As I have just showed up, I have no opinion and will follow the party's lead.
If you command two ships you become a Commodore ... just saying...
I think we should take the ship and go; decide later if we want to sell it or expand our little fleet.
Destroying it would be a waste.
It is land army weapons. Spears, short swords, shields, and scale mail. You already have sufficient cutlasses for the crew but some spears would give you some two handed attack weapons that would be good in the water. Shields would be a drastic improvement in AC and most of your crew have at least one level of warrior so they can use them. Scale mail is better than the leather they use but it has a significant armor penalty to swim. If you upgrade all of the crew it will take about half a point of plunder. Half the crew, quarter plunder, etc.
Anyone remember what it cost to get a ship squibbed? I'd hate for us to spend all the plunder on getting a second ship AND being short-handed. However, it is a second ship and could serve us well. I'd be in favor of keeping.
If we're talking strictly statistics here, Bessie and I have the best Profession: Sailor for captaining the other ship. Of course, that is purely mechanical and screw that. There is a certain amount of hilarity and greatness of having a goblin on a box manning the helm.
Actually, Bleepos has a +13 against the +10s, so it's not only a matter of being hilarious :) When I first built this character, I wanted him to eventually captain a ship. That's the kind of pleasure only Pathfinder can provide! Lol :)
Fair enough! I didn't know if that modifier was in play or not. I am down with Captain Crate! :P
Hey guys! Got a bit of a rough couple days at work. Sorry for the lack of posting - it'll normalize by Monday. @GM, please feel free to bot me until then. Thanks guys and I'll be back soon :)
Looking at the extra cost, I believe we can probably split that with about 200 gp each from our gold on the treasure tracker. That takes a bit of our gold, but gives us more opportunities to gather more. Thoughts? Not sure how much Beket and Bleepos have, but if everyone has enough we should be able to squib the ship without too much cost for any one person. Thoughts?
Whew! I think I'm back. All the forest fires here in Oregon haven't helped but I think the end of the tunnel might be in sight as far as the super-heavy workload goes.
I'll start working Nasifi back into things. Thanks for your patience everyone!
Beket has about 200 in platinum pieces left. He is dedicated to the crew and is more than willing to give it up as long as it means they can raid again soon. Captain Harrigan had been a bit gunshy since his last boat up'd and left :P
I got a really bad migraine today guys so I will try to get a post up later tonight after I sleep (and maybe run my own game) tonight. If necessary, feel free to bot me.
Hi team! I will be travelling for the upcoming days for work (yes, irk! In Covid times!) and should be back by Friday. I'll try to keep an eye here and update as possible, but don't let me hold the action if I slow down a little bit. Cheers!
@Bleepos: Fighting defensively is -4 and Crane style reduces to -2. It looks like you are double counting Crane style or not starting with the -4. I see it, charge bonus.
Bleepos is armed with a madu while fighting defensively.
I don't have the ability to move my token or the roc either so I'm just waiting on that. I'd also have liked to have had a different position since I'm a bit slower on the ship, somewhere that would've let me charge across.
Sorry about the token issue. Will get it changed later this afternoon. You had five rounds so you can assume pretty much any position on the ship.
In that case, I'll retcon my turn and go ahead and take a shot.
roger
Note that the lines connecting the ships are considered difficult terrain and require 10' of movement per square unless you have something similar to Bleepos moving using lines and rigging.
I figure a full move to cross - and we would have positioned to do so - did I move too far?
you are fine
I will have a post up much later tonight. Hopefully we'll see less single digits in my attacks, yeah?
Is it our turn now? Just wondering if I should make a post.
I have to do all the bad guys, just finished applying all of your actions.
It looks like Orslaw's actions are significantly easier at this point... LOL
No worries! I just wasn't sure. Take your time DM <3
Considering the fight so far, Orslaw, Bleepos might be joining you in the realm of Orpheus fairly soon!
Not on Bessie’s watch!! She has your backs Bleepos and Orslaw! Beket too!
I will heal Orslaw next action, hopefully it helps- I did the Bears endurance first so you could get the lost CON back for the Fortitude save as well as HP.
Once Orslaw is stable, our combined attacks should be enough.
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And I love this battle; fog undead a ghost ship... it’s like our own Pirates of the Caribbean scene! I can imagine the scene, the noise, the smell of ocean and undead.
