History TabletopGame / SavageTide

''Savage Tide'' is an Adventure Path released for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'' during Paizo Publishing's run of ''Magazine/DungeonMagazine'', and was both intentionally a GrandFinale for Paizo's run of ''Dungeon''... and ''un''intentionally, an informal finale and sendoff for ''D&D'' 3.5 itself, being one of the very last 3.5 adventures published under the [=WotC=] umbrella. The adventure begins when the adventurers are hired by a noblewoman of the port city of Sasserine, Lavinia Vanderboren, to track down her missing brother, Vanthus. Over the course of twelve adventures that follow, the PlayerCharacters go from adventures in Sasserine to exploring the infamous Isle of Dread to braving the terrors of the Abyss itself in order to stop a plot by one of D&D's greatest villains to cast the entire world into savagery.

* TheDragon: Vanthus Vanderboren, to [[spoiler: Demogorgon]].
** Much earlier, Gut Tugger is a ''literal'' one to DarkActionGirl Rowyn Kellani.

* EnemyMine: The penultimate adventure, "Enemies of My Enemy," [[spoiler: The players recruit the eladrin paragon Gwynharwyf, the Demon Prince of Undeath Orcus, the sorceress Iggwilv, and possibly Demogorgon's lover, the [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus queen]] Malcanthet.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Surprisingly enough, [[spoiler: apparently Demogorgon, at least to whatever extent a demon is capable of genuine love - if the [=PCs=] ally with his lover Malcanthet, her revealing her treachery at the onset of the final battle has the effect of demoralizing him enough to slightly weaken him. He's even described as almost slumping in rejection before flying into a rage.]]

*** [[spoiler:This is ultimately what undoes Demogorgon, as well. By managing to get many of his enemies working together against him (see EnemyMine), he is left weakened enough that the players have a more reasonable chance of killing him.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The Isle of Dread.

* EnemyMine: The penultimate adventure, "Enemies of My Enemy," [[spoiler: The players recruit the eladrin paragon Gwynharwyf, the Demon Prince of Undeath Orcus, the sorceress Iggwilv, and possibly Demogorgon's lover, the [[HornyDevils succubus queen]] Malcanthet.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Surprisingly enough, [[spoiler: Demogorgon, at least to whatever extent a demon is capable of genuine love - if the [=PCs=] ally with his lover Malcanthet, her revealing her treachery at the onset of the final battle has the effect of demoralizing him enough to slightly weaken him. He's even described as almost slumping in rejection before flying into a rage.]]

''Savage Tide'' nominally takes place in the TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}} setting, though far to the south of the Free City of Greyhawk. It is the third in the Dungeon adventure path series, after ''Shackled City'' and ''Age Of Worms''; the three adventure paths are in the same continuity, and ''Savage Tide'' assumes that the previous two campaigns have occurred. (This conceit would later carry forward to ''TabletopGame/Pathfinder''[='s=] Adventure Paths.)

''Savage Tide'' nominally takes place in the TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}} setting, though far to the south of the Free City of Greyhawk. It is the third in the Dungeon adventure path series, after ''Shackled City'' and ''Age Of Worms''; the three adventure paths are in the same continuity, and ''Savage Tide'' assumes that the previous two campaigns have occurred.

The adventure path is notable, as per above, for being the final adventure path released in ''Dungeon' prior to its cancellation and relaunch as an online-only title for D&D Fourth Edition. The GrandFinale, "Prince of Demons," was the final adventure published in the printed era of ''Dungeon Magazine'', and so served not only as a finale to the campaign, but to the magazine as well.

''Savage Tide'' is an Adventure Path released for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsThirdEdition'' during Paizo Publishing's run of Magazine/DungeonMagazine. The adventure begins when the adventurers are hired by a noblewoman of the port city of Sasserine, Lavinia Vanderboren, to track down her missing brother, Vanthus. Over the course of twelve adventures that follow, the PlayerCharacters go from adventures in Sasserine to exploring the infamous Isle of Dread to braving the terrors of the Abyss itself in order to stop a plot by one of D&D's greatest villains to cast the entire world into savagery.

