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Kias turns to the others. "It's one of those damned beasts."
Perception:
"Another of the bloody things! - its after the food.
Init:
perception
Perception
Aerys scowls at the sight of the creature. "Shall I wound it with a spell and draw it towards us? Kias and Jack can more easily finish it then.
Magic missle:
"Blast it. Kias nods to Aerys and kneels down to give the spell slinger some room.
The magical dart lances out and punches a small, neat hole in the creature's side. A bit of fluid begins to leak out, and the creature turns. It doesn't seem to spot you, but it walks slowly in the direction of the steps, brandishing its stinger.
initiative
on jacks turn, he will draw his meteor hammer and apporach the creature from the 10 foot mark, if the creature is close enough, he will stay within it's reach and still attack it. he thrusts the weights from fortress mode towards the thing's chest. assuming it's within reach. as he attacks the creature, he will yell, I be the bloody chain devil of the bloody southern gate. no mortal man has survived my bloody fiendish strength. the powder of your bloody corpse shall season my bloody rum tonight.
Attack roll (if applicable)
critical threat
damage roll
Confirm Crit
critical damage (if applicable)
if Jack manages to hit that creature, it may as well have been disintigrated into a bloody powder for 34 damage.
Initiative:
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:1d20+2
Kias wades in and swings his sword at the beast.
Kias moves forward, but the slant of the ship's deck makes it difficult for him to move against the weight of his armor. He travels five feet past the bottom of the steps.
The creature, now seeing a target who might have been responsible for the wound in its side, now moves forward to attack Kias, but misses cleanly.
Jack, stepping down the stairs, unwinds his meteor hammer and shoots one end of it forward past Kias. It passes through what passes for the creature's face and buckles the remainder of its body outward. As the weight retreats to Jack's hand, it is covered in gooey innards.
Aerys nods appreciatively at the ichor dripping from the walls and ceiling. "I did virtually the same thing to one of those creatures with my spear. Except, of course, for the actually causing it pain and killing it part." Stepping around the mess as well as possible, he crouches down to examine the fluid seeping from beneath the closed door.
Perception:
Asasha moves forward to the door, Maybe if we can get it open, hmmm, let's see.. she examines it and tries to pull it open.
The door makes faint cracking noises, but it has warped and swollen into its frame enough that it won't open.
Kias replaces his sword in its scabbard and walks up to the door. "Let me give it a try." He puts his shoulder to the door.
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The door creaks and cracks some more, but doesn't give way yet.
Jack grumbles; Aye, let me help you with the bloody door.
Jack readies his meteor hammer and says, i'll loosen the bloody door's bloody connections to it's bloody hinges with the force of my bloody chain and as the bloody thing is rattling, you kick the bloody down. saavy?
Aid another (to help break down the door from 10 feet away)
add a +2 circumstance bonus to your next attempt to break the door
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Kias makes room for Jack, then slams into the door again.
Blast! Kias says, rubbing his shoulder.
After a prolonged period of thumping the door, the door bursts open with a large crack. Bruised shoulders and splinters are greeted by the sight of a body slumped against the wall. This seems to be the source of the blood that was dribbling under the door. A second glance reveals it to be the body of the first mate, Alton Devers.
Perception:
His usual levity gone, Aerys frowns and says to Asasha, "My regrets at the passing of your crewmate."
Kias follows Aerys and looks around.
:
You can see that the first mate is very dead. There seem to be two sets of wounds. There may or may not be something in his hand, and he may or may not be wearing clothing of some sort. There might also be other supplies in the room.
Carefully, and respectfully as possible Asasha moves forward and searches the room and the body of her ex-crewmate. She hadn't liked the First Mate much but seeing him like this - grey and lifeless was still a shock.
Also in the room, you find the following gear on various shelves:
"Well he wasn't the nicest man in the world but i'm still sorry to see 'im like this" says Asasha as she points out the puncture wounds on the man's neck. What the hells do you think did that? Ahh, well i hate to do it but like the man says "The dead don't want for nothin'" With that she begins to strip the first mate of his armour and other gear. Glancing up at the others she motions to the other supplies,... well what're ya waitin fer? The ship's breakin' up as we speak. Grab the stuff.
Aerys helps pile the gear on the canvas sheets for carrying. He frowns in puzzlement at the first mate's still form as he works. "I wonder if the crew placed him here before leaving to bury later, or if he fled his attacker and hid here to bleed to death?"
"The bug's what killed him, but he got stuck first," Kias says as he kneels next to the body, pointing out the wounds.
As her companions grab the supplies Asasha quickly and efficiently strips the first mate's body, showing a complete lack of shame as she does so. I think we should pile the gear up on deck and see if we can't find one of the small-boats" she says, looking up from her task. After that maybe to the captain's cabin? - It'd be good to get the charts an' the ship's log.
Kias helps her carry the items to the deck.
Aerys nods in agreement as he helps haul their newfound gear. "It would be nice to get some clue as to our location. And I'm curious as well to read what the captain may have left."
Kias walks towards the desk
Aerys follows Kias to the desk to help search. He jokingly warns, "Careful. It appears the desk went rogue and tried to bash its way out of the room."
perception check on desk
The desk seems to have tipped and fallen on its back when the ship rain aground. When the ship got wedged into its current position, everything in the room slid toward the gouged hole until the desk blocked it. It has two slim drawers near what must have been the top, and one deeper drawer on the lower part of the left side. Leaning up against the desk is a large-ish footlocker.
Asasha joins the others near the desk, carefully she tries the footlocker, the two slim drawers and finally the deepest drawer, searching them each thouroghly.
The footlocker contains a suit of leather armor, a very fine dagger, two phials with a pale blue liquid in them, what appears to be a symbol of Nethys, and a pouch with materials Aerys could identify as useful for casting. In the first of the slim drawers is a ring with several keys. The second has several rolls which appear to be charts and a logbook. The lower desk drawer is locked.
Asasha adds the items to the growing pile in the centre of the room before first checking the lower desk drawer for any type of trap (you can never be too careful after all) and then trying the keys in it. If none of the keys fit she attempts to pick the lock .
Perception: 10 + 3 = 13
Disable Device: 10 + 8 = 18
Kias keeps an eye on the door. "We should make haste, my friends. I do not think it is a good idea to remain seperated from the others for so long."
The drawer proves to be merely locked, and one of the keys from the upper drawer makes short work of that problem. Inside are some rather unsurprising items: a bottle of brandy, a darkwood model of the Jenivere in a glass bottle, and a small chest that clinks with the sound of coins. There's also a long leather satchel filled with roughly a dozen phials. Four of them have the same pale blue colored liquid as the two from the footlocker. One is a slightly deeper blue, four are a pale, but soothing, green color, and there are one each in a dark yellow, translucent pink, and pale grey color.
"I agree - speed would be to our advantage. But let me cast a quick enchantment first to make sure we miss nothing of value.
Asasha adds the new findings (with the exception of the boat in a bottle - unless its magical) to the pile.
"I agree, but maybe it'd be worth looking at the carpenter's stores - There also might be other survivors. I think we need to make sure we don't leave anyone behind.
The various phials give off a few different magical auras, but nothing else appears to be magical in nature. The desk likewise does not have a magical aura.
Asasha leads the others to the carpenter's stores, searching any accessable areas along the way.
In your explorations of the remainder of the ship, you find enough wood to build several crude lean-to shelters or one proper shelter structure. In the larder, you find 24 days worth in rations as well as the body of the cook. There seem to be puncture marks on his neck.