The Shards of Oberon

Game Master FangDragon

Sorry I meant the ships would close to 60 feet not 60 yards, so there shouldn't be any range penalty. Too bad about the natural 1, anyone else plan to take a shot? Note you can help Zendara reload if you're not doing anything. Each full round action helping reduces the number of rounds needed by 1 (can fire once every round with enough helpers).

How many of the grapple ballistas are there? If there's a second one, Edwin would take a shot. Otherwise he would help reload.

Xindyra will help Zandara reloading.

Ferian can assist with reloading till we get close, then he’ll focus on disabling the enemy ballista.

There are two ballistas forwards and aft. Each has two of the special grapple bolts (including magic rope) as well as a dozen regular bolts. If you miss, the rope has to be hauled in (kinda slow and using the command word would be dangerous since the bolt would get yanked back).

As they approached the enemy ship, Edwin touched the ballista he was operating and transferred as small amount of psychic energy to it. Then, at the range that Braenar had recommended, he fired.

Legacy Weapon to give the ballista a +1 enhancement bonus for one minute. Using 1/3 sudden insight uses.

Ballista, legacy weapon, non-proficient, sudden insight: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 1 - 4 + 1 = 13

I haven't added Edwin's size bonus for being small — not sure if that would apply. The +7 includes his dex modifier, but maybe that doesn't apply either?

Knowing full well that a fight was about to start Yukarii focused her mind and called forth her other self Yukaari. She was smart enough to know she may need a shield against harm if it came to boarding the other vessel. After that she cast a spell to protect herself mage armor and a spell to watch the condition of her allies and foes deathwatch then hunkered down behind what ever cover she could find just in time for the fight to start.

With its fans off the Dawntreader's motion was silent and the sudden rise smoothed out to a dead stop placing the two airships in close quarters with the Dawntreader a dozen feet lower. So focused were the enemy sailors on their tasks that none of them thought to look down over the rails, which was just as well because Zendara's first time aiming the bulky ballista didn't quite go according to plan.

Up close the weapon made a loud whiip-CRACK noise as the mechanism fired slamming the thumb wide string into the oddly hooked bolt. Aiming was tricky and her short sailed majestically past the bow of the enemy airship with a gently swoosh, hitting naught but air. Aided by Ferian and the others around her, she quickly made ready to shoot the other bolt.

Edwin don't think being small applies to siege weapons, if anything it makes them harder to use RAW which I'm handwaving for now.
Meanwhile Edwin was also battling with the other unwieldy ballista. His aim was a bit better but it kicked more than he expected ruining his aim, so after the crack of the bolt firing it glanced off with a hollow TOOONK leaving a gash in the paint.

By the time her weapon was reloaded Zendara had figured out where the sights where and she started humming a popular marching tune as she took careful aim at a timber that formed part of the hull. She squeezed the trigger leading to the same kick and whiip-CRACK noise followed by the swoosh of the rope and this time a loud hollow THUNK as the bolt bit home!

Yukarii cast several spells in preparation of battle to protect herself and to gain a supernatural understanding of living creature's status between life and death.

@Edwin I'm going to give you the chance to try again before I roll initiative.
@Ferian you can't see the huge ballista they're assembling yet, once the lines are drawn taught (probably during round 1) the ships will be dawn together and you can cast.

Edwin hurried to reload and try for another shot.

I don't know how many people are helping to reload, so I don't know how long this will take.

Ballista, legacy weapon, non-proficient, sudden insight: 1d20 + 7 + 1 - 4 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 7 + 1 - 4 + 1 = 22

With the assistance of Yukarii and Xindyra, Edwin was able to rapidly reload and fire. This time, just like Zendara his aim was true and the bolt thunked deeply into the enemy ships lower castle, leaving the two airships connected by the ropes.

A cry of consternation erupts from the boat followed by the yell of an authoritarian voice, "TO ARMS WE'RE BEING BOARDED!"

