Chuffy fails miserably at his first attempt to climb, but finally is able to follow Rita up the gangplank of the ship. Reaching the top, the band of gnarly little anklebiters moves towards the stern of the ship, but halts when they reach the ladder down to the main weather deck.
The weather deck of the shipwreck is cluttered with objects both natural and artificial. Thick swaths of leafy vines grow over the deck, and shiny green patches of algae and moss grow where the vines do not. The central cabin's roof has a wide edge, creating a canopied walkway along the ship's sides. A flight of steps up to the roof of the ship's main cabin, the entrance to which is blocked by a door decorated by a large number of rodent and bird skulls. A smoking stovepipe chimney extends up from the ship's highest point above.
Continuing to look up, you see two rickety wooden platforms— crow’s nests— sit on the masts, ten feet above the ship’s deck below. Each is linked by a pair of thick ropes, and additional ropes hang down from the platform on the stern-most mast to the deck.
Looking over the edge, you can see the source of all the barking and ruckus.. two mangy dogs are chained on the main deck of the ship. Half starved, a mangy hound with one blue eye and one brown eye bays at you unceasingly as it scrabbles against the stairs, pulling its chain taut. The second one is a scruffy mongrel with a crooked tail and chained to the rear most mast.
"Dogs!!! They must die." She moves forward dogslicer in hand. "Come on don't be scared. We kill"
"Not scared. Smart." comes Mogmurch's surprisingly quiet reply.
He pulls a vial from his belt and quaffs the contents in one swig! His eyes bulge and his tongue falls out of his mouth for a moment as the effects kick in. With a small amount of drool hanging from his lower lip, he slurps it back up and licks his lips.
"Oh yeah! Mog is ready to play now!"
As Rita steps forward, calling to her companions, the dog hears the visitors and charges around the corner, barking and snapping!
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Mogmurch
Poog
Rita
Scabtongue
Chuffy
Rita stabs at the doggo. Her hatred boiling over.
Poog screams in terror mixed with anger at seeing the dog. His admiration for Rita increases significantly to see her charging straight at the horrible best. He instead only manages to summon enough courage to step forward, and summons a bolt of fire at the monster.
Mogmurch rushes the long way around the main deck in an effort to get behind the nasty pooch!
Chuffy growls at Rita's tongue. "Me still best at stabbity-stabs!"
As they climb aboard the boat they hear the barking of the other most-hated of all goblin enemies... "Howler!" Chuffy waves his dog-slicer around in the air as he rushes around the other side of the boat to flank the howler. 'Me show Rita who best at stabbies....'
Rita tries to stab at the dog, but it jumps out of the way at the last moment!
Poog follows Rita's example and steels his courage for the fight. He does a pretty good job of it, as the conjured fire bolt slams into doggo's side.
Mogmurch takes the long way around, trying to flank the dog!
The dog continues its fight against Rita, teeth snapping and growling! Fortunately for Rita, the half starved mongrel really doesn't have much left in it!
Chuffy follows Mog around the main room, trying to come up behind the distracted dog!
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Mogmurch
Poog
Rita
Scabtongue- 3
Chuffy
Poog's mouth starts to water when the scent of barbecued dog starts wafting his way. Focus! Focus!
He runs up behind Rita, bops her on his head with his fist, and yells out, "Zarongel help!"
Poog casts Guidance on Rita, which she gladly accepts!
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Mogmurch
Poog
Rita
Scabtongue- 3
Chuffy
Mogmurch moves south and grabs the metal codpiece hanging in front of his nethers, quickly throwing it at the dog with a vengeance!
"Choke on that mutt!" he yowls!
Mog performs a very rude improvised attack, but bouncing the codpiece off of the dogs nose is not enough to forestall the snarling and growling mess!
Rita, tired of dealing with the doggie, steps forwarward and with the help of Zargonel shoves her blade deep into the doggies throat.
"Heehee, Rita nasty!" Now that the dog is down, Poog gleefully hops over and gives the carcass and sharp kick.
