She shakes her head. "No. I can only do a certain range. I could get it up over the ship and someone would need to pull it back down. Unless there is a spell that can pull objects magically." She thinks on it. "I just got the note spell, so Im not sure the extent of it."
She nods at the compromise, though not satisfied. "You know its not only I that crave the touch of the others skin, Aldous. I can see it in your eyes." She brings her hand up to stroke his face.
"What if you created it up near the deck, we had Cuddles and Tao climb up with two of the ropes tied together, one end with them, one with us, then we could have one of the jump down with the rope over the note...making a pulley to lift one of us up each time. It wouldn't be the fastest for everyone, but we would make it.
I look to Aldous obviously impressed, "That's a very intellectual way of thinking. Maybe this means that we will be able to have some intellectual conversations from now on? I was hoping I would be able someone would be able to prove interesting ... I wonder, have you ever played the game Chess?" I sit and help tie knots in the rope at intervals.
I look up from my knotwork after a while, "As I previously mentioned, I curse those who deserve it, I figure that the crew deserves it now ... I think I have found a way to prolong the curses too, well Arirai came up with it actually."
Enya shook her head. "only if they climb up by grappling hook. The not can only hold 130ish pounds."
THAT BE PLAN THEN. CUDDLES AND TAO TOSS ROPE OVER HARD NOTE. OTHERS GET HAULED UP, THEN CUDDLES AND TAO USE ROPE FOR CLIMB UP. GOOD?
Enya nods. "That's what I said! Then when we get back on the boat we can stop them from throwing things at you."
"I was also considering commanding any of them near the edge to 'help' and if Cuddles or Tao hands them the rope, they may jump down for us. Shouldn't take longer than the spell's moment to get back up there. Perhaps use that for the last one of us down there, then we cut the rope and we are down an enemy," he says with a grin.
Alain will look around guiltily to make sure we're unobserved, I can cast mage armor on everyone now, while we're away from the ship. It'll last a couple of hours.
I look up at Alain, "Hopefully I won't be close enough to require its effects, but I suppose it can never hurt to be careful. I know the spell, but did not prepare it today."
Tao nods toward Alain with a thankful expression smiling with the knowledge that their plans seem to be coming together.
Anyone else have any otha thoughts? Maybe a second plan in case this one goes wrong? Unless you all awe confident we can do dis without a backup.
PLAN TWO. HUG TO THEY SAY PLEASE.
"Nothing comes to mind. If things go wrong I guess we'll just have to play it by ear."
The crew is waiting for you. There are six of them - all holding garbage, broken bottles, and other debris. The current's caused the jollyboat to drift slightly closer to the Wormwood, so you're approximately 30ft away.
Enya begins to sing.
"If you've heard it before, Ill sing it again
About a group who wouldn't give in.
Some were strong, tough, and brawny
Other wits and spells galore
but as you can see honey....
I'm so much more!!!!
Look at my bosom as I climb up these ropes
Look at hy hair as it flies through the wind
Watch my body move as youve never seen before
Climbing to you, I can't wait for the end.
You seem so macho
you seem devine
I bet in the bedroom
youre completely sublime.
So watch now, my honey,
as I climb just for you
to get so much closer
So we can do what we'll do"
The pirates jeer as Enya begins her song and begin to throw dirty nasty stuff at all of you - except for one pirate who stares blankly at Enya with glazed-over eyes. Fortunately, with the exception of Alain (who gets smacked in the face with a bucket ), they all miss.
"Ow!" He'll take shelter behind Cuddles.
Cuddles grabs an oar and bellows, ROW!. He hits the water with all his strength, nearly rowing the small boat like a canoe in an effort to get close enough to the hull for their plan to work.
Huddling behind Cuddles considerable bulk, Alain will surreptitiously cast breeze to help blow them towards the ship.
I climb out of the boat once Alain has cast his spell on me and swim underneath the boat as it is moving towards the ship. Once it stops I will resurface and hold onto the rope that is offered.
Tao grabs the other ore and keeps in rhythm with Cuddles' calls pumping hard to spur the little boat onward. Once within 15', Tao shoves the ore next to him and takes up one of the hooked lines preparing for the word for the plan to spring into action.
When the moment comes, Tao lets out a primal roar as he lets the hook fly toward the ship fueled by his determined anger to overcome this obstacle.
When in range, Cuddles will give one more mighty heave to the side to force the boat sideways so it doesn't impact the ship head-on, then grab his rope and toss.
Cuddles and Tao strain at the oars and manage to pull the boat to within 10ft of the Wormwood. Missiles rain down on you, but most miss. One nasty clump of garbage looks like it's going to hit Cuddles but instead bounces off an invisible force field just in front of him. However, one block of wood manages to penetrate his defenses and bashes Cuddles' arm . River and Enya are ignored (due to hiding underwater and fascinatingly beautiful singing respectively).
Cuddles waits for the note to be cast before tossing his rope as rolled above.
And thank you, Alain. :)
He waits for Enya, Cuddles, and Tao to go into action, but in the meantime, he touches Tao to give him a bit of guidance. [ooc] +1 to your next d20 roll [/occ]
I surface and shout up at the closest crew member on the wormwood, "You dare to throw things at Tao, everyone and myself?! You weak and pathetic human, know your place!" I then let out a rather scary laugh.
Tao does not wait for the solid note to be cast thinking he can throw the line over the note after he makes it on ship when he gets up. Tao does not want to waste any time to give the attackers more time to hit them with rubbish.
Enya casts solid note.
Enya's solid note materializes above the deck of the Wormwood, and Cuddles quickly tosses a rope over it. At the same time, Tao grapples the Wormwood's railing. The pirates continue to throw stuff, and one strikes Cuddles again . The pirate focusing on Tao looks intimidated by River's creepy laughter and misses his target. Another pirate continues to stare blankly at Enya in fascination.
= no progress
= no progress
Cuddles bounds up the rope.
Still laughing I stare at the man who threw things at Cuddles.
Cuddles hands the hook to the first two people to go up and starts to haul them skyward. His huge arms take in great, long chunks of rope at a time.
I keep laughing, but as soon as the rope is handed to me I accept it and hold on tightly, still laughing. It is clear I feel useless here, so laughing manically may unnerve them and give us a slight advantage.
Enya never stops singing as she waits for her turn up the rope.
Ouch. Good luck with that.
The pirate throwing stuff at Cuddles is made of pretty hardy stock, and he's able to shake off River's intimidating laughter. Aldous' target, however, suddenly jumps overboard. Guess he fancied a swim. He gets tangled in a rope as he falls and catapaults River onto the Wormwood's deck . Cuddles/Tao make it on deck in 2 rounds (knotted ropes for the win! (Thanks, Alain). The remaining 3 pirates are distracted by the flying laughing crazy lady and don't throw anything this time. Instead, they reach for saps.
As I fly through the air my laughing quietens a little, but upon landing on the deck on my hands and feet I look up and laugh loudly once again.
I will then stare at another new target, to make them feel insecure too.
Alain breaths a sigh of relief as the focus of the combat shifts to the main deck. He's still intending to be the last person up the rope so for now he'll help anyone who's starting to climb.
Cuddles snatches the one nearest to him with a frightening C'MERE!
Grabbing the rope, he hands it over to Enya and then looks up above them, trying to find the right target. Then he pulls his whip free and defends himself as he watches the railings.