GM Zero/GL's Giantslayer! (Inactive)

Game Master GM_Grandlounge

"Do it fast enough and skillfully enough to show me you are the true owner of that giant's armour and we won't have a problem." he says impassively.

When asked if they were the ones sent by Silvermane, Lidia pipes up.

"Lady Halgra hired us actually." she says, seeming to think it's an important point.

And then the jokes begin about pirate women and peg-legged women. Lidia doesn't laugh. She just glares at Bloodtusk and Thyste in turn. However she nods complacently enough when her expected duties are spelled out.

Knowledge (Geography): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (1) + 6 = 7
Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11

Lidia seemed to be about to say something about the Ghostlight Marsh when Kioshi began speaking, and she quickly shuts her mouth to listen. After the first minute or so she's glaring at him too. She pointedly walks off while he's still talking.

"Did you read about that in one of your witch books?" she grumbles to herself (but not entirely to herself).

Kioshi looks at Lidia with slight disbelief.

”I truly believed that we had already come to an understanding that I am a wizard and not a witch! I still have nothing against switches or witches but you are using the term which or witch too broadly. Not all beings that are able to use our arcane magic can be categorized as a witch! So I am no sorcerer and I know but am no which or witch but a wizard! I have a spell book! The book with spells is in my bag!“ he says and pulls out a thick book as if this explains everything!

:-D

Still walking away, Lidia holds up one hand and has it do the 'talking hand' thing back at Kioshi.

kn geo: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 2 = 22
kn nature: 1d20 + 5 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 5 + 2 = 25

Ben watches with amusement as the others wander about creating their usual chaos.

"I'm surprised you know so much about the area, Mr. Katsu, and the council no less. My mentor Talon Treesplitter works for the council directly and thus so do I though indirectly. I have gone on many a mission for them, scouting the area. The swamps are a sad yet noble point of history for us druids. Those lights are the spirits of the druids that sacrificed themselves to save the land from the ravages of the orcs. There is no love lost between the two groups, to say the least, and though the orcs may have short memories I assure you the druids do NOT."

"Lady Halgra. Ha! I like that very much. I was dealing with Silvermane as he was giving me directions, but I guess 'Chief Defender Halgra' is the one who sent you on your way wasn't she. Either way, work is work. cooking, rowing, fishing, lookout, sounding and mucking are the assignments do each of you want? I want you each on a different task. I will give you ten minutes to come to a consensus then I will return. Do you understand?"

Bloodtusk turns his back to you all and starts to order people around.

"Raise anchor, check starboard netting, lifeboats secured, check the wind speeds, check clear for rowing."

Ben, feel free to fill the group in on the 25 spoiler whenever you fell it fits.

"Good to hear that I do not need to be a seaman in order to be useful. You had me worried. I can row and fish and even muck. Whatever you need, I'm your man."

Ben has obviously never learned the other rule, the one that is not so golden, and in this case rather brown, about never ever volunteering.

”I believe I already called dibs on lookout,” maintains Thyste.

”Hey, hey—what kind of spells does a pirate wizard cast?”

Lidia sidles up to Ben.

"I think I know what mucking is... in principle. But what is sounding?" she asks quietly.

In a more normal tone of voice, as jobs start being claimed, she shrugs and speaks up. "I can cook. I cook for myself all the time."

"Arrrrcane. Aft-duration. Conn-juration. But his opposition school is Transom-uataion."

You guys can assign whomever to each task.

This time, Thyste’s pointing and grinning is accompanied by a sort of delighted jig with her legs.

”I love this guy!!”

Lidia sidles up to Ben.

"I think I know what mucking is... in principle. But what is sounding?" she asks quietly.

In a more normal tone of voice, as jobs start being claimed, she shrugs and speaks up. "I can cook. I cook for myself all the time."

profession sailing, untrained: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

Is that good enough for Ben to know what sounding is?

survival, fishing: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (1) + 9 = 10

Ben spends some time fishing, something he is normally well suited to. but he has never been on a ship before and Ben is one of those guys that is easily distracted and lets his mind wander. When the dolphins come to play by the boat he becomes very excited.

"Dolphins! Look, port side... Ooops!"

The line he was using to fish with slips into the sea.

"Oh, dear."

He quickly loses interest in the line and stares in fascination at the dolphins for a good half hour (unless yelled at by the captain).

"Did you know that dolphins are quite intelligent?" he says to no-one in particular as he stares, though Little Buddy is staring at him intently. Probably because he is hoping for a handout more than any interest in dolphins though.

"I do believe I shall memorize a speak to animals spell and see what they have to say. I've never talked to a dolphin before. Should be quite enlightening!"

Eventually he does get back to fishing though he does a TERRIBLE job at it, or at least bad for him.

