Skulls and Scallywags - The Changing Tide Team 2

Game Master DarkestHeart

Sasha is passed out in her bunk, feeling rather crappy and exhausted right now.

Scourge curses and tossed Owlbear a club as he sees the fight turn for the worse.

Owlbear picks up the weapon and swings out at Aqguazula but missed his mark, yet again.

One of these days fish boy! :-P

"Aww s*&~!"

Aqguazula continues his tactics, now Owlbear is a threat. He moves to Owlbear's blind spot and aims for a lethal blow to his sternum.
'I hope he doesn't hit me, the fates have brought me this far.'
Bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
unarmed lethal strike: 1d20 + 3 - 4 ⇒ (13) + 3 - 4 = 121d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

That's hardly fair... though what would I expect from this crew! Time to even the playing field.

Linnet slyly drops her mace and kicks it over to Aqguazula.

Stealth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (20) + 6 = 26

You need Improved Unarmed Strike to do lethal damage while unarmed.

Aqguzulas blow flies wide as Owlbear managed to get out of the way just in time.

Owlbear swings wide once again before throwing back his head and letting out a frustrated roar.

Oh my bad, I thought you could do and take a penalty as for the standard rule. IUS would allow you to choose and do it without a penalty.

His mind still in the fight, Aqguazula will continue with the brawl. Ignoring the mace, not wanting to get whipped.
'Thanks whoever dropped this, but I need to do this on my own.'
Bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (8) + 10 = 18
Unarmed strike: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (15) + 3 = 181d3 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6
Sense Motives Owlbear,audience,Pluggs and company: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (14) + 6 = 20

Damn! Linnet thinks as she sees her mace discarded on the floor. I hope I can get that back after...

Aqguazula will give a quick look at the heavy mace by his feet.

'Hmm, that mace looks familiar. Does that mace belong to who I think it does? I could end this battle right now with that mace.'

Thinking, should he pick up that mace?

Knowledge local: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

Aqguazula will look his comrades, those cheering him on and those hoping for his demise.

'Maybe I am captain material maybe Maheem was right about the stone, maybe I can make great ripples.'

Woops. You are right yeah, I forgot you could take the minus to do lethal but...

Aqguzulas fist connects with the big mans jaw and he stumbles back, his eyes welling up with tears. He begins to snivel and cry slightly glancing back at Scourge, before looking at Aq. He backs away from both of them crying and dropping the club.

Aqguzula is up.

Aqguazula will look at the crying oaf, moving up into his blindspot to avoid a surprise fist.
Bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
This time however Aqguazula will put his hand on Owlbears head.

Whispering, " Look I don't want to hurt you anymore but I was forced to, I'm going to see if I can convince plugg and scourge that you've give up, if not I'm sorry for what I will be forced to do. I will make it up to you."
Bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Turning towards Plugg,Scourge and the rest of the Crew.
" Scourge and mister Plugg, I've beaten your dog. Look at him, the poor sod is crying. I've earned those winnings."

Raising his voice and addressing the rest of the crew this time. " Are you not entertained! I'm the toughest swab the Wormwood has seen, you're all witnesses to it. I am Aqguazula, son of Depthago. Say my f#~$ing name!"

Changing his tone to be more respectful when addressing Scourge and Plugg.
" What say's you mister Plugg, Scourge and the rest of the crew, do I win fairly or do I need to make a pirate out of Owlbear?"

Plugg frowns and turns away, but not before nodding to Scourge and walking away, heading up the stairs up to the Officers cabins.

Scourge growls in disgust, tossing the bag of gold at Aqguazulas feet before giving him a bitter look. "Aye, you win. Nothin will make a pirate out of that moron." He stormed off, spitting at Owlbears feet before he left.

Owlbear begins to snivle again, pouting and wringing his hands as everyone leaves in disgust.

"Owlbear didn't want to fight..."

Aqguazula will look at Owlbear. "there there Owlbear the fight is over, you did well."

