"Your choice... a bad one, I think, but so be it."
Seijiro steps forward again inside the range of that boarding pike and attempts to skewer the Rahadoumi.
I need a better climb check...
What's the DC, 10, right? For rigging?and do I got any bonuses?
I need a better climb check...
What's the DC, 10, right? For rigging?and do I got any bonuses?
1d20-2
The manticore continues to fly and sends another volley of spikes down at the man at the ballista that shot it.
Spike 1 on Horatio HIT
Spike 2 on Horatio MISS
Spike 3 on Horatio HIT - POTENTIAL CRIT
Spike 3 crit confirm on Horatio CRITICAL HIT
Spike 4 on Horatio HIT
Sorry I been off... So that attack of Jiro's that was the sneak attack, that's the round after the Manticore and guy attacked, by the round count.
Jiro hit for 5 damage the round that dhaavan climbed down and summoned.
Guy said never surrender and the manticore attacked flynn
Now it's Dhaavan's turn, and he gives Jiro a Flanking eagle.
Jiro gets his SA damage to do something like 11 as opposed to 1, and dhaavan and his birds have their actions
I've got two birds to target the Manticore... Did the manticore move when it shot Flynn, cause if so I have 2 birds to take AoO's and if not, Do I get AoO's for it using ranged attacks?
I have to roll the birds AoO's, and attacks, on the manticore and Rahadoumi, and do Dhaavan's action when I get home, and know what AoO's and see where the manticore is now.
The manticore continues to fly and sends another volley of spikes down at the man at the ballista that shot it.
Spike 1 on Horatio 1d20+8 HIT
1d6+5Spike 2 on Horatio 1d20+8 MISS
1d6+5Spike 3 on Horatio 1d20+8 HIT - POTENTIAL CRIT
1d6+5Spike 3 crit confirm on Horatio 1d20+8 CRITICAL HIT
1d6+5Spike 4 on Horatio 1d20+8 HIT
1d6+5
As the beast begins to move from them, Dhaavan's eagles both claw at teh manticore
(size+Str+Flank)
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On his turn, Dhaavan notes Sejiro in position to attack, and completes his summoning, causing the bird to appear behind the Rahadoumi, shreaking and ready to attack!
He then casts his own spell, Evoking a burst of water intended to push the Manticore downward
With his Glamor gone, Dhaavan hides behind the mast, from the manticore, hoping someone uses its new location to distract it from him...
His Eagles then attack en-masse with everythign they've got!
Eagle 1 flies to a position above the beast [ooc]Offering a flank to those below]
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Eagle 2 flies to the opposite side and takes a chomp at the thing
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Eagle 3 attacks after Jiro moves up (if it can)
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[Edit]: confirmation rolls
Eagle 2 AoO Crit
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Do I confirm Hydraulic push?
Eagle 2 fumble
Eagle 3 Crit
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Amen-set's eyes narrow at the heavens and she speaks in a dark whisper, her voice growing louder as her face colors in the dark blush of fury.
She raises her finger toward the heavens as if an inditement against something, but she instead places her hand on Hoartio.
Adular mutters, "Problem with being the cleric, so busy holding folks together I never get any fun". Scrambling onto the life boat near him so he can close just enough distance to engulf Flynn and hopefully a few others as well
Again glowing energy like the spray of the sea washes out from him.
"Sandara! Another strike like that and I'll be dead. Get your ass down here and help, by all the gods, living, dead and yet to be born!" he says with a fierce growl to the ship's formal "acting cleric".
Horatio turns to Amen-set.
"Before I met you my goddess was Milani only - but now you know I have another god I pray to as well. And you know the prayer I pray to Him each day."
His eyes flick toward the manticore and he spits defiantly from his position on the deck, blood flecking his lips.
"What is the prayer I say to Him each day, girl? Tell me," he says with a raw voice.
She turns a viscous look toward the manticore and speaks softly, offering the prayer to Horatio's new god.
He hears her prayer and laughs a little, blood flecking his lips.
"That's my girl," he says with a dark whisper.
"My thanks, Half-elf! I owe your goddess a debt today; I'll pay it in blood," he calls out hoarsely, his gaze turning to Adular with a thankful lifting of his arm.
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Variel continues to move in the hopes that he positions himself in such a location that the beast will have to pass him by. To that end and to provide some cover to Flynn and Dhaavan, Variel crosses the ships again (move adjacent to Amen-set and Dhaavan on the map). Once over there Variel chants his incantation again making his cutlass crackle with energy. Should the manticore come within reach Variel was ready for him.
Move and cast shocking grasp.
