Ghosts of Saltmarsh

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WELCOMING ISLAND INHABITANTS

d6 Inhabitants

SdlO aarakocra

2 8d8 pixies and 8d8 sprites

3 ld6 lizardfolk shamans and SdlO lizardfolk

4 ld6 druids and SdlO tribal warriors

S 3dl0 centaurs

6 3dl0 scouts and SdlO commoners

WELCOMING ISLAND STORY HOOKS

d4 Story Hook

2

3

4

The island is a colony or outpost sponsored by a

nation or wealthy noble the characters are associ-

ated with.

The island's residents swear a character looks like

a beloved past leader. Melancholy, they treat the

characters as they would their lost hero.

The island never gets visitors. The charact ers' ar-

rival is cause for a peculiar but earnest celebration.

The island's leader is a long-lost relative or friend

of a character's family.

WILD ISLAND

Nature reigns on wild islands. The creatures on the

island respond to the ebb and flow of t he natural world

rather than trying to tame the environment.

WILD ISLAND FEATURES

d6 Feature

l A waterfall Aows up a mountainside.

2 The island slowly rotates clockwise.

3 Geysers shoot bright light into the sky at night.

4 Razorvine (see "Wilderness Hazards" in chapter S,

"Adventure Environments," of the Dungeon Mas-

ter's Guide) grows in 10-foot-tall hedges shaped

like animals.

5 Rain on the island creates a beautiful melody.

6 All beasts on the island have truesight out to a

range of 120 ft.

WILD ISLAND ENCOUNTERS

d20 Encounter

l 2d8 baboons

2 ld4 brown bears

3 l owlbear

4 2d6 giant toads

S 2dl 0 giant wasps

6 2d4 giant spiders

7 4 d4 pixies or 4d4 sprites

8 ld4 blink dogs

9 l pirate captain (see appendix C) and 3dl0 bandits

digging up buried treasure

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11

12

3d6 tribal warriors

2d4 druids

ld6 dryads

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d 20 Encounter

13 2d4 centaurs

14 1 ankheg

15 ldlO giant boars

16 2d6 giant eagles

17 1 d4 giant apes

(^18) 1d4 treants
19 1 roe
20 l d4 veteran explorers

WILD ISLAND STORY HOOKS

d4

2

3

4

Story Hook

The island hides a spring that restores life to any-

one washed in it, as per the raise dead spell. A crea-

ture can only benefit from the spring once.

A djinni recluse dwells on the island and grants

favors.

Pixies beg the characters to help them oust a

group of 3dl 0 trophy hunters (scouts) from the

island.

The island holds the tomb of an archdruid, which

contains a portal to the Feywild.

UNDE RWATER LOCATIONS

The underwater locations in this section can be used for

single-session adventures or as side treks to help you

fill out the story of Saltmarsh. Each location i ncludes

a map. a description, story hooks, and encounters. You

can place these locations anywhere near Saltmar sh or

off distant shores of your choosing.

COVE REEF

Near the shore of a cove. a coral reef built around an

alien idol teems with life. Long ago the reef was the

home of merfolk enslaved by an aboleth named Ogrorlo.

Lenth. a merfolk cleric of the ocean deity Eadro, killed

Ogrorlo and freed the merfolk, but the influence of th e

aberration still lingers around the reef and in a nearby

gorge that descends into darkness.

C O V E REEF FEATURES

The cove reef has the following features:

Depth. The reef and the area around it are 50 feet below

the sur face of the water. The depths of the rock forma-

tions around the reef are noted on map A .5.

Light. U nless otherwise noted in an area's description,

the cove is brightly lit by the sun during the day and

dimly lit by the moon at night.

C O V E REEF AREAS

The following areas are keyed to map A.5.

Cl. BLOOD HAWK ROOST

Twelve blood hawks hunt fish in the cove and roost in

six nests atop a rock formation that peeks above the sur-

face of the water. The blood hawks attack any creature