Still walking away, Lidia holds up one hand and has it do the 'talking hand' thing back at Kioshi.

Kioshi shrugs and bows.

”Always a pleasure to have conversations with you Lidia!“ he says with some sadness in his eyes.

Ben watches with amusement as the others wander about creating their usual chaos.

"I'm surprised you know so much about the area, Mr. Katsu, and the council no less. My mentor Talon Treesplitter works for the council directly and thus so do I though indirectly. I have gone on many a mission for them, scouting the area. The swamps are a sad yet noble point of history for us druids. Those lights are the spirits of the druids that sacrificed themselves to save the land from the ravages of the orcs. There is no love lost between the two groups, to say the least, and though the orcs may have short memories I assure you the druids do NOT."

Kioshi listend carefully.

”Thanks a lot for your guidance and added perspective! I will remember your words. This shows that experience is often more important than book knowledge!“ he says and thoughtfully scratches his head.

There are stables so you all know what mucking is.

Cooking: Lidia
Rowing:
Fishing: Ben
Lookout: Thyste
Sounding:
Mucking:

Kioshi and Ulretha, what are you doing to earn your way?

Kioshi is open for everything except of rowing!

”My weak arms would not move a us bit!“

So he will be sounding or Mucking.

Seeing that Kioshi does not really know where to start Bloodtusk comes over to him.

"If you're going to be sounding you or your lizard better have good eyes. 'Too much time in the books makes the horizon look farther away', or at least that's what my captain used to say. If you have a knack for not getting kicked by horses then stable duty is better for ya'."

Lidia listens to Captain Bloodtusk giving Kioshi his options and smirks to herself, crossing her arms and leaning against a nearby mast with surly insouciance. But after a moment, she sighs a little and gives him a little whistle.

"Hey, if you'd rather cook, I can do the sounding or mucking. I don't mind." she says with a rather deliberate nonchalance.

"They once asked a halfling to muck it,
They thought she could simply 'good luck it,'
But the sailors soon learned,
The halfling they spurned
Had decided that she'd rather--"

Thyste is promptly struck on the head by a passing branch.

Kioshi is obviously quite overwhelmed.

”Ehhh ... well ... ok ... then I do stable duty I think!“

"Kibosh, you cook, I will put Lidia on sounding it will be a good chance to see he judgment and confidence and Ulretha can row or muck. Is everyone happy with their assignments the crew will be evaluating you."

Lidia nods at her new assignment, then approaches the captain.

"What's sounding?" she asks him quietly.

Kioshi', sorry phone auto corrected your name.

"You will be at the front of the boat Helping the boat’s pilot avoid the shallows and rock. You yell 'rock port, turn starboard 6 degrees, the number of degrees needed to turn to avoid the problem. Remember it's a river so turning more than 45 degrees is hard so give lots of notice and it is safer to turn toward the centre than it is toward the bank. Got it?

Lidia listens intently and seems to relax, then nods confidently. "Yeah. Look for rocks and shallow spots. I can do that." she says.

The ship sets sail with an uneasy sway and constat low creak of wet wood. The mast leans froward, surely a sign of a strong wind at your back. Bloodtusk starts to point.

"You all know the drill oar in the water, net down."

He turns to you all, "Alright, let's see how well you sail. Get to your stations. No dallying."

Based on the size of the crew you are pretty sure you need for the journey to go smoothly. Failure to do your duty will surely slow you all down and expose you to the dangers of Belkzen. Please place yourselves in the correct locations.

Lidia moves to the forecastle and starts looking for stuff.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (17) + 11 = 28

Kioshi tries to take care of the stables as best as possible!

ride : 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (10) + 3 = 13

”I am not sure of I’m doing this right ... ehh ... “

strength: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 4 = 12
con: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Ben gives rowing a try and grabs a nice window seat. In spite of the fact that he keeps leaning over to try to get a view outside and spot the river dolphins again (having prepared speak with animals in case the opportunity presents itself), he powers his way through and makes a good showing for himself.

He also likes to talk a lot and chats up his neighbors. Little Buddy hangs out up top in the sun and basks for a long time.

Any objection to taking 10 on those Climb checks? That’d put me at a pretty solid 16!

I encourage the use of taking 10 and taking 20.

Rad!

Figuring that it can't be that hard, Thyste climbs up without worrying too much about it.

Let me know if it's higher than DC16 ;D

Once up there, she keeps a lookout as best as she can.

Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

"Here comes a stingray! There goes a manta-ray! ...In walks a jelly fish! Ah, there goes a dog-fish... chased by a cat-fish. In flew a sea robin!"

"Watch out for that piranha!"

"There goes a narwhal!

"Here comes a bikini whaaaaaaaale!"

