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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
scavvers are 15 feet long. Their coloration resembles that of Wildspace itself: white spots (representing stars) sprinkled amid dark patches and patterns of color. They fearlessly invade the air envelopes
of spelljamming ships and attack crew members on deck.
Cooked night scavver meat is a popular offering in taverns across Wildspace.
Scavvers
Scavvers are shark-like scavengers that fly through
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
type of gaming set, thieves’ tools
Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch containing 15 gp
Criminal Origins
Criminals are pervasive in Baldur
FEATURE: CRIMINAL CONNECTIONS
In Baldur’s Gate, crime is just another business. As a result, you can arrange a meeting with a low-ranking operative of nearly any business, patriar family, crew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
have begun their work, there is no way to stop the process. (This isn’t true, but the crew of the Dark Star believes it is. The characters won’t discover the truth of this matter until later in the
floor; this hexagon stabilizes the helm, allowing it to swivel while holding it in place. The Dark Star’s cargo hold contains enough food and water to sustain the ship’s crew for twenty days.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dark Duchess The ancient white dragon Arveiaturace (see "Arveiaturace") has placed some of her hoard in an abandoned ship called the Dark Duchess. This Luskan pirate vessel got stuck in the Sea of
Moving Ice some months ago, near where the dragon likes to fish and hunt. Having remained aboard the icebound hulk after being deserted by his crew, Captain Rudolph Bluemoon still watches over his
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Night Scavver Night scavvers are 15 feet long. Their coloration resembles that of Wildspace itself: white spots (representing stars) sprinkled amid dark patches and patterns of color. They fearlessly
invade the air envelopes of spelljamming ships and attack crew members on deck. Cooked night scavver meat is a popular offering in taverns across Wildspace. Night Scavver
Huge Monstrosity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
attendant will help them only if they help her. A Dran Enterprises cargo ship caught in a raging storm, and which will founder on rocks unless the characters lend the crew a hand. Another cargo ship
whose well-armed crew will finish the characters off in short order unless they make their way through the rigging unseen. A Dran Enterprises pirate crew under attack by undead at a remote dock. An
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
poorly.
Creatures. Three giant octopuses are attacking a longboat and its crew — Belle Mare, Menard Chatte, and Chalkie Sharke (all CG human bandits). Adjust the fight to the length of time it’ll take
tentacle pulls Chalkie into the drink. Belle then perishes if the characters ignore the fight completely. Shore Fight. The crew is aboard a 15-foot longboat with a sail. The fight takes place 15 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Crews The characters can learn valuable information by interrogating crew members and carnival performers. Ship Captains Although Zardoz Zord (Jarlaxle Baenre) commands the fleet, each ship has its
vessel. All are loyal members of Bregan D’aerthe, and all know that Zardoz Zord is Jarlaxle Baenre in disguise. They know nothing about the Scarlet Marpenoth or Jarlaxle’s plans. The crew has orders not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
spreads its dark influence into the world. Feeding off the captain’s rage and hate as he died, the energy of the rift animated Tammeraut’s crew and turned them into drowned ones. Though the drowned ones
and attack as soon as the characters enter. The undead do not pursue fleeing characters beyond the 300-foot hemisphere of dark energy that surrounds the rift. The Rift A pulsating light composed of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
: Lightning and thunder suddenly crack a dark sky as heavy rain pours from above. Cries of, “Hurricane! All hands on deck!” can be heard throughout the vessel. The sailors need all the help they can get
, its crew chanting in prayer. The larger vessel, a warship armed with ballista and catapults, has a large crow painted on its sails. The officers of your vessels cry, “Ship Rethnor! Battle stations!” The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
extremes outlined above (automatic detection of a direct approach or no detection of a silent and dark approach from the seaward side), you must judge the circumstances, decide on the probability of
similar implements applied with vigor. This undertaking takes 5 minutes, but the noise alerts the smugglers. Two of them are sent to investigate and raise the alarm. The rest of the crew rapidly converge
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
Quest Goals To complete the Axeholm Quest, adventurers must kill or drive out all the monsters in the fortress. AXEHOLM FEATURES
In the dwarves’ absence, Axeholm has become a dark, sullen tomb
successful DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
Ballistas. For its defense, Axeholm relied heavily on ballistas — massive crossbows that fire heavy bolts. A crew of three dwarves operated each ballista
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
characters each have a round to cast a spell or drink a potion. But otherwise, the action is continuous. Dropping out from behind a dark cloud is an airship held aloft by a large balloon — emblazoned with
the sigil of the Six! A crew of hobgoblins and goblins can be seen swarming the deck, and a ballista and three harpoon guns are trained on your vessel. To arms!
