Water Spout is quiet as he paces back and forth. When Warren offers him a club he hits a wooden beam so hard it splinters. He looks at Warren, fairly sure he understood he doesn't need a weapon.
I hate being so damn powerless. All I wanna do is toss Scourge and Plugg right off the ship and see how they fair in the water. I agree with Scourge about punishing those that steal, I did it myself even, But that, he says pointing angrily in a random direction, not like that. No one deserves that. He shakes his head and sits down angrily.
I doubt you guys want to be here anymore than me but I can't help. I've already set myself up as a target for Scourge. Doubt I could move without him being suspicious. But if a fight breaks out I'll be ready.
Leisure: After dinner and the rum rations, various pirate
entertainments (see page 67) take place on deck or below,
for as long as people are sober enough to participate. In
addition, each PC can take a single nighttime ship action.
Rest: Provided they’ve drunk their rum rations, the
PCs can retire to their hammocks in the lower hold (area
A10) whenever they wish. The PCs can take additional
nighttime ship actions if they have the energy.
Shackles Rum Ration
Type ingested; Addiction minor, Fortitude DC 5
Price 2 sp
Effect variable; +1d4 alchemical bonus to Charisma and
fatigued for 1d8 hours
Damage 1d3 Con
Games and night entertainment, Also night actions.
Arm Wrestling: Not merely typical arm wrestling
bouts, such matches are usually conducted on a barrel top
covered in broken glass, knives, or caltrops. Participants
make opposed Strength checks, with the higher result
determining the winner, and the loser taking an amount of
damage equal to 1d2 + the winner’s Strength modifier as his
hand and arm are pushed onto whatever lies on the table.
Hog Lob: Participants lob a lead ingot covered in
a greased piglet skin, the “hog,” as far across the deck as
possible. This game is resolved by d20 checks between any
number of players, who agree on a bet beforehand. The hog
counts as an improvised weapon, imposing a –4 penalty
on all rolls using it unless the thrower has the Throw Anything feat. Checks are resolved as attack rolls using the
character’s CMB. Characters toss the hog a number of feet
equal to their adjusted rolls; for example, a character who
gets a result of 22 throws the hog 22 feet. Some pirates claim
to have participated in games played against Asmodeus
using a live hog.
Heave: This potentially deadly drinking game is played
with rum and takes place between any number of pirates,
who bet to predict the winner beforehand. Each pirate
drinks a half pint of rum in one swig. Doing so forces
participants to make a successful DC 15 Fortitude save or
have the damage dealt by the rum ration increase by +1
(see sidebar; this is in addition to the normal effects of the
rum ration). This DC increases by +3 for each consecutive
drink. Pirates then take turns drinking until only one
is left standing. Some tales tell of entire crews drinking
themselves to death through this game, leaving ships of
drunk ghosts wandering the shipping routes.
Night Actions also on roll20
Nighttime Ship Actions
Sleep: Go to bed early and sleep through the night
(automatically recover from fatigue)
Gamble: Play or gamble on a game of chance or pirate
entertainment (see page 67)
Entertain: Make one Perform check to entertain the crew
(see page 67)
Influence*: Attempt to influence a single NPC
Sneak*: Take time exploring one area of the ship. The PC
can take 20 on a single Perception check or other skill
check, but must make a check to avoid being discovered
(see below).
Steal*: Attempt to open a locked door or locker. The PC
must make a check to avoid being discovered (see below).
Warren nods at the undine's speech.
"Just keep it together. We will see what we can do. Anyone else find out anything about the other crew besides Grok?"
Warren tries to save his rum ration for Grok.
Tariel will attempt to find the most decent looking guy on board excluding any of the other press gangers and try to get some info.
so, any idea where we be headin to matey? Did you volunteer as well?
He asks as he walks up to someone he deems won't try to kill em for speaking.
"Aye I be agreein' with spout. I'll take a club thank ye Warren.
The name be Rachel if ye did not know yet. And for the record, Fat Freds balls were cut off by me when he tried to rape yours truly."
She eyes the men to make her point come across.
"So don't ye get any ideas if ye favor yer manly voices.
I met up with the cook Kroop who seems like a nice enuf fella, though he partakes in the rum too much. He told me the officers and lots o' the crew will be no mates of ours. We best be tryin' to find friends aboard this ship. We be needing them. That's where I be going tonight."
Rachel will meet up with the nice redhead for drinks (not from our group :P).
"Well now, ye be owin' me a nice story me lady! I am Rachel previously of the Daring Devil, well met."
Rachel will try to wonder off with the lass, flirt a little and see what she knows about the crew, who is nice, who is on the officers side.
Dinali smiles at Warren and accepts the Symbol with a smile."It´s never unwise to have the pirate queen on your side, if you are on a pirate ship. Sprout, fella, listen up. Do you like pain? You know I met some chaps who wanted nothing more than being whipped by a woman. Now I saw ya today, and boy, you really looked like one of those, just begging for a good lashing. Ya know, I have a feeling some of the Massas her just LOVE the whip. They get a hard-on for it. And that Scourge, the grapevine is we pissed him off. Beats me how, but if I am not wrong, he will search a way to whip us. So play nice for a while, be a good boy and keep your head down. And fellas. Either I am a 2 legged flatfish, or we will attack another ship soon. This means we should get some friends! Play nice and play the game. And get yourself your weapons!"
