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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cernor" data-source="post: 6542525" data-attributes="member: 6780066">You could have them undergo a voyage similar to that of Odysseus. Greek mythology is full of great adventure ideas, and IMO the two most suitable ones are the stories of Polyphemus and that of Scylla and Charybdis.Say they don't have enough supplies to make the whole journey, and before they run out they see an island up ahead inhabited by cyclopes. It would give a great opportunity for them to RP with creatures that have very different outlooks to them. Instead of paying with gold, they'd have to barter or trade favours for the supplies they need. Alternatively, they could steal the supplies and run, and have to escape before the cyclopes catch up or destroy their ship. Depending on how true to the narrative you want to stick, the cyclops that offers them supplies might trap them in his cave after they help it, and then the party has to find a way out before being eaten.Scylla and Charybdis is a classic "rock and a hard place" problem: in order to make it to their destination they have to navigate a narrow passage. On one side is a whirlpool or other phenomenon that will destroy the ship if they get too close, on the other is a hydra that will eat most of the crew if they get too close. Normally there are only two options (everyone dies or some of the crew is sacrificed), but if you're set on pirates you can include a third option. Say the pirates are based outside the passage, then the party can negotiate for help to slay the monster. While a CR 9 hydra would likely result in a TPK, you could have most of the heads attack the hired help and only one or two attack the party; and once they emerge victorious they can be inducted as "honorary pirates" and given a cannon or a Jolly Roger or something for their ship.</blockquote>

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