The Fate of Tidewater Rock


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As my group (finally!) is about to enter Book 3, I am curious what those who have already run this campaign did with Tidewater Rock. While a bit forced, the crew of the Bloody Bones "broke the Rock" and the Captain "married" the Lady.
But as Book 3 begins, nowhere did I find any mention of the old port-of-call. It's like Book 3 ignores the carry-overs from book 2. Which is fine, I guess, but I suspect my players will feel a bit robbed if I just pretend none of that ever happened.

I have some thoughts (heh, heh) about how to wrap up the Tidewater Rock subplot, but I'm curious what, if anything, other GMs did with this dangling plot-hook.

duncan davenport
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The Grim MacKay


I think Tidewater Rock just fades into the background unless the PCs really want to invest into it. Remember that eventually they will get an entire island. Perhaps move everyone from the Rock to the island?


My PC's have garrisoned it and left Sandara in cahrge, she is going to turn it in to a kind of Besmara shrine/hospice.

You won't see it mentioned again so it relies on you or the players to remember to make use of it.


The book says that Agasta marries one charqacter for "a year certain" with further attachment to be negotiated. I imagine that it means that after a year, if the PCs have more or less moved on, you could consider the marriage contract ended. Maybe she'll ask for her stuff back.


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My players captured the Rock by force, and later fought their way past the Dominator, leaving several dead and dying crewmen behind.

Once they've had a chance to move their ships to a new haven, I'll have the Chelian Navy raid it, based on information gained from interrogating prisoners.. that'll teach them not to leave their own wounded behind. :)


BzAli wrote:

My players captured the Rock by force, and later fought their way past the Dominator, leaving several dead and dying crewmen behind.

Once they've had a chance to move their ships to a new haven, I'll have the Chelian Navy raid it, based on information gained from interrogating prisoners.. that'll teach them not to leave their own wounded behind. :)

Nice.

Well, evil, actually, but very Chelaxian! ;D

A good spot to add in some more hints about Chelaxian plans for the Shackles, too. Like it!


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The Grim MacKay wrote:

As my group (finally!) is about to enter Book 3, I am curious what those who have already run this campaign did with Tidewater Rock. While a bit forced, the crew of the Bloody Bones "broke the Rock" and the Captain "married" the Lady.

But as Book 3 begins, nowhere did I find any mention of the old port-of-call. It's like Book 3 ignores the carry-overs from book 2. Which is fine, I guess, but I suspect my players will feel a bit robbed if I just pretend none of that ever happened.

I have some thoughts (heh, heh) about how to wrap up the Tidewater Rock subplot, but I'm curious what, if anything, other GMs did with this dangling plot-hook.

duncan davenport
aka
The Grim MacKay

My PCs ended up doing the same thing. The captain ended up marrying Agasta and they were making plans to use Tidewater Rock as a base of operations, building some simple warehouses and a pier to dock at. The problem of it not showing up again solved itself pretty neatly though.

My PCs ended up capturing Inkskin after they fought her so that they could question her. Inkskin managed to escape them though. When they came back to Tidewater Rock after going to Mancatcher Cove, they found that Inkskin had come back while they were gone, sacked the island, and butchered everyone who lived there.

The captain paid to have Agasta resurrected, but she told him in no uncertain terms that her being tortured to death was completely his fault, and since they had married 'til death do us part', they were no longer married, and she wanted them all off her island.


molten_dragon wrote:


The captain paid to have Agasta resurrected, but she told him in no uncertain terms that her being tortured to death was completely his fault, and since they had married 'til death do us part', they were no longer married, and she wanted them all off her island.

Excellent take on the marriage clause

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