Skull & shackles (Inactive)

Game Master DBH

Markizio started getting ready as the ships closed in. He then shouted, "Kung, let's go for the captain and hopefully the others will surrender."

With that he unleashed a series of small missiles that slammed into Knuckles.

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if possible, Markizio will cast shield and enhance his blade, cast magic missile

magic missile on Knuckles: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 1, 4) + 3 = 11

Jane looks over at the ship we are approaching. "Hmmm, This looks like fun." she quickly makes a potion and calls to Kung. "Big buy, drink this and become bigger. Then smash." she calls out to him.

Kung will gladly take that blur spell.

Kung accepts both Marnir and Jane's magic before boarding. Remembering the night battle on the beach, Kung doesn't immediately go into his own rage quite yet; instead, he lets the power of Marnir's war chant fill him.

I'm pretty sure that inspired rage turns on furious for the sword, so that's calculated in below. If not, remove +2 of the enhancement bonus for both attack and damage.

"Kung biggest now, and Kung all fuzzy! Big fuzzy orc coming!!!" He charges across the boarding plank, reaching between two pirates to attack the captain.

So I've been doing Enlarge Person wrong up until now. I should have been increasing the weapon damage dice and taking advantage of reach with that weapon. Oops! Well, now I know.

+3 Furious Greatsword: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (5) + 14 = 19
Damage, S: 3d6 + 19 ⇒ (1, 1, 3) + 19 = 24

Ghilda moves to be centrally located on the Drake in order to cast Prayer, benefitting all her mates and hurting as many of the enemy as possible.

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Round One

- Move Action: to where I can cover the team with Prayer
- Standard Action: Cast Prayer
You and each of your allies gain a +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks, while each of your foes takes a -1 penalty on such rolls. Lasts six rounds.

You and each of your allies gain a +1 luck bonus on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saves, and skill checks, while each of your foes takes a -1 penalty on such rolls.

Note to GM: if you apply this to Kung's previously submitted attack(s), Kung gets +2 as this is a luck bonus.

Enlarge Person.. Make you bigger.

Knuckles (-35hp) steps up to Kung and attacks with his spiked gauntlets.
attack + power attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Damage + Poison: 1d4 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18

Kung Fortitude save DC12 please.

Buccaneers:

Yellow attacking Kung.
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (16) + 5 = 21
Damage: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Purple attacking Kung.
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11 Miss.

Green Moves to try and attack Kung dying noisily and messily to his AOO.

Archers:

Red attacking Jane
Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (5) + 4 = 9 Miss.

Yellow attacking Jane
Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15 Miss.

Green attacking Markizio
Shortbow: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 Miss.

The rest seem to be half-hearted and aren't attacking, aside from two of them who take the chance and murder another Buccaneer.

Party can go again.

Seeing the arrows wiz by her, Jane points her own crossbow at the Red archer and lets a red feathered arrow fly.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (1) + 7 = 8Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5

And it goes flying past him. Jane loads another Red feathered arrow into her crossbow

With his war chant almost lost in the increasing noise of the boarding action Marnir vaults over the Drake's gunwale onto the ramp, then down onto the deck of the Thresher. His axe comes crashing down toward one of the pirates, it's magically enhanced edge glinting in the sunlight.

Free Action to continue inspired rage, Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Move Action to board, Standard Action to attack blue.

Axe attack, heroism, prayer: 1d20 + 9 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 9 + 2 + 1 = 19
Damage, Arcane Strike, prayer: 1d8 + 7 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 7 + 2 + 1 = 12

Seeing the half-hearted attempts by the piraqtes, Markizio did not engage the enemy but rather taunted them into submission.

"Yo sailors, no need to die here today. Not for 'knuckle-head' over there who's about to get his head chopped off. Just lay down your arms and you'll live another day!"

He yelled at Kung, "C'mon big guy, just finish this so we can get back to treasure hunting!"

