Summary: Having reunited with Oceanus and located the Lizardman liar, hidden deep in the The Hool Marshes. The party is faced with a decision to press on into the liar, or return to Saltmarsh to make preparations before entering.
Downtime Activities
1. Level Up
2. Shop
3. Storage Options
4. Investigate/Follow up on Rumors and Leads
1. Level Up
Barrister, Seraphiel have leveled up
2. Shop
A) Master Weaponsmith arrives to Saltmarsh
A merchant ship containing fine wares on the way to Unknown has docked in Saltmarsh. Amongst the merchants is a Master Weaponsmith who is selling Mastercrafted Weapons. The weapons are EITHER Expertly Balanced (+1 to hit), or Finely Edged/Reinforced (+1 damage). This refined craftsmanship comes at a cost, prices for weapons are 6X the prices found in the PHB. Unknown. The ship carrying the merchant will be departing in 7 days (IRL).
The following items are being sold by Welgar Brinehanded
The following items and services are being sold by Captain Xendros
D) As usual, common/mundane items from Dwarven Anvil, Winston's Store can be purchased at cost from the Players Handbook
3. Storage Options
The party is now beginning to amass a large number of items, and a fair amount of wealth. Clearly you can continue to just haul it with you, or you can consider the following two options
1. Rent storage in a vault.
- A small lockbox in a reasonably protected vault inside the Bank of Saltmarsh can be rented for 5GP a month. It will be large enough to hold coins, gems, jewels and jewelry and other small items
- A medium small vault capable of holding a small amount of armor, weapons and other sizable items can be rented for 75gp a month. This includes physical 24/7 guards , high quality locks, and magical alarms
2. Rent or purchase a house
The party can either rent (70gp/month) or purchase (1250gp) a suitable house in Saltmarsh. It would come with a sturdy vault, but the party would be required to hire services NPCs such as guards, stewards to watch over the building while you are way. Details on the home can be found here Saltmarsh House.
4. Investigate/Follow up on Rumors and Leads
- There are whispers that Welgar Brinehanded will soon be departing Saltmarsh on Temple of Procan business. It is unclear as to why or for how long
- Gellan Primewater hasn't been seen in the town since the party departed in search of the Lizardman liar, some think he has headed to Unknown to profit off the merchant ship, others say he was not on his ship when it departed the other day. It has been sometime since Primewater has not been in the village proper
- Whatever has been affecting the sea gulls near the docks seems to have spread across all of the birds in Saltmarsh, people are reporting varied and violent behavoir coming from all the birds in the village