Jord will Channel Positive energy to stop as many as possible from both sides dying
He'll move around and do this a few times if needed, following up with stabilise spells for any others that are in need.
Jord will attack
If that takes the last sailor down he will then act as per the other spoiler
Sejanus continues to keep watch over the surrendered sailors.
The sailors have given up on untying the boat and continue fighting you with their short swords. Jord wounds one sailor in the arm causing him to drop his sword. He sees to his left Reinald and Genade cut down his last remaining ally and gives up. "Alright I surrender! Don't kill me. I could join you! I know the trade routs!" he begs.
You overhear the two unharmed prisoners whispering to each other.
"They don't look much like pirates. I bet they're new. Now that their friends are gone, I think we can overpower them."
"Don't be ridiculous. Do you want to die? What is a "pirate" supposed to look like anyway? They all look as filthy and stench ridden as the rest of them."
"Trust me. Once we get the sterncastle back, we can hold the high ground again and help take the ship back. They're likely going to kill us anyway."
"I don't know about this..."
"Just go on my signal. You take the girl, I'll take the guy."
Though they untied some of the ropes securing the boat, they failed to escape and your end of the ship is secure again. For now. The battle has died down somewhat, you hear less clangs of metal and more cheers from pirates. Smoke coming up from below must have been from that explosion that rocked the ship before.
Jord channels his healing energy giving you and the sailors surrounding you a small return of vigor. Whether he saved any of the unconscious or dying sailors is for the moment unknown.
Reinald keeps his sword levelled at the surrendered pirate motioning him away from the boat. He stays close to guard the boat. He looks over the wheel and the boats making sure there directives were accomplished.
The doctor keeps watch over the surrendered sailors, keeping an eye on the other boat in case someone is desperate enough to try launching it down between the ships.
"Now sit down and shut up if you know what's good for you!" he menaces the sailors
'Smart choice.' Kunala glares at the sailor who finally chose to surrender, then feeling the slight healing surge he turns and nods to Jord, smiling. "Thanks, I'll take as much of that as you can give." He, still bleeding badly, then begins to load his pistol, moving aft he places his back to the upper deck. 'Just need to keep alive till this is over now. Then I can get patched up.'
"Just so you know," Sejanus addresses the sailors, "We are currently short-handed, so anyone who minds their behavior has a good chance of living tomorrow."
So Jord seeing Kunala injured again will go heal him
"Hold lad this should hurt less in a bit"
'Jord may be too kind to be a pirate.' As the vicious sword cut begins to heal; smiling, Kunala nods to Jord as the pain eases, "Thanks Jord, your a good friend."
"We got things here Jord. Sejanus looks bloody too.
"I shall heal some more when I can gather the wounded in a group.. it's more efficient that way."
Jerieth, despite keeping an eye on the captured sailors, fails to overhear the captured prisoners' talk.
"Well, hopefully, these sailors will be glad that we spared them. I don't think the captain would be happy if some of them misbehaved. He most likely would toss you overboard to fend off the sharks, and having some aquatic elven blood in me, I don't like doing that, but I'm not the captain, so I don't have any say in what happens, but I can vouch to the captain for you that y'all surrendered even after putting up a decent resistance, so he most likely will let you live and sail with him," the undine said to the captured prisoners.
The sailor follows Reinalds directions and moves away from the boat at the point of his sword. Everyone feels slightly better including the wounded sailors thanks to Jord's channeling. You keep watch of your designated areas as the sounds of battle die down.
"We'll take our chances. Now!" One of the sailors on the sterncastle shouts to the other and launches himself at Sejanus. The other sailor decides against his allies actions and remains put, "There's too many of them! You'll just die!"
Below on the main deck Captain Harrigan reappears in the door to the captain's quarters next to Kunala holding what appears to be a human heart in his hands. "The Man's Promise is ours!" he calls out.
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you have got to be kidding me.' Hearing the scuffle behind him, Kunala turns, squeezing the trigger to his pistol, the cocking arm drops and there is the roar of gunpowder, a flash of fire and black smoke he shoots at the man who has bushwhacked Sejanus.
Seeing the captain emerge he bows deeply to the captain, and then points his pistol at the man on the upper aft deck, "That moron should have figured that out before I had to shoot him."
