Ghirrak and Bryson spot that with the toppling of the pirates mizzenmast, a number of figures plunge to their deaths in the sea or hitting the deck. One who does not seems to hover in place sixty feet over the pirates aft deck, turning and lobbing a fireball into the Savage Kraken's fore ballistae. It exploded, flinging burning crewmen overboard.
The loaded pirate pinnace veers to one side and stops approaching the Blue Nixie's blind side. Some crossbows are fired at Bryson, but miss.
PIRATE SHIP DECK
Here is the pirate ship with a number of pirates still aboard. You may start your movement at any left side railing square.
Bryson's flight took him to the pirate arcanist, but missed.
With the enemy mage thoroughly revealed and without cover thanks to the fall of the mizzenmast, Marius cut loose with what he sincerely hoped was overwhelming force, conjuring a bolt of lightning which lashed up from his post on deck to strike at his opposite number.
Bryson casts Faerie Fire on the caster in case he can go invisible.
Burian helps set the aft-most boarding plank, and positions to be first across it.
Round 2__________________
Marius Hawk_______
Marius cut loose with what he sincerely hoped was overwhelming force, conjuring a bolt of lightning which lashed up from his post on deck to strike at his opposite number.
Casting lightning bolt on the enemy mage.
damage: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 3, 1, 1, 5) = 21 DC17 Reflex save for half
Fail, the Sorcerer is seriously damaged.
'Sunny' ______
Acrobatics check please.
Bryson Deepwinter_______
Bryson casts Faerie Fire on the caster.
Burian Faldaeral______
Burian helps set the aft-most boarding plank, and positions to be first across it.
crossing over at row 30
(npc) Ghirrak________
The Captain leads his section over the boarding planks.
ENEMIES________________________
The pirate mage, revealed under the Faerie Fire to be a heavily tattooed Osirian Bloodfire Sorcerer, snarled at Bryson and a ball of fire grew in his hands. But Marius' lighting badly distracted him, so he threw the fireball down at Marius.
The fireball exploded on deck, and Marius will take fire damage, Ref save DC17 for half.
The other enemies only just now realize the Savage Kraken crew has entered the fray; they look around, the turn and face you.
Round 3______________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: ON DECK
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: IN THE RIGGING
Bryson attacks the mage.
Bite: gtr magic fang
Claw: gtr magic fang
Claw: gtr magic fang
With a chirpy giggle Sunny simply waltzes across along the top of the yard arm easily getting to the pirate's ships mast before seeming to vanish into thin air.
(^_^)
Burian levels his left palm at the two nearby pirates as he steps toward them, mutters a few words, then fires a wide blast of silver glinting shards.
"My apologies... I suspect you'd prefer gold over silver."
Ghirrak wordlessly opens up with a series of rapid strikes at the first enemy pirate he encounters.
Well, that had been an unpleasant and painful experience. Marius had emerged from the conflagration decidedly charred and unsteady on his feet. Still, retaliation had always been a possibility. On the plus side, his foe had burned a fireball spell on him, rather than picking a spot for maximum damage to the ship or crew.
Trusting the crew to deal with any lingering flames, and with Bryson now engaged, Marius shifted to distraction tactics, sending a streamer of light corkscrewing upwards to detonate in the mage's face. With a bit of luck, the mage would be too thoroughly beset to properly defend himself.
Round 3______________
Bryson Deepwinter______
Bryson attacks the mage.
'Sunny'______
With a chirpy giggle Sunny simply waltzes across along the top of the yard arm easily getting to the pirate's ships mast before seeming to vanish into thin air.
Vanishing trick as a free action to finish closing the gap on the person at 'M-19'
Burian Faldaeral______
Burian levels his left palm at the two nearby pirates as he steps toward them, mutters a few words, then fires a wide blast of silver glinting shards.
Ghirrak Ironfist______
Ghirrak wordlessly opens up with a series of rapid strikes at the first enemy pirate he encounters.
Marius Hawk______
Trusting the crew to deal with any lingering flames, and with Bryson now engaged, Marius shifted to distraction tactics, sending a streamer of light corkscrewing upwards to detonate in the mage's face.
ENEMIES____________________
The Sorcerer turned to Bryson and blasts two Scorching Rays at him.
for a possible elemental fire damage.
Critical fumble! The Sorcerer's left hand exploded in octarine sparks, covering that hand in ice. He screamed in horror and tried to shake it off.
Burian’s area was cleared of enemies, except for a pirate that dropped down on him to attack.
for a possible slashing damage.
Ghirak also takes an attack from his opponent.
for a possible slashing damage.
But to Ghirak’s left, his crew ran into a swarm of pirates and are being pressed back!