Hp: 36/36
AC: 21, 13, 17
Mirror images: 1
AOO: 5 total, +10, d6+7, 15-20/x2
spell combat: +8, d6+7, 15-20/x2
Concentration: +13
CMB: +9
CMD: 23
Arcane pool: 4/6 used
"Better we pay it back with victory," Adular says, "And that bloody flying spear tailed beast has GOT to die."
"Better we pay it back with victory," Adular says, "And that bloody flying spear tailed beast has GOT to die."
"Aye! And what is victory if not the blood of our enemy? Would any other offering please your goddess more?" he calls from his place by the deck.
Rain shouts down (free action) to the enemy pilot trying to climb out of Dhaavan's pit, "Surrender now and we will be merciful."
On command, the +1 boarding pike is fully extended (swift action), giving Rain a 20ft reach for the round.
Rain attacks the pilot from the lip of the pit with the fully extended boarding pike,
The pilot gives you a rude gesture and says Never, Pirate scum!
The birds are hurting the manticore so it attacks them with claws and teeth...
...killing two of them in the process.
"Aye! And what is victory if not the blood of our enemy? Would any other offering please your goddess more?" he calls from his place by the deck.
"I admire your faith, Flynn, but the blood you've spilt on the deck already, willing or no, would already count. We'll see what we find in the holding that we can dump oer the side."
The pilot gives you a rude gesture and says Never, Pirate scum!
"By the Pirate Queen, I like the cut of this man's jib," Adular admits, "Too bad he's a heathen."
Nevertheless, his focus is on the manticore. He fires his crossbow, hoping to strike the damn thing before it can nearly kill another man.
Horatio stares above him at the Manticore and draws both of his pistol as a .
While prone he fires his pistol at the Manticore as an and will use a to resolve against a .
Amen-set will pick up her light crossbow (she had given it to him earlier. It was loaded, but he did not use it).
She will lift it and attack the creature above her, her eyes narrow suddenly, and a golden light seems to shine from them. She raises the weapon and fires at the beast.
As his opponent falls to the deck, Seijiro smirks slightly. "I told you it was a bad choice." He calls out to the rest of the Rahadoumi defenders, those still fighting the crew, "Surrender and your lives will be spared... your bird is about dead and so are your officers... give up now and live!"
He flicks the blood off his rapier and sheathes it, looks around at the carnage. Seeing Rain still standing threateningly by the pit, he moves over that direction and looks down, looks at Rain and shrugs. In Minkaian he says to her,
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Knowing that he can't do anything to the manticore as long as it stays up, Variel heads over to the pit that Dhaavan created. Calling out to Dhaavan, Cancel the pit Dhaavan I am ready. Variel prepares to strike the captain down once within range.
Move action to cross ship again and end up north of Adular, was next to Amen-set last time.
Standard action to ready attack on captain once pit is cancelled. Attack
Damage regular electrical and nonlethal cold and fatigued
Seeing Rain still standing threateningly by the pit, he moves over that direction and looks down, looks at Rain and shrugs. In Minkaian he says to her,
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Seijiro shrugs, pulls out his bow and fires down into the pit.
Rain changes her target for the Freebooter's Bane (move action), now focusing it on the enemy pilot. (To anyone within 30 ft who can hear or see Rain: +1 to attack and +1 damage against the target).
Since I can't push the Manticore down, I guess i'll wait this turn, and keep my invisibility.
Guys, the manticore killed two birds, and there were only 2 on it. One was flanking wit Sejiro.
Imm, I'm going to assume my bird 3 attacked the Rahadoumi with Jiro. So it can act this turn.
Create Pit does not have a (D) indicating that it is dismissable under duration, but i dont' know what spells do, so i dont' know if i can dismiss my Pit. Otherwise it has a duration of 7 rounds total. So that's 3 rounds left after this one...
I'll post action tomorrow, but since I'm invisible, I'd want to be closer to the captain, on our side of the boat.
Since I can't push the Manticore down, I guess i'll wait this turn, and keep my invisibility.
Guys, the manticore killed two birds, and there were only 2 on it. One was flanking wit Sejiro.
Imm, I'm going to assume my bird 3 attacked the Rahadoumi with Jiro. So it can act this turn.
Create Pit does not have a (D) indicating that it is dismissable under duration, but i dont' know what spells do, so i dont' know if i can dismiss my Pit. Otherwise it has a duration of 7 rounds total. So that's 3 rounds left after this one...
I'll post action tomorrow, but since I'm invisible, I'd want to be closer to the captain, on our side of the boat.
