We open a chest to find a map. A Tortle climbs out of the sand to greet us, introduce this land as the ‘Isle of Dread’, and then hide in the sand again. We are attacked by 3 dinosaurs, and kill them.

Rob speaks with a few fish, and finds out that ‘civilization’ is off towards the north. The party follows the beach and after a days walk sees sails on the horizon. A pirate ship is berthed in the bay. We move into the jungle to camp for the night, and are ambushed by giant spiders! After killing some and driving the rest off we are approached by a group of raccoon-men, and brought to their village. There, we find that the volcano is where the black powder is manufactured, and the run-off from the process is poisoning the rivers. Since we’re here to wreck shop anyway, they ask that we take care of those pirates as well. We get directions to their headquarters.

The party follows the river for a day, with escorts. A while after leaving we are ambushed by some green dragon wyrmlings! We begin the fight, and Fraeiyn decides that it’s a GREAT IDEA to drop a BARREL of gunpowder at the feet of one of the wyrmlings, and have it EXPLODE. It injures everyone, sets the river on fire and kills Rob and Lord Tamikos instantly.

The party finishes off the other drake easily (the barrel was overkill).