Grungtanamo Bay (campaign)

## Grungtanamo Bay

**Grungtanamo Bay** was a one shot DMed by Shane. It concerned a jailbreak from the most brutal prison in Anthologos.

## Background

Grungtanamo Bay is Anthologos' most secure and most brutal prison. Rumours of the ruthless practices of the prison's governor, Overseer Zeg, are horrifying to most who hear them. However to many of the powers that be, these reports only encourage them to send criminals, subversives, and political opponents to the remote island. One such prisoner is the bard Horne Hornblower. The Adventurers' League of Anthologos, an independent guild of well-intentioned adventurers, commissioned F'keek Floor'ooah, Floppins McDowel and Birdie Stringfellow to infiltrate the prison and break out Hornblower, as they believed he had information crucial to the defeat of the archlich Vecna.

## Synopsis

F'keek Floor'ooah, Floppins McDowel, and Birdie Stringfellow were taken by a disguised Adventurers' League vessel to the island of Grungtanamo. As they neared their destination, Cressida, the leader of the League, informed them that once inside they should find Okk. Okk was a prison guard and was their contact inside the prison- he had worked out the details of the escape plan. The boat then docked, and the trio were handed over to the grung.

They were greeted at the prison gates by Overseer Zeg, Captain Bik'li, and Quartermaster Gobo. They were forced to hand over all of their gear to Gobo, and around this time Floppins and Birdie noticed their magic seemed to be shut off to them. Zeg proceeded to lead them onto the prison walls, where four prisoners were suspended over the cliffs in four cages- the neglectful logging baron Harriet Goodbuck, the cult leader Vodis the Enlightened, the Marxist rebel leader Trajan Rothe, and the party's contact Okk. Zeg gave the party the ultimatum of picking one of the four, or else she would have them all dropped. Believing she would do this anyway and attempting to outsmart Zeg, Floppins picked all of them. The four prisoners plunged to their deaths.

The trio were then left to find beds for themselves. However they were approached by Gascoigne the Bold, who asked that they meet with Eris Fishback. Eris liked to keep track of what was happening in the prison, and was accompanied by her bodyguard, Three. Also in her hut was the aasimar Lorien, who had seemingly fallen on hard times. While doing push ups, Lorien noticed for the first time that Three resembled a clone he had known once, Two. Three explained he had been captured while the authorities were attempting to prevent his master, Ortis Gottler, from tearing a hole in spacetime. F'Keek, Birdie, and Floppins then explained to Eris that they were in prison to break out Horne Hornblower. This notion amused Eris, so she told Gascoigne to lead them to Horne, and told them there was a changeling in the prison who might be able to help them. Lorien then decided he would help the adventurers with their breakout, as prison was an unpleasant place to be, actually.

Gascoigne led the party to Horne's hut, where the group began to formulate a plan. Lorien suggested that some sort of prisoner uprising may be the best chance at escape. Horne agreed, and told them it would be aided if the prisoners could be armed, and if the prison's anti-magic field could be taken down. He didn't know exactly what powered the anti-magic field, but Okk had told him it was in the tunnels underneath the prison. Okk had also told him regular guards weren't able to access the source of the anti-magic field, and that they would need to acquire a key off one of Zeg, Bik'li, or Gobo. The group also decided accessing the tunnels would be easier when everyone was distracted, either by one of Bik'li's pit fights, or during "parole"- an event where one inmate would be released from the prison, only to be chased down by the overseer's pet.

The group then went to see the changeling, Aera. She agreed to help with the escape, but explained she had some limitations. During her capture, she had been shot in the knees by a triggerhappy adventurer. Zeg did not want Aera successfully impersonating prison staff when she arrived in Grungtanamo Bay, and so made sure her injuries did not heal, leaving her unable to walk. The party therefore planned that Aera would take the appearance of a guard and humiliatingly ride Floppins into the lookout post to be "tortured". She would tell the real guard there that they could go watch Zeg's entertainment, and then they would let Lorien and Birdie in.

A short while later, an inmate was released for "parole", and the group implemented their plan. Floppins was able to sell his performance by having F'Keek spank him, giving him the actual effects of grung poison. The guard left their post, and Horne stayed outside to keep watch.

The party explored the tunnels beneath the prison, and found a store room, the burrow of Zeg's pet, and some sleeping guards before finding Gobo and his repository. Quickly dispatching him with the weapons he had stored, the party got their own gear back, and took his key. Returning to a locked door they found earlier, they opened it with Gobo's key and found the source of the anti-magic field. Suspended between two generators was a severed head, with a green energy being drawn out of it into the generators. Floppins used a whip he had found in the repository to grapple the head away from the generators and into his hands. Once in his hands, the head's eyes opened: one was a regular elven green, while the other had a catlike pupil and a golden iris. The head then introduced himself as Virgil Chant, and expressed confusion as to what was going on. It appeared he had been trapped under the prison for nearly two decades. He then began to float alongside the party. They collected more weapons, and returned to the surface.

Above ground, they found the inmates had begun rioting as many of them had had their magical abilities returned. Floppins and Lorien began to distribute weapons, and Floppins gave Eris her whip. The party then went to confront Zeg, Bik'li, and Zeg's pet- a massive umber hulk. Floppins quickly distracted Zeg with a magical madness, while F'Keek engaged Bik'li and Lorien went straight for the umber hulk. After sustaining several heavy blows from the umber hulk, Lorien was sustained by Birdie long enough to kill the monstrosity with his mysterious magical sword strikes. F'Keek defeated Bik'li, and then knocked down Zeg, giving Lorien the opportunity to bury his sword in her chest.

After the fighting, Birdie used her magic to heal Aera's knees. The party then agreed to take her, Virgil, and Eris back to the mainland with their Adventurers' League pickup. Eris insisted on bringing Three, which upset Lorien, but no one cared. Gascoigne was very explicitly not invited.

As they found their boat, Cressida expressed dread at the sight of Virgil.

## Player Characters

* F'keek Floor'ooah
* Floppins McDowel
* Birdie Stringfellow
* Lorien

## NPCs

* Cressida
* Overseer Zeg
* Quartermaster Gobo
* Captain Bik'li
* Harriet Goodbuck
* Vodis the Enlightened
* Trajan Rothe
* Okk
* Gascoigne the Bold
* Eris Fishback
* Three
* Horne Hornblower
* Aera
* Virgil Chant
* Vecna (mentioned only)
* Two (mentioned only)
* Ortis Gottler (mentioned only)