White Tusk responds, "what you say of tritons is surprised me, they must be posessed of evil. The Talirean pirates you said, that not surprised me at all. They always try take from us too. You ask about other dangers. Be careful of ice demons and bugbears, they out a lot this time of year. We glad to make your friends, what name you have, so White Tusk can tell other Yutaks?"
"We appreciate your trades. It is most welcome" he gives the a grateful nod
"I am called Taeral of Farholde, a member of the Offendīx Nonus."
If I remember my latin correctly The Ninth Knot.
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On Going Effects: Iron Circlet, Surface Elf in well made gear;
"It is good to know you Taeral of Farholde, I will tell my people of you, that you trade fair, respect the Yutak. May the snow always cover your tracks. We go now."
And he and his tribesman will oar their simple craft away from you.
Roughly an hour after the Yutaks leave, the seal hunters return, and the Captain relates, "Usually after three days of hunting seals they all end up avoiding the hunters, so tomorrow morning we will get back headed towards your rendezvous. For now, fresh seal meat anyone?"
The captain is in a great mood having killed so many seals and thus having many pelts, not to mention winning the bet.
The revelling goes well into the night, and the last of his sailors fall drunkenly asleep in the deep night.
What's the watch plan?
Seeing the drunken stupor the crew has gotten themselves into, "Might I suggest that we all stay on vigil tonight, we can sleep in the boat as best we can tomorrow? Something White Tusk said makes me believe that the tritons would not have attacked like that normally, so they may have been intentionally seeking us out. They could return again tonight."
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On Going Effects: Iron Circlet, Surface Elf in garb similar to the sailors;
Vosil is a creature of night by preference, and will stay awake while the sailors sleep. He summons Shade for company.
"A valid point, no objection."
No preferences for the rogue, who continues to learn sailing by filling in for the lost men. "How much farther north we going? I'm not even sure how long we've been gone," Gertrart says.
Ok, I gave +5 on that for those with Darkvision. I'd have done +2 for low light, but that was nobody.
Shortly after 3AM, anyone who beat a 15 spots four triton heads popping above the surface of the water and start casting.
Sorted Initiative
Triton - Started Casting
Xeram
Dolphin - Unseen
Taeral
Nerianus - Starts Casting
Gertrart
Solomon
Malleck
Vosil/Shade
Mordecai
The whole party (that beat a 15 perception) can go. The Dolphins are not seen right now. When it comes to Nerianus, he pops his head up and starts casting, so anyone after him in initiative can react to that.
Xeram's watchful eye had spotted something, something resembling the tritons from their prior engagement.
"They are back, let's make sure they don't leave this time."
Xeram aims a magic missile on both casters. The 1st on the triton chief and the 2nd on the normal triton.
Taeral focuses his bow shot on another triton caster trying to disrupt the casting.
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Vosil raises an eyebrow. "Back for more, are they? Let's try to kill them, rather than their expendables, this time."
He again focuses his concentration on trying to confuse their leader.
Gertrart shoots a borrowed bow at the chiefton.
,
,
When Xeram is up, there are only Mook tritons to shoot, so I'll assume that's the plan.
T1
Fail
T2
Succeed
Taeral misses his shot on T3
Vosil casts Daze on Nerianus
Fail, which disrupts him this round, and denies him an action next round.
Unfortunately Gertrart didn't make the DC 15 Perception, so he gets no action this round.
Leaving only Mordecai. Command decision by the GM: Mordecai hurls Daze at T4.
success
As we come around to round 2, three small water elementals appear on your deck. I'll make another post with their actions.
T1 - 5, disrupted
T2 - 4
T3 -
T4 -
N - Dazed, disrupted
in the previous encounter, the tritons instructed the elementals to knock people overboard. No such instructions were given this time, so they Attack:
...Solomon, Taeral and Taeral
On Solomon
Hit
Taeral
Hit
Taeral
Miss
The three unfazed tritons fire crossbows at...
Shade, Xeram, Xeram
On Shade
Miss
Xeram
Miss
Xeram
Miss
The tritons start to reload!
Assuming no one dives in to give the Dolphins some targets, the whole party is up now!
Vosil casts Mage Armour on Shade.
Shade pounces on the elementals attacking Taeral
Malleck will move up to the one next to their local rodent and slash at it
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Taeral steps away from the tritons attacking him, trying to get Shade between himself and them. He then begins to cast sleep, centered on the middle of the three tritons.
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On Going Effects: Iron Circlet, Surface Elf in garb similar to the sailors;
Xeram casts magic missile, after 5 ft step out of elemental reach.
Xeram opens up the party's assault with two magic missiles on T1.
Taeral starts casting sleep, remind me to resolve this at the beginning of your next turn.
I'll insert Gertrart's bow shot here, but against T1?
doesn't confirm
Solomon delays
Malleck strikes E1
Vosil casts Mage armor
Shade's first Attack misses, but his two claws shred E3
Mordecai, no one discerned much about them..
Mordecai and Solomon still in round 2.
T1 - 17
T2 - 4
T3 -
T4 -
N - Dazed, disrupted
E1 - 10
E2 -
They seem intelligent enough, maybe they'll understand common language as well. Mordecai thinks, and decides to try his luck with the tritons. "Hey there! Would you be so kind, and stop attacking us, and attack your boss instead!" the tiefling hollers at one of the crossbow-wielding tritons.
Success
Ok, Solomon can dive in when he's available.
Round 3
E1 and E2 keep attacking Solomon and Taeral
On Solomon
Hit
Taeral
Miss
The Triton who was dazed last round fires at…
Xeram!
