Seeing Sandara already healed Helgash, Nivian remains focused on the creatures. If the wounded one was not finished off, she targets it with Misfortune - otherwise the remaining one.
Despite his target having the grappled condition, Sebastion still misses. Onnello hits it hard and it is obvious that it has been weakened (it now has the staggered condition).
Nivian's misfortune hex takes hold.
The wounded creature attempts to maintain its hold on Helgash and drag him down, while the other realeases him and attacks Sebastion.
The creature maintains the grapple, but fails to drag Helgash any deeper.
Sandara swimsback up and casts another spell, holding it for next round.
Helgash, you're up (make another save vs poison), then everyone else can go again.
Oops, forgot:
Sebastion is hit twice, but not grappled. make two fort saves vs poison.
Not one to simply lay down and die, Helgash continues stabbing.
Helgash continues to be affected by the poison.
Helgash hits the creature yet again, it continues to bleed.
Onnello's second attack finally dispatches the wounded creature. When it dies, it goes into a final frenzy randomly attacking anything next to it.
So one attack against Onnello and one against the other creature.
Both miss and the creature goes limp and slowly sinks.
Sebastion, hurting from the attacks, fights more defensively.
Forgot swim check:
AC-20
hp-5/11
CMD vs Grapple-22
status: fighting defensively, Combat exp., Power Attack
Sebastion slams his dagger home into the remaining creature, severly wounding it.
Ioney manages to orient himself on the little buggers, and attempts to stab one with a dagger.
Ioney successfully hits the last creature crippling it (it is now staggered and bleeding).
And Nivian afflicts the second creature with misfortune, as well. Or attempts to do so.
The second one shrugs off Nivian's Misfortune.
The creature continues to attack Sebastion.
Unsuccessfully though.
OK, everyone can go!
Sebastion continues as before:
AC-20
hp-5/11
CMD vs Grapple-22
status: fighting defensively, Combat exp., Power Attack
Struggling in the water, Ioney tries to contribute some more.
He manages to lash out at the creature, but it seems to have no trouble avoiding his blade this time.
Sandara swoms down and touches Sebastion this time.
With the flank Sebastion hits, but Ioney still misses.
Onnello kills the last creature and, as with the first, it dies in a frenzied spasm.
one attack against Helgash, the other against Ioney.
It misses Helgash, but cuts Ioney.
Sandara channels enough to fully heal everyone.
"Those were Reefclaws, nasty little buggers, especially since they are intelligent. However, they are also delicacies. I think we should use one of the crab pots for them." Sandara explains when everyone gets to the surface to catch their breath.
With the immediate combat over, Nivian rushes to those attacked by the Reefclaws. Without long discussion, she uses the side of her blade scraping across the skin, attempting to push the injected venom back out of the wound before it takes hold.
On Sandara's explanation, Nivian responds:"Thanks for keeping us healed. And it's only fair. They tried to eat us, we get to eat them. The way of nature. Lets pool the other crabs we have so far and empty a pot for them."
With the immediate combat over, Nivian rushes to those attacked by the Reefclaws. Without long discussion, she uses the side of her blade scraping across the skin, attempting to push the injected venom back out of the wound before it takes hold.
Helgash grits his teeth, and lets Nivian do her job - "Thank you" - he nods at her, then to all the others - "You boys and girls were fast on the trigger - thanks for coming to my aid" - he adds - "I get a feeling these crab things would have made shish-kebab out of me"
Sandara channels enough to fully heal everyone.
"Thanks for keeping us healed. And it's only fair. They tried to eat us, we get to eat them. The way of nature. Lets pool the other crabs we have so far and empty a pot for them."
"Not sure if I am up for eating those things, but I will make Nivian's words my own - thank you Sandara" - the half-orc commented, then purposefully moved away to retrieve his pot, not used to having to say so many 'thank yous' in quick succession.
After securing the catch, you swim back to the Wormwood. Upon seeing the catch, more specifically the two Reefclaws, Kroops yelps with delight.
"Oi, the Cap'n is gonna be happy tonight!"
He eagerly grabs the crab pot containing them and heads for the galley, motioning for Helgash to follow.
That evening, after dinner, Captain Harrigan makes a rare appearance at the eveing entertainments and rewards your group with two potions (CMW). He then turns back to his cabin.
You can practically feel the hatred from Plugg and his cronies at the extra attention the Capt. has paid to you.
Day 14
You are excused from your regular work today, as you are to be trained in boarding. This training is carried out under the watchful eye of Riaris Krine, the Wormwood’s master gunner. Krine’s skin is darkened from countless days on deck under the sun, and her nose has the appearance of having been broken several times over. One of her legs has been replaced with a wooden peg leg, the result of a wayward catapult shot that took off her leg below the knee. She may be the most viletongued wench you have ever met, and her language makes Rosie Cusswell sound like a nun.
Grappling hooks are an essential part of piracy, used to grapple enemy ships and draw them closer for boarding. Being able to use them is therefore considered a vital pirate skill. Krine orders the jolly boat on the main deck to be launched at dawn for the day’s work. She takes two characters out at a time to instruct them in using grapples. The exercise consists of the characters in the jolly boat throwing grapples onto the Wormwood from 40 feet away, tying the rope off, and then boarding the Wormwood by climbing along the rope. To make it interesting, however, Krine has instructed four random crew members to hurl objects at the boarding characters in an attempt to knock them off, simulating a real attack.
No, not yet. What I'll probably do is have everyone do one evening at a time, and add if they were doing a late night action.
Ioney quietly takes his turn in the boat, and hopes to get lucky with his attempts.
His first toss is short, with the grappleing hook bouncing off the ship's hull.
