Half-orc Destroyer 9 | HP 31/97 | AC 22-T15-F19 | F+13 R+10 W+5 | CMD 30 | Per +8, Init +3 | Rage: 1rd remaining
Drax grins savagely as he feels the magical speed affect him. Haha! He scowls a little at the whole 'leave the sailors alive', however. Bah.
He runs in, tearing towards one of the sailors and navigating behind him with the advantage of his magical speed. His kukris are once more drawn as he moves, but he restrains himself, and uses the butt of the blade's grip to jam into the sailor's ribs, rather than the blade itself.
(If that square on the stairs isn't legal for me to get onto because of stairs, then just move me 1 square north.)
*I just reread sneak attack for rogues and I'm a little hazy as to whether or not I can elect to apply sneak attack damage or whether it auto-applies if the situation qualifies. I know that I CANNOT do non-lethal sneak attack with a lethal weapon, even with the -4 penalty. If you rule that I can choose not to deal SA, then I will elect not to deal SA rather than deal lethal SA.
Male Half-elf HP 130/130 (172 for troll) AC33(40 for troll) Touch 13 Flat 31; F+17 R+11 W+18(+2 ench,+4 fey) INIT+4 Perc+21 CMB+16 CMD+30 Lion Shaman 13/Samurai 1, {see in posts} Shape changed 1/5 Beads 0/3, Rerolls 0/3
Fendahl commands Kirrah to attack the woman. Meanwhile he will move up to flank with Drax.
"Kirrah, grab her!"
kirrah, with haste, has 70' of movement. She will move/jump up to the aft deck and attempt to grab the woman with a bite. Not sure what type of jump check is required
Kirrah moves and jumps to aft deck
jump,haste:1d20 + 12 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 + 12 = 35
M Human Cleric 10 HP 89 / 73; Channel 4/7; AC 24 Touch 13 FF 21; CMD 21; Bit of Luck 7 / 8
ROUND 1
Val draws his bow while floating 10' up (via Fly spell, if it's been <10 mins since casting) drawing a bead on the grappled woman. Ready action to disrupt spell casting with an arrow on the squishy bits
Alie's words accelerate the party's attack! Psycho Mantis again dives into the mind of an enemy Will:1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11. In an instant one of the sailors turns his eyes towards the other, with pure unadulterated hatred in his eyes. Drax races to the thick of things and pummels the sailor. An arrow streaks by and *thunks* off the sailor with with the blue bandanna. Nearly as quick as the arrow, Kirrah takes the aft deck. With shocking alacrity, the big cat grabs her in its maw. Fendahl's blade, turned to the side knocks the sailor out cold. Val, above deck, prepares to keep the advantage on the side of the Pathfinders.
"I ain't gunna go down that easily! GET'EM!" She tries to break herself free CMB:1d20 + 10 ⇒ (2) + 10 = 12, but struggles to no avail. Suddenly the bird gets in on the action "Pull that kitty cat back to the bastion!" The shock of its speech is nothing compared to the power of the words. Findahl, Will DC 15 to avoid the Suggestion. Finally the remaining pirate steps up to Drax and tries to clobber him with a club. ATK:1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10, but slips in the rain.
I'll go with it being a choice for you.
Round 2
Alie: Go
Drax: Go
Psycho Mantis: Go
Voros: Go
Fendahl: Go
Val: Go
Baddies: TBD
Half-orc Destroyer 9 | HP 31/97 | AC 22-T15-F19 | F+13 R+10 W+5 | CMD 30 | Per +8, Init +3 | Rage: 1rd remaining
Drax bares his teeth at the sailor that just tried to club-ber him and turns his blades on the man, though, grudgingly, he again strikes with the blunt butts of the kukri hilts.
M Human Cleric 10 HP 89 / 73; Channel 4/7; AC 24 Touch 13 FF 21; CMD 21; Bit of Luck 7 / 8
ROUND 2
Seeing the bird actually cast the spells surprises Val, but he adapts...
he drops his bow on the deck, then casts Silence on himself, and flies adjacent to the bird and its mistress, trying to prevent the thing from speaking again.
