Skull and Shackles (Inactive)

Game Master Mimesyne

Round 7
Initiative 14
Did my parry/riposte take care of Orange? No biggie if it didn't.

"Huzzah!" I exclaimed as I turned another blade. "You face the Pirate Poisson! I mean to have your vessel and woe to any who resist! So don't!" I admonished to those still on the sterncastle.

Just as I anticipated seeing those defending the helm throw down their arms, I caught a glimpse of several sailors making for the jolly in a bid to escape. "Excuse me for a moment!" I told them, and slipped down to the main deck to challenge the newcomers, and noticed that Gall had deigned to join the fray.

"Ahoy, there, Gall! There's still a bit of resistance, so could you come along and dissuade these chaps from trying to launch their boat?"

I moved past him and stepped up to the first of the sailors. "You there! Give up now!" I said as I brandished my cutlass in his direction.

Intimidate: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Round 7
Initiative 3

"Aye, workin' on it, lad. We aren't all as bloody speedy as ye are. F@@#in' rabbit with a pig-sticker," Gall ends up grumbling good-naturedly, though the idle smirk that crosses his lips counters his complaints. He reaches over his shoulder to drag the sword the size of a gangplank out and makes for the nearest sailor. "Just ye save one of these sods for the rest of us, aye?"

Round 8
Initiative 23

Esmarelda gave the sailor that shot at Gall and piercing stare as she moved up to him. "You are becoming an annoyance." She informed him as she whipped her blade around and aimed for his neck.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15
Damage: 1d8 + 0 ⇒ (2) + 0 = 2

Harmony keeps trying to make her hypnotism work, taking a move action if necessary to get to a better positioning so her spell can reach enemy sailors, and then using a standard action to cast Hypnotism once more. She keeps using pacifying rhetoric, trying to get the enemies to lose morale and give up, laying down their arms, just like before. She has one more round of this left (after this one), then she is going to be out of magic and is going to have to resort to violence. Starting to worry a little bit now.

Hypnotism HD Affected: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (12) + 18 = 30

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ROUND 7
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The Pastel Sailors continue trying to lose the boat into the water in an attempt to escape!

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ROUND 7 RECAP
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Esmarelda swings and misses.

The Sailors valiantly attempt to ward off the Pirates, but all of them manage to miss their marks.

Cueta fires at the Purple Sailor, but it can't penetrate his armor.

Artevious attempts to demoralize the new comers, but fails to leave them shaking in their boots. Do you get to parry on a miss?

Harmony again tries to subdue the Sailors for their own good, but again they manage to shake it off. Curse the DM Save dice!

The Pastel Sailors keep trying to loose the boat despite Artevious' show of intimidation!

Gall moves in on the Pastel Sailors.

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ROUND 8
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Boarding Map

Initiative
Esmarelda (23), O Sailor (21), GP Sailors (21), Cueta (16), Artevious (14), Harmony (13), LPkLPLB Sailors (6), Gall (3)

Looking about the battlefield, the party can see signs that their victory is close at hand. Everywhere Sailors are scattering or dropping their weapons. The most gruesome scene of all is Captain Harrigan holding what appears to be a heart in his hands.

Unfortunately, the Sailors on the aft deck and sterncastle are too stubborn to cave just yet.

The Orange Sailor is "delaying" until Artevious answers my question ;D

The Purple Sailor drops his crossbow and draws his sword, then thrusts his blade, piercing Esmarelda.
Esmarelda takes 2 piercing damage.

If her result is greater than the attacking creature's result, the creature's attack automatically misses.

I'm pretty sure it's used even on a missed attack.

Round 8
Initiative 3

Gall bares his teeth in a rictus grin as he stares daggers down at one of the men trying to loose the jollyboat. Hefting his enormous sword in one hand, he sweeps it out at the light pink sailor before him with every intent to cleave him clean in two.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (7) + 7 = 14
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (3, 6) + 5 + 3 = 17

"Yer gonna have to try harder'n that, Arty. Gotta put the fear in 'em 'afore ye try gettin' these lads to lay down their weapons."