Aqguazula will pat Owlbear on the back, soon after he will draw a sigil with with fingers and click his teeth, he will lay his hand upon Owlbear with a frigid yet a soothing touch.
Heal light wounds: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

Before Aqguazula personal gang have the chance to walk out, he approach Crimson. "Remember when you said Owlbear was tougher than me, good thing you didn't bet on that huh? It's official, I'm the toughest bastard of the swabs." He will give a smirk that looks ever so erie with his demi Glasgow smile.

Turning to the rest of the pressganged fellows," So, Come to uncle Aq for your shiny coins."

"Good job, Aq!" says Linnet with a grin. "Your reputation made and no blood shed. Thanks for the coins, too!"

I'll stay to talk, but once the conversation ends, I'll head over to talk to Owlbear, stealthily picking up my mace along the way:
Stealth: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24 (add an extra +2 if opposed by FE)

"No problem."

Aqguazula will make it topside, before leaving he will turn to linnet.

"someone dropped that mace, you wouldn't happen to know who it belongs to would you?"

He will give her a wink and walk up the stairs laughing.

that's one hundred shiny gold coins for everyone.

Aftering coming back inside from the stormy weather, Aqguazula will approach what looks like a dying friend,Sasha.
Whispering to her."Look Sash, I want to come clean. Grok forced my hand when she figured out that some of her inventory went missing. I had to give your name or she would of taken my head with an axe. I want to bring the lost honour I gave up, I want to redeem myself."

Looking around at the other crew men's lockers. A sinister idea sparked in his eyes."We're pirates now, so it's about time we acted like them. I say we frame one of Scourge's boys. A storm is the perfect time to strike, everyone has the worry on their minds that the ship will sink. With the crashing waves and the thunder it will muffle us and under the cover of the night only we and Jaundiced Jape can see in the dark. We can't frame Badger or Flipps, so it needs to be Jaundiced Jape, Aretta Bansion or Slippery Syl Lonegan."

Linnet winks back, then heads over to talk to Owlbear, retrieving her mace on the way over.

"Hey, buddy," she says, laying a hand on his shoulder. "How are you feeling? Are you hurt? Maybe we should get you to Sandara. That wasn't much fun, huh?"

Mildly delighted at the win by Aqgzuala, Dacota claps in approval, be it that approval could have been for themselves as well. It felt strange that owlbear seemed rather, weak and sort of a cryin' curr, but the thing must've took it bad from that performing orator he knew so well.

Stretching out, he goes in search of something to do in the night at least somewhat meaningful. Maybe a certain woman needed company in the night, a thought which crept to mind and brought on a smile to the old sailors face.

Sasha wearily rolls to look at who is talking to her, she looks like a mix of fatigue and drunkenness, with a dash of sickness for added flavor.

stuff? I took? I found stuff, was it Japes?, best return it to him then.

Sasha tries to get up and almost falls over headfirst onto the deck. she manages to grab a small pouch, here ya go, she says as she stuffs it into one of the two empty rum mugs on the floor by her bunk.

Handing the mug to him, Hey you are that fishy elf guy, ahhh, Aqguagaziggy, no Aggasip, Azula? no thats not it, wait, wait I got it, AJ that's easy to say, you are hereby dubbed AJ. she says before falling over onto Aqguazula shoulder.

Aqguazula will scan around the room to make sure everyone is sleeping and woke up from Sashas commotion .Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 1 = 13

He will take the pouch from the drunk tiefling,"Fish elf guy?Aqguagaziggy...Aj? Hush hush, time to sleep. Everything will be better in the morning."bluff: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (4) + 10 = 14

'Dagon give me patience, Ovonovo please don't let me spill blood at this moment. After all this work I better be Captain when he mutiny. He sighed.

After making sure everyone was asleep, takes off his armour carefully. Sneaking around the room panting the some evidence on Jape and Aretta.
Stealth: 1d20 - 3 ⇒ (19) - 3 = 16

planting one of his two heavy maces in each of their footlockers,two of his daggers and 8 silver coins.
Time to even the odds.
Aqguazula will look what's in the pouch and place in the pouch and placing it in an empty locker.

Donning his armour, it was time to go to sleep.
Say what is in the pouch and sleeping people take penalty to perception right?

