"Women!" the gnome curses.
Can't live with 'em, can't sail with 'em,"Smudge commiserates.
"Forget the stiffs! I'll summon something to clear them away. Might as well summon a whole crew if I want to get anything done," he mutters.
"Just keep them covered with the big gun, Sooty," Quillin says as he peers back over the side to get a report from his devil dolphin.
Pfarna continues to stand at guard with her cutlass out. Finally, upon hearing Mel's comment, she looks about the boat until she finds a long stake or pole and uses that to turn over the dead bodies to see if there is anything of note on the other side.
Shaso heads up the staircase to the aft deck, avoiding the corpses.
Connectivity and family issues will post as soon as I can
Shaso heads up to the aft deck while Pfarna, Mel and Quinn contemplate jockeying around the bodies.
Pfarna finds a line pole easy and flips the nearest body over as Quinn turns and makes a rude gesture back at Quillin.
Shaso find a pair of other bodies on the aft deck near the wheel. One is clearly an officer or the captain due to their nicer clothes and an elaborate sword sticking out from underneath the body (like he fell on it)
Quillin summons his water creature while Sooty mumble about the away team.
Pfarna, Mel and Quinn are greeted with a human face that has eyes bulging and black ichor coming out of its mouth. A series of three puncture wounds, evenly spaced are prominent on the man's belly and shirt.
Mel ignores the comments from the Poxy Doxies deck and studies the bodies.."So what got him first..the Poison or the blood loss" she asks of Sondera
Quillin summons his water creature while Sooty mumble about the away team.
Usually if the dolphin returns in one piece, it means there is nothing there. If it returns in two or more pieces, or as chum, it means there is something there.
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Heal: <-- maybe I know something about this?
Pfarna looks to Mel and Sandra:
Either of you know anything about this poison and holy bodies?
"Think I found the captain. And a pretty sword."
Shaso will flip the body over and claim the sword, also looking it over for wounds.
He also looks for any distinguishing characteristics to the clothing or weapons.
Shaso flips the body over and indeed sees an unsheathed sword sitting beneath the body. A cutlass to be precise featuring an elegant opal handle and some sort of inscription on a very blue tinged steel blade.
The body features the same injuries as the other on the next deck down.
Shaso recognizes the dress and manner as either Shackles natives or long time sailors of the area. The mix of styles, emphasis on certain types of sword belts, etc, are all common to this ares.
As the away team pokes around Jake yells from the crow's Captain! Blood in the water!
Quillin muses at the crimson bubbles. "So something is down there. I wonder if it's staying down there."
Mel looks towards the area the lookout is pointing at.
Perception
Sooty focuses too much on the deck of the other ship to notice much.
There is, indeed, blood in the water.
Perception: <-- I see everything
Capn' looks like this one was killed with a trident. Also, appears a local poison was used, most likely Stone Sting, it freezes the muscles. Sahaugin like using it.
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Seeing the cutlass, Pfarna picks it up.
Anyone know if this is magic, appears to be a fine blade.
...Sahaugin like using it.
"Sea Devils! and the dolphin's dead." the gnome does some simple math. "Sounds like you might be trying that poker out in a moment, Pfarna!"
Shaso runs to look over the railing as Pfarna grabs his prize. Upon hearing the captain's call, he stows his picks and grabs his bow.
"There's somethin' down below" Mel whispers "Did you feel that shift in the ship?"
"Of course there's something down there. It ate my dolphin!"
Pfarna calls to Shaso:
Watch out for attacks. It is clear they like poison. We don't want to be pulling you out of the water paralyzed.
1. Pfarna is a deck below Shaso. No stealing his sword.
2. The sword, unsheathed, is a blue tinged cutlass featuring and ivory engraved handle and bronze guard. At first glance this appears to depict a mermaid but Shaso would need to pick it up to confirm that...
3. Quinn pulls her sword as she looks over at Mel Aye, I heard that.
4. Shaso looks over the side of the ship and sees some blood but not much else in the movement or things of note department.
5. Nothing but surf and wind. Very quiet all of a sudden.
What now?
"Blood in the water!" Shaso calls. He scans the sea for a while, and sensing no approaching danger, goes back to investigate the cutlass. He bends down and picks it up before looking it over with Detect Magic.
