Gimblefizz wants the airship stabilized and the party alive, but he also wants to reach the Isle of Whispers before a rival crew does.

The party can save the ship, but only Gimblefizz knows which system is failing at any moment; promises to reach the Isle of Whispers can win his full cooperation.

• Promise Gimblefizz a share of any discovery on the Isle of Whispers.
• Assign crew members to a subsystem and let each character lead one task.
• Use Perception DC 12 to read the crystal sequence.
• Use History DC 13 to recall how Stormwarden dissipator rods work.
• Use Insight DC 12 to hear when the rigging reaches safe tension.

• Round 1 or 2: Arcana DC 15 to interpret Aziron’s Mechanical Compass and identify the correct charge frequency.
• Round 1 to 3: Investigation DC 14 to align one wind crystal; three successes align all three.
• Round 2 or 3: Athletics or Acrobatics DC 13 to tension the rigging and lock the winch levers.
• Round 3 or 4: Tinker’s Tools or Arcana DC 15 to calibrate the lightning dissipators.
• Round 4: Constitution saving throw DC 14 to endure the final stress surge.
• On a failure, subtract 1 success. On a success, add 1 net success.

• Helpful plan: Gimblefizz assigns crew to the named subsystem and grants advantage on one related check.
• Confident success: He shouts clear timing cues, revealing which task is most urgent this round.
• Repeated failure: He becomes frantic and demands that the party abandon nonessential cargo.
• Accusation about the damaged wards: He snaps, “Blame me when the deck stops trying to kill you.”