If the battle balloon took more than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
total. Portal 1: Far Realm Horror A month ago, an encounter with operatives of the Six led Dran Enterprises to try to fight that group using its own dark magic. Sadly, that attempt failed, and this
wraps around you, drawing you through the portal and into a raging storm. You stand on the deck of a ship that heaves from one side to the other as waves crash over the rails. Crew members pull lines and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
spelljamming helm to the Command Deck, a nefarious trap awaits them upon their arrival there. This trap (described below) was left behind by the tyrant ship’s beholder crew before they abandoned the vessel
technical manual, he’s scribbling mathematical and arcane equations in a battered pocket notebook he always keeps on him. Miken has light-olive skin, dark-brown eyes, and short, disheveled black hair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, the characters learn about the dark fate of the hermitage and its people. More important, they come to understand that after the drowned ones have finished hunting the last residents of Firewatch
Claw. In desperation, the defenders called upon the Traveler for divine aid that seemingly saved the fort. But in the end, the god’s fickle whim saw Syrgaul and his crew transformed, and ultimately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
subsided, its surviving crew members dropped anchor near an uncharted island. When they came ashore to look for food and water, they discovered the island was inhabited by tribes of primitive humans
as a sign of favor from their dark goddess. In time, the island’s population became fractured into two factions, each of which tried to exterminate the other. One group claimed custody of the ship and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
longer a threat, the leader of the archaeologists approaches the characters. A stout human woman with bronze skin and curly dark hair held back with a colorful scarf runs toward you. Her expression is a
the treasures stolen from her ancestors. She recruited a crew to help her explore the complex where she believes the treasures are held. Laysa invites the characters to the archaeologists’ camp to rest and chat. Bruce Brenneise A kraken attacks people on the Isle of Serpents
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
to the stage is a hallway that leads to the bridge (area 11) and the crew cabins (area 12). A bronze plaque above the doorway reads “Crew Only.” 15. Aft Balcony In the evening, passengers gather here to gaze out upon the dark river and seduce one another, either for political gain or pure indulgence.
go with food and other supplies throughout the day, watched closely by crew on deck. Map 11.1: The Grand Dame View Player Version The ship’s crew consists of a captain named Nelvin Storn (LE male
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
presently unoccupied. D16. Armory This armory contains racks of maces, spears, and hammers for use by the ship’s crew. D17. Flooded Hold The hold is unlit and flooded to a depth of 3 feet with dark, briny water.
vessel: spare rope, buckets, tubs of grease, and other mundane tools. A character who hides inside a locker gains advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to evade the crew. D6. Captain’s Cabin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
the wider world beyond. Baldurians, particularly if they do not wish to reveal a crew or family affiliation to a potentially hostile audience, often describe themselves by the nearest gate to their
relatively little fear, but beyond its well-lit streets and tightly watched gates, the other districts become much more dangerous after dark.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
falling rocks punched through into the structure. The chambers below are made of interlocking, dark gray stones carved into puzzle-piece-like shapes. T4: Obsidian Throne The walls of this chamber are
tomes in area T5. After this, or if the characters are hostile toward it, Ylch telepathically calls upon the lingering crew of the Girscamen to aid it and then attacks. Sunken Souls. At the aboleth’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Dark Duchess Locations The following locations are keyed to map 2.6. Ceilings of the lower decks are 10 feet high, and all doors are 7 feet tall and made of sturdy wood. D1. Main Deck The wooden
side of the vessel is broken and slightly bowed, as if an immense weight had been resting on top of it.