The second BARELY clears the rail, but that proves fortunate as it snags into place.
But when he start trying to climb the rope, he immediately falls into the water. After climbing back into the boat, he tries again.
For a second, Krine has a glimmer of hope that Ioney might be able to do this.
And then he falls into the water again.
Looking as sheepish as you might expect, Ioney goes to try again.
But, of course the head of the grapple hook bounces off the rail instead of going over it.
This time it goes over the rail, but when he pulls back on it, it doesn't catch and rops into the water.
And he finally gets another solid connection. He looks at Krine with a hint of fear in his eyes as he starts to try the climb again.
But he actually manages to make some progress up the rope this time!
Which simply means that he makes a bigger splash when he falls in for the third time. Krine leaves him to soak for a while before letting him out of the water.
The thugs have gone from taunting the bard about not staying on the rope long enough for them to throw anything at him to simply guffawing and enjoying themselves as he tries to tread water. When Krine lets him out of the water, it has more to do with fear that he's going to drown and Krine will be blamed by the Captain than with any concern over Ioney's worthless hide.
Now that was entertaining :)
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No, not yet. What I'll probably do is have everyone do one evening at a time, and add if they were doing a late night action.
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15+15 = 30 feet!
30+15 = 45 feet and done! Woot!
Sebastion takes his turn, not relishing the climb.
He easily cathes the rail of the ship. He then ties it off and begins to slide along the rope.
2nd round
3rd round
Again
next round
Sebastion has a rough start, but then gets across the divide. However, just as he reaches for the rail, he is hit in the face with a big, rotten cabbage and loses his grip, falling into the water. After making his way back to the jolly boat, he tries again, this time getting across much quicker and reaching safety without falling.
Nivian is not amused.
This was...useless. Why would she ever try and do this? But she suspected voicing her opinion was not a good idea.
So she took the grapple and threw it towards the ship.
After failing to connect several times - and one going dangerously close by Krine - she finally manages a throw that stays hooked on the wormwood. Fixing the end on the small boat, she starts to climb up the rope.
She holds on a moment, then slips and splashes into the water right in front of the boat.
R1
R2
On the second attempt, she actually makes it to the ship - but just as she is about to climb on board, one of Pluggs croneys empties a pot with feces and piss on her, causing her to slip and splash into the water.
R1
She does attempt it a third time, but expended all her strength on the previous attempts, and basically falls into the water as soon as she made it past solid ground.
Krine tells her to stand down next to Ioney, and she waits until this ridiculous exeercise is over: "Is it just us, or do those guys get a refresher, too?" she points at the crew joyously throwing garbage at her companions.
Ioney chuckles at Nivian's question. "This serves two purposes. It identifies who will best serve as an initial boarding wave in a fight, and it entertains the existing crew. You may have noticed. They won't go through this, because they already know who's gonna be in the boarding party. We're just fresh meat until we prove better. I'm probably gonna be meat for a long time . . .."
"I understood as much. But if there's a chance they get to freshen up now and then on these basics, I wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to repay the favor..."
Krine spews a blistering torrent of verbal abuse at Nivian and Ioney, but no actual physical punishment. After everyone is finsihed, the jolly boat is hoisted back aboard and the Wormwood sails on.
Sebastion will start acting the tough guy I guess, as that is the only way he will influence any of these pirates. So day 11 he will try to influence Jack Scrimshaw.
Day 12 he will do the same.
*EDIT* No late night actions for those days.
Once again Helgash is drawn to Shivikah - the woman's grim stance makes him curious.
@ Sebastion - Yes, you make Jack helpful
@ Helgash - You succeed in maing Shivikah freindly
@ Onnello - you do realize that you can't inluence Syl? The base DC is 25.
@ everyone, you don't have to limit yourselves to just your work group as this includes the evening time as well.
Are we still using Sense Motive DC15?
Yes, for the generic +2, which stacks with any other bonuses.
Ioney continues seeking out the women, and seeing if he can get any of them to see at least him as a reasonable person . . .. He'll work on Aretta this time.
"Hey. So, I'm pretty bad at this sailor stuff. Bet you noticed. I'm trying to meet everybody, see if I can find a place where I can contribute better. How've you been getting along?"
Ioney will try to cement one of his newer acquaintances: "Badger".
"So, do you think my escapades today counted as entertaining as a fool, or did I just give all the old hands another reason to hate me?"
"Evening" - he sat down next to the woman when he managed to find her alone on deck - "I have been meaning to ask you - why would you come to my help like that when we were fighting the Reefclaws? Why are you so friendly to us scrubs?"
"Evening" - he sat down next to the woman when he managed to find her alone on deck - "I have been meaning to ask you - why would you come to my help like that when we were fighting the Reefclaws? Why are you so friendly to us scrubs?"
Sandara looks sideways at you.
"I could tell you that you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth..."Then she laughs.
"I made an enemy of Mr. Scourger right at the outset when I slapped that repulsive pig in front of others. Your group seems to be on Plugg's s*#@ list, which means Scourge is your enemy as well. On a ship like this, you need to have allies. I figured I'd tie my fate to yours. If so, then I will help where and when I can. It was definitely in my best interests to not have you eaten by the Reefclaws."
In keeping with the theme on Day 12 Ioney will approach Syl . . .. Some might call it attempted suicide.
"You seem to be especially dangerous, but you also seem to be just another hand, like the rest of us. Why are they keeping you in the crowd instead of letting you lead the charge?"
Late night, he will attempt to improve his relationship with Tilly.
"So, what is the plan for after all of this? I mean, you didn't choose this ship either, right? There has to be plans for after, then, right?"