Astrianna looks over the ship railing at the ship wreckage below. She starts making preparations for a salvage mission, directing the crew to set up blocks and tackle, ropes, hooks, and gaffs. If this really is Garr Bloodbane's treasure.... I'm going to rub it in Sagacious Sam's face, ha! She momentarily imagines being disintegrated. .... discreetly.
The bard approaches Chell. "Do you have more water breathing spells today? I have a potion, but of course I'd rather save it for emergencies."
So the group decides it's back to the deep and a "quick" exploration of the wreckage below the surface. Visions of justice run through Sorrin's and Sargas' head, while visions of a cargo hold filled with gold nearly makes Astri's legs swoon, and joyous spiritual uplifting renews Chell's faith. Then there's Bri, simply admiring the back side of the Mantaman. Into the deep they go...
Bri mentions that she still has a couple dimension door spells prepared if she needs to use it to get any loot back up to the surface.
Bri is perfectly willing to dive back in as needed. She can handle her own breathing underwater thing.
Beneath the waves, off the eastern shore of Beacon Island, a cliff extends below the water to a wide stone ledge. On that ledge an underwater statue garden stands mute witness to the ocean’s green silence. Below this ledge a wrecked ship lies in over 300 feet of water.
Rotted wooden planks rise from the sand like the ribs of a slain giant. Half-buried cannons indicate this vessel was once a proud ship of war. Its mast still stands upright as if the ship refuses to collapse completely into memory. The wreck is silent as a grave.
You find a steel plate nailed to the prow of the sunken ship, but obscured by sand. When wiped off the sea muck and barnacles, it reads
“Razor’s Edge.”
Chell sinks deep below the water, much further than she has ever been. She was a decent swimmer but she didn't have the lung capacity to go that far nor had she ever trained for deep sea diving. The spell gave her oxygen and kept the pressure at a manageable level. This deep, the suns rays were diminished and rolled across the sea floor like a cloudy day. But a passing beam alighted on the prow she made out the name Razor's Edge. Was that the one Astri mentioned? The one tied to Bloodbane? It wasn't important to her but it meant she would have to keep a keen eye on the bard.
Considering the possible risk of sahuagin or at least sharks, she keeps her shield in hand. In the other is her holy symbol, shining bright against the deep darkness of the depths.
Bri tries to keep an out around them, watching for any sharks or anything else that might be hostile. At the sight of the ship, Bri wonders if there might still by anything of value in it and looks over the ship, trying to find a safe looking way into it.
Astrianna can't see s@~&.
This infuriates her. "How is it so dark down here. What creature would want to live in this blackness? Sea dwarves?" The bard complains to literally anyone who would listen as they dive- Sargas becomes a good target, he's fresh meat.
She holds her magical bow close, knowing that while the range underwater wasn't great, it was a much better weapon than her rapier. "This is an old wreck..." Hopefully filled with ancient treasures. "Let's start from the bow and work our way across the deck. Find the Captain's quarters."
Apparently Astri didn't see the name of the ship. Usually she was the perceptive one. "Astri. Wasn't the Razor's Edge the ship that belonged to Bethany's husband? Or was that Bloodbane's ship?" she asks floating next to the steel plate with the name on it. She wipes away more grime so it is visable.
On the off chance some interesting bits may still be laying around, Bri goes ahead and casts Detect Magic as she looks about.
Bri you don't see any glowing as you work around the area, except from your comrades of course, but you suspect there could be items withing the ship broken decks or buried below. It's just going to take a while to scan and search.
Astrianna perks up when Chell asks about the Razor's Edge. "Razor's Edge was Jacob Razor's ship. Bethany's husband. Boneduece said Jacob and Garr Bloodbane struck each other mortal blows while they were attacking Bloodbane's Ship. Of course, I've also heard Jacob was killed by the Krakenfiend as well, so the truth seems muddled."
Swimming over the the plate, she looks at it and nods. "The resting place of Jacob Razor... and perhaps Garr Bloodbane himself. This is exciting!"
"Focus Astri. There were Sahaugin involved in the attack on Mother's Blessing. They had to go some where. This is as good a place to hide as any," says Chell attempting to rein in Astri's excitement. "Then again, we haven't been attacked yet. Who wants to go first?"
"I'll go. If anything happens and I get stuck, I think I have the best chance of getting myself back out and my water breathing is unlimited."
Sargas swims alongside Embrianna. "I can swim very quickly in this mantaform, and also have unlimited breathing. I'd be up for accompanying you."
