
Session zero brings together a small-statured crew with outsized potential for trouble aboard the Lemon Shark, a battered merchant ship preparing to leave Danger Cove. Daxon follows the promise of fish and catnip to the docks, helps avert a falling-crate disaster, and accepts work guarding the mysterious cargo for Master Zando. Rhea discovers that her missing wife, Njalia, is wanted for stealing a ship and sailing beyond the Eye of Tynos. An amulet resembling Njalia’s engagement gift draws her attention to Zando, but her route aboard comes through drinking a sharkfolk crewman unconscious. Lug Nut negotiates engineering work for himself and bodyguard Dyneema, presenting his trash-built robot Clank as his résumé. Claret wins the cook’s position by transforming miserable provisions into a meal even the skeptical Boren cannot dismiss. Meanwhile, Fawah and Fithian accept a secret assignment to mark the ship’s route with pearl-like objects dropped overboard each dawn. Refused passage, the disguised kobolds sneak into the hold, where Daxon spots them but lets them stay. Everyone is aboard; not everyone shares the same mission.
This campaign uses the Pathfinder Second Edition experience tables. Every character level requires exactly 1,000 XP, from Level 1 all the way to Level 20. Experience inflation is a thing of the past; awards no longer balloon into the tens of thousands as the party grows in power, so bonus awards stay modest and meaningful for the entire campaign:
As before, bonus experience is split: 70% goes to the character who earned it, and 30% flows into the shared party pool. Bonus XP is capped at 120 XP per player between sessions. There is no longer a synergetic bonus. Per the house rules, the party begins at Level 2 (1,000 XP).
Achievement Tokens: Characters also earn special commemorative tokens for memorable deeds, clever schemes, and notable mishaps during play. Expand a character's entry below and click on any of their tokens to inspect the badge and read the story behind it!
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