Unaware at first to what is happening Cole is slow to respond. He attempts to defend himself from the elemental.
Unaware at first to what is happening Cole is slow to respond. He attempts to defend himself from the elemental.
The sailors are even slower to react than Cole, desperately drawing weapons to fight back. Two of them manage to strike elementals with short swords, and the one not threatened by an elemental fires his bow at a triton, grazing him. The one in the water flails a bit, then manages to grab hold of the side of the ship.
Timeon moves to flank an elemental and strikes, but fails to hit the watery beings.
Odenkirk roars in anger at the intrusion upon his vessel, and levels an elemental with a single blow.
The tritons in the water lift crossbows and fire a volley at those aboard the ship. Most of the bolts miss, but Timeon and Wesh are each grazed by the bolts.
Nerianus - 71/76
Red Elemental - 5/13
Green Elemental - 9/13
Green Triton - 17/19
Sailor 5 - in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Demlin redoubles her efforts, focusing both her saps on the water elemental in front of her.
Is the Will save required each round, or just the once? Just in case, I'll roll again.
That's not gonna cut it. But if it's just once and done ...
Spend 1 ki for an extra attack. If 'just misses' on the 15 means 'by one', then I need a 16+ (total 25+) to hit.
Ugh -- none of that hits at all.
Lutor!! My target -- leader, may require indirect magic, there's some sort of avoidance mind-magic on him. Unfortunately, in her minor direction of the battle, she seems to slip up herself, as all three of her shots ... well, she doesn't fumble them, exactly, but they fly nowhere near as true as the first ones.
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Gallen grows to a greater size under Lutor's magical influence. Deciding he needs to clear some space for himself on the deck he makes a sweeping swing at the nearest foe.
Timeon remembers all of his training, this being a foe he could focus on without any moral quandries nagging at his conscience he found it much easier.
Lutor notes Odenkirk's brutal blow.
A threat for later.
"Understood, Hel. I may however have to resort to direct means for effect."
He does target the triton leader and aims a glittering fistful of dust at the aquatic form.
Lutor finishes enlarging Gallen, and notes Odenkirk's brutal blow. A threat for later. He does target the triton leader and aims a glittering fistful of dust at the aquatic form.
The dust gets in the triton leader's eyes, blinding him, as the glitters settle about him. The triton before him, though glittery, manages to avoid getting any in his eyes.
Lutor!! My target -- leader, may require indirect magic, there's some sort of avoidance mind-magic on him. Unfortunately, in her minor direction of the battle, she seems to slip up herself, as all three of her shots ... well, she doesn't fumble them, exactly, but they fly nowhere near as true as the first ones. Fortunately, the triton's blindness aids her aim, and her first and third arrows both connect. However, the elemental next to her takes advantage of her ranged attack to strike at her.
It pounds her shoulder, bruising it. The triton leader is able to keep his focus, despite Hel's arrows. Lutor's glitterdust fails to shake him, as well.
Gallen grows to a greater size under Lutor's magical influence. Deciding he needs to clear some space for himself on the deck he makes a sweeping swing at the nearest foe. Unfortunately, his strike misses the elemental, as he is unused to such large size.
Demlin redoubles her efforts, focusing both her saps on the water elemental in front of her. The elemental collapses into a puddle of water on the deck, although it does not disperse as the other destroyed ones do.
The triton leader finishes his spell, and another water elemental appears on the deck. between Wesh and Timeon. He then begins casting another spell.
Two of the dolphins swim towards the overboard sailor to attack him by smacking into him.
Both dolphins smack the sailor, but he manages to hang onto the edge of the boat.
Nerianus - 63/76, blinded
Red Elemental - 5/13
Green Elemental - 9/13
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Sailor 5 - 19/25, in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Wesh cracks his knuckles around the hilt of his blade. If these things want to give him target practice, he'll be happy to oblige. He swings again.
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Grumblejack slashes at one of the elementals as well, hoping to disperse another one of their foes.
Wesh cracks his knuckles around the hilt of his blade. If these things want to give him target practice, he'll be happy to oblige. He swings again, cutting down the elemental in a splash of water.
Grumblejack slashes at one of the elementals as well, hoping to disperse another one of their foes. His attack misses, the elemental's small size making it difficult to hit for the big ogre.
