Atzi shakes her head at the increase in conflict, and frowns at the change brought on by the newcomer. She sighed as she worked to keep herself neutral to the small conflict. "Good Luck Friend Uchendu, i'm sure your planning will be sound." She bows her head respectfully to her companion as she moves over to the fire in the middle of camp.
She starts to cut up some of the leftover snake meat and mixes in some of plants that Sasha had put together in her hunting. As she finishes putting together a slow cooking gumbo she looks over to Cutlass "What happened to the Titania, friend Cutlass?"
"The Titania She was sunk by a creature from the deepest depths, I know not how I survived, as I was the only one to survive. I know at one point the creature, after it had broken the back o the ship, breached high into the air, creating a huge surge o' water, which carried me away from the ship on the piece of hull I clung to. I washed up here two days later, my water and food gone, all I had left was my non-essential gear. I found the rest on shore."
"I'm composing a song for it now"
He breaks into a soulful Dirge
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from a tropic port
Aboard the Titania.
The Cap'n a mighty sailing man,
The crew twas brave and sure...
"I still have to finish it, I'll do that was I travel with you."
Atzi tells everyone about the coming weather and continues to happily move about their small raft.
Atzi seeing Amisi's apprehension tries to bolster her confidence in what little ways she can. "Amisi how about I teach you to swim, yes? It will be most fun, but we will do it in shallow waters I promise you~ For now just sit in the center of the craft and focus on what you love most, ignore what is around you. Focus inward, feel your breaths, find your heartbeat, listen to it and focus~" Atzi says all of this while trying to move gracefully around the craft, as she tries to keep in time with the movement of the water to avoid losing her footing. It is a difficult dance with the sea but she also continues to repeat her short mantra over and over in a quiet and rhythmic way.
"The Titania She was sunk by a creature from the deepest depths, I know not how I survived, as I was the only one to survive. I know at one point the creature, after it had broken the back o the ship, breached high into the air, creating a huge surge o' water, which carried me away from the ship on the piece of hull I clung to. I washed up here two days later, my water and food gone, all I had left was my non-essential gear. I found the rest on shore."
"I'm composing a song for it now"
He breaks into a soulful Dirge
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from a tropic port
Aboard the Titania.The Cap'n a mighty sailing man,
The crew twas brave and sure..."I still have to finish it, I'll do that was I travel with you."
Atzi shivers slightly for those lost on-board the Titania and then gets a strange look. She tries to imagine what could be large enough to bring down a ship with such ease. She fills a couple of bowls with the gumbo she was making and hands one to Cutlass.
"It will be wonderful when you finish it, for it will bring honor to the memories of your lost friends and I can see it being more of a tale of remembrance then loss Friend Cutlass. I am sorry to hear though that you lost so many comrades and close friends on-board the Titiania" She gets distracted as her thoughts turn to the missing Storian and she traces another of her strange symbols in the air as she says a quiet prayer for him.
"Oh the Gumbo, she is delicious..." Then he laughs hearily in his deep voice.
It's fairly obvious once you board the wreck that the vessel has been stripped of anything usable
No Undead menace you and after but a few minutes of trying to keep your feet in the water that washes over the decks you return to the raft.
Once again Cutlass takes charge of the craft and guides it through the swell..you pass another small colony of Dimetrodons on the shore and pass on southwards until you spot another shipwreck on the shore of the Main Island. As you approach you make out the name Golden Bow engraved on her stern
Seeing the new shipwreck looming ahead Atzi looks up at Quetza and makes a strange animal like cry, loud enough to carry over the sound of the surf around them. Hearing Atzi's cry Quetza tilts his head and regards her with one of his great eyes. Atzi gestures at the craft and gives her sharp animal like cry again.
As Quetza hopefully responds to her request Atzi continues to revel in the feel of the waves as they batter the small craft. She continues to try and keep Amisi's nerves from getting the best of her despite the violent surf that surrounds them. "That is all I ask my friend. But always remember Amisi when you look to the world with fear, then that is all you will see. But if you open yourself to the raw strength of the world, to accept it and work with it, to see the wonder in it then you won't be afraid. She ponders for a moment and then gives a surprised laugh. "It is like your abilities, what did you feel when you first were learning how to harness the raw strength of your power? How did you conquer it?" She lets Amisi ponder as she looks back toward the wreckage.