The adventure path is notable for being the final adventure path released in Dungeon prior to its cancellation and relaunch as an online-only title for D&D Fourth Edition. The GrandFinale, "Prince of Demons," was the final adventure published in the printed era of Dungeon Magazine, and so served not only as a finale to the campaign, but to the magazine as well.

* CityOfAdventure: Sasserine.

* DamselInDistress: Lavinia, twice.

* {{Kaiju}}: The Isle of Dread is inhabited with dinosaurs and other horrible things but stand out examples are seven, really nine, beasts whose legend has spread throughout the land. They include Baaragrauth, Burbalarg, Cerattakatha, Chakaranka, Emraag, Temauhti-Tecuani, Xireuksor. These tare just ones everyone knows about. Oonga would also count if he hadn't been moved to a different island back in 2nd edition D&D, and there's and immense Deinosuchus that lives unknown in the City of Broken Idols. This is in a plateau on the island which is well out of the reach of the civilized world.

* PositionOfLiteralPower: [[spoiler: Shows up in the form of the Prince of demons title, further as ''slayers'' of the prince of demons the characters gain immunity to binding oaths they would have made before hand. It works both ways though being a Prince means you'll be open to the taint left by previous personages while being an oathbreaker has it's own issues.]]

''Savage Tide'' is an Adventure Path released for the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' during Paizo Publishing's run of Magazine/DungeonMagazine. The adventure begins when the adventurers are hired by a noblewoman of the port city of Sasserine, Lavinia Vanderboren, to track down her missing brother, Vanthus. Over the course of twelve adventures that follow, the PlayerCharacters go from adventures in Sasserine to exploring the infamous Isle of Dread to braving the terrors of the Abyss itself in order to stop a plot by one of D&D's greatest villains to cast the entire world into savagery.

* {{Fanservice}}: Malcanthet, Shami-Amourae, Lavinia, Harliss Javell, Iggwilv, Tyralandi... yeah, there's a lot of this. Especially Malcanthet. She's not called the Queen of Succubi for nothing. [[spoiler:In order to meet with her and secure her aid in the penultimate section of the adventure path, you're required to walk through her palace naked (past several orgies) into her throne room, which is one ''massive'' orgy that she oversees from her throne]].

** A few familiar NPC faces show up as well - a St. Cuthbert cleric ally from Cauldron is now high priest of Sasserine's corresponding church, and the eladrin spy Celeste, who played a role in both previous adventure paths, shows up again toward the end to aid the [=PCs=].

* {{Kaiju}}: The Isle of Dread is inhabited with dinosaurs and other horrible things but
Stand out examples are seven, really nine, beasts whose legend has spread throughout the land. They include Baaragrauth, Burbalarg, Cerattakatha, Chakaranka, Emraag, Temauhti-Tecuani, Xireuksor. These tare just ones everyone knows about. Oonga would also count if he hadn't been moved to a diffrent island back in 2nd edition D&D, and there's and immense Deinosuchus that lives unknown in the City of Broken Idols. This is in a plateau on the island which is well out of the reach of the civilized world.

* LostWorld: The Isle of Dread.

* WretchedHive: Scuttlecove, an anarchic pirate town the players visit late in the campaign.

* ContinuityNod: Many references are made to the two previous adventure paths, ''Shackled City'' and ''Age of Worms'' - most notably, the second adventure involves the [=PCs=] making their way through a festival celebrating the anniversary of the defeat of Kyuss one year previous (and implying that the heroes of ''Shackled City'', from Sasserine's sister city of Cauldron, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome had defended Sasserine from the undead hordes while the latter adventure's climax was going on elsewhere]]).

* ContinuityNod: Many references are made to the two previous adventure paths, ''Shackled City'' and ''Age of Worms'' - most notably, the second adventure involves the PCs making their way through a festival celebrating the anniversary of the defeat of Kyuss one year previous (and implying that the heroes of ''Shackled City'', from Sasserine's sister city of Cauldron, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome had defended Sasserine from the undead hordes while the latter adventure's climax was going on elsewhere]]).
** A few familiar NPC faces show up as well - a St. Cuthbert cleric ally from Cauldron is now high priest of Sasserine's corresponding church, and the eladrin spy Celeste, who played a role in both previous adventure paths, shows up again toward the end to aid the PCs.