When Arveiaturace climbs onto the Dark Duchess, she does so from the forecastle. Examination of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
the wider world beyond. Baldurians, particularly if they do not wish to reveal a crew or family affiliation to a potentially hostile audience, often describe themselves by the nearest gate to their
relatively little fear, but beyond its well-lit streets and tightly watched gates, the other districts become much more dangerous after dark.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Gnasher. Pale Prow An old ship whose faded hull and rat-gnawed sails belie its speed and the ferocity of its crew, Pale Prow is a ramshackle warship with an ornate rudder made from bone and wood. The
heart made of pearl, which contains drops of dried blood from his true love. This pearl heart has exchanged hands for decades, and the undead captain desires it above all things. The remainder of the crew
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Zhentarim (see the “Skeleton Crew” encounter below). A successful DC 15 Wisdom (Insight) check is needed to see through the skilled lies of the gnome. If you wish, Jerr can become a recurring character in
if paid and treated well, he could become a valuable source of information for the characters when they need someone to infiltrate tough areas. Skeleton Crew As the characters make their way farther
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
captained by Ortimay Swift and Dark (CG female rock gnome bandit captain with darkvision out to a range of 60 feet), who is both clever and calm. The first mate is Grig Ruddell (N male Illuskan human
veteran), a hulking man whose face is almost hidden by a heavy beard streaked with gray. Other than shouting orders at the crew and conversing in low tones with Captain Ortimay, Ruddell barely speaks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fated Flight of the Recluse
ship’s bow is pointing frantically to the northwest.
A character that takes the Search action and succeeds on a DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check faintly sees an immense dark shape moving through the
clouds surrounding the airship. Antonio José Manzanedo Electric Death Though Kreffik doesn’t know it, there is a spy aboard the Recluse. One of the two remaining crew members is a devotee of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
spelljamming helm they took from the Dark Star in chapter 2. This fabulous gift is enough to improve T’kitka’s attitude to friendly. A character then succeeds on the DC 10 Charisma (Persuasion) check
leader is described below. Dakaer Hadozee Representative
Dakaer commands the Tarrasque, a space galleon. He often sounds terse, even when he is speaking unemotionally. He and his crew dress plainly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
7. Evil Oracle Steam rises from a stone basin filled with viscous black and purple liquid. Three serpentine creatures surround the pool. Each has the head and upper body of a dark-skinned woman and
Turami human scout) is a former crew member of the Star Goddess (see chapter 2). She leapt from a porthole as the ship crashed, and the yuan-ti captured her in the jungle. Oloma carries a concealed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ivy. The crew is gone without a trace, but the old ship still has occupants: a reclusive weretiger and a small tribe of vegepygmies share it. Since the weretiger kills more than he eats and leaves
the surplus for the vegepygmies, the tiny community gets along fine. The vegepygmies thrive in the damp, dark area under the ship and in its hold, while the weretiger lives more elegantly in the airy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
arm with a mind of its own 03–04 Wearable blanket with sleeves and a hood 05–06 Small, rectangular device that can record and play back audio of up to 1 minute in length 07–08 Glow-in-the-dark ink
crew member 43–44 Depleted energy cell 45–46 Pocket-sized instrument that clicks rapidly within 10 feet of radiation (see the “Spaceship Features” section later in this adventure) 47–48 Vacuum-sealed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
key cards—colored, rectangular bits of nearly indestructible glass that unlock doors of that clearance level or lower for passengers, crew, and other personnel. The lowest clearance key card color to
Crew, maintenance workers, and technicians Blue Passengers Lighting Unless otherwise stated, the ship’s lighting—glowing, fluorescent panes set into the ceiling—remains functional but is turned off
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
side to side. A large mass glides through the dark water below you.
A character who succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Nature) check can identify the creature as a plesiosaurus. The creature recognizes
boats from Bremen but does not attack indiscriminately, trying to gauge the strength and determination of the crew before deciding what to do. Roll on the Plesiosaurus Behavior table to determine how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
following ships, each of which is equipped with a spelljamming helm, are docked at Vocath’s base when the characters arrive: Vocath Dock 1. The Skyrra, a shrike ship, has a crew of eleven aarakocra and
one aarakocra spelljammer (use the mage stat block, but give this aarakocra a flying speed of 50 feet). Dock 2. The Remora, a lamprey ship, has a crew of twelve aartuk weedlings, three aartuk