.

Whats up boy? Did you find something? Lets see now...

He looks at the boards Short was clawing.
He grabs the boards and yanks them out.

 

[Dungeon Master]

Aims perks up to the noise and looks what the pup is doing.

Whats up boy? Did you find something? Lets see now...

He looks at the boards Short was clawing.
He grabs the boards and yanks them out.

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Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd
@Jawneh​

|You pull the board free.

A dart trap triggers and a small needle-tipped projectile flies up out of the hole at you.

You manage to dodge out of the way.

The trap clicks as it becomes inactive.

Inside the space under the floorboards, you find an old molding sack with 200gp inside. |

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[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

Whoa! Bad dog! You almost made me get a prick! Why didnt you tell me it was boobytrapped, huh?

 

[Dungeon Master]

Whoa! Bad dog! You almost made me get a prick! Why didnt you tell me it was boobytrapped, huh?

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[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

(("Dammit Wolf Order! Do something!"))

 

[Dungeon Master]

(("Dammit Wolf Order! Do something!"))

(())

 

[Short Order]

wolf order does this

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((So, are we doing a rest? I can get by with a short one I think.))

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

((A short rest wouldn't hurt. We can then check out more what's going on with the barrels below deck and then go further down the ship. Maybe Nac goes for a swim again lol.))

 

[Short Order]

((we can potentially barricade the room with the beds to keep it safe. If we're resting I'll come out of wolf form))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((I'm good with a short rest. Would rather heal up some before investigating in case of more traps. I can't afford to take a hit.))

With the weight of battle finally over for the time being, Ur'kokk returns to his spot on Zesty's shoulder as the artificer walks carefully back to the stairs up. The weariness real, he barely can move his legs after the battle with the adrenaline wearing off. As he is cautious to not step in deeper water or anything untoward, Zesty cropdusts the ghoul's lifeless leftovers as he makes his way up, following Wolf Order to the beds.

Eat that, shithead. It smells like rotting cabbage too.

Ur'kokk releases an oil piddle on the corpse of the ghoul for good measure, too.

Zesty finds the beds Wolf Order was leading them to, and attempts to take a short rest.

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((@Ben - I want to confirm I understand short rests. We get a number of die equal to our level PER long rest, right? So, because we're level 2 we can roll up to two d8+ CON to heal in the short rest. If we use both NOW, we have no more healing die until we long rest. Is that right?))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((@Ben - I want to confirm I understand short rests. We get a number of die equal to our level PER long rest, right? So, because we're level 2 we can roll up to two d8+ CON to heal in the short rest. If we use both NOW, we have no more healing die until we long rest. Is that right?))

((Yeah, you regain all hit dice on a long rest. And yes you do have 2 dice. You can use them individually or both, but yeah you only get 2 until you long rest.

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[Dungeon Master]

((So is the consensus that you are all taking a short-rest in the crews quarters?))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((Yeah, you regain all hit dice on a long rest. And yes you do have 2 dice. You can use them individually or both, but yeah you only get 2 until you long rest.

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((Cool. Would I be able to roll one and see what I get and then decide if I wanna roll the second? Or is the choice made up front?

Also, am I good to officially short rest then? Don't wanna jump the gun if not.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Cool. Would I be able to roll one and see what I get and then decide if I wanna roll the second? Or is the choice made up front?

Also, am I good to officially short rest then? Don't wanna jump the gun if not.))

((You'll have to make a choice up front. If you only used 1, you'd need another short rest to use the other.

And I guess if 3/5 of you want to short rest, that's majority.))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((You'll have to make a choice up front. If you only used 1, you'd need another short rest to use the other.))

((Cool, ok. I'll be using both then. I think I'm too low to risk a crappy roll.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((I'll let you all take your own short rests on DDB. That way you can use the number of hit dice you want and I don't have to ask each of you.



Just let me know when you're all rested and ready to go.))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((So I took the short rest but I don't see the rolls for heals. Am I missing where they are, or do I need to roll them separate?))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((So I took the short rest but I don't see the rolls for heals. Am I missing where they are, or do I need to roll them separate?))

