Yohoho and a bottle of Rep! (subSPUF Skull and Shackles)

Game Master Rynjin

So ace will the the tank now? hoo boy

Nah, I'll still be a tanky guy, just with twice as many limbs as you're used to. Maybe more.

Ixrul gathers the crew.

"Regrettably, Captain Jrahk has perished. As First Mate, I am taking over his role as captain."

Coolly, he looks over the crew. "If anyone has any issues with this, please, voice them now."

"With his death, we have need of a new combatant for our standard going-ashore party. If any of you feel you are up to the task, please, step forward. Should you prove capable, you will be given an officer's share."

cough cube cough

With almost no hesitation, a tall, muscular half-elven man steps forward. The confident grin on his face indicates that he has been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"Captain Ixrul, my name is Krom Manirah, and if you're looking for a combatant, you'll find no better one on this ship! Just let me summon my trusty sidekick, and we'll decimate any opponent that gets in our way!"

He sits down on the deck and begins chanting to himself. A minute later, a bizarre-looking creature appears at his side.

It is roughly the size of a large horse, and its body is covered in thick, reddish fur. It has a pair of batlike wings and six limbs, four of which end with massive claws that seem to ooze acid. Its green, catlike eyes curiously study its surroundings, particularly the ashore party.

"This is my eidolon, Gurram." Krom explains as he casts a few spells on the creature. (Mage Armor and Greater Magic Fang.) "She is a deadly beast called forth from another plane of existence, and made even more deadly by yours truly!"

He clambers on top of it, strapping into a saddle on its back. With a flourish, he draws a lance from his backpack.

"So, Captain, what needs killing first?"

Greater Magic Fang on which Natural Attack? It only works on one type at a time.

Alternatively, you may imbue all of the creature's natural weapons with a +1 enhancement bonus (regardless of your caster level).

I'll always do this version unless stated otherwise.

Gremory lightly claps when Krom finishes.

Well, I like him.

Wait, one type? Like, all four of her claw attacks with a single casting? I thought it was just a single attack per cast, period.

Krom half-bows toward Gremory, and winks.

"That's not at all unusual."

It is. Thought it had a clause that allowed it to add +5 to a type.

Ace claps as well.

"Hey there, never knew we had more summoners on board, anyways, welcome to the going-ashore party.

"Wonderful."

Ixrul studies the gathered crew.

"Are there any questions? Concerns? If not, we have work to do."

"So back to that creepy old man in the tower?"

"Actually, I do have a question. When you were First Mate, I noticed you spent a lot of time crafting magical gear for Jrahk and the rest of the ashore party. Are you gonna keep doing that, along with all your newfound duties as captain?"

Krom shurgs. "Not meaning to disrespect you, sir. It just seems like you're still the only one of us who has the skill for that. Gurram and I will be very interested in using your services soon, given how much the officers get paid around here."

So would Ace be first mate now in terms of seniority?

"Indeed I shall. We will be hiring a navigator and master pilot shortly, in order to allow me to best apply my time."

"Ace is my new first mate, for any wondering."

After resting, we go to the old man.

"Very good, sir. We look forward to working with you."

With a wave of his hand, Krom dismisses Gurram and retires for the night. As he walks, you notice he is putting most of his weight on his left foot.

Ixrul crafts a salve of the second chance and revives Daliya.

Krom, is something wrong with your leg? Gremory eye's the new meat shieldfield member come morning time.

"Ah...you could say that."

Looking somewhat ashamed, Krom lifts his pant leg, revealing a hinged wooden prosthetic.

"I lost it to a shark a long time ago. Just barely managed to fend it off before it got the rest of me."

He quickly covers it again. "And unlike the late Captain Jrahk, I don't like to flaunt my weak point with an expensive mechanical leg. That just makes you a more obvious target, not that he seemed to mind. But don't worry - I've had several years of practice walking on this, so I won't slow you down at all."

To prove his point, he walks a lap around the deck. Despite his slight limp, he does indeed move as quickly as any healthy humanoid.

Peg Leg campaign trait.

Oh -800 from party fund for that salve.

WHEEL! OF! REINCARNATION!

2d100 ⇒ (50, 56) = 106

Daliya, your choices are: Orc, or Ratfolk! Congratulations on your New-U!

So this is the part where you siphon half her WBL to our corporate overlords?

Life and limb are hard to come by. Seems you are able to manage after all. Good.

Opening her eyes with a gasp, Daliya slowly rose to her feet, feeling odd and disorientated. "What happened? I feel...strong. Stronger than I was." Looking down at herself, she added, "Also, I seem to be green. Why am I green now? What happened to me? Why am I strong and green? How annoyed did I get!?"

"You got killed. Work out a restoration from Sandra."

Welcome back. We should have team Brooches made for us green folks.

Gurram makes a startled shriek and leaps away from Daliya. Krom quickly moves to calm her down.

"Easy, girl, easy! This is a different person!