Astiranna sighs at Chell, creating a torrent of bubbles. "I am focused! We are on the site of an actual legend. We could discover what really happened!"
"Stick together, Sargas first. I assure you something has made this ship wreck its home. Like I said, we sweep the deck and find the captain's quarters. Then we go into the hold."
Bri sighs and nods at Astri. "Fine, we'll sweep the deck first and find the captain's cabin."
She'll swim next to Sargas and talks as she goes. "So, is that mantaform a natural ability, spell or magic item?"
The comrades swim towards the main deck. The water is deep and cold at this depth sending a chill down you spine.
Astri and Sargas scan the darkness and they notice a very large blob moving towards you from the darkness around the ship and before you actually get on the ship. it's 20 feet away as when you notice the blob.
Surprise RD:
Sargas
Astri
Piranha swarm
Initiative RD 1:
Sargas
Astri
Piranha swarm
Bri
Chell
Sorrin
Astrianna's eyes widen as she sees the blob moving towards them in a predatory fashion. "What is that coming towards... Oh no no no no no no."
She starts to swim in the opposite direction, knowing there is little she can do against that many... things. Just fish, hopefully. "Embri! Explode them with your mind!"
Surprise RD: update
Sargas
Astri - swims as action
Piranha swarm
Initiative RD 1:
Sargas
Astri
Piranha swarm
Bri
Chell
Sorrin
*Here's a quick map that I put together. I already moved Astri away during the surprise round. I haven't figured out how to put an opaque film over the map to give it an underwater feel.
Sargas swims alongside Embrianna, eyes scanning the hulk.
"The form comes from my cloak. I won it off this violently drunk -"
He stops at the sight of the blob rising toward them, and reaches out with a hand to arrest Embrianna's movement.
"Hold up. What's that? Let's... move back a bit."
Sargas moves back just as the very large mass overcomes gets within 10 ft off you position. You quickly understand the danger as thousand of sharp teeth are seen as the swarm of piranha nears.
Initiative RD 1:
Sargas
Astri
Piranha swarm
Bri
Chell
Sorrin
Bri's reaction to Sargas's hand is a rather amused: "Now's not really the time for..."
Then she notices the wall of tooth fished coming up at them, "What the f@&# now?"
Bri throws up her hands and casts Burning Hands at the hungry looking fishies, not knowing where or not it will actually work on them.
Sargas continues to move away from the swarm, pulling Bri back with him after she casts her spell.
Sargas moves back more (how far?). Bri makes some steam and cooks some fish but the fish go first. Chomp, chomp, chomp.
(I'll hold off for a bit till Astri acts. If Astri doesn't take an action, I'll move you back.)
RD 1: Swarm
Sargas does his best to move Bri out of the way but unfortunately she doesn't swim that fast. Astri moves backward trying to avoid the massive swarm, you also realize that you will probably won't be able to out swim these creatures. The swarm engulfs: Chell, Sargas, and Bri.
plus 2 Bleed
*Heal 15 to stop bleed.
Make DC 17 fort save vs distraction. Failure = nauseated for 1 RD.
Thousands of teeth snap and bite tearing sweet flesh form your bodies.
A creature that is taking bleed damage takes the listed amount of damage at the beginning of its turn. Bleeding can be stopped by a DC 15 Heal check or through the application of any spell that cures hit point damage (even if the bleed is ability damage). Some bleed effects cause ability damage or even ability drain. Bleed effects do not stack with each other unless they deal different kinds of damage. When two or more bleed effects deal the same kind of damage, take the worse effect. In this case, ability drain is worse than ability damage.
Creatures with the nauseated condition experience stomach distress. Nauseated creatures are unable to attack, cast spells, concentrate on spells, or do anything else requiring attention. The only action such a character can take is a single move action per turn.
Chell throws up her arms and shield in a futile effort for protect herself. The swarm of piranha merely flow around the shield like...well, like the water they swam through really. Thousands of teeth bit anything and everything they could whether it was edible or not. Chell lot out a choked scream and swam away from the swarm, batting fish aside ineffectually.
Bri will also try to swim out of the swarm if she can.
Sorrin hacks away!
Bri casts her spell but it seems to fizzle out at her finger tips.
Initiative RD 1:
Sargas - moved
Astri - moved
Piranha swarm - engulfed chell, sargas, bir
Bri - tried to cast spell missed SR.
Chell - moved nauseated
Sorrin - 4 points damage.
Initiative RD 2:
Sargas -
Astri -
Piranha swarm -
Bri -
Chell -
Sorrin -
*Anyone with knowledge religion or planes make roll