Satisfied in his part in attacking the dog, Poog creeps over to the door (not really realising that the commotion outside would have alerted whoever's inside). He presses his ears against the door and listens in.
Chuffy rushes around the farside to find the howler already dead. He glares at Rita before stabbing the mongrel several more times for good measure. "No fair, Rita. You have all the funs and not let Chuffy stabby!"
"Lets go up! We find fire and s'plodies!" Mog says as he kicks the dead hound for good measure.
He reaches down and retrieves his codpiece, waggling it for effect and grinning widely.
"Heh heh." is all he says as he puts it back in place. He listens along with Poog, and does his best to remain quiet.
Rita's eyes roll at Mog's antics. "You took off armor to hit dog. That's dumb." she sounds like she wished she'd thought of something that cool.
"There's another dog up. Let's go there." She waves Chuffy to go first. "You sneak."
Poog and Mogmurch try to be stealthy climbing the ladder, but the dog turns and growls at Poog as he knocks against the hull of the ship. As Mogmurch makes it up to the mid level, the dog is already on alert and smells him out as well!
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Poog
Mogmurch
Rita
Doggie
Chuffy
"Ahh! Poog screams when he spots the hulking beast ready to rip his throat off. Then realising the other goblins are around, he screams again, but this time in mock defiance at the dog, "Ahh!"
Poog whips out his javelin and flings it at the dog, then quickly stpes away, hoping that the dog thinks the weapon came from Mogmurch.
Mog throws a rock at the dog but, startled by the sudden disappearance of Poog, he misses.
Rita climbs up the ladder and moves bravely forward to attack the dog.
Poog throws his javelin across the deck, and it sinks into the dog as a very solid hit. Unfortunately, it just barely misses an artery!
His sudden dive behind Mogmurch messes up that goblins aim though, as Mog stands there in front of the dog with a "Who, Me?" and tries to point to the nonvisible Poog.
Joining the fray is Rita, who dives in on the dog with her slicer, but is not able to slice this dog..
Doggie lunges at the nearest enemy.. Rita! It rips a hole in her leg, leaving a bloody smear across the deck.
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Poog
Mogmurch
Rita- 3 dmg
Doggie- 1 dmg
Chuffy
In his haste to show Rita that he is bestest at stabby-stabs, Chuffy haphazardly slices at the howler and succeeds only at taking a chunk of wood out of the deck.
Poog starts giggling that he fooled the dog (in his mind). He up next to Rita, pulls out another javelin and heaves it at the dog.
Mogmurch runs past his friends and the dog and comes into a flank on the pup with Chuffy.
"Mogmurch the bravest of the brave! Time to die Mr. Mange!"
Rita howls in pain, and stabs at the doggo again. "You mean creature. You DIE." The pain is too much and she misses.
Chuffy seings and misses.. so does Rita and Poog!
Desperate, Mogmurch dashes around the dog, trying to get a better fighting position.
The dog lunges at the squirelly little goblin as he darts past, and earns a very nice thump on the snout in exchange!
Whirling, the dog continues to try and tear and bite at Mogmurch but misses again!
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Poog
Mogmurch
Rita- 3 dmg
Doggie- 3 dmg
Chuffy
"Snap at me will you!? Take this Pooch!" Mog lets out with the quietest yowl he can manage!
He swings his club with great accuracy, and one again seems to connect with the slavering beast's snout.
With one more good smack, Mog cracks the killer kanines skull, dropping the beastie!
As the beast crashes to the deck, you hear a sudden thumping from below you. Suddenly, the door crashes open and the most horrendous goblin female you could imagine hops out, screeching and wailing!
"Me DOGGIES!!!!" she cries out. "WHO DID THIS!! I will eat you and spit out the bones, then eat the bones again!!!" the enraged goblin swears! As she turns and twists, you can see one hand holding or emitting a finger of flame.
