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The proprietor is Bosco Daggerhand (NE male human ]AHAKA BAY
thug who wears a ring of animal influence), so called be-
cause he never shakes anyone's hand without his other Pirate ships enter and leave this bay as they come and
hand resting threateningly on the dagger in his sash. He go fromjahaka Anchorage. The River Tath plunges
keeps a semi-tame deinonychus (see appendix D) as a down multiple waterfalls before spilling into the bay, so
guard animal, which he controls with his magic ring. mist perpetually drifts out of the river mouth and across
The pirates refer to the raptor as Knuckles- because the bay. This mist isn't especially heavy but its effect
someone who's foolish enough to let it nip their hand accumulates over distance, so it restricts visibility to a
won't have anything else left. few miles on all but the windiest days. The outline of
Any time of the day or night, 2d6 pirates (bandits) the coastal mountains can be seen from any distance
are carousing in Bosco's Bilge. Another ld6 pirates are in the bay, but finer details- something the size of a
passed out on the tables or floor. ship or smaller, for example- can't be discerned from
more than 2 or 3 miles distant. Since the bay is about
GB. KITCHEN 20 miles wide and 40 miles deep, it's an excellent bid·
Bosco's customers aren't very interested in food, but the ing spot for pirates. Any ship that wanders into the bay
simple fare he offers-boiled shark, roasted snake, and without knowing precisely where to look is unlikely to
other jungle delights-is prepared here. When leftovers stumble uponjahaka Anchorage.
become so rancid the pirates won't eat them, they're ei-
ther fed to the deinonychus or sent to the captives in the KIR SABAL
cage (area 5). The door to the kitchen is always closed,
to keep Knuckles from raiding the pantry.
An ancient monastery overlooks the jungle from its
6C. Bosco's BUNK
perch on the cliff of a tall plateau. Stone steps and rickety
Bosco's private room contains a hammock, a locked walkways connect the various buildings, the lowest of
sea chest stuffed with clothes and trinkets, a few musty
books, and a pile of reeds for Knuckles to sleep on. which is 500 feet above the ground. The main building
Bosco carries the key to the chest, or the lock can be has a circular mazelike symbol carved into its crum·
picked with thieves' tools and a successful DC 15 Dex- bling facade.
terity check. Every few minutes, bird folk either land at the monas-
Treasure. A false bottom in the sea chest can be tery or launch themselves from its balconies and take to
found with a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) the sky.
check. The compartment holds 58 gp, 140 sp, a potion
of water breathing. and three black eye patches. (The
pirate captains don the eye patches before trying to re- Kir Sabal (map 2.11) is home to a flock of aarakocra and
move treasure from area 4.) a peaceful sanctuary where heroes can find rest and

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