Skull & Shackles: Sails under a blood red sky.

Game Master DBH

Sorry no update. As usual it gets busy this time of year.

I'll make it official.

No updates this week. We'll see how much time people have next Monday and maybe pick up again if there are enough of you back.

Sounds good. Happy Holidays everyone!

Happy holidays all. Hope you have a good break.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Surprise, surprise. Looks like putting holidays in the middle of the week means that weeks a write off. :)

Lets start again on the coming Monday.

Hope you're all having a reasonably good holiday season.

Understood. Happy New Year everyone!

Sorry, I have to be out and about for business today. No update.

Well, winter is officially the worst season for me. Between losing my brother-in-law, then having to get my gallbladder out... on Christmas eve none the less, my other mother-in-law starting up again with giving all her money to a scammer that she knows is a scammer and asking money from us, I am... so glad it is the new year!

Thank you all for being understanding and patient.

Wow-ch! My life just suddenly appears measurably better for some reason! Can I say 'thank you' for the new life perspective without sounding snarky or impolite?
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Thank you-truly! And I'm glad you are feeling better.

Geez. Sorry you're dealing with all that. Just remember to breathe. Glad to see you're able to keep your head above water.

It's been hard but thankfully things are starting to calm down. And it's no problem, I'm glad it helps. Perspective is good and I don't feel insulted that I can give you some!

Honestly it is better than my father and stepmother in laws who are currently dealing with evicting my late brother in law's long time girlfriend...

Sorry, no update today. I've got the Monday illness.

No update sorry, car problems have kept me rushing around all day trying to get if working again. Stinking hot day as well so I'm really washed out. :(

Did get the car working thankfully. Though it will need to go in and get a serious servicing.

I'm sure there's something good in the wreck, even if it's just a decent amount of gold. Do we want to address the Sargassum now?

Unless the Sargassum move's out of its territory, we should focus on getting the island ready for visitors. We need to finish getting the fort up and running. I still think we should build a large boat dock into the bay for quickly loading and unloading freight and passengers as well. We also need to hire some basic servants, experts (carpenters, stone masons, and blacksmiths) and others to begin using the island's natural resources to our location's benefit.

I agree, though that's going to be pretty expensive, so the more stuff of value we have available the better, hence the shipwreck. If nothing else it's a possible source of more gold/plunder, which we need to fix up the island.

Nevermind, I see it;'s assumed we explore the wreck

Sorry, I went to update but the board was undergoing maintenance. No update today as I'm out of time.

Loot breakdown?

+1 keen cutlass - I say give this to one of our best NPC crewmembers that can use it unless one of us wants to use it?

a watertight scroll tube containing a scroll of transmute rock to mud and two scrolls of water breathing- Is our wizard or Cleric interested in these?

a jeweled scepter worth 300gp,
a coral statuette worth 125gp,
nine diamonds worth 100gp each,
380gp, 769sp, and 43cp.

- I say we invest the rest of this cash into paying the crew and hiring NPCs to help rebuild the fort.

It's all been added to the loot sheet. A keen cutlass is a pretty good weapon as far as rit range (15-20)

We should definitely distribute the scrolls and wands.

The gold total from the Art, Gems, Etc. is 9,365 (subtracted the Fashionable outfits and dresses and lady's jewelry since we'll likely use them for the banquet we have to throw.)

In addition to that we have 219 Platinum, 14,047 Gold to work with as well. I agree with setting up docks and fixing up the Fort being the priorities.

Of anybody's crit focused, the +1 Keen Cutlass is pretty wicked (15-20)

Do we actually have an accounting of our total crew?

Normally one unit of your plunder is used as the crews share.

So take off 1000gp. Or more if you wish to reward them for sitting on the boats while you do all the work. :)

Knocked off a point of plunder.

For 5,850, I could make a lyre of building. Anyone proficient with string instruments?

A question. Which other Captains are you on friendly terms with?

id have to back track but i know we werte cool with a lady one.

Yeah, Our current strongest ally is Tessa Fairwind. We're also on good terms with Pierce Jerrell.

Allies that aren't captains but of note Dindreann, High Priestess of House of Stolen Kisses, Lady Smythee if The Rock

Thanks. Pierce is one I was looking for. You would have met most of the potential allies before I took over the game.

