Flicker Island

Crafting Coffer
Images of various tools and craftsmen adorn this small
stone chest. The engravings are not static and seem to
change but never when looked at directly. When you turn
your head away and back, new designs decorate the coffer.
The changing images show a progression of crafting, and
with repeated viewings, you can watch a particular item
being fashioned. The coffer appears to be made of solid
stone but it has no discernible weight.

Crafting Coffer
Created with the intention of making all things better,
stronger, and more resilient, the Crafting Coffer from
Flicker Island takes the form of a beautiful, ornate chest. It’s
surprisingly lightweight when picked up, but its shape makes
it awkward to lug around.
When picked up, the Crafting Coffer was fashioned by the
island’s greatest craftspeople and shines with a pleasing
orange glow. Upon finishing a long rest, those that pick up
the Coffer can choose to be proficient in a skill.
The lid of the Coffer appears once a skill has been chosen,
and inside is a tool kit related to the chosen skill. For
example, if you chose to be proficient in Medicine, then an
Herbalism Kit could appear in the Coffer. If you selected
a skill with no clear correlation to a tool kit, the Coffer will
find one that is most appropriate. Picking up the Crafting
Coffer grants the following benefits until the character’s
next long rest:

• They become proficient in one skill of their choice.
  
• They receive a tool kit related to the skill or one of
  their choice.
  
• They can choose to have advantage on one use of the
  tool kit produced by the Coffer.
  

All benefits of the Crafting Coffer last as long as the
character retains the Crafting Coffer. Should they set it
aside, or lose it, these benefits immediately cease.

Arriving at Flicker Island, you find yourself filled with awe
and wonder at the marvellous sights and beautiful scenery!
The locals are friendly and more than happy to show off
their beautiful creations.

All player characters gain advantage on their first check
each day to use any tool.

Player characters who spend more than a few hours
on the island begin to notice strange apparitions at the
edges of their vision. These figures seem to be inviting
them to follow them towards the centre of the island. None of the locals notice these figures. Use the statistics
for ghosts to represent these figures if you like, allowing
them to take the form of any person or awakened animal
Remember that these figures are not hostile!

The caverns that lie beneath the island are a constantly
shifting maze of tunnels. Any checks made to navigate
the cave system are made with disadvantage. All
creatures who live in the caverns, however, have
advantage on these checks and will attempt to lure the
player characters further into the maze.

Almost all of the inhabitants of Flicker Island reside in
the two villages that rest along the shoreline. Twinkleton
is on the north-eastern shore and Glimmer Bay is nestled
in a small cove on the western shore. Both villages are
dotted with cheerful little bungalows that are perched
on posts just above the sparkling water. The bungalows
are connected to one another via a series of wooden
boardwalks, and the central “town square” for each village
sits just off the beach, a vibrant marketplace surrounding a
central festival area with large tables. The marketplaces are
sprinkled with colourful stalls draped in fabrics designed
to protect from the sunshine. Many of the market stalls
connect to wooden buildings serving as the workshops
where the inhabitants make the many fine creations that
end up at the market on Flotsam!

Bursting with a riot of warm colours, the Carnelian Woods
of Flicker Island lie beyond the coastal villages, rising
gently through hills and dales. If you ask any of the island
inhabitants how the island got its name, they are more than
happy to sit down with you to watch the sun move across
the sky, bringing light and warmth. At times, the sunlight
playing through the leaves almost makes the island appear
as if a comforting fire is flickering across the island, and
that, they say, is where the name comes from!

Wandering through the woods, you’re likely to encounter
a bevy of interesting wildlife from small squirrels up to
enormous bears with frightening roars that can be heard
from far away. You may even come across some creatures
who don’t seem to be entirely of this world! These creatures
seem to flicker in and out of existence—ephemeral, ghost-
like beings. Unless provoked, most of the wildlife on the
island is friendly or neutral towards visitors. The strange
flickering beings don’t seem dangerous either, but they do
seem rather insistent on leading beings towards the centre of
the island as if there’s something important to see!

If you were to ask any of the island inhabitants about these
strange creatures, they’d give you a rather funny look as if
you were trying to joke with them. “There’s nothing like that
on this island!” is a common response when asking about
these odd beings, and if you ask about the lighthouse, you
get the same response!

Near the centre of the island, nestled in the rolling hills,
are several entrances to caves connecting to a vast network
that runs beneath much of the island. Finding one of these
entrances on your own can be tricky, however if you follow
any of the flickering apparitions found all around the island,
you’ll find that they lead you straight to the caves!

Entering into these caverns, you feel a sharp change from
the surface of the island as the temperature drops down
several degrees and it begins to feel rather chilly. Tunnels
run every which way, connecting a vast number of larger
caverns in a network that quickly begins to feel like a
labyrinth! Anyone who spends a lot of time studying the
layout of the caverns soon notices that the passageways
seem to be shifting, making it very difficult to navigate!

At the very centre of the island, deep beneath the ground,
lies the cavern containing the genius loci of Flicker Island,
the Crafting Coffer. Several of the tunnels leading to the
central cavern have etchings on them showing various
people demonstrating their crafting skills.

Unbeknownst to the island’s inhabitants, this unique item
is what has been bestowing unnaturally good skills to all
of them. The enormous chamber with the coffer is warmer
than the surrounding cave system, and upon entering the
room it’s hard to miss all of the skeletons scattered about.
It’s harder still to miss the enormous gold dragon curled
protectively around the pillar which holds the small stone
chest adorned with images of various tools and craftsmen.
She certainly doesn’t look like she wants to part from her
precious treasure.

The island is home to a variety of creatures who thrive in
the permanent autumnal season, either on the abundant
beaches or in the lush forest. Venturing down into the
caverns, you’ll find a strange assortment of creatures who
have adapted to live in the caves. All of the island’s creatures
work to prevent the removal of the genius loci, but the
surface creatures are normally neutral or friendly while
you’re only exploring.

D10 Roll Random Encounter
1 1d3 hollowfolk
2 2d6 swarms of bats
3 1d6 + 1 tigers
4 1d6 + 1 dryads
5 1 elemental (air, earth, fire, or water)
6 1 or 2 ghosts
7 2d6 merfolk
8 1d6 black bear
9 2d4 + 1 elk
10 1d6 + 1 swordbeak parrots