A search of the Mistrunner’s hold reveals that
much of its cargo—fine silks and clothing—has been
destroyed by its long immersion.
Talvek's keen eye turns up the ship’s strongbox, which has a simple lock he easily opens.
Within he finds it contains
pouch containing 10 pearls worth 100 gp each.
Among the rotted clothing is a fine-looking midnight-blue scarfISWG that has survived its immersion.
Within a few moments, the dolphins disappear, returning to their otherworldly home.
To the west the sea floor drops away into a vertiginous black pit.
The water above the shaft seems colder and darker than
that around it, while the smooth-sided walls drop straight
down into the depths, almost as if something had melted
through the earth long ago. A ring of shattered coral growth
surrounds the rim of the chasm.
Sidius looks at the pit, "That... seems unnatural. The broken coral, especially."
Lubella followed Sidius' gaze, "Perhaps we should take a closer look."
She swam towards the ring of shattered coral to investigate.
As Sidius and Lubella examine the coral surrounding the pit, they notice primal symbols carved into the coral’s shattered remains—these were wards used to contain the necromantic energies of the Drowned Eye. Now that they are shattered, it would take months to regrow and repair.
Of the darkness below, visibility is dim at best.
Lubella renewed the light spell on her scimitarto provide illumination.
Kenji stuffs the loot into a bag.
“Great eyes you have Talvek!! I am ready for action! What do you think we should do?!“ Kenji asks and casts detect magic and looks around.
He also uses his detect evil ability to scan the surroundings.
If there is nothing special to be seen then he dives into the chasm.
The scarf detects as magical before being stuffed into the bag.
There is nothing evil at the top of the eye, but he can tell the depths exceed his range and even that of Lubella’s light.
The darkness and coolness of the deep water is easily felt as you all paddle and swim over.
Kenji checks the scarf with detect magic.
He then moves down and looks around.
Prior to descending into the deeper water, Lubella cast her Good Hope spell again.
She looked into the deep as she swam lower.
Talvek takes point again, all senses alert.
Arcos keeps an eye out as he swims along with the party.
The party sees a lurking shadow rising from the depths. As you watch, the light reveals it to be a hulk of a shark...
what was once a great white shark at least. It appears 60' below you and is swimming up to inspect the light.
=== Round 1 ===
Lubella(),Talvek(), Arcos(), Sidius(), Kenji()
Big Dead Shark ()
After alerting her companions to the approaching shark, Lubella again cast a spell to enhance her agility, and started her elaborate martial water ballet. She tried to inform her allies about the nature of the incoming hostile.
Talvek drinks his extract of Long Arm, getting some extra reach to meet the undead creature.
Kenji swims forward and strikes the shark with his trident.
Lubella and Talvek buff themselves with spell and potion.
Along with Kenji, the three suspect it is a zombie shark with those traits typically found in zombies.
Kenji swims in a charge downward to stab the beast. The trident skewers the flesh, but appears less effective than would otherwise.
=== Round 1 ===
Lubella(),Talvek(), Arcos(), Sidius(), Kenji()
Big Dead Shark (-11)
Sidius begins to summon a single dolphin. Arcos watches to see if the team can take out the lumbering shark...
The shark wastes no time in trying to chomp on Kenji
for ouch! (WOW)
The shark means business as it nearly bites the paladin into two!
=== Round 2 ===
Lubella(),Talvek(), Arcos(), Sidius(), Kenji(-24), Dolphin()
Big Dead Shark (-11)
Lubella dove towards Kenjii, casting a spell to create multiple images of herself.
"I'm coming as fast as I can!", she cried in a hoarse whisper.
Lubella casts and swims 5' down and into the Eye.
“Arghh!!“ the wolfscarred Ifrit shouts out in pain in the water.
He concentrates and swiftly heals his wounds.
Kenji strikes the dead shark with his trident again and also bites.
Talvek's manta form swims downwards toward the undead shark, rapier point first. As he reaches the creature, his tail flicks around as well, attempting to strike.
Arcos conjures a shield of magical force before he swims forward (though slowly due to Monkey Fish).
