Chaney turns Ms. Green. Or to Ms. White should Ms. Green be indisposed.
"Stay alive, I will have words with the furball."
And the wizard promptly fades from view.
Chaney walks quickly towards the mast. Reaching it he climbs steadily and calmly towards the nest. In a perfect world the first sign the monkey would get of Chaney's presence would be when the crystal turns on him. .
Aifric, knowing nothing of Chaney's apparent ability to get to the crow's nest, resumes his climb.
Meanwhile, down below, Svog manages to squirm and wiggle his way free of the chains! Just a few feet from you, the main mass of sailors are drawing their weapons to attack Mazatl, Aifric and Feustus.
Suddenly, the boat shudders and rocks. You feel several sharp impacts on the ship from below, in the water.
Aifric, the monkey isn't even paying attention to you as it tries to flee to the captain's shoulder, it's so distracted from losing control of the focus. You catch it automatically by muscle reflex, without thinking, and it begins screeching and clawing at you to get free! What do you do?
Unaware of who exactly Fuzzball is, Mazatl doesn't have a chance to avoid the beam as it comes down on her from above... sturdy as her body may be, it still takes its toll.
Chaney: By successfully wresting control of the magical focus, you can use your magic to make something happen using the place of power. Raw power is yours to command using the focus atop the crow's nest, which now blazes with arcane energy - what do you do?
Aifric bashes the monkey into the mast (he's strong like that) and flings it toward the sea before continuing up the mast, if he's still climbing.
"An actual monkey..... Enough magic to buy them all twice over and they give it to an actual monkey...."
Mazatl: Take 1d6 damage (ignores armor) and you fall stunned to the deck momentarily. However, the effect only lasts long enough to knock you prone before Chaney wrests control of the artifact for himself.
Aifric: The monkey makes a long, despairing "Eeeeeeeee!" as you hurl it into the ocean. You have a good arm, being a spear thrower, so you get some damn good distance on the throw. It'll take awhile before the monkey touches anything dry again, if ever. You continue climbing, and reach the bottom of the crow's nest, beginning to climb up. You see a bright glow coming from the nest itself...
Chaney: You'd be able to find out by giving the crystal careful study, something you don't have the luxury of time for. All you know is that the magic power you feel from the transference is significant and powerful. Anything is possible - I may just take what you try to accomplish and implement a lesser form, if you, for example, attempt to ascend into godhood or something. I know the power limits, you will have to give it your best guess, is basically what I'm saying.
Svog: The captain had intended to make you hold on to the cannonball in your mouth as you were shoved off the plank. However, in all the confusion abovedecks, the cannonball rolled off to one side of the boat. It's unattended about 7 feet from you, but there's two sailors in the way.
Aifric hesitantly looks into the crow's nest, concerned that the monkey has set something in motion that's going to be very bad for him.
The tether connecting Mazatl to her elemental visibly snaps, and recoils into her as she slumps to the deck. Her eyes are glowing a fierce green as she pushes herself back up off of the ground her antlers visibly elongating at having been struck by a spell from an actual monkey. She smiles slightly and they return to normal, as she hears the monkey's kerning cry, readying herself for the worst of what's to come.
Chaney: You'd be able to find out by giving the crystal careful study, something you don't have the luxury of time for. All you know is that the magic power you feel from the transference is significant and powerful. Anything is possible - I may just take what you try to accomplish and implement a lesser form, if you, for example, attempt to ascend into godhood or something. I know the power limits, you will have to give it your best guess, is basically what I'm saying.
Right then going with my
Svog runs towards the cannonball and try to slide between the sailors,
In the middle of the song,
"Halud he fought a hundred,
I know it doesn't rhyme,
but if you hear this song,
the silver is beloooooooooooooooooooow!"
hoping some of his companions will hear him...
What is happening underwater? Merkfolks?
Mazatl's magic rips and tears up out of the hull once more, as she shoves a palm forward, a flash of green light echoing out of her eyes at the same time. A wall of thorny wood appears between herself and the woman with the twin hooks (possibly more!), specifically tearing at the woman with their thorns.
Aifric: A pale, sepulchral light is spreading from the unattended crystal lying in the center of the crow's nest. The crystal itself is pulsing with energy, and you can hear the wailing of spirits.
All of you are shaken as the boat shudders. You hear wood groaning in protest as the boat is slowly lifted out of the water! All of the sailors clamor and shout in surprise, the battle temporarily forgotten in their minds as the deck tilts dangerously to one side! Screams can be heard as a few sailors are tipped too far and lose their balance, tumbling over the guardrails into the bay!
Chaney, you feel the focus crystal amplifying your own control of the elemental forces of magic. The very fabric of reality responds to your mental command, but this much force is unwieldy and difficult to control. The ship's not fully out of the water, but at your will, the ship begins to push through the waters of the bay. The prow of your ship collides with the Smiler's aft section on its way, spinning your ship around as it moves and destroying a good part of the other ship, as well as the Monarch's prow. Roll +Int to maintain control of the spell long enough to set it down safely aground!
The sailors are confused and scared by the magic controlling their ship, but their captain is still shouting orders! "They have a mage! Find him and KILL HIM!" he bellows, charging Athena.
Athena, you're just finishing off a sailor with a quick stab to the sternum when the captain attacks you with his cutlass. Take 2d6 damage!
