Round 1
"$hit!" Tobias curses as both attempts fail to catch.
Round Two.
Rosanne misses with her crossbow.
Torgal missed with the grappling hook and reels it back in.
Tobias misses with the grappling hook and reels it back in.
Jacques succeeds and his grappling hook catches the enemy ship's railing.
Enemy sailors let loose their crossbows.
Rosanne is grazed by one of the bolts.
Rosanne succeeds and her grappling hook catches the enemy ship's railing.
Battle Map
Jacques looks around briefly to see if any of the other sailors that are hostile to them are nearby, and frowns as he notices that the enemy is using crossbows, not pistols.
He takes Torgal's rope and ties it to his waist, as a safety back to the ship if he should fall. "Let us get to the other side quickly, before they can reload, oui?" he says, and begins to try and make his way across.
Safely on the other side, he ties Torgal's rope to their target and takes up a defensive stance with his rapier.
Rosanne doesn't want to cross while someone is shooting at her so lobs a Snowball spell at the one who shot her before grabbing the rope to climb over.
Round 2
Tobias earlier success returns by not only getting the grappling hook very secure into the merchant's railing but ti[ptoeing up the rope to stand upon the foreign deck.
Torgal holds the rope tightly for Jacques before tying it to the railing of the Wormwood. ”Into th’ fray!” he bellows!
Rosanne just barely misses the target of her magical snowball.
Jacques quickly shimmies across the rope to the other ship and ties off Torgal's rope.
Torgal's grip on the rope slips and he falls into the water.
Tobias throws the grappling hook perfectly this time and shows off by running along the rope instead of climbing.
The enemy sailors fall upon Jacques and Tobias.
The crossbows are reloaded again.
The fog parts momentarily as you see Captain Harrigan and two officers rushing madly for the doors to the captain’s cabin below the aft deck,
slashing and hacking as they move.
You notice a Rahadoumi sailor sneaking up behind Captain Harrigan.
Round 3
Tobias bellows over the sound of battle at Captain Harrigan.
The young sailor then turns his attentions back to the defenders.
Rosanne curses foully as she joins Torgal in the water.
Rosanne grits her teeth and starts the painful haul back up onto the enemy ships deck.
Jacques stabs at the sailor with his rapier, his eyes darting towards the rail in consternation as he sees Rosanna and Torgal fall.
He smirks at the sight of the pirate sneaking up behind their captain, and grimaces when Tobias calls attention to them.
Rosanne grabs a hold of Torgal as she almost gets a grip on the side."Torgal. Keep singing! It scares the sharks away. Now lets climb this bloody ship together!"
"Oh sure - now ye want me t' sing," Torgal spits out seawater before grinning at Rosanne. "Off with ye unappreciative critic!"
Rosanne and Torgal fall into the sea, sharks circle as Rosanne starts climbing out.
Tobias calls out, warning the Captain of the sneaky sailor. The Captain turns around as the sailor is about to stab him and with one strike of the captain's blade he flops to the deck, dead. The Captain looks back at Tobias and nods in recognition before advancing through the doors to the captain's cabin.
Tobias and Jacques continue fighting the sailors, one of whom draws blood from Tobias.
She encourages Torgal, "Get up there you lump and pull me up before some damn fish eats us both!"
Round 4
Tobias continues to defend himself and Jacques from the ship's defenders. The young sailor presses his attack.
Jacques matches Tobias's step a touch competitively, with a wide smile.
Torgal tries to answer Rosanne, but only gets a mouthful of saltwater for his efforts. The hull of the ship is too slick for him to get a purchase, and he scrabbles uselessly against it.
Torgal struggles to get a hold on the side of the ship, helping Rosanne out but still himself in the water with the sharks.
Tobias and Jacques defeat one of the sailors and one of the crossbowmen come down to take his place while the other three reload.
Tobias and Jacques both take a scratch from their swords.
Round 5
Still between a rock and a hard place with his best mate, Jacques, Tobias fights on.
Jacques attempts to hold off their enemies while Torgal struggles to join them.
Rosanne throws a rope down for Torgal.
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”Not t’day, ya dry-mouthed scurvy sausages!” It’s unclear whether Torgal is referring to the sharks in the water or the sailors on the deck as he pulls himself up the rope. ”Rosanne, yer’ a vision like an overflowin’ mug!”
Rosanne throws a rope to Torgal, helping him out of the shark infested water then throwing a magical snowball, staggering the sailor.