I'm also handwaving you getting rid of the Haunt in the fort courtyard. You cleared it out and it's gone.

Sorry, ran out of time today. No update.

No update today due to stuff.

Sorry for going quiet. Health very poor at the moment. Constant nausea and lethargy have me medicated and sleeping as much as I can.

Hoping to recover in a day or two.

Rest well, hope you feel better soon.

I too am super under the weather ive gotten the flu really bad been almost bedridden for like 4 days now on the plus side finally starting to feel better

Aww sorry. Hope you feel better soon too.

Should I feel guilty that I feel OK? Nah...I had a heart bypass then a heart attack over a year ago.

Please! Everyone take care of yourselves. Games can wait.

@Ashlei. If you feel OK then definitely be happy. At my age when I feel good I enjoy it to the full! :)

Feeling a bit better, catching up on all the things I haven't done this week. In short bursts followed by rests as I'm still lacking energy. At least I'm clearheaded again.

Some form of flu or bug, Doctor said it was something seasonal, she looked like she'd been seeing it a lot. The antibiotics killed it thankfully.

Start again on Monday. Thanks for the patience.

That's a lot to take in! Let's count up our Plunder booty, and see if/where we fall short...

Add this to the loot sheet since I seem to have forgotten to tell you about this stash.

This is Bikendi's treasure horde that he tells you about when you free him from his unlife.

Pirates horde:

A potion of heroism,
A ring of sustenance,
A scroll of Gaseous form,
a skeleton anchor,
A bone wand of False life (23 charges remaining),
A diamond worth 1000gp, a jeweled headdress worth 800gp, a jade necklace worth 350gp, and a carved darkwood mask worth 100gp.

In addition, the chamber contains a variety of valuable trade goods stolen
from ships, including alcohol, gems, ivory, ceramic vases, and whale oil, worth a total of 10 points of plunder.

There were a couple of monsters and traps getting to the horde but as you were warned about them I hand-waved them.

Remember 1000gp = 1 point of plunder.

Will add that to the tally and total everything up later. We've definitely got the plunder to do this even before all the items are liquidated.

Sorry ive not been as active been sick the last two weeks with bad head/chest cold thats turned into walking pneumonia. i think im finally on the upswing though

Good to hear. Take all the time you need, I know what being sick feels like.

I'll bot you if we need to move on.

Yeouch! Glad to hear that you're on the mend.

Okay, so we've got 27 pts of plunder, 219 Platinum, 14,047 Gold (liquidating gems except for diamonds gives another 9,975gp)

That's not counting liquidating weapons or armor. So we should definitely spend the plunder we need on the renovations/upgrades. Buy the lyre.

Anybody need anything? If everyone agrees I'll deduct the necessary expenses and let everyone know of the split if people want to make purchases.

So with the help of our allies/friends, that's a cost of 13 PP so far, plus another 5 for supplies. I'll deduct that from our totals

Getting the car worked on so no update today.

If I take my next level as a Bard I can use the Lyre easily enough I think.

I wouldn't mind replacing some of my used one-shot magic items if possible and some other things:

Wasp Nest of Swarming, Javelin of Lightning, Feather Tokens (bird, tree, and anchor), maybe also get a Bag of Tricks (Rust colored or better).

I was also wanting to get my Starknife enchanted further with the Called ability so I can teleport it back to my hand as a swift action...

I can make just about anything at 45% cost (instead of 50%), so it's just a matter of time. Figure out what you wanna spend and how long it'll take and I'll make the Spellcraft rolls!

I also feel like your starknife should, at some point, get the flaming burst ability...

I can make just about anything at 45% cost (instead of 50%), so it's just a matter of time. Figure out what you wanna spend and how long it'll take and I'll make the Spellcraft rolls!

I also feel like your starknife should, at some point, get the flaming burst ability...

I can already cause it to heat up and cause fire damage with feats. More fire would just be a bit redundant I think...and not much fun. Acid however...

Back from Canada. We can definitely use the proceeds from items we can't use and sell off to go toward crafting things we can use.

Not dead! thanks for the concern! i did get to spend some days attached to oxygen evidently my levels were low. on the mend and even at home. terrible exhausted already but will be posting soon!