The Spire

The Spire is glowing crystal tower that rises to the skies from the ocean floor. The water around it turns to vapor. At the bottom is a thriving city known as Spire City full of aquatic animals. Spire City is a diverse metropolis supporting all kinds of sea life where you can find any sort of undersea experience you can think of. Spire City is run by the Orca Mafia, who have their fins in everything.

Inside the Spire lies untold treasures, danger, and mystery. Some explore the Spire to make great discoveries, others to hide from the Orca mafia, and others still seeking glory from defeating the beasts that lie within.

Upper Spire

The upper spire sits above the surface of the water. Here there is more light coming in from the windows. The floors at the top are smaller, with tiny rooms and narrow corridoors. This part of the spire is less dangerous than lower floors, and also barren in comparison.

D8 Creatures
1 Squid
2 Cuttlefish
3 Octopus
4 Batfish
5 Crab
6 Shrimp
7 Jellyfish
8 Disembodied tentacles
D6 Rooms
1 Lookout
2 Kitchen
3 Dining Hall
4 Barracks
5 Storage
6 Pipe maintenance

Lower Spire

The Lower Spire has much larger floors than above. The dark winding pathways and large open areas form a nearly impossible to traverse maze of faintly glowing crystal. The bottom half of the Spire is far more mysterious and dangerous than the floors above.

D6 Creatures
1 Sperm Whale
2 Basking Shark
3 Anglerfish
4 Goblin Shark
5 Mantis Shrimp
6 Giant Squid
7 Siphonophore
8 Orca
9 Jellyfish
10 Oarfish
D6 Rooms
1 Hall of Pillars
2 Freshwater Pool
3 Hydrothermal Vents
4 Orb
5 Ship Graveyard
6 Caverns with intricately carved walls
D8 Unusual attributes
1 Vampiric
2 Magical
3 Mechanical
4 Teleporting
5 Glowing
6 Ethereal
7 Infinite
8 Decomposing

Rumors

The lower spire is full of mysterious, and rumors run wild. Here are some rumours that the players might have heard

D8 There’s a - that
1 mechanical horror rips everything to shreds
2 swarm of jellyfish can turn you to stone
3 Sentient fungus can hypnotise you and consume you alive
4 powerful wizard will turn you into a magical elixer
5 lost treasure will curse you for the rest of your eternal life
6 Golden Mollusk will take your Eyes
7 ancient guardian stalks you and poisons you in your sleep
8 Cursed shipwreck moves in mysterious and unpredictable ways

Base city

At the base of the spire is a sprawling city. Built from a combination of natural materials and the scraps of shipwrecks, this place is home to a large number of sea creatures. This bustling metropolis at the bottom of the sea is full of art, beauty, and love as well as corruption, violence, and desperation.

D10 Locations
1 Potions Shop
2 Grill
3 Pub
4 Casino
5 Crafting Guild
6 Fisherman’s Guild
7 Hotel
8 Shipping Docks
9 Factory
10 Hockey Rink
D8 Creatures
1 Orca
2 Seal
3 Octopus
4 Crab
5 Starfish
6 Bristle Worm
7 Shark
8 Flounder
D8 Personality
1 Angry
2 Friendly
3 Shady
4 Indifferent
5 Sad
6 Excited
7 Paranoid
8 Flirtatious

Jobs in the city

There’s no shortage of jobs to be done in the city. A vandal might want access to secure areas, a suitor might ask for rare jewels, or perhaps a bakery needs protection from a loan shark.

D4 Job
1 Find a thing
2 Deliver a thing
3 Retrieve a thing
4 Protect a thing
D10 Object
1 Family Heirloom
2 Stolen Artifact
3 Distant Relative
4 Rare Jewel
5 Message
6 Key Eyewitness
7 Important Document
8 Key
9 Magic ingredient
10 Hazardous Material
D6 Complication
1 Somebody else wants it
2 It’s in a dangerous location
3 It’s always trying to escape
4 It turns into something dangerous
5 It needs to be done quickly
6 It must be kept secret

Rewards in The Spire

D8 Thingy Thing of Stuff
1 Ancient Harpoon of Darkness
2 Cursed Bell of Paralyzing
3 Ornate Tome of Lost knowledge
4 Barnacle covered Cauldron of Isolation
5 Bioluminescent Net of hallucination
6 Half Eaten Anchor of Tides
7 Ethereal Hook of False Memories
8 Slimy Barrel of Abundance

Negative Aspects

If you get incapacitated in The Spire, roll on the table for a negative aspect

D10 Aspect
1 Evolving into a crab
2 Infested with tiny crustaeceans
3 Attracted to lights
4 Sharp Bony Growths
5 Body part replaced by a parasite
6 Sensitive to bright lights
7 Hungry for bones
8 Rusting at an unusual rate
9 Called by the deep
10 Unnaturally long neck

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