Suggestions for a situation in A Ocean themed Dnd Campaign A Mates doing
Can people give their thoughts on The Pcs questionable luck in A Ocean themed Dnd Campaign A Mates doing
A random event roll in Dnd saw A Fleet of 3 Slaver Ships attack A Merchant Ship carrying The 5 Pcs
Each of the 3 Slaver Ships had 326 slaves made up of 160 Male Galley slaves, 84 attractive female slaves, 46 girl children and 36 boy children, that's a total 978 slaves made up of 480 Male Galley slaves, 252 attractive female slaves, 138 girl children and 108 boy children
The Slavers couldn't get through The Pcs Armor due to none of The Slavers being higher then 4th level and The Pcs ranging from 8th level to 10th level and in the resulting melee all 120(40 per ship) Slavers and 60 Merchants where killed
Now The 5 Pcs have sole possession of 2 million in cash, 400,000 in Cargo, 120 dead slavers with bounties on the heads totaling 1,260,000 Gold Coins, 63 minor, 5 moderate and 1 major magic items and 4 large ships but they have no one to crew them
This is because when it became clear they were going to lose the slavers killed the slaves in their holds by having their slave collars boil their brains and the nearest friendly port is 6 weeks away
They can't do things like Hire a Crew, Sell the Ships, Free the Slaves or Form a Pirate Crew without getting to a friendly port and with no crew they have no way of doing that
Any Navy Ships that find them will likely claim the ships themselves and string them from the mast supposedly for piracy to stop The Pcs making a salvage claim, which in these circumstances would likely work
With all the slaves and merchants dead theirs no independent witness's, making it even more precarious
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Well, if they were caught, "Speak with Dead" is an option, I'm sure one of the many hundreds of dead bodies would happily squeal on their former shipmates, especially the slaves who wouldn't have any reason to deny answering the questions.
If the non-merchant crew of the merchant ship is still alive, they could crew the merchant vessel which could in turn be used to tow the others.
That said, 2 million coins of any denomination is quite a bit of money, it may make sense for the PCs to just loot all of the magic items and the heads of the dead slavers, then escape their small armada of corpses before the Navy can find them. Once they arrive at a friendly port, then they turn in the heads for the massive bounties and walk off into the sunset with ludicrous amounts of wealth for their level.
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The GM generated the pirates treasure and the bounties on their heads, here's what it amounts too. What do you think?
Food
11,150 meals worth of good quality preserved foodstuffs
Drinks
1,600 1-gallon barrels of water
1,000 2-pint barrels of ale
1,000 2-pint barrels of beer
1,000 2-pint barrels of rum
Cash
Gold Coins
2,808,000
Silver coins
720,000
Copper coins
1,000,000
Electrum coins
488,000
Platinum pieces
25,200
Valuables
Jewels
21 Moonstones that are each worth 50 Gold Coins
2 fairly large good quality flawless cut star shaped rubies that are both worth 8,000 Gold Coins
1 flawless blue diamond that is worth 10,000 Gold Coins
1 regular sized slightly above average star shaped ruby that is worth 6,000 Gold Coins
1 large shaped sapphire that’s good quality and well cut that is worth 6,000 Gold Coins
1 Facet Cut Imperial Topaz that is worth 4,000 Gold Coins
1 Ruby that’s worth 250 Gold Coins
Jewellery
2 large necklaces that are both made of high quality silver that’s inlaid with 4 very small star shaped sapphire that have a fairly good cut that are both worth 18,000 Gold Coins
2 decent necklaces that are both made of very good gold that are both inlaid with 3 tiny star shaped emeralds that have a good cut that are both worth 15,000 Gold Coins
1 massive necklace made of very high quality gold that’s encrusted with a large amount of average quality platinum that’s set with 13 decent sized good quality fairly well cut blue emeralds that is worth 80,000 Gold Coins
1 very large ring made of very good quality Gold encrusted with 10 fairly large very good quality well cut sapphires that is worth 40,000 Gold Coins
1 decent sized crown made of very good quality Gold encrusted with 20 tiny flawless facet cut diamonds that is worth 40,000 Gold Coins
1 very large pendant made of very high quality silver that is inlaid with 4 fairly large good quality emeralds that all have a fairly good cut and 1 tiny average quality star shaped Ruby that has a decent cut that is worth 18,000 Gold Coins
1 fairly large necklace made of high quality silver that’s inlaid with 4 very small star shaped sapphire that have a fairly good cut that is worth 16,000 Gold Coins