As the sea swells pushed them around Atzi looked to the other members of their large group "What do you think friends, can we reach that ship this day as well?
"That was as useful as I thought it would be, most useful goods will be washed ashore, head to the deep, or washed out to sea."
Natalyah returns from the wreck with a slightly annoyed look on her face. She responds to Kallakan's comment with a cold glare but says nothing, and remains quiet during the trip back to the island.
As the sea swells pushed them around Atzi looked to the other members of their large group "What do you think friends, can we reach that ship this day as well?
"We might as well", the ranger responds without enthusiasm
"That was as useful as I thought it would be, most useful goods will be washed ashore, head to the deep, or washed out to sea."
With near boundless energy Atzi moves slowly about the raft and is brimming with good cheer.
Atzi slaps the glum sounding Cutlass on the back as she says "My father always said 'Si kila kitu hutoka rahisi, lakini kama mtu ana imani ya madhumuni yao itakuwa kushangaa nini utapata', Now on the Jenivere the most important items were secured in places that wouldn't sink until the ship itself was no more. Perhaps we will find something useful and if not" She shrugs and then laughs as another swell moves their raft about. She smiles broadly and laughs "This is great fun!
Not everything comes easy, but if one believes hard enough they will be surprised what they will find on the trail ahead of them.
She directs her cheeriness at Natalyah, she moves closer to the ranger and continues her happy revelry hoping it would rub off on her companions. "That is the spirit friend! We may as well make the most of our stay on this island~"
Natalyah returns Atzi's cheeriness with a befuddled look that's half "What does she have to be happy for?" and half "How the %¤#&!$£ can she be this happy?"
After a brief moment she responds with a half-hearted (at best) strained smile.
The wreck of the Golden Bow( a Katapeshi ship by the looks of her) is relativly intact as the rocks around it tend to shield it from the force of the waves and you tie up alongside. Climbing your knotted rope is easy enough and you soon find yourself on the deck which cants slightly to one side and is strewn with rotting rigging
The more immediate problem is the group of skeletal crewmen who issue from the Forecastle brandishing scimitars and dressed in tattered leathers.
Natalyah 21
Cutlass 15
Skeletons 14
Inkathru 13
Amisi 12
Uchendu 11
Atzi 6
Skeletons are about 40 feet away
Round 1 actions
"Kevë Kallït*. Spread out.", Natalyah growls as she spots the skeletons. She maneuvers into a position to surround the undead crewmen should they attack. She draws her sword and readies to strike if a skeleton wanders into her reach.
The walking dead
Atzi's happy demeanor drains away in the face of the skeletal crew, it is replaced though by a grim resolve to put these sad spirits to rest. As she watches the battle unfold before her she...:
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Ammunition: Projectile weapons use ammunition: arrows (for bows), bolts (for crossbows), darts (for blowguns), or sling bullets (for slings and halfling sling staves). When using a bow, a character can draw ammunition as a free action; crossbows and slings require an action for reloading (as noted in their descriptions). Generally speaking, ammunition that hits its target is destroyed or rendered useless, while ammunition that misses has a 50% chance of being destroyed or lost.
Sling: A sling is little more than a leather cup attached to a pair of strings. Your Strength modifier applies to damage rolls when you use a sling, just as it does for thrown weapons. You can fire, but not load, a sling with one hand. Loading a sling is a move action that requires two hands and provokes attacks of opportunity.
You can hurl ordinary stones with a sling, but stones are not as dense or as round as bullets. Thus, such an attack deals damage as if the weapon were designed for a creature one size category smaller than you and you take a –1 penalty on attack rolls
Uchendu looks in dismay at the bony remains of the crew, glances at his curve blade, shrugs, and draws his morningstar instead.
"It looks like it is time to crush a few skulls!"
Cutlass draw his whips, the he will hold his action until the lead skeleton approaches to 15 feet, then reach trip with his whip, if he trips it, he'll follow up with his scorpion whip for the free attack.