The elementals shove, and three more sailors are over the side of the boat.
The Frosthamar operates on the minimum crew as is. If any of the overboard sailors drown or are killed by those in the water, your journey will, at minimum, be slowed, and may even be forced to halt if too many are lost.
Nerianus - 63/76, blinded
Red Elemental - 5/13
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Sailor 1 - in water
Sailor 3 - in water
Sailor 5 - 19/25, in water
Sailor 6 - in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
With realisation and then urgency, Lutor communicates.
"Save all the sailors! The ship sails with minimum crew as it is!"
Cole takes a moment to study the other water elemental(orange) and attacks with his spear.
Cole takes a moment to study the other water elemental(orange) and attacks with his spear. Even the large form of Grumblejack can't protect the elemental from his strike, as Cole's longsword causes a good part of it to splash across the deck. He doesn't disperse it, though.
The three sailors who were just knocked into the water swim for the side of the boat. One flails a bit before getting under control and barely grabs onto the boat. The other two start climbing back up. The sailor who had started climbing manages to climb back up to the deck and flops down on his back, although one of the dolphins manages to smack him as he climbs. The two sailors still on deck attack, one stabbing at an elemental and missing, the other sticking an arrow into the side of one of the dolphins.
Timeon remembers all of his training, this being a foe he could focus on without any moral quandries nagging at his conscience he found it much easier. He finished off his elemental as his scimitar cuts through it.
Odenkirk strikes at an elemental, but his rage seems to cloud his sight and he misses.
Nerianus - 63/76, blinded
Red Elemental - 5/13
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Dolphin 3 - 9/11
Sailor 1 - in water
Sailor 3 - in water
Sailor 5 - 15/25, in water
Sailor 6 - in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
In the wrap-up, I think Sailor 5 is out of the water, or at least that's what you'd written, though I have to confess that I'm not sure which sailor is which. Is it left side, then right side?
Also, Hel should be listed as 16/22.
Spending ki (now 4/7) to increase number of shots.
The damage taken moments before has apparently shaken Hel, even as the elemental is squashed into some sort of incoherence by Demlin; her first shot at the blinded, glittering triton leader is extremely shaky, and misses by a country mile. The next two are, however, accurate enough to sink deep into her target as she strikes relentlessly at the apparent cause of their misfortune -- or at least what she deems the 'cause', or at least the leader. "Take care of the elementals, get the men out of the water," she agrees with Lutor. "Grumblejack, pull the sailors back out of the water!" she orders, knowing full well that Grumblejack does best -- or rather, throws less of a wrench into the plan -- if he's given specific orders.
"Lutor, step back and let Timeon get to the elemental." Gallen stands his ground but realizes he really needs more practice fighting on a ship at sea... his swing going a few inches over the elemental as it ducks.
Timeon moves forward to attack the invader placing a better blow than Gallen as the elemental pays more attention to the larger human.
"I step back. Once Timeon is out of the way...I'll bring fire and colours against their leader."
Lutor does so, and swathes himself in protective energies.
Demlin has cleared the area around her and Hel. She decides to help take out the currently blinded leader currently casting a spell. She slides her saps back onto her belt and takes out her shortbow and fires at triton leader.
I step back. Once Timeon is out of the way...I'll bring fire and colours against their leader. Lutor does so, and swathes himself in protective energies.
The damage taken moments before has apparently shaken Hel, even as the elemental is squashed into some sort of incoherence by Demlin; her first shot at the blinded, glittering triton leader is extremely shaky, and misses by a country mile. The next two are, however, accurate enough to sink deep into her target as she strikes relentlessly at the apparent cause of their misfortune -- or at least what she deems the 'cause', or at least the leader. "Take care of the elementals, get the men out of the water," she agrees with Lutor. "Grumblejack, pull the sailors back out of the water!" she orders, knowing full well that Grumblejack does best -- or rather, throws less of a wrench into the plan -- if he's given specific orders.
"Lutor, step back and let Timeon get to the elemental." Gallen stands his ground but realizes he really needs more practice fighting on a ship at sea... his swing going a few inches over the elemental as it ducks.
