Three days after the storm the crew is rested... well as rested as anyone can get on a pirate ship drinking the poison they call 'rum'. With Sandara's greatful help the crew manages to rest up and heal from any negative status effects. The next three days pass relatively easily. The crew's reaction to your group is mixed. Those who were already on your side seem to have a bit of respect for your group, while those who had a negative opinion of you felt you were stupid, risking several crew members for a drunk.
Plugg calls you on the deck early on the 11th day. Sandara is there as well, looking like she feels somewhat naked with out her hat. Her red hair cascades down her her shoulders as she stands impatiently waiting for Plugg's orders. She lights a small pipe and has a smoke while she waits for the crew to gather.
Land can be spotted from the deck.
You are approaching the slithering coast. The water here is shallow and navigation is tricky.
Once everyone has gathered Plugg looks up and down the crew carefully, ”Seeing how you lot like to go swimmin' heh. I figured you would be perfect for this assignment. The Captain wants crabs for dinner. See that reef over there?” He points to a reef about 200 feet north of the ship. He motions to some pots on the deck.
”Feel these up and bring them back.” Plugg then adds, ”Well hurry up before I keel haul all of you!.” as he walks off .
Sandara grins, ”So... want to go for another swim?” Sandara strips off most of her clothes leaving a modest amount of material covering her waist and breasts, she removes her shoes and leaves behind everything except her rapier and holy symbol.
Waters are calm and clear, anyone with a 0 or higher in swim can take a 10 and make it to the reef safely. Anyone who needs assistance will need to make rolls and or get assist rolls enough to make it 200 feet.
Make a Swim check once per round while you are in the water. Success means you may swim at up to half your speed (as a full-round action) or at a quarter of your speed (as a move action). If you fail by 4 or less, you make no progress. If you fail by 5 or more, you go underwater.
Once you get to the reef, the ocean floor lies on average 15 feet down. (please keep in mind how long you can hold your breath, and the action it takes to swim down and up), one there you need a
DC 10 Perception or Survival check to spot a crab, followed by a DC 10 Swim check to swim down and catch that crab. Four crabs are required to fill a pot.
Sandara smiles at the group and then dives into the water off the edge of the ship.
Well then, at least this time it is recreational, kind of...
After stripping, Edeldhur drops in the water and casually starts swimming towards the reef.
Henk goes and gets his harpoon and is wearing his chain shirt.
Swimming is what I am best at, hopefully this will go better than the last few days. Mmm...Sandara is looking mighty fine.
Henk jumps in and starts swimming.
Here crabby
Henk manages to spot a crab and zips down to snag it.
Initiative Order
Kyran 21
Henk 19
Trax 18
Ornotck 15
Lugo 13
Edeldhur 11
Kilarra 4
Round 1 everyone is at the surface. the Distance to the sea floor is 1d3+1 times 5 feet. (that should randomize it a bit) Assume everyone is spread out over about 50 by 50 foot square.
15 feet
15 feet
10 feet
15 feet
10 feet
15 feet
15 feet.
Details:
Remember you can spend a full round action to move half your speed while swimming (DC 10 swim check I think everyone can make this with a 10) or you can move 1/4th your speed with a move action and a successful dc 10 swim check.
it is a standard action (and also a dc10 swim check) to catch a crab once you are on the sea floor. (A DC10 perception or survival check to notice them) do the check as a move action. You will need to capture 4 crabs to fill your pot.
Anyone who already made a few rolls can use those once they get to the sea floor, or reroll since I should of gotten this information to you first.
Lugo
Old Depth 0 ft.
Breath Remaining: 28
Lugo dives down spending two move actions to reach the ocean floor.
New Depth 10' (On the ocean floor)
Breath Remaining: 27
Sandara
Sandara approaches the area, treading water she says a softprayer and casts a spell on herself.
The spell is slipstream, granting her a 20 ft swim speed for 10 minutes / level.
Sandara's wet clothes stick tight against her body, her soaking wet hair in her face, she pushes her hair back behind her ears with her hand then suddenly she pushes herself underwater and in a single move action reaches the sea floor nearly 20 ft below.
Old Depth 0
Breath = 20
New Depth 20'
Breath = 19
Swim:
Picking up a crab:
Henk will full round action to get to the bottom.
Swim
Survival
Kyran strips down to everything but his breeches a rapier, and a dagger. And dives in without a splash. Along the way he easily swims along side Sandara gives her a wink and dives down in front of her. Along the way he stops for a mere moment only to steal another kiss from her beneath the waves before he backs away. Winks at here and proceeds to the bottom of the sandbar.
Breath 19/20
Swim 1d20+5
Survival 1d20
Kyran strips down to everything but his breeches a rapier, and a dagger. And dives in without a splash. Along the way he easily swims along side Sandara gives her a wink and dives down in front of her. Along the way he stops for a mere moment only to steal another kiss from her beneath the waves before he backs away. Winks at here and proceeds to the bottom of the sandbar.
Breath 19/20
Gets down to just pants, takes a harpoon, and a few daggers, if asked about it.