Sweet my holy symbols.

Update coming this evening loves.

Day 6- Clear Skies, Full Hearts, Can't Lose

The day breaks bright and calm, the storm having passed you by during the night. Aqguazula and Linnet roll out of their beds at the call of the bell and instantly feel weak, slumping back on to their hammocks or to their knees. Looking down they catch sight of their old wounds from the rats, they ooze and are bright red and angry, clearly not healthy.

Linnet takes 1 point of Dex and Con damage. Aq takes 3 points of Dex and 2 of Con.

Sandara moved toward the group of new recruits, staring around and sighing, before stepping forward. She moved to Sash first, laying a hand on the womans forehead without asking and casting some runes of healing and fortifying down through her body. After Sash she moved to Aw, repeating the gesture, before finishing with Linnet.

Sash is healed of 4 points of ability damage in one of her stats. Aq is healed of 2 in one of his stats, and Linnet is also healed for 2 in one stat.

"You two have filth fever. Probably got it from those rats the other day. Pretty bum deal hey? And you..." She looks at Sash, frowning. "Addiction is a mother to beat when you are being whipped for not taking the thing you are addicted to. We'll get you through it tho lass!"

"Anyway, gather yerselves together and get up on deck or there'll be murder. Take care loves!" With that she turns on her heels and sways her way back up on deck.

Feeling groggy and like a drowning dog, Aqguazula feels a burst of vigor from sandara's magic.

"thank you Sandara."
Before heading topside, Aqguazula will have a word with Sasha and Linnet."This is going to sound crazy but, I'm trying to get jape and Aretta killed. I put some of my goods in their boxes, Sasha you might want to put the pouch you gave me last night into their lockers. Linnet, starting tonight we should all pool our loot and lost items into Chandria's stash, speaking of which the pouch is in bleepos locker Sasha. It's time to trim the fat."

Aqguazula shambles up the stairs and ready for work.

Sasha was feeling a little better come morning. she gets even better as she receives some healing.

she looks a little embarrassed when she faces Aqgua, ahhh, about last night, I really don't remember much at all. But I am pretty sure it was fun.

after a moment for everything to sink in. I'll see what I can do.

Sasha soon makes her way topside for the muster.

Linnet thanks Sandara for her efforts.

I'll get the Con healed.

She nods at Aqguazula. "Quite a feat if you can manage it, but you've pulled off stranger things at this point! I still have that lock and key Chandria and I found, so it shouldn't be too hard to secure our gear. I can sneak into the kitchen tonight if I have to."

Linnet heads up for another day of work.

The scene on deck is far different from the day before. The business remains but there is an air of calm, of happiness around. The crew is laughing and joking as they sit and eat their morning breakfast, the Officers walk amongst the men and women, passing out kind words and encouragement, well, everyone apart from Scourge, Plugg and the Captain that is.

As you finish up your breakfasts, Scourge approaches you. "Special job today poppets. We are close to a nearby reef and the Cap'n feels like fresh caught crab for dinner." He points towards a stack of crab pots, 4 in total. "One a piece. Swim out to the reef and catch some crabs. Pretty easy right? Good. And don't come back empty handed. Cap'n would be pretty mad!"

Scourge points towards a reef, some 200ft off the North of the ship.

"Get gone!"

The sea is calm and clear. Swim checks DC 10 and visibility up to 100ft.

Start swimmin ya wretches!

Aqguazula will stretch his fingers and toes in order to get the blood flowing in his webbing.
"Well I guess I could use a dip.

Aqguazula will force blood into his fins, from his back emerges a large dorsal fin running from his lower back to the top of his head. Two more will pop out from behind each ear, behinds his calves and on his forearms. Wiggling his gill flaps to get them ready. The fins will be of varying colors from blue and purples to varying shades of red. Aqguazula's sharp piscine features will emerge strong: gills,webbed appendages,finned with light scales yet durable scales and barbed spines running along his fins. Truly looking the part, like a sea elf or something else?

