*Insert Pirate Talk Here* S&S (Inactive)

Game Master Whack-a-Rogue

The two burned pirates rush River and attempt to push her off the side of the ship. Fortunately for her, they struggle to get their footing, and she's able to dodge their clumsy shoves.

Round Two Begins

At the moment, River can see the four closest pirates, but Gray has partial concealment. Cuddles can see the Orange, Red, and Blue baddies. Aldous can see Red and Blue. Everyone else is can't see anyone - not even friendlies.

bullrush Orange: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
Cuddles roars at the foes rushing his charge and rushes them, slam/shoveing the nearest and sending him flying into his compatriot.
Bullrush blue: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

For every 5 I beat them they travel an additional 5 (for a total of whichever distance is shorter). If they hit something solid they fall prone, I'm pretty sure, but I suddenly can't find the reference

Orange stabs at you as you charge (and deals 2pts damage). Then he and his buddy go stumbling backwards from the force of your shove.

Aldous/Cuddles/River can see Red and Orange. River can also see Gray, but he has 20% concealment. Everyone else is hidden by the fog.

Tao using the railing behind him as a guide begins to skirt toward the aft of the ship moving carefully to ensure he does not lose his bearings. After the first shuffle, he nearly runs into Cuddles. The next takes him right behind River.

I am behind you! Do not stwike! Damn dis fog. It is makin it difficult to get anywhea.

He continues a bit further gauging the distance he would have to travel in the obscured mist to get to the wheel. Tao thinks back to what he saw of the ship and used what he knew of their construction to estimate its location.

Tao will move 15' toward the back of the then leaves the railing toward where he assumes the wheel should be for the rest of his move. If he meets any opposition on the way, he will attack.
Knowledge(Engineering): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

EDIT: Just looked at the map, after the 15' Gray would get an AoO and Tao would end his move there for the attack. Low roll means Tao's attack misses Gray.
20% Miss chance: 1d100 ⇒ 78

** spoiler omitted **

Orange stabs at you as you charge (and deals 2pts damage). Then he and his buddy go stumbling backwards from the force of your shove.

Aldous/Cuddles/River can see Red and Orange. River can also see Gray, but he has 20% concealment. Everyone else is hidden by the fog.

Don't forget Cuddles, Tao and River have mage armor

Assuming there's space at the rail Alain will attempt to crawl across one of the ropes left by Cuddles or Tao.

climb: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (9) + 0 = 9

Important question: Does everyone know about the sharks?

The sharks were described to have gone crazy over the first few people overboard so I am assuming yes. But you know what they say about making assumptions.

I don't remember it from the narrative but there is an icon of one swimming about on the map :-{

With the fog, who knows

Seeing what happened when River cast a fire spell, she quickly moves her hands back and forth, creating heat, and then fire, holding it in until the right time. Then, Enya lines up and begins to run towards the other boat, preparing to jump across and, hopefully, land next to Aldous.

Acrobatics: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26

Enya laughs as she jumps across, Mica not so much. Mica looks down and makes a "why are you doing this!" noise. Before she can comfort her companion, she is pressed up to Aldous' side, her arms instinctively grabbing him for support. "Oh hi there. No time to talk!" She giggles and grins wide at Aldous for a second then focuses on the people she can see and the fog not yet cleared. "Hiya guys!" He lets the fire from her hands go, right into the face of the only enemy she can see in the fog.

Casting burning hands on red pirate.

Good catch, Alain. Cuddles, ignore the 2pts damage. And, yes, everyone's aware of the sharks. several people have already been bullrushed off the ship, and there's blood in the water.

As Tao moves, Gray Pirate takes a swing at him, but the blow is turned away by his invisible armor. Tao's retaliatory strike flattens the pirate. Enya's blast of fire clears away a little more of the fog and reveals another angry pirate.

Waiting on Aldous/River. :-)

Noticing one of the Pirates emerge from the fog ... or the fog burn away around it, I start to glare at the man and then start laughing.

Misfortune (DC : 15
Cackle

Looking at the newly revealed pirate, he tests a new spell. "Kill...or be killed"

As he says it, he casts Murderous Command (DC: 14), hoping that River's help will make this an easy trick. If he had his image to play out, the commanded sailor would push his friend overboard.

The newest pirate (Pink), staggers, and his eyes glaze over. He then charges Red Pirate and slices his chest. Red Pirate gasps in shock and pain, then he swings his sword wildly at Pink Pirate - barely missing.

Round Three Begin

The battle continues to rage around you, but the fog has dispersed enough for you to see clearly again. Suddenly, Captain Harrigan and a few other pirates rush past you and open the door to the captain's cabin below the aft deck. At the same time, a few pirates you haven't noticed before (Blue and Green) begin to move toward you.