Who knows what else we might be finding in that water, might get some better things then just crabs
Kilarra takes off her armor before diving in with the rest of the crabbing party and turns to Orntock, gnashing her teeth with a wink. "Bring em on, got all the weapons I need right here.
Swim:
Perception:
Finally something besides drinking I can do with me eyes closed. Yeesh.
Thanks to the magic of Sandarras hat, Kilarra has full confidence she can swim about merrily in the easy waters.
ROUND 2
Kyran 21
Henk 19
Trax 18
Sandara 17
Ornotck 15
Lugo 13
Edeldhur 11
Kilarra 4
The crew reaches the bottom with out incident though right as Ornotck gets there he notices about 40 feet away shapes moving slowly along the ocean floor, hiding behind the coral and rocks.
You see a strange shape in the distance moving towards your direction
You realize there are actually TWO shapes near each other moving.
Please make a general perception check in addition to the perception or survival check to spot a crab to learn the information above.
Sandara notices something moving in the distance, unable to identify it she decides to keep one on eye it while trying to gather a crab.
She is unable to find any
She still can't find any.
New Depth 20'
Breath = 18
Henk waves to everyone and points in the direction of the moving shapes, even gripping the shoulder of anyone near him. He will then rocket back up tot he surface.
Henk manages to make it to Trax before heading to the surface.
Trax can feel Henk touch his shoulder and see him point in the direction of one of the creatures.
You may take a +4 circumstance bonus to notice the DC 11 creature. and +2 on the DC 13 creature.
(DC 11, terrible conditions and distracted, about 10 feet away.)
Kyran acts before Henk and won't see this before his turn.
You see Henk motioning and pointing, then swimming to the surface.
Anyone who makes this may take a +2 on the perception checks to notice any of the creatures.
Perception
Kyran continues to gather the crabs.
Crabby Perception
Already at the bottom of the ocean floor, Edeldhur searches for a crab.
Crab a huntin'
Noticing Henk's signals, he looks in the direction pointed.
Perception:
Hmmmm.... What the heck are those?
Knowledge nature:
standard action to get crab in pot
Kilarra dives down to catch yet another crab, completely unaware of her party around her.
Blood-red spines run the length of this frightening creature, which resembles a lobster in the front and an eel in the back.
These are Reefclaws, resembling large shrimp monsters they are known for their large pinchers, they are quite aggressive
Reefclaws are vicious predators. They possess greater intelligence than animals, but rely mainly on their strength and instincts to survive. They hunt fish, giant crabs, dolphins, and even land-dwelling creatures that come within a hundred paces of the water.
In populated areas, reefclaws prey on beachcombers, divers, and fishermen, sometimes abandoning their usual solitary nature and coordinating attacks with other reefclaws. The creatures must be wary, however, because in some regions, these abominations find their way to the dinner plate. Brave fishermen troll bays and coastlines infested with reefclaws, baiting the creatures with fresh meat and then harvesting their powerful claws with axes.
Reefclaws cannot speak, but the creatures understand the languages used by humanoids near their hunting grounds. They use this knowledge in order to avoid fishermen and coordinate attacks. Reefclaws keep no treasure, instead savoring the taste of flesh and crunch of bone and shell as much as a miser covets his gold.
A typical reefclaw reaches approximately 3-1/2 feet long at adulthood and weighs 70 pounds. Females gather to breed once every 2 to 3 years, engaging in a predatory hunt for a male and leaving him shredded to pieces.
They are also known for their Death Frenzy, a violent spasm they go into as they die.
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Trax's eyes go wide and he smiles a little in spite of the danger of the situation
Now those would be some good eats... then again we might be good eats for them!
Trax turns and swims towards the nearest ally and makes sure to point the creatures out to them.
He will then surface for air. If the ship is in range, he will yell to them about the danger,"Reefclaws in the water!" and then dive back down.
Henk takes a breath when he reaches the surface and prepares to dive back down and combat the reefclaws.
Henk will be all set to dive back down once he has his fresh breath and will combat the nasties.
Trax and Henk get Lugo's attention, who feels its prudent to return to the surface. He uses his turn to do so.
Kyran, Sandara, Edeldhur, Ornotck and Kilarra stay on the ocean floor gathering their crabs
Henk and Trax and Lugo make it to the surface . Trax yells for the ship but its a bit to far for anyone to hear or respond.
Round 3 -
Reefclaw 1
Reefclaw 2
Kyran 21
Henk 19
Trax 18
Sandara 17
Reefclaw2 17
Ornotck 15
Lugo 13
Edeldhur 11
Reefclaw1 7
Kilarra 4
The Reef claws seem to spot the characters on the ocean floor and they look like they are beginning to swim in the direction of the characters. Those on the surface won't be able to see this due to the glare.
When Henk's turn comes around, he will take a breath and dive down to engage the reefclaws with his harpoon.
Breath 28/28
* Reach! not teach! Reach them!
Remember you can move half your land speed in the water as a full round action, or quarter as a move action. both creatures are about 20 feet away from the group and about 20 feet down on the surface. .
[ooc] lol REACH
Henk will then spend his actions zooming down to the others then.