Otari Misfits - Session 1

Prologue

Not a night goes by where the cracking sound of Mister Plugg 's whip doesn't dominate your nightmares. Sometime, somewhere, during your travels, you were drugged and gang-pressed into service on the dreaded Wormwood . For weeks you were slaving away on the pirate vessel under the command of Captain Barnabas Harrigan and his first mate Mister Plugg. Even the slightest infractions on the ship summoned the first mate's cat o'nine. You managed to find comradery in your misery, however. A mysterious mentalist, a headstrong (and strongarmed) dwarf, a kobold with master over the elements, and a heavily armored inventor. Together you schemed and plotted, and against all odds you managed to escape the horrible pirate ship.   That was more than a week ago. Now you find yourself on a different vessel, the Fencer, voluntarily. Knowing your previous captor to be a vengeful man you aim to get as far away from pirate-infested western waters as possible. The Fencer is taking you to the Isle of Kortos in the middle of the Inner Sea putting both the Chellish Navy and the Eagle Knights of Andoran between you and your pursuers.  

Pirate Ship Concept by Edward Barons

  Your new captain; Cossus is eager to make port at the small town of Otari. He says that he always ensures that he has room in the ship's hull for the town's lumber and room in his belly for the spiced pike dishes at The Otari Fishery. The closer you get to your destination the clearer it becomes that his interest in the cuisine takes priority.

 

Out of stock

In the early morning hours before making port Avdiy consults the portents and performs a harrow reading for Igni and Mortarion. At that time Glandallin Hamerslag was not interested. Around midday, the fencer arrives at its destination and Captain Cossus invites you to the Otari Fishery to enjoy his favorite meal of Otari Spiced Pike.
At the fishery, the proprietor Tamily Tanderveil informs the party that due to problems in the storage the requested dish is not available. Abruptly the captain turns tail and sulks his way back to his ship, leaving the party and Tamily in uncomfortable silence. The halfling offers the party a meal to break the uncomfortable atmosphere. As the party asks about what happened to the storage cellar Tamily explains that a week ago an earthquake damaged the eastern wall of her cellar. Since then her storage has been raided frequently by creatures from deeper underground. She has been working up the courage to ask people in town to help her out but she fears that the townsfolk will be too busy. She also explains that she is willing to offer up 40 gold pieces for anyone that can help. This piques the parties interest and they offer to investigate the cellar.  

Menace under Otari

After dinner in the fishery the party enters the storage facility. They see the hole in the east wall where a person could squeeze through. The party also sees that the barrels containing fish have been broken open but other crates were left untouched. The hard stone floor doesn't show any tracks. Before the group can investigate further a foursome of rats pour from the hole in the hall and attack the adventurers. The creatures are slain with ease and only Avdiy takes a minor bite wound from the rats.   After dealing with the rats the adventurers went through the hole in the wall and came upon a cliff. The cliff is only 10 feet tall, but the surface is slick with moisture. Mortarion finds small tracks which Avdiy can identify as Kobold tracks. Before the group chooses to descend the cliff the inventor attempts to heal Avdiy with a syringe embedded in his armor. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have much effect.