"Captain! Behind you!" Enya looks at the man behind Harrigan and Whistles to him. "Hey, youre attacking the wrong person! Come over here and help us!" Unwitting ally on guy trying to get a cheap blow on Harrigan. DC 13

Moving forward, he cracks his whip into red once he can get a good angle on him Assuming the railing prevents the aoo, but *shrug* as he puts himself between Enya and the menacing troops.

Attack: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 3 = 11
Piddly Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3

Tao, taking a close look at his surroundings decides to shift to the very back of the ship to engage one of the two pirates(green) advancing on the group. A few quick steps takes him directly before one of the pirates with his side to the railing, swiping out his sword at waist level in an attempt to slice the man in half.

Tao follows the railing up to green and attacks.

Two-handed Power Attack of Pain: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22
AAAAAND... The pain: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (2, 6) + 12 = 20

Cuddles circles around Aldous and attempts to engage in agressive snuggles between Purple and his great meaty mits.

grapple: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 30
Awww, nat 20 on a non-damaging attack

Dat damage, Tao!

<3

Good thing a couple of the group can seriously dish out of the damage...Aldous won't be doing much of that

Neither will cuddles.

I continue to laugh as well as staring at another enemy, hopefully one that is not engaged with the confused enemy. However if he is the only one, I will stare at him.

Misfortune (DC 15)
Cackle

Enya's warning shout alerts the Captain, and he immediately wheels around and guts his wannabe ambusher. Even the single strike makes it clear that Harrigan's the most skilled swordsman you've ever seen. (15th-level NPC vs. a CR 1/2 opponent. Not fun...) He gives Enya a slight nod as he enters the captain's cabin.

Harrigan Attack 1: 1d20 + 23 ⇒ (15) + 23 = 38
Damage: 7d6 + 8 ⇒ (1, 3, 5, 2, 5, 2, 2) + 8 = 28

While nowhere as pretty as Harrigan's, Tao's attack easily fells his opponent. Aldous hits his target, but the whip fails to penetrate his opponent's armor. (At least you hit his touch AC...) This has the unfortunate effect of reminding Red/Pink Pirates of who the real enemy is, and they turn back toward you with rage-filled eyes. Cuddles immediately grapples Pink Pirate. River's intimidating glare has a dramatic effect on Blue Pirate, and he looks unsure of himself.

Once Alain posts his action, we'll proceed to Round Four. :-)

Alain will cast dehydrating touch then move forward to attack blue
touch attack: 1d20 ⇒ 12
1d6 ⇒ 5 (non-leathel)

*edit* posting from my iPad and I can't move Alain's icon.Can someone move him forward?

Red takes a stab at Aldous, but the railing gets in the way. Frustrated, he 5ft steps to the side. Pink struggles valiantly but is unable to escape Cuddles' grasp. Blue gasps in pain as some of the water is leached from his body. He swings his cutlass at Alain and easily hits him (for 4pts damage).

Round Four

Your turns :-)

Cuddles roars in the face of his struggling victim and attempts to heave him overboard.

grapple confirm to move behind me and overboard: 1d20 + 10 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 10 + 5 = 17

When the attack from Red misses, Aldous activates one of his goddess's gifts and shifts his position to the other side of the villain before him.

Then he quickly cracks his whip again on the man.

Whip: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Damage: 1d4 ⇒ 2

Pink Pirate struggles mightily as Cuddles drags him to the side of the ship. With a relieved cry, he breaks free - only to have his hopes dashed as Cuddles immediately grabs him again and chucks him over the side.

Thanks a lot, River. :-(

EDIT: Aldous' strike gets tangled in the railing and misses.

Tao moves forward next to Alain as he swipes his sword inches above his head with a diagonal slash at his assailant.

5' diagonal move up to Blue and attacking.
Power Attacking Strike: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19
Sklaursh: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (6, 5) + 12 = 23

Tao's blow neatly separates Blue's head from his body. (How many Rage rounds do you have left? You're at 2/6 remaining, right?)

Looking back, I realize I did not mention the use of rage once but have been calculating my damage like I was... (Sorry for the horrid oversight) So we can either drop my damage by 3 on all my attacks or just say, yes I have used 4 rage and have 2 left. Your call. I think it would be easier to jus say I used my rage.

You'd activated Controlled Rage at the beginning of combat when you chucked the grappling hook and never said you'd turned it off. Easier to assume you've kept it going (that way I don't have to retcon to include the fatigue penalties), so we'll say you have 2rds left. :-)

Done. Thanks. ^_^

:P I aim to please!