CMB
The skeletons swarm forwards their movement also hampered by the decks clutter and reach a point some ten feet from the parties front rank.
Natlayah moves to one side holding herself ready for an attack.
Cutlass manages to trip one skeleton but his follow up stroke goes awry
Inkathru steps up and delivers a ferocious swing with her great axe which fails to hit.
Amisi's bolt of disrupting energy fails to connect
Uchendu holds himself ready then launches forward as they come within attack distance..however his foe ducks aside and the blow misses.
Atzi's sling stone flies off into the jungle ashore.
Round2
Natalyah 21
Cutlass 15
Skeletons 14
Inkathru 13
Amisi 12
Uchendu 11
Atzi 6
Uchendu and Inkathru engaged the rest of you 10-15 feet from the skellies
As darts after Uchendu and Inkahtru with the shortsword raised, striking at the nearest skeleton.
Cutlass will attempt to trip another.
Shrugging aside his doubts, Uchendu once again attempts to crush the skull of one of the skeletons!
Quetza roars defiantly at the approaching skeletons as Atzi prepares to call on natures aid to deal with these abominations.
Natalyah smashes the undead engaged with Inkathru as Cutlass fails to connect with his whip.
In reply the Skeletons swarm in on the front rank fighters.
Two each in Natalyah,Inkathru and Uchendu
broken scimitar +0 (1d6), claw –3 (1d4+1)
On Natalyah
Skeleton 1 Broken scimitar claw
Skeleton 2 Broken scimitar claw
On Inkathru
Skeleton 3 Broken scimitar claw
Skeleton 4 Broken scimitar claw
on Uchendu
Skeleton 5 Broken scimitar claw
Skeleton 6 Broken scimitar claw
Unengaged
Skeleton 7 moving around the edge of the combat
Skeleton 8 rising from prone and moving into the fight
A rattling of rusted scimitars on Armour and scraping of claws is all that results.
Inkathru up next.
Uchendu smashes down one opponent
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Amisi looks for a target not yet in melee. Seeing the skeleton tripped by Cutlass she feels that she will have to act quickly if she wants to avoid him entering melee.
Disrupt Undead, ranged touch attack to hit, for damage.
Having cast her spell, Amisi tries to find some cover - either behind the fighters or elsewhere were she is more difficult to reach.
Cutlass will hold his next action to trip either one closing with himself or with Atzi.
The half orcish woman slashes out with her axe again but again the skeleton avoids the blow
Amisi' spell fails to connect with skeleton 8 but the creatures reprieve is short lived as Atzi turns it into a smouldering pile of bones
Round 3
Natalyah 21
Cutlass 15
Skeletons 14
Inkathru 13
Amisi 12
Uchendu 11
Atzi 6
With the satisfying crack of bone giving away to her blade Natalyah dances to the next skeleton. She swings her blade aiming to sever her adversary's leg.
Uchendu nods at Natalyah's show of competence, and continues to try to crack more skeleton heads...
Natalyah's sword rattles off a skeletons ribs(failed to beat DR)
Cutlass trips Skeleton 7 as it moves forward
On Natalyah
Skeleton 1 Broken scimitar 1 claw
Skeleton 2 Broken scimitar 1 claw
On Inkathru
Skeleton 3 Broken scimitar 1 claw
Skeleton 4 Broken Broken scimitar 1 claw
on Uchendu
Skeleton 5 Broken Broken scimitar 1 claw
Again the skeletons fail to connect
Inkathru screams infrustration as she swings again finally striking home just hard enough to lay one of her foes to rest.
damage (Skeleton 4 down)
Uchendu demolishes his remaining foe (Skeleton 5 down)
Seeing that Natalyah is still being double-teamed by two skeletons, Uchendu moves to assist, bringing his morningstar around in a powerful sweep...
Uchendu moves up behind Natalyah's oponents as Amisi reduces skeleton 3 to a jumbled pile of bones..
Atzi?
Atzi and Quetza move over to Amisi and provide her support, or at least a shield of flesh and armor between her and the advancing skeletons.
Round 4, init 21
"Sen viekôn!*", Natalyah growls as her shortsword bounces of the bones without impeding the skeleton appreciably. Evading the slashes and claws she spins around to kick the legs from under her opponent.
