Skull & Shackles: Sails under a blood red sky.

Game Master DBH

There was too much of a crowd about the creature and If his lover had it locked from being able to teleport he wasnt sure it couldnt flee the old fashioned way. So he moved to flank it and keep it surrounded.

Double move to get into range, couldnt really get close enough to attack it with a single move.

The look a sheer annoyance upon Esmarelda's face was enough to strike fear into a normal person's heart. Turning on her heel the rogue bolted back towards the group as quickly as her feet would carry her.

Run, she runs. turn

Orange 5' steps away until it can cast Fear, hitting everyone but Cassiopeia.

Will save DC19 or you are Panicked.

Everyone may now act again. Percy and Esmeralda last.

Will Save + Bless + Charmed Life - Wis Damage: 1d20 + 4 + 1 + 4 - 1 ⇒ (20) + 4 + 1 + 4 - 1 = 28

"HA!"

Stepping to the side, Ashlei holds up her hand triumphantly!

FIRE! 15 foot cone: Reflex DC15 for 1/2: 5d4 ⇒ (2, 1, 2, 3, 2) = 10

Rhialla feels the fear begin to creep in, before her stubbornness and the sheer defiance of her goddess' blessing shrugs it off.

Will/Bless: 1d20 + 11 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 11 + 1 = 19

Gesturing in a quick throwing motion, she sends a dagger of pure ice flying into the animate dream, a sharp contrast to the blast of flame.

Icicle: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (9) + 10 = 19
Cold: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

Remember to do your caster level checks to beat SR!

Concentration: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (14) + 15 = 29
Caster level check: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (6) + 10 = 16

Cass fires off a set of magic missiles that fizzle out and do nothing.

Mine isn't a spell, Domain ability (Su)

SLA Spell Penetration: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (16) + 10 = 26

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 2 = 21

Esmarelda held firm and moved in for, hopefully, a kill.

Attack: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

ref save vs Burning hands: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (18) + 8 = 26

Rhialla & Esmarelda both miss.

Percy?

Will Save + bless: 1d20 + 6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 2 + 1 = 13

He froze for a second and grew very very pale. That thing was going to be the end of him, he just supernaturally knew it. Seeing the open gate he just dropped everything in his hands and ran for the safety of his ship and crew.

Growl,expletive, expletive growl Man one saucy word about this and I swear *lawl*

When danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled...

Orange turns slightly and snaps at Esmarelda

bite: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (11) + 16 = 27
damage Negative energy + Nightmare curse: 6d8 ⇒ (4, 2, 1, 5, 6, 2) = 20

20 points negative energy damage & a DC21 will save. Fail and you lose 1d4 wisdom and are fatigued!

Everyone can now act.

Screeching, Ashlei steps up to land a hit on the thing again...

"DO NOT IGNORE ME B*%**!"

+1 Starknife vs. Incorporeal+Bless: 1d20 + 17 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 17 + 1 = 25
Magic/Silver Damage+Scorching(NO Precision!): 1d4 + 4 + 1d6 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 4 + (5) + 0 + 1 = 13

Hit?: 1d100 ⇒ 14

+1 Starknife vs. Incorporeal+Bless-Iterative: 1d20 + 17 - 5 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 17 - 5 + 1 = 14
Magic/Silver Damage+Scorching(NO Precision!): 1d4 + 4 + 1d6 + 0 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 4 + (5) + 0 + 1 = 11

Hit?: 1d100 ⇒ 100

Seeing the fear take hold of Percy, and the otherworldly monster viciously bites Esmarelda. Rhialla makes a violent gesture, bringing her hand down as she calls upon Besmara's vengeance, raining flame and retribution on the entity.

CL vs SR: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (13) + 10 = 23

Flamestrike: 10d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 6) = 30 HALF FIREDAMAGE/HALF DIVINE DAMAGE

Spell area marked on map

@Rhialla. What is the Ref Save on that Flame strike?

