The Hydra's Fang Incident
The Hydra's Fang Incident, a Pathfinder Society scenario written by Tim Hitchcock for tier 1-5, was released in August 2008.
“After an Andoren village is razed by the Hydra's Fang, a renegade Chelish slaver-ship, outrage threatens the stability of both nations. You and your fellow Pathfinders are sent to capture the Fang before the Inner Sea is pitched into political frenzy.
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Scenario overview
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Background
During the period leading up to 4708 AR, the Chelaxian privateer Darsielle Du Moire nearly brought the nations of Cheliax and Andoran to war through a series of unauthorised and brutal attacks on Andoren vessels in his ship, the Hydra's Fang, culminating in an attack that burned the Andoren village of Wittleshine to the ground.
The Chelaxian Navy attempted to stop Du Moire during his raid on Wittleshine and succeeded in inflicting heavy damage on the Hydra's Fang, but Du Moire and his ship escaped and made course for the port town of Diobel to sell his loot and undergo repairs.
Adventure
During his raid on Wittleshine, Du Moire slew a sage named Myraxus Threeshadows and stole a set of ancient high-quality forgeries of tablets used in Azlanti rituals.
The Pathfinder Osprey engages a team of Pathfinders to locate Du Moire in Diobel and recover the tablets on behalf of the Pathfinder Society.
They begin their investigation at Lubor's Imports, owned by an importer named Lubor Staizkal—secretly an enforcer of the Kortos Consortium—to whom Du Moire is believed to owe money. They find Staizkal dead, and a contingent of Du Moire's crew—including the illusionist Katiya—looting the shop. After defeating the looters, the Pathfinders find a concealed trapdoor in Staizkal's shop that leads to the Underdocks.
Within the Underdocks, the Pathfinders use trickery, diplomacy, or force to uncover the mooring location of the Hydra's Fang, and proceed there through the harbour-labyrinth known as the Shallows.
In Diobel's harbour, the Pathfinders are set upon by sedacthys1 allied with Threeshadows who believe the Pathfinders to be his killer.
After dealing with the sedacthys, the Pathfinders board the Hydra's Fang and defeat Du Moire in combat. Their final challenge is to retrieve the forged tablets from the ship's hold, where they are locked in a room filled with lacedons who in life were slaves that Du Moire had callously drowned.
Recurring characters, concepts, and locations
The following characters, concepts, or locations can be found in this scenario, but also significantly appear in the publications listed below:
- The Consortium Compact (The Hydra's Fang Incident)
- Diobel (Bandits of Immenwood, The Confirmation, The Consortium Compact, Hands of the Muted God, The Hydra's Fang Incident, The Kortos Envoy, The Paths We Choose, Shadows Fall on Absalom)
- Egorian (The Burning of Greensteeples, The Dalsine Affair, Day of the Demon, The Devil-Wrought Disappearance, Fury of the Fiend, The God's Market Gamble, The Hydra's Fang Incident, The Locked Lodge, No Plunder, No Pay, The Shadow Gambit, The Watcher of Ages, Year of Shattered Sanctuaries (scenario))
- Harbor Guard (The Hydra's Fang Incident, King Xeros of Old Azlant)
- Kelesh (The Cindersworn Pact, The Hydra's Fang Incident, In Wrath's Shadow, Murder on the Silken Caravan, Our Lady of Silver, A Parchment Tree, Shattering Golden Chains, Silent Tide (scenario), The Third Riddle)
- Kortos Consortium (The Consortium Compact, The Hydra's Fang Incident, The Paths We Choose, Troubles in Otari)
- Nex (The Absalom Initiation, Ancients' Anguish, The Arclord Who Never Was, Arclord's Abode, Beacon Below, The Flesh Collector, A God Falls Where Magic Fails, The Hydra's Fang Incident, Lost at Bitter End, Origin of the Open Road, Putrid Seeds, The Slithering, The Thorned Monarch, The Twisted Circle, You Only Die Twice)
- Osprey (Bandits of Immenwood, Below the Silver Tarn, The Chasm of Screams, Decline of Glory, Encounter at the Drowning Stones, Hall of Drunken Heroes, The Hydra's Fang Incident, The Maze of the Open Road, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, Requiem for the Red Raven, To Scale the Dragon, Year of the Shadow Lodge (scenario))
- Righteous Fury (Flooded King's Court, The Howling Dance, The Hydra's Fang Incident)
- Shoreline (Bandits of Immenwood, Fortress of the Nail, The Hydra's Fang Incident, Snakes in the Grass, The Thorned Monarch)
- Westcrown (The Bloodcove Disguise, Day of the Demon, The Devil-Wrought Disappearance, The Hydra's Fang Incident, Let Bygones Be, The Locked Lodge, Orders from the Gate, Shipyard Rats, The Watcher of Ages)
Map support
The Hydra's Fang Incident uses three custom maps.
References
- ↑ Paizo referred to sedachtys as sahuagins and sea devils until the publication of Monster Core.
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- Artwork by Rob Lazzaretti
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