Demlin has cleared the area around her and Hel. She decides to help take out the currently blinded leader currently casting a spell. She slides her saps back onto her belt and takes out her shortbow and fires at the triton leader. Her arrow just misses the mark.
Hel's first arrow to hit disrupts the triton leader's concentration, causing his spell to fizzle, and her second adds to his pain. Still he casts yet another spell, appearing to ride higher in the water as he does so.
The dolphins attack the sailors in the water. Most miss, but one hits a sailor hard in the ribs. He barely hangs onto the side of the boat.
Nerianus - 49/76, blinded
Red Elemental - 5/13
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Dolphin 3 - 9/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25, in water
Sailor 3 - in water
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
Wesh eyes the dolphins warily. The fighter's not looking forward to the possibility of having to jump into the water to fight them.
He takes a step past Sir Gallen's enlarged form and swings at the red elemental.
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Grumblejack grumbles as he realizes he should probably try to save the sailors in the water. He would much prefer smashing some more things, but he hasn't been very effective at that lately, so he begrudgingly moves over to try assisting one of the sailors in coming back aboard.
Wesh eyes the dolphins warily. The fighter's not looking forward to the possibility of having to jump into the water to fight them. He takes a step past Sir Gallen's enlarged form and swings at the red elemental. He finishes the elemental with a splash.
Grumblejack grumbles as he realizes he should probably try to save the sailors in the water. He would much prefer smashing some more things, but he hasn't been very effective at that lately, so he begrudgingly moves over to try assisting one of the sailors in coming back aboard. Reaching into the water, he easily hauls the sailor back on deck.
The remaining conscious elemental attempts to shove Odenkirk into the water. It does not work.
Nerianus - 49/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Dolphin 3 - 9/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25, in water
Sailor 3 - in water
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
Cole looks down taking a moment to study the Dolphin before stabbing at it with his spear.
Cole looks down taking a moment to study the Dolphin before stabbing at it with his spear. He skewers it right through the head, killing it instantly.
The sailor Grumblejack pulled out of the water shakily stands up and fires his bow at a dolphin, missing, as does the other sailor on that side of the boat. Of the two sailors on the other side of the boat, one simply stands up and draws out his bow, now that he had the chance, and the other sinks an arrow into a dolphin, though he doesn't kill it. The two sailors in the water both climb aboard the ship, although one gets smacked by a dolphin for his trouble.
Timeon moves forward to attack the invader placing a better blow than Gallen as the elemental pays more attention to the larger human. His strike misses, however.
Odenkirk sweeps his axe at the remaining elemental, but it flows around the blade.
The tritons fire a crossbow volley at the ship, targeting Cole, Lutor, Hel, Timeon, and Gallen. All are able to evade the tritons' bolts.
Nerianus - 49/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Dolphin 3 - 5/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25
Sailor 3 - 25/25
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - 22/25
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
"Good work. Keep the sailors able-bodied - for now."
Lutor steps closer to the edge of the boat and realised that he had a surer way to injure the triton than his remaining magic.
A crossbow, which he promptly fires.
Demlin fires another shot at the leader.
Faila:
1 ki for an extra attack. If Hel receives the benefit of the guidance spell, the +1 to the roll will go to the last roll, as usual. I am guessing the AC we're going for with the leader blinded is a 20, so I'm looking for 11+.
-- possibly +1.
Damn, only the one hits -- but nice damage, yay!!
Tracking:
HP: 16/22
Ki: 3/7
Glancing across the rest of the ship to judge the situations at a glance, Hel's accuracy clearly suffers; only one of the three arrows she fires finds a target, though that one hits clear and hard. She nods as she spots Timeon and Sir Gallen closing in on the water elemental that's been giving the raging Odenkirk so much trouble; Lutor and Demlin adding their skeins of fire to hers cannot but help, and Demlin's shot is particularly well-placed. Keep on him; he must fall or flee sooner or later. A glance towards Grumblejack, and she makes a mental note to arm him with something he can shoot -- or perhaps throw.
Gallen raises his scimitar smiles as a small spray of water erupts from where he hits.
Timeon steps around the side of the elemental, the better to catch it off guard before striking.
