We started playing last night-
Dwarven LG cleric of osprem (going holy inquisitor- can't turn undead)
Dwarven Fighter LG - Member of the watch of the Azure district. (also taking cleric of osprem and eventually knight of the chalice)
Human Assassin N ( from AEG's "swashbuckler setting- cool class- works as an "investigator" for the church of osprem
Human Swashbuckler N ( friend of Lavinia from reform school)
Gnome war mage cg- ( seeking out his necromancer brother)
I had Lavinia call in a favor to the church of osprem to recieve help-the help comes in the form of most of the party
The gnome is them at the request of the church because his brother is a cleric wanted for questioning in a number of robberies and he was last seen at the same time as Venthrus.
the party almost missed the fight on the boat because they decided to stake out Sollar Varks house and favorite bar- a few rumors eventually get them to the ship...almost a TPK. I had the rhedossa thing attack thug and pc alike to keep the last few of them up.
they found the ring and immediately solved the riddle ( these guys are sharp)
I played the informant as a down on his luck gambler with a score to settle against Venthrus. after the party payed off his debts he leads them to the caves under parrot island- where Venthrus pushes him in after the party...oops.
for a bit of icky ambiance I chose to hang a zombie from a noose in the crab room- his legs picked clean by probing crabs.
I changed the Huecuva to a cleric of osprem, and created a hidden temple where a poor victim lay on an alter with his legs sewn together in a mockery of a fish, and he had been gutted like a fish as well. I left a few remnents of scrolls written in the evil gnome necromancers handwritting to show that he was tied to this mockery of a sanctification ritual of Osprem.
We left the party in this room- still looking for a way out.