The ship is doomed! How many sailors can you save from the kraken's wrath?
This encounter, written for players between levels 3 and 6, puts your players in the middle of a catastrophic ocean disaster. A kraken is slowly dragging their vessel below the waves, and they must save as many crew members as they can before the monster drowns and consumes them all.
The cool thing about this encounter is that your players aren't really fighting the kraken. This vast monster doesn't even know they're on the ship, and is intent simply on filling its belly. For these relatively low-level characters, this scenario is all about surviving, saving as many lives as they can, and escaping.
How the players approach the encounter (rescuing sailors from grasping tentacles, prolonging the ship's time above water, or helping to ready the lifeboats) is all up to them, but one way or another... that ship is going down.
Enjoy!