The creature turns to attack Aurora
Lucretia and Lanlass are up
Lucretia quickly attacks twice.
I mean round two
Silas attacks repeatedly, the beast caught between him and his compatriots.
The tulita warrior wereshark falls
xp=600 each
Do we gain a level yet?
Ke' sags with relief.
"Anyone in need of healing?" He asked aloud, fingering a bomb.
You hear screams that something is happening down at the harbor.
"Someone needs help. Let's roll!" Ke' exclaimed aloud.
”Let’s go. Anyone know anything about this Jawbone?”
Ke'ahilani would know it is a Tulita relic.
"It is a Tulita relic. The sacred Jawbone of Kaho Ali'i. Without which everyone dies when the Great Hunger rises. So it is said."
"Then get going. The harbor is not far, but it is still a long run!"
You arrive at a dangerously crowded pier. The throng of onlookers pushes and shoves toward the edges, trying to get a better look across the water. The crowds even push a few spectators over the pier’s edge and into the bay.Dragoons try to quell the crowd but only trigger further shoving, escalating the anger. Once the PCs approach the crowd, a young man recognize you and his hysterical calls for help
immediately draw attention. As still more onlookers plead with you to save the day, yet another contingent of commoners irrationally blames you for drawing the wrath of Dajobas upon Port Shaw. A riot threatens.
The frenzied crowd churns wildly upon the
pier. All strain for a better view of the terrible act
threatening to unfold, roaring in appalled anger.
Dragoons attempt to corral the throng to no avail,
and an outbreak of violence seems inevitable.
Suddenly, a monstrous bark rips through the crowd.
“Silence!” it roars. The crowd parts suddenly,
as something throws bodies aside like ragdolls in
a tantrum. From the parting, panicked bodies a
hideous, midnight blue man-shark emerges, its teeth
glistening black with blood, clutching a cutlasses
draped in glistening entrails.
“I am Dalang Jalamar, Chosen of Dajobas, and I
have come for the Jawbone of Kaho Ali’i! If it is not
surrendered to me now, my sharks shall burn your
pitiful kinfolk before your eyes!”
The crowd falls into a horror-stricken silence.
One fisherman dares to raise his voice: “Who be
havin’ this jawbone?”
The man-shark lowers his gaze slowly, so it settles
upon you. Then he hisses and points accusingly,
“They do!”
Ke' stumped forward a step and gave a great laugh, hands on his hips.
"Dalang Jalamar! Chosen of Dajobas! I am Ke'ahilani of the De'hani Tulita! Junior Assistant Witch Doctor of my tribe!"
"I would like to take this opportunity to apologize sincerely for your outrage and return the Jawbone to you!" He declaimed, popping a catalyst into a bamboo tube bomb shell.
"Here! Catch!" He said, then threw the bomb at Dalang.
A direct hit deals fire damage and catches him on fire (doing 1d6/round until put out).
Splash damage is 9 points fire damage in a 10 ft radius.
You understand you are throwing right into a crowd of innocent people don't you? Please see the map reference. There is a huge crowd around them! All of the orange squares are crowd.
__An entangled Creature takes a –2 Penalty on attack rolls and a –4 Penalty to Dexterity and must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be glued to the floor, unable to move. Even on a successful save, it can move only at half speed. Huge or larger creatures are unaffected by a tanglefoot bag. A flying Creature is not stuck to the floor, but it must make a DC 15 Reflex save or be unable to fly (assuming it uses its wings to fly) and fall to the ground. A tanglefoot bag does not function underwater.
__A Creature that is glued to the floor (or unable to fly) can break free by making a DC 17 Strength check or by dealing 15 points of Damage to the goo with a slashing weapon. A Creature trying to scrape goo off itself, or another Creature assisting, does not need to make an attack roll; hitting the goo is automatic, after which the Creature that hit makes a Damage roll to see how much of the goo was scraped off. Once free, the Creature can move (including flying) at half speed. If the entangled Creature attempts to cast a spell, it must make Concentration Check with a DC of 15 + the spell's level or be unable to cast the spell. The goo becomes brittle and fragile after 2d4 rounds, cracking apart and losing its effectiveness. An application of universal solvent to a stuck Creature dissolves the alchemical goo immediately.
the....
