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

Game Master Rynjin

"Not rush to my aid. To your own, idiot maenad."

Shaking his head, Ixrul says "Elan you may be in form, but shortsighted and mortal you remain."

Also, it's totally possible - Alex should know similar things have been pulled off before.

In other news, does anyone else on the island seem like a caster? Holy symbols, component pouches, etc? And I swear if you say Ace...

You have seen no holy symbols or component pouches.

What about etc?

As long as we're still loitering, is there anyone here who looks like they'd be up for a friendly brawl?

Explain what you mean by "etc.". Those are really the only two visible signs of a spellcaster.

@Jrahk: You might be able to get in a tussle with one of the off-duty guardsmen.

"Are there any other magic users around this island?"

Ace askes before heading back on the ship

"Some supplies would also help"

"I'm not at liberty to tell you that, sorry."

"If it's supplies you need though, we can fix you up with some of the basics. Food and rations, mostly."

Ace pokes Ixrul

"Yo, you are the husband, go ask your wife if there are mages, yo."

he turns back

"Very well, I guess we could use the rations and whatnot, where are they?"

"We'll have them loaded onto your ship. Unfortunately we don't have much, but we should have enough to get you back to Senghor or Bloodcove safely."

Helloooooo.

Lets go sailing. When we come back, let's kill everyone on the island or they'll want our money.

The crew sails from the newly claimed Rock, having sampled its wares and those of its mistress equally.

Your first night at sea you again hear the tolling of the Deathknell...

The next day, around noon, you spot fishing trawler riding low in the water, heeling several degrees to port. It is obviously taking on water, and the sails flap loosely from the yards. A fishing net drags in the water over the starboard side, but it seems empty.

4d20 ⇒ (6, 16, 4, 14) = 40

You also notice the shape of a dinghy slowly sinking underwater.

Ace looks at it.

perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7

I already rolled Perception for you. You got a 12. Those rolls were for that second bit about the dinghy, you won't really be able to notice anything else without getting closer.

"Should I turn invisible and fly over?"

"Whatever floats your boat."

"Yeah, go ahead."

"Just...be careful. Try not to get shot."

Cyrdic mutters to Jrahk under his breath-"I'm sure his wife would miss him oh so much..."

Ixrul casts mage armor, fly, and invisibility.

He then flies closer to the dinghy and examines it.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (17) + 4 = 21

Ixrul flies back and tells the others what he saw, while invisible.

"What now?"

That was probably 3 rounds there and back, right? Run action there (420 feet, because of the feat), look around, run action back? Invis was cast first, so that's one round lower than the others.

54 Fly
53 Invis

Sure.

Cyrdic mulls it over a bit. "Scuttle the trawler. Then let's get out of here. If they're still around, they'll probably be on it. At the very least, we can deny them whatever's still onboard."

"I could search it while invisible."

53 Fly
52 Invis

You just shooting your siege weapons from a distance?

gaise but the loot

Let the elf do his thing.

This is the closest thing he's getting to a bachelor party, after all.

Fair enough. Go for it, Ixrul.

Ixrul flies back to the ship and heads inside slowly and carefully.

Ixrul does indeed do so. He finds little throughout the ship, until he reaches the hold.

Inside, he sees 2 creatures crouching. Their long, fishlike tails curl around them as they wait patiently, occasionally flexing their webbed claws and licking their lips, pointed teeth glistening in the faint light.

As Ixrul enters the room, they begin to become a bit more excited, both of them turning directly towards Ixrul, despite his invisibility.

Ixrul's knowledge of the creatures that live in nature identifies them as Sahuagin, fishlike cannibals who boast extraordinary senses (including the ability to sense things they cannot see) coupled with the ability to enter a blinding fury and rend their opponents apart. Their only known weakness is that they are not used to the bright lights of the surface world, and are blinded by its brilliance.

Roll for Initiative, sucka. Or I'll roll for you.

Ixrul, you're up. They seem to know exactly where you are.

So would color spray be super effective against them?

Or will I have to find out myself?

