waterdeep dragon heist

U12. PRIVY
This privy has a toilet and a washbasin, both attached to
pipes. Above the basin is a hinged mirror, behind which
is a compartment containing soap a nd towels.

Ul3. AIR SYSTEM

The door to this a rea is locked. A plaque on this door

reads "AIR SYSTEM" in Common and Gnomish. The

room has the following features:

• The area is filled with machines that hiss, whir, and
  clatter constantly.


• Drawers in the walls contain screwdrivers, wrenches,
  and other tools.
  To port and starboard, 3-foot-high, 2~-foot-wide pas-
  sageways lead deeper into the machinery. Creatures
  that are Medium or larger must squeeze to move
  through these passages.
  Machinery. The quasi-m agical machinery in this area
  generates and circulates fresh air throughout the sub-
  marine. A detect magic spell or s imila r magic reveals an
  aura of conjuration magic throughout the area.
  A character who has proficiency with tinker's tools can
  use them to disable the machine ry with a s uccessful DC
  15 Intelligence check. The same check reactivates the
  disabled machinery. Whether it succeeds or fails, each
  check represents 10 minutes of work. The machinery
  can also be destroyed. It has AC 16,^50 hit points, a nd
  immunity to poison and psychic damage.
  When this machinery shuts down, air stops pumping
  throughout the vessel. Unless the air system is reacti-
  vated, creatures trapped in the s ubma rine that need oxy-
  gen to breathe will begin to s uffocate after two days (see
  "Suffocating" in chapter 8 of the Player's Handbook).

SPECIAL EVENTS

You can use one or more of the following events if the

characters take an interest in the Sea Maide ns Faire.

THE FRIENDLY DRAGON

This e ncounte r can be used as the characters approach

the Eyecatcher. Read:

In the water ahead, a large shape s peeds toward you.

As it gets closer, you recognize it as a dragon with

bronze-colored scales. Slewing to a stop, the creature

gives a toothy grin, then raises a claw in a small wave.

"Well met!" it chirps.

Zelifarn, a young bronze dragon, recently moved

into Deepwater Harbor. He has spent the past several

months scouring wrecks at the bottom of the harbor

for treasure and stashing precious baubles in a hidden

underwater cave. Recently, he noticed a strange craft

mounted on the underside of the Eyecatcher. His at-

tempts to treat with the c re w have met with no s uccess,

but he's curious to know more. Since the characters

appear to be headed toward a rendezvous with the Eye-

catcher, Zelifarn would like them to find out all they can

about the underwater vessel without raising suspicion.

The dragon promises to meet them again after they have

completed their mission. In exchange for information,

he offers to give the party a barnacle-covered chest that

he found recently. He hasn't opened it yet, so its contents

are unknown to him, but he can s mell gold inside.

TREASURE

Zelifarn approaches the characters again as they leave

the Eyecatcher. If they tell him more about the contents

of the submarine and he believes that they're being

t ruthful, he gives them the promised reward: an old

chest with a rusted lock that can be bus ted or pried open

with a successful DC^13 Strength (Athletics) check. It

contains^300 s p plus a golde n amulet s haped like an oc-

topus with amethyst eyes (worth^250 gp).

A secret compartme nt in the chest's lid can be found

with a successful DC^11 Wisdom (Perception) check.

1t contains a stoppered wooden scroll tube that holds a

spell scroll of revivify.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

If the characte rs stake out the ships of th e Sea Maide ns

Faire, they observe strange activity on the pier during

their first night of surveillance:

A thick fog unexpectedly rises along the water, engulfing

vessels and docks alike. As the gray miasma thickens, the

creaking sound of shifting ships becomes increasingly

haunting. Suddenly, you spot three shadows gliding

th rough the gloom like elves slipping through a forest.

Where they came from and where they're going, you

don't know.

The shadowy figures are the three drow guns lingers

Fel'rekt Lafeen, Krebbyg Masq'il'yr, and Soluun Xibrin-

das (see appendix B). If any of these drow are dead or

ot he rwise indisposed, replace them with drow elite

warriors. The drow used the cover of the fog to come

ashore in one of the Eyecatcher's rowboats. The boat is

tied off at the end of the pier between the Heartbreaker

a nd the Hell raiser.

These Bregan D'aerthe spies are on their way to a

secret meeting with Laeral S ilverhand (see appendix

B). The Open Lord is waiting for them in an alley in the

Dock Ward, under the cloak of an invisibility spell. She

remains invis ible for the entire meeting.

Harper spies in Luskan recently warned Lae ral that

jarla xle might be in Waterdeep. She reached out to him

with a sendina spell to arrange this meeting, in the hope

of finding out his plans. The characters can follow the

drow spies to the rendezvous. If the drow realize they're

being followed, they make no effort to shake their pursu-

ers. If they're attacked, they scatter and try to complete

their mission before heading back to the Eyecatcher.

lf a battle erupts and escape appears impossible, the

drow fight to the death. A City Watch patrol consisting of

six ve terans a rrives ld4 minutes later to make arrests.

CHAPTER 1 f MAESTRO'S FALL