Skulls & Shackles (Inactive)

Game Master Foxy Quickpaw

Lito stops singing as the fog clears.

Lito yells out to the enemy crew.
Cast down your weapons, strip off your armor and kneel down in the bow of the ship or be slain where you stand!

The last few members of the crew - the civilian captain and four sailors - do as told putting out some daggers and a brass knuckle.

On the other ship the pirates start shouting "Let us out!"

Lito starts directing the Kracken's crew to strip the bodies of the marines, toss the bodies in the water and loot the hold of the pirate hunter.

Loremaster (Local) 10 + 10 = 20 to know what the standard customs are when a pirate ship is rescued by another crew.

Captain, how do you want to play this? Set the captured sailors loose at sea or hold them for ransom? In any case I'd vote we take the ship and either sell it or use it at the rock.

"Everyone who wants to become a pirate can come with us. All others can try their luck with the ship's boat. And besides that we have two ships to sell." Besmara decides. "Or do you want to keep one of them to become a captain of your own?" she asks Lito.

From the other crew only 14 pirates are left and the captain is with the fishes already.

He replies softly to Besmara:
Nope, I think we'll make a better team together captain.
Maybe one day we'll make a fleet of ships, and I'll take one as captain, but for now we need to focus on making the Kracken and rock the strongest it can be. We will be better at that together then apart.

Then he walks to the captured crew and says:

Because you surrender without fighting us, Captain Besmara has decided to be merciful on you. Those of you who want to swear reality to the Captain can sign up to join us. The rest of you will be placed on your ships boat with 3 days of food and water.

I suggest you make your choice soon, as we are about to release the pirates you captured and they may not take kindly to the captains decision given what you did to the rest of the crew.

That last sentence persuades all of the Chelaxian Crew to try their luck with the ships boat. The pirates from the Vorsfang gladly accept the offer to join Besmara's Crew.

Which makes 47+14=61 pirates. As no one knows and no one wants to go through all the old posts I decide this is now the number of pirates which have no alias of their own.

So are we full?

"Look all of em' I got me work cut out fer me to whip em in ta shape."

Estelle will go and see Sandara to get her wounds bandaged.

Sqwak! Welcome aboard Pluck's Chariot!

"Lito, you're going to command the Famished Mane, Estelle you the Vorsfang. Grab some crew and bring the ships under sail. We're going to sell them. We're going to Port Peril for that." Besmara orders.

Estelle looks at Besmara but complies, "Owlbear and Flips with me, grab whoever and we be gettin' under the way."

Estelle will grab her stuff and head over to Vorsfang looking the ship over.

who's ship was on fire?"

The Vorsfang
The 14 pirates who were originally from the Vorsfang come with Estelle to make the ship ready.

Lito grabs the port watch off the Kracken and they first making sure all three ships are seaworthy. Then they start getting the Famished Mane ready to sail.

Then he gathers Besmara and Estelle.
Captains, we will need a way to communicate. Do you want to use flags/lanterns? That or magic has been the standards I've seen used on my past voyages.

Can we assume it's part of profession Sailor to read semifore signals?

"Flags, that be how I learned as a lass back home." Estelle picks up some of the flags and does an S O S

Proff Sailor: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (6) + 11 = 17

"Flags is a good choice. Lanterns only at night if it has to be. But I'd say last one in Port Peril is a lame duck. But never more than two miles apart." Besmara replies with a grin.

"So get off my ship, I have a race to win."

"Everyone ready! Let's show them who is the fastest on the sea!"

Prof(Sailor): 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (10) + 15 = 25
Plus rapid deploy sails +10% speed due to silken sails

"Ye heard the Cap'n, OFF HER SHIP and on to ours, lets beat her sorry ass back ta Port Peril."

Estelle will rush off onto the Vorsfang.

Profession Sailor: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

Estelle could swear she hears a constant stream of cuss words, but it's hard to tell with the wind and the distance.

Oh, these s&%$ty rolls I'm going to retrain the skill focus for something useful as it doesn't help s*&* anyway! Going Rumpelstiltskin on the poop deck :P

It is really a wasted 20

Estelle signals back to Besmara

Lito heads back and works with the crew to get his ship going:
Sailor: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (3) + 10 = 13

All right you lot, ye risked your skin to capture this beauty, let's get it to port so you all can get paid!

At least Lito is a gentleman and leaves some of Besmara's dignity intact. The trip to the port is long but uneventful. There is a ship in the far distance which might have been a pirate or not. But the sight of a Chelaxian Merchant tailing two pirate ships under full sails lets it go the other direction.

Finally all reach Port Peril and drop anchor in the harbor.

Time for Lito to get a good price.

Estelle will buy a round for those on her ship, and a pony cag for the great captain Besmara.

Noonan looks into getting Pluck something so he can drop tanglefoot bags on people

Lito sets about looking for a good price on the ships and loot
Diplomacy(Famished Mane): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (15) + 17 = 32
Diplomacy(Vorsfang): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23
Diplomacy(Loot): 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (6) + 17 = 23

Did I get a list of immediate needs that the Rock has from Agasta? Because hopefully with what we sell we can address those needs, reward the crew and have cash to set up the ship and officers.

