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Officers

Barnabas Harrigan - Human Male Captain
Mister Plugg - Human Male First Mate
Master Scourge - Human Male Swab Master
Ambrose Kroop - Human Male Cook
Cut-Throat Grok - Half-Orc Female Quartermaster
Peppery Longfarthing - Human Female Sailingmaster
Riaris Krine -Human Female Master Gunner
Habbly Quarne, the “Stitchman” - Human Male Ship’s surgeon and Carpenter
Kipper - Human Male Gunner’s Mate
Patch Patchsalt - Gnome Female Boatswain’s Mate
“Caulky” Tarroon - Human Female Captains Cabin Girl
Owlbear Hartshorn - Human Male

Crew

Swabs
Giffer Tibbs - Gnome Male
Jack Scrimshaw - Human Male
Rosie Cusswell - Halfling Female
Crimson Cogward - Human Male
Tilly Bracket - Human Female
Badger Medlar - Half-Elf Female
Shivikah - Human Female
Aretta Bansion - Human Female
Fipps Chumlett - Human Male
Jaundiced Jape - Half-Orc Male

Riggers
Slippery Syl Lonegan - Human Female
Tam "Narwhal" Tate - Dwarf Male
Maheem - Human Male
Ratline Rattsberger - Halfling Male
Conchobhar Turlach Shortstone - Gnome Male
Barefoot Samms Toppin - Human Female

Top Deck

Main Deck

Middle Deck

Lower Deck

Bilges

A2. Poop Deck: EXPLORED This raised deck stands 15 feet above the main deck (area A3). The mizzenmast rises 30 feet above this deck. The ship’s bridge protrudes forward of the mizzenmast, and holds the ship’s wheel. The wheel is 3 feet across and has 10 spokes decorated with silver inlays, its bolts carved to resemble kraken heads. An iron cage hangs from the side of the mizzenmast, containing the body of a pirate who beat the captain at dice. Gruft, the pirate, is dead, but his ugly parrot Pluck perches atop the cage, still waiting for its master to awaken. Pluck is unfriendly and possesses a considerable vocabulary of appalling curse words. Captain Harrigan and Mr. Plugg spend most of their time on this deck. When the captain is on deck, the poop deck is off-limits to everyone but officers.

A3. Main Deck: EXPLORED The ship’s main deck runs between the foredeck and poop deck. The mainmast rises from the center of the deck, extending 60 feet into the air and topped by a crow’s nest. Rigging connects the mainmast to the ship’s other masts and can be crossed with DC 10 Acrobatics or Climb checks. Several strands of thick rope are secured to the foot of the mainmast for use as a whipping post. An Escape Artist check is required to escape the bonds. The ship’s clock, a macabre brass-and copper object depicting worms writhing through whale corpses, hangs from the mast above the whipping post. Not only does the clock keep time, but its bell strikes at dawn and dusk to signal the beginning and the end of the workday. Two 10-foot-square hatches sit in the deck fore and aft of the mainmast. These hatches are thick wooden grilles and open onto the middle hold (area A6) 15 feet below. At the fore of the ship, two doors lead into the officers’ quarters (area A4), while two doors aft lead to the captain’s quarters (area A5). A large wooden box bound in iron sits just beneath the bridge. This sweatbox, used to torment sailors, has just enough room to hold one Medium creature (and can be altered to confine a Small creature). It is locked with a good lock; Captain Harrigan and Mr. Plugg have the keys. A small jolly boat (same statistics as a rowboat) sits on the deck next to the port rail. It has two sets of oars but no mast. Although designed to carry four Medium passengers, the jolly boat can fit six at a push.

A4a. Armory: PARTIALLY EXPLORED Door is locked.

A4b. Magicians Laboratory: UNEXPLORED

A5. Captain’s Cabin: PARTIALLY EXPLORED Doors leading in are all locked.

A5a. Cabin Girl’s Quarters: UNEXPLORED

A5b. Storage Compartment: UNEXPLORED

A6. Middle Hold: UNEXPLORED

A7. Quartermaster and Cook’s Cabin: UNEXPLORED

A8. Galley:EXPLORED The cramped and chaotic kitchen holds two wooden worktables, several wooden cupboards, and two small stoves against the port wall, as well as virtually every cooking utensil imaginable and a frightening array of meat cleavers. A score of chickens and three goats wander freely throughout the chamber; the goats are meant to be caged, but have a distressing tendency to escape their bonds. The kitchen is a madness of dirt, food, and knives, and finding anything in here requires a Perception check. The stoves are perpetually lit, and large cauldrons bubble away atop them all times. A huge array of spices mingle with barrels of rainwater, two tuns of rum, cupboards full of ship’s biscuit and salted beef, barrels of sauerkraut, and a small supply of fresh vegetables picked up in Port Peril. Despite the chaos, the entire galley functions as a set of masterwork tools for Profession (cook) checks.