AC 17 T 13 (17 vs incorp) FF 14 | HP 85/85 | F +13 R +10 W +15 (+1 vs fear/confusion) | Init +2| Perc +22
Spells Per Day:
5-4/4 4-7/7 3-7/8 2-8/8 1-8/8
Spells Active:
MA, Heroism, FoM, Heightened Awareness
Human Psychic/10
@Dor'heana Silence is a 1 round cast time, so you would be casting it all this round and it would not finish casting until the beginning of your next turn
Seeing that the battle is well-under control, Psycho Mantis remains in his protected position. He keeps his eyes trained upon this mysterious spellcasting bird, the only foe with the potential to inflict serious damage.
Readied action to cast Magic Missile on the bird if it tries to cast a spell
I put the bird on the map, but it's a moot point now.
Drax and Fendahl pound the man before him, and with little fight knocks him unconscious.
While Val prepares a suppressing defense, the others line up on the bird. He shouts at the woman, first in infernal, then common "It's up! I surrender!"
The woman, pinned as she is, concedes defeat, "Fine! Mercy! Don't kill us!"
The bird lowers itself to the rail and begins to cast another offensive spell! In moments, it's riddled with magic missiles. It falls down to the deck, but it's not a bird corpse.
It's an imp.
"I hated that thing anyway." says the woman before adding, "Can you get your over-sized house pet off of me? I surrendered!"
Caradoc clears his throat, puts his foot on a barrel with his arms akimbo and concurs, "Aye we do! Remember me you saucy biotch? I'm back and I'm taking my compensation. Me and my crew are going BACK! HAHA!"
He looks about, addressing the sailors "I need a crew. Want to sign on with a REAL captain? Good. Let's get them conscious. I'm sure they'll agree. Meanwhile, any of you lot know what you're doing?"
"Hwo often do the ships come? I assume they drop off supplies? If they are regular, that might be the best solution. I don't want her thrown overboard," Alie gasps.
AC 17 T 13 (17 vs incorp) FF 14 | HP 85/85 | F +13 R +10 W +15 (+1 vs fear/confusion) | Init +2| Perc +22
Spells Per Day:
5-4/4 4-7/7 3-7/8 2-8/8 1-8/8
Spells Active:
MA, Heroism, FoM, Heightened Awareness
Human Psychic/10
Earlier
Psycho Mantis turned slowly towards the gnome girl as she prattled at him. His body language was suddenly more stiff, as though he was uncomfortable at having to deal with such a precocious creature.
"Indeed...perhaps...you should focus...on our foe...instead of me...."
Now
"I may learn...much about ships...in short time...if it is necessary...."
Psycho Mantis floats up to the tied-up sailor. He glares down at the man, staring at him right in the eyes.
"Your minds...are jars in my pantry...for me to open...whenever I need...."
Male Half-elf HP 130/130 (172 for troll) AC33(40 for troll) Touch 13 Flat 31; F+17 R+11 W+18(+2 ench,+4 fey) INIT+4 Perc+21 CMB+16 CMD+30 Lion Shaman 13/Samurai 1, {see in posts} Shape changed 1/5 Beads 0/3, Rerolls 0/3
"Hrrm. is it settled then? Are we to leave them locked and continue with the mission, or bring them along?
I for one, like to leave them locked for the supply ship to find. They can sort out the mess after we are long gone."
Half-orc Destroyer 9 | HP 31/97 | AC 22-T15-F19 | F+13 R+10 W+5 | CMD 30 | Per +8, Init +3 | Rage: 1rd remaining
Drax cares little for the arguing about treating people with honor and various other considerations. He merely grabs his keg of grog back from Val without so much as a word of thanks (how rude) and stalks to the far side of the ship's deck, peering over uneasily.
Short of a few voyages between the mainland and Absalom itself, Drax hasn't been on ships, and he doesn't usually like the experience. The ground moving beneath his feet is not pleasant to him.
Drax grunts and sits down on the deck cross-legged, unstopping the keg.
"Let us take the sailors. That way they can do all the sailing work and I do not need to," he reasons flawlessly. "I am warrior, not a slave."
Caradoc nods after Drax speaks, "The weather is bad. They're sailors, we'll use them. Her? Let's leave her."
