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The Ice Tower

by Kevin Anderson

T HE I CE T OWER

BY KEVIN ANDERSON

EDITING & PROOFREADING: DAVE BLEWER, PIOTR KORYS, RON BLESSING

GRAPHIC DESIGN & TYPESETTING: ROBIN ELLIOTT

ART: SIMON FELLA, DANIEL RUDNICKI

COVER DESIGN: ROBIN ELLIOTT

PLAYTESTERS: DAVE BLEWER, DAVID LLOYD, SIMON SCOTT,

SARAH STEWARD, DAN TUNBRIDGE AND GAVIN WATTS

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T HE I CE T OWER

DISASTER!

lision occurs even if they employ a pilot to

bring their ship in. They are able to get a

refund on the piloting fee, though.

Where: Gateway

When: Anytime after the characters reach

Seasoned Rank.

The approach to Gateway is dangerous;

errant rocks from the Shattered City swarm

erratically through the void. Most of the larger

ship killers have been dealt with, either by

cannon ﬁ re or charges, but the danger is still

there. Some of the rock fragments can cause

untold damage.

Normally we would suggest the GM ignore

this danger, only highlighting it occasionally

just to remind his players of the dangers of

life in the skies. However in this instance

we are going to ask you to do something we

would never normally suggest. We want you

to cheat!

The hook of this scenario involves the

heroes becoming crewmembers of another

ship. For this to happen, their ship must either

be destroyed or damaged beyond a simple

repair. What follows is only a suggestion; the

object is to temporarily deprive the heroes

of their hard won skyship. If circumstances

arise which offer an opportunity to run this

scenario without such a contrivance, then

use that instead, even if it means moving the

starting location of the scenario.

The heroes are returning from a particu-

larly fruitless excursion into the Shattered

City, when they are struck by a rock during

the approach to Gateway. This rock causes

three Wounds, on the resultant Critical hit

rolls, use the table below, and refer to the

Critical Hit chart in Savage Worlds. The col-

Result

Engine

Locomotion

Controls

4-6

Chasis

Unfortunately for the heroes, their disas-

ter couldn’t have happened at a worse time.

Gateway is desperately short of the materials

needed to repair their ship, and it might take

weeks or even months for them to come in

from another island.

The heroes sponsor, Hawke—or some

other merchant if they are on bad terms with

him—steps in and makes them an offer: he

will get their ship repaired, and even pay

for the repairs. In return he asks the heroes

to accompany one of his business partners

upon a scavenging mission to the Draining

Sea. Hawke is a little vague on the details,

himself; “Skiller has directions to a ruin upon

the sea” is all he knows. Skiller is preparing

to depart soon and the heroes will ﬁ nd him

at the docks.

Asking for Skiller at the docks gets direc-

tions to the frigate Mirabelle . The ship is a hive

of activity as sailors load crates and barrels.

Tethered behind the frigate is a Cloudskiff

named Rosie . Hailing the ship, the heroes are

soon invited aboard by Skiller himself.

THE ICE TOWER

SKILLER’S TALE

who sang a tale of the Battlelord. In

essence this tale related how the Bat-

tlelord resided within a tower of ice

while he and his worshippers raised

a permanent palace of iron hard ice.

Once the palace was completed, the

god abandoned the tower, never to

return

Very few have heard the legend of the

Ice Tower. Fewer have dared to seek

it. None have returned! – Tales of The

Draining Sea.

Skiller has heard good things about the

heroes from Hawke and ushers them into his

cabin to tell them his tale over drinks.

“I believe that this map shows both

the Palace and the Ice Tower. The

surrounding water is ice, melted by

the Battlelord’s rage; the islands are

composed of harder, glacial ice, like

the tower and palace. I am looking for

a few more hardy souls to accompany

me to the Ice Tower. Within we may

ﬁ nd relics touched by the god, him-

self; our fortune and our legends will

be made. Are you with me?”

“Many years ago, I was trading in

the Ice Isles amongst the orc tribes.

I befriended one small tribe in par-

ticular, the Ice Claw, and became a

member of the tribe. One day while

I was absent, hunting for food on

the Draining Sea with the tribal war-

riors, a rival clan attacked the tribe’s

homeisle. Outnumbered and without

many of their warriors, my adopted

clan was slain.

SKILLER’S PLAN

“Returning to the camp, we found the

massacre. Among the dead was their

battlepriest, mortally wounded, but

not yet dead. With his ﬁ nal words, he

made me pledge to stop the returning

warriors from seeking vengeance, as

the attackers were too many. He asked

me to take them to a neighboring island

where they could join another clan.

I promised to do as he asked, and he

rewarded me with an old skin map.”

Pausing, Skiller pulls a battered and worn

skin from his tunic and unrolls it upon the

table. The map (provided as a player hand-

out on page 23) depicts The Draining Sea.