Ref save vs Flame strike: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24

Ashlei cuts it once.

Rhialla blasts it with sacred flame.

Esmarelda & Cassiopeia to act.

Cass takes a small step back (5'), concentrates on her pearl necklace, and recasts haste on the team.

17

With the new added gift from Cassiopeia's magic, Esmarelda tried once more the slash away at this... thing.

Attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (1) + 5 = 6
Haste attack: 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (13) + 12 = 25
Damage: 1d6 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Between Rhialla's magic & Esmarelda's blade the wounded creature flickers out of existance.

The courtyard is quiet again. It might be a good time to leave and recover from this place. :)

What now?

Seeing the enemy dissipate screaming causes Ashlei to howl with laughter!

Slamming her starknife into the ground she raises both her fists and proclaims loudly...

"THIS FORT IS CLAIMED FOR CAPTAIN 'NO MERCY' PERCY! ANYONE WHO WOULD REFUTE THIS...SPEAK NOW...AND BE PREPARED TO FOREVER HOLD YOUR GUTS IN AFTER I EVISCERATE YOU!"

You have your captive. No one attacking you at the moment. You're wounded and running low on spells. What are you doing. Heading back to rest at your ship, or staying here?

I vote ship. Of course Ashlei's Wisdom is still damaged...she might disagree.

"Alright, let's head back to the ship, lock this one in the brig, under gag and constant watch, and comeback once we're recovered and restocked." Rhialla says.

You have a quiet nights rest on your ship. Nothing seems ready to attack you....yet.

Your captive awakes in the morning and looks somewhat more stable? It seems a nights rest outside the fort has been good for him.

What are you doing now?

Interrogation! Oh...do we heal naturally from the Wis damage, or do we need some Restoration spells?

Standard is you'd health 1 pt of ability damage per day, two if recieving care with the gesl skill.

As far as other healing I'd bur remaining channels and high level spells as Cures before going to bed

Between the Animate Dreams and other parties using the Nightmare spell on him constantly, a nights sleep away from them has been a big help. You think another days healing, and another nights peaceful sleep would make him at least coherent enough to question.

With a solid night's rest and healing, Rhialla assesses the prisoner's condition. "Anothet day and a peaceful night, he might recover enough to be able to answer questions." she tells her companions.

"We can head back and explore some more, staring within a day's trek and see what we can get out of him tomorrow."

Did I ever use my magic ring on the corpse we found underneath the fort?

Cassiopeia is glad to finally be done with the strange nightmare entities, and spends some time brushing out her hair and generally caring for her own welfare the next day.

"I feel like we'll have some better luck now," she says. "I'm ready to see what other secrets this island holds."

You are fully rested and recovered. Your 'guest' seems to be mostly sleeping, his face slowly losing the lines of stress and fear that had marked it heavily.

Where are you heading in the fort?

Did I ever use my magic ring on the corpse we found underneath the fort?

I don't think so.

Everyone remember to set yourself back to full HP/STATS

"Agreed! Let's head back and continue where we left off." Rhialla says as they prepare to head out again after checking on the crew's progress.

Please give me a destination from the map.

I would like to start in the secret treasure room underneath the fort, and see what my ring tells me whatever it can on how/why the corpse died there.

Having the unnatural and magical fear carry him he felt like halfway back to the camps he was honestly not too keen on even going back up to the overlooking fort...But it had to be done. He had even tossed aside the idea of talking to Rhialla about perhaps seeing if wearing out the fiery ifrit at night would make he less... excitable during the day. He did set the crew to start a small dock to be built towards their ship to ease in the transporting of goods from the ship to the land and vice versa and double checked the defenses being set up as well.

"Hey Rhialla love... what do you think the chances of today going smooth are?"

He began as he eyes the getting to be pretty familiar form of the fort of they treked up there.

You make the secret treasure room without incident. However when Ashlei presses the Ring of the iron skull to the corpse there she gets no response?

To stop any questions or complaints I suggest you read the Rings description. :).

