D&D 5E - The Tortle Package

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forms. Characters who approach the statue see a crea-
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Clinging to the ceiling behind the statue is a nine-foot-long

slug with glistening black skin and tentacles sprouting

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Geonid Caves

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either with a ÖYadkfYad (see Tomb of Annihilation or

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intruders or a gluttonous xorn that demands gemstones

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Tr e a su r e

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High Horn

Standing atop a rocky crag at the northernmost tip of the

island, facing northwest, is a thirty-foot-tall stone statue

of a turtle-like humanoid with a large stone horn held up

to its mouth. Below the monument is a stretch of sandy

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from the water like teeth worn down by time. Just beyond

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The statue depicts a long-dead tortle named Gumdarr,

who heard a ship crash on the rocks and stood atop the

crag to get a better look. He blew a horn to lure other

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vivors of the shipwreck.

Six ships have crashed here in the past one hundred

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berlee and her crew to the island. At high tide, three

of the wrecks (the Bitch Queen, the Carcerius, and the

Sea Mare) are submerged, while the others (the Dawn

Avenger, the Dirty Dastard, and the Virago) are at least

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wrecks are visible to some extent. Each shipwreck is

described below.

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the wrecks at high tide. The creature withdraws to the

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