Miss
the other Tritons load their crossbows.
Xeram and Taeral are up, which means Taeral’s sleep spell hits T4
Fail, so T4 falls asleep
Ok Xeram and Taeral, what do you have for round 3?
Elementals (3) – Attacked
Triton (4) – Shoot crossbows
Xeram – Magic Missile at T1
Dolphin - Nothing
Taeral – Starts casting sleep
Nerianus - Dazed
Gertrart – Shoots at T1
Solomon – delay
Malleck – Attacks E1
Vosil – Casts Mage Armor
Shade – Destroys E3l
Mordecai – Casts MC on T4
Triton (4) - Started Casting
Xeram – Magic Missiles
Dolphin - Unseen
Taeral – Shoots with bow
Nerianus - Starts Casting
Gertrart – didn’t perceive
Solomon – Didn’t perceive
Malleck – Didn’t perceive
Vosil – Cast Daze on Nerianus
Shade - Nothing
Mordecai – Daze on T4
T1 - 17
T2 - 4
T3 -
T4 - Asleep
N -
E1 - 10
E2 -
Seeing the effectiveness of the sleep spell on the triton, Taeral will step out of the reach of the elementals and begin casting another sleep spell on a different triton crossbowman.
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On Going Effects: Iron Circlet, Surface Elf in garb similar to the sailors;
Xeram aims 2 more missiles, devided between T-1 and E-1
"We will fend them off again."
Vosil focuses on the primary threat of the merfolk, leaving Shade to deal with the unwanted visitors.
He uses his powers to cloud the mind, filling their brains with shadow and fog.
Shade tears at the watery form of the elementals:
Alright, so Xeram hits T1 and E1 with magic missiles. T1 goes unconscious, and E1 falls apart leaving a puddle of water on the deck.
Nerianus swims over to T1 and casts CLW on him.
T1 revives and is back into the fight
Which brings us to the rest of the party.
Shade attacks E2 and hits with her bite.
Vosil attempts to daze T1
Fail
Mordecai, Malleck, Solomon, Gertrart are up!
T1 - 13, dazed
T2 - 4
T3 -
T4 - Asleep
N -
E2 - 6
Xeram smiles as the two fall, but is irritated when Nerianus cures the triton again.
He moves to the next elemental, one that is harassing his companions and swings at it
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Malleck destroys the last elemental.
T1 - 13, dazed
T2 - 4
T3 -
T4 - Asleep
N -
Gertrart shoots again at the chiefton.
,
"I need to ask the captain if he has a harpoon," the half-orc mutters.
Disappointed with the ineffectiveness of his spell, Mordecai takes a more direct approach, and hurls a bolt of fire towards Nerianus.
After Gertrart and Mordecai shoot wildly in an effort to scare off the triton attack, T2 and T4 are now ready to launch a devastating volley of crossbow bolts against you.
They attack:
Malleck
Miss
Mordecai
Hit
And they dive beneath the waves. You can still see Nerianus, and the both T1 and T4 who are dazed and asleep respectively.
Xeram and Taeral, you're up.
T1 - 13, dazed
T2 - 4
T3 -
T4 - Asleep
N -
Xeram starts a sleep spell, centered on Nerianus, hopefully catching a few along with him.
DC 14 will
Taeral complets the soothing incantation from his second sleep spell centered over the two awake tritons.
. . . . . . . . . . .
Hearing Xeram speak, although not as melodious as himself, the words of another sleep spell, Taeral begins singing an enchanting lullaby to the two awake tritons.
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On Going Effects: Iron Circlet, Surface Elf in garb similar to the sailors; lullaby, conc+1 rd;
Vs. sleep
success
Vs. lullaby
fail
success
fail
fail
When you say "centered on Nerianus" I do it that way, but with sleep that is likely not providing the effect you want. As the highest HD creature, the spell tries to affect the others first, so if you want to have it catch him only, tell me, and I'll assume you cast it offset a bit to get him.
Nerianus will again do CLW on T1.
And he ducks under the water. Rest of the group is up...
T1 - 6, dazed
T2 - 4
T3 -
T4 - Asleep
N -
"This is getting on my nerves" he says still in a calm voice
"I will have to use a bow next time. Leave their leader to me. Just keep their summons off my back"
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Gertrart pulls back an arrow and makes ready to shoot again at the chiefton.
,
Vosil casts Daze on one of the other mer-fish
Fail
T2 and T3 had bolted already. So
Against sleep:
Success
So, I do believe the party is up, and the situation is there are twoTritons (t1 and T4) visible. T1 is dazed, T4 is asleep and dazed.
All the rest Have swam away.
T1 - 6, dazed
T2 - 4,
T3 -
T4 - Asleep, dazed
N -
Xeram's hand shows sparks of electricity.
"I'll hold this until he wakes up, in case any of you have some neat tricks."
"That bastard getting away again? Let's try to keep the sleepy one alive, and have a chat with him." This suggestion of course doesn't apply to the other triton, whom Mordecai targets with another fire bolt.
Shuddering at the mere thought of it, Shade nevertheless dives into the water and readies herself to tear out the throat of the sleeping fish-man.
Gertrart makes ready to retrieve the sleeping fishman. Nervous about swimming the former smith tries doing so from inside the boat. If its not feasible without waking the creature, he removes his armor and ties a ro
pe around himself. The rogue waits until he has back-up to actually jump in.
EDIT: "Don't kill it Shade, we need information more than bodies."
"NOBODY lets me have any fun," Shade grumbles; but she does change direction of her swim to approach the other (dazed) triton, wrapping herself around it.