The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

A Note on Room Description
To give the Games Master more control over the
occupants of the rooms, the features and furniture are
mentioned first. The creatures inside a given room (and
what they are doing) are determined by the approach the
Player Characters take to investigating the Celebration.
For example, if they choose to raid the ship at night,
some of the rooms will be empty. If they make
themselves invisible, then the creatures they encounter
will not notice them as soon as they enter.
Creatures have only been included in a room description
when they are always present (such as the galekki in
their lair). The Games Master should always remember
to describe any occupants a room has, rather than just
reading or paraphrasing the room description.
Overheard Conversations
A vessel the size of the Celebration can occasionally
be tedious to explore, especially with so many identical
rooms and so many of the combatants having similar
abilities. In order to make the adventure more than
just a selection of rooms to have fights in, the Games
Master can include occasional snatches of overheard
conversation. Player Characters can hear these when
listening at doors, hiding or moving through the ship’s
corridors. The following are recommended:
‘He knows what he’s doing and he’s promised good
payment. We know he’s good for the loot. Don’t his
inky kin live down where the diamonds come from?
Anyways, the amma hadrak supports the plan, so that
should be good enough for you too, neh?’
‘I care not for such payments. I don’t care how many of
those black diamonds we stand to gain from this. The
island was drowned for good reason. We’re not meant
to be plundering the dead. What if a saidakh should
come?’
‘You ever seen a saidakh?’
‘No. And nobody who’s ever been drowned by one saw
one, either…’
* * *
‘How much do you think she saw?’
‘Truly? I don’t think she saw a thing. Barrington’s men
were on her too quick.’
‘She was casting a spell, though. What if she sent for
help?’
‘What if she did? There’s not a soul on the seas can
scratch us, and you know it…’
* * *
‘You’re a scabby-arsed lorun gach, you bloody
dongobel.’
‘You calling me out, you pezwen? I’ll have your
gachbekken skull for a drinking cup.’
‘You? You don’t have the blood in you to drown a flea.
I say you sicken for the land. I say your mother was a
grubbesh and you are a grubbesh too.’
‘That’s it. That’s the limit. I’ll see you in the Hall of
Claw and Fang, where I’ll wet my father’s good steel in
the jelly of your eyes, you hull-scraping…’
* * *
‘Raishel aid me. Bethecca aid me. Oh, sweet seamothers,
I am in trouble. I can’t believe I lost it. They’ll
think it was stolen. Oh, gods of my forefathers, what the
hell am I to do…’
* * *
‘But mother, I did see it!’
‘Hush now. There are no ghosties in the bilges. And
you are never, never to go down there again without a
grown-up, do you hear me? It’s a wonder the vermin
didn’t eat you alive. I swear, I’ll flay you if I hear of
such a thing again.’
‘But there was a skellington with bones and a skull and
everythink…’
A. Deck Level
The fog curls around the railings on the edge of the deck.
Despite the grey haze, you can make out some details.
Towards the stern, the deck rises in a forecastle-like
structure, with a pepperpot-shaped tower poking from
it. At the other end, there is a square hatchway 20 feet
across that you guess leads down to the hold. Beside
the hatch is a crane and windlass, draped with chains.
Right in the centre of the deck is something like a metal
flower or perhaps a trumpet, mounted on a stand.
Currently, only a few people are on deck. The Sea
Harriers do not expect any visitors and there are no sea
monsters nearby, so there is no need for more than a
token watch. Those who do stand at the rails are more
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