Lutor steps closer to the edge of the boat and realised that he had a surer way to injure the triton than his remaining magic. A crossbow, which he promptly fires. He feels a magical block against his mind as he tries to target the leader. Struggling, he manages to push through and fire a bolt. Unfortunately, his attack misses.
Glancing across the rest of the ship to judge the situations at a glance, Hel's accuracy clearly suffers; only one of the three arrows she fires finds a target, though that one hits clear and hard. She nods as she spots Timeon and Sir Gallen closing in on the water elemental that's been giving the raging Odenkirk so much trouble; Lutor and Demlin adding their skeins of fire to hers cannot but help, and Demlin's shot is particularly well-placed. Keep on him; he must fall or flee sooner or later. A glance towards Grumblejack, and she makes a mental note to arm him with something he can shoot -- or perhaps throw.
Gallen raises his scimitar smiles as a small spray of water erupts from where he hits.
Demlin fires another shot at the leader. This time, she hits for a solid blow.
Demlin's shot causes his spell to fizzle. Undaunted, he again begins casting the same spell.
With no one in the water, the dolphins simply swim around.
Nerianus - 27/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Purple Elemental - 3/13
Dolphin 3 - 5/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25
Sailor 3 - 25/25
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - 22/25
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
Wesh takes a step toward the purple elemental and joins Sir Gallen in swinging his sword at the thing.
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Grumblejack stays in place, waiting for the opportunity to swing at the first enemy stupid enough to approach him.
Wesh takes a step toward the purple elemental and joins Sir Gallen in swinging his sword at the thing. Unfortunately, he misses.
Grumblejack stays in place, waiting for the opportunity to swing at the first enemy stupid enough to approach him.
The elemental shoves the prone sailor next to it back into the ocean.
Nerianus - 27/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Blue Elemental - 20 nonlethal, unconscious
Purple Elemental - 3/13
Dolphin 3 - 5/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25
Sailor 3 - 25/25
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - 22/25, in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
Cole heaves a javelin at the nearest triton. The weapon sticks, wounding him.
The 5 of Odenkirk's men on deck ready their bows and each fire at a different target. One embeds an arrow deep in Cole's target, though the triton stays up. Another sticks an arrow into one of the tritons. The rest miss their shots. The sailor in the water attempts to swim and climb back up onto the boat, but a powerful hit from one of the dolphins knocks him loose.
Timeon steps around the side of the elemental, the better to catch it off guard before striking. He still misses, though.
Odenkirk finally connects with his greataxe, a triumphant roar escaping his mouth as he splashes the elemental over the deck.
The tritons fire a retaliatory barrage. One of the sailors is struck. The tritons miss their other targets.
The unconscious elemental fades away into nothing.
Nerianus - 27/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Yellow Triton - 4/19
Dolphin 3 - 5/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25
Sailor 3 - 18/25
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - 18/25, in water
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
"Get that sailor back up!", Lutor messages as he reloads and fires.
Bloody watery casters. Soon, literally.
Tracking:
HP: 16/22
Ki: 2/7
Glancing aft, Hel can only give a slight shake of her head and turn her attention back to the one she's decided to pick on. Already there are at least four good hits sticking out of the thing; she's pretty sure not even Wesh could take that number of solid hits, never mind the additional handful of grazes. So she keeps her focus on the spellcaster, striving to keep its concentration broken by plunging arrows into it -- and in so doing, slay it as well. On her shoulder, the infernal aide-de-camp that is her familiar murmurs fragments of the Contract, helping to guide her focus. It ... doesn't help as much as Hel would like.
Gallen brings up his shield to block the crossbow bolt. Gallen sheaths his scimitar, using his magically enhanced size he reaches into the water to haul the sailor out again.
With the sailor thrown from the boat Timeon repositions before swinging his blade in a a sweeping arc through the water elementals form.
Demlin fires again at the blinded triton leader.
Get that sailor back up! Lutor messages as he reloads and fires. Bloody watery casters. Soon, literally. His crossbow bolt goes true, striking the caster.
Glancing aft, Hel can only give a slight shake of her head and turn her attention back to the one she's decided to pick on. Already there are at least four good hits sticking out of the thing; she's pretty sure not even Wesh could take that number of solid hits, never mind the additional handful of grazes. So she keeps her focus on the spellcaster, striving to keep its concentration broken by plunging arrows into it -- and in so doing, slay it as well. On her shoulder, the infernal aide-de-camp that is her familiar murmurs fragments of the Contract, helping to guide her focus. It ... doesn't help as much as Hel would like. Still, a couple more grazes from her arrows should help.