Lito's tongue is worth pure gold. He manages to find a buyer for the Famished Mane who is willing to pay 12000gold. The Vorsfang changes it's owner for 11000.

No loot on both ships. Do we still have some? If so you sell it off at 110% of the price.

Sqwak! Now I can afford a harem of pretty parrots!

Estelle's eyes go wide at the prices that Lito has brought in for the ships.

"No won't the Chelish bastard's be after us fer sellin' their ship?"

Estelle buys everyone a second round for the selling of the ships.

"They are after us anyway. So let's enjoy what we got and let them come. We'll sell those too." Besmara replies.

Besmara takes a few hours off from her duty as Captain and visits her parents to tell them what happened and how she is now an Infamous Pirate Captain and how she has slain already dozens of these hated Chelaxians. And how she plans to pay back that Harrigan for gang pressing her.

Finally she returns to the Kraken make plans for the next foray.

"Cap'n can I visit me mum?"

Estelle takes Besmara a side for a few moments.

I am out till about 5 EST today, so I won't be responding till after that

"I don't know if ye can and I don't care. Be back before we leave port tomorrow."

After selling the ships, Lito distributes the money to the various crew members and reminds them that we will be leaving tomorrow.

He also makes sure that there is a watch schedule that allows all of them a good abount of time to enjoy their spoils, but always have some of them stay on board the ship to guard it, and some of them working together with Fishguts and Trytton to restock the ship.

See the discussion thread for how we distributed funds

In the evening he takes a group of sailors (anyone who wants to go) and heads over to the Formidably Maid tavern to drink and tell stories. There he spins a yarn about the valor of the crew rescuing the Vorsfang from pirate hunters.

Oratory for infamy: 1d20 + 17 ⇒ (20) + 17 = 37

Needless to say the people there are very impressed with the pirate crew of the Kracken and their amazing Captain Besmara

Besmara comes along to listen to the stories Lito tells. As always she is excited to hear about her great deed she did and Lito doesn't disappoint. As always.

+2 infamy and disrepute

Noonan heads out with Pluck to check the stores and buy a few things. Pluck flaps off to boast to the other parrots about how his fine crew triumphed over the human devil-worshipers and attracts some parrots over to the ship to serve as his minions.

"Shooo, get away. Don't bother me!" The other resident parrot is going to get hoarse with all these new parrots around.

Estelle will buy some lunch and go visit her mom, leaving her mom with some coinage but not enough to draw the eyes of pirates all around.

could we bring her on crew to help Fish guts?

Besmara sits with Lito once he is finished with his story telling and buys him a drink. "Tell me Lito, where is that cabin girl you hired earlier. I haven't seen her since."

Estelle will return to the ship after having lunch with her mum. Searching out Besmara, to ask her a question.

"Cap'n I got a question," Upon noticing Lito, Estelle smiles at him. "Sorry to interrupt yer date, but I was wonderin' if me mum could join the crew, she's a good cook and could be helping out fishguts since there be more crew on this boat now."

"Cooks get no share of the loot. But if she is fine with just getting paid for cooking and she is as good as you tell I'm fine with that. But if she serves s@!+, you're doing the keel hauling on her." Besmara replies.

"I be takin' responsibility cap'n, we be needin' the help and she won't be needin' money."

Estelle will go find her mum, returning with her to the ship.

"Cap'n tis be me mum" Estelle's mum has red hair as well just more tamed than her daughters.

I think Fishguts is gunna be jealous.

"Welcome to the crew. If ye throw a hard punch like ye daugther there'll be no more nagging about the food." Besmara jokes.

[b]Wait she hasn't been taking care of your cabin? I'll find her and talk to her about making sure she's working.[/ooc]

I want planning on playing her, just making her background servant... do you want me to play her? I could make her a mischievous little imp...

Estelle will take her mother down to meet fish guts and get her settled in, giving the crew looks to keep them away. After a bit she will return to the Besmara's cabin.

"Cap'n, we are we ta be under way?" Estelle knocks on the door.

"We sail once all are done with their business in town. Hopefully tomorrow mornin." Besmara replies.

Before calling it a day Besmara pays Chay a visit. Holding her daggers out she asks "Can you make them magic?" She leaves them with him for the time being and enjoys a relaxed evening testing how well Estelle's mum can make appetizers.

As all that pirating doesn't do itself the Kraken leaves Port Peril the next morning to raid the sea. On the way along the coast Conchobar spots a fishing trawler that rides low in the water, heeling several degrees to port. It is obviously taking on water. The sails flap loosely from the yards and a fishing net drags in the water over the starboard side.

"Ship on starboard!" Conchobar shouts down from the crow's nest.

Besmara takes out the spyglass and takes a look. "Meh, a half sunken fish trawler."

Any people?