A9. Quartermaster’s Store:EXPLORED - Looking around the stores, you note two huge barrels and six other containers; two wooden lockers, two wooden chests, a wooden trunk and a metal trunk. Also you can see, in the open, behind the Quartermasters desk, mundane equipment ranging from axes, hammers and nails, up to sleeping equipment and even a spyglass.

A10. Lower Hold and Crew Berths:EXPLORED Sixteen pillars
support the deck above this spacious hold. At night, the Wormwood’s common pirates tie their hammocks between the walls and pillars and sleep until dawn. Two of Mr. Plugg’s toadies, Kipper and Patch Patchsalt, have claimed the far forward section of the hold as their own, and their hammocks are strung between the foremast and the stairs leading up to the middle hold (area A6). A trap door just behind the mainmast opens onto the bilges below (area A11), and requires a Strength check to lift. The hold is currently empty of cargo, but several footlockers line the walls. Each member of the
crew has a locker, equivalent to a small chest. At the start of the adventure, only 18 of these lockers are in use, while 22 empty
lockers are stacked along the walls.

A11. Bilges: EXPLOREDThe lowest deck of the ship, the bilges are a foul, damp place with thick cobwebs above and 1–2 feet of dark, brackish water that stinks abominably below. A ladder leads up to a trap door that opens in the lower hold (area A10), and a single bilge pump rests near the stern. The bilges also double as the ship’s brig, and six sets ofmasterwork manacles with average locks are fixed to the bulkheads in the forward portion of the deck.

A2. Poop Deck: UNEXPLOREDThis raised deck stands 15 feet above the main deck (area A3). The mizzenmast rises 30 feet above this deck. The ship’s bridge protrudes forward of the mizzenmast, and holds the ship’s wheel. The wheel is 3 feet across and has 10 spokes decorated with silver inlays, its bolts carved to resemble kraken heads. An iron cage hangs from the side of the mizzenmast, containing the body of a pirate who beat the captain at dice. Gruft, the pirate, is dead, but his ugly parrot Pluck perches atop the cage, still waiting for its master to awaken. Pluck is unfriendly and possesses a considerable vocabulary of appalling curse words. Captain Harrigan and Mr. Plugg spend most of their time on this deck. When the captain is on deck, the poop deck is off-limits to everyone but officers.

A3. Main Deck: EXPLORED The ship’s main deck runs between the foredeck and poop deck. The mainmast rises from the center of the deck, extending 60 feet into the air and topped by a crow’s nest. Rigging connects the mainmast to the ship’s other masts and can be crossed with DC 10 Acrobatics or Climb checks. Several strands of thick rope are secured to the foot of the mainmast for use as a whipping post. An Escape Artist check is required to escape the bonds. The ship’s clock, a macabre brass-and copper object depicting worms writhing through whale corpses, hangs from the mast above the whipping post. Not only does the clock keep time, but its bell strikes at dawn and dusk to signal the beginning and the end of the workday. Two 10-foot-square hatches sit in the deck fore and aft of the mainmast. These hatches are thick wooden grilles and open onto the middle hold (area A6) 15 feet below. At the fore of the ship, two doors lead into the officers’ quarters (area A4), while two doors aft lead to the captain’s quarters (area A5). A large wooden box bound in iron sits just beneath the bridge. This sweatbox, used to torment sailors, has just enough room to hold one Medium creature (and can be altered to confine a Small creature). It is locked with a good lock; Captain Harrigan and Mr. Plugg have the keys. A small jolly boat (same statistics as a rowboat) sits on the deck next to the port rail. It has two sets of oars but no mast. Although designed to carry four Medium passengers, the jolly boat can fit six at a push.

A4a. Armory: UNEXPLORED

A4b. Magicians Laboratory: UNEXPLORED

A5. Captain’s Cabin: UNEXPLORED

A5a. Cabin Girl’s Quarters: UNEXPLORED

A5b. Storage Compartment: UNEXPLORED

A6. Middle Hold: EXPLORED This is the ship’s main cargo hold. The hold is mostly empty save for the 14 pigs; normally kept caged, they periodically escape and run loose within the hold. In the forward section, a f light of wooden stairs climbs up to the officers’ quarters (area A4), while a second set of stairs descends into the lower hold (area A10).There is a man chained to the foremast here to keep him from causing trouble and to keep people out of the officers’ cabin. Another flight of stairs in the aft section next to the galley leads up to the captain’s quarters (area A5). Stored near the mainmast are two light ballistas, a disassembled light catapult, and 12 barrels containing 20 gallons of oil each.

