Annie was going to help the other pretty human with the owlbear, but since everyone else is ganging up on him she decides to address the rest of the mean crew.
She draws her rapier and plunges it deep into the nearest bad guys chest.
"Unfortunately for you fellow, now I have a real sword!"
as ondan delivers a couple of punches to owlbear and annie does some nasty damage to another pirate dropping him instantly, they all look at her in shock, like, that was brutal.
pirate 1
pirate 2
pirate 3
pirate 4
pirate 5
3 of them head to the downstairs, sprinting for it.
one pirate moves forward and tries to throw an axe at allie
and the axe hits allie in the thigh, she take
the other pirates moves towards the heroes trying to get in on the action. it is a good thing he wasn't up close or he probably would have been afraid as he only barely caught a glimse of what happened.
round 2 start lillian and allie are up.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Allie screams, as the axe blade cuts her femoral artery, and she drops to the ground, blood spurting from the wound. No longer able to fight, she feebly holds an arm up to ward off any attack the huge man called owlbear attempts.
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"Ahhhhhhh!" Allie screams, as the axe blade cuts her femoral artery, and she drops to the ground, blood spurting from the wound. No longer able to fight, she feebly holds an arm up to ward off any attack the huge man called owlbear attempts.
okay fair enough, owlbear moves over to the next hero. which is ondan and tries to hit him
and ondan gets hit hard with the club for
Rest of the heroes are up
Confident of her skills and reassured by the ease with which she took down the pirate, Annie jumps to Allie's defense. "I will save you, distressing damsel!"
Afli shouts an ear-piercing scream at Owlbear.
heroes manage to down owlbear and he is hurting badly as he is seeing stars. to stabilize and yes he is unconcious but still breathing.
annie finishes off another pirate who is beyond surviving at this point,
the last pirate desperate to get rid of you all and too stubborn to give up. You have downed him, but I will destroy you all single-handedly.
he moves forward and throws an axe at ondan but misses completely and the axe almost lands off the ship.
round 3 heroes up, one pirate left
the pirates running away tell you that they didn't see anything, nor did they here anything and they promise you they won't turn you in.
Afli moves down onto the deck and will splash the pirate with acid.
Aflit acid splash the pirate in the stomach while ondan punches but the pirate dodges annie and lillian are up
She whispers to Onday as she watches the movements of the attacker, trying to increase his chances not to get hit
Annie can't tell if the fleeing pirates are lying or not. It doesn't matter. She's not afraid of the rest of the crew.
"Aww, only one left? You boys are no fun." She steps up to the last pirate with confidence and tries to finish it.
Annie takes care of the last pirate. Everyone is partying downstairs in bar area, others in the gambling area away from your own personal rooms, but sooner or later these dead pirates will be discovered. Luckily you all know that scourge does not do roll call or have a check list of who is all here. 3 pirates are dead and Owlbear is unconscious. But maybe there is a chance to explain to Scourge, after all this was self defense. Heroes stop to think that maybe you could throw bodies overboard, but this far out has plenty of sharks which may attract them, though no sharks nearby in sight. Or maybe, heroes can sneak the dead bodies into the rooms. All you know is that ones that ran aren't talking. Scourge will probably eventually notice he is missing crew, although these ones aren't particularly important to him, so it take him days or weeks or even a month or two, but eventually he will notice it. Now if Owlbear shows up missing Scourge would notice within a day or two.
What shall heroes do with the bodies and with the unconscious owlbear? Heroes, you would have 2 hours in-game time before someone is scheduled to come up here, and today's crewfew to be in your rooms is in 2 hours, so think about all your options within 2 hours. Like if you tried to burn all the bodies to ashes, it probably would not work, because you would need 1300 degrees Fahrenheit or greater and several hours.
"I can show them this," Allie replies, putting a hand to her bandaged thigh. "We could tell them I was attacked, and you defended me. It's more or less the truth," she adds with a shrug.
"Allie, If you feel that you can convince him of that, then go ahead. I will back your play."
"I'll talk to him, but if we're going to be convincing, we all have to have the same story. Are you all with me?"
"We could tell nobody nothin', and be just as surprised as everyone else when we hear the news." Annie cleans her sword off on some of the dead men's clothing.
"Just remember, a couple of them got away. If they decide to rat us out, we could end up getting keel-hauled. So, if we decide not to say anything, we better make sure they don't say anything, either."
After a quick discussion, the party decides to loot the bodies and dump them overboard.