If no one objects the sailors validate Caradoc's confidence by personally dropping her off in the bastion and blowing her kisses good-bye.
Caradoc is all too eager, "This storm is picking up. This close to shore is more dangerous than the open water. Let's GO!"
The ship, called appropriately Waverider's Revenge cuts quickly through the water. It takes some time to get see legs (except Val who cut his teeth on an Andoran ship.) Even when you hit the open ocean, the storm stays strong.
Then it gets better, for a short while.
Before you know it, you have 3 days of sailing under your belt. You're no master seamen, but you at least know some of the lingo. On the 4th day Yes, you get resources back the view of the port bow looks foreboding
Waverider’s Revenge gets dangerously close to the hell storm known as the Eye of Abendego. Caradoc's confidence stays resolute, but he calls upon you for help as the hell storm strengthens.
The wind picks up fiercely, and the ship is tossed about. Timbers crack and line snaps, several riggings come loose, and the sail
atop the aft mast unfastens. It's all Caradoc can do to keep it together. The sailors can't do any more, so he recruits you. Help me out here! Someone..."
Choose between any of the following. You can substitute Profession (Sailor) for any of the rolls called for below. Just state which choice and make the roll. The wind is strong enough that you all must first pass a DC 10 STR check to navigate in the wind. If you try to fly, you have a -8 on all Fly checks.
Climb check allows you to reach the top of the mast and refasten the sail.
Strength check enables a PC to reset the sails.
Profession (sailor) check reties the rigging.
Reflex save avoids the swinging booms and pivots them to allow the sail to expand.
Half-orc Destroyer 9 | HP 31/97 | AC 22-T15-F19 | F+13 R+10 W+5 | CMD 30 | Per +8, Init +3 | Rage: 1rd remaining
Drax staggers on the lurching, wet deck, in a foul mood, because all of the grog in his keg is no longer there. (but why is the rum gone)
He nods grimly at Caradoc's shout and turns his attention to the mast.
STR, DC 10:1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8
To Drax's howled annoyance, a surge of storm wind and salt spray sends him careening backwards to slam into the railing, the mast still too far away for now...
Here we go. I'm going to post additional rounds in rapid succession, with a net counter at the bottom. Feel free to post all three of your "turns". sorry for the bombardment, but the storm is raging!
Tall waves smash the deck and the ship tilts on edge. Lightning flashes and strikes the deck!Who:1d6 ⇒ 3 It streaks towards Alie sizzling her for DMG:6d6 ⇒ (4, 3, 5, 6, 6, 3) = 27 DMG (REF DC 16 for half)
Choose between any of the following. You can substitute Profession (Sailor) for any of the rolls called for below. Just state which choice and make the roll. The wind isn't as much a problem, no strength check necessary.
Strength check to prevent the helm from overturning.
Profession (sailor) check to right the rudder and prevents the ship from turning hard against the wave.
A second Profession (sailor) to check avoid plowing head on into an enormous swell. (Only available if the first is passed.)
Strength check untangles the shrouds from the windswept main boom.
The lightning continues and strikes the ship’s foremast, cracking the mast and setting the ship on fire!
Choose between any of the following. You can substitute Profession (Sailor) for any of the rolls called for below. Just state which choice and make the roll. The wind isn't as much a problem, no strength check necessary.
Craft or Profession check (You pick and sell me on it) to repair part of the mast.
Intelligence check to recognize and remove potentially flammable materials from the fire’s wake.
Reflex save to douse the flames with water.
Knowledge (engineering) check to reinforce the cracked mast.
Round 4: 1d10 ⇒ 10 The waves are wicked! It's all you can do to even stand. You must start this round with a DC 15 Acrobatics check. Fail and you can't do anything with a physical skill this turn.
Choose between any of the following. You can substitute Profession (Sailor) for any of the rolls called for below. Just state which choice and make the roll. The wind isn't as much a problem, no strength check necessary.
Diplomacy or Intimidate check to snap Caradoc out of his panicked condition.
Strength check to bring the helm back under control.
Disable Device check frees the jammed rudder that nearly snapped when Caradoc released control.
Profession (sailor) check to keep the sails from collapsing.