Making his way over to the crab pots, his braids wrap around the cage to securely hold it. Aqguazula with his spear in hand will look back towards the crew, thinking if he should escape of not.' I could just leave right now, but then again. This mutiny sounds fun.'
"I know these waters well, the captain is going to eat well tonight. he addresses Scourge.

Aqguazula jumps into the clear sea water, closer to home than he has been in a well. taking in as much time to frockle in the water waiting for the rest to come in.I will meet my Sahuagin kin again, they will know me as their lord and sovereign. I wonder how my blood brothers and sisters are?'

Aqguazula swim 50 feet towards the reef. Sending out a telepathic command towards whatever sharks are in a 150 feet area of Aqguazula and the reef, to swim by him but not to attack his friends.
Speak with Sharks.
"Come to me, sweet children of Ovonovo and kinsmen. Stay near me but attack nothing until I say so."
Take 10 on all my swim checks. So 21 shouldn't be a problem

As Aqguazula swims out towards the reef, he feels the presence of two sharks swimming up towards him from the deep. The sharks cut through the water with deadly grace, sunlight glinting off of their razor sharp teeth.

Sasha is a little hesitant at first, she is not a good swimmer, but she knew she had to learn if she was to find her mother, and there is no time like the present.

Sasha jumped overboard and tried to dive

swim DC 10: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
but it was more like a flailing wretch that was just thrown overboard hitting the water with a painful splash.

She tries her hardest to just keep her head above water

can we take 10 on the swim check? I am untrained in swimming so I wasn't sure

Sadly because there is a chance you could drown, you can't take 10. Sorry Sash. The check is not too high though.

Sash struggles to stay afloat, slipping below the water.

Aqguazula will see that Sash is struggling in the water. He will swim to her and lift her to the surface.

"Not much of a swimmer?" Aqguazula says to Sash.
Aqguazula will speak to the one of the sharks.
'Let the woman sit on your back/hold onto your dorsal fin.'

"There you go, Sash. If riding or holding onto the shark is too much trouble, just hold onto my hair. While you're here there is something i need to tell you. Grok forced my hand when she figured out that some of her inventory went missing. I had to give your name or she would of taken my head with an axe. I want to bring the lost honour I gave up, I want to redeem myself."

Giving her a moment to let it sink in, a sinister idea sparked in his eyes."We're pirates now, so it's about time we acted like them. I say we frame one of Scourge's boys. A storm is the perfect time to strike, everyone has the worry on their minds that the ship will sink. With the crashing waves and the thunder it will muffle us and under the cover of the night only we and Jaundiced Jape can see in the dark. We can't frame Badger or Flipps, so it needs to be Jaundiced Jape or Aretta Bansion. Tonight we need to plant the contents of the pouch on both of them, launch an investigation to get them keeled, find the stash of bleepos and hide our found gear in Chandria's stash."

How you do you want me to commune with the sharks, should I write it like bolded or italicized as it's a mental command?

Bold and italicized please. So you know you don't control the sharks perfectly right? They receive basic commands, but you don't actually 100% control them. They still have free will.

That's correct, I do know that. I just trying to subvert their will and trying be the dominate one. Eventually if we do find a great white or tiger shark, I want to tame it. So eventually I need to get a rank into handle animal.

Okay cool, as long as you know that. The shark will allow Sasha to hold on to his fin to swim. Sasha gets a +5 to Swim checks.

But do I wish it was dominate animal(shark), although there is plenty of magic for that, who knows maybe I will get bitten by some wereshark or something.

yayyy, i'll probably still roll a 1, I think the dice-bot hates Sasha

Sasha holds onto the shark fin. finding the rough skin of the shark both annoying, but a touch pleasurable.

I think you said that earlier. I'll try, ok?

swim DC 10: 1d20 + 2 + 5 ⇒ (15) + 2 + 5 = 22

Aqguazula will laugh,"Yeah last night, but you were pissed drunk and I was AJ."

Swimming alongside the shark and Sash, " Now let's get these crabs for our whoreson officers."

What type of sharks are they?

Pirate sharks!

Sasha looks a little confused, AJ? she shrugs and gets on with the task at hand.