Reinald stares in awe at the casual bad ass shot from Kunala. He is a bit stunned knowing it followed the Captain's announcement and the cheer of the crew. In the stunned silence after the shot Reinald can't help but smile at Kunala's wit. He looks to the captain to hoping Harrigan finds the situation amusing.
Genade moves up to reinforce Sejanus and Jerieth.
"Shouldn't have tried playing the hero!"
"Are you serious!?" Sejanus tries to slash the man with his blade.
Sejanus struggles against the man's grasp. "You're going to get yourself killed! Stop this!"
Jord moves up and attempts to hit the man with a non-lethal hand attack
"Let my friend go and i'll let you live."
Jerieth clicks her tongue on the roof of her mouth as she nodded at Kunala after he has shot the man who tried to take up arms.
"Hope you didn't shoot him too badly Kunala. Not that I'm complaining that he got what he deserved for being stupid, but still in my experience, even idiots have a right to live, even though it would be better for everyone if they didn't."
She laughs a bit before continuing, "Oh I just sound like my old Andoren captain! I always did find that raiding slaver ships to be quite...lucrative."
Jerieth clicks her tongue on the roof of her mouth as she nodded at Kunala after he has shot the man who tried to take up arms.
"Hope you didn't shoot him too badly Kunala. Not that I'm complaining that he got what he deserved for being stupid, but still in my experience, even idiots have a right to live, even though it would be better for everyone if they didn't."
She laughs a bit before continuing, "Oh I just sound like my old Andoren captain! I always did find that raiding slaver ships to be quite...lucrative."
Kunala returns Jerieth's nod, acknowledging the observation, his eyes linger for a moment 'Hmmm, if they were freeing slaves I wonder what she got paid in. Probably better not to asks, there are some images that once they get stuck in your brain they're hard to get out.' Then he returns his full attention to the Captain on deck.
Sejanus fails to stop the sailor from stealing his dagger. Kunala and Genade react swiftly to aid Sejanus, shooting and stabbing the sailor but not before he gets one strike, stabbing Genade viciously as he moves to flank him. Then the sailor falls to the deck from his wounds. Captain Harrigan laughs.
A sounds of footsteps rushing up the stairs proceeds the appearance of an officer and 2 more sailors heading for the boat to attempt escape. Seeing only Reinald in the way they attempt to cut their way through. Reinald receives a cut from one sailor's short sword and a stab from the officer's boarding pike. Reinald falls to the deck dying. Seeing himself with a chance of escape again, the sailor who had surrendered to Reinald turns around and starts to untie the boat again. The officer shouts to the men to release the boat then speaks a magical word and her boarding pike extends in length to ward off those attacking her sailors, giving her a 20ft. reach.
Reinald groans and chokes more blood gurgling out.
A sounds of footsteps rushing up the stairs proceeds the appearance of an officer and 2 more sailors heading for the boat to attempt escape.... Seeing himself with a chance of escape again, the sailor who had surrendered to Reinald turns around and starts to untie the boat again.
'These people must be idiots.' Kunala rolls his eyes, "Have you people never seen a gun before?" Drawing another chakram, Kunala throws it at the woman with the pike.
Jord is striving to get to Reinald, he moves up to the closest sailor trying to escape and bashes him
The doctor spits out a loud curse when he sees Reinald go down. "Back and forth! Back and forth! Give it up already!" He pulls out a vial and quaffs it, then moves toward the woman with the elongated pike, stopping just out of range, waiting for an opening to get in close.
Sejanus sighs in frustration and resumes guarding the prisoners.
I should really learn a targeted spell. Roasting shipmates is not going to get me anywhere.
Kunala hits the officer with the chakram and she curses as you are just out of range of her elongated boarding pike. Jord wounds his target forcing the sailor to surrender as he drops his weapons. The other 2 sailors get to untying the rest of the ropes holding the boat. It is finally ready to be launched. "Launch the boat!" the officer calls out when she sees it is ready. She keeps her boarding pike extended and strikes at Jord getting past his armour and eviscerating him. Captain Harrigan moves within throwing range and sends a dagger into the neck of the sailor that just surrendered to Jord, instantly killing him. "Dont' let them escape!" he calls out.
'Why won't these people surrender?' Kunala watches as the captain throws his dagger at the surrendering sailor, 'That's a waste of a man and a dagger, if that's the kind of captain he is maybe I shouldn't have saved him.' Rolling his eyes, he draws his last chakram and throws it at the woman with the pike.
