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I've been running Skull & Shackles for my group since August 2016 (we only get to play a couple of hours a week, so it's taking us a long time). We're currently working through Tempest Rising, Part 2: At a Lady's Request. The party just arrived at the wreck of the Brine Banshee and swam down to check it out. After encountering and killing the sharks, Ormandar wild shaped into a great white shark and attacked. The party tried to keep away from his bite range, so I opted to have him continue casting spells rather than just chase the PCs around the wreck.
Spell 1: Hydrophobia. Everyone passed their save except the crew's captain (male human bard [sea singer]). So, he took off for the surface.
Spell 2: Baleful Polymorph on the party's divine caster (custom race undine/dhampir oracle of bones). He failed his fortitude save and turned into an electric eel, but passed his will save and maintained his "humanity."
The rest of the party was able to kill Ormandar in three more rounds, or about the time the captain got back to the surface. The oracle then ordered his bloody skeleton (actually the Matron from Mancatcher Cove) to use signal flags found on the Brine Banshee to signal the captain what had happened, and to please drop a bucket for Pearl (the Matron's skeleton's new name) to catch and carry the eel.
EDIT: I forgot to add that Qouli, the oracle, pointed out to the other players that if they manage to change him back to his normal form, he's going to be at least a little p*ssed to, and I quote, "be in a body with too many bones, again."