1 very large Silver brooch studded with 5 fairly large fairly good quality pearls that have a decent cut that is worth 8,000 Gold Coins
1 large necklace made of good quality silver set with 5 tiny good quality well cut pearls that is worth 6,000 Gold Coins
1 very large Belt Buckle engraved with very good quality gold set with 5 good quality moonstones that is worth 6,000 Gold Coins
1 very large good quality Silver Bracelet engraved with 3 small good quality opals that have a average cut that is worth 4,000 Gold Coins
1 very large very good quality silver collar engraved with 6 small average quality turquoise stones that is worth 3,000 Gold Coins
1 very large Belt Buckle engraved with above average quality Silver and set with 3 tiny moonstones that have a decent cut that is worth 1,200 Gold Coins
1 very large bracelet made of very poor quality Gold that is worth 1,100 Gold Coins
1 very large earring made from high quality Porcelain that is worth 1,100 Gold Coins
1 very large bracelet made of very good quality ivory that is worth 1,100 Gold Coins
1 very large earring made from high quality Porcelain that is worth 1,100 Gold Coins
1 very large bracelet made of very good quality ivory that is worth 1,100 Gold Coins
Furs, pelts and skins
200 Wolves Pelts that are each worth 15 Gold Coins
11 Werewolf Pelts that are each worth 3,000 Gold Coins
Luxuries
1 set of Silverwear that’s worth 34,000 Gold Coins
Cargo
180,000 Gold Coins worth of spices
180,000 Gold Coins worth of silk
180,000 Gold Coins worth of tobacco
180,000 Gold Coins worth of cloth
110,000 Gold Coins worth of exotic fruits
110,000 Gold Coins worth of uncommon wines
60,000 Gold Coins worth of monster parts used in Alchemy
Magic stuff
Melee weapons
2 +1 Daggers
1 +2 Warhammer
1 +2 Shortsword
1 +2 Mace
1 trident of submission
Ranged weapons
5 quivers each of 5 +1 Arrows
3 quivers of 6 +1 Crossbow Bolts
1 quiver of 12 +1 Arrows
1 +1 longbow
1 +2 Crossbow
Armour and shields
2 +1 Shields
1 +2 Shield
1 suit of +2 Chainmail
1 +1 Shield
1 suit of +1 Leather
1 suit of +1 Chainmail
1 suit of +1 Ringmail
Magic bracers
3 pairs of Armour Class 6 types Bracers of Defence
1 pair of Armour Class 4 types Bracers of Defence
Items
6 Packets of dust of disappearance
2 +1 Rings of protection
2 Rings of Fire Resistance
2 Arrows of Direction
1 medallion of ESP
1 pair of Elven Boots
1 decanter of Endless Water
1 Elven Cloak
1 Staff of Healing with 18 charges
1 Wand of Fireballs with 10 charges
Potions
10 1-dose bottle's of potion of Healing
2 1-dose bottle’s of potion of ESP
2 1-dose bottles of potion of Invisibility
1 1-dose bottle of potion of Flight
1 1-dose bottle of potion of Speed
Spell stuff
1 set of 4 Spellbooks and 2 Spellscrolls that hold the following 18 1st level, 14 2nd level, 9 3rd level, 5 4th level, 3 5th level and 1 6th level Magic User Spells
1st level
Affect Normal Fires, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Dancing Light, Detect Magic, Find Familiar, Friends, Jump, Light, Magic Missile, Message, Read Magic, Shield, Shocking Grasp, Sleep, Spider Climb, Unseen Servant and Write
2nd level
Continual Light, Darkness 15 foot radius, Detect Evil, ESP, Fools Gold, Friends, Invisibility, Levitate, Locate Object, Magic Mouth, Phantasmal Force, Scare, Shatter and Web
3rd level
Blink, Dispel Magic, Feign Death, Fly, Gust of Wind, Invisibility 10 foot radius, Monster Summoning I, Lightning Bolt and Water Breathing
4th level
Charm Monster, Confusion, Monster Summoning II, Remove Curse and Wall of Fire
5th level
Animate Dead, Magic Jar and Teleport
6th level
Control Weather
If I were a member of that party I'd recommend just taking all the currency and every magic item we could carry, then setting fire to the ships and fleeing the area. That much currency alone is a mind boggling amount of wealth for a party of level 10 adventurers.
For reference, at level 10 any individual player character should be worth about 50k in gold, maybe closer to 66k if they are almost to 11th level. The amount in just the platinum coins alone is equal to roughly five 10th level adventurers, or three vorpal swords (+6) and some change. That's an untenable amount of treasure to reward for a single encounter which is completed by 10th level adventurers, and likely exceeds the net wealth of several local small kingdoms.
Was one of the slavers named Smaug by any chance?
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You asked Was one of the slavers named Smaug by any chance and to be honest no but they did recently kill A Ancient Red Dragon of that name that was A Dnd Version of Smaug and were on their way back from looting his treasure, my mate thought it was funny, when they met The Pcs