He is the one speaking
Lucretia looks at the others quizzingly, but nevertheless draws her blade and makes a winking gesture."If you want it, come get it!"
Silas steps onto a box so his voice will project. "You're not Dalang and you're no chosen. I know because we killed Dalang!"
Can't see the map at the moment. If I'm within 30ft I will use my Glove to make a grab for his cutlass and remove it from his grasp.
Yeah, you are more like 125' away Silas. There is a huge crowd between the party and them.
Much too far to throw anything with a range of 10'
The mob erupts in fury. Many in the crowd
demand you hand over the relic, while others plead
with you not to succumb to threats or falter before evil.
sword at the ready, grey flames burning, we ddoor into the frey, "You are not who you say, that I know, I give you no quarter nor demand any as you have already shown your intention to harm otherwise innocent people for personal gain, the very definition of evil. I will not stand evil as it's death and I am the keeper between life and death, I choose life. I will give you what you seek, since you are evil, seek only one thing, death. I will bring you what you want, now!!!
He again demands, “Hand it over!” and moves toward the party,
intent on taking the jawbone by force. The Dragoons draw
weapons, aiming at the crowd. Just then, from the edge of
the pier another cry arises.[/b] “Fire! Fire!”
The barge has suddenly erupted in fire along with points along both piers.
Roll init.
2 the best intentions can lead to the worst results and consequences.
3 passion rules reason, mind what people do, deeds may betray a lie. the only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. What exists, exists, what is, is and from this irreducible bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. It is the foundation from which life is embraced.
4 in forgiveness we grant so shall we receive, there is Magic in forgiveness. Holding a grudge stains you more than the other person and harms both.
5 There will always be those that hate, there always will, forgive them so you can heal.
6 Life is the future, not the past. The past can teach us how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of knowledge. But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace death. To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew. As rational people we must make rational choices. Willfully turning from the truth is betraying oneself.
7 In this world, everyone must die. None of us has any choice in that. Our choice is how we wish to live.
We all can be only what we are, nothing more, or less.
There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or deeds that are wicked, and in the worst of us, at least some virtue. An adversary is not one who does loathsome acts for their own sake. He always has a reason that to him is justification. My cat eats mice. Does that make him bad? I don't think so, and the cat doesn't think so, but I would bet the mice have a different opinion.
Think of the solution, not the problem.
Fate does not seek our consent. History is rarely made by reasonable men.
I fear no secret of a person I trust, and he has no need to fear mine. It is part of being friends.
Youth holds much hope, but not much wisdom.
Third time tricked, marks the fool. Trouble sires three children,' and you don't want to meet the third child.
Don't worry about what might be...Worry about what is. Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed. Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey. There is magic in patience.
It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
Sometimes, in madness resides genius.
Love is a passion for life shared with another person.
if the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.
Evil is not one large entity, but a collection of countless, small depravities brought up from the muck by petty men.
Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.
It is the first responsibility of a friend to provide a shoulder to cry on.
Only those you trust can betray you.
Your life is yours alone, rise up and live it.
As you age, you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. The reasons you like them makes the things you don't understand unimportant. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.
Slaves, slaves to anything or anyone, despite how much they abhor it, will often cling to that slavery out of fear the alternative would be insufferable. Look at a drunk, a slave to liquor, who thinks us cruel for trying to to get him abandon his slavery.
Sometimes people choose evil because it suits them or because they're afraid.
Everyone makes mistakes. How a person deals with their mistakes is a mark of their character.
Initiative Order
Lanlass
Lucretia
Sivoth
Ke'ahlani
Weresharks
Aurora
Silas
Lucretia smilingly walks toward the leader of the weresharks, her blade in her hand weaving a deadly litte circle, but not attacking the poor lads.
The orange is still the crowd. Their families are on that barge! They are hysterical at this point.