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full defense

Fortitude: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (6) + 14 = 20

"Kung finishing!" He looks at Knuckles, "you ready to finish? No? Then you force Kung to finish for you!"
Kung continues to press his attack on Knuckles.

+3 Furious Greatsword: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (7) + 14 = 21
Damage, S: 3d6 + 21 ⇒ (2, 6, 6) + 21 = 35

Ghilda winces as Kung's massive blows strike Knuckles, but she fires off an Icicle at one of the buccaneers (pink or dark blue) to try to take pressure off the rest of her mates.

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Round Two

- Standard Action: Cast Icicle
Ranged Touch (Icicle): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Ranged Touch Damage (Icicle): 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

Knuckles is thrown back with the force of Kung's swing and stops just in time to take an icicle through the heart. He just has time to blink in surprise before falling over dead.

The remainder of the crew promptly drop their weapons and raise their hands frantically.

Looking them over you can see the Thresher is badly undermanned, it seems with their loses attacking Tidewater rock, and Knuckles taking command the ship has barely enough to man her.

The battle is over and you have another ship, along with about 16 crew, not many of officer level. Most were loyal to Locke and were killed by Knuckles when he took over.

"Good choice ladies and gents," Marnir remarks as the surviving crew surrender promptly with the death of Knuckles. He waves over some of the crew of the Drake to take control of the prisoners.

"That went well," he says, turning to the officers. "I think we should anchor the Thresher alongside the Drake in the cove while we go treasure-hunting, then we can sell her off once we're done here."

"That went well," he says, turning to the officers. "I think we should anchor the Thresher alongside the Drake in the cove while we go treasure-hunting, then we can sell her off once we're done here."

Markizio nods, "Yeah that did go very well."

He looked at the ship, "Instead of selling her, maybe it's time to spin off another ship under our fleet. Are there any of our crew that has shown that desire and potential?"

And with that Markizio kicked off the 1st annual Suckup & get a ship competition.

And with that Markizio kicked off the 1st annual Suckup & get a ship competition.

I like freshly baked cookies and neck massages. Thank you very much. :)

Half the joy is seeing people work out who they need to suck up to and how to do it. I want to see the junior officers sucking up to Kung!

"We could do that, maybe Mary would want a command of her own," Marnir muses.

LJ - do you need healing? Let me know.

Ghilda senses the confidence that the crew and officers have after the quick fight to take the Thresher, but she becomes apprehensive about what lies ahead. "Did we figure out what the inscription on that dead whore-pirate's back meant?"

Good question Ghilda.

The map tattooed on the Isabella Locke’s back depicts the outlines of several small islands. A stylized half sun sits to the right of the islands, while simple images of a monstrous eye and the face of an aged, bearded king are to the left.

Beneath the map are five lines of crude verse:

From blue bight’s embrace
Spy the Grave Lady’s prize tooth
With the Dawnflower’s first kiss
Climb the Captain’s wayward orb
To claim old king’s hoard.

You made the Knowledge(Religion) checks so you know that 'Grave lady' means the Goddess of death Pharasma, and the the dawnflower is the Sun goddess Sarenrae.

Dawnflower’s first kiss along with the position of the sun to the right if the islands clearly means you need to look for the other clues at dawn.

More Knowledge (Local and history) checks are needed for further information.

Once you have sailed into the archipelago of small, nameless islands of Mancatcher Cove, the cove itself is easy to locate, piercing the eastern flank of the westernmost isle, which is also the archipelago’s largest.

The islands are surrounded by nearly sheer rock cliffs with few beaches, and are buried under a shroud of prolific jungle growth. They are a haven for birds and sea mammals, and have small populations of both rodents and snakes.

The largest island has a sizeable population of spider monkeys that keep up a cacophony throughout the day. The cliffs of the islands range between 20 and 60 feet high and require DC 25 Climb checks to scale the craggy heights, which are slick with sea spume. The jungle growth is
dense, with the average height of the tree canopies reaching 60 to 70 feet.

