Buried at Adder Bay

A BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE HARBOR

Designed for an adventuring party of three to five 1st-level characters, Buried at Adder Bay is a Dungeons & Dragons murder mystery in the Eberron setting, centered in the frontier nation of Q'barra. The adventure begins with the discovery of a body in the harbor and ends with a confrontation with the culprit. By the end of the adventure the players should be 9th level or higher.

THE DOUBLE ONE FOUND ONE OF A DOUBLE (LOOK FOR THE DOUBLES)

The sheriff's office has just received an anonymous tip: there's a body in the harbor. Your characters are charged with investigating the murder. Choose from one of the following backgrounds (or go your own path)...

The Police. Whether you're the new local sheriff or a special agent from the powers that be: you are the law. Solving this mystery is your job.

I am the law.

The Mercenary. A charismatic commune leader has hired you to find out who killed his son. Giving him a satisfactory answer will earn you your cash. You may be a private eye, a bounty hunter, a member of the commune, a vagabond adventurer, or something else.

It's the boss.

The One He Knew. You were close with the victim. You may have been his friend, rival, confidante, lover, or enemy. You seek answers.

I know you, too.

The Neighbor. You live in or near Bridge-on-Prospekt, and something about this case rubs you the wrong way. Maybe you're concerned about this town. Maybe you've got no faith in the cops. This you know: it can only be you.

Won't you be my neighbor?

The Prime Suspect. This won't look good for you. The police will think you did it. So prove your innocence. Or at least make yourself too useful to arrest.

The fugitive.

HIS LOVER IS IN THE HOUSE OF PEOPLED STONE

This adventure is meant to be entirely player-instigated. There's only one assigned task: find out what happened to our victim. How the investigation gets there is up to the investigators.

Problems have metrics of success. Dilemmas are choices of priority. Vascillate between the two, step by step.

Bridge-on-Prospekt (and all the areas around it) is stylized as an enormous dungeon, complete with downloadable maps and handouts and new foes to face. Every room has a clue -- and each clue is guarded by locks, ghosts, hostile hoteliers, or worming dreams too sinister to comprehend. It's all yours to explore. And only you can put the pieces together.

Vacilar: Move along all vectors.

A MILE TO SEA, AS THE CROW FLIES

Buried at Adder Bay is meant to take place in the Eberron setting, but it can be converted to any other setting with ease. This adventure is also compatible with Ghosts of Saltmarsh.

Stretch the fabric. Seeing and looking.

Content warning: this adventure includes hard drugs, violence, mass incarceration, and all the things that come when a land isn't owned by the people who live on it.

Breathe bad air.

I will kill again.