Round 4______________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: ON DECK
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: IN THE RIGGING
Bryson screams his rage at the mage and continues to claw and bite him.
Bite:
Claw:
Claw:
Confirm Crit:
So, given developments, the idea is to get one of the ropes in the rigging. Loop it around the pirate who's the current focus of Suny's attention. Then kick said person off the sail arm and down into the group of enemies pressing hard against our crew.
In the melee.... one of the pirate ship's ropes seems to come loose. Whipping up and looping around the person standing on the yard arm.
Just as suddenly the sun bronzed form of Suny pops into being behind the fellow and deftly swings a tanned foot into the side of their head.
The force of which drives said unfortunate entangled pirate sideways off the yard arm... to come swinging, hurtling down into the crowd of enemy pirates who are to Ghirak’s left. Pressing his crew like a swarm as they try to press them back!
Suny bounces, claps and cheers with glee. "Hehe! Is jus' like playin' skittles back home!" (^_^)
Burian steps away from the attacking pirate, and whips at and around him with his hair.
Grirrak presses his attack against the pirate facing him, unleashing another series of rapid but powerful attacks.
With the mage apparently resistant to fire, Marius was inclined to leave Bryson to deal with him. He could always intervene again if things seemed to be going badly. Instead, he directed his attention to the pirates swarming the crew. A pair of scorching rays and another firework shot out at the mob, dealing pain, distraction and mayhem.
Round 4______________
Bryson Deepwinter_______
Bryson screams his rage at the mage and continues to claw and bite him.
'Sunny' ______
In the melee.... one of the pirate ship's ropes seems to come loose. Whipping up and looping around the person standing on the yard arm (Red 5). Just as suddenly the sun bronzed form of Suny pops into being behind the fellow and deftly swings a tanned foot into the side of their head.
The force of which drives said unfortunate entangled pirate sideways off the yard arm... to come swinging, hurtling down into the crowd of enemy pirates who are to Ghirak’s left.
Another weird question. What does the Pirate at 'O-20' look like, then? (^_^)
Burian Faldaeral_______
Burian steps away from the attacking pirate, and whips at and around him with his hair.
5'step to 31,I
Ghirrak Ironfist______
Grirrak presses his attack against the pirate facing him, unleashing another series of rapid but powerful attacks.
Marius Hawk_______
A pair of scorching rays and another firework shot out at the mob, dealing pain, distraction and mayhem. Casting scorching ray and spending a move action to use snapdragon fireworks again.
ALLIES_______________________
Your crewmates spring forward and stop the flanking by the aft end pirates, but besides a fellow falling out of the rigging and knocking a fellow pirate overboard, the situation doesn’t change.
ENEMIES________________________
The pirate fire sorcerer flew back and downed a potion. (AoO from Bryson eligible). His bleeding stops.
The aft pirates get lucky and down two of your crewmates; your allies are being pressed back and the pirates roar with savage glee.
In the rigging, two crossbow shots miss Sunny wide.
One pirate jumps onto the same yard as Sunny and attacked. for a possible slashing damage.
Sorcerer:45
Round 5______________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: ON DECK
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: IN THE RIGGING
Bryson's oversized maw snaps out at the mage as he flutters backwards.
Bite AoO: gtr magic fang
"There is no escape for you." Bryson growls out as he continues to press the mage.
Grapple: gtr magic fang, charge
Burian dashes off to take on the pirates toward the aft, darting around the steps to get behind them.
"Who's ready to be flogged!" His hair forms a fat braid, then coils.. ready to strike.
Sunny winces as she receives a gash from the the Pirate who's stepped across to engage her.
"Owwie!." She glances down and then smiles at the fellow, "Oh... so's now t'is time ta' not be playin' nice, hey?" She asks suddenly-
Vanishing and talking being free actions, Suny can simply step off the yard-arm, drop down and grab/cling to it and then climb 'under' the threatening Pirate to get to the lone friendly sailor still over on the other mast area. Even with a movement/climb speed of only 10' feet (Possibly 20' being a Monk) Suny can easily stay invisible for the rounds needed to get to where she wants to go.
Leaving one very paranoid Pirate swinging at thin air on the yard arm.
(^_^)
It belatedly occurred to Marius that there was something a tad less direct he could do to make the mage's life difficult, and so he acted, casting a spell to suppress his borrowed power of flight and bring him crashing down to earth. As he did so, another firework darted out to bedevil the pirates.
Glaring up at the flying (or falling) spellcaster, Ghirrak sends a trio of glittering shuriken spinning toward him.
Round 5______________
Bryson Deepwinter______
Bryson's oversized maw snaps out at the mage as he flutters backwards.