Horatio's shot pierces the Manticores heart and it plummets onto the deck of the ship. It's dying shriek sends a jolt of fear through the heart of the opposing pilot, who is also the captain, who immediately cries out. Her eyes burning with hate she looks up and says I will not be captured by pirate scum such as you. I would rather die. She then pulls a dagger from her belt and plunges it into her heart.
The rest of the fighting seems to subside quickly with the death of the manticore.
Seijiro winces and turns to Rain. "Well, that was unexpected... and a little overdramatic. Solves our problem though. Sad. She didn't have to die." He puts his weapon away, and turns with a little smile to watch the crew of the enemy vessel stand down. He pulls out his harmonica and plays a little victory tune while waiting for the pit to disappear.
As soon as the enemy captain is on the same level with them all, he rapidly searches her for keys and valuables, taking anything that might be useful... He grins and if Variel has joined them, he tosses the keys to the captain. "Let's go find out what treasures she bears, eh?"
Horatio's shot pierces the Manticores heart and it plummets onto the deck of the ship. It's dying shriek sends a jolt of fear through the heart of the opposing pilot, who is also the captain, who immediately cries out. Her eyes burning with hate she looks up and says I will not be captured by pirate scum such as you. I would rather die. She then pulls a dagger from her belt and plunges it into her heart.
The rest of the fighting seems to subside quickly with the death of the manticore.
Horatio looks at Dhaavan and nods once, than turns to Adular and tosses him a brief salute for his aid.
He glances over at Variel and nods at him for his efforts to try to help them against the manticore, despite the fact that the elf was severely wounded.
Then he turns to Amen-set.
”Go look to the men – if they are wounded, see to it, eh?” he says to her calmly.
Her eyes are still fiery, but her face is also a bit gray at what she has seen. Nevertheless, the young girl turns to deal with any wounded and moves first to the aft deck to make sure there was no one hurt on that side of the ship.
Her feet are somewhat unsteady, but she lifts her head bravely.
Horatio watches her move for a moment and stands to ease the tension in his body.
”Oye,” he says, calling her back a moment.
She turns and moves back to him, looking into his eyes.
”Thank you for your help – I won’t forget it,” he said softly, placing his hand gently on her shoulder as if he is comforting a child who has seen too much darkness.
She looks as if she would say something to him, but stifles her words and nods once.
He watches her turn to go about her business with a paternal smile until she has moved away from his line of sight.
When she is no longer watching him his expression turns from tender and paternal and he turns to look at the creature dead on the deck and his eyes go suddenly cold.
He moves to the corpse of the manticore and crouches down by it. He then draws his mother’s dagger from his side and cuts the creature’s throat, letting it bleed out, if it heart is still beating at all. Then, he stabs into the torso - slicing deep and tears out the heart with his hand. He cleans the dagger by drawing the blade in a quick a crisscross motion over his thigh to wipe of the blood.
He lifts the heart to his mouth and takes a bite out of it, savors it, then he throws the heart casually aside.
He wipes the gore and carmine from his mouth with the back of his hand.
Standing up from his crouched position by the body of the manticore, he then picks up a boarding axe. He walks over to the body of the first fallen Rhahadoum sailor that he sees on the deck of their ship and presses his foot against the body to see if the man is alive or merely wounded.
Yet whether the man is alive or dead doesn’t seem to matter, though.
Horatio merely stares at the body with flat eyes and his face remains completely neutral. Then he calmly lifts the boarding axe and splits the sailor's skull open deftly.
Then he smiles.
Then he moves to the next Rhahadoum sailor, the axe loose in his hand.
Since I can't push the Manticore down, I guess i'll wait this turn, and keep my invisibility.
Guys, the manticore killed two birds, and there were only 2 on it. One was flanking wit Sejiro.
Imm, I'm going to assume my bird 3 attacked the Rahadoumi with Jiro. So it can act this turn.
Create Pit does not have a (D) indicating that it is dismissable under duration, but i dont' know what spells do, so i dont' know if i can dismiss my Pit. Otherwise it has a duration of 7 rounds total. So that's 3 rounds left after this one...
I'll post action tomorrow, but since I'm invisible, I'd want to be closer to the captain, on our side of the boat.
Amen-set will move away from Horatio and head first to Dhaavan.
”Greetings, imey-er,” she says with a brief salaam.
”You have helped my hatey-a' in the fight. For that, I thank you truly. Your sorcery has done much. I will not forget it.”
”Even so, I am charged to ask if you are wounded, and if you need aid?” she asks, her eyes examining Dhaavan somewhat intently for any damage.
Glamour falling as the Manticore perishes, Dhaavan takes note of Flynn's post combat ritual, and heads in that direction. At Amen-set's approach and words, Dhaavan says "Nah, I'm fine Da'lin'. Thankee kindely. I know yea'd lend me a hand. Nice work with them fire-crackers, by the way," with a smile and a nod.