Grabbing her rum Dinali walks to Grok.
"Hello, I heard you are the one to ask for misplaced... items. You know I heard I will have to work something out with you to get my lovelys back. Most of the items are ok, but the one dagger the one with the notches, you know I killed my old master with it. Cut of his jewels for laying his hands on me one time to often. Tell me what do I have to do to get it back? Or is there an option to give you an IOU on the first share of the plunder?"
Akadi chats with Rosie while working, talking incessantly about nothing of significance.
@Warren you need to roll stealth to hide the rum ration, not quite sure where you might though.
@Dinali, Grok is now friendly toward you, "Sorry my dear but i have it on good sources that that little dagger isnt yours, This Red-Haired Priestess picked it up and said it was a holy athame for her goddess.
@Akadi believe me i understand
@Tariel I will find you someone after i wake up.
@Rachel: She turns from Friendly to Helpful, Also i will give you a low-down on the crew when i wake up.
"What holy priestess? I just know that I spilled many blood in the Besmeras name!
@Dinali "Sandara Quinn. Shes wandered off with Rachel somewhere"
@Rachel from Red-haired babe " Hey hon would you mind rounding up your friends, ive got some goodies to hand out, but first my story of how i got a black mark with Scourge. The night i was press-ganged, a bit like you guys, well he woke just me up before the others and made a pass at me. Tried to fumble at things he should have been fumblin at. Well i was gonna have none of it and called on my goddess to aid me then kicked him straigh' in the Dangly bits. Tosay he cried to his momma is an understatement. Now im just trying to gather friends because i know that one of these days when th'e captain aint lookin none to close hes gonna try and stick a knife in this pretty backside. Now quick sweetness, oh and before you go here."
She hands you a sling, actually the one that got taken off of you, as well as some ammon (10 shots).
"Ah Sandara, last time someone tried that with me I cut off his balls and fed em to him. Crew stops trying things when word goes around you're not afraid to take their manliness away. Us pretty lasses have to stick together for these sorts of things. I'll gather the other freshies, wait here sugar. No worries, the bird will keep an eye out for ye." Rachel whistles over to the Roc which comes flying down to stay near Sandara and protect her.
Rachel gathers the other friends and wakes up Warren if he went to sleep. Teasing him a bit at first then twirling his hammock so that he falls to the floor if he does not get out fast enough or tries to kiss her.
While gathered
"I spoke with a halfling, Rosie by name," she nods to Rachel "She seems to share your penchant for cutting off body parts, though threatens hands, not balls."
Akadi will spend some time finding out about the crew if she can, chat with the sailors, get a sense of who everyone is.
"Ball-less pirate can still work. If ye cut off their hands they be useless aboard a ship. Might as well feed em to the sharks."
Following Rachel Dinali smiles at Sandara. "Hey, you the one who´s got my favorite knife?"
Warren fills his mouth with his ration as a big swig of rum and tries not to swallow. He transfers it to a mug for later if he has one.
If anyone looks suspicious, he immediately swallows.
He looks at the others, "Anyone have any important items taken? If my romantic visit is successful, I need to know what to ask for from the lady that has our stuff."
If no one wants the Besmaran holy symbols, Warren keeps them all and does say a prayer alone to Besmara before sleeping.
"I will keep the code, you keep me alive on this ship. Deliver us from those who do not keep your code."
If anyone joins him, the I and me will become we and us.
Dinali took one. "Aye, they hate us, the brass. Well we have to stick together!"
Water Spout looks at the rum ration with disdain, sniffs once and recoils. But with eyes upon him he downs the brew quickly trying not to taste it.
It goes down easily enough his mentor had warned him of the effects of alcohol. He wasn't likely to be playing heave anytime soon. Afterwards he seeks out the others for the meeting.
Akadi will join in Warren's prayers.
As he is talking he will take a swig of the posion
@Warren you drink your rum ration when you realize Mr Plugg is paying a little bit more attention to you then you would like, he nods when you swallow.
You feel a bit of an echo rebound off the words "keep to the code"
Warren you get 1 scroll of Charm person back.
@Dinali from Sandara- She immediately flips you the knife she had gotten back from Grok
@Spout you get back your shortspear
@Tariel one of your MWK cutlass are returned.
Sheathing the Diplomat II, Dinali sighs. "I feel better if this baby is... close to me!"
Warren presses a holy symbol with the skull and crossed bones behind it into the hands of Alkadi and looks at him inquisitively.
"Take this for any protection it may give. I am going to visit Grok to 'close the deal' if I can keep from getting so tired after my chores tomorrow."