Reinald seems to spasm and moan.
Jord steps 5ft away from the nasty pike and casts cure light wounds on himself
Jord heals himself keeping his insides on the inside where they belong. Kunala again wounds the officer who is now barely standing. Her boarding pike retracts and the point hits the deck as she no longer holds it up in defense. The sailors manage to push it off unopposed and she steps into it as it crashes down into the water and she cries in pain. The sailors grab the oars and start rowing away to safety, not noticing the water slowly getting in, too focused on their escape. "No one can escape!" Captain Harrigan shouts and orders them shot down. The fog dissipates and Peppery Longfarthing steps out into view. "I'll take this one Captain." She smiles as she mixes 2 ingredients together magically between her outstretched hands. The tiny pellet shines white hot and as she shouts her arcane phrase it shoots towards the escaping boat. The fireball explodes right in their midst killing them all and breaks the boat in two right across where Kunala remembers shooting a hole in it. You realise Peppery just stole all the glory for herself.
"Glad to know I can count on you." The Captain says and he picks up the boarding pike the Officer had used and hands it to Peppery. "She made this reach further than it should. Find out what magic makes it work. It could be very useful."
The Captain turns to address the crew, "Well done crew! Bring forth all the prisoners!" Cheers erupt as the looting of the ship begins and the captured sailors are all brought and paraded in front of the Captain and his Officers. It is time to party and celebrate their victory and it does not let up until early into the day after tomorrow's morning. During the first evening the Captain divvies rewards to the crew for their efforts.
2000 gp
Cure Moderate Wounds potion x 3
Invisibility potion x 1
Aegis of Recovery (because you warned the Captain during the battle)
Jord will use the stabilise spell on Reinald and any others that need it and then he will gather as many of the crew that the captain wants healed
"With the Captains permission, gather to me all ye wounded, keep to within 30 ft of me and i'll heal ya."
When all are gathered, Jord will start channelling positive energy
Reinald stutters awake, "Well it's not hell. Did we win?"
The Captain allows it proclaiming it Besmara's will that they had such a successful capture of an enemy ship.
Sandara then joins you in organising the healing and with both your channelings combined you save most of the presumed dead sailors who are put with the rest of the prisoners and a couple pirates(who grudgingly thank you), including Jack Scrimshaw who is much more appreciative than the others. "We did win. A great victory with no losses on our side." Sandara says to Reinald helping him up.
"Thanks Sandara." Reinald looks were the lifeboat had been and then at the floating wreckage. He grimaces Great everyone cheers for now but Plugg will count this as a failure. I hate that guy.
Reinald looks to the others from the stern boarding team to make sure everyone is up and about. He then looks toward the rest of the crew and looks for those that have been growing friendlier with them to make sure they made it out.
"Aye seems we have done a great job!"
The undine kisses Sandara on the lips.
"Say Sandara, how about you and I go find some alone time? I'm sure we can find somewhere...private...I would really like to see what you look like underneath those clothes of yours. And I like those tattoos of yours. And who knows, maybe I'll give you a private dance just for you..."
Jerieth grins as she flirts with the cleric of Besmara.
A few minutes after the fighting ends, the doctor suddenly relaxes from the tensed state he had been in since the battle started. He straightens up, stretching his back and shoulders with loud pops and cracks. "Ouch. I don't know if I shall ever get used to that."
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Sandara smiles but suggests waiting till night when everyone will be way too drunk as there is quite a lot of activity still as everything of worth is transferred from the Man's Promise to the Wormwood. She says to meet after dark in the Man's Promise's secure storage below decks once it is emptied by the pirates. There she uses her divine gifts to summon water for you both to clean off the blood and filth of the battle. "The adrenaline of the battle is still running through me," she say and you finally get your wish; An uninterrupted night locked away in the dark with the lovely redheaded Sandara.
Fishguts is preparing a feast from among the best of the Wormwood's remaining food and the Man's Promise's stock.
Cutthroat Grok is overseeing the transfer of weapons, food and trade goods from the Man's Promise to the Wormwood.
Captain Harrigan and most of the Officers celebrate in the New Captain's Quarters away from the rest of the crew.
Plugg first secures all the prisoners in the main cargo hold before joining the officers. A successful battle has put even him and Scourge in a good mood for now and they leave you alone as long as you don't approach them.
