Author: Philip Alexandris

Quest Information
Editing: Constantine "Kelfecil" Christakis The underwater regions of Latakar are for the most part
unexplored and uncharted. As such, the people who live on
NPC Art: Printable Heroes the continent's shores know precious little about the beasts
Map Art: Moonlight Maps and people that live in the sea next to them.
For their part, the inhabitants of those seas are mostly
Art Credits content with being isolated. Some of them send trade or
diplomatic missions above water, but even those are decently
Rotten Meer: Rene Schlafer ......................................................... 1 rare.
Adapted and licensed under CC BY 2.0. As such, the appearance of a merfolk delegation certainly
Spearhead: Ashley Van Haeften ...................................................2 came as a surprise to the people that saw them emerge from
Adapted and licensed under CC BY 2.0. the sea.
The merfolk came with a call for aid. A sahuagin tribe near
Introduction - Side-Quests their own lands came upon a portal to some other plane, and
Kelfecil's Tales is all about stories and adventures inspired by they have started a ritual to call forth eldritch beings from it.
art. Each Side-Quest module is meant to be used in The merfolk seek adventurers to put an end to the
whatever way you want in your own games. Unlike the sahuagin, and are willing to provide the players with the
adventures, Side-Quests do not have a full background story necessary supplies to survive underwater.
or enough material to run a full session with them. They can Acquiring the Quest
be used as:
The players acquire the quest while being anywhere near the
An extra quest or mission in your own campaign. sea. There, they come upon the merfolk delegation, who
Inspiration to start your own adventure. enlists them for their mission.
Drop-in content to fill in the gaps in various locations.
Drop-in encounters for any situation. Quest Objective
The adventurers must eliminate the sahuagin, as well as any
Quick Info creatures that might come through the portal.
Recommended Average Party Level (APL): 8 Reward
Experience from Completion: ~8,600 The merfolk delegation offers the players pearls worth 1,200
General Theme: Clearout gold coins, as well as rights to any loot they find.
Setting: Any
Time to Finish: ~1 hour
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The Situation
The merfolk cast Water breathing on the players, allowing Lightning Harpoon
them to breathe below the surface. They also provide a guide A steel harpoons that crackles faintly upon touch.

to show the players where the sahuagin are enacting their The harpoon functions as a +1 Javelin.

ritual. The portal is deep underwater. There is total darkness,
and the water is quite cold.
The ritual has already begun by the time the players arrive.
The players come in from the arrow on the map.
or half as much on a success. If the target is
🢂 ''Encounter!'' x3 Deep Sahuagin are at 1. on the map.
Currently, they are in hiding, so roll a stealth check for them
when the players enter the area. The sahuagin here wait for
intruders to attempt to attack the sahuagin at 2. on the map
before joining in the fight.
3/Day: When the harpoon's wielder has scored a
successful hit, they can shout the command word. If
they do this, the harpoon emits a burst of lightning.
The target must make a DC 14 Constitution Saving
Throw. On a failure, they take 4d6 lightning damage,
underwater, all allies and enemies within 5 ft. of it
must also make the same throw or take the same
amount of damage.

🢂 ''Encounter!'' x3 Deep Sahuagin are on guard at 2. on

the map. They are the first line of defense, and engage the
players in an attempt to stop them.
As far as tactics go, the sahuagin try to focus down the
same player, taking advantage of their Blood Frenzy ability.
Even if the sahuagin here are losing, they keep on fighting,
aware that soon allies will come through the portal.

⦿ ''History.'' The walls of the inner cavern have faint writing

and art on them, depicting a dark being covering the sea with
its tentacles. Should a player wish to investigate those
murals, they can roll a DC 17 History Check. On a success,
they recognize the murals as a depiction of a Void deity
conquering the sea.
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After two turns of combat, the portal flashes bright white (plus gridless and other variants)
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before disgorging x4 Chuul from it. Afterward, the portal goes
dark, its energy reserves are depleted.
These chuul are the allies the sahuagin were expecting.
However, they are in for a surprise. The chuul do not
recognize the sahuagin as their masters at all. On the
contrary, they see both the sahuagin and the players as food,
and proceed to attack whoever of the two is nearest to them.
Upon being attacked by the chuul, the remaining sahuagin
will attempt to escape the fight. The chuul fight to the death.
Quest Completed
The quest is completed once the players have eliminated or
let the sahuagin escape, and have killed all the chuul.
As for the portal, it is currently inactive. Should the players
wish to, a few strikes destroy the old structure. Otherwise,
the merfolk proceed to occupy the area.
Rewards
After completing the quest, the players can return to the
merfolk delegation to get their money.
Moreover, they also find a Lightning Harpoon on the body
of one of the sahuagin (which could have used it in combat
too, if you like).

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Stat Blocks
Deep Sahuagin
Medium humanoid (sahuagin), lawful evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (8d8 + 16)
Speed 30 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS
17 (+3) 12 (+1) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 13 (+1) 9 (-1)
Skills Perception +5
Damage Resistances cold
Senses blindsight 20 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive
Perception 15
Languages Sahuagin
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has advantage on melee
attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its
hit points.
Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air
and water, but it needs to be submerged at least once
every 4 hours to avoid suffocating.
Shark Telepathy. The sahuagin can magically command
any shark within 120 feet of it, using a limited telepathy.
Light Sensitivity. The sahuagin has disadvantage on its
attacks if it is under bright light.
Actions
Multiattack. The sahuagin makes two melee attacks: one
with its bite and one with its claws or spear.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 3) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage.
Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach
5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 3)
piercing damage, or 11 (2d8 + 3) piercing damage if
used with two hands to make a melee attack.
Would-be conquerors of the sea, ruthless in battle.
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Chuul
Large aberration, chaotic evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 93 (11d10 + 33)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
19 (+4) 10 (+0) 16 (+3) 5 (-3) 11 (+0) 5 (-3)
CHA
Skills Perception +4
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages understands Deep Speech but can't speak
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Amphibious. The chuul can breathe air and water.
Sense Magic. The chuul senses magic within 120 feet of
it at will. This trait otherwise works like the detect magic
spell but isn't itself magical.
Actions
Multiattack. The chuul makes two pincer attacks. If the
chuul is grappling a creature, the chuul can also use its
tentacles once.
Pincer. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one
target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage. The
target is grappled (escape DC 14) if it is a Large or
smaller creature and the chuul doesn't have two other
creatures grappled.
Tentacles. One creature grappled by the chuul must
succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be
poisoned for 1 minute. Until this poison ends, the target
is paralyzed. The target can repeat the saving throw at
the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself
on a success.
Eldritch, alien beings.
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voices.
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