The Fiendish Flagship: A 9th Level Adventure for 5th Edition
In the port city of Fadesh, on the western shores of the Empty lands, there exists a criminal organization known as The Unseen Hand. Led by the charismatic rakshasa, Shitash, the hand deals in all manner of illicit goods, assassinations, blackmail, and the like. The Sorcerer-King Ebo-ket, ruler of Fadesh, and secretly a powerful mummy lord in disguise, has sought to eliminate Shitash to cut the head off of his organization and regain full control of his city. Unfortunately, Shitash is a total recluse, never leaving his pleasure yacht *The Illuminated Paradise* which is constantly at sea and out of Ebo-ket's reach. As long as it remains on the ocean, Ebo-ket can only squash the hand's servants on land.
Recently, however, a spy has come forth and divulged that *The Illuminated Paradise* is scheduled to dock on the morrow. It will only remain there for a couple hours before it once again retreats out to sea. No one knows why it's risking landfall so close to Ebo-ket's gaze, but it's an opportunity that cannot be allowed to slip away. To this end, Ebo-ket has had a vessel designed to contain Shitash's soul, so as to keep him from reforming in the lower planes once killed. Now, he seeks a band of adventurers to carry it onto the rakshasa's ship, slay him, and return with his captured soul, ridding the city of The Unseen Hand once and for all.
In the port city of Fadesh, on the western shores of the Empty lands, there exists a criminal organization known as The Unseen Hand. Led by the charismatic rakshasa, Shitash, the hand deals in all manner of illicit goods, assassinations, blackmail, and the like. The Sorcerer-King Ebo-ket, ruler of Fadesh, and secretly a powerful mummy lord in disguise, has sought to eliminate Shitash to cut the head off of his organization and regain full control of his city. Unfortunately, Shitash is a total recluse, never leaving his pleasure yacht *The Illuminated Paradise* which is constantly at sea and out of Ebo-ket's reach. As long as it remains on the ocean, Ebo-ket can only squash the hand's servants on land.
Recently, however, a spy has come forth and divulged that *The Illuminated Paradise* is scheduled to dock on the morrow. It will only remain there for a couple hours before it once again retreats out to sea. No one knows why it's risking landfall so close to Ebo-ket's gaze, but it's an opportunity that cannot be allowed to slip away. To this end, Ebo-ket has had a vessel designed to contain Shitash's soul, so as to keep him from reforming in the lower planes once killed. Now, he seeks a band of adventurers to carry it onto the rakshasa's ship, slay him, and return with his captured soul, ridding the city of The Unseen Hand once and for all.
In the port city of Fadesh, on the western shores of the Empty lands, there exists a criminal organization known as The Unseen Hand. Led by the charismatic rakshasa, Shitash, the hand deals in all manner of illicit goods, assassinations, blackmail, and the like. The Sorcerer-King Ebo-ket, ruler of Fadesh, and secretly a powerful mummy lord in disguise, has sought to eliminate Shitash to cut the head off of his organization and regain full control of his city. Unfortunately, Shitash is a total recluse, never leaving his pleasure yacht *The Illuminated Paradise* which is constantly at sea and out of Ebo-ket's reach. As long as it remains on the ocean, Ebo-ket can only squash the hand's servants on land.
Recently, however, a spy has come forth and divulged that *The Illuminated Paradise* is scheduled to dock on the morrow. It will only remain there for a couple hours before it once again retreats out to sea. No one knows why it's risking landfall so close to Ebo-ket's gaze, but it's an opportunity that cannot be allowed to slip away. To this end, Ebo-ket has had a vessel designed to contain Shitash's soul, so as to keep him from reforming in the lower planes once killed. Now, he seeks a band of adventurers to carry it onto the rakshasa's ship, slay him, and return with his captured soul, ridding the city of The Unseen Hand once and for all.