'Ghosts of Saltmarsh' is a short adventure designed for level 1 characters. It is highly recommended that players have a level 1 character sheet prepared for the first session. Ideally, this character should be created inside the roll20 charactermancer. If a character sheet is not provided, I can select a pre-generated character for them.

Here are some rules for player characters:
- Officially published materials only! No homebrew or unearthed arcana.
- Select a character background from the Player's Handbook or Ghosts of Saltmarsh. 
- Instead of rolling for ability scores, use the {15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8} stat array. 
- No evil alignments. Neutral characters are not permitted to commit acts of evil.
- Absolutely no PvP (player vs. player) is allowed.
- Additionally, you may not steal from other players.

Instead of calculating experience, characters will naturally level up as they meet predetermined 'milestones' in the story. We won't devote more than ten minutes to leveling up, so players should have a general idea of how they want to build their character. Use the roll20 charactermancer to level up quickly. 

Here is a weekly breakdown of the adventure: 

Week 1: The Haunted House. Players explore a supposedly haunted house on the outskirts of Saltmarsh. 
Week 2: The Sea Ghost. Players must find a way to board a mysterious pirate ship that only appears in the dead of night.  
Week 3: Danger at Dunwater. Players investigate a tribe of lizardfolk for smuggled goods. 
Week 4: Salvage Operation. A noble hires the players to salvage his magic box from a missing ship. 
Week 5: Isle of the Abbey Part 1. Players help Major Ursa secure the Isle of the Abbey from undead pirates.  
Week 6: Isle of the Abbey Part 2. Players seek out the source of the undead on the island.
Week 7: The Final Enemy Part 1. Players investigate a sahuagin fortress in the Javan River's estuary. 
Week 8: The Final Enemy Part 2. Players lead a strike force for the final attack on the sahuagin stronghold. 
Week 9: Tammeraut's Fate Part 1. Players explore an abandoned hermitage on Firewatch Island. 
Week 10: Tammeraut's Fate Part 2. Players must enter the Pit of Hatred to put a stop to the mysterious assailants.

We will have class in roll20.net. All students should be familiar with this website. Roll20 is going to be the visual component of our game whereas zoom is more for audio. When speaking, players should do their absolute best to stay in-character. There will be time for out-of-character questions at the beginning of every class.

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