O5. Cannibals in the Fog

CANNIBALS IN THE FOG: A strange sight appears on the ocean: a woman sitting on a huge tree (an oak) floating in the waves. Her weeping can be heard from a distance. If the PCs investigate they will find that she is a dryad. Her tree was blown into the ocean by a heavy storm and she has been floating with it for days. It is slowly dying. If the PCs offer aide (they can haul the tree onto their ship and bring it to shore to replant it), she reaches inside it to bring out a potion in gratitude (randomly choose one as needed by the party). She also pulls out a wooden staff with many small silver bells on it. If the party aides her in planting the tree she will (when done) give them the staff and tell them the command word (in Common). It is a staff of clear vision and allows the user to see through fog, darkness, leaves, or other such obscuring conditions up to three times per day; each use lasts 1d6 rounds. Dryad: AC 15, HD 2*, #At 1 dagger or 1 fist, Dam 1d4 dagger, 1d4 fist, Mv 40', Sv M 4, ML 6, XP 100 HP Regardless of how the party handles the situation, thick fog rolls in over the ocean all around them. The wind falls dead-still and will remain so for 2d6 hours. From out of the fog comes the thumping of a drum. As it gets closer the rhythmic creaking of oars is heard along with human yells exhorting the crew to keep up the pace. If the dryad is with the party she shakes the staff to ring the bells (uttering a word in dryad as she does) while looking in the direction of the