Edwin <----- WE ARE HERE

Enemy Lieutenant
Yukarii
Prof Dexter
Zendara
Dr Munroe
Xindyra
Ferian
Enemy Sailors

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 1 ----

Edwin Inspire
Enemy Lieutenant
Yukarii Mage Armor (1795 rounds), Deathwatch (296 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (196 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors
---- Round 2 ----
Edwin Inspire
Enemy Lieutenant
Yukarii Mage Armor (1794 rounds), Deathwatch (295 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (195 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors

Edwin is up. NB using the command words to shrink the ropes to bring the airships together to allow boarding is 2x standard action. Anyone can do that.

Edwin looked astern, drawing his and raising his sword. He called out, "Ready to contract grapple ropes! On my mark — one, two, three..."

Delaying until some at the rear ballista is ready to speak the command word. When he gets a response, he will shout out a count to three, and command his grapple ropes to contract.
Note that he should have already cast Mage Armor and Shield.

Having made the shot, Zendara casts gravity bow while Edwin finishes his side. before round 1

Round One:

Then on his count she uses the command word to coordinate the ship grappling.

She continues to sing free action: inspire courage is still up and rallies her fellows to focus on the enemy lieutenant move action: freebooter's bane grants +1 bonus on weapon attack and damage rolls against the target (stacks with inspire).

EDIT: removing the attack since I didn't notice that saying the command word was a standard action till just now.

Xindyra helps Edwin with the reeling in.

Edwin waits for Zendara to be ready, meanwhile the enemy lieutenant draws a fancy looking rapier and whispers spidery words causing the air around him to shimmer.

Edwin (Defer)

Enemy Lieutenant
Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE
Prof Dexter
Zendara Action posted
Dr Munroe
Xindyra
Ferian
Enemy Sailors

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 1 ----

Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (26 rounds)
Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor
Yukarii Mage Armor (1795 rounds), Deathwatch (296 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (196 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors
---- Round 2 ----
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (25 rounds)
Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor
Yukarii Mage Armor (1794 rounds), Deathwatch (295 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (195 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors

Yukarii, Prof Dexter, Dr Munroe, Xindyra and Ferian are up.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

Ferian waits for his chance to try disabling the enemy ballista. Perhaps they could convince their foes to stand down if their siege weaponry was disabled.

He's not comfortable sending Zephyr into battle just yet, so Ferian has his heron continue to fly nearby.

I don't think Ferian will need to delay or anything since he's last of the group in initiative, but other than helping reload the ballistae if necessary, he'll wait to cast Warp Wood on the enemy ballista at his first opportunity. DC 16 Will Save.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19
Yukarii recognized what the enemy lieutenant had just cast and knew he would be serious trouble. She decided to further test his defenses as she focused her thoughts on a sharp burst of never-erring magic and sent a pair of bolts lancing across the space to slam into the enemy mage as she said to those nearby, "Their Lieutenant is a spell caster of some kind."
magic missile @ Lieutenant: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (1, 1) + 2 = 4

Just waiting for Xindyra, I'll bot her tomorrow if needed.

I believe i posted helping Edwin with the ballista. ^^

Xindyra you probably can do something else this round, let me know :)

Yukarii whispers a word of power and a pair of silvery darts pulse out towards the Lieutenant before detonating in puffs of dust flecked with blood. The man bites back a vicious curse!

Hunting bow in hand Prof Dexter takes a look at the Lieutenant sizing him up. She nods grimly before suddenly knocking an arrow, drawing and firing, hitting him in the shoulder!
Long bow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 = 21Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 = 5

In unison Edwin and Zendara whisper the command words and an eerie sqqquaAAASh-sqqquaAAASh noise thrums through they suddenly become taught. The ropes strain and sing as they take up many tonnes of load and the two airships start to come together. Slowly at first but they gain speed!

Dr Munroe cracks his fists as his eyes bore into the enemy sailors as he moves to the gunwale in preparation for boarding! He also did something involving martial flexibility.

Xindyra was waiting to help Edwin but there was little to do beyond gawp at the spectacle as the shortening ropes inexorably pulled the two vessels together.

Ferian focuses his energies upon the giant ballista, sending his mind into the fibre of the wood, willing it to run wild and to warp away from the unnaturally straight planed edges. A part of the great torsion arms suddenly buckles and twists, ruining the engine!.
So the ballista counts as huge which is equivalent to 8 small objects. RAW you can't warp all of it at lvl 3. However rule 0 means I'm gonna let this one through, it's not complete yet and you manage to bust a smaller but important part.