Round 8
Initiative 13

Harmony gives one final try at a peaceful solution, trying to hypnotism some more sailors.

Hypnotism HD Affected: 2d4 ⇒ (4, 1) = 5
Diplomacy: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (2) + 18 = 20

Round 8
Initiative 16

Cueta snarls as the purple sailor stabs his sword into Esmarelda. Notching another arrow, the deckhand curses as the fog again rolls in, but trains her vision on the sailor none-the-less, and releases an arrow at the man moving through the mist.

Think I need a new tactic.

Move: studied target; Standard: longbow attack.

attack: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 9 Just in range of PBS.
damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 + 1 = 8
concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 65

In the game I’m playing a swash in, we’ve been playing that opportune parry & riposte are triggered on an attack, regardless of whether or not the attack is a “hit.”

Round 9
Initiative 23

Did my round 8 get skipped? Or was it just put in round 7?

Esmarelda whined slightly as the blade cut into her flesh. "Bastard!" She snapped as she did her best to return the favor.

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

Esmarelda, Round 8 is currently in progress. It's impossible for it to have been skipped as the recap hasn't happened for it yet.

The Orange Sailor goes down retroactively thanks to Artevious' fancy bladework.

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ROUND 8
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The Pastel Sailors keep trying to launch the boat, dreaming of drifting away to relative safety.

The Light Pink Sailor manages to untie the boat, then both the Light Purple and the Light Blue sailors scamper over the side, provoking attacks of opportunity.
Feel free to make the AoO at the top of your next post.

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ROUND 8 RECAP
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Esmarelda swings and hits, taking out the Purple Sailor.
Concealment: 1d100 ⇒ 14

Cueta prepares to fire at the Purple Sailor, but shifts targets when Esmarelda snuffs it out before she has the chance to shoot. Sadly, the bolt goes missing in the fog.

Artevious again tries to demoralize the Blue Sailor.
Intimidate: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

Harmony keeps trying to use her hypnotism to subdue the Sailors, but they keep seeming to roll hacker dice and shaking off the spell.

The Light Pink Sailor manages to get the boat untied, and the Light Blue and Light Purple Sailors try to get over the side of the ship as an escape.

Gall doesn't give the Light Pink Sailor a chance to follow his comrades, downing the Sailor in a single stab.

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ROUND 9
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Boarding Map

Initiative
Esmarelda (23), Cueta (16), Artevious (14), Harmony (13), NIM Sailors (7), LPLB Sailors (6), Gall (3)

Again the fog parts, seeming to disperse. It seems the battle is wrapping up rather quickly in favor of the Pirates.
Concealment is now gone! Rejoice, Cueta!

You can all see a group of Sailors rushing to the unlaunched portside boat, one of which seems to be an Officer of the Man's Promise. They seem intent on escape!

Cueta, Artevious, and Harmony may now post Round 9. Esmarelda and Gall must wait until after my next post.

Round 9
Initiative 3

Solely for the AoO:

Gall furrows his brows as the fog begins to clear and takes a swift glance around to check that their resident sorcerer has not fallen. Even if he can see Pepper though, it is not as though there is much he can do about it. Yet.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

In the meantime, the half-giant has more important things to worry about. His blade lashes out deceptively swiftly for its size to try to carve through one of the fleeing sailors. With luck, he can catch the man before he gets too far. "Not so fast, ye wee sea slug."

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (19) + 7 = 26
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 3 ⇒ (5, 6) + 5 + 3 = 19

Round 9
Initiative 16

No more mist! WOOT!

As the mist rolls away, Cueta sees an officer and grins. What a prize for Besmara's chest an officer would make! Running to her side, the deckhand draws another arrow as she moves, pointing her arrow over Harmony's shoulder and squinting as she lines up the shot, aiming between Gall and Arty. "Don't move, Harmony. Incoming!

Move: 10' to the west, behind Harmony. Standard: longbow attack.

longbow attack on the officer: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
damage: 1d8 ⇒ 8

Round 9
Initiative 14

I had been unable to convince these wayward sailors to desist in their efforts to leave, so I once again had to resort to steel. I stepped forward and slashed at the one about to launch the jolly.

Melee: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

If the sailors jumping into the boat draw an AoO, I'll take it.
Melee: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Crit confirm: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26
damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

I daresay, that was a cunning display of swordsmanship!

Round 9
Initiative 13

Harmony freezes in place when she hears Cueta's voice, and dare not move until she feels the arrow whizzing past her. Once that happens, though, she will draw her weapon and try her best to move onto the enemy ship through the nearest gangplank.

Move action to draw weapon, then move action to move six squares' worth of movement. If I'm counting right, I can just make it to the first square on the enemy ship, but do correct me if I've miscounted.

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ROUND 9
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Between the two of them, Artevious and Gall manage to finish off the Pastel Sailors before they can make it over the railing.

The Sailors heading towards the other boat (Navy, Indigo, and Magenta for target labeling purposes) get in a quick argument, one of them pointing towards the boat that had just been launched and another pointing towards the one next to them as the Indigo Sailor tries to loose the boat. But Cueta's arrow landing straight into the arm of the Navy Officer surprises the arguing pair out of it and they move into position to untie the boat.

**Yes, Harmony, your movement is correct. I've moved your token for you.**

Thank you Gall and Esmarelda for waiting for so long before posting x.x Just because of how the rounds are being split to make for more fluid posting, I'm going to stop writing up recaps unless it's obviously needed (ie: I have to alter someone's action to hit the next target or w/e.

Gall may now post Round 9, Everyone else may now post Round 10 (including Esmarelda!)

Round 10
Initiative 16

Cueta draws another arrow and takes aim at the officer again. He's so close Cueta can see the blood spilling from the man's arm. Letting the arrow fly, Cueta waits until it lands before yelling, "Oi! Quit tryin' to flee and surrender like good lil' blokes. You'll live longer that way!"

The pirate's hand reaches back towards her quiver. Cueta expects no surrender, and truthfully, she doesn't want it. With only one kill and two assists for the day, there's gold on the line.

Cueta, heartless SOB! Move action: study officer. Standard action: attack!

longbow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 + 1 = 23
damage: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 + 1 = 3

My cutlass flashed and the men fell around me. I felt the hand of my father upon me as I looked around for more foes to face. Back at the other launch, I spied another group of sailors, including one who appeared to be an officer!

I ran up to face the trio, even as Cueta sent an arrow that struck, drawing blood. As I pulled up close to her, I brandished my cutlass and offered her a smile. "You are beaten by some of the fiercest pirates who have ever plied these waters! Throw down your arms and give up your ship!"

Intimidate: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 2 = 16

Even as I challenged her to stand down, I readied my blade for a counterattack.

Round 9
Initiative 3

With everyone else attempting to threaten and coerce, Gall does not even bother to try to pipe up. He knows full well that he is far from the most verbally influential and sticks to what he is good at: carving up the other sailors. He aims for the indigo sailor just to beside the captain, looking to take absolutely no prisoners.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (6) + 7 = 13
Damage: 2d6 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 5 + 2 = 12

Round 10
Initiative 23

"I doubt they are going to give up so easily." Esmarelda said as she moved into place beside the magenta sailor. "Best to just get this over with!"

Attack: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21
Damage: 1d8 + 0 ⇒ (8) + 0 = 8

Round 10
Initiative 13

Harmony grits her teeth and tries to thrust her spear into the enemy combatant one square east of her...

Attack: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

...but misses rather spectacularly. This is just not her day. Four spells failed to have any effect, and switching to physical weapons isn't doing anything further. She's feeling quite frustrated, and not just by her own ineffectiveness, but by the situation in the first place of being forced to injure or kill innocents. "I'm sorry", she just says to her opponent, though whether it's loud enough to be heard over the din of the battle is kind of fifty-fifty.

The battle rages on...