This newcomer is obviously Vorka!! Her mouth is her most fearsome feature—it's a bit too wide, even by goblin standards, and Vorka's habit of filing her already sharp teeth has resulted in a snaggletooth grin of mismatched teeth that leaves little doubt as to her preference for tough, stringy meat. Like goblin meat. She wears rags and bits of stained cloth—trophies harvested almost at random from her hapless victims, over her equally patchwork leather armor. Over all of this, a floppy human hat sits crammed on her head with special holes cut for her ears to poke up out of.
Vorka steps out and peers above her, where the tromping and stomping of goblin feet woke her. "My, Look at those long and tender ears!!" she says, looking at Chuffy. "Those will taste REALLLLL nice barbqued with eyeball stuffing!!!"
She moves to the far end of the deck and lifts a wooden tube, touching it to the magical flame held in her other hand before tossing it on the ground near the mast. The tube shakes and shivers, beginning to emit a bright white light!
As she crosses the deck, an overly large frog hops along beside her!
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Vorka
~Lord Longtongue
Mogmurch
Rita
Poog
Chuffy
"Yip!" Poog utters in terror at the ghastly Vorka, but quickly swallows it. Me brave!
Poog moves towards Vorka and once they're in range, calls out, "Zarongel, fire!" A fan of flames burst from his hands towards the the gobliness and her pet.
Poog sure is brave! This time...
"Hey! You really ugly Vorka, and not in the good way either." taunts the littlest goblin.
Then he rushes down to aid Poog, not wanting to be left out of the fight.
Rita moves up to the edge of the upper deck pulling out her bow on the way. She fires an arrow at Vorka.
Poog rushes down the ladder to spit fire at Vorka and her pet frog, but it doesn't seem to do too much damage to either!
Mog quickly drinks an extract then follows Poog down the ladder, hoping to mix it up with this terrifying she-goblin.
Rita on the other hand, pulls out her bow and lets fly at the woman from the top deck. The arrow strikes the wooden deck and quivers violently like a wasp.
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Vorka- 1 dmg
~Lord Longtongue- 1 dmg
Mogmurch
Rita
Poog
Chuffy
Chuffy cowers for a moment when Vorka mentions eating his ears, covering them with his hands, but then when he sees his companions mixing it up with the carnivorous goblin he drops his hands. "Me ears! You no eat, Ugly Tooth Vorka! Me eats YOUR ears!" He takes out a dart and flings it at Vorka!
CHuffy finally shakes himself loose from the shock of the sudden appearance of Vorka before his indignation rises above his fear. He draws and flings a dart at the ugly creature below him, drawing a light streak of blood!
As the little goblins rush in on their new target, the thing that Vorka lit and tossed to the deck suddenly sparks and fizzes, and with a great roar and blinding flash of sparks, it takes off!!
The firework flies up towards the deck where you all USED to be clustered, and are now to an extent. With another blinding flash and exceptionally loud thunderclap, the firework explodes on the lip of the second level.
With a cackle, she draws a dart from her belt and turns towards Poog. "Mebe for you, I makes some Goblin kabob!!!" as she hurls the dart through the air!
Luckily, it misses!
The frog hops forward and tries to bite Mogmurch, but it misses too!
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Vorka- 2 dmg
~Lord Longtongue- 1 dmg
Mogmurch
Rita
Poog
Chuffy
Poog is blasted by the explosion badly, and deafened by the loud blast as well. At least, he managed to close his eyes in time to not get blinded. "AIEEEE!!" he screams in pain, disregarding the front he has been trying to put up. Whipping up his wand, he activates it on himself, healing some of the wounds. Finding himself in a bad position, he retreats against the deck wall, yelling out, "Rita! Come save us!"
Poog tries to jump clear but just cant make it. Shedding tendrils of smoke from sizzling burns, the poor goblin blindly pulls a wand from his belt and activates it, closing some of the wounds.
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Vorka- 2 dmg
~Lord Longtongue- 1 dmg
Mogmurch
Rita
Poog- Blind, 4 dmg
Chuffy
Chuffy shrieks in pain as the explosion nearly knocks him off his feet! "Ahhh! Me no see! ME NO SEEEEEE!"
