A Fell Tide Rising

**A Fell Tide Rising** is a four-part campaign currently running in August-September 2022. It is DMed by Shaun Smith.

## Player characters

* Kythyss, played by Lola Johnson
* Asherah, played by Krissy
* Lean Quist, played by Ed Cartwright
* Stagnatius, played by Liz Drake
* Lorana, played by Ali Alderete

## Plot

Asherah Cassidy, notorious pirate/smuggler, arrives in the port town of Kythyss on the Moonshae Isles with her triton friend, Lorana, where they encounter shared acquaintance Stagnatius, a merchant and dealer around town. Together, they head for a drink - but Lorana hears the voice of their god, Aphrodite, who tells them that something is coming, and to stay off the water for the time being.

At the same time, hybrid wanderer Kythyss arrives, searching for a harengon tracker named Lean Quist. Together, they take a job Kythyss was seeking at the town hall, and are asked to investigate numerous disappearances around the town by the mayor's aide, Subath. They track the recently vanished butcher, Gheran, to his shop, where they encounter the others, and together catch sight of a strange figure running down an alley, whom they all follow in hot pursuit.

Catching up to the figure, who transforms into a wereshark, they subdue him - and discover that it is Gheran himself! He raves about Umberlee needing the blood of the land, and the party quickly deduce that he was feeding the waters around Kythyss with the blood he collected as part of his job - and that he recently had to cease, due to his shop being converted into a fishmonger (due to the arrival of the pigfolk and his breed sow, Lengfær, gaining sentience).

They take Gheran to the Shrine of Lathander, so that he can be treated by the local priest, Dafyd. However, Dafyd is bitten by the wereshark, and a remove curse spell does not reverse the curse of lycanthropy. The crew deduce that they have two days until the next full moon, and conjecture that Gheran may have bitten many of the townsfolk, and that they may have an epidemic on their hands.

Arguing about what to do with Gheran, he begins to choke out of water - so the party take him to the sea, where he promptly breaks his bonds and swims away. They head to the mayor, Shadent, and tell her about what has occurred. She offers them all to stay at a nearby inn, where they introduce themselves properly over a nightcap.

The next morning, the town cryer accuses a group of five of dumping a body in the sea - and the townsfolk treat the party with some suspicion! They meet the baker, the local doctors, the smith and the priest at the Shrine of Talos, Tetch "Silverskin" Gingertwine, who is full of strange conspiracy theories.

They are pointed towards a nudist beach, and head there for answers - and are pointed towards a figure called the Silver Siren, who none of them recognise. A tidal wave tries to wash them away and bedevils them with crabs, and Lorana falls unconscious - and reverts into a leonin! Lean also rages for the first time, and is clearly unable to distinguish friend from foe in that state. After the battle, Lorana shares that they chose their new form - and that their old form wasn't right for them. Lean also admits to their past as a "cleaner" for a thieves' guild. The party rally around both of them.

Returning to the town proper, Lorana hears a call from Aphrodite, who tells them that the weresharks will turn tonight, and that the curse cannot be broken with a remove curse spell - it requires the original wereshark to be vanquished. The party start to barricade the town square (and get strange signals from the town cryer), but it is too late - townsfolk start to turn into weresharks, and the party have to fight them off. Gheran, who managed to get free, joins the fight, and the party focus their fire on him, presuming him to be in charge.

However, Gheran escapes - and the party resolve to follow him...

## Trivia

* As in previous campaigns of Shaun’s, pretty much every NPC has an anagram for a name. These have been made available in chat:
	+ Onion Tarrystamp - dockmaster   Any port in a storm
	+ Isadeine Rockglove - Lady of Misfortune pub owner   Looks are deceiving
	+ Brinnet Ragehoof - Twin Anchors pub owner   Bit of a greenhorn
	+ Gassef Souldoor the Ninth - King’s Shoulders pub owner   On the shoulders of giants
	+ Shadent Blisswell - mayor   Bells and whistles
	+ Subath Pecks - mayor's aide   Pass the buck
	+ Belinda Therone - baker   On the breadline
	+ Pomerjack Devilchestnut - smithy   Jump over the candlestick
	+ Patsey Hoot - chiropractor   Osteopathy
	+ Dr Picsi Hoot - podiatrist   Chiropodist
	+ Lengfær Dear Hog - former butcher's pig (treat æ as a and e separately)   Enraged feral hog
	+ Gheran Chibbetmoon - former butcher   Bring home the bacon
	+ Dafyd Andriew Rosebasket - priest of Lathander   Day is darkest before dawn
	+ Tetch 'Silverskin' Gingertwine - priest of Talos   Lightning never strikes twice
	+ Abberfen Seaword - town cryer   Bearer of bad news
	+ Eaen Bissicester - naturist firbolg   Bare necessities
	+ Patris Kestang - naturist half-elf   Streaking past

* The priest of Talos, Tetch, is a conspiracy theorist, and has a chalkboard where he is keeping track of quite a few of Roll Together's previous adventures. He calls groups of five adventurers "Harbingers", as when they come together, great catastrophes occur. Specific notes on his board include:
	+ Protea's Predators - Wastelands?
	+ Neverwinter - The Bloat
	+ Heroes of Time/Frozen Five
	+ Monster Hunters
	+ Waterdeep - statues

## Twitch Clip Archive

* The Kobolds Interject
* This is going to be interesting
* No dying there...
* Harbingers
* A revealing ending
* Fashion Choices
* Bang Bang Stick
* Shop Name
* First Impressions
* The Taven sign was painted by Michelangelo. Michelangelo O'Keefe. With a house brush.
* Focusing on the right thing
* Sphincters Pt. 2 - Chicken edition
* Well that answers one question.
* And on that note...
* The things you ponder as a pirate...
* Industrial Action
* oops.

## Media

A typical scene from A Fell Tide Rising.The poster for A Fell Tide Rising without text, showcasing the town of Kythyss.