"There is no escape for you." Bryson growls out as he continues to press the mage.
Burian Faldaeral______
Burian dashes off to take on the pirates toward the aft, darting around the steps to get behind them.
"Who's ready to be flogged!" His hair forms a fat braid, then coils.. ready to strike.
double move to J,24
'Sunny'______
Am be thinkin' Pirate No: 3 in'a riggin' in't there no more?
Sunny winces as she receives a gash from the the Pirate who's stepped across to engage her.
"Owwie!." She glances down and then smiles at the fellow, "Oh... so's now t'is time ta' not be playin' nice, hey?" She asks suddenly-
Marius Hawk______
It belatedly occurred to Marius that there was something a tad less direct he could do to make the mage's life difficult, and so he acted, casting a spell to suppress his borrowed power of flight and bring him crashing down to earth.
As he did so, another firework darted out to bedevil the pirates.
Ghirrak Ironfist______
Glaring up at the flying (or falling) spellcaster, Ghirrak sends a trio of glittering shuriken spinning toward him.
ALLIES_______________________
Your fight and take down two pirates, but cannot press forward on deck.
In the rigging, the situation doesn’t change.
ENEMIES________________________
The pirate fire sorcerer tried to escape Bryson's clutches.
The pirates on deck are held in balance by your crew.
In the rigging, one of your crew falls from the fighting top under attack by some pirates, while one of the Blue Nixie crew is run off a Yardarm by pursuing pirates. They cheer.
One sees Bryson close up and shoots at him with a crossbow.
for a possible piercing damage.
for a possible extra piercing damage.
Round 6______________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: ON DECK
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: IN THE RIGGING
Whispering to 'Green 4', Sunny points out the rope lay out and her ideas.
"Okeys. We gather these ropes an' we swing over ta' there where 'Green 3' is bein' hard pressed."
Hoping both the fellow sailor is not too surprised nor scared Sunny continues,
"I'll be goin' first. You follow along after I make a kerfuffle, right?" With her explanation done Sunny takes a rope and swings over at one of the offending pirates. 'Red 10'.
OR
To knock said pirate off/out of the rigging.
As well as hoping the fellow sailor follows her across.
"Whheeeeee!" Comes Sunny's call of glee from some where above before suddenly appearing on the central mast of the Blue Nixie.
(^_^)
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The crossbow bolt bounces off Bryson's thick hide.
Bryson attempts to maintain the grapple
He tries to move the two of them over the water rather than a ship, but otherwise does not slow the descent, and calls for another lightning bolt
Bryson absorbs the damage. Electricity plays across his teeth as he snarls in the mages face while they plummet.
Moving across the distance with stunning alacrity, Ghirrak hurls himself into the thick of the fray in support of his crew.
Well, that wouldn't have been Marius's response to his opponent becoming a dead weight. Still, Bryson could decide on his own battle strategies.
With his own longer-ranged spells largely spent, Marius joined the boarding action, flicking another firework up into the rigging as he went.
Burian strafes a few feet, then slashes two adjacent pirates with his hair.
".. weak as sea slugs..."
Round 6__________________________
'Sunny'_____________
"Whheeeeee!" Comes Sunny's call of glee from some where above before suddenly appearing on the central mast of the Blue Nixie.
Bryson Deepwinter______
The crossbow bolt bounces off Bryson's thick hide.
Bryson attempts to maintain the grapple
He tries to move the two of them over the water rather than a ship, but otherwise does not slow the descent, and calls for another lightning bolt
Bryson absorbs the damage. Electricity plays across his teeth as he snarls in the mages face while they plummet.
Ghirrak Ironfist______
Moving across the distance with stunning alacrity, Ghirrak hurls himself into the thick of the fray in support of his crew.
Marius Hawk______
With his own longer-ranged spells largely spent, Marius joined the boarding action, flicking another firework up into the rigging as he went.
Moving onto the pirate ship, and targeting pirate 4 in the rigging.
Burian Faldaeral_______
Burian strafes a few feet, then slashes two adjacent pirates with his hair.
Allies__________
The rest of your crew mop up the rest of the pirates on the pirate ship.
You see across the far side, the pirates still engaged with the crew of the nixie. You see the Jade falcon leader fighting hard, but none of the others.
Except Sunny, who sees Zan appear behind one of her pirates, stab him in the back and toss him overboard. He grinned at her and threw her a sloppy salute.
Enemies____________
You also see in the rigging the pirates chasing Sunny realize where she went and swing over onto the Mainboom to pursue her.
Round 7_____________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: ON DECK
You guys are offscreen to the left.