He turns to Daliya and smiles apologetically. "Sorry about that! Like Ixrul said, you and Captain Jrahk died. Unlike him, you were lucky enough to have a recoverable body. Ixrul has taken over as captain, and you've been reincarnated as an Orc."

"I'm Krom, and this is Gurram. We're the newest addition to the ashore party. Gurram was always afraid of Jrahk, which is why your new body gave her a bit of a scare."

"Seems like we will always have an orc on board."

I assume ace would have healed up by now

I could understand why he would have unnerved someone. Until I saw how he died anyway. Like a fool. Ah, that lovable oaf.

"Yeah, I think we were all scared of him at first. He was like a vengeful demon straight from the Abyss. But then he started picking fights he couldn't win, and we realized he was as mortal as the rest of us."

Krom spits over the side of the ship. "If you can't tell, I didn't think too highly of him."

"Understandable. He was... foolish, and allowed his Orc hormones to dictate his behavior."

We go to visit the crazy old dude.

...Not the ghost?

That's what I meant. I was just thinking about the old dude for some reason.

We visit them and bring the stone.

You don't even need to go all the way to his "lair", as soon as Ixrul steps foot through the gates of teh fort, he appears.

"YOU'VE BROUGHT IT!" he cries, excitedly.

"Now, I can finally leave this wretched plane!"

"Now, who volunteers to help me with the ritual? I won't lie to you, it does involve a bit of possession. Shouldn't take much more than an hour."

"As extra incentive, I can tell you the location of a different treasure hoard, if you let me...this one isn't even on the island, you'd never be able to access it without guidance."

That reminds me, did Jalhazar's ghost come with me?

Hmmm...sure. He was haunting you specifically. So at least you have company!

Krom raises an eyebrow.

"Any side effects to this possession? And what exactly will you be doing?"

Gurram makes a concerned whine.

"Side effects? Not that I know of. Maybe a lingering sense of discomfort and horror as you have no control of your body for a while. But nothing important."

"As for what I'll be doing? Performing the ritual to put my spirit inside the Dreamstone. I need a corporeal form for that, however."

Krom shrugs. "I've had worse experiences. This is definitely worth an extra bit of treasure."

Gurram nudges his back and speaks to him through their mental link. No! Danger! Very bad!

Krom responds in kind. Relax, I'll be fine. If I do something bad while possessed, you have my permission to knock me out.

He steps toward the ghost. "Alright, I'm ready. Don't try anything stupid, or you'll get a reminder about what pain feels like."

Gurram growls begrudgingly.

Bikendi does so, and spends the next hour performing a complex ritual involving chants, mysterious gestures, circles, and strange bodily contortions.

In a flash of light at the end, Krom regains control of his body, the location of the treasure (and key to the vault here) left behind in his mind.

"Excellent. Where is the treasure?"

Also, how much longer until the day we had to have the island conquered by, and what parts have we not tamed?

"So what do you do now that you're in the dreamstone?"

"Excellent. Where is the treasure?"

Also, how much longer until the day we had to have the island conquered by, and what parts have we not tamed?

You have used about a week and a half of your month, all told.

"So what do you do now that you're in the dreamstone?"

The ghost does not answer, as he is gone.

"First things first, Captain."

Krom casts a few more spells on both himself and Gurram.

Extended Bull's Strength on Krom; Extended Shield on Gurram; Barkskin and Heroism shared.

He mounts Gurram, draws his lance, and produces a wand (Reduce Person) in his off-hand. "Gurram and I will take point. I can shrink us if we encounter any tight spaces."

He leads the way to DA TREZZUR!

Ace thinks to himself We get too much of the "charge ahead without thinking" types around here."

Literally charge, in my case.

Gremory doesn't have much to add, she's more than happy to let someone new stay between her and whatever else decides to oppose the away team.

Opening the secret door leads into...a small room. Very small, in fact, only 6 feet tall. No wonder the cyclopes missed it.

Inside are a number of small chests and crates, and a robed skeleton.

Inside these are:

+1 glamered elven chain
-a bag of holding (type II)
-gloves of swimming and climbing
-a helm of comprehend languages and read magic
-an oil of magic weapon
-a potion of lesser restoration
-a scroll of control water
-a scroll of displacement

-a ruby-studded scepter worth 400 gp, a silver tea set worth 75 gp, a gold ring worth 50 gp, two diamonds worth 500 gp each, three sapphires worth 250 gp each, eight fire opals worth 100 gp each, 12 aquamarines worth 50 gp each, 1,754 gp, 2,319 sp, and 6,438 cp.

= 5725 gp

On Bikendi's body:

-Cloak of Resistance +2
-Headband of Mental Prowess +2 (Int and Cha, adds ranks in Bluff)
-A spellbook
-A journal (in cipher, needs Linguistics to translate)

If no-one minds, I'd like the tea set. It's been far too long since I've had something decent to drink. And the Elven chain, though that' ones last on her mind for some reason.

Ace checks to see if there are still more things in the bag of holding.

would the help of comprehend languages help with the jorunal?