Melianthe plunges in, muttering something about sharks, and swims to follow the Shoanti.
Cherias drops most of his gear in the boat, and dives in, following Segang down. During the swim, he'll establish lifelinks to all of the others. As they approach the wreck, he'll cast Shield Other on Segang, and Shield of Faith on himself.
Swimming fast on Segang's lead, you descend rapidly into the river. Fifteen or so feet below the surface, sunlight dims significantly, unable to penetrate the murky water. Melianthe's magical light illuminates a globe around you, but only to see ten or so feet out. By the time you reach the riverbed, it is as dark as night beyond the light spell.
Not long after, you sense a darker space ahead, a long hulking object laying among the kelp and sand. As you near it, the outline of the sunken ship becomes more distinct. You can see that it settled hard against a jutting rock, and the wreck now lies in two large pieces. Nearest to you, the forward bow sits half-upright, while the remaining three-quarters of the ship lies on its starboard side beyond.
Brass letters stamped onto the bow rail name the wreck: The Direption.
Segang has the new underwater crossbow out but his his spear ready. He has feathered the crossbow to his belt in case he needs to drop it. Through the air bubble he ask Someone scan the ship and area around it for magic. Lets search the smaller piece and then the larger. With that he moves towards theforward bow sitting half-upright and begins to search it. If he enters tight quarters he will switch to his spear.
Melianthe nods and casts Detect Magic, her webbed hands moving in the gloom, the sound of her incantation echoing oddly in the water.
Seren swims along behind, peering against the murk as best he can and using detect magic to backup Mel.
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Absinthe draws her rapier and swims to the front of the group, peering into the murk. "Anything?" she asks of Melianthe and Seren.
Closer now to the ship, the signs of scorching and damage from the fire pots and trebuchet strikes are evident. Neither Melianthe or Seren sense any magic from the bow section. The group follows a short distance behind Absinthe, keeping her in sight through the silty murk. She does not spot anything amid the shattered barrels, scattered pots that litter the surroundings.
Indeed, the first sign of danger comes as a long, gray eel shoots out of a barrel, striking Absinthe in the leg.
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Seren will reach out and summon the shadows from the murk to bind the eel in place.
If it hits it is entangled and has concealment from us and we have concealment from it ... Darkvision negates the concealment.
(Note, Absinthe, creatures you're concealed from are vulnerable to sneak attacks. Sorry Segang but I think this will benefit us ... takes place after your first attack and only lasts one round)
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Absinthe hisses her anger at being caught off-guard, and jabs her rapier at the eel, regardless whether it is bound or not.
Before Seren's spell goes off Segang drops the crossbow letting it hand from its tether and moves 5' to the northeast, puling his spear. He this attempts to skewer the eel using a round of rage to boost his strength and power attacking.
Melianthe aims a Slumber Hex at the eel.
Just as swiftly as the eel struck, Segang moves and skewers it with his longspear, killing it.
The barbarian will stuff the creature into a bag to carry up when they are done.
Seren peers into the darkness of the ship looking for anything else that might be lurking.
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"Are you alright, Absinthe?" Cherias asks, swimming over to her.
"Bah," Absinthe grumbles. "It was barely anything. I shall bite the beast much harder, after we've sliced and cooked it!"
"You're bleeding. Let me get a scroll. We don't want to attract you-know-whats," says the dusk elf.
Cherias pulls out his wand and taps Absinthe with it a few times.
As Cherias heals the group Segang will continue to explore, his spearpoint leading the way. Be mindful of our time. he warns.
"I have a pearl that allows spell recall, and so does Seren. If one person has to stay longer, we can use them. Of course, that is dangerous," says Melianthe, following Segang.
I've already used my pearl. I thought we healed the night before, BTW.
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Absinthe and Seren look around, spotting nothing for the moment. Cherias swims and lays a wand heal on Absinthe.
Just before Segang moves to claim his prize, several more silt eels swim from the cabin ahead, closing to attack aggressively.
Two come from the port hatch, snapping at Absinthe. Four surge from the starboard hatch, with two attacking Segang and Melianthe. Absinthe and Melianthe both take venomous, needle-toothed bites.
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"Foul, water-dwelling worms!" Absinthe curses as she jabs her rapier at the second eel to take a bite out of her today.
Cherias casts bless.
Melianthe again Slumbers the nearest eel.
"I don't like it here," she murmurs, although her spirits are buoyed slightly by Cherias' spell.
If Segang switches to a non reach weapon, Seren will move to flank, drawing his rapier along the way.
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Waiting to hear if my AOO hit.
He said it was skewered. Figured that meant it was dead.
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Segang stikes out at one of the two eels near Absinthe.
Melianthe feels her strength wane as the eel's venom seeps into her bloodstream.
Cherias blesses the group. Segang shifts his longspear left, stabbing and severely wounding a silt eel attacking Absinthe. Seren swims to a flanking position but fails to hit with his rapier.
Melianthe targets the nearest eel with a hex, knocking it unconscious. Absinthe attacks with her rapier, killing the eel Segang hit a moment before.
The remaining silt eels continue to attack, landing bites on Seren and Segang.
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"I shall feast on your flesh tomorrow, you miserable excuse for a fish!" Absinthe snaps as she jabs her rapier at the eel in front of her again and again.