The voice of the Dock Ward
Special issue
for
Midwinter holiday
1488 DR
ADVENTURERS
WANTED!
The Ugly Harpy Inn has a problem
in its cellar. Giant centipedes
of unknown origin are wasting
food and wine, and a small
group of sturdy exterminators
is required. This is a paid work:
one taol is guaranteed for each
dead critter. For info please
contact the innkeeper, Adrik
the Gold Dwarf, 15, Sunken
Pier road (please note: anti-
paralysis devices not provided!).
!
Who is the black cloaked
guy who visits the docks
every night? He is always
sweeping, but not very
chatty...
Who is the new love of the
Lathander acolyte?
The young fisherman?
The blonde actress?
What does the ivory box the
ditchdiggers unearthed last
tenday contain?
Someone thinks that one
of the Masked Lords is a
famous teenager...
Is the longer winter the fruit
of a conspiracy?
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The Imperial Printed in
Waterdeep,
Seagull
the Crown of the
North
Price: 1 nib
A NEW
Y EDITORIAL Z OPPORTUNITY FOR
YOUR POCKETS,
Greetings Waterdhavians! Normally here in the City of HERO!
Splendors this is the time in which we happily celebrate
the death of the worst cold days of winter, but this is a Stop buying expensive healing
somewhat special (strange?) year. As you surely know (and potions! Visit the Cavern Shop (13,
painfully experience) the present year winter will probably Main street, Dock ward) and buy
last at least until Greengrass – both Chauntea clerics and the recently-discovered Pale-
Silvanus druids agree about this. But don’t worry! The white fungi. Each mushroom
Seagull will warm your numb soul with the usual spinning is able to heal a lot of wounds
slew of exciting news, rumors and advertisements! and scratches, and it costs only
forty dragons! (please note:
Cavern Shop is not responsible
for possible side effects).
(( THE BIG EVENTS ((
Last tenday, precisely 23 Hammer, the new class of Navy YOUR REST IS VERY
cadets graduated successfully. All the Dock Ward was full of IMPORTANT.
feasting people and Kerri Buckman, the local High Captain
of Valkur, celebrated the event performing a spectacular Tired of combats, traps and every-
ceremony complete with a roaring storm of harmless day hazards? The Firehair Feasting
colored lightnings. The new crews of in-service Navy sailors Hall is the place for you. In this
will be firstly employed in the supervision and coordination comfortable resort you will find
activities related to the removal of the giant crust of all the services a weary explorer
magic ice present on the southern piers, while their first needs, including skill and luck
“maiden voyages” will take place in the month of Kythorn. games, fine foods and beverages,
bardic entertainment and so on.
After a trial lasted several Please contact the nearest Sunite
months, Algulus the for more info, including address.
Merfolk has been pardoned
for its crimes. The city
Watch discovered that a METEO ALARM
very powerful charming
spell was used for The Waterdeep Navy wishes to
embroiling the creature warn all citizens of a new strange
into the submerged whiskey phenomenon recently observed
smuggling. Unknown in the Dock Ward. Large fog
criminals forced the banks have been reported to
Merfolk to transport large Algulus the merfolk appear abruptly during the night,
quantities of illegal alcohol and Navy mages are still not able
under the waves of the port waters using its insuperable to determine if those “Mists” are
swimming skill. The bottles were stored in waterproof linked to the prolonged winter
boxes and marked as “milk”. The Watch detectives’ attention or not. Caution and attention
now shifts to the real culprits. Investigations continue. by the folks are recommended.
New Background
The “Imperial Seagull” Journalist
Before adventuring you used to work as a freelancer for the
renown Dock Ward newspaper of the City of Splendors,
“The Imperial Seagull”, collecting rumors, facts and news
and sometimes inventing them as well. Then, something
happened. Maybe you were bored about reporting the
deeds and actions of others and started facing adventures
on your own, or maybe you answered one of the “work
offers” of the Seagull and that changed your life.
Skill Proficiencies: History and Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Calligrapher’s supplies
Languages: One of your choice among Dwarvish, Elvish,
Giant, Halfling or Orc. You can also choose Illuskan, if the
DM allows the “Human Languages” option as described in
the “Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide”
Equipment: a copy of the last issue of “The Imperial
Seagull”, a writing kit (small pouch with a quill, ink and
some sheets of paper), a set of common clothes, and a
pouch containing 10 gp
CREDITS
Concept, Design & Text: Davide Quatrini
Layout, Graphics and Editing: Inspired Device
English Language Check: Monica Rizzi
F eature : A lways first
While you are in Dock Ward in Waterdeep you know new
events, rumors, facts and so on before anyone else. You
know bits of knowledge even before they are published on
the “Seagull” and you can use them to take a significant
advantage of competitors, such as other adventuring
groups, criminals or the city Watch. Additionally you
can access “The Imperial Seagull” archives and records
whenever you want and find there answers to your current
questions (even if they are not always very reliable or
accurate).
S uggested C haracteristics
Journalists’ personalities and habits are forged by their
experiences as members of the editorial staff and during
the everyday contacts with people and events. All revolves
around information: both positive and negative aspects of
their behavior are somehow connected with their desire
for knowledge.
d6 Personality Traits
1 I idolize a particular member of my editorial staff, and
constantly refer to that person’s deeds and life.
2 Nothing can shake my cynical aptitude.
3 Adulation is my preferred approach for getting what I want.
4 I know a story relevant to almost every situation.
5 Whenever I come to a new place, I collect local rumors
and news.
6 I like to talk at length about recent events.
d4 Ideal
1 Aspiration. I’m determined to make something of myself. (Any)
2 Independence. I am a free spirit – no one can tell me
what to do. (Chaotic)
3 People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and
everyone else can take a trip down the Deep Underdark
for all I care. (Neutral)
4 Free Thinking. Inquiry and curiosity are the pillars of
progress. (Chaotic)
d4 Bond
1 I would do anything for the other members of my old
editorial staff.
2 I have a confidential document that holds a terrible
secret that must not fall into the wrong hands.
3 My curiosity is my life.
4 I’ll always remember my first article on the “‘Gull”.
d4 Flaw
1 An innocent person is in prison for an article I published
on the “Imperial Seagull”. That will never happen again.
2 I have a weakness for the vices of the Dock Ward,
especially gambling.
3 I’d risk too much to uncover a hidden bit of knowledge.
4 I can’t keep a secret to save my life, or anyone else’s.