The two ships slam together with a sound like the biggest kettle drum and you're rocked on your feet. Technically I should make everyone roll dex checks but there's so many of you and it's late...

Cutlasses in hand the enemy sailors surge forwards, some leaping across to The Dawntreader, hoping to bring the battle to you!

The enemy lieutenant barks a word of power before vanishing!

Enemy Lieutenant

Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE
Prof Dexter
Edwin
Zendara
Dr Munroe
Xindyra
Ferian
Enemy Sailors

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 2 ----

Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor, Vanish (NaN rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1794 rounds), Deathwatch (295 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (25 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (195 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors
---- Round 3 ----
Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor, Vanish (NaN rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1793 rounds), Deathwatch (294 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (24 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (194 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors

Yukarii, Prof Dexter, Edwin, Zendara, Dr Munroe, Xindyra and Ferian are up.

Edwin muttered an arcane phrase and moved to engage the boarding sailors, slashing with his scimitar!

Free Action: activate Black Blade Strike (+1 to damage rolls for one minute), Standard Action: Cast Frostbite, move action: move, Free Action: Attack (spellstrike)

+1 Scimitar: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24
Slashing Damage, Back Blade Strike: 1d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 6 + 1 = 11
Non-Lethal Cold damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7 Target is fatigued until non-lethal damage is healed.

He hoped he looked suitably dashing while doing all of this!

So if the attack hits, he will deal 11 lethal slashing damage and 7 non-lethal cold damage, and the target will be fatigued.
He can make up to 3 Frostbite attacks (1/lvl).

Fatigued: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a –2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity.

Something else, okay...

If allowed, Xindyra mixes a firebomb as the ropes reeled in, aiming at green as the ship gets close.

Rt: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (13) + 7 = 20 Fire dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
Reflex DC 15 vs 5 splash.

Getting to the rest at lunch.

Currently.

Xindyra passes through Yukari's square and moves to south of green.

Rapier, mutagen: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 7 + 2 = 28Jab, mutagen: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 4 + 2 = 7

Crit?: 1d20 + 7 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 7 + 2 = 23 Extra jab: 1d6 + 4 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 4 + 2 = 11

Zendara continues to sing Inspire Courage still active for everyone and shoots at red.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 7 + 2 + 4 = 14 (inspire courage, bullseye)
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (5, 1) + 3 + 2 = 11 (gravity bow, inspire courage)

Despite having steadied her shot carefully however, she fails miserably. She takes a breath and tries to focus. Trying to switch from a ballista back to a bow might have thrown her off.

Just Yukarii and Ferian now.

Yukarii manged to keep her footing when the ships crashed together for boarding and saw the lieutenant disappear. "Their caster is invisible!" Focusing her mind Yukarii thrust it out at the nearest enemy. Her mind touched his and then she began to overload his mind with sensations.
Mind thrust 1 DC 15 will for half: 3d6 ⇒ (2, 4, 2) = 8

As the ships slammed together, Xindrya was throwing a volatile cocktail she'd mixed together. It landed among the sailors detonating with a dull CRUMP and a gout of flame! Several of the men screamed in pain and surprise.

Had to look at an earlier version of the doc to see where green was standing. They where at the back next to Cyan & Yellow.
Cyan Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11 <--- FAIL
Yellow Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23 <--- PASS

Yukarii shouted a warning about the invisible lieutenant before focusing on the mind of the sailor Xindrya's bomb and detonated upon. The air around the man's head started to shimmer and he screamed as blood trickled out of his ears, nose and eyes! The man swayed woozily on his feet and looked set to fall at the slightest provocation.
Green Will DC 15: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 2 = 15 <--- PASS

Grabbing two arrows from her quiver, Professor Dexter shot from the hip at the closest enemy. The first arrow went wide but the second one stuck him deep in the left shoulder causing him to grunt in surprise as he blinked at the arrow fletchings.
Long bow, Inspire, Point Blank, Rapid Shot vs Black: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (5) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 10Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 10 <--- MISS
Long bow, Inspire, Point Blank, Rapid Shot vs Black: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (16) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 21Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 6 <--- HIT

A whispered word of power caused Edwin's sabre to instantly frost over and for a chill mist to form around it. With almost casual grace he slashed at the neck of wounded man in front of him, ending him.