This is absolutely an awesome battle! And it looks like Orslaw will rise again... wait... that may not be the best way to say that given our circumstances. :-) Thanks, Bessie!
Does that put Orslaw at 9 hp and can get up this next turn? With the ghastly hand gone, does he still take the -4 CON now that his breath is returning?
The CON damage will go away but you will be fatigued. Bessie did in fact get you back into the fight.
My apologies all, it has been a rough day. I will post as soon as I can in the morning. <3
Beket is all leveled up. Next time we try to gain Infamy, he'll have a much better bonus to give.
Bleepos is leveled too. Got Rogue's Edge this level, it went into Acrobatics (I can tumble at full speed by increasing the DC by 5 instead of 10). Got Combat Expertise this level (it will work well when I become proficient in the madu I'm carrying). In Crane Style, I fight defensively with a -2 to attacks for a +5 to AC, of -3/+6 with Combat Expertise. Once I'm proficient with the madu, this becomes a 0/+6 (pretty good! :D).
I think we should go for the "rock" thing to have our own "personal fortress" now (assuming we can take and turn it into it).
I think you will still have a -1 on combat expertise. Madu says:
your attack penalty for using Combat Expertise improves by +1 (minimum –1 penalty)
But -1/+6 is pretty slick.
You're right - the minimum is -1! But still good :)
Bessie is a simple adjustment - except for Feat, she is all set.
Orslaw is updated and ready to roll! No more waiting on zombie lines to clear, now he runs over them. Improved Overrun to get at enemy ship officers faster. :-)
And I have 3rd level spells
- Call Lightning!! (Domain Spell) It won't help heal, but it gives us medium range firepower.
- Cure Serious Wounds for keeping Perilous Crew in the Fight!
That's right! Spells. I'm not just a Lovecraftian Cthulhu Pirate. I'll get those updated later tonight but otherwise I am good for trying to take on the Rock.
Bessie would not have set sail without having an agreed to means of communicating between ships, and some expectation of what to expect upon approach to the rock.
Also, I am going to assume both ships drop anchor off shore, lest we drift into or away from the Rock.
Sorry folks, this is the only one I missed! I will hace a reaponse up late tomorrow or Friday. Beket is okay being taken in as a prisoner for now. He dares them to do something.
@All - look this over for any loopholes or concerns...
@Iron - if this level of detail isn't needed just let us know... otherwise building a real partnership with an NPC is pretty cool.
Bessie's proposal would be the following:
Tidewater is a safe haven and defends the Perilous fleet.
Tidewater provides shipping targets to the Perilous fleet.
The Perilous fleet will provide a percentage or number of shares to Tidewater - based on plunder after repairs. This would need to be negotiated...
Ships taken are property of the fleet and the percentage/shares of their sale will be split with Tidewater. Ships held will be paid for through additional shares of future plunder.
The Perilous fleet will be allowed to create and maintain a Besmara shrine at Tidewater and new holdings gained by Tidewater.
Perilous Fleets will transport and support Lady Smythee forces in retaking of lost Smythee holdings. Damages to ships will be paid by Smythee plunder; or withheld from future raids by Perilous Fleet. All plunder taken in reclaiming the holdings shall be split with the Perilous Fleet receiving the same percentage or share amount provided to Tidewater for captured ships.
A peaceful end to the alliance may be formally requested by either Lady Smythee or Commodore Coeur-de-Lion; initiating a 24 hour treaty for withdrawal and separation of forces.
I don't know if that's the direction the AP suggests, but I do enjoy the possibility of trying something creative - different than the usual murderhobo routine that some of these adventures push us into! Thanks GM for navigating these waters with us.
With that said, I don't very much trust her or her people, and in theory there's even the possibility that Harrigan already planted a spy around there. So we need to plan some "surprise appearances" to try to avoid these... Inconveniences.
Things working, I like the fact that her troops in land can actually help protect parts of our fleet if they're being repaired or simply ported. Maybe we can even invest some of the plunder into equipping this fort with personnel & gear for these services beyond defenses.
I will have a post up tonight! Sorry for the delay, work has been kicking my butt as of late.
Sorry all, my laptop crashed about 2 weeks ago. I replaced the hard drive and got it up and running, but got out of the habit of checking in. I've got my saved tab back up now. Looks like I'm back at a good time too!
So just to confirm, #7 is the lighthouse we are to seize control of again right and there is a town around it as well? Populated? Looks abandoned? Anyone around?