Nop. Stuff like Sunlight, things that actually make bright lights (Color Spray is an illusion, it simply creates the sensation of bright lights inside your brain, so it doesn't actually affect the eyes per se, though blind creatures are immune to it so there's SOME sort of visual component there).

Ixrul calmly shifts back up the stairs and flies the rest of the way out of the hold.

+15 on my fly checks - I autopass all the checks I could possibly need to make, IIRC.

He then readies a snowball spell to target the first sahuagin he sees.

1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14
5d6 ⇒ (1, 2, 4, 2, 2) = 11 Fort 17 or staggered 1 round.

Which is none. Note, you're still only about 5 feet away from the doorway to the stairs with a single move.

The Sahuagin are confused for a moment as Ixrul moves farther away, but deduce the only place he could have gone was back up the stairs, and begin heading up themselves.

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

As they get a bit closer to Ixrul, the Sahuagin detect you again. The one in front relays back your position to the two in back, and they unlimber heavy crossbows as they move, just as the frontmost Sahuagin is smacked by a Snowball and thrown off-balance while he's turned to speak.

The two in back begin laughing, a weird gurgly sound.

The second Sahuagin, wearing some sort of weird medallion, gives a short chop with his hand and the two immediately go silent.

They take aim at the now-visible Ixrul, and open fire.

2d20 ⇒ (4, 20) = 24

1d20 + 3 ⇒ (14) + 3 = 17

One misses, butting a bolt into the doorframe, just missing the Sahuagin who had silenced him earlier, who glares at him.

The second, however, puts a bolt right through Ixrul's shoulder, where the bolt lodges, scraping against the bone.

2d10 ⇒ (5, 3) = 8

8 damage to Ixrul. The others can see something's up now, so feel free to roll Initiative and join in for the next round.

This still isn't the worst bachelor party Jrahk has been to. His tribe had some pretty weird weddings.

Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2

Gud roll

Jrahk goes to charge into battle, but trips over a raised nail.

He is very definitely sure of one thing. "Nobody saw that."

Initiative: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Cyrdic starts sending bolts across the ocean, at the weird things going out on the deck. Not Ixrul, the other guys.

Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
Damage: 1d8 + 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (8) + (1) + 4 = 13

Ixrul flies 420 feet straight up. 10-1 the medallion guy is a caster.

Fly DC 20: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (17) + 15 = 32

Can't run up since it's half movement. So max you can get up is 60 feet (double move for 30 apiece).

You can move away laterally though, if you wish instead.

"Lets do this!"

1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

1 is Jrahk 2 is Sahuagin: 1d2 ⇒ 1

Same roll, same Init bonus, same Dex...you like to make my life hard don't you Cube? =p

I live for it! :D

Okay, fly away from the ship towards our own.

Ixrul is now back on the ship.

Ah, my bad. Forgot everyone else rolled like shit for Initiative.

Three of the Sahuagin leap over the side of the boat and begin swimming surprisingly fast down into the depths of the water.

They're running away, basically, to stave off confusion. They're not searching for some kind of tactical advantage here.

It's a safe bet to assume the 4th one will too when he's up, but it's Ace's go, followed by Jrahk if they want to do anything.

Ace tries to snipe the remaining creature with a heavy crossbow.

atk: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (9) + 4 = 13

dmg: 1d8 ⇒ 6

Ace misses.

Especially factoring in that -6 to-hit it doesn't look like you factored in.

Doop, we need to talk a little bit about your attack bonuses. You consistently use the wrong ones and I want to figure out why. Your crossbow should be at +7 before anything else (3 BaB, 4 Dex). You keep gypping yourself out of a lot of hits because I don't always catch them.

I figured it would be dex, but I wasnt sure and didnt want to bother you...

Melee weapons = Strength, Ranged Weapons = Dex. In your case, both are Dex. Easy peasy. And don't ever worry about "not bothering me". Just send me a message whenever you're not sure of something or want to ask a question, I'll answer it.

alright

Alright, cube, I guess its your move

Jrahk roars at the remaining Sahuagin and tells it how he will kill it in gruesome detail.

Intimidate if within range, otherwise do nothing useful this round
1d20 + 13 ⇒ (14) + 13 = 27