Zendara's bow tracked the closest enemy sailor, a man who was retrieving something hidden near the great ballista. He ducked unpredictably and her arrow slammed quivering into the floorboards behind him.

Dr Munroe stepped towards the nearest enemy, batted the man'd saber away with the flat of his hand before trying an experimental punch. The man rocked back but Munroe's other fist caught his head with a glancing blow which left blood trickling from his nose.
Flurry, Inspire, Power Attack, Dedicated Adversary (Human): 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 8Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 14 <--- MISS
Flurry, Inspire, Power Attack, Dedicated Adversary (Human): 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (20) + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 25Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 7 <--- CRIT?
Confirm crit?: 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 13Crit Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 7 <--- NO

Green is dead so redirecting to the closest enemy.
Xindrya steps lightly over the corpse felled by Edwin and thrusts at the back of sailor Dr Munroe had just punched. The brightly shining point of her rapier burst through the man's sternum and he gasped and clutched at it feebly before slumping to the floor still twitching.

Ferian concentrated as he intoned the words of a prayer to St. Christopher. With a soundless flash a terrible actinic light erupted amongst the enemy causing them to wail as the light seared their eyes and bodies! Oh wow, thats basically trivialised the combat at a stroke.

The sailors on the boat all produced hand crossbows, at least those not blinded and they both swivelled towards Farian and took aim! With a loud CLACK-CLACK the bow strings slammed into the bolts. The first took Ferian in the shoulder, the second narrowly missed his ear.
Red: Hand Crossbow with point blank: 1d20 + 5 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 5 + 1 = 18Damage: 1d4 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 + 1 = 5
Orange: Hand Crossbow: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12Damage: 1d4 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

The blinded sailor on the enemy ship fumbled with the stopper of a silver hip flask which he downed in one gulp. Some of the sheets of burnt skin hanging off him suddenly went back to normal.
Purple: CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

On the Dawntreader several of the remaining sailors also downed restorative drafts. One of the men who had shielded his eyes darted over the railings to the upper level where Ferian was.
Blue: CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 1 = 2
Red Dash: CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8

Enemy Lieutenant

Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE
Prof Dexter
Edwin
Zendara
Dr Munroe
Xindyra
Ferian
Enemy Sailors

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 3 ----

Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor, Vanish (NaN rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1793 rounds), Deathwatch (294 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (24 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (194 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors
---- Round 4 ----
Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor, Vanish (NaN rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1792 rounds), Deathwatch (293 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (23 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (193 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors

Yukarii, Prof Dexter, Edwin, Zendara, Dr Munroe, Xindyra and Ferian are up.

Edwin cast a spell, and slashed across at one of the crewmen on the other ship, using his now stretchy arms!

I'm assuming that Edwin needs 10 ft reach to attack.

Full-round action: Spell Combat — Casting Longarm, and attacking.

+1 Scimitar, spell combat (orange): 1d20 + 10 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 10 - 2 = 19
Slashing Damage, Back Blade Strike: 1d4 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 = 8
Non-lethal cold damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (1) + 3 = 4

2/3 Frostbite attacks used (if this hits).

Zendara continues to sing. Inspire Courage still active, don't forget to use it!

She attacks red again.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 2 + 4 = 21 (inspire courage, bullseye)
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (3, 6) + 3 + 2 = 14 (gravity bow, inspire courage)

This time she felt back in the zone, and watches as her arrow flies towards the enemy near the ballista.

I think Ferian had stated he wanted to cast warp wood and posted a save, so we might want to fit that in next if he doesn't post himself.

Forgot About Inspire Courage; Edwin's Attack roll should be a total of 20, for 9 lethal damage and 8 non-lethal cold damage.

Thank you for your patience, everyone. Also, Zendara, I believe DM Fang had me cast Warp Wood at the start of the fight which he generously allowed to work, so... hopefully war-starting is off the table.

Perception: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (7) + 8 = 15

I'm pretty sure it won't be possible, but in the event Ferian can be pretty sure where the enemy lieutenant is standing, he'll cast Faerie Fire on that square.

Otherwise...