Just before he does he uses Guidance on himself for the +1 to a roll.
Jord approaches Tilly Brackett
"Well Lass we've had a victory and got some spoils. I've even managed to get some inspiration for a joke, lets see if I can tickle yer fancy with this one."
He starts of pointing to the sea dramatically
"A pirate and his parrot, were adrift in a lifeboat following a dramatic escape from a valiant battle. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, the pirate stumbled across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a Genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp vigorously. To the amazement of the castaways, a Genie came forth. This particular Genie, however, stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three. Without giving any thought to the matter the pirate blurted out, "Make the entire ocean into rum!" The Genie clapped his hands with a deafening crash, and immediately the entire sea turned into the finest rum ever sampled by mortals. Simultaneously, the Genie vanished. Only the gentle lapping of rum on the hull broke the stillness as the two considered their circumstances. The parrot looked disgustedly at the pirate and after a tension-filled moment spoke: "Now yee've done it!! Now we're goon to have to pee in the boat."
Next Jord will wander around and see Grok, a bit of dutch courage in him he figures that his earlier rebuffs by Grok may be able to be turned around.
Before he approaches Cut Throat Grok he uses Guidance on himself for the +1 to a roll.
Jord approaches Cut Throat Grok during the celebrations
"Well Grok, did you get to see much fighting? I got meself stabbed, but I got a few good whacks in, I even managed to save a few mates from Pharasmas judgement. Howabout that lad Sejanus I've seen some interesting looks your way from him." At this point Jord grabs a couple drinks one for him and Grok each.
"This be thirsty work, Well lass seeing as I got meself hurt, would you care to show me a thing or too?"
Jerieth grins as she uses her magic to clean both her and Sandara up.
Later that night, deep in the Man's Promise hold, Jerieth is grinning from ear to ear. She is looking forward to having a passionate night with the cleric.
"Hm...Oh this is going to be good," the undine said. She had brought a torch with her, although it was more for Sandara's benefit since undines are blessed with darkvision.
"Oh sugar, you're not the only who the heat of battle still running through them. You and I are about to make some beautiful music tonight. They say that making love is like a dance of the hearts, my darling Sandara. And this dance, is going to be quite stunning. Now, let's get started! Here, let me help ya darling out of those clothes. You should think about wearing less clothing, sugar. Makes things like this much easier to do. Now, come here..."
Jerieth had a wild and intimate night with Sandara, enjoying the company of the Besmaran cleric, and Sandara's touch.
Jerieth then asks Sandara to share a drink with her, and even going so far as to ask the cleric about her past.
"Hope ya don't think I'm prying sugar, but I'm just wanting to get know you more than just getting your clothes off. And trust me sweetie, you're quite the catch under those clothes of yours. I hope we can enjoy more nights together. You're the first person to be able to go several rounds with me in the bed, or in our case, the storage hold. Maybe next time, we can experience each other's company in the water. Trust me, it's a unique moment."
The undine winks as she flirts with Sandara, while awaiting the cleric's story of her past and how she ended up on the Wormwood.
Sejanus is relieved, deeply relieved, to have survived the assault on the ship. He had come a long way in the past few months since abandoning his home and birthright. He thought he would have come to command a small band of followers by now, captaining a fast sloop for coastal raiding. Starting to build a reputation.
Instead, he had lost a leg, been shanghaied, degraded with menial labor, and now demonstrated that he was almost useless in a fight. I hope I can rectify that soon. I'm not very good with... collateral damage. I need my space! Not these cramped quarters. Blasted ship. Stupid, blasted ship.
Seeing Jord approach Grok, and hearing his name, he perks up a bit. Well, at least there are some good things about this ship. keeps an eye on the sturdy half-orc, hoping to catch her eye and give her a roguish wink.
Tilly does not seem in the mood for jokes. She drinks and gambles the night away.
Grok is supervising the intake of goods from the Man's Promise and is currently alone as the pirates go back for another load. "Ah just in time. Those idiots just lumped it down anywhere they pleased. Help me shift those crates over here." She says while moving some of them herself. When she pauses for a moment to look at you she says, "Is that so? They didn't put up much of a fight. I was right by the Captain as he fought their captain. They didn't do much to defend him and gave up once he got his heart cut out of his chest." After all the work is done she is willing so practice some combat moves with you for a bit. It doesn't go so well since she is also drinking as soon as the work is done as well.