I need some ideas for an interesting encounter while my players are traveling by boat over the sea. I'm looking for a memorable experience for tier 1. I don't want this to be a super difficult encounter as it will be one of the first encounters of the adventure with some squishy level 1-2 characters.
Strangely I have almost zero experience in this regard so I don't want to fall back on tired cliches like a Kraken or some pirates. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Honestly at this point pirates are probably your best option considering there level and you can choose several humanoids to be pirates, on top of that a ship battle can be a lot of fun, with boarding, canon fire, ballista and all other manner like even the waves themselves, even if it's an easy fall back if done right it can be lots of fun
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Marvarax andSora (Dragonborn) The retired fighter and WIP scholar - Glory
Brythel(Dwarf), The dwarf with a gun - survival at sea
Jaylin(Human), Paladin of Lathander's Ancient ways - The Seven Saints (Azura Claw)
Urselles(Goblin), Cleric of Eldath- The Wizard's challenge
Viclas Tyrin(Half Elf), Student of the Elven arts- Indrafatmoko's Defiance in Phlan
Well I suppose I could play with the idea of a ship to ship battle where the characters get to interact with various things like firing ballistas/canons, cutting ropes. Gives them more to do than just typical fighting.
A few weeks ago, our party was traveling by sea when a ghost ship rose up out of the waves, and we were boarded by undead who sought to end us because they hate living things.
Oh that's a good one! I thought about an undead ship with skeletons... though figured it was a little bit of a rip off from Pirates of the Caribbean... but a full on spectral ghost ship is an interesting thought. Thanks!
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I need some ideas for an interesting encounter while my players are traveling by boat over the sea. I'm looking for a memorable experience for tier 1. I don't want this to be a super difficult encounter as it will be one of the first encounters of the adventure with some squishy level 1-2 characters.
Strangely I have almost zero experience in this regard so I don't want to fall back on tired cliches like a Kraken or some pirates. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Honestly at this point pirates are probably your best option considering there level and you can choose several humanoids to be pirates, on top of that a ship battle can be a lot of fun, with boarding, canon fire, ballista and all other manner like even the waves themselves, even if it's an easy fall back if done right it can be lots of fun
Marvarax and Sora (Dragonborn) The retired fighter and WIP scholar - Glory
Brythel(Dwarf), The dwarf with a gun - survival at sea
Jaylin(Human), Paladin of Lathander's Ancient ways - The Seven Saints (Azura Claw)
Urselles(Goblin), Cleric of Eldath- The Wizard's challenge
Viclas Tyrin(Half Elf), Student of the Elven arts- Indrafatmoko's Defiance in Phlan
Well I suppose I could play with the idea of a ship to ship battle where the characters get to interact with various things like firing ballistas/canons, cutting ropes. Gives them more to do than just typical fighting.
A few weeks ago, our party was traveling by sea when a ghost ship rose up out of the waves, and we were boarded by undead who sought to end us because they hate living things.
Oh that's a good one! I thought about an undead ship with skeletons... though figured it was a little bit of a rip off from Pirates of the Caribbean... but a full on spectral ghost ship is an interesting thought. Thanks!