With several of the enemy blinded, Ferian decides to ignore his wound for the moment and focus on incapacitating more of their opponents.

Backed into a corner, Ferian focuses on the most immediate threat and tries to paralyze the red enemy.

Casting Hold Person on red dash. DC 16 Will Save.

Yukarii moved up a bit and focused her mind on thoughts of magical bolts and the emotions of a successful hit on her opponents. A pair of magical bolts materialized and shot out at the remaining thug on their ship to slam into him with out error.
magic missile on blue: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (3, 3) + 2 = 8

Missed that, thank for pointing it out, Ferian. :)

Yukarii's magical bolts slam into the blinded sailor, dropping him like a sack of potatoes amidst a mine mist of blood from two gaping wounds in his chest.

Professor Dexter swivels to shoot at one of the blinded sailors on the other boat. The man bumps into things in his panic and her first arrow goes wide but the second one takes him in the throat and he falls down gurgling.
Long bow, Inspire, Point Blank, Rapid Shot, vs Yellow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (11) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 16Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 7 <--- MISS
Long bow, Inspire, Point Blank, Rapid Shot, vs Yellow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (13) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 18Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 8 <--- HIT

Edwin's arms suddenly grow like elastic bands until they're unnaturally long! Reaching over the edge of the ship his frost encrusted rapier bit deeply into the side of a sailor, causing the man to gasps in shock as his blood froze!

Still singing, Zendara takes aim at the man charging her and Ferian. With an arrow nocked, she levels her bow, pulls the string back to her ear and releases. The arrow tears into the man's chest and post halfway out of his back, he sinks to his knees with a look of profound shock on his face.

Perception: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 <--- FAIL
Dr Munroe doesn't notice the soft footfalls near him and with no obvious enemy on this side, he vaults over the edge and lands an open handed punch against the man Edwin had atatcked. The heel of Dr Munroe's hand slammed into the man's nose, ramming the cartilage into his brain causing him to fall twitching.
Inspire, Power Attack, Dedicated Adversary (Human): 1d20 + 6 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 6 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 17Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 11 <--- HIT

Enemy Lieutenant

Yukarii
Prof Dexter
Edwin
Zendara
Dr Munroe
Xindyra <----- WE ARE HERE
Ferian Action posted
Enemy Sailors

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 3 ----

Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor, Vanish (NaN rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1793 rounds), Deathwatch (294 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (24 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (194 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors
---- Round 4 ----
Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor, Vanish (NaN rounds)
Yukarii Mage Armor (1792 rounds), Deathwatch (293 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (23 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (193 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors

Xindyra is up.

Not my turn yet, but posting in case I am not around when it is my turn over the 3 day weekend.

Zendara continues to sing. Inspire Courage still active

She shakes her head, realizing that she had attacked the wrong twin. Ah well, now there was only one. Easier that way. She takes aim at red.

Attack: 1d20 + 7 + 2 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 7 + 2 + 4 = 20 (inspire courage, bullseye)
Damage: 2d6 + 3 + 2 ⇒ (2, 5) + 3 + 2 = 12 (gravity bow, inspire courage)

Xindyra heads down the stairs, so she has a better view of the two foes on the other ship. Clenching her rapier under an arm, she mixes a bomb and hurls it at pink.

"I've got a present for you.", she says with an enthusiastic smile.

Rt, mutagen: 1d20 + 6 + 2 ⇒ (19) + 6 + 2 = 27 Fire dmg: 1d6 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7
DC 15 reflex for 1/2 vs 5 splash.

Xindyra's unstable concoction landed on the sailor and the vial smashed
covering him in a thick syrupy liquid. Nothing seemed to happen and the man sniggered before it suddenly exploded blowing half his clothes off. Fragments smashed painfully into the adjacent man however as fate would have it, most of them missed.

Orange Reflex DC 15: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (13) + 4 = 17 <--- PASS

Red dashed is dead, but the other red isn't.
Backed into a corner, Ferian intones the words of a spell as the sneering sailor on the other ship levels a powerful crossbow. The mans eyes suddenly grow wide with fear as his movements suddenly stop as his limbs lock into place!
Red Will DC 16: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11 <--- FAIL

A disembodied word of command is heard near Xindyra followed by the crackle of invisible lightnings and then the Lieuentant appears, thrusting at Xindyra's exposed side! The rapier wreathed in crackling lightnings slips in under her belly and the charge of lightning sears her innards and discolors her skin!