Sooty pulls out his mutagen and drinks it in a single draught. He draws his forearm across his beard and grumbles, "By Besmara's black teeth, I just wish whatever is down there would just show itself."
"Playing coy or koi is it? Well, grab what you can and let's shove off. Perhaps we can catch a good wind and leave whatever is down there behind. Look lively."
Pfarna looks to the others.
Let me quickly check below decks. Might be something there.
She heads down to see if the hold holds anything of value that can be quickly grabbed.
Perception:
Mel follows Pfarna. Crossbow at the ready.
Shaso picks up the sword and notes that, indeed, the handle depicts a mermaid wrapped around some sort of coral pillar as a handle but carved well so that the handle is not otherwise unwieldly. The guard features a wave and shell motif that looks like some fine carvig work in the metal. The blade does radiate magic...
Pfaran approaches the main hold doors on the deck and gingerly opens them. Mel stands by with a bow at the ready. The hold looks fairly empty with a smattering of small barrels and crates. Nothing jumps out to the half orc. Nothing jumps out AT the half orc either.
Pfarna shakes her head:
Been stripped or they were sailing empty.
With that, she turns around to see what the others are investigating.
Shaso continues to concentrate on the sword...
Shaso continues to concentrate on the sword...
"Nothing to see, eh? Do we think she's worth towing in for resale? We can't afford a crew split yet.
Jake
"Others"
Quinn looks back over the rails and raises her voice, Captain I'm conflicted. Besmara knows you take it if it isn't in another man's hands and sailing wood is sailing wood and the ship seems in good enough shape. But these bodies don't sit right. They didn't drift out here this way and we got bumps and creaks. She could be just settling for sure but... The cleric fidgets with her sword and hat for a second before offering a thought, Should we go below?
"Bah, I'm not stayin' here longer than I have to, but not before seeing what loot they've got." The warpriest sticks the cutlass through his belt sash and proceeds to flip bodies over with his boot, checking for any jewelry or weapons of note.
Shaso looks over the other 5 bodies and finds nothing of interest. Not even any real money or weapons to speak of. But they all were stabbed and all have the same ichor coming out of their mouths.
My intention was to look into the hold and then drop down to see if there was anything of use or value.
"You awake up there, Jake? I swear I heard something. Help him out Smudge. Sooty, point her that way."
The half-size captain sends his familiar up and follows with a levitate spell to the spars while directing Sooty to point the gun to port. From his higher vantage point he keeps an eye on things. " Stay topside, he orders the rest.
Shaso climbs down from the forecastle and peers down into the hold, trying to keep an eye on Pfarna.
Quinn offers a hand on the shoulder of the contemplative Pfarna, Captain says wait.
Meanwhile Quillin begins to float into the rigging while Sooty begins the (relatively slow, it'll take a round or so) process of rotating the ballista.
Jake offers an almost sleepy Huh wuh? but it is Smudge who alerts the crew as he begins squawking in alarm. Quillin reaches a few feet off the deck in time to see a mottled blue/black/yellow hand climb aboard to the Poxy. The hand is followed in short order by the face of a Sahuagin raider.
Jake, a little late to the mark yells out, We're bein boarded!
As chaos erupts on the Poxy the away team gets its own welcoming party as the double wide doors to the ships map room flies open and four Sahuagin come pouring out onto the main deck.
Init
The Raiders™
Group ●
Seeing the Raiders pouring from the map room door, Pfarna charges across the deck drawing her cutlass as she goes.
Time to die undersea scum, this boat is ours.
Attack-cutlass-charge: <-- +2 charge
Damage: <-- +4 dex, +3 precise strike swashbuckler ability
Crit confirm:
Damage:
Her blade pierces deep into the first raider's gut.
The warpriest gives a loud battle cry in his Mwangi tongue and swings his enchanted pick at the nearest raider
...hitting nothing but a nearby railing.
Quillin continues rising as he flicks an acid dart at the climbing sea devil.
Sooty chuckles as the enemy finally shows itself. He pulls out a a small test tube which he mixes into a larger flask. He tosses it at the four Sahuagin on the other ship's deck.
Mel whips up her crossbow and shoots
Damage
Then she drops the bow and draws her sword.