Tsadok puts down a pp, and takes his draw.
She'll smile and put forward five more. "Mmm... I can already taste the rum."
Tsadok matches.
Sassarra wins and has to take a drink.
Tsadok smiles and puts up the ante.
Looking at his cards, Tsadok puts out 10.
You notices the dealer subtly manipulating the deck as he shuffles. You can evaluating what cards are on top of the deck and drawing them before the dealer can rearrange them.
She drains the drink in one swig.
She doesn't touch the cards, but looks the dealer directly in the eyes with a smile. "It's a good thing this is a casual game between friends. If it wasn't, I'd bait my hooks with your fingertips for stacking the deck so blatantly."
She turns to the spectators, "After all, most of you caught that, right?"
Zaaka will prime the crowd by calling out "Right!"
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Skrelznit saw nothing, but attempts to bolster his captain.
I seen it-k-k-k! You saw it, didn't you? You saw it, right-k-k-k?
Skrelznit is glad he had the opportunity to play "Pirate #2" in the recent ship performance of "Uncle Dragon's Flying Ship" the last time the ship was in deep water. He feels that the experience flexing his stage skills was quite beneficial to this effort.
Tsadok takes the deck from the dealer, and grumbles. "You are so bad at shuffling, that they think you are cheating. I will handle it."
She'll match his 10 and draw.
Tsadok ends by betting 1.
She'll match him.
Showing their hands; Sassarra wins again.
Tsadok puts up his ante, deals the cards.
She throws back her head and pours it straight down her gullet, not even touching her lips.
She'll toss five into the pot and draw.
Tsadok also throw out five.
She'll stand with what she has.
After revaling, it is a draw. You each tack back your coins.
Tsadok shuffles and deals.
Tsadok looks at his hand, before smiling and pushing forward all his money.
"I am all in."
She'll count out enough to match him. "Sounds good to me."
Tsadok keeps smiling till your hands are reviled.
"Well you win. At lest you have some luck on your side. You will need a lot of it to beat your next test. You and your and two of your crew must be able to defand your own ship from a single beast.
"Hmm... Zaaka and..." she pauses, stepping right next to Skrelznit as he leaps about. She seems to be looking for someone, but there's a big grin on her face. Only after a bit does she turn and bump into him, "No, you can't hide from this one, Skrelznit. I need you there."
A large covered cage, is wheeled up to your ship. Tsadok pulls the cover off and opens the cage."Fishpork, Attack." Tsadok backs away.
Round 1:
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Mmmm...fishpork. Sounds double-tasty-k-k-k.
Skrelznit begins by calling forth an angry cloud centered on Fishpork.
Skrelznit then climbs into the rigging for a height advantage.
Looseal drops a bit of heavy trash on Fishpork.
Zaaka bounds up to the deck, spinning and twisting. With a grin he stabs in with his tail at the oversized lout.
Just in case, he's ready to parry and riposte the big guy's attacks.
Sassarra will fly into flank with Zaaka. As she does, a bright crackling blade of lightning appears in her hand, she strikes!
Round 1:
Fishpork jumps out of the way of the shock.
Looseal hits Fishpork on the head.
Zaaka and Sassarra deal heavy blows to the beast.
Fishport swings its fist at Zaaka. Hitting Zaaka hard.
Round 1 end:
Fishport took 3 damage from Looseal.
Fishport took 25 damage from Zaaka.
Fishport took 43 damage from Sassarra.
Zaaka took 20 damage from Fishport.
Round 2 start:
"AAOWW!" he exclaims at getting slammed. "Now I'm mad!"
He spins into a poking fury to try and take down the big guy.
He will again try to parry if possible.
Sassarra will float south of the brute, just off the edge of the deck.
She'll blast at him with her lightning and hopefully take him down.
The party groups up on the beast killing it.
Tsadok steps up to the crowd. "It is clear now that Sassarra and her crew deserving becomeing Free Pirates of the Shackles!"
The crowd cheers.
After the cheers go down, Tsadok starts again. "The Hurricane King himself will grant them their letter of marque this very evening."
Some cheers go out, but much less then before.
Tsadok turns to Sassarra. "You and your best, areinvited to attend
a feast that evening at the Hurricane King’s fortress, Fort
Hazard."
The party groups up on the beast killing it.
Tsadok steps up to the crowd. "It is clear now that Sassarra and her crew deserving becoming Free Pirates of the Shackles!"
The crowd cheers.
After the cheers go down, Tsadok starts again. "The Hurricane King himself will grant them their letter of marque this very evening."
Some cheers go out, but much less then before.
Tsadok turns to Sassarra. "You and your best, areinvited to attend
a feast that evening at the Hurricane King’s fortress, Fort
Hazard."
She bows to him, "We would be most honored to attend. The Hurricane King's hospitality is legendary."
When the you arrive, you find tables are laden with roast meat and flagons of ale and loud, drunken buccaneers swagger and stagger around the main hall.
a long black haired and bearded man sits on a gold-chased, teakwood throne. I one hand is a tankard of rum, but his other hand looks to be skeletal and holding a pistol.
Seeing you he starts roaring for silence, only to be ignored. he raises his pistol into the air and firers.
Silences fills the room. After looking around he smiles and starts to speak. "This fresh catch of scallywags want to add their fine ship to our brethren o’ the sea,” he says, erratically waving his still smoking pistol toward you.
“But before I award their letter of marque and make them Free Captains right and true, I say we hear from them.” Bonefist turns his dark gaze upon the party. “What say you tell us all a tale or two of how you came by the plunder in your hold?”
She will tell the tale of the Sahuagin attack and their swift and final retribution against the scum of the sea. She figures that everybody hates those vile creatures and they'll love a tale where they face a gory end.
Many look to be listening closely or cheering. Bonefist ask for a encore.
But as you start to tell another story, some hecklers start booing and yelling derisive comments.
Zaaka will attempt to help tell the tale, but get confused and sort of peter off.
Sassarra chuckles as the boys trip over their own tongues. "What can I say? They may not be sweet tongued, but I wouldn't face down a dragon with anybody else." She'll then untwist Skrelznit's story and put it in the right order.
Bonefist puts a foot on the table. " How was it boys; aye or nay?"
The crowd cheers out aye loud, but a few voice (the hecklers) nay.
Bonefist pulls out a scroll tube. "With this letter of marque, you are now true free captain of our seas and may explore Port Peril. In fact, you and your crew can have your 1st round at Riptide Alehouse free."