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a regular speaking tone towards someone is 4~7 feet away

a slightly quieter tone, usually towards the party or someone next to me

just a whisper

AND THIS IS SHOUTING

But there’s a catch... those silly dock kids think they’re toys and started collecting them. Please hurry!”

Standing in the bustling Saltmarsh marketplace, an elderly halfling alchemist frantically waves you down.

“Thank the gods! Look, I’ll pay 50 gold pieces right now if you help me. My assistant dropped my strongbox of reagents near the docks - they scattered everywhere! I need the glowing blue kelp before sundown, or my stabilizing potions will be ruined.

For folks new to Kinopio, click on the card to see the formating of each. This uses Markdown shorthand for the styling, which is what Discord uses

Nestled on the coast of the Azure Sea is Saltmarsh, a sleepy fishing village that sits on the precipice of destruction. Smugglers guide their ships to hidden coves, willing to slit the throat of any who cross their path. Monsters gather beneath the waves.

Drowned sailors stir to unnatural life, animated by dark magic. The cult of a forbidden god extends its reach. While Saltmarsh slumbers, the evils that seek to plunder it grow stronger. Heroes must arise to keep the waves safe!

Feature: Down Low You are acquainted with a network of smugglers who are willing to help you out of tight situations. While in a particular town, city, or other similarly sized community (DM’s discretion), you and your companions can stay for free in safe houses. Safe houses provide a poor lifestyle. While staying at a safe house, you can choose to keep your presence (and that of your companions) a secret. Claim to Fame Every smuggler has that one tale that sets them apart from common criminals. By wits, sailing skill, or a silver tongue, you lived to tell the story—and you tell it often. You can roll on the following table to determine your claim or choose one that best fits your character.

Smuggler

The people of Saltmarsh generally find themselves split among the two following factions.

If you pick one of the backgrounds for the Players Handbook, I will supply you some new context to that background to you into this adventure. Comment below if you have, else you can try the new backgrounds specific to Saltmarsh

Years ago the Kingdom of Keoland campaigned to the north. Pirates and smugglers slowly took over the south building a loose confederacy known as the Hold of the Sea Princes. Saltmarsh suffered as the village succumbed to piracy and slavery under the cruel Princes. Suffering a number of defeats in the north, King Kimbertos Skotti sent ships south, shattering the confederacy of the Sea Princes. With the Sea Princes on the run, the King sent troops and agents south to establish security and trade. A band of dwarves carrying the King’s decree, begin to mine in the nearby hills. Although the recent changes stand to bring new prosperity to the area, many locals don’t want to see their home changed.

Our story begins in Saltmarsh, a nondescript fishing village tucked away on the southern coast of the Kingdom of Keoland. Fishing and trade have brought wealth to Saltmarsh’s roughly five thousand mostly human residents. Inns and taverns include the Wicker Goat, Empty Net, and Snapping Line. Other notable locations include the Dwarven Anvil forge, the temple of Procan, Kester’s Leather Goods, the Mariner’s Guildhall, and the Weekly Market.

When the ancient wizard Tyndareus develops a craving for a special treat from his childhood, he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the best apple pie in the whole world. He hires a group of adventurers to seek out the bakery that once produced the wonderful dessert – unfortunately for them, the bakery has long since been overrun by goblins. But all is not as it seems at Grammy’s Bakery, and Tyndareus isn’t the only one who’d do anything for those pies.

Hi everyone! I’m Otto, a social work student also from Germany. I’ve been playing D&D for a few years and currently playing at one table and running another one in person.

Hey! I’m Lukas. I am a Software developer from germany, currently in my last year of college. I never played D&D before but I will observer what you guys are doing here!

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“Hi”

One-shot:

I quickly grab a sandwich and shove in under my cloak, a quick heel turn and I begin to whistle a jolly tune as I walk out. I take a quick bite when no one is looking.

“Yum...”

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