Mancatcher Cove forms an almost perfectly round bowl in the side of this jungle-cloaked island. The water in this circular bowl is an almost indigo hue compared to the turquoise of the waters surrounding the island, hinting at the extreme depth of the cove.

Cliffs surround the bowl on all sides except the entrance, and a few small beaches have formed where the water meets the rock face. The jungle grows thickly atop these cliffs, the massive trees spreading their branches out and over the cove.

From these trees a series of interlaced vines have grown like a loose net canopy 100 feet above the water, giving the cove a cavelike quality in the shadows of predawn or twilight. More vines, creepers, and roots extend down the cliffs, creating a dense maze of twisting tendrils that shroud numerous dark hollows in the rock.

New map in the folder, link up top titled 'Mancatcher cove'.

You sail the two ships into the cove, it's late in the day and you need to wait for morning in this quiet, eerie place.

Any actions you wish to perform you can do now.

Jane looks over the versus inscribed into the map. Not knowing anything about religion, Jane tries to think about the history of this place.

K.H.: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Jane looks up at the wall. "Give me a rope, i'll go anchor it." she says as she takes a drink from a vial making her fingers grow a little extra longer. Monkey Fish Spell. Climb speed of 10.

Knowledge (local): 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5

From blue bight’s embrace

"This not bight, this cove. So we need find bight somewhere else. Which blue bight? All bights blue, no? Maybe not in weird demon-plane, but this The Shackles, water blue. Water blue, bight blue."

Spy the Grave Lady’s prize tooth

"What Pharasma tooth? Maybe name for some rocks here? Why call Pharasma tooth? Pharasma like tooth? Kung only know Besmara; Besmara only god to care about."

With the Dawnflower’s first kiss

"Okay, so at dawn. Kung not get that. Words too slippery for Kung. But you say dawn, Kung okay with dawn."

Climb the Captain’s wayward orb

"Kung no idea. Riddles hurt head. Where rum?"

To claim old king’s hoard.

"Kung like Knuckles hoard. Gauntlets, belt, both very nice. Kung love belt; looks so good. Knuckles bad sea captain, but good style. Kung keep? Kung want keep."

k. local: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (20) + 8 = 28

Markizio echoed Kung, "The captain's wayward orb; what is that?"

He added, "Whatever we are looking for, we need to do it at dawn so we may as well try and get some rest. Let's make sure we keep a sharp watch throughout the night."

Nice knowledge roll...

"I haven't a bloody clue what that riddle is going on about, hopefully things will be a bit more clear come the morning," Marnir muses, a look of confusion and consternation on his face. He nods in agreement with Markizio. "Aye, I want extra deckhands on watch all night. We're trapped in here and I don't want any surprises. I want eyes on that canopy all night too, don't want anything appearing from above either," he says pointing upward at the criss-crossing vines and creepers. "We can make decision about our new ship once we're done here," he adds. "I'm sure someone would be pleased to venture out on her once she's fixed up."

Marnir spends his evening touring the decks, chatting with the crew and congratulating them on their hard work and ferocious fighting. As he does he takes the occasional look out over the gunwale to the walls of the cove, hoping to spy something that might provide a clue as to the location of the treasure they seek.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

Well done Markizio.

Knowledge(Local)
DC17 - tells you that Captain Wolfe was known to have lost an eye in battle.
DC25 - Tells you it was his right eye.

The water here in the cove is far too deep to drop anchor, you are going to have to run out a line and secure it closer in to the beach.

The cove is actually a natural formation called a blue hole, where erosion in ancient epochs gouged a sinkhole into the soft carbonate rock that makes up these islands. This particular blue hole is approximately 300 feet wide and over 600 feet deep.

Jane - You said you were taking a line to secure the ship, how are you doing that?

Perception checks from all aboard the Drake please.