Rapier with shocking grasp spellstrike: 1d20 + 7 + 3 ⇒ (8) + 7 + 3 = 18Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 3d6 ⇒ (5) + 3 + (6, 6, 3) = 23 <--- HIT due to being denied dexterity.
I assume Xindyra has a chain shirt (it doesn't say on your sheet) so the +3 to hit applies. Xindyra has AC 21 due to the mutagen but +4 of that is dex, so he hit but only just.

Enemy Lieutenant

Yukarii <----- WE ARE HERE
Prof Dexter
Edwin
Zendara
Dr Munroe
Xindyra
Ferian
Enemy Sailors

Buffs and Debuffs wrote:

Spoiler:

---- Round 4 ----

Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor
Yukarii Mage Armor (1792 rounds), Deathwatch (293 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (23 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (193 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors
---- Round 5 ----
Enemy Lieutenant Mage Armor
Yukarii Mage Armor (1791 rounds), Deathwatch (292 rounds), Inspire
Prof Dexter Inspire
Edwin Inspire, Mage Armor, Shield (22 rounds)
Zendara Inspire
Dr Munroe Inspire
Xindyra Mutagen (192 rounds), Inspire
Ferian Inspire
Enemy Sailors

Yukarii, Prof Dexter, Edwin, Zendara, Dr Munroe, Xindyra and Ferian are up.

Inventory is spoilered at the bottom of the page.
Mithral chain shirt. (+4 AC), buckler +1 AC. Dmg reduced to 18, fiendish resistance. Current AC vs visibles, 23. Mutagen also provides +2 NA

"YeoW!", Xindyra yells when the man jabs her.

"If we win, you'll be my guinnea pig.", she says with a somewhat unsettling smile.

Action posted above. Still aiming at red.

Edwin turned his attention to the new enemy in their midst; he slashed at the lieutenant that had just appeared next to Xindara. "Hey — we're doing the boarding here!"

+1 Scimitar, flank, inspire courage: 1d20 + 10 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 10 + 2 + 1 = 29
Slashing damage, black blade strike, inspire courage: 1d4 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 9
Non-lethal cold damage: 1d6 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7

Assuming that he can flank from his current position; he can move if necessary.
Last Frostbite damage, unless one of the previous attacks missed.

Note that everyone who took the non-lethal cold damage is fatigued (can neither run nor charge and takes a –2 penalty to strength and dexterity) until the non-lethal damage is healed.

With the sudden appearance of the Lieuentant as he stabbed Xindrya and blasted her with magic Yukarii realized he companion needed aid. In order to buy them all some time she called out, "Yukaari! Distract them!" From inside of her burst forth the spectral figure that looked so much like herself. Yukaari was the idealized provocative version of herself that Yukarii kept hidden from the world. A result of her torment when she was younger, and the spectral being quickly approached the Lieuentant as she yelled at him, "If you want to show us how manly you are come and f!&# me you honorless swine!"
Antagonize (Intimidate: Demoralize) DC=10+1/2 HD+wis mod vs enemies w/i 30 ft: 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (11) + 8 = 19

Yukarii then focused her mind on the Lieuentant. She thought of stabbing and pain and felt anger and grief and slammed the sensations into his mind all at once.
mind thrust 1 (dc 15 half): 3d6 + 3 ⇒ (4, 6, 1) + 3 = 14
So funny thing, I forgot I have Blood Havoc and that it applies to my mind thrust spell. Yay for three more pts of damage!

Ferian tries not to panic as Xindyra takes a nasty blow from the enemy lieutenant. He moves forward, hoping to get to her soon to heal some of her wounds.

Casting a spell, Ferian shouts, "Halt!" at the enemy lieutenant.

Casting Command on the enemy lieutenant. DC 15 Will Save or take no actions for 1 round.

