Basilisk Isle is a tension-filled, pulp adventure with some classic noir intrigue.
PCs aboard a ship enroute to Saltmarsh are chased by pirates. Their ship flees to a mysterious island where the captain provides some startling confessions about their situation. Captain Salistar has an outrageous plan. If it works, the adventurers can save themselves, the ship, and the crew. But there's just one tiny complication: A basilisk.
Basilisk Isle is designed as a quick, exciting adventure for session 0.5 or 1 for first-level characters, playable in a few hours. It's built for Ghosts of Saltmarsh and can be played as a start to the book's adventures. But it's written as the opening step that brings Saltmarsh to the Eberron setting.
The adventure puts the party together, introduces the players to their own and others' PCs, and gets the group on the way to Saltmarsh with a solid explanation. By the time they arrive, they will already have some insight into the political situation, be aware of the smuggling, and know about the growing pains in Saltmarsh. They will have made a well-connected friend and some powerful enemies, but most importantly they will have made a name for themselves as genuine heroes!
Downloads include the adventure, clean and annotated maps of the island, and a table to keep track of time during the adventure.
- from the publisher's blurb