Meanwhile, Svog, you're able to grab the cannonball you dove for in all the confusion. There's silver on the ground from where the cannonball's been rolling around, and you see two sailors writhing nearby, currently transforming into full animals. Just as you grasp the cannonball, one of them transforms fully into a fox and savagely attacks you for 1d6 damage!
Mazatl, you feel the chaotic, ghostly energies swirling all around you and know that Chaney is behind it - but you have more pressing concerns. Your wall springs up immediately under the hook-wielder's feet, surrounding her like an instant hedge-maze wall. Thick thorns the size of swords grew through her in a flash. Though she's still struggling weakly, she isn't threatening anyone.
Feustus, you see better than anyone what Chaney's doing. He's going to drive the ship aground! What do you do?
DM's Choice:
The magic flows out of a different part of your body or is of a different element
The magic has an unintended effect on the environment
The magic causes a blast wave and you are thrown backwards
Mazatl sees Athena become the target of the captain once more, and tries to add another wall of thorns to the deck, this time between Athena and the Captain!
As the ship pitches, Aifric holds on tight to keep from being thrown from the crow's nest.
If the crystal is small enough to pick up, he does so.
If not, he smashes his spear into it. He's more than a little afraid of bad things that might happen if he does this, but it's the only option he can think of. He exerts all of his will against the fear turning him fully into his animal form.
Assuming Chaney has warning that he is losing control.
"Dammit, time to go."
Invisibility fading as he mutters the words of a new spell Chaney rushes the remaining distance to the Nest, Grabs the crystal and tosses it into the air before leaping free of the careering ship. With a cry he rockets towards the open water, the glowing crystal calmly falling beside him.
Mazatl: Your thornwall springs up immediately in between the Captain and Athena, but in your haste, you make the thorns grow too big! Athena is stabbed by a shooting thorn...she takes the damage as well.
Aifric: The crystal is about the size of your fist. You pick it up and the magical energy flows directly into your body. The experience is like grabbing a live wire. Your entire body is wracked by convulsions but you feel power, immense power, flowing through you. Release the crystal or roll Defy Danger +Con to keep your grip. If you fail the roll, you risk being thrown from the crow's nest in all the turbulence.
Chaney, you reach the crow's nest to find Aifric grasping the crystal! Your unseen servant is beside you (and I'll keep your DD roll), what do you do?
Aifric can't fail the group!
"Afric! Toss it to me! It will kill you!"
"Stupid fox" Svog tries to shake the fox and run towards the sailors he remembers that reacted to the silver...
"Sing with me!!"
"The ship is doomed,
the one eye adventurer,
with his fork and cunning,
Halud defetead a hundred!"
Two opposing rolls from Aifric and Chaney over a blisteringly overcharged magical focus at a crucial moment in the story? Both exactly at 9? The dice are demanding something special.
Chaney and Aifric both grasp the power crystal and a bright light envelops you both. Down on the main decks, the captain clings to the hedge created by Mazatl, but most of the other sailors are blown away as the ship lifts clear of the water! Everyone must grab hold of something as the ship gains momentum without the drag of the water on the lower hull!
Up in the crow's nest, the magical energies follow the natural grounding conduits of your bodies. Both of you are blinded slightly (-1 Wis mod) and stunned (-1 Int mod) (for a few minutes). Gain the following Advanced Move:
The ship keeps rising, and you eventually feel a teeth-jarring impact as the hull collides with a building near the shore, utterly destroying its roof. The ship is largely destroyed as well! All of you are launched clear! Roll 1d4 to see where you land!
1: The roof of the church right next to where the ship came to a jarring stop! Roll defy danger to grab hold of something or take 1d8 damage.
2: The ground! Roll defy danger to grab hold, or take 1d8 damage.
3: You fall belowdecks of the ship! No DD roll possible, you're just down there. Take 1d6 damage. There's fire and silver below.
4: You lucked out! You're wedged safely in the wreckage of the ship, though it's going to take you a minute to work yourself free.
Mazatl is in the middle of apologizing to Athena... or starting the attempt, as the boat crashes. She reaches for the nearby mast, and hooks a hand on it... before the ship pitches, tumbling her down into the open stairwell, and below deck.
"Yggg.yggy.yggg"
The dark clad wizard drops like a dead crow form the top of the mast. One arm, sleeve still on fire catches in some damaged rigging and slows his fall. Moments later both the rigging and the wizard fall into the open hold.
Aifric falls belowdecks, where the party apparently is being held, and where the silver does its baneful work on him.
Aifric, yes it does. Both you and Chaney are touched by silver and are under the effect of your bane! Mazatl, you see your friends shifting uncontrollably, what do you do?
Chaney, Aifric, as you both shift, your last coherent thoughts are of the focus; resting innocently in the bell tower of the church where it was hurled during the crash.
Mazatl summons an elemental with the forceful tag, and immediately commands it to send the bonobo above deck... and hopefully gets the chance to send the wolf above deck as well.
"Two monkeys tossed in one day..." Mazatl says, hoping to lighten the fear creeping into her.
Aifric, you're grasped by the elemental hurled up right through the hole in the decks you fell through. Once you're clear of the presence of silver in the hold, you feel your mind clearing. Roll Defy Danger to grab something and hold on so you can land safely! You're still in bonobo form.
Can I drink a healing potion before all hell breaks loose?