Yukarii pours a torrent of mental anguish into the Lieutenant and he winces as the wave of power washed over him, leaving a thin trickle of blood from his eyes and ears.
Will Save DC 15: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16 <--- PASS

Mariam swivels towards the Lieutenant and bites back a curse at his savage blow againt Xindrya. She draws a pair of arrows, nooks, draws to the cheek and releases. The first bypassed his sorcerous shields and took him high in the chest. The second arrow missed by a foot.
Long bow, Inspire, Point Blank, Rapid Shot, vs Lieutenant: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (15) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 20Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 12 <--- CRIT?
Crit?: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 11Crit Damage: 2d8 + 6 + 2 + 2 ⇒ (8, 8) + 6 + 2 + 2 = 26 <--- NO
Long bow, Inspire, Point Blank, Rapid Shot, vs Yellow: 1d20 + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 ⇒ (4) + 5 + 1 + 1 - 2 = 9Damage: 1d8 + 3 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 3 + 1 + 1 = 6 <--- MISS

The Lieutenant clutched feebly at the arrow and stumbled back onto Edwin's frost encrusted blade which erupted out of his chest next to the arrow. The man stared at the bloodied sword with a look of horror before he slumped to the ground dead.

Zendara's carefully aimed arrow struck the paralyzed enemy crossbow man between the eyes, his head slammed back into the side of the ship and stuck there transfixed by the yard long arrow.

Dr Munroe's fist left an indentation three inches deep as he slammed it into the face of the man in front of him, with the sound of a hammer hitting fresh meat. The man's skull cracked open, dashing the contents on the floor after falling backwards from the blow.
Flurry, Inspire, Power Attack, Dedicated Adversary (Human): 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (14) + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 19Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 3 + 1 + 2 = 13 <--- HIT

He stepped towards the remaining sailor who managed to duck his blow before squeaking, "I surrender!"
Flurry, Inspire, Power Attack, Dedicated Adversary (Human): 1d20 + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 3 + 1 - 1 + 2 = 10Damage: 1d6 + 3 + 1 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 3 + 1 + 2 = 10 <--- MISS

I think we can call it here. COMBAT OVER.

Edwin checked on the downed enemies, trying stabilize their wounds if he could.

Heal (untrained): 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (12) - 1 = 11

Some of the ones Edwin struck took a mix of lethal and non-lethal damage, so most are likely still alive.

After tending to the wounded, he crossed over to the enemy ship and made sure that the ballista was disabled. He returned to the Dawntreader and reported, "They won't be starting a war today."

Zendara moves over to the other ship to make sure that the giant ballista is out of commission for good, echoing the concern of probably everyone else, but she had to see for herself. She checks to see what Red was trying to retrieve beside it, and then begins a search of the enemy ship to make sure they didn't miss anything.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

Ha ha... I was so focused on taking airship skills that I didn't even get spellcraft yet. Hope someone else can identify the potions and magic rapier.

Doh, another skill i'll have to invest in next level. XD

Edwin carefully examined the magic rapier.

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (7) + 10 = 17

Ferian hurries over to his allies, eager to heal at least some of their wounds. He waits till the living enemy combatants are securely bound before channeling twice in St. Christopher's name.

CPE x2: 4d6 ⇒ (6, 3, 5, 3) = 17

Ferian can also cast Stabilize if necessary to keep anyone from bleeding out.

Spellcraft (Potion 1): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15

Spellcraft (Potion 2): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (3) + 6 = 9

Spellcraft (Potion 3): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (6) + 6 = 12

Spellcraft (Potion 4): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Spellcraft (Rapier): 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (16) + 6 = 22

Ferian recognizes one potion is a cure serious wounds. The other three come in identical bottles but he's not quite sure if they're the same. The rapier is a +1 weapon.

You have two prisoners, one very badly wounded and unconscious and the one guy who surrendered. So far this swarthy looking chap has said nothing and looks resigned to his fate. The super large ballista has been destroyed with your combined efforts.

I know you said they didn't have personal items, but are there papers or anything else on the ship that help prove what went down here, or do we only have the prisoners? Also, you said earlier that red was trying to retrieve something by the ballista... was that significant, or just battle banter?

Just to add a bit to what Zendara said, if we're not pressed for time, we should probably search the ship thoroughly now, taking 20 if possible. They could have slipped up and left some clue they didn't intend to. I suppose we can let the city's authorities handle matters otherwise, but it would be nice to get something definitive.