Gallen brings up his shield to block the crossbow bolt. Gallen sheaths his scimitar, using his magically enhanced size he reaches into the water to haul the sailor out again. The sailor coughs water onto the deck.
Demlin fires again at the blinded triton leader. Her arrow strikes true, going deep.
Lutor's bolt and Hel's arrows don't provide enough of a distraction to break his concentration, but Demlin's arrow does just enough to make him lose the spell. He casts another spell, healing some of his wounds, then wipes at his eyes, trying to clear the glitter from them. He fails to do so, however.
The dolphins continue swimming around, looking for a target.
Nerianus - 10/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Yellow Triton - 4/19
Dolphin 3 - 5/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25
Sailor 3 - 18/25
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - 18/25
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
Wesh looks around, silently grumbling that he doesn't have a bow on hand to shoot the annoying dolphins circling the ship.
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Grumblejack, still with no target, waits for one to approach.
Timeon draws his bow and lets loose a shot at the triton to his east.
Wesh grabs a pilum from Gallen and throws it at a dolphin. Unfortunately, the pilum misses and splashes into the water.
Grumblejack, still with no target, waits for one to approach.
Nerianus - 10/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Yellow Triton - 4/19
Dolphin 3 - 5/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25
Sailor 3 - 18/25
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - 18/25
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
Cole flings a gob of acid at the triton he attacked last time.
But he misses.
Odenkirk's sailors fire arrows at the tritons. Two hit the mark, with one triton falling below the waves. The rest miss.
Timeon fires an arrow at a triton, but he too misses.
Odenkirk's rage ends, and he looks about for something to kill. Unfortunately, the only things to kill are in the water, and he isn't going to willingly jump in there.
The tritons reload their crossbows.
Nerianus - 10/76, blinded
Green Triton - 17/19
Yellow Triton - 4/19
Dolphin 3 - 5/11
Sailor 1 - 18/25
Sailor 3 - 18/25
Sailor 5 - 15/25
Sailor 6 - 18/25
Timeon - 8/10
Wesh - 37/39
Hel - 16/22
Lutor keeps up his rate of fire at the triton leader.
Slay the leader, the rest may flee.
Gallen curse himself, he'd likely never be able to retrieve these pilums again but the assault must be stopped. If the ship or it's crew were too badly damaged it may doom their quest to failure. Hefting a pilum he hurls it at the one singled out by Luthor.
Timeon knocks another arrow and heeds the words of Luthor
Demlin fires at the Triton leader.
... ooo, which actually clarifies an uncertainty!! Yay!! :)
Tracking:
HP: 16/22
Ki: 1/7
With Faila on her shoulder chanting, Hel relentlessly shoots at the triton's leader; should he be dead when she starts, her shots will be at and into to the next around the circle, but either she's finally hitting her stride or else she's really getting pissed off that this guy just won't go down.
Lutor keeps up his rate of fire at the triton leader. Slay the leader, the rest may flee. His bolt catches the triton leader in the arm.
With Faila on her shoulder chanting, Hel relentlessly shoots at the triton's leader; should he be dead when she starts, her shots will be at and into to the next around the circle, but either she's finally hitting her stride or else she's really getting pissed off that this guy just won't go down. Her first arrow catches the triton leader in the chest,and he begins to sink beneath the waves. Her final two arrows finish the job, and ensure he will never breathe again.
With the triton leader dead, Gallen chooses not to throw his pilum, and see if the rest would break and flee.
Demlin does the same, as the tritons call out to each other in Aquan and disperse, the dolphins fleeing with them. After but a moment there is silence on the waves.
Suddenly there's an explosion of water right next to where Demlin stands near the rail. A trident falls onto the deck at her feet, and the triton leader, his eyes glazed over with white, gripping the rail, speaks with more than one voice, "The shining sun has seen the wickedness you hide in hearts. And thus it will be the son who brings your doom." His hands release the rail, and he falls back into the sea, sinking beneath the waves.