Teodor actually holds, but talks smack. "The eyes! Like a doll's eyes! Stab, my beautiful murdsr man! Stab with all your heart!"
Lantressa's magical bolts sink home in the shark's flesh, and Korriban's rapier finally finds a solid purchase, skewering the shark even as it breaks free from the octopus's grasping tentacles. The shark, bleeding but not slain, now lunges with rage at Korriban, its huge jaws snapping shut on his arm. Blood from Korriban and from the shark mingles as it thrashes!
As the shark lets go its hold on Korriban's arm and begins to circle for another attack, the door at the end of the chamber--the one it was butting its head against--is hauled open in a swirl of bubbles. As they clear, you all see some...thing...like a woman, but clearly not, emerge from the room, glaring at you all. Her appearance is so hideous that you all actually feel physically ill for a moment, your muscles loosening as you resist the urge to vomit.
When the hideous woman sees the situation, she shrieks in rage. "Skinshear! What have they done to you, my lovey?!"
Initiative
Hag
Korriban, Lantressa, Teodor<----
Shark
Octopus at 6/17 hp.
Shark: HP: 28 | AC/T/FF: 18/12/16 | Fort +8 Ref +6 Will +4 | CMD 19 | has evasion
Hag Thing: HP: 98 | AC/T/FF: 21/13/18 | Fort +10 Ref +10 Will +12 | CMD 26
Korriban scream as the shark's jaws clamp down on his arm. "It bit me! Let go!" When it does and the creature comes into the room, Korriban is shock. Never has he seen something so repulsive. "The f**k is that?!" At her question, Korriban shoots back with, "We're stabbing it! Like this!" He then thrusts his rapier forward!
And with that defiant stab, Korriban thrusts his rapier into the shark's belly, letting loose a stream of blood. The shark thrashes briefly, jaws snapping on air, and then goes limp. The newcomer lets out a wail of mingled rage and anguish.
Teodor tries a hold person spell, doubtfully. Both summoned animals attack.
As the shark begins to float toward the "ceiling," Teodor chants a new spell under the water, but it seems to have no effect on the hideous creature. The octopus and the dolphin dart through the water toward your foe and attack. She easily slips away from the octopus's tentacles, but the dolphin catches her unawares and batters her hard. Lantressa summons another group of silvery bolts that attack your foe.
Snarling in anger, the ugly creature slips deftly away from the octopus and begins to chant herself, her hands moving in strange, undulating gestures...
Your foe continues to chant, dodging the dolphin's attempt to interrupt her with ease as she weaves her spell...
Initiative
Foe
Korriban, Lantressa, Teodor<----
Horrible Lady: HP: 80 | AC/T/FF: 21/13/18 | Fort +10 Ref +10 Will +12 | SR 15 | CMD 26
Not liking the fact their newest foe is casting a long spell, and not wanting to see what happens when she finishes, Lantressa swam into range and began speaking, "You really need to stop what you're doing. This fight already cost you what I can only guess was a friend in that shark. Should it cost your life too?"
Lantressa's voice carries supernatural power, and even Korriban and Teodor, who have heard the trick before, feel soothed, but the woman (perhaps because of her fury) simply ignores her.
Korriban barely manages to keep control. Seeing that this thing was doing something, he tries to close the gap between them.
As Korriban swims toward your foe, Teodor chants a different spell from the river bed. The creature blinks at this one, snarling at him briefly, but ignores it almost as much as Lantressa's beguiling voice. The attacks of the dolphin and the octopus seem to be more of a distraction; though they don't hurt her, she does have to work to fend them off.
Enraged by their assault, your foe stabs at the summoned creatures with the spear she carries! Her first blow slays the already weakened octopus, and the second leaves the dolphin with a terrible, bleeding gash.
Initiative
Hag
Korriban, Lantressa, Teodor<----
Horrible Lady: HP: 80 | AC/T/FF: 21/13/18 | Fort +10 Ref +10 Will +12 | SR 15 | CMD 26
Korriban manages to keep swimming as he moves more towards the ugly lady and stabs at her!
Not happy about the failure of her voice to daze the witch Lantressa sent a volley of magic missiles at her.
Lantressa's missiles slam into the hag, causing her to reel slightly in the water...and look at her in surprise and anger, as though she didn't expect anything like that to happen (or work). Korriban makes it to your foe and stabs at her, but she just bats the blade aside with a claw and snarls at him. Teodor, clearly frustrated by his inability to destabilize the creature, pushes forward across the uneven "floor" of the vessel, getting close to the position at which Korriban and the creature are tangling in the water, but still about ten feet down at the end of his turn.
The hag whirls and stabs her spear through the dolphin, causing it to shriek and explode in a burst of light. Alone with Korriban now, she whips the spear toward him, and the point punches deep into Korriban's thigh! She cackles as the rogue gasps in pain.