The adventure path is notable for being the final adventure path released in Dungeon prior to its cancellation and relaunch as an online-only title for D&D Fourth Edition. The GrandFinale, "Prince of Demons," was the final adventure published in the printed era of DungeonMagazine, and so served not only as a finale to the campaign, but to the magazine as well.

''Savage Tide'' is an Adventure Path released for the third edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' during Paizo Publishing's run of DungeonMagazine. The adventure begins when the adventurers are hired by a noblewoman of the port city of Sasserine, Lavinia Vanderboren, to track down her missing brother, Vanthus. Over the course of twelve adventures that follow, the PlayerCharacters go from adventures in Sasserine to exploring the infamous Isle of Dread to braving the terrors of the Abyss itself in order to stop a plot by one of D&D's greatest villains to cast the entire world into savagery.

[[caption-width-right:295:This painting is the first time you see Vanthus's face. The second time is when he locks you in a dungeon full of zombie pirates.]]

->''The first savage tide has already touched the mortal world. Unleashed from the cruel heart of a'' shadow pearl, ''the tide swept over an ancient civilization, transforming the citizens into feral, cannibalistic fiends. The hateful architects of the savage tide watched, taking pride in the ruin they had wrought. Now, after a thousand years, the savage tide is about to return. Yet this time, the doom will not be limited to one hapless city. This time, all of civilization waits unknowing on the shore, blissfully ignorant of what the tide is about to bring in...''

''Savage Tide'' nominally takes place in the {{Greyhawk}} setting, though far to the south of the Free City of Greyhawk. It is the third in the Dungeon adventure path series, after ''Shackled City'' and ''Age Of Worms''; the three adventure paths are in the same continuity, and ''Savage Tide'' assumes that the previous two campaigns have occurred.

''Savage Tide'' is an Adventure Path released for the third edition of ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' during Paizo Publishing's run of DungeonMagazine. The adventure begins when the adventurers are hired by a noblewoman of the port city of Sasserine, Lavinia Vanderboren, to track down her missing brother, Vanthus. Over the course of twelve adventures that follow, the PlayerCharacters go from adventures in Sasserine to exploring the infamous Isle of Dread to braving the terrors of the Abyss itself in order to stop a plot by one of D&D's greatest villains to cast the entire world into savagery.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: A possible fate for a PC - if Demogorgon is killed, his title, "Prince of Demons," becomes up for grabs, along with his territory in the Abyss.]]

* ArchNemesis: Vanthus Vanderboren. The players start the campaign searching for him, and when they find him, he locks them in a dungeon full of pirate zombies and leaves them to die. Over the course of the campaign, they track him down, discover his links to the savage tide, and eventually kill him on the Isle of Dread. [[spoiler: Then Demogorgon brings him back as a Death Knight and they have to track him to the Abyss]].
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Vanthus]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Demogorgon]].
* BlackMagicianGirl: [[spoiler: Iggwilv]].
* [[spoiler: BrotherSisterIncest]]: It's implied (and was outright stated by [[WordOfGod James Jacobs]]) that [[spoiler: Vanthus lusts after his sister Lavinia. She, thankfully, is completely repulsed by him.]]

* DistressedDamsel: Lavinia, twice.

*** [[spoiler:This is ultimately what undoes Demogorgon, as well. By managing to get many of his enemies working together against him (see EnemyMine), he is left weakened enough that the players have a more reasonable chance of killing him]].

* FanService: Malcanthet, Shami-Amourae, Lavinia, Harliss Javell, Iggwilv, Tyralandi... yeah, there's a lot of this. Especially Malcanthet. She's not called the Queen of Succubi for nothing. [[spoiler:In order to meet with her and secure her aid in the penultimate section of the adventure path, you're required to walk through her palace naked (past several orgies) into her throne room, which is one ''massive'' orgy that she oversees from her throne]].