Kung has been uneasy ever since the Drake entered the cove. The deep blue of the water inside unsettles the half-orc, and the canopy above doesn't help.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

"The captain's wayward orb probably refers to the fact that he lost an eye in battle. Not sure if that helps any..."

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perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

"I hope it helps, we've got precious little else to go on," Marnir responds after his tour of the decks. "Let's see if the dawn's light brings us any more clues tomorrow."

As you are patrolling the ship Kung your hearing catches a sound from behind the stern, glancing over you see Sahaugin busily trying to cripple the Unbound Drake's rudder!

Three seem to be working at the rudder, while another three are riding Hammerhead sharks in lazy circles on watch for them. All the Sahaugin are staying under water.

New map up top 'Cove battle'. The other ship is the Thresher moored alongside you.

Markizio started taking off his shirt and readied himself to go and defend the Drake, "It looks like a good time for a swim."

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Can we target any of them with ranged attacks? What's your ruling on 'alter self'? Does it allow for water breathing if I change into a humanoid that normally has water breathing?

Kung follows his ears to the sound of the sahaugin trying to sabotage the Drake and emits a groan, then a yell of warning. "Fish-men! Fish-men attacking Drake!"

He looks down at them. How far away are they and the rudder? I assume too far for melee, but would like to confirm just in case.

"You hate too much. Long way from Tidewater Cove. Yes, defeat there embarrassing, but learn limits, fish-men. This too much. They say Kung not smart, but you not smart. Long way to come just to die!"

Kung. Yes, they are out of Melee range, it's at least 15 feet down to where they are. And they are under water.

Markizio, looking it up you can use Alter self to get water breathing and swim speed. Darkvision as well. That's pretty nice really.

Kung. Yes, they are out of Melee range, it's at least 15 feet down to where they are. And they are under water.

Markizio, looking it up you can use Alter self to get water breathing and swim speed. Darkvision as well. That's pretty nice really.

Are they all 15' below the water surface and thus not reachable with ranged attacks? Is there a limit to the type of creature I can become? Can I become a sahuagin?

GM_DBH wrote:

Kung. Yes, they are out of Melee range, it's at least 15 feet down to where they are. And they are under water.

Markizio, looking it up you can use Alter self to get water breathing and swim speed. Darkvision as well. That's pretty nice really.

Are they all 15' below the water surface and thus not reachable with ranged attacks? Is there a limit to the type of creature I can become? Can I become a sahuagin?

No, Alter self lets you become a small or medium humanoid type. Sahaugin are Monsterous humanoids. You can be a Gillman though.

Markizio stopped just long enough to look at the fishmen mess with the Drake and then he started to change. His neck elongated and gills appeared on the sides. Webbing appeared between his fingers.

He was just about ready to dive in the water, "You are all coming right? Use the water breathing potions because I'll need your help."

"More of those bloody fishy bastards!" Marnir growls at Kung's shout. He strides toward the Drake's stern, pulling out a potion as he goes. "Aye, we'll be with you," he says to Markizio, taken aback by his changed form but saying nothing untoward.

Marnir summons the last of his most powerful magic to guide his weapons before popping the cork out of the potion bottle and swigging the contents down in one, wincing slightly at the briny, slimy sensation of the potion in his mouth.

I'll cast heroism before drinking one of my potions of water breathing. Is Marnir an experienced enough sailor to know that we'll need piercing weapons underwater?

Yes, you've fought underwater before so know what weapons work.

Kung checks the fit of his new spiked gauntlets. Satisfied that the fit is good, he slugs back a potion of water breathing. Then he steps up to the gunwale near the rudder and dives in, his pegleg having just a brief moment to tap out its familiar rhythm on the gunwale before he is airborne and on his way towards the water.

Not sure if it's possible to target one of the sahaugin as a part of the dive; here's a skill check to assist.
Acrobatics or Swim: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (13) + 13 = 26 They both actually have the same bonus.
I'm treating the dive as a charge, below. Feel free to remove that attack bonus (and AC penalty) if that's not appropriate. Note: Kung has Marine Terror which allows him to ignore the cover bonus to AC from attacking a creature partially immersed in water.