Damn it!
AoO
Skeleton 1 takes a wild slash at Nat as she spin kicks it's legs from under it the undead thing landing on the collection of ropes scattered over the deck
we are now on Round 4 as Nat has so helpfully posted..Uchendu could have mmoved after his attack as apart from the prone skeleton 7 the only other opponents are Nat's
Round 4
As noted above Natalyah knocks Skeleton 1 to the ground as it rises Uchendu smashes it to smithereens with a mighty blow a the same time as skeleton 7 falls to Inkathru's axe
Inkathru Damage
Skeleton 2 continues it's mindless and ultimately futile attack on the elven ranger.
Scimitar claw
Inkathru moves in her axe blade gleaming in the sun but misses her stroke this time on the sloping deck.
Damage
Uchendu to go.
Round 4 Ini 6
Atzi whirls her sling and lobs a rock at skeleton 7 intent on beaming it upside the skull. >=)
Nodding in satisfaction at the competence of his allies, Uchendu brings his morningstar around to smash the skull of the last skeleton...
With a mighty blow Uchendu sends the skeletons grinning skull flying off into the waves offshore.
Fight over
202 XP each
and that Ladies and Gents should push you over the threshold for level 2 please give details in the OOC thread of your character upgrades.
On searching the ship you find the following(spoilered for length)
Opening a cork-stopped gourd [3 cp] you find several pieces of relatively inexpensive jewelry.
There is a copper ring topped by square-cut banded agate [10 gp], a gold-plated nose ring etched with spiraling lines [4 gp], a calico moss agate the size of a large pea [11 gp], and a small silver pendant showing a woman in a long flowing dress dancing lovingly with a bear on its hind legs [22 gp]. Tangled with this, you find a slender silver chain bracelet with an onyx bead [29 gp]. In the bottom is a tiny silver whistle in the shape of a robin [2 gp], a small cube of milk white halite [3 gp], and an ivory ring with an inset figure 8 of smooth onyx [20 gp].
In a backpack you find a length of fine rope [silk, 50 feet, 10 gp], two heavy gauntlets of gray leather [2 gp] and a spool of strong black thread [3 cp]. Two large-eyed needles stick in the thread coils [needles, 5 sp each]. A small ornate metal box [5 sp] lies underneath. It is silver colored [tin] with raised golden designs [copper wire]. The top pries off to reveal a pack of heavy paper playing cards [5 gp]. In a linen bag are three tightly rolled strips of cloth, a one-edged blade, a pair of plain tweezers and three round boxes. Two of the boxes are partially full of salves with herbal smells, each different. The third looks used but is empty [healer’s kit, 40 gp]. At the bottom of the pack are coins [2 sp, 5 cp]. Wedged between the seams you find 3 coins [3 gp] and a flawed, redspeckled gem [bloodstone 40 gp].
You find a smooth whalebone box [14 gp] the size of a large book. Jocular smoking men have been carved into the lid. Once opened, you discover fragrant, extremely high quality pipe weed[13 gp]. A finger-sized copper figurine [23 gp] of a goddess with the head of a tigress is buried in the tobacco.
In the pocket of a sea coat are several coins [3 gp, 2 sp, 10 cp], a small piece of cheese wrapped in a waxed cloth [4 cp if edible] and a pair of tweezers made of gray metal with enameling on the sides, showing a miniature set of flowers in a garden [6 gp].
A cotton and bamboo hand fan [8 gp] unfurls gracefully to depict the stately, domed palaces of a famed metropolis(Katapesh), the intricate design painted onto the fan by a very skilled artist. The fan is held shut by an ingenious bamboo clasp, carved to resemble a mounted knight dipping his lance to a lady; their clasped hands form the 'lock'.
As the last skeleton is smashes to pieces Natalyah moves to the rail and scans the surroundings to check if the fight has attracted any attention from the wildlife on the island. .
If she sees or hears nothing she moves back to the deck and crouches at one of the heaps of now non-animated bones. "I liked the other ones better", she says as she picks up a skull and weighs it in her hand before putting it back down.
Natalyah stands back up and helps to search the wreck, but is seemlingly unimpressed with any findings.