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Last night was the third death of one of my PC's in the savage tide.
they were saving the phanaton's from the one armed Temuahti-Tecuani, after all of the PC's had been swallowed and most had carved their way out, poor Punkin the 9th level rouge/scout was digested by the powerful belly juices and stomach muscles of the angry dinosaur. now the search for a high enough level cleric begins.......

third TPK
second character: Maul - 7th/warforged/cleric

the PC were getting through dark mountain pass, and doing fairly well,
they survived the centipedes, and the rouge searched for traps, but when the door was opened, and the room described.
"An empty moldering room with a dark pool of water near the back wall..."
the warforged cleric decided to be first in the room. he had already taken some damage, and the black pudding does love its metal and wood. one attack, the rest of the players panicked and scattered, leaving poor maul there to take another hit that brought him to inactivity levels. then he was engulfed the next round as the players locked the pudding and it's PC meal back in the room.
Maul's magical warhammer survived and is still in the room though.

to be fair,i'm not a killer DM, but i've warned my PC's numerous times that the isle is a very dangerous place, and i would be pulling no punches, so be careful.
maybe next time they'll stop drinking and listen (or at least search)! :P

As of right now, 3/4 of the way through SWW, the party is:
-Captain "Sly" Dimitri, Male Elf Bard/Swashbuckler/Scout - glorious plans for becoming a Legendary Captain, has one wonky eye.
-Galavan Athleticles, Male Human Athlete (home brew class, think olympian champion) - likes to oil himself up all the time, Zelkarune's Horns Affiliation rating of 4
-Punkin, Female Tibit Rouge/Scout - likes to snack and Tavey, working on disarming, not springing the traps.
-Rowan of the Isles, Female Elf Druid - newest player seems to like call lightning and baboons, hhmmmm.....

Koro-tiki, Male Human Favored Soul (player moved now a NPC)- chopper
Sergii, Male Dwarf Cleric/Fighter (player retired now a NPC) - jailer

1 player, dead twice in the Sea Wyvern's wake episode
A bardic swashbuckler and self-styled captain of the sea wyvern.
Died the first time, when they decided to follow a "lucky" flight of wyvern's to their nest, poisonous stinger to the chest and not drinking his lesser restoration potions. Rowyn wound up taking his eyeball, but died before she could escape, so he got it back. Then was lucky enough to get raised in fort blackwell.
Died the second time when a pseudopod from the hungry flotsam ooze crushed his chest, both boats had to return back to Fort Blackwell and sell most of the goods and treasure to raise him again.
On the plus side, he had made some awful multiclassing choices, but was able to rectify them by losing two level's. Not recommended though.

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