"Maybe we can swap shifts, if you need to keep your energy up for the lady?" Akadi smiles at Warren as she takes the symbol.
See the above post or the post in discussion where i talked about wagering a shift of work, or your chores. Essentially you can wager your days work as cash in a game of chance. I dont mind if Akadi covers for someone, but you will need to make both job checks, and you also cant work diligently. Also you will not be able to take other ship actions.
Did anyone not show up to the meeting and meet Sandara??
Tariel nods
thank ye for me balde, yebWouldn't happen to have me ring would ye? Tis a ornamental one passed down from me old captain. Along with me blades. The blades mean a lot, but the ring... Its nigh on irreplaceable.
Quietly he asks
do ye might be know where they be keepin me items?
Warren went to meet the pretty lady.
"We woulna let anyone put a knife in that backside, would we Polly? Polly wants Scourge keelhauled."
Warren's carefully inked prison tat is now a magnificent thrush whispering in his ear.
Water Spout is going to turn in early tonight. Perhaps get in some meditation. If Dinali is right about attacking a ship seen it is going to take all his mental fortitude to not kill some pirates.
@ Tariel " Grok has your things"
@ Warren: Influence in what way? Change Attitude?
Im assuming that most of you have taken any Night Actions that you would like to if not please post now, and i will answer them before i go to bed tonight. Then tomorrow it will be Day 2.
Warren looks at Sandara with concern and makes a request:"We are going to make sure you don't have duties alone. Make sure you let me know where you are working, and we will switch so one of us can watch your back. When off duty, find me and I will make sure you don't get cornered. You can tag along with one of us."
Late that night after everyone was asleep tariel will sneak out to try and get some of his items from grok.
After sneaking in he will take a 20 perception to find his other blade and ring along with a grappling hook. And some light loose fitting leather if possible.
@Tariel you walk right in, the door was unlocked. you see in front of you.
2 Wooden Lockers, 2 Wooden Chests, a Wooden Trunk, and a Metal Trunk. There are also Two Tuns of rum.
What do you do.
Other then Tarial everyone is asleep at this point.
He will move to search the wooden chests.
If he can't find anything he moves on to the lockers
As you approach the chest i need perception.
Im going to take the first perception roll and tell you which locks are on the chests, then im going to use the 2nd to tell you about the chest that i think you will approach.
The lockers both have simple locks, the 1st chest has a broken lock with the 2nd having an average lock. Both trunks have good locks on them.
As you approach the chest with the broken lock you notice an arrow trap, in it.
let me know if you decide to try and disable the trap or you approach a different box. Dont roll for it, i will use the above rolls to fill in some of these down here.
Tapping her foot bored!
Tariel won't try to tamper with the arrow trap yet. He will look through the wooden trunk and the other chest at first.
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This,my friend, is a GREAT PLAN!
Imagine this with a ace ventura face!
sorry folks half of this is more then my fault, during the weekend i work graveyards which puts me off your posting schedule. Oh and my Friend isnt picking up any slack, and yes im saying this from his computer and account :) -GM BLOODRED
I also believe and correct me if im wrong that if you are not careful you will possibly be fatigued when you wake, your essentially taking a dead of watch action which is DC10 +4 per action taken with a max of two actions. So i figure a DC14 Fort Check to make sure your not fatigued the next day.
You each awake in the lower hold as the bell tolls the captains summons. you each know that you need to be on deck within 1 minute. 1min=10 rounds.
Do not RP running up onto deck and anything happening on deck. your welcome to RP running up the first set of stairs. because...
At the second set of stairs you are accosted by 4 Pirates, you recognize them as Aretta Bansion, Fipps Chumlett, Jaundiced Jape, and Slippery Sy Lonegan. "Where do you think your going in a hurry? laughing as he pushes the first of you up the stairs. They are obviously unarmed except for Fipps and he isnt pulling out his dagger currently.
(they accost you in between the stairs up from the lower hold and the stairs up to the deck.) ive got it mapped on Roll 20, again looking for character portraits also if you could let me know through PM, the roll20 name that lines up with the character so that i can put only you on that character that would be helpful.
Rachel see's the pirates and hopes to end things peacefully.
"Oh mateys, we all be on the same crew here. Why not be friends? Fighting like this will only be endangering the tight bonds of our crew. If ye let us pass, I'll be sure to give each some extra portion of food. I know ye be liking my influence on the cooking ye? If my fist be breaking on one of yer faces the cooking won't be as good, what would the crew say to that? Wouldn't want to stand between a hungry crew of pirates and his food now would we?"
After waking, "Another day--we are burning daylight.
As he rushes to the deck, he realizes that these men are probably going to cause trouble. And they don't have the time. He whispers to those around him. "Take them out quickly, but don't kill any!! We don't want the cat for being late."
"I can punch you from here, so leave us alone."
Warren gestures and swings his fist as the magic force missile connects with the speaker. His dad taught him that when violence was inevitable, get the first lick in.
Seeing Warren gesture to blast one with magic Akadi moves around and with a controlled exhale her hand crackles with electricity.