Getting a relatively straightforward job, Capricia makes time during the day to visit the quartermaster's store to inquire about small weapons such as daggers and saps.
Getting a relatively straightforward job, Capricia makes time during the day to visit the quartermaster's store to inquire about small weapons such as daggers and saps.
[dice=Capricia the Pirate Profession (sailor) Check]1d20+6
The only place to buy anything (remember you are on board a ship) is at the quartermaster's store. Grok will tell you that your stuff now belongs to the captain, but she will let you buy your dagger and one more for 4 gp. And no, they are not allowed so you will have to hide them on you.
Manny has kitchen knives and his daggers. Plus a MW dagger he found in the kitchen
Day of the Storm (day eight)
After a day of heavy winds and rain, a storm well and
truly hits the Wormwood on the eighth day. The ship is
tossed about on the high seas and all hands are called on
deck to work, including the cook’s mate. All of the crew is
required in the rigging, and the PCs are assigned random
tasks from the rigger task list.
Jobs rolls for the day
Manny's rigger roll:
nuts' rigger roll:
Capricia's rigger roll:
Emerald's rigger roll:
Laroisael's rigger roll:
Harask rigger roll:
The DC of all such tasks is increased by +2.
Manny and Emerald
Mainsail Duties: Tough work raising and lowering
the mainsail, requiring a DC 12 Profession (sailor)
or Strength check. The PC must also make a DC 12
Constitution check to avoid being fatigued at the end
of the shift.
Aki
Lookout: A climb to the crow’s nest 60 feet up,
requiring DC 12 Climb checks followed by a DC 12
Perception check.
Capricia and Laroisael
Upper Rigging Work: Work in the upper rigging, 50
feet up, requiring DC 12 Climb checks, followed by a
DC 12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity check.
Harask
Rope Work: Handling the ship’s ropes, including
coiling them, stowing them, and securing them to
cleats and single and double bollards, requiring a DC
12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity check.
Manny and Emerald
Mainsail Duties: Tough work raising and lowering
the mainsail, requiring a DC 12 Profession (sailor)
or Strength check. The PC must also make a DC 12
Constitution check to avoid being fatigued at the end
of the shift.
The work is hard but I have done this before. If we are to survive, I have to dig deeper and hold it together. Reflecting on my experience, I know we will make it
HAVE FAITH MANNY, HOLD YOUR TONGUE RIGHT, I HAVE A PLAN BECAUSE I AM THE PLAN (SHOUTING OVER THE STORM)
Benefit: A childhood of farm work, apprenticeship, or similar toil has granted you reserves of endurance.
Once per day, when an effect would normally leave you fatigued or exhausted, you may ignore the fatigue or exhaustion effect. This ability activates the first time you are affected by fatigue or exhaustion in a day — you cannot “save” it to apply it to a specific effect. Your traditional upbringing has sharpened your Willpower as well, granting a +1 bonus on Will saves.
Uh-oh..I knew I was forgotten to learn something
Laroisael somehow manages to get up to the rigging and manage said rigging despite the fact that she is terrified for her life as she’s 50
feet high in a raging storm.
Now I really wished I knew how to swim!!! she screamed internally.
Capricia tries to climb fast early. All it gets her is frustrated...and perhaps entangled in the rigging.
Capricia tries to climb fast early. All it gets her is frustrated...and perhaps entangled in the rigging.
[dice=Capricia the Pirate Climb Check (accelerated)]1d20+5-5
[dice=Capricia the Pirate Climb Check (accelerated)]1d20+5-5
[dice=Capricia the Pirate Climb Check (accelerated)]1d20+5-5
The good news is you have not made it off the ground in order to fall anywhere. The worst you are going to get is a tongue lashing from one of the officers who are all on deck.
Laroisael, you have only made it up 7.5'. Going to make more rolls to get to 50'
You see a bunch of officers you have not ever seen before, even at first call and rum ration. Gunnery officers, boatswain’s mate, master gunner and sailing master. The latter casting spells to try and help with the storm.
The ship is being tossed in the storm, while the captain does his best to steer into it. Any movement at all is difficult and climbing even worse.
Once she actually gets to where she needs to be in the rigging, Capricia performs admirably under duress.
Laroisael thought she made it good, but she tried to climb more and kept slipping. And just when she thought she was making progress, she lost her grip…
Laroisael falls into the open water. She can attempt to swim untrained, but it is largely up to the party to save her!
“HELP! HELP I CAN’T SWIM!!!” the elf screams. She didn’t want it to go out like this. Maybe getting trapped in a mummy’s tomb, or
cornered by an eldritch abomination, but not drowning in the ocean.
Manny grabs rope to throw at elf.
Manny, you need to make a ranged touch.
Hearing the cry for help and seeing MANNY getting a rope, I tell manny, Secure the rope on the railing and give me the other end, I am going in to get her, and then manny sees gills flare on my neck as I wrap the rope around my middle and swan dive over the edge to grab her.
If the attack hits, Laroisael gains a bonus on his
Swim checks equal to twice the total Strength modifiers
of those hauling the rope. Up to three characters can add
their Strength modifiers to help in this way. If she
fails the Swim check by 5 or more, he loses his grip on the
rope and it must be drawn back and thrown again or a new
rope must be thrown. So you can have three PCs help her by pulling on the rope to aid on her swim check.
Manny ties off the rope a dope.
Nuts climbs up the ropes into the crows nest. SLOWLY. Wet ropes are slippery, and the wind is blowing.
He takes his time climbing, and has problems finding purchase.