Swim: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

Linnet whoops as she does a spinning dive off the ship (with a roll that good, may as well!). It has been a while since she's gotten to swim again. She dashes towards the side of the ship with a shriek as the sharks swarm close, but when Aqguazula appears to have them under control, she slips back in with an embarrassed laugh.

Come on, you can usually wrap animals around your little finger...

Linnet tries to bond with a shark (inasmuch as one ever can) as they head over to the reef, trying to prove something to herself.

Wild Empathy: 1d20 ⇒ 7

She keeps an eye out for Sasha, who seems uneasy in the water.

"I don't even know who those people are - but they're not us, so I'm in. I can be pretty sneaky when I need to be. Haven't been forced to drink that foul concoction yet!"

Aqguazula will sigh,"You were blind drunk last night, let's leave it at that."

Noticing that Linnet is among the two."Aww it's nice to see you Linnet, hmm I'm glad you're in. We need to divide the stolen items into their two chests. Then we need to find that goblin's hoard."

Swimming closer to the reef.
"Now let us fill these pots, Captain's orders."

Swim: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (13) + 9 = 22

Making sure his axe was secure and hanging his tricorn hat on a secure post, Gupson dives off the ship in the traditional navy men way and begins a solid stroke out to the reef.

"Stay together, best against sharks in numbers. Stay within sight," he shouts in between rest. His eyes widen as he sees a shark heading towards Sasha, only for it to aid her. What magics at play he did not understand. It seemed like that Agqzaula'z handiwork. Unnatural it was, a relief that it was being used for good purpose. He still remained leary.

Diplomacy to other crew mates: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13

Aqguazula will take notice that Dacota is among them.
"Hmm safety in numbers, enjoy the water everyone. This may be our only taste of freedom."

Aqguazula will swim ahead of the group although not too much further, eager to get the job done yet glad to finally be off a ship for a change.

Aqguazula will pause to examine just how large the coral reef is.
Perception: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3
Distracted by the sharks, Aqguazula doesn't put too much thought into the size of the reef.
One thing comes to mind, reefs are hotbeds for animal life.
"Everyone keep your guard up, we don't want to linger for too long."
Aqguazula will use his sharp sense of smell underwater, hoping to find the crabs or some other creature.
Keen Scent:The creature can notice other creatures by scent in a 180-foot radius underwater and can detect blood in the water at ranges of up to a mile.

As Linnet attempts to bond with one of the sharks, it snaps its jaws at her threateningly before jackknifing in the water and cutting away in a separate line.

You finally reach your destination, some 100 yards square of reef ranging from 5 feet to 30 feet below the surface. The reef is a hot bed of life, colorful fish, eels, coral and crustaceans fighting it out to gain the best position on the reef. Aqguazula can smell all of these creatures below him.

You need 4 crabs to fill a pot. You need to make a DC 10 Perception or Survival check to spot a crab, followed by a DC 10 Swim check to swim down and catch the crab. 1 Crab per successful set of checks. 1 set of checks per round. You have to make the check unaided, so the shark can't help you Sash.

Aqguazula will swim down to the bottom searching for crab to fill his pot.

Survival: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8
Swim: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28
Yeah not sure if we were suppose to do that in order or whatever the case may be, if so I'm sorry. Also would my keen scent or watersense give me a survival bonus to locate the crabs?

You can take it in any order for now. And no, sadly. There is too much life on the reef for you to isolate specific creatures. Or that is how I am working it.

Once at the destination, Sasha climbs of the shark, and gives it a kiss on the nose such a pretty thing

It would seem Sasha just needed to get acclimated to the water as she seems much more comfortable now. or at least that is how she is acting.

perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (16) + 4 = 20
swim: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17

bluff to look extra confident: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (20) + 7 = 27

after her first dive, I got one! she exclaims with pride.

Just keep swimming: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Catch of the day: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Dacota goes down to the deep, but returns empty handed. Not to feel discouraged, he prepares to go down again.

Linnet gives up on the notion of charming a shark...

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (2) + 8 = 10

Swim: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

... but a crab is another story.