Stylized houses are drawn here and there

about the edge of the map signifying ice

mines and clans. Inland from the Northeast

edge of the Draining Sea is an area labeled

‘the Ice Sea’. Roughly central of the Ice Sea

is a third shape, with a stylized castle upon

it, labeled ‘Palace of Ice?’ Scattered about the

Ice Sea are 13 irregular shapes; one of these

is labeled ‘Ice Tower’.

Skiller continues.

Skiller’s plan is as follows; Mirabelle will

sail to the Draining Sea and moor up along

the North East coast, where members of the

Ice Bear clan will meet them. The orcs will

portage the Rosie across land—a distance of

some 39 leagues, or about 100 miles—where

she can be launched into the sea. Rosie will

allow the heroes to navigate the Ice Sea and

approach the Tower. On their return, the orcs

will escort them back to the Mirabelle .

The crew positions the heroes ﬁ ll can be

decided by their skills and abilities. Skiller,

if needed, can pilot Mirabelle , but ideally, a

hero should ﬁ ll that position. Other heroes

should act as shipboard priests, healers, or

gunners.

The Mirabelle is set to depart in a week. The

heroes can use the time to attempt to pick up

any items they may want or need. Skiller also

gives them 10 cogs to have a drink or two on

him, to welcome them to his crew.

THE BAR

Chances are the heroes will end up in a bar

sometime during the week before the Mira-

belle sets sail. Those who succeed at a Notice

roll see an elven bard trying to entertain the

“I pondered long and hard on this

map and the notes upon it. After many

years, I encountered a songpriest

SUNDERED SKIES

busy hostelry. He is obviously nervous and

is trying to cover his nerves with expansive

arm movements. His voice is good, and he

is singing a ribald tune called “ Sally and the

Skyler Man.”

If the heroes keep an eye on the bard they

will see his ﬂ ailing arms knock a pitcher of

beer from a drunken dockworkers hand.

The furious man grabs the elf and ﬂ ings

him across the room—smashing into the

heroes’ table. The elf looks beseechingly at

the characters and groans, as the dockworker

advances upon him.

If the heroes do not help—check those

hindrances—the elf is soundly beaten and

thrown out of the bar. Those who choose to

help may attempt to defuse the situation or

ﬁ ght. The latter choice sparks a bar brawl.

The dockworkers use ﬁ sts and clubs and will

run if anything larger than a dagger is pulled.

Each brawler will surrender once they are

Shaken.

Once the ﬁ ght is over, the elf introduces

himself as Eldeer. If the heroes take the time

to talk to him, they will discover he is also

part of the expedition. If they just let him go

on his way, then they will make this discovery

as the ship sails.

Eldeer, Elven bard See page 20.

Dockworkers (1 per heroes +2 ) See

page 19.

tern but with a hood that can be shut to

keep the wind out) 200 yards of rope in

20-yard lengths

3 grappling hooks

10 yards of sail cloth

4 shovels

4 picks

20 sleepingcanvases

20 torches

10 waterskins

10 sets of altitude attire

THE CREW

The crew of the Mirabelle consists of two

distinct groups. Everyone has a role on the

frigate, but a smaller group will also form

the scavenging crew who will investigate the

Ice Tower. There are ten human sailors, a

cat wildling named Lean, the two orc broth-

ers, Karag and Volrog, an elven Songpriest,

Eldeer, and ﬁ nally, Skiller himself.

The salvaging crew consists of Skiller,

Volrog and Karag, Eldeer, and the heroes.

A player handout can be found on page

24 which details the stats the heroes need to

know about these characters when the crew

get into combat.

TALKING TO THE CREW

The heroes may wish to question the crew

during the voyage to the Draining Sea. For

the GM’s convenience we have detailed all

they know below:

Human Sailors: All the sailors know is

they are due a single share of salvage from

some big ruin, inland on the Draining Sea.

All they have to do is get the Mirabelle to the

Sea’s shore.

Lean: This cat wildling joined the crew

after unsuccessfully stowing away at Heart-

land. Rather than being beaten and put

overboard as he had witnessed stowaways

being treated on so many elven ships, Lean

was accepted as a crew-member and soon

became the ships mascot. Skiller has earned

the wildling’s undying loyalty.

Volrog and Karag: The orc identical twins

have been with Skiller for years, but only

know of the events with the Ice Claw tribe

THE EXPEDITION

EQUIPMENT

Aside from the normal gear a ship carries

for ad hoc repairs and day-to-day living, the

Mirabelle also carries:

24 tree trunks (for rollers)

30 barrels of skyler guts (to grease the roll-

ers)

8 ice axes (see page 5)

20 blankets

20 furthrows

10 ceramicﬂ asks of oil

10 setsofﬂ int and steel

5 hooded lanterns (like a bull’s-eye lan-

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