If the captain asks where the missing crewmen are, we will explain that they attacked us during the night, we defended ourselves, and thought not to bother the captain about crew members picking fights with other crew members.
okay, so the party gets some loot and throw the bodies overboard.
Then they all go to sleep. The next day, when everyone is called up on deck.
Scourge noticed that the pirates were missing, but the bodies are at least 5 miles away by now as they floated one way and the ship moved another. Say has anyone seen Mike, Mark, and Marty? The pirates from yesterday do not speak up and neither does owlbear, but you can all tell that owlbear is far away from the living pirates he worked with yesterday and he is far away from you. While you are all in the front line listening to scourges lecture and off to the right, owl is in the back left, the furthest possible place he can be away from you.
Ondan will look at the group.
I can't lie. These pirates attacked us, and we defended ourselves. Owlbear lead them.
During the fight, som died and fell off the edge of the boat.
Allie gives her best furtive, damsel in distress look and chimes in:
"They were coming after me!" she says with a sob. "They were drunk, and they were grabbing me!" One of them even cut me!" She indicates her bandaged thigh.
"Ondan and the others came to my aid. I don't even want to think about what Owlbear and his his pals had planned!"
Lillian listens intently, luckily no cuts, bruises or of her own blood was spilled. Being so far up really helped with this. She was no fighter
No one trusts a rat. I'll just keep quiet Afli thinks to himself.
Annie puts her arms around Allie to comfort her. "There there. I'm sure Mister Scourge doesn't usually let the crew run around attacking whomever they wish. It probably won't happen again."
Scourge then asks Owlbear to step forward and he quickly admits to performing the task. Owlbear, I sentence you to 6 hours in the sweatbox and he stomps his foot while saying this.
Later that day the ship lands on a small island. Scourge speaks up. this island is filled with a tribe, a tribe that causes us trouble, go ahead and eliminate them. Do you accept?
Scourge then adds. You can also choose to stay out of this raid entirely, but don't expect payment and hospitality from me if you do. Of course if you prefer not to fight them, you can also use stealth to gather up some precious stuff that belongs to me and leave no trace that you were here. Or if you prefer to talk to them to get your way, that works too, though killing them works better, as I can't guarantee you they won't turn on us
aflis knowledge
allies knowledge
you know that this tribe is called the Rahadoumi they are a fearsome tribe but would be willing to negotiate.
you know this
human expert 1/warrior 1
ac 14, t 11, ff 13
hp 11
fort 3, ref 1, will 1.
Feats: rapid reload and athletic
skills: acrobatics 5, climb 7, heal 4, perception 3, sailor 4, swim 7
Str: 13 Dex 13, con 12, int 10 wis 9, cha 8
common and osiriani
She raises an eyebrow, but says nothing as she listens, she would confer with her companions when they are alone
"Well, I guess it's time to start being pirates," Allie says. "Any chance someone could fix up my leg before I go running off into battle?"
"Ahh, that feels better! Thanks, Lil!"
"Hey, I know about this island. The tribe on it are Rhadoumi. They're okay fighters, but they should be willing to listen to reason. Does anyone know of any reason not to wipe them out?"
"Scourge said to either get in, get their trinkets without being seen and get out, or else kill any whom we encounter. It sounds like he is expecting them to retaliate if they know who robbed them. I guess our first mate subscribes to the old adage, "Never leave an enemy behind, lest he one day rise again and fly at your throat." I can't necessarily say I disagree, but I'd rather not run around killing everyone on the island just because."
"Let's get some shiny things to trade them. Where do they keep the forks?"
all participating in stealth, you see three houses, one to the north, one to the northeast and one west. Some things to hide behind are dumpsters, trees, bushes, and horses, the trees are closer to the house but provide little cover, while bushes are further out but provide full cover, the horses you can move, and the dumpsters are close, but you need a way to get into the house. You know that the houses are patrolled every now and then, if you stay from a distance, you can examine their pattern if you stand there long enough. how do you approach, what do you use for cover, and do you use any distractions? If you use trees, you make 1 stealth check but a -7 penalty, if you use horses you make 1 stealth check and 1 animal handling check at a +1 bonus, if you use bushes and the dumpster you make 3 stealth checks but at a +6 bonus. Examinining the situation takes 2 hours worth of time and gives a +2 to stealth. Anything else you do may add bonus or penalties. also which house do you approach first, as each one has its own stealth bonus penalty
All participating in diplomacy, they approach you, weapon on them but not drawn. How do you start conversation.