He runs off blindly before coming into contact with the balcony railing, which nearly knocks the wind from his disgusting, little lungs.
Chuffy takes the short end of the stick, getting blowed up and blind!! He takes off running but is laid out by the railing.
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Vorka- 2 dmg
~Lord Longtongue- 1 dmg
Mogmurch
Rita
Poog- Blind, 4 dmg
Chuffy- 9 dmg Blind
Everyone needs DC 15 reflex for half damage and to roll a 1d100! High=Blind, Low=Deaf
"YOU CACKLING WRETCH! I'M BLIND!"
and with that, Mog blindly steps forward while flailing his club in vain at the nearby frog!
Rita shakes her head. "I CAN'T HEAR." She bleeds but fires another arrow at the woman. She looks in disgust as Mog and
Chuffy run around yelling something she can't hear.
Mogmurch manages to avoid the worst of the explosion, but screams obscenities at Vorka when he realizes that he is blind.
Rita takes the full brunt of the blast, but is able to keep her head.. and her eyes.. and feathers the cannibal with another arrow!
Vorka falls into what can only be guessed as a trance, muttering arcane syllables and making rude gestures.
Lord Longtongue turns towards Poog and tries to chomp him in half. Fortunately for the little goblin, he lurches blindly in just the right direction at the right time, and the froggy jaws snap shut just behind him!
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Vorka- 5 dmg
~Lord Longtongue- 1 dmg
Mogmurch- 4 dmg
Rita- 9 dmg
Poog- 4 dmg
Chuffy- 9 dmg
Poog sticks his wand into Mogmurch ribs and activates it on him. You no pain. Now beat frog!" He then steps away, hoping the frog will go after him instead of Poog.
Rita fires another arrow at Vorka. "She do magic stop her! Shen she heads down the stairs toward Poog and Mog.
Angry as angry gets, Mog moves past Lord Longtongue and over near Poog before he throws his last bomb at Vorka!
"Burn Vorka! Burn!"
Chuffy coughs and wheezes as the wind is knocked from his lungs before screaming again hoarsely. "Chuffy no---" Suddenly his vision begins to clear a little. "Wait... Chuffy see now! Me eat Vorka's whole head now!" He starts back towards the vile little shegoblin.
"Poog! You poke Chuffy with feel-good stick, now!"
Poog beats Mogmurch with the feel good stick then steps to the side trying to get the frogs attention.
Meanwhile Rita lets loose another arrow from on high, scoring a slight hit! Vorka just barely manages to keep her concentration and hold the spell!
Following the arrow, Rita runs down the stiars to join in the stabitty stab fun.
Mogmurch tries to dodge to the side so he can throw fire on the cannibal goblin, and the frog tries to eat him! Luckily the scrawny Mog moves too fast for the frog to catch up!
He tosses his bomb, but the hideous creature keeps on chanting!!
Chuffy easily clears the railing and makes the drop down to the main deck with no problems!
Vorka stops chanting with a gleeful scream of ecstasy and points at Chuffy and Mogmurch. Suddenly a swarm of spiders appears, crawling over both of the little goblins, biting and squirming!
Chuffy drops to the deck as the spiders take the last of his strength from him, and both of the little goblins feel the burn of poison in their veins!
Vorka takes a dart from her pack and throws it at Poog, laughing like a maniac and calling out that "Goblin Jerky will be fine with me! Those spiders will dry you out real nice!!"
fortunately for the team, the dart sails right by him to hit the wall!
Lord Longtongue turns towards Rita, trying to grab her with his tongue!
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Vorka- 12 dmg
~Spider Swarm-
~Lord Longtongue- 1 dmg
Mogmurch- 4 dmg, need fort save DC 11
Rita- 9 dmg, Grappled
Poog- 4 dmg
Chuffy- -2, need stabilize, Fort save DC 11
"Bad froggie! Let go!" Poog moves back, this time towards Rita and jabs her with his feel good stick.