* MayIncaTec: The Olman Tribes on the Isle of Dread. In their distant past, they even built massive Mesoamerican-esque ziggurats and had a far-reaching empire... [[spoiler: Until the first of the ''shadow pearls'' went off and destroyed their empire in one night.]] Now there are only seven small tribes left, huddled at the edge of the Isle of Dread.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The TableTopGames/{{Pathfinder}} adventure paths ''Serpent's Skull'' and ''Skull and Shackles'' can be seen as successors to different aspects of ''[[TabletopGame/SavageTide Savage Tide]]''.

* TheWarSequence: Two. In "Tides of Dread," [[spoiler: the [=PCs=] fight off an invasion of their adopted home village by a pirate fleet.]] In "Prince of Demons," [[spoiler: the [=PCs=] lead an army of hundreds of thousands in an invasion of Gaping Maw, Demogorgon's home layer of the Abyss]].
* WhamEpisode: There's a few. In "The Bullywug Gambit," the players [[spoiler: see the effects of the savage tide for the first time.]] In "Tides of Dread," they [[spoiler: fight off a pirate invasion and finally get to confront Vanthus]]. In "City of Broken Idols," they [[spoiler: destroy the source of the ''shadow pearls'' - by fighting an aspect of Demogorgon!]]

* EnemyMine: The penultimate adventure, "Enemies of My Enemy," natch. [[spoiler: The players recruit the eladrin paragon Gwynharwyf, the Demon Prince of Undeath Orcus, the sorceress Iggwilv, and possibly Demogorgon's lover, the [[HornyDevils succubus queen]] Malcanthet.]]

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Again, the Isle of Dread, natch. [[spoiler: Later, the Abyss.]]

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: A possible fate of a PC - if Demogorgon is killed, his title, "Prince of Demons," becomes up for grabs, along with his territory in the Abyss.]]

* ArchNemesis: Vanthus Vanderboren. The players start the campaign searching for him, and when they find him, he locks them in a dungeon full of pirate zombies and leaves them to die. Over the course of the campaign, they track him down, discover his links to the savage tide, and eventually kill him on the Isle of Dread. [[spoiler: Then Demogorgon brings him back as a Death Knight and they have to track him to the Abyss.]]
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Vanthus]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Demogorgon]]
* BlackMagicianGirl: [[spoiler: Iggwilv]]

* TheDragon: Vanthus Vanderboren, to [[spoiler: Demogorgon]]

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The Isle of Dread. [[spoiler: Later, the Abyss.]]
* TheEvilPrince: Vanthus. He murders his parents in hopes of inheriting their fortune... Only to discover they left it all to Lavnia.
* FanService: Malcanthet, Shami-Amourae, Lavinia, Harliss Javell, Iggwilv, Tyralandi... yeah, there's a lot of this. Especially Malcanthet. She's not called the Queen of Succubi for nothing. Especially when [[spoiler:in order to meet with her and secure her aid in the penultimate section of the adventure path, you're required to walk through her palace naked (past several orgies) into her throne room, which is one ''massive'' orgy that she oversees from her throne]].
* FinalBossPreview: Sorta. In "City of Broken Idols," the final boss is [[spoiler: an aspect of Demogorgon, who is the final boss of the campaign.]]
* GhostPirate: [[spoiler: Vanthus returns as an undead death knight.]]
* GrandFinale: "Prince of Demons"

* LostWorld: The Isle of Dread

* TheWarSequence: Two. In "Tides of Dread," [[spoiler: the [=PCs=] fight off an invasion of their adopted home village by a pirate fleet.]] In "Prince of Demons," [[spoiler: the [=PCs=] lead an army of hundreds of thousands in an invasion of Gaping Maw, Demogorgon's home layer of the Abyss.]]
* WhamEpisode: There's a few. In "The Bullywug Gambit," the players [[spoiler: see the effects of the savage tide for the first time.]] In "Tides of Dread," they [[spoiler: fight off a pirate invasion and finally get to confront Vanthus.]] In "City of Broken Idols," they [[spoiler: destroy the source of the ''shadow pearls'' - by fighting an aspect of Demogorgon!]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: The TableTopGames/{{Pathfinder}} [[AdventurePath adventure paths]] ''Serpent's Skull'' and ''Skull and Shackles'' can be seen as successors to different aspects of ''[[TabletopGame/SavageTide Savage Tide]]''.