You are in B31 in the Fort basement. What are you doing now?

So he's 'alive' or 'undead' somewhere huh? Good to know! If he was magically 'cloned', would he be considered dead or alive I wonder? So unless he managed to transfer bodies magically, then he's an undead now.

Looking much more calm now that she's had time to finally rest, heal, and bathe...Ashlei looks around at everyone and explains what is happening with the ring.

"We should burn most of the body but keep a small portion for the future. That way he can't reanimate this corpse in any way and I can use the ring in the future to make sure we know he's dead, assuming we need to 'kill' him again ourselves. I can't believe I almost forgot to check this guy..."

She kisses her magic ring and performs a quick sign to Besmara.

"It's probably going to be a while before a day goes completely smoothly, Love." the cleric replies to her lover. "Definitely not boring though. I think once we take charge of the place properly, it'll settle down a bit."

"Nicely done, Ash. That's a pretty creative use of it!" Rhialla praises Ashlei. "Guess we have an undead or ghost to look out for."

Esmarelda chuckled a bit at the exchange between Percival and Rhialla. "You'd think by now you all would have learned." She began with a smirk on her lips. "The Shackles never goes smoothly, does tend to get more manageable though as you learn to deal."

"Once we're done securing this island, we going to celebrate properly...and I mean CELEBRATE!" Rhialla answers with a grin worthy of Besmara herself.

"I dunno," muses Cassiopeia absent-mindedly as she runs her hands down her slick bodysuit. "Everything seems to go smoothly underwater."

He snorted at his gathered officers and barely managed a shake of his head. He was glad he didnt always say what he thought, though it was clear his eyes were drawn to Cass's actions.

"Undead... you heard the lady. Lets pick up where we left off.. Everyone keep sharp eyes out."

He ordered trying to collect his thoughts elsehwere besides on possible Celebrations.

So where are you heading now? You now know that you have a possibly undead Wizard somewhere in the fort. The Animate dreams are summoned critters and are now gone. Also there are still the Phase spiders lurking in the Ethereal plane watching you for a chance to pick off someone by themselves.

Rolling her eyes at the others antics, Ashlei feels weird trying to get them to focus on the next phase of the fort's clearing. She points a dagger around in the air.

"Cap'n? We need to check every nook and cranny we haven't looked into yet, trash any monsters we can stab, and find every hidey-hole left. Then we need to plug this place up and make it defensible again. I say...we bring in half the crew and start a wave of steel. Anything moves we capture or kill it. Then we need to set up some sort of semi-permanent protection against the spider-men things. We can block their weird movement eventually. Right? With magic?"

Anyone?

"Alright, time to take a look about, Ash. Keep those lovely ears open for my call. I believe those damn spiders will only show if we appear to be alone, and I wont be using any of you for bait... unless its for my cabin. You ladies check out out that building to the south (B13) I'll check the one to the north.

He paused and pulled out his sword. The building didnt look large enough to effectively use his pike.

Sorry holiday season had me busy

"Got it."

Cassiopeia moves cautiously, waiting on Rhialla and Ash for cover.

Frowning at the Captain going off on his own, Ashlei nods and leads the others toward the designated building. She toss her hair over her shoulder casually.

"You know we will probably have to go and rescue him later...right? But we can't call it a rescue can we? It would destroy his Ego, and possibly hurt his ability to command. We will call it: Expertly disobeying orders at the exact right moment. Fair enough?"

Nodding, Rhialla moves along with the other women, chuckling at Ashlie's assessment of Percy's plan. "He set the trap, we'll simply be springing it to implement a well orchestrated plan." she says with a smile.

Holidays always sneak up on me... That and my work is transitioning so that takes a tone of work! XD

"But none of you play instruments." Esmarelda said with a smirk, "Well, not the musical kind." She joked with a small laugh. "And a rescue is fine, knowing their Captian is willing to put his life and not that lives of his crew, will inspire them more than calling it a rescue."