((Oh, fuck. I missed a step I guess.

After you check the hit-dice boxes, you'll get an option to actually roll.





So I wound up doing that for you.))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

((Sweet, lol, thanks! I'm good when others are! If I get tied up tomorrow, my plan is to go back and search the hold.))

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

((Rolled 1 on my heal. Nice.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Rolled 1 on my heal. Nice.))

((More like Aims'onleh Rollz'bwadd.))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((Maybe a stupid question, but do I manually roll the dice or does DnDB do it for me when I short rest?))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((Maybe a stupid question, but do I manually roll the dice or does DnDB do it for me when I short rest?))

((You have to roll the dice yourself, though it then adds the health in automatically. See this post just above))

((Oh, fuck. I missed a step I guess.

After you check the hit-dice boxes, you'll get an option to actually roll.

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So I wound up doing that for you.))

 

[Dungeon Master]

((But also in testing it wasn't broke I rolled your hit dice, so you don't actually gotta do it yourself...

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[Dungeon Master]

((Rolled 1 on my heal. Nice.))

((

If you want to burn your other hit dice, I'll allow it. You've got another 1d12+3.))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((Huh, weird. When I tried it before I asked here, it didn't give me the option to roll?

Edit: Welp... I'm a dumbfuck. Never tried clicking the little box...

Guess I @shortkut 'd it by not reading good
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[Dungeon Master]

((Huh, weird. When I tried it before I asked here, it didn't give me the option to roll?

Edit: Welp... I'm a dumbfuck. Never tried clicking the little box...

Guess I @shortkut 'd it by not reading good
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((it also didn't give the option to roll until after I took the short test for you.))

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((Oh, okay! Cool cool. Well, with that, I'm ready to go!))

Nac goes back downstairs to check out the barrels and crates

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

If you want to burn your other hit dice, I'll allow it. You've got another 1d12+3.))

((I'm good. Makes for more interesting next battle(s). Or something.))

 

[Zesty Zapcrackle]

After his rest, Zesty and Ur'kokk follow the monk back down to the cargo hold.

Zesty searches for anything worth value or anything that helps solve the mystery of the Compass Rose.

 

[Nac McWeeble]

((

When Short wild shapes next time ))

 

[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

Aims looks around the area where they rested.

... where'd the new pup go? Did he go check out the area already? Hmm...

And before even finishing his sentence, he's off below deck to check out some barrels and find the pup as well.

 

[Dungeon Master]

((None of the "went exploring below deck stuff happened.))

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Dungeon Master
(Ben)​

| As you all rise from your short rest, you walk back out of the crews quarters onto the main deck. You hear a clattering sound from somewhere towards the middle of the deck, and looking across you see a femur fall and bounce off the planks at the base of the main mast.

Your gaze tracks up to the top of the 50 foot crows nest, where a terrifying monster perches atop silhouetted against the morning sky. It spreads its scraggly wings and screeches harshly.

The wings and legs resemble those of a mangy vulture, while the head, torso and arms look almost human. It clutches a large bone like a club, pecking at the end with its sharp beak. The Harpy drops its gaze to the deck where you stand and flexes its talons.



A moment later, there is a loud thud from the forecastle on the upper deck behind you, and another loud screech echos across the water as a second Harpy lands on the ship and perches atop the broken ballista.




((Orange line is to show it's split between two "maps", since the upper deck doesn't normally show along with the main deck floor.))|

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Harpy
(Ben)​

|The first Harpy lets out a shrill response that ends in a cackling laugh.

"Cahahaw... Prey doesn't normally CAW-come here without hearing our-our-our song first!"|

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[Dungeon Master]

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[Aims'Orreh Mwuh'Bwadd]

We have our own song person. You could have a rap-off.

Whoa, bird people! I've never seen one of your kind before! This is great! Can I ask a few questions? I have a notebook somewhere here in my backpack....

Aims starts rummaging through his stuff, trying to find the notebook he never actually packed when he left the inn what seems like months ago now.