Initiative
Korriban, Lantressa, Teodor<----
Foe
Tactical Map
Underwater Combat
Horrible Lady: HP: 72 | AC/T/FF: 21/13/18 | Fort +10 Ref +10 Will +12 | SR 15 | CMD 26
Seeing the effectiveness of her first volley at this...thing, Lantressa sent another volley of missiles at her.
Korriban screams as the spear pierces his thigh. He tries a new strategy. He swims back to put some distance between him and the thing. He then drops the sunrod he's holding (hopefully there will still be enough light coming from it to fight this thing without any trouble) and digs into his pocket for the potion of cure moderate wounds.
Lantressa sends another volley of magic missiles at the hag, but they seem to just wash over the horrible creature. To your shock, it opens its mouth and you can hear a cackle, conveyed by some eldritch means through the water. "Know that trick now, don't I? You'll not get the drop on me again, heh heh." As Korriban backs away, his sunrod dropping to the floor of the vessel, Teodor lifts his holy symbol and the sickly light of Groetus flows forth, closing some of his friend's wounds. He beckons Korriban down to stand with him.
The hag scowls as Korriban backs away, and her scowl deepens when she sees Teodor's holy symbol. One of her pallid eyelids rolls back, revealing a milky, bloodshot, and (most disturbingly) pupil-less orb! Teodor staggers as a strange malaise overtakes him, and the hag swims toward the two men who have invaded her realm.
Horrible Lady: HP: 72 | AC/T/FF: 21/13/18 | Fort +10 Ref +10 Will +12 | SR 15 | CMD 26
Korriban is not able to swim as well and he begins to sink down.
Aggravated at the stupid hag Lantressa sent another volley of missiles at her but once again they dissipate as they strike her causing no harm at all.
Despite sinking, Korriban realizes that he needs to be healed even further. He bites down on the cork and pulls it. He then drinks down as much as he can before the healing liquid can drift in the water.
Though Lantressa's spells continue to roll of your foe, Korriban's healing potion manages to close most of his wounds. Teodor reaches up and touches Korriban's foot, mouthing a prayer as he does so, and the younger man suddenly feels his rapier grow heavier, more powerful. Teodor, flail drawn, moves to flank the hag.
The hag, enraged by being surrounded, attempts to stab Teo but misses badly. It's sheer luck that she catches Korriban with the tip of her spear as she whirls, opening a gash in his shoulder. "You were fools to come here," she gurgles, the words barely audible under the water. "I'll leave your bones at the bottom of this wreck!"
Korriban grunts as the spear jabs into him again. Glaring at the creature in front of him, the rogue says, "Take this, you ugly hag!" He stabs at it!
Doing the only thing of use that she could, Lantressa sent another volley of missiles at the hag. For an instant she thought they would hit but then they simply fizzled out just shy of the hideous b~!!+'s flesh.
Although Lantressa's missiles have no obvious effect, they do distract the hag, and Korriban's briefly flaming rapier plunges into her side to debilitating effect. She howls and twists in rage as he withdraws the blade, and below them, Teodor draws his morningstar and murmurs some words, causing it to begin glowing as he glares up at the hag.
(holy crap!)
Bleeding badly from the wound Korriban inflicted, the hag shrieks and whirls at him with her spear! Her first blow lances into Korriban's side, and the second opens a nasty gash in Teodor's arm.
Horrible Lady: HP: 51 | AC/T/FF: 21/13/18 | Fort +10 Ref +10 Will +12 | SR 15 | CMD 26
Korriban struggles a bit with swimming. However, he doesn't let that slow him down. He digs through his pocket and pulls out the other healing potion on him. He glares at the woman in front of him. "You're not going to take me! Not on your life!" His eyes begin to glow a bright green as he feels his muscles tighten and begin to harden.
Lantressa had had enough, this simply wasn't working out very well so she decided on a different tactic. It may not do much but at least it would do something to harm the witch. She made a few gestures and spoke as she drew on the destructive nature of the abyss before flinging her arm at the witch. A small glob of acid moved across the distance headed for the hag's body, splattering against her flesh.
The hag hisses in frustration and rage as Korriban's wounds close, though she's distracted by Lantressa's acid splash searing her flesh. The battle, which has now lasted for over a minute, is clearly beginning to take its toll on her psyche, even if she's not too badly hurt. She raises her spear to strike at Korriban once more. "Just die, already!" The spear is starting to plunge toward Korriban, faster than he can move out of the way, when
Some strange sound reverberates through the water. The spear still descends, lancing into Korriban's stomach , but as she yanks it out the hag looks around, sniffing wildly. "What's that? I smell...hmmmmm....yes..." She leers at the three of you. "I've more entertaining prey than you, now, unless I miss my guess. I'll leave you to tend to your friend I've spit like a fish here...but make no mistake: I'll be back for all of you, my pretty little fools." Cackling, she swims away, darting fish-like through the water toward the opening in the ship's side!
