I prefer underling. An undead underling for our oracle.
Turning to the ghoul Four Skulls asks. Who did you used to be before dying? How did you got to this island? How did you became an undead?
By looking at the Ghoul under your command Four Skulls, and the one Balthe took down they both appear to have been either pirates or merchants, but their clothing is in horrible condition and hard to make out which type of sailor they were.
A terrible stench fills the swamp here, a fetid odor of cheap
perfume and rotting flesh. A huge tree stands in the middle
of a clearing in the swamp, draped with some sort of huge
tent. Lurid, painted faces cover both the tree trunk and tent,
and both are decorated with rotting humanoid body parts and
carpets of squirming insects.
The ghoul blankly stares at Four Skulls, Sailors, Infernus wrecked. They got out
"That thing under yer control now, Skulls?" Holgur asks while still holding his bow taught and ready to fire.
Uh, can you ask it if there's anyone else in there?
"Hey how about where is this wrecked Infernus perhaps there is gear on-board that ship."
Where is the Infernus? Are there more undead at this island? And whom got out?
Sailors, Infernus wrecked...They got out
In water, pointing Southwest. Ghouls and Whores
Once the ghoul answers you, everybody hears, what sounds like something dragging on the ground, before you hear the familiar sounds of groaning. Suddenly, three more ghouls come out from under the canopy. All three are dressed in torn, old dresses.
MAP
Holgur steps around Mesdoram to get a better line of fire on the horrid debutantes and fires at the rightmost ghoul. He curses loudly as his arrow flies past its target.
Attack
Four Skulls, did you just lead us into a trap?
He raises his own crossbow and fires.
His bolt just barely tracks onto the lead ghoul and the bolt tears through muscle on the ghoul's arm. It'd be debilitating on a live person but on an undead it's merely a nuisance.
Now would be a great time for a fireball.
Balthe moves forward and launches his sling bullet
for
Jasmine will casts two magic missiles that one stuck with the bolt.
Last I checked you guys were the ones "leading". From what the other one said I think the crew of a sunk ship may be roaming this island as undeads. Which can be... usefull. Let me try to control these too.
Moving forward Four Skulls channels energy to control the undead again.
And kneel down.
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The onslaught of bullets, bolts, and magic missles brings the one ghoul down.
Four Skulls lets out a burst of green energy that washes over the two remaining ghouls, One of the ghouls stops dead (M8) while the other advances towards Four SKulls.
Mesdoram looks at the ghoul and shouts to Four Skulls.
Get clear of the infernal thing! I'll hit you if you don't get away.
If Four Skulls leaves melee:
I got as many as I can hold, this one we need to kill. Four Skulls says stepping back and stabbing the one in from of him.
Balthe kicks the one that just dropped.
Jasmine steps back and watches Skulls to his thing and get himself a few new pets. Should be an interesting reunion with crew on the ship.
Four Skulls Pike pierces the left eye socket of the remaining ghoul, which causes its head to snap back. Once Four Skulls withdraws his pike, the ghoul collapses to the ground.
Mesdoram will warily enter the shelter and search for anything useful.
Balthe will follow right behind him, with his sling reloaded.
Jasmine will cast detect magic to scan the ghouls and the shelter, concentrating on any spot if an aura appears.
Jasmine you are able to quickly locate a potion of cure serious wounds, and between you, Balthe, and Mes find:
a leather hip flask depicting a crocodile (worth 25 gp), three very sharp,oft-used daggers (one of which is masterwork), a chest containing six f lasks of alchemist’s fire, two barrels of very cheap perfume worth 25 gp each, a wedding dress inlaid with pearls and set with three tiny rubies (worth 400 gp), a whalebone corset set with mother-of-pearl inlays worth 20 gp, a dozen silver hatpins set with tiny obsidians worth 5 gp each, scattered gems worth a total of 250 gp, 56 gp, and 97 sp.
Mesdoram pockets the masterwork dagger and two flasks of the alchemist's fire and looks at the wedding dress, corset and hatpins.
He gives Four Skulls a sidelong glance.
You do realize that you have two undead whores? While I admit we need to make a name for ourselves, running a floating brothel that specializes in rotting corpses wasn't what I had in mind.
He twirls his new dagger to test the balance.
Any chance they know what else is on the island?
Jasmine holds up the wedding dress and nods, "always the bridesmaid never the bride. Bathe maybe Sandra will like this." She laughs and tosses it back on the pile. Jasmine grabs an alchemist fire leaving the others for rest of the group. She puts the hatpins in her hat.
Just set these up outside we can get them once we save our friends. And she might like it. Good call.
"Could you disguise your friends there so that we could take them on-board with us? Keep em quiet-like and say we just found them. Say that they are addled in the head and never talk. Then we could use them as reinforcements for our side." Holgur doubts his plan has any hope of working but desperately wants to be told that it could.
Yea, I dont see why not. Four Skulls nods to Holgur and grabs the remaining flasks of alchemist fire. Turning to Mesdoram.
Dont you worry Mes, once I open shop I will save the first spot in line for you.
Jokes aside the shoanti asks the ghouls. Where can I find drinking water in this island?
"Let's find the others."
Balthe reload his sling and resumes his back of the pack position
Mesdoram will take measure of where the group is in relation to their disembarking point and try to find the way to where the cave was supposed to be.
Not wishing to embarrass himself further, Holgur lets Mesdoram lead the way with his tracking skills.
Jasmine is fine following along the path Mes directs.
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Snap out of it Meso! We got a job to do! Stop staring off into space with a stupid grin.
Mesdoram staggers from Balthe's completely unprovoked attack.
Why did you do that?! I was just about to give you the mustard!
He hands Balthe a small clay jar filled with dijon mustard.