Briefly glancing at Flynn he says, "I ain't one ta get in the way o' another man's fun, but don't go overboard eh?" Not articularly disconcerted by the brutality himself, the sorcerer does consider the effect it is likely to have on the crews, both enemy and friendly.
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Dhaavan hops over to the enemy ship, and strides up onto the steps of the forecastle, red cloak flowing in the wind. Lifting a foot up on the railing he leans over and shouts, "Alright you, Get yerselves lined up, quick-smart, yeah?" The order carries the weight of the victor in whose hands rest the defeated's lives, yet his face is a carefully crafted expression of mercy and not of spite. He's the good cop, the one who's favor promises life, while the gunner strolls casually splitting skulls.
to get the opposing crew in line and cooperative, trusting him.
As they scurry, Dhaavan glances for a familiar face, one of those who bears the Fury's Brand, and asks "Oye what kind o casualties we got? This fight went a bit longer and there was a lot of firing back and forth. We loose anybody?" with genuine concern in his eyes.
Seijiro winces and turns to Rain. "Well, that was unexpected... and a little overdramatic. Solves our problem though. Sad. She didn't have to die." He puts his weapon away, and turns with a little smile to watch the crew of the enemy vessel stand down. He pulls out his harmonica and plays a little victory tune while waiting for the pit to disappear.
"Aye, a shame it is...and a contrary part of me wishes I could raise her from the dead and go 'boo'" Adular grins a touch wickedly. And moves to healing not just members of the Dread Lady's crew, but any wounded of the ship they've just taken, stabilizing the latter.
"Captain ? I take it you want these folks alive or should I throw them over the side?" He asks Variel
As soon as the enemy captain is on the same level with them all, he rapidly searches her for keys and valuables, taking anything that might be useful... He grins and if Variel has joined them, he tosses the keys to the captain. "Let's go find out what treasures she bears, eh?"
"That's thinking it through," Adular cheers. He watches Hortio eat the heart, and raises a brow, "He's an odd duck."
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Turning to Jiro he will nod his agreement with his assessment and indicate for him to start the search and moving of goods while he addresses the crew.
Before addressing the crew he sees Flynn and his actions, walking over to him, Variel puts a hand on the should, That is enough Flynn. The carnage is over and time to control yourself. You keep doing this and we will end up fighting everyone and no one will surrender to us.
When the opposing captain calls out and plunges the dagger into her heart, Variel shakes his head and sighs. Dropping the glamour, Variel climbs up to the helm of the other ship. Turning to face everyone Variel shouts to be overheard. Although a noble sentiment if warranted, this loss of life by taking it herself was foolish and a waste. We offered terms of surrender and they were rejected. The officers were given a chance and they too continued to fight. Now your captain and pilot when faced with a situation that she could not win took her own life instead of finding other options. It is these options that I want you to understand. You all have fought valiantly and with honor. I hold no grudge nor animosity towards you. In fact, quite the opposite. I respect you and wish to offer you a chance to join with us. Yes we will take our wealth from others and ply the seas with our trade. We will give people a chance for surrender and to prevent death. All that wish to join us talk to Dhaavan, first mate of The Dread Lady.
Diplomacy aid for Dhaavan
Dhaavan bows to Variel with a smile, and looks over the surrendered crew as the clerics tend to the wounded, and Officers go about their business.
He does pay a glance to Sejiro excited to see what he finds.
In his own private language while all this is going on he asks Jack how he's doing, letting him turn to a Tattoo to rest, waiting to heal the bird later.
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Responding to Adular, If you would be so kind as to be in the middle and do a heal on everyone, us and them alike to ease the suffering of the fighting I would appreciate it and the others would too. It will go a long ways to proving our willingness to raid and plunder but not kill unless we have to. It may be by your actions that we get some of them to join us as well. Those that have passed on we will allow those to mourn in their own way. Respect the dead and the living will respect you as well..
Seeing that Variel has other actions in mind than searching the enemy vessel, SEijiro takes any keys he might have found and heads below, checking for traps before unlocking the door to the captain's quarters.
He starts searching for valuables, or chests that might contain such, charts, logbooks, anything that might be valuable, with the intent on searching the holds for cargo later.
Seijiro, having removed valuables from the captain's person, then goes to her quarters and casts Detect Magic and scans the captain's quarters. So not only is he searching for mundane valuable items but magical as well. Once these items are secured and collected, and assuming at least one or two other officers will join him in the search at some point, he will head down to the hold and begin searching the cargo to see what kind of plunder there is to be had there.