Once per day, the user of a farglass can activate a clairaudience/clairvoyance effect upon any location seen through the farglass’s lens. As long as the location is kept in sight through the lens, the clairaudience/clairvoyance sensor can move with the location. This effect lasts for up to 5 minutes.
Yuki pulls out the Farglass and uses it to spy the ship. Afterwards, she activates the Clairvoyance ability to take a much closer look.
If Yuki doesn't see anything, she'll give the Farglass to one or more of her officers to see if they spot anything.
Galean looks at Yuki. "What do you see, Captain?", he asks as he cheerfully steers the ship. "We can take a better look from the mast, can't we?", he scratches his head.
The image shown is strangely still but as you approach it seems to come to life, almost magically. Frantic activity seems to take over as your ship comes more in view as if the crew realizes their danger and is determined to make sail and try and run from you.
The ship is too still - even sitting at anchor there should be more activity and the change, trying to unfurl the sails and weigh anchor, to o pronounced. Something's up with that ship, even if you don't know what.
"Slow up - something's wrong. They should be trying to weigh anchor... could be another illusion? Or maybe they're trying to draw us in to range, then reveal hidden weapons?" says Bahrin.
Scratching his head, Galean shrugs. "Possibly? Or it could have invisible crew? Or a ghost crew?", he theorises, setting course for the ship. "I've never chased a ghost ship before.", he grins.
"Anyone have invisibility? I can give someone the ability to fly over and check it out."
"Galean, how about you turn into some sort of innocent-looking flying creature and investigate the ship? I smell some kind of a trap."
"Maybe a winged monkey?" says Bahrin with a wink.
Of course I can turn someone invisible. Scroll and wand! I can also let Rocky fly over there and scout it out.
"Oh, in that case, just ask Rocky if he's willing to help us out. We may need Galean's sailing skills if things go bad." Yuki replies to Ayre's offer.
Galean shakes his head, clearing his throat. "Uh... technically, flying monkeys are creatures that are innately magical, so I can't just turn into one. There's no way that a monkey is light enough to fly otherwise...", he begins saying, before frowning. "You were joking."
"Yes. Because, well, gorilla."
Ayre, chats with Rocky in their bizarre language, then Ayre casts invisibility on him with a scroll, and hands Rocky the invisibility wand and sends him on his way
Rocky will fly over, and hover above the ship and take 20 for 22
if we cant do that.
Rocky returns to Ayre after a few moments, twirling in the air in his swirl of brightly colored stones.
Something's wrong with that ship - I see it, in detail, but I don't feel it. Not like I feel the wood beneath us or the other sailors.
Rocky says, it is not, normal. He sees it, but says he doesn't feel it. IT is possible it is an illusion.
how far away are we from it DM?
"Well, we should shoot something at it to see if it's real or not. In the meantime, let's not get any closer to it, it could be a trap." Yuki replies to Ayre's report, adding the last part for whoever is piloting the vessel.
"Aye, Cap'n!", shouts Galean, steering the ship towards the mystery vessel. "Ayre, could it be an illusion? I've heard of illusions." He lowers his voice. "And it would be good for morale of the ship to show them that they're not slower than the crew of that vessel.", he adds for the ears of the command crew.
"Uh, Galean? I said not to get closer until we have a better idea of what's going on." Yuki clarifies her statement.
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Galean quickly turns the ship around once the order becomes clearer. "Right, Cap'n. Do NOT go into the trap.", he confusedly apologises, steering the ship backwards. "It could confuse them. If there is a them.", he adds.
"No worries Galean, the illusion thing has me a bit concerned, you know?"
As Galean starts to heave to away from the mysterious ship a rainbow shimmer of light appears in front of the Calamitous Intent; suddenly a half-orc dressed in a flamboyant red coat pops into existence hovering in the air above the deck and the ship rams into wall of force.
Avast! Prepare to boarded, ye've entered the domain of Vakarla and must be prepared to pay in blood and plunder!
She laughs madly as the ship heaves from the impact and you're all thrown about the deck into the normal busy ship's equipment.
Meanwhile the eagle-eyed Galean spots sailors swimming towards the ship, giving you a few precious seconds to respond.
The half orc, flying above the deck, but within 30 feet, gathers power within her and wave of fear erupts across the deck.
Galean stumbles on the ground, before looking up at the crimson pirate. "No! YOU pay in blood and plunder!", he shouts a defiant comeback at the pirate, his arms beginning to wave in the air, as four massive albatrosses appear, circling the foremast. "Get her!", he shouts at the birds.
Ready for trouble, Yuki manages to stay on her feet as a barrel of rum bashes her ribs.
Nevertheless, she falls prey to the half-orc's fear spell and goes running to the other side of the ship.
Bahrin taps Nymph on the shoulder.
"Go wreck' em."
Ayre is knocked prone and stands up, casting boneshatter on Vakarla.
Sorry sorry!!! I’m back. Just got slammed and then lost access at work!
The pirates climb to the top of the deck and draw their cutlasses.
Meanwhile Vakarla casts fog cloud.
Nymph and Yuki run, or fly, away as far as they can.
Ayre will step forward and defensively cast phantasmal killer on the closest foe
con
Dc 18
As the pirates board the ship, Galean points his finger at the pirates, as the seagulls begin their horrid shrieking and screeching, pouncing on them with impunity. And seagull noises.
Galean, not finished, raises his fist in the air, as massive mists begin to churn on the port-side of the ship. "You wished for terror! I'll show you terror!", he roars as the mists continue swirling.
Ayre's phantasmal killers flies toward the pirate captain, ready to terrify her to death.
She shakes off the horrible apparition but screams from the icy pain that the thing inflicts on her before she can move.
Her disbelief repels the thing however and it moves towards Ayre.
Meanwhile the birds, powerful envoys of Galean's druidic magic, rip appart the pirates who've boarded the ship.
The respond by attack the birds in turn, and the captain fires a barrage of five missiles of arcane force at all of you.
"Surrender fools! Your pet tricks can't counter my magic!"
Meanwhile the pirates swing at the birds.
Three birds are shredded by the falchions the pirates swing while the fourth handily evades.
The fifth pirate moves forward to try and attack Ayre.
But misses.