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The Eel finally has found a battle he can't slip away from and dies at last.
Loot:
Elixir of fire breath,
Potion of cure serious wounds,
Potion of water breathing,
Eel skin armor (+2 slick electricity resistance leather armor),
EELS SKIN ARMOR
Aura moderate evocation; CL 6th
Slot armor; Price 33,810 gp; Weight 15lbs.
DESCRIPTION
This red +2 slick electricity resistance leather armor is crafted from
the skin of the crimson hagfish, more commonly known as the Shackles slime eel.
The armor exudes a slippery slime that grants its wearer a +5 competence bonus on Escape Artist and Swim checks. In addition, as a standard action once per day, the wearer can form an aura of electricity around himself that persists for 5 rounds.
Creatures adjacent to the wearer when this power is activated and at the start of the wearer's turn take 2d6 points of electricity damage and are staggered for 1 round.
A successful DC14 Reflex save halves the damage and negates the staggering effect.
+1 light mace,
Chime of opening,
Handy haversack,
Ring of jumping,
You find Sefina's shawl in his Handy haversack.
Avimar Sorrinash is not pleased with the nights events, but can't pin the blame on you with the other captains there as witnesses.
Lady Cerise Bloodmourn does tell you that The Eel was an associate of Captain Harrigan.
What this means is you are confirmed as rulers of the isle of empty eyes and as free captains with seats on the council.
So any housekeeping you want to do before we move onto the next book? You are now in charge of the isle, and also have proof that Harrigan hasn't forgotten you. :)
Cass clambers back onto the deck and says with a sigh, "Glad that's over with. What's our next move? We have a port town to manage now."
"We need to establish ourselves firmly as the best place to research the Ancient Cyclop's empire. Vacation spot to the scholarly and the disparate! We should start to build some cheap beach houses for rent..."
Oh yeah...do we level up here?
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"In addition to beach houses, we should build an archive. A place for research journals and books. Wizards and scholars interested in studying the cyclops ruins can search for information there, and leave copies of their discoveries."
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"I don't think any of us are trained as architects, engineers, or civic planners. We need to find someone that we can lavishly pay to plan this out so that our little port doesn't suffer structural and growth problems in the long run."
"Speaking of growth, we should think now about ways to insure a regular supply of food and materials for hosting crews and repairing ships that put into port..."
Cass starts scribbling notes as she puts her prodigious intellect to work thinking about the problems of making sure that this new town survives and thrives.
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"The sea can provide a great deal, and Mase did want to see if we would be open to trading. So I would suggest to reach out to him and have him set up trade with his people are they are not far away." Esmarelda pointed out.
"Honestly... I'd just like a tavern... A nice little place where people can gather and drink." Esmarelda said with a grin. 'And learn what secrets I can'
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"big enough lands enough space for some crops.... lets see if we cant fins some farmers... or at least someone who knows about growing ot abouve some free labor if need be. and two taverns.... at least. friendly competition. Ash... be a dear and return the shawl let our friend know this is the one time we overlook something of this magnitude. Let me reach out to my "wife" at The rock, see if she has any advice or mutual trade we can do. Lets see here... Docks, a repair yaard perhaps... plantations/farms A wizards tower.... two taverns at least i believe we owe som,eone a brothel chapter house and of course a large shrine of small temple to out patron Besmara.
He paused looking to the horizon....
"I feel like im missing something"
"Where do we stay? If everything goes to plan I'll have a tower, but you all don't want to be sleeping on the floor of my alchemy lab."
"You should have an impressive and defensible edifice as befits your station."
"You all have stations." Esmarelda pointed out. "I do not, so a nice place above the tavern or maybe right next to it would be good enough for me. To start that is." She stated with a smirk. She had plans of course, but a stopgap for the time being wouldn't go amiss.
"But I do agree at least three of you need high class places."
Ashlei will DEFINITELY return the shawl in person...
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The next part starts with the news that there has been a Pirate council called in Port peril. You now have a seat on the council and should make your way there as quickly as possible..
Cass says, "The good news is, if we cut down a lot of trees, I can rapidly turn them into lumber with a fabricate spell. It can do the entire process of turning them into planks, then we season them and varnish them and we have usable building wood for everything that Ashlei wants to construct. Same for stone: I can use magic to hew out stone and then shape it into structures with stone shape."
"Because of the possibility of storms or pirate attacks, I recommend that we have a fortified structure built into the rock, probably by excavating out from under the fort. That will give us a place that's protected from weather and from waterborne assaults. I can also speed this process a bit with expeditious excavation and expeditious construction, which will allow me to dig small pits in places where we want to tunnel, then move the soil to make berms and low walls, which we'll want around exposed walkways or paths leading to and from the fort and around the island. It'll offer some protection in the event of invasions, and also keep drunken sailors from falling off the edge of a hill and tumbling into the drink."
"We'll need to take a trip to the mainland by ship to hire people and bring in additional building materials, such as slate shingles, nails, and rope. If we offer land for farms with a low tax rate, people will move here, especially if it comes with a house, but we might want some safeguards in place to make sure we don't wind up with an island entirely filled with murderers and sex pests. No offense, Ashlei."
"I don't know teleportation magic, unfortunately, so I can't speed our travel progress in that regard. I can, however, run my own ship by myself or with one or two extras (I will have to sleep sometime), so we can split up or make extra trips."
Waving off the wizard’s apology, Ashlei snickers and replies.
”Sounds like a plan either way. Right now we need to focus on getting to the meeting.”
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Cassiopeia raises invisible forces that bring up the sails on her ship, roll up the anchor and handle all of the rigging through eerie, self-propelled means.
You set a fast course and are sailing well to the east, on the second day you see a dilapidated barkentine making directly towards your ships?
As it draws closer you can see it has a black sail with a figure of a full, pale moon with a faint skull gracing it.
This is the cult ship known as the Dying moon.
This dilapidated barkentine carries a cult of Groetus making their way around the Inner Sea preaching apocalypse and spreading their nihilistic
philosophy.
These followers of the God of the End Times are fanatical in their
beliefs and thoroughly mad, and boldly commandeer other vessels they come across, either converting or sacrificing the crews.
Sometimes the ship and crew practice less violent methods, making a show of peace in order to gain access to another ship in order to proselytize about their grim patron's ultimate goal of total apocalypse. Few care
to hear their mad ravings, though, and these evangelical missions often end in bloodshed.
You have 10 rounds before the ships are in range of each other. What are you doing?
"Well that looks ominous."
Cass's message spell is pretty powerful, but 200' across the waves is closer than ships usually sail in formation. She settles for using semaphore, and her ship's message flags, hoisted by invisible forces, signal trouble.
Ash waves her hand is dismissal.
”What the heck is that piece if crap? Should we worry? We could sail rings around that ship!”