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"Whew!" he takes a breather as the ship is moving left and right, everything exaggerated by the height of the nest. He pulls out a rope and ties the thing around the mast, and then around his waist, with some 8 ft of length between.
As he looks around, the rain peppers his face, and he has difficulties seeing anything at all. The flashes of lightning in the distance and rain sleets hitting his face is the only thing he can see, completely oblivious to the situation below.
"Can't see squat in this!" he shouts below.
No one can seem to hear either
Manny tries pulling...
Rosie helps Mannie pulling the rope
Capricia yells to someone lower on the rigging. "Hey! Rosie! You've got muscles! Help Manny--someone's overboard!" Seeing Rosie already heading that way, Capricia yells, "Right! Good job!"
Laroisael, make another swim check please.
[dice=Swim]1d20 + 1
Add +6 for twice Rosie's STR bonus. This will allow the two of them to swim to the ship.
School: transmutation
Casting Time: 1 standard action
Components: V, S
Range: personal
Target: you
Duration: 1 minute/level (D)
Summary: Gain a climb speed and a swim speed of 10 ft.
Casting a spell and swim to hop up to grab and climbing up the ship.
That should get them back aboard ship.
Manny flexes his goblin muscles. It is quite obvious that he saved everyone.
Laroisael coughs up a lot of sea water before flopping on her back. She looks at Manny, Emerald and Rosie and says while catching her breath, “Thank you. Oh thank you thank you thank you…”
Manny jumps up and down on Laroisael's back, making sure all the booze is out.
The crew must stay up all night battling the storm—there is no evening rest or entertainment, and after the evening meal (ship’s biscuit only, on this occasion), everyone gets new tasks from the rigger task list.
Manny's rigger roll: rnd: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Nuts' rigger roll: rnd: 1d6 ⇒ 5
Capricia's rigger roll: rnd: 1d6 ⇒ 2
Emerald's rigger roll: rnd: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Laroisael's rigger roll: rnd: 1d6 ⇒ 4
Harask rigger roll: rnd: 1d6 ⇒ 1
Manny and Nuts
Lookout: A climb to the crow’s nest 60 feet up,
requiring DC 12 Climb checks followed by a DC 12
Perception check.
Capricia
Line Work: Hard work hoisting and lowering sails,
requiring a DC 12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity
check. The PC must also make a DC 12 Constitution
check to avoid being fatigued at the end of the shift.
Emerald and Harask
Rigging Repair: The ship’s rigging frequently gets
damaged and must be repaired, requiring DC 12
Climb checks to reach the rigging 30 feet up, followed
by a DC 12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity check.
Laroisael
Rope Work: Handling the ship’s ropes, including
coiling them, stowing them, and securing them to
cleats and single and double bollards, requiring a DC
12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity check.
Nutsssss! Could you give me a hand here?
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(Is this a fall?)
Yes, it will be stormy all night. However, you and everyone can still add +4 for working dilligently to avoid falling there. As your move is 30, 1/4 is 7.5' so you s/b 37.5 up at the end of those rolls. Need two more successful rolls.
Capricia again performs her duties exceptionally; she hopes someone in charge notices her good work. Still, she'd give up any potential accolades to have been in position to help Laroisael when the elf took her unscheduled swim. At the end of the second shift, however, Capricia's feeling run-down and fatigued.
The near brush with thalassic death gave the elf a massive burst of adrenaline, and she works her rear end off handling the ropes, storm or no storm. By the end of it, though, she can feel the adrenaline fizzle out of her, and she can barely keep her eyes open, and the idea of getting flogged is what’s keeping her from collapsing and falling asleep right then and there.
Aghhh! I want to be back int eh kitchen!
Emerald and Harask
Rigging Repair: The ship’s rigging frequently gets
damaged and must be repaired, requiring DC 12
Climb checks to reach the rigging 30 feet up, followed
by a DC 12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity check.
"Brace your feet near knots, man! they move less. Only a bit, but every bit helps."
Nuts starts climbing up the rigging again, helping Manny along the way.
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Once they are up top in the crows nest, the halfling pulls out a rope again, and ties both himself and Manny around the waist after tying the mid-section on the main mast.
"Alright. We should be fine here. Uh... Why did you get this post today, anyway? Who's making food? And why was Laroisael so wet last night? Is there a bath on the ship I don't know about?" he looks in the distance.
"Oh man, I could go for a hot bath right now." he muses as the rainstorm peppers his damp clothes.
Big storm means everyone gotta help. Err.. Dat good question, I guess biscuit? Elf fell in ocean. Mamny used rope ta get her out.
Manny hunkers down and is miserable.
Harask
First shift
Rope Work: Handling the ship’s ropes, including
coiling them, stowing them, and securing them to
cleats and single and double bollards, requiring a DC
12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity check.
Second Shift
Rigging Repair: The ship’s rigging frequently gets
damaged and must be repaired, requiring DC 12
Climb checks to reach the rigging 30 feet up, followed
by a DC 12 Profession (sailor) or Dexterity check.
Looks like while several ended the day fatigued, no one got exhaused which is a good thing.
Everyone gets 100 XP for surviving the Storm.
xp= 40 for saving Laroisel
xp= 40 amking Tilly Brackett helpful
In order to speed things up I am going to do one job roll for the next three days. Everyone can attempt to influence a total of 5 people, 1 day and 1 at night. The afternoon of the 11th, you will be doing something else.
Jobs rolls for the day
Manny's galley roll:
Nuts' rigger roll:
Capricia's Swab roll:
Emerald's Swab roll:
Laroisael's Swab roll:
Harask Swab roll: