Skull And Shackles (Voice of the Deep)

Game Master NerdOfTheYear

Bring a wizard please :D

You can have a witch.

Don't worry if things don't go exactly as you plan GM, you will get a chance to steer the story back on course (assuming things go...relatively as ive planned).

Nico Chainbreaker wrote:

Bring a wizard please :D

You can have a witch.

Good enough :D

So Nico do you feel like the dice will favor you(where is the god of dice anyhow? You would think one would exist)?

I think if anything will favor me, it will be my god, Cayden Cailean; of these dice you speak of, I don't see how dice could affect our flight to freedom.

May Dagon bless us all with....er "demonic insights into the minds of mortals".

Gods be with us....but mostly mine.

Our witch has agreed to join us! Yay!

Presently, I'll write up how your last set of actions resolved for you, and then we'll leave it for our new friend to wake up. I'd kindly ask that you all not post any further until our new PC has a chance to post his awakening.

we'll be good....assuming the witch arrives on time. Where did tipsy go?

I've tried contacting him, but he hasn't responded, and Lexi says there's a high likelihood that he's bailed all together. Astein Longblade is joining us instead, and as I'd kept vague about the two sleeping people, he can slot quite easily into that role.

I was actually going to cut Lorin's ear off but for that phenomenal bluff check. Nico's dice god favoured saved you there.

:D Social skills save the day! Guileful lore is my favorite thing ever.

Note to GM when the time comes will it be considered an evil action or a chaotic action (or both) to kill the captain and co slowly like a torture session? (those "demonic insights" have many uses)

That really depends. Killing the captain is not innately an evil action, although torturing him would be. Similarly, a mutiny is almost always a chaotic action, but context could dictate otherwise.

By torture I mean the sea version of being drawn and quartered.(remember Calistra is the goddess of revenge and is CN) As what im getting at is do you consider CE to basically be killing for hell of it and nothing else and basically killing and torturing those who have done nothing to them. Or would my character be considered CE if he engaged in about 2 tortures(against scourge and the captain)?

Torture is typically considered an evil act, because it's essentially inflicting unnecessary pain. Calistria may be neutral and the goddess of revenge, but revenge doesn't necessarily mean torture or even murder. The way I see Calistria, she's the goddess of immature high school girls. Ever seen Mean Girls? That's Calistria at work.

On the other hand, have you ever seen Saw? That's evil with a capital E, and that is most certainly torture.

A normal and sane person would typically just kill someone they really didn't like. If you really think about it, it's just passing the responsibility of torturing them off on the Daemons, Demons, or Devils wherever it is that they're ending up, and I assure you that the outsiders can do a much better job.

yeah but I'm thinking that when it comes down to it scourge and co pays...with a few limbs cut off.

Just remember that actions have consequences, and Nico is definitely Good-aligned :D Although you'd never know it by detecting his alignment hehe.

tis the reason why I shall make you see the bigger picture as remember the crew hates scourge and co...but they fear him more now if scourge and cappy start looking weak though...certain "repartations" will be made.

Don't forget that Captain Harrigan had a hefty +22 to Intimidate. Even with an excellent charisma score, and maybe a skill focus, that still puts him at least at level 10.

Do you think we can take on a CR 9 encounter right now?

I'd wager there's some railroading in our future.

Yes and if history has shown us anything its that where their is a will their is a way... (think of something truly "oddball" like the exploding cigar plot to kill Castro in the 1960-70s)

...remember the crew hates scourge and co...but they fear him more

Hahaha, where did you get that from? You've not yet had a chance to get to know the crew. Whilst you might be slaves, that doesn't mean that the crew are.

I'd wager there's some railroading in our future.

Less than you'd think. Ship life does have a certain pattern to it, but you do have a fair amount of leeway in what you do with your time... assuming you don't get yourself beaten, whipped, stabbed, keelhauled, fed to sharks, killed in a dual, poisoned in your sleep, or any other kind of death befitting the boat's least favourite passenger.

I'd wager there's some railroading in our future.

Less than you'd think. Ship life does have a certain pattern to it, but you do have a fair amount of leeway in what you do with your time... assuming you don't get yourself beaten, whipped, stabbed, keelhauled, fed to sharks, killed in a dual, poisoned in your sleep, or any other kind of death befitting the boat's least favourite passenger.

I don't think Mr. +12 Diplomacy will have a problem with being the ship's least favorite passenger :D

Just wait till Bratix gets into the swing of things >.>

Just wait till Grunt starts to swing things! :D

Make sure you don't get yourselves keelhauled though :D Nico is waiting for the truly perfect opportunity.

I am, however, excited for the prospect of this AP. Quite a bit, actually.

Just wait till Grunt starts to swing things! :D

That genuinely had me giggling.

Hey all, happy to be joining you...

(1) How many PbP games are you involved with at the moment?

This makes Five. I will usually be able to post more than once a day.

(2) What past experience do you have with Skull + Shackles (Playing or Running)?

None at all.

(3) What are the two items you wanted on your character?

Harrow deck and spell component pouch.

GM - If you want to have Astein dragged onto the deck beaten and unconsious as an example that might play will into the story. Otherwise I think he's waking up in a room alone.

Hey Astein. I posted this early on in the game:

At this, the gang of pirates move and man-handle their captives (both sleeping and awake) up the stairs.

I'm happy for you to have been on the deck still under the effects of the drugs up until this point. You can pick from the following three options, whatever you'd like to roleplay around:

Any of these tickle your fancy?

Eugh, it's too late at night for me to do any heavy posting. I'm off to bed.

Feel free to just wake up as the effects of the drugs wear off. I'll try and post the next big post as soon as I wake up in the morning.

note to the GM I just realized that knowledge nature was not on the cleric skill list. Do you want me to take profession (sailor) to reflect my fishing background?

Yeah, you should take a profession instead. However Profession (Fisherman) is a thing, so you could take that instead if you wanted.

Oh and Astein: Plugg genuinely doesn't care if you're the best person for the cooking job :P

I'm really seeing a need for me to take some sailor-related skill ranks next level. Climb, Profession (sailor), and Swim are lookin' mighty nice to me, especially given my good STR and WIS scores.

Viluki, if you actually sailed the fishing boat, profession(sailor) would be appropriate. If you simply rode on a boat and caught fish, the fisherman one would be more appropriate.

did both (sort of) if your on a fishing ship your kind of expected to help keep the boat up and running (I was on a small fishing vessel 20 people).

taking profession sailor.

You know, I'm pretty sure that you can only move in 5-foot increments...

aye, aye i will roll additional rounds if thats how the gm decides.

I'm pretty sure Grunt wins either way haha.

now unless the captain is a god I assume he cant hear us 60 feet up in the air...should we wait to speak and perform additional actions, so that the others can catch up?

There is already somebody up here in the Crow's Nest, however. You know, a crewmate keeping watch and stuff.

Besides, it's not that difficult for a high-level character to make a perception check at a -6 penalty.

I'm pretty sure we're gonna be here awhile-we're at sea, where are we gonna go? We have a lot of time to plan.

ahem...the gm didn't mention a person in the crows nest in the description (although admittedly my eyesight is poor, so illuminate me on what line says person in crowsnest)

"Now, Fishguts did say he needs a chef's hand, but that fat slob can wait. I need a new rigger more. Let's see the five of you climb the mast to the crow's nest. Someone wake up the mouth fishmonger, and the first one to make it gets beaten the least." A nearby pirate grabs a bucket, lowers it via rope into the ocean and then pours the salty water over Lorin to resuscitate him.

Emphasis mine. I took that to mean that there is a crewman above and he is asleep, and the first to wake him wins.

that could mean as well...I am ahem...vocal and was knocked out

Ah, you are likely right on that :D

Some clarification.

(1) Movement is increments of 5ft. Sorry mate, you need a few more rolls.
(2) I was in fact referring to Lorin as the 'mouthy fishmonger' (Plugg has a negative modifier on Knowledge (religion) and believes Dagon is a TN god of fish).
(3) The captain is currently 70 feet away, in his cabin. He'd need to hear through 2 walls, and high airspeeds at the top of the sails further muffle sound. If you guys want to chat, you can, but it'll only be for the number of rounds between when you get there and second last person gets there. Anything over that.... well, there will probably be consequences.
(4) There is currently no-one in the crows nest. The regular riggers came down to the deck to see the Captain's address. It's a formality at the start of a voyage.... some of them also wanted to see you get beaten, Lorin.

how many rolls? (im assuming anything under 10 is basically a five foot slip).

I promise that Plugg will understand what Dagon truly is...after all one of the most sacred rituals of Dagon is cutting off the sacrifice's fingers (then the toes, ears, arms, legs and entrails) and feeding them to Dagons sacred animal the shark.

how many rolls? (im assuming anything under 10 is basically a five foot slip).

10+ is a successful climb.

And at the moment, Plugg is totally ignorant of every deity apart from Besmara. He doesn't get the concept of deities, and only pays observance to Besmara because it's custom. Even then, he cheapens out on throwing treasure overboard to appease her.

should I just make 12 new rolls (assuming each one is 10+)?

should I just make 12 new rolls (assuming each one is 10+)?

Nah, the rolls + extra roles you have on there is fine. You stumble twice, and take 14 rounds to get to the top.