A7. Quartermaster and Cook’s Cabin: UNEXPLORED

A8. Galley:EXPLORED The cramped and chaotic kitchen holds two wooden worktables, several wooden cupboards, and two small stoves against the port wall, as well as virtually every cooking utensil imaginable and a frightening array of meat cleavers. A score of chickens and three goats wander freely throughout the chamber; the goats are meant to be caged, but have a distressing tendency to escape their bonds. The kitchen is a madness of dirt, food, and knives, and finding anything in here requires a Perception check. The stoves are perpetually lit, and large cauldrons bubble away atop them all times. A huge array of spices mingle with barrels of rainwater, two tuns of rum, cupboards full of ship’s biscuit and salted beef, barrels of sauerkraut, and a small supply of fresh vegetables picked up in Port Peril. Despite the chaos, the entire galley functions as a set of masterwork tools for Profession (cook) checks.

A9. Quartermaster’s Store:EXPLORED - Looking around the stores, you note two huge barrels and six other containers; two wooden lockers, two wooden chests, a wooden trunk and a metal trunk. Also you can see, in the open, behind the Quartermasters desk, mundane equipment ranging from axes, hammers and nails, up to sleeping equipment and even a spyglass.

A10. Lower Hold and Crew Berths:EXPLOREDSixteen pillars
support the deck above this spacious hold. At night, the Wormwood’s common pirates tie their hammocks between the walls and pillars and sleep until dawn. Two of Mr. Plugg’s toadies, Kipper and Patch Patchsalt, have claimed the far forward section of the hold as their own, and their hammocks are strung between the foremast and the stairs leading up to the middle hold (area A6). A trap door just behind the mainmast opens onto the bilges below (area A11), and requires a Strength check to lift. The hold is currently empty of cargo, but several footlockers line the walls. Each member of the
crew has a locker, equivalent to a small chest. At the start of the adventure, only 18 of these lockers are in use, while 22 empty
lockers are stacked along the walls.

A11. Bilges:EXPLOREDThe lowest deck of the ship, the bilges are a foul, damp place with thick cobwebs above and 1–2 feet of dark, brackish water that stinks abominably below. A ladder leads up to a trap door that opens in the lower hold (area A10), and a single bilge pump rests near the stern. The bilges also double as the ship’s brig, and six sets of masterwork manacles with average locks are fixed to the bulkheads in the forward portion of the deck.

A2. Poop Deck: UNEXPLORED

A3. Main Deck: EXPLORED The ship’s main deck runs between the foredeck and poop deck. The mainmast rises from the center of the deck, extending 60 feet into the air and topped by a crow’s nest. Rigging connects the mainmast to the ship’s other masts and can be crossed with DC 10 Acrobatics or Climb checks. Several strands of thick rope are secured to the foot of the mainmast for use as a whipping post. An Escape Artist check is required to escape the bonds. The ship’s clock, a macabre brass-and copper object depicting worms writhing through whale corpses, hangs from the mast above the whipping post. Not only does the clock keep time, but its bell strikes at dawn and dusk to signal the beginning and the end of the workday. Two 10-foot-square hatches sit in the deck fore and aft of the mainmast. These hatches are thick wooden grilles and open onto the middle hold (area A6) 15 feet below. At the fore of the ship, two doors lead into the officers’ quarters (area A4), while two doors aft lead to the captain’s quarters (area A5). A large wooden box bound in iron sits just beneath the bridge. This sweatbox, used to torment sailors, has just enough room to hold one Medium creature (and can be altered to confine a Small creature). It is locked with a good lock; Captain Harrigan and Mr. Plugg have the keys. A small jolly boat (same statistics as a rowboat) sits on the deck next to the port rail. It has two sets of oars but no mast. Although designed to carry four Medium passengers, the jolly boat can fit six at a push.

A4a. Armory: UNEXPLORED

A4b. Magicians Laboratory: UNEXPLORED

A5. Captain’s Cabin: UNEXPLORED

A5a. Cabin Girl’s Quarters: UNEXPLORED

A5b. Storage Compartment: UNEXPLORED

A6. Middle Hold: UNEXPLORED

A7. Quartermaster and Cook’s Cabin: UNEXPLORED

A8. Galley:EXPLORED

A9. Quartermaster’s Store:EXPLORED

A10. Lower Hold and Crew Berths:UNEXPLORED

A11. Bilges: UNEXPLORED.