The Spire
A glowing crystal tower that rises to the skies from the ocean floor. The water around it turns to vapor. At the bottom is a thriving city full of aquatic mammals run by the orca mafia. Inside lies only mystery.
Upper Spire
The upper spire sits above the surface of the water. Here there is more light coming in from the windows. The floors at the top are smaller, with tiny rooms and narrow corridoors. This part of the spire is less dangerous than lower floors, and also barren in comparison.
| D8 |
Creatures |
| 1 |
Squid |
| 2 |
Cuttlefish |
| 3 |
Octopus |
| 4 |
Batfish |
| 5 |
Crab |
| 6 |
Shrimp |
| 7 |
Jellyfish |
| 8 |
Disembodied tentacles |
| D6 |
Rooms |
| 1 |
Lookout |
| 2 |
Kitchen |
| 3 |
Dining Hall |
| 4 |
Barracks |
| 5 |
Storage |
| 6 |
Pipe maintenance |
Lower Spire
The Lower Spire has much larger floors than above. The dark winding pathways and large open areas form a nearly impossible to traverse maze of faintly glowing crystal. The bottom half of the Spire is far more mysterious and dangerous than the floors above.
| D6 |
Creatures |
| 1 |
Whale |
| 2 |
Basking Shark |
| 3 |
Anglerfish |
| 4 |
Goblin Shark |
| 5 |
Mantis Shrimp |
| 6 |
Giant Squid |
| D6 |
Rooms |
| 1 |
Hall of Pillars |
| 2 |
Freshwater Pool |
| 3 |
Hydrothermal Vents |
| 4 |
Orb |
| 5 |
Ship Graveyard |
| 6 |
Caverns with intricately carved walls |
| D6 |
Modifiers |
| 1 |
Vampiric |
| 2 |
Magical |
| 3 |
Mechanical |
| 4 |
Teleporting |
| 5 |
Glowing |
| 6 |
Ethereal |
| 7 |
Infinite |
| 8 |
Decomposing |
Rumors
The lower spire is full of mysterious, and rumors run wild. Here are some rumours that the players might have heard
| D8 |
There’s a |
- |
that |
| 1 |
mechanical |
horror |
rips everything to shreds |
| 2 |
swarm of |
jellyfish |
can turn you to stone |
| 3 |
Sentient |
fungus |
can hypnotise you and consume you alive |
| 4 |
powerful |
wizard |
will turn you into a magical elixer |
| 5 |
lost |
treasure |
will curse you for the rest of your eternal life |
| 6 |
Golden |
Mollusk |
will take your Eyes |
| 7 |
ancient |
guardian |
stalks you and poisons you in your sleep |
| 8 |
Cursed |
shipwreck |
moves in mysterious and unpredictable ways |
Base city
At the base of the spire is a sprawling city. Built from a combination of natural materials and the scraps of shipwrecks, this place is home to a large number of sea creatures. This bustling metropolis at the bottom of the sea is full of art, beauty, and love as well as corruption, violence, and desperation.
| D10 |
Locations |
| 1 |
Potions Shop |
| 2 |
Grill |
| 3 |
Pub |
| 4 |
Casino |
| 5 |
Crafting Guild |
| 6 |
Fisherman’s Guild |
| 7 |
Hotel |
| 8 |
Shipping Docks |
| 9 |
Factory |
| 10 |
Hockey Rink |
| D8 |
Creatures |
| 1 |
Orca |
| 2 |
Seal |
| 3 |
Octopus |
| 4 |
Crab |
| 5 |
Starfish |
| 6 |
Bristle Worm |
| 7 |
Shark |
| 8 |
Flounder |
| D8 |
Personality |
| 1 |
Angry |
| 2 |
Friendly |
| 3 |
Shady |
| 4 |
Indifferent |
| 5 |
Sad |
| 6 |
Excited |
| 7 |
Paranoid |
| 8 |
Flirtatious |
Jobs in the city
There’s no shortage of jobs to be done in the city. A vandal might want access to secure areas, a suitor might ask for rare jewels, or perhaps a bakery needs protection from a loan shark.
| D4 |
Job |
| 1 |
Find a thing |
| 2 |
Deliver a thing |
| 3 |
Retrieve a thing |
| 4 |
Protect a thing |
| D10 |
Object |
| 1 |
Family Heirloom |
| 2 |
Stolen Artifact |
| 3 |
Distant Relative |
| 4 |
Rare Jewel |
| 5 |
Message |
| 6 |
Key Eyewitness |
| 7 |
Important Document |
| 8 |
Key |
| 9 |
Magic ingredient |
| 10 |
Hazardous Material |
| D6 |
Complication |
| 1 |
Somebody else wants it |
| 2 |
It’s in a dangerous location |
| 3 |
It’s always trying to escape |
| 4 |
It turns into something dangerous |
| 5 |
It needs to be done quickly |
| 6 |
It must be kept secret |
Artifacts and Reward Assets
| D8 |
Thingy |
Thing |
of |
Stuff |
| 1 |
Ancient |
Harpoon |
of |
Darkness |
| 2 |
Cursed |
Bell |
of |
Paralyzing |
| 3 |
Ornate |
Tome |
of |
Lost knowledge |
| 4 |
Barnacle covered |
Cauldron |
of |
Isolation |
| 5 |
Bioluminescent |
Net |
of |
hallucination |
| 6 |
Half Eaten |
Anchor |
of |
Tides |
| 7 |
Ethereal |
Hook |
of |
False Memories |
| 8 |
Slimy |
Barrel |
of |
Abundance |
Negative Aspects
| D10 |
Aspect |
| 1 |
Evolving into a crab |
| 2 |
Infested with tiny crustaeceans |
| 3 |
Attracted to lights |
| 4 |
Sharp Bony Growths |
| 5 |
Body part replaced by a parasite |
| 6 |
Sensitive to bright lights |
| 7 |
Hungry for bones |
| 8 |
Rusting at an unusual rate |
| 9 |
Called by the deep |
| 10 |
Unnaturally long neck |
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