I continue to laugh and turn my stare onto the pirate between Aldous and Enya.

Misfortune (DC 15)
Cackle

Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 1 = 16

Red Pirate doesn't seem to hear River's cackling. Maybe he's partially deaf?

YES! YES! YES!!! :-)

Alain will cast touch of fatigue, move over to red and try a touch attack.
touch: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (14) + 0 = 14

I don't see touch of fatigue listed on your character sheet. Did you mean to cast drench? Or is it dehydrating touch?
Red: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

Enya takes a 5ft step back and starts singing. Inspire Courage, so +1 to everything. :-)

Pink Pirate narrowly dodges a shark bite as he desperately attempts to climb back onboard. Unfortunately, luck is against him, and he's barely able to tread water - let alone climb. Red Pirate jumps in surprise as Alain touches him but doesn't seem affected. He retaliates with a quick cutlass swipe. (Alain, take 5pts damage).

Round Five Begin

An explosion belowdecks rocks the ship for a moment. Seems the Wormwood's alchemist has been busy. Moments later, three enemy sailors rush for the starboard ship's boat and begin to release it!

Your turns.

Cuddles starts to dash over to the boats. Half way down the stairs he realizes that Red is still standing, is in his way, and not from the Wormwood. He desperately wants to hug as many of the poor, sad defenders as he can, but he has to follow orders and stop that boat. So he clobbers the poor sailor over the head.

attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6

If red is down before cuddles arrives, he will proceed to Mr. Green and use the same roll to knock the stuffing out of him.
Alternately, if you wish, you can use that roll for Cuddles to initiate a grapple on green for a total of 28.

Looking at blue, since he just arrived on deck and likely doesn't know of the sharks in the water, Aldous simply Commands, "Overboard."

I don't see touch of fatigue listed on your character sheet. Did you mean to cast drench? Or is it dehydrating touch?

dehydrating touch , sorry about that

Red Pirate collapses as the last of the water in his body is leached out. Alain, you can ignore the damage you took last round. Don't forget you're actually doing 1d6+1 now since you're Level 2.

Blue Will: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Blue Pirate turns briefly and laughs at Aldous. "You think I'm going to swim with the sharks? Ha!" Doesn't matter since he beat the Will Save, but don't forget that command has a specific list of allowable commands. One of the changes from 3.5 :-)

Green Pirate gets clobbered by Cuddles but remains on his feet. Don't forget Enya's +1s. :-)

Alain/Enya/River/Tao are up.

Seeing the three getting ready to drop the boat for an escape, Tao moves with all his quickness to dispatch the enemies, ensuring to make quick work of them before his adrenalin rush is expended leaving him winded.

Burning another round of rage (1/6 Rage left), Tao will move 20' left (I am assuming that those are 5' drops with no need for an acrobatics roll.), 5' move diagonal left/up and 5'move up landing him directly next to Cuddles as he takes a swipe at Blue.

Powerfully swiping at Blue: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (12) + 7 = 19
Wiff!: 2d6 + 12 ⇒ (3, 1) + 12 = 16

Seeing the Pirates trying to release the smaller boat I cast some incantations and move over to the trio of fleeing Pirates and release all the energy from my spell to engulf them in flames.

Cast Burning Hands, then move up beside them so as to not provoke. Only the Pirates and the small boat will take fire damage.

Burning Hands (DC 15 = Half) : 2d4 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

Orange: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6
Green: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 = 9

Tao's swing cuts a huge gash out of Blue Pirate's side, and he collapses in a heap. His two shipmates are instantly engulfed in flames from River's hands. Green takes the brunt of the assault and falls to the deck screaming in agony. Fortunately for Orange, his fallen friend's body shielded him from the worst of the blast, but he's still missing eyebrows and a good bit of his hair.

River, I adjusted your move slightly since one of your targets was already dead. :-)

Alain/Enya have yet to act. This fight's winding down!

Alain will cast dehydrating touch again and attempt to hit the orange pirate.

touch: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5
non-lethal: 1d6 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Enya Moves closer so everyone can hear her sing.
Stop bardic performance Lingering performance for 2 rounds.

Orange Pirate swipes feebly at Tao but misses. Pink Pirate gets eaten by a shark.

Round Six Begin

The battle appears to be winding down, and you can see enemy crewmen beginning to lay down their arms and surrender. Captain Harrigan rushes back up from belowdecks and vanishes into the crowd. It almost looks like he's clutching a human heart?!? Suddenly, a few fleeing sailors appear near the port lifeboats - intent on fleeing. One appears to be an officer.

Your turns

Cuddles yells, GET 'EM! and snatches Pirate Orange clean off his feet.

grapple: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (13) + 11 = 24