TACTICAL OVERVIEW: IN THE RIGGING
Bryson uses his wings to launch him and the unconscious mage into the air. He moves over the Savage Kraken where he then drops the mage on the deck near LeShiv before landing behind her to give Miss Vanderboren some help.
"Good work! Secure the ship!" Ghirrak shouts in command even as he races across the deck of the pirate ship. Barelling toward the edge t breakneck speed, the Caplain of the Savage Kraken launches himself in a spectacular leap across the open sea and air, taking him over to the Nixie's deck.
"Give up!" She declares with steel in her voice.
Though she does also keep an eye on both the Pirate that's followed her across to the main mast. The other Pirates already ON the main mast as well as the other Pirates on the Aft-mast who are possibly the ones doing all the shooty, shooty.
Glancing to her allies Sunny grins,
"Okeys, get ready ta' be hasin' fun!"
(^_^)
Burian follows his more fleet of foot allies onto the Blue Nixie... taking the boarding planks rather than a leap.
Lobbing another firework into the rigging, Marius made his way to the far railing, assessing the situation aboard the Nixie and deciding where his intervention might be needed.
Round 7_____________
Bryson Deepwinter______
Bryson uses his wings to launch him and the unconscious mage into the air. He moves over the where he then drops the mage on the deck near LeShiv before landing behind her to give Miss Vanderboren some help.
Ghirrak Ironfist_______
Barelling toward the edge t breakneck speed, the Caplain of the Savage Kraken launches himself in a spectacular leap across the open sea and air, taking him over to the Nixie's deck.
'Sunny'_______
Sunny looks at Pirate 10 then quickly to her allied friends left, right and behind her before simply saying/demanding, "Give up!"
Glancing to her allies Sunny grins,
"Okeys, get ready ta' be hasin' fun!"
Diplomacy:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22 (To boost their spirits for the coming fight with Pirate numbers 2,3 and 6)
Throw a smoke bomb over at Pirate 6?
Burian Faldaeral______
Burian follows his more fleet of foot allies onto the Blue Nixie... taking the boarding planks rather than a leap.
Marius Hawk______
Lobbing another firework into the rigging, Marius made his way to the far railing, assessing the situation aboard the Nixie and deciding where his intervention might be needed.
Snapdragon fireworks on pirate 2 in the rigging, 1d4 ⇒ 2 damage, DC 15 Reflex for half & to negate dazzled condition.
Allies__________
More Savage Kraken crewmen pour across the gangplank to engage the enemy.
Lavinia, already wounded, attacked but was easily batted aside by Longshanks LeShiv.
In the rigging, Zan moved up to attack Red 6 while a Nixie crewman moved up to attack Red 4.
Enemies____________
Pirate Red 10 dropped down behind Bryson and attacked!
for a possible
Longshanks LeShiv is a tall man with dark hair and a cruel grin. Teeth blackened with rot are visible, and you can smell his breath from where you are upwind. He lashed out with his rapier and whip, jolting Lavinia backward and more of her clothing is torn off as well as a welt appearing on her body.
”Ye’ll be an almighty fine prize yersel’ milady!” He taunted, exulting in his superior swordsmanship.
Round 8_____________
Players take their turn in order of posting, enemies will go last.
Bryson ignores the pirate that came up behind him as he steps past Lady Vanderboren to get to the pirate captain. "Now ya die" he says. A harsh, bitter smoke rising from his mouth and eyes and trailing from each swipe of his clawed hand.
Bite: gtr magic fang
Claw x2: gtr magic fang
Claw x2: gtr magic fang
With blinding speed, Captain Ghirrak pummels the nearest sailor, his eyes locked on Lavinia and the black souled bilge rat her would tear in half.
Deciding to forgo that final firework, Marius slipped closer to the action and set about tilting the odds ever so slightly.
Clarification:
There is a fallen mizzenmast blocking access between the maindeck and the quarterdeck (where Lavinia and Longshanks are); a ten foot tall pile of difficult terrain that must be climbed (or jumped) to pass.
So at the moment nobody on the maindeck can see either one; Only Bryson can right now.
Since she screamed in pain, those on the maindeck need to make a Perception check DC15 to hear Lavinia in trouble over the noise of battle.
Grabbing a rope from those hanging about the main topsail she simply leaps away from the mast, initially looking like she's again leaping away from combat.
However, her intent and arc of flight swings her tanned, brown self waaaaay out wide with her aim comeing in at the pirate threatening Zan
Hoping to incapacitate the fellow and thence move on to aid the sailor who's being threatened.
Hopefully eliciting a sound like THIS from the fellow as they fall.
And... it seems Suny is having sooo much fun she doesn't notice anything at all about what's happening below. :P
A growl of rage sounds in the back of his throat as he hears Lavinia scream in pain.