+1 Spiked Gauntlet: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
Damage, P: 1d4 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22
Crit?: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (14) + 14 = 28
Crit Damage: 1d4 + 18 ⇒ (4) + 18 = 22

I thought we were climbing a mountain or some cliff. Using the spell, Monkey Fish, gives me the ability to climb wiht a speed of 10.

I thought we were climbing a mountain or some cliff. Using the spell, Monkey Fish, gives me the ability to climb wiht a speed of 10.

You are in the middle of a cove, you'd have to beach the ship to be next to the cliff walls.

Ghilda slugs down a water-breathing potion, and prepares herself for the battle underwater. Not sure if Kung's marker is accurate, but I want to jump in near him. Ghilda has Brine's Sting ready for action as she surveys an optimal spot to join her mates in the fight.

I moved Kung's token into the water. His attack would be on red.

"Wait Kung!"

The magus checked to see that everyone was ready but quickly made his way to the gunwale...
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Gillman-Markizio is waiting to dive in. He will cast shield on himself if possible but will just dive in if time is of the essence.

Marnir pulls his boarding axe from his belt, giving the spike on the rear of the axe head a test with his thumb. Satisfied with it's sharpness he looks around to see Kung disappear off the stern and Markizio and Ghilda step up to the gunwale.

"Best we get in after him then," he says before vaulting over the side and splashing feet first into the sea.

I'll follow Kung in, coming down off the port side to engage green, who I assume is also fiddling with our rudder.

Okay. In that case. Jane wouldn't' use that spell yet.

Seeing the creatures in the water, she brings her crossbow to ready. and fires at the light blue one with a regular arrow.

Crossbow: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (14) + 7 = 21Damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

"Does anyone know what these things are?"

Knowledge Roll: 1d20 ⇒ 4 What knowledge is needed for these.. or have i missed that?

Sahaugin and sharks.

Kung performs an amazing dive, finishing with a pinpoint landing on a Sahaugins head, caving it's skull into bloody pulp. But the Chelaxian judge only gives him a 6.

Jane Since they are all under water they have improved cover, your bolt misses the Shark rider.

Sahaugin:

Yellow attacks Kung
Trident: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21 Hits.
damage: 1d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Green attacks Marnir
Trident: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 Missing.

Sharks:
Pale blue Circles around, eyeing Jane up on the deck with venom in his eyes.

Grey rides his shark in to bite Kung
Shark: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17 Missing.

Purple rides his shark in to bite Marnir
Shark: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8 Missing.

The party can now have their actions.

Markizio finished his spell and then realized that he was late for the party. He activates his special arcana to let him fight freely underwater and dives in after his captain.

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dive and charge at green

falcata to hit: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17
damage: 1d8 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

Kung turns his attention to the shark that starts bothering him. While the one that took his leg didn't have a rider, Kung's fury rises even further to see one of those toothy beasts in the water next to him, and he begins with a hard strike, lifting his gauntleted hand out of the water and slamming it down on the shark's nose.

+1 Spiked Gauntlet, grudge fighter: 1d20 + 12 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 12 + 1 = 29
Damage, P, peg leg, grudge fighter: 1d4 + 18 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 18 + 1 + 1 = 23

Edit: add in Grudge Fighter bonuses

Dropping below the surface of the water, Marnir swims down to the submerged fishman fiddling with the Drake's rudder. He uses the point of his boarding axe like a pick, trying to crush the skull of the would-be saboteur.

Move Action to swim down to the sahuagin (Swim, heroism: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (3) + 15 = 18), Swift Action to use Arcane Strike, Standard Action to attack green.

Boarding axe attack, heroism: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 8 + 2 = 22
Damage, Arcane Strike: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 4 + 2 = 12