Looking for adventure....while crossing the open sea

[MrHemlocks]

My Dungeon Crawl Classic group is leaving the mainland, of Blackmarsh, and headed to the Larvik Island in search of loot and missing persons. Can you guys suggest a short adventure that take place while crossing the open sea. I know there must be a short one shot adventure for my request but not sure where to look. I can make up something but having a ready made will save me a lot of time. Anything on RPGNOW? http://hdwallpapers.lt/wallpaper/stormy-night-sailing-ship-lightning-dark-art-hd-wallpaper-79539.jpg

 

[ThickSkullAdv]

Hey there, first of all, as the author of Haunting of Larvik Island, let me extend a big thanks for picking up the adventure and playing with your group

Second, there's a couple of sea-based shorties in the compilation adventure, In The Prison of the Squid Sorcerer, specifically the eponymous adventure by Ken Jelinek takes place in a town similar to Gielo, and "Sails Aflame!" by Jon Wilson may also be a good adventure as well.

Happy gaming!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

All I got for ya is a possible thread to mine for ideas: check the "Aquatic" link in my sig. Oh yeah- and the "Campaign" link, too.

 

[Psychotic Jim]

There was a very brief adventure (more like an encounter) that I enjoyed running way back in the day of 3.0 D&D. It was in the "En Route" encounter sourcebook on from Atlas Games. It involves a whole bunch of animals being randomly summoned on the ship. The source is a magical idol gone awry that is carried in the cargo hold. http://paizo.com/products/btpy7vgh?Penumbra-En-Route

En Route II and III have more aquatic travel encounters (II especially, which focuses on it), but I haven't ran or played through all these.
http://paizo.com/products/btpy7vhi?Penumbra-En-Route-II-By-Land-or-By-Sea
http://paizo.com/products/btpy7vhj?Penumbra-En-Route-III-The-Road-Less-Traveled

 

[Hand of Evil]

Ghost Ship - players come across another ship with no one on it.

Sargasso Sea - shambling mounds of sea weed in a windless sea. Husk of other ships trapped within it, will the adventures risk it?

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

There is an adventure for Arcana Evolved called The Depths of Hunger - http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/59006/the-depths-of-hunger

Though it may not be your system, it is very similar to 3.0 D&D, so some of the monsters could be used (or substituted), and the plot is a nice steal. There's a whole backstory with why the characters are crossing the sea, but you could skip ahead to where the run aground on a huge, hollowed-out nautilus shell "ship" that is inhabited by a coven of hags. The characters make a deal with one hag to save her sister, and have to fight their way up through some freaky chambers (providing both combat, problem-solving, and moral dilemmas) to stop this crazed hag who is being taken over by this sentient artifact. I've run it a time or two at conventions, and it's very unique and memorable!