Tobias and Jacques continue their fight with the sailors and the crossbows are loosed again. Jacques gains another scratch.
Suddenly, an explosion rocks the Man's Promise coming from somewhere below deck!
Rosanne takes a 5' diagonally back to clear the way for Torgal, throwing another Snowball at 6.
Round 6
Tobias decided that dodging arrows and blades are preferable to being hit by said objects.
With Tobias's practice cool, the young sailor merely hops to stand strong against the massive explosion under the deck. With all his opponents still reeling from the combustion, Tobias decides to press his advantage.
Torgal doesn't even seem to notice the boat swaying under his feet - or perhaps he's staggering so much that it doesn't make any difference. "Oi, that was a good 'un!" he cheers, stumbling up the steps and pulling his rapier out from its sheath. "Let's show these unlucky bootlickers 'ow it's done, Lucky Drunk!"
Jacques steadies himself and lunges at the injured sailors!
Rosanne keeps her footing but misses her snowball at the prone sailor.
Jacques gets a little unbalanced from the blast but is quick to recover himself and stabs the prone sailor.
Torgal heeps his footing and seizes the opportunity, stabbing the prone sailor in the heart. He won't be standing up anytime soon, or at all.
Tobias keeps his footing but even against the unbalanced sailor doesn't find an opening to strike.
One of the crossbowmen that fell picks himself up and runs to join the fight. The others reload their crossbows.
Just then, 3 Rahadoumi sailors appear out of the fog, hoping to board the starboard side ship’s boat and escape the battle. Riaris Krine's orders included not letting anyone escape on those boats.
Round 7
ROSANNE! JACQUES! Got stop those sailors! Torgal and I will take care of this lot!" Tobias roared over the battle.
"Fecking bastards running from the fun!" Is Rosanne's opinion of current events. She darts over to the escaping sailors and slashes at the one closest to the stairs.
"Parties not over boyos! Sit down and behave and you'll live"
Torgal steps over the fallen man and grabs his tankard from its place at his hip. ”Alright, who’s ready t’ sing along?” he bellows.
Jacques rushes over to the other sailors with the boat and stabs the closest with his rapier.
Rosanne and Jacques rush over to stop the sailors from escaping. The two they wound turn around to defend themselves while the third continues releasing the boat.
Torgal and Tobias stay on the stairs fighting the sailors. One of them slashes Torgal.
"Oi, I hadn't even started yet!" Torgal spits in the general direction of the sailor who so rudely stabbed him, then follows his projectile with a double swing of both blade and cup.
Dropping her dagger Rosanne reveals her claws to the fool who lost his chance to live.
She keeps trying to cower the sailors and make them surrender, "Last chance Fool!" She snarls. "You can surrender, or you can enjoy your swim with the sharks instead!."
Jacques stabs at the sailor fiddling with the boat, hoping to interrupt his progress. "There will be no escape for you," he says, echoing Rosanne's threats with his own. "Your only chance is to beg for our mercy."
Round 8
Tobias advances forward and attacks Sailor #2.
"Ow ok I surrender!" The sailor Rosanne wounded drops his weapon and puts his hands in the air.
The Rahadoumi merchant vessels often have trouble with the pirates of the shackles on their voyages to Sargava and southern Garund. Some try to brave the open ocean and avoid the shackles but this adds on extra travel time and is not desirable. Such merchant ships always have battle trained sailors to repel boarders and protect their valuable cargoes.
The third sailor keeps untying the boat so they can escape.
Torgal smashes his tankard into the head of a sailor, causing him to withdraw back up to the sterncastle. One of the crossbowmen there hand their crossbow to him and jump down to engage Torgal instead.
Tobias and his opponent can't seem to best each other.
Rosanne will circle around Jacques and slash at the sailor still untying the boat.
She yells at him in annoyance, "What are you going to do if you get free? You'll be alone and bleeding in the Shackles Fool! Sit down and live longer!"
Round 9
Tobias will keep trading parries with Sailor #2. Then suddenly, the pirate breaches the rahadoumi's defenses, and plunges his rapier deep into Sailor #2's chest.
Torgal doesn't seem to mind the change in dancing partners as he continues his two-handed assault. "Ya can always surrender, ya know!"
Jacques doubles his efforts to harm the sailor working on the boat. "You will regret not giving me your full attention, dead man," he says as he stabs at him.