As it becomes more and more apparent that Raag really does expect them to work there is more and more grumbling from Ulretha. The words "Saviour of Trunau" are used often.

His grumbling is so thorough that he almost grumbles himself out of a decent job. By the time he realizes that most of the jobs have been taken, all that is left is slave work. Which sets him off again.

But, finally resigned to his fate, he heads down to man an oar. Only to find Ben already in the seat.

It is with obvious relief that he heads back on deck and back to the nets. Fishing is not hunting or fighting, but at least it involves catching things and eating them so its the most entertaining of the jobs offered to them.

Taking 20 on the Survival Check gives me a 28.

That was my fault. Though I encourage take 20 in general there are consequences to failure on these check so they have to be rolled.

I will need 4 rolls or take 10s for fishing.

4 rolls apiece?

@ Lidia. No, there are only 4 rolls required for fishing as there are 4 nets. I should at the player when responding to them directly.

@ Ulretha I will need 4 survival rolls. Don't forget you get a +2 because Oorug is helping you.

Kioshi is still very insecure but he tries his best to accommodate the requirements.

ride: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10
ride: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (2) + 3 = 5
ride: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10

No problem. Let the rolling commence!

Survival 1 Plus Aid: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (18) + 8 + 2 = 28

Survival 2 Plus Aid: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 8 + 2 = 25

Survival 3 Plus Aid: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 8 + 2 = 17

Survival 4 Plus Aid: 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 8 + 2 = 19

Ben helps get the nets into the water, but by the looks he was getting, he was not doing a great job, so he went below deck to row. Taking up nearly two sets to himself, he mans an oar solo and keeps up with the crew. His muscles are a little sore, but nothing a night's rest won't fix.

Lidia, after learning what her task is, does a great job calling up the shallow and rocks.

Kioshi' works a hard day in the stables, narrowly avoids getting kicked only to realize that the stables are a little dirtier than when he started. He almost kept up.

Thyste Fox-Tailed sat in the crow's nest, watching nothing happen all day with no one to talk to. Getting bored, she starts making things up, putting the crew on alert, for which she immediately gets reprimanded.

Ulretha proves to have a knack for fishing and bring in four days worth of fish...

however, on the last netful, the railing breaks.

Ulretha, can I get a reflex save from you, please?

Everyone else you are still at your assigned stations.

Kioshi is a little disappointed in himself.

”I am sorry that I couldn’t live up to the expectations Captain!“ he says when he tries to explain the mess.

Ulretha is just looking at his haul and thinking how he won't have to do any more work for a few days, leaning on the railing and patting himself on the back when the wood gives way.

Refl: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14

Kioshi' Bloodtusk asks you frankly, "Will you do better tomorrow?'

As Ulretha leans back to admire his work, he hears a creak followed immediately by a snap. The next sound anyone hears is a splash that resonates through the hull of the ship.

Finally, Thyste has something worth yelling about, but before she can, Oorug yells, "Man overboard."

Thyste as this happens, you spot two crocodiles coming out of the mud.

If you choose to yell this out, give me a diplomacy check to see if people believe you or are you the girl who cried fox. This check will be used to determine awareness in the surprise round.

*SPLASH*

"Man overboard."

Lidia's head whips around in surprise. "Huh? Did someone fall off the boat?" she asks her cat. The cat is too busy sleeping to respond.

"Thyste? What's going on?" she yells up to the crow's nest.

"Looks like we've got some crocs coming at him!" says Thyste; she's already busy nocking an arrow.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (18) + 7 = 25

She seems very believable!

Ulretha curses thoroughly in Gnoll about the poor craftsmanship of human ships, verbally at first, then silently as he hits the water to save his air.

Depending on how deep the water is, it's either going to be a good thing that he is so proud of his new armor that he wears it every waking minute or a bad thing.

He's either going to sink like a stone or have some protection from the crocodiles.

The Bold may act:
Ulretha
Thyste
Kioshi'
Lidia
Ben
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Crocodile
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Ben is stuck below deck and races over to the side were Urethra fell in and peers out an oar hole looking for Urethra and the crocs.

perception: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Provided he sees him he will yell to the folks manning the nearest oar to lower it towards him. If he does not see Urethra, which seem unlikely since he will undoubtably be making lots of noise and splashing about, he will have them try to smack the croc.

Tough one to figure out what to roll for since Ben is just shouting orders.

Perceiving that someone has fallen into the water, followed by word of crocodiles coming for the victim, Lidia moves to the port side of the forecastle, pulling out her bow as she moves.

If she spots a crocodile, she fires at it. If not, she simply readies a shot for when she does.

Ranged Attack: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (19) + 9 = 28
Damage: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Kioshi hears the hectic voices and runs to aid the crew.

”What is going on?!“

Double move.