Horrible Lady: HP: 45 | AC/T/FF: 21/13/18 | Fort +10 Ref +10 Will +12 | SR 15 | CMD 26
Lantressa wasn't sure what had just happened, what could draw the witch off like that. Still, she was determined to try and kill the stupid witch. She began to chant and gesture but she was fighting through a great deal of interference from all of the water and her spell fizzled out as she just couldn't pull together the flames well enough.
Korriban screams as he takes the spear to the gut. His vision is surrounded by his blood. When he feels like this is the end for him, some strange noise comes through the water. The creature taunts them once more and turns to flee. Despite almost dying, he tries to stab at her!
Korriban groans as she escapes. He holds his stomach as his adrenaline begins to wear out. He turns to the others. He's pale (though from blood loss or fear, you don't know). He says, "G-Guys? I... I don't feel so good right now. I... I'm actually pretty terrified right now. I thought I was going to die. But... But I'm alive. I'm alive. Calistria's bouncing t**s." He weakly chuckles and puts on a nervous smile. "At least I'll have some interesting scars, right? Ladies like the Hehehehe... ow..." He looks at the hole she escaped from. "I wonder what that sound was though."
"At least I'll have some interesting scars, right? Ladies like the Hehehehe... ow..." He looks at the hole she escaped from. "I wonder what that sound was though."
"At least I'll have some interesting scars, right? Ladies like the scars. Hehehehe... ow..." He looks at the hole she escaped from. "I wonder what that sound was though."
The ugly woman hisses as Korriban stabs her, but keeps swimming. As she gets away from the rest of you, her arms begin to streamline and meld with her sides, and her mouth widens. As she clears the hole in the boat, she turns to glare at you--now fully and utterly transformed into a shark--and then darts away to the north. At the bottom of the ship, you all catch your breath...
Lantressa was relieved that the hag left, she just hoped they could finish before she returned. As she looked to Korriban in concern she had to laugh at his attempted humor and said, "Yes, of course we do. I mean, who wouldn't want to feel all those old gouges and injuries while they're trying to enjoy a good screwing?" Her sarcasm was thick enough to drown the hag if she had come back just then. "Do you think you can manage Korriban?" Her voice was thick with concern now as she swam towards him.
Korriban chuckles at Lantressa's sarcasm. "Well, that's your opinion. I'm sure some women love it. I do know one thing. I'll need to get my tattoos checked over and possibly fixed. Which sucks. Had a difficult time over the scars the first time."
At her concern, Korriban manages to straighten out. He nods weakly. "Yeah. I'm okay. I just nearly got stabbed to death and a good chunk of my blood is floating around me. Nothing some rest on dry land won't solve. I do have to thank you, though." He looks at Teodor. "Both of you. You guys really saved my life. I would have been chow if it wasn't for you guys." He looks at the top door. "Let's search that one first." He stashes both of the empty potion vials into his pocket and swims down for the sunrod. Picking it up, he says, "I want to explore the ship and get out before she comes back. I do have one last potion that can help one of us for searching the ship. An elixir of vision." A thought comes to him and he looks at the others, face pale in fear. "Guys. I just realized something. Did we just see that woman turn into a shark?"
Korriban swims to the left door and opens it. He sees the mess and sighs. He puts down the sunrod for a moment. He digs into his pocket and pulls out the elixir of vision. He looks at the others. "Do either of you want this to help your search?"
Lantressa looked inquiringly at the offered bottle and asked, "What is it?"
Korriban looks at Lantressa. "An elixir of vision. Supposed to increase your perception for an hour."
Once the elixir is drunk and you've begun to search the chamber, it quickly becomes clear that most of what remains in this chamber is shattered and/or waterlogged beyond any hope of usefulness. You do find two pieces of interest, though: heavy coffers, one made of steel, and the other a heavy metal that you suspect might be lead. They're both currently closed, though the steel one floats. It's also engraved with images of skulls, and it looks very similar in construction to the one in which Brienne Tayce found the Chelish silver that infected her. It's not obvious what keeps it closed.
The lead coffer was less obvious--wedged under a partially destroyed cabinet--and appears only to have a simple latch that could be opened easily.
Lantressa examined the newfound coffers carefully, particularly the one that seemed all too similar to the one with the poisoned silver. Unfortunately this was not her are of expertise. She looked at Korriban and said, "I have nothing, maybe I'm being too cautious but if so tough, I have no desire to get infected."
Korriban helps dig up the coffers. He looks them over. "The steel one is interesting. It has similar skulls motifs like the one that Brienne found with the Chelish silver. We may be onto something."
Korriban looks at Lantressa and shrugs. "I don't have anything either. Let's just search the rest of the ship, grab what we can, and get out of here. I'd rather not get infected and go for round 2 with that b***h."
He moves the coffers so that they're easier to grab. He then moves to search the other room.