Kenji is able to heal back some of the injury from the shark bite and returns another stab and bite of his own, but only the bite (due to good hope) is able to piece the tough skin of the beast.
Talvek has much better luck using his blade as a slashing weapon...but not the sting, which misses.
Arcos casts a spell to bolster his defense. Sidius swims down.
The dolphin also attacks but misses
The shark does not like all the attention and stays on the paladin.
for hits again...
=== Round 3 ===
Lubella(),Talvek(), Arcos(shield), Sidius(), Kenji(-30), Dolphin()
Big Dead Shark (-26)
Lubella was disoriented by the murky water, and couldn't make any progress towards the action. realizing she likely wasn't going to reach the fight, she cast a spell to aid her allies.
"That's the best I can do to help," she apologized.
Each creature affected by this spell is given the potential for greater success and glory. If the affected creature is benefiting from a morale bonus of any type, it can double that morale bonus on one roll or check, before making the roll. Once an affected creature uses this spell’s effect, the spell is discharged for that subject.
Arcos swims as fast as he can, getting around the shark to position himself and Talvek as advantageously as possible.
“Tough beast!!“ the wolfscarred Ifrit shouts out in pain in the water.
He concentrates and swiftly heals his wounds.
Kenji strikes the dead shark with his trident again and also bites.
Talvek hisses in agreement, focusing on ending this threat before Kenji was chewed to pieces.
Lubella paddles a bit then stops to cast a spell on the party.
Kenji finds that even with the good hope blessing, he is not able to puncture the tough skin of the shark. His healing definitely helps though.
Talvek's blade is much more accurate and hacks into the fish. Again, the water slows the blade, but the damage is significant.
The dolphin continues its attack...
for
The shark will turn its attention to Talvek this time...but cannot catch the teifling.
for miss
=== Round 3 ===
Lubella(),Talvek(), Arcos(shield), Sidius(), Kenji(-13), Dolphin()
Big Dead Shark (-35)
“Go dooooown!!“ the wolfscarred Ifrit howls.
Kenji strikes the dead shark with his trident again and also bites.
Lubella barely regained her bearings and continued to swim towards the action.
The dolphin tries once again to slam into the dead shark...
for miss
Sidius shrugs and swims (double move) downward to keep pace with the party.
Arcos charges down and strikes the shark from above.
The shark continues its counter-bite on Talvek for causing the most hurt last time...
for miss
=== Round 3 ===
Talvek(),Arcos()
=== Round 4 ===
Lubella(),Talvek(), Arcos(shield), Sidius(), Kenji(-13), Dolphin()
Big Dead Shark (-35)
“Go dooooown now!!“ the wolfscarred Ifrit howls.
Kenji strikes the dead shark with his trident again and also bites.
Lubebella swam steadily towards the caombat; she could see Kenjii 15 dt in front of her. "I'll be there in a few more seconds!"
Talvek nimbly evades the shark's attack, then renews his own attempts to destroy the undead creature.
Kenji and Talvek connect to make sizable holes in the shark…it is looking pretty beat up at this point.
Arcos blasts the beast with point-blank lightning several times, taking advantage of the flanking to hit it where it really hurts.
Arcos first stab takes out the shark
Kenji immediately takes out his clw wand and heals himself.
“That was tougher than I thouuuught!!“ he howls and gives the rest of the party a wolf smile.
Kenji is able to recover his wounds as the others swim down to the level with the now floating shark. It was once a large creature, but turned to evil menace of this dark, deep pit. The shaft continues downward into the darkness further.
As your light reaches below you, it reveals the tops of broken masts followed by wrecked ships, lost in the eye.
An insane tangle of broken ships, a dozen at the least, lies in
a jumbled heap near the bottom of the trench. The sodden
wreckage is so thick that it’s impossible to tell the true depth
of the pit beneath the clogged mass of sunken vessels. A
narrow alcove to the east overlooks the heap of wreckage.
Lubella apologized for being late to the battle, "Sorry I couldn't help out more; I just couldn't swim fast enough."
She peered down into the depths below, "Maybe we can investigate the wrecked ships before my spell runs out. After that we'll probably need to return to the surface: I've used up most of my magic for the day."