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"Finally, the good stuff." Aquavius takes the rum and downs it one go. "Damn, that's good! Where did you learn how to mix like this?" She snorts and bursts into laughter mid thought as the sly guy and the halfling talk behind her back. "Where I'm from, this talk would earn you a sword to the back or an evening you'd never forget."
I'm going to type up the boon I got, here.
Skillful Barterer:
Skillful Barterer Your experience bartering in Pezzack prepares you to negotiate without coin. Once during a scenario, while in a settlement of at least 100 people, you may trade up to 300 gp worth of non-magical equipment of equivalent value. You may not receive coins, gems or other money as a part of this trade. After you use this boon, cross it off your Chronicle sheet.
As always, GM, it's always been a blast playing with you.
Aquavius enjoys the swim, but she's tired. And she's not drunk enough. The next morning, she eats whatever they are cooking. And she makes sure to hail Professor Poppo. "Sit down, o noble hero! Eat up!" She laughs. "Where did Olandil go, anyway? I wanted to hear him personally thank us. He kept saying it wouldn't work, but here we are!" She kicks her feet up on the table and burps.
She doesn't have much time, so once she drops Poppo on some planks, she plops back down and looks frantically for her trident. Ah, there it is. She eventually surfaces and keeps her head above the surface. The cold doesn't bother her much. "Keep Poppo and Olandil warm. These nights grow cold if you're not careful." She peers at Poppo's body. "Poppo saved us out there."
The Pirate Queen smiles upon me today! Haha!
"Oi, Poppo. Good move out there, you saved me hide." She swims up and grabs him. "We're going to surface. Hopefully the armada thinks we're at the bottom of the ocean."
She grabs the guy and peers towards the surface. Maybe there's an island nearby she can drop him off on.
Well, I didn't expect that! I might be able to rescue Poppo if he holds his breath.
I heal myself, and Son of Cayden you need to heal everyone else. Because a lot of us will be staggered or unconscious once I exit.
Aquavius sees the telltale ball of flame appear in the woman's palm. This is it, ol' Pirate Queen. I'm coming to you burnt to a crisp! Only for the fire to poof. "Huh? Who did that? Candledark, you gotta teach me that-" A familiar sound overtakes Aquavius's voice and thoughts. The ocean comes to swallow everyone. "One hell of a grave, eh?" She winks at the fireballer before diving in.
"You think... I'm gonna..." Aquavius hesitates. She could sing all day. But Aiden's will probably pass out if she stops singing. Rowdy's not doing so hot, either. Whoever this lady is, she has orders to stop anyone escaping the blockade. "Oi. What's gonna happen to us, here? Stuck in some gulag for the rest of our lives? Conscripted into service? Or hung every day for the rest of time? You better have a good offer. Because killing us here means you go down with the ship, too."
Aquavius hates surrender, but pointless surrenders are even worse.
Oof. Looks like she's asking for our surrender, and will torch us if we don't comply. Aquavius would rather die than be captured, but we're out of options here. Does anyone have some way to stall for time here, to trick her or something from not torching us? Otherwise I think we gotta surrender and fail the mission.
Yeah, everyone ran into fireball formation to kill the brainslug (except the VIP, who ran up to the brain slug to avoid fireball formation...) But I forgot about the Inspired Rage's Con bonus, so Aiden wasn't KOed (and brainslug food), so we ran forward for nothing. 6d6 averages to 21 damage, but that's not really helping here. IF I save, I'm at -11 and bleeding out. If I fail the save I die. Not much we can do here besides hope the fireball rolls poorly for damage, or she's out of level 3 spells and can only kill one of us.
Good news, Candledark: I do have Saving Finale . If I stop inspiring, I can give you a reroll. Bad news, Candledark: I'd have to stop Inspiring Rage, which would remove our Con bonus. Which would leave me staggered. Also Aiden and Rowdy would be in the negatives. Hey Son of Cayden, do you have this spell handy?
Riiiight, you're a bard... Umm.... Uhh... Welp, please kill her in my name. I'd prefer a burial at sea, of course. Does anyone have something that can bypass her images? A save or suck spell? I did see Candledark attempt Spontaneous Immoliation before falling and going blind. Any illusions so she wastes a turn not fireballing us?
Yes. Well. We need to surround her so she starts provoking AoOs.
Unfortunately, this is a cramped room, so we should melee her. I say the Son of Cayden channels once to keep us alive just in case I'm KOed, and then 575, Aiden and myself play Rock em Sock em robots with this lady in the corner of the ship. While Olandil stays far away from the crazy fire lady. (seriously blinded guy, what was your plan?)
Oof, this is a tough encounter. I'm gonna try to save Aiden's brain, but this makes me the next priority target for everyone's favorite arsonist. And then the brain slug gets 2 targets to feast upon. We gotta corner that caster and pop those mirror images ASAP. I'm assuming the water is shallow enough our movement isn't impeded.
"Medic! Get over here, we're droppin' like flies! And I got squid to skewer!" Aquavius continues her song and runs over towards Aiden, drawing her scimitar along the way. "I guess that's the only way she can get a date is if she raids a graveyard. Haha!" Aquavius runs up and swings at the thing trying to burrow itself into Aiden.
She maintains her Raging Song.
"Hey, Olandil. Maybe you should stay back until you can see-" Aquavius grunts , frustrated. "Idiot, we're trying to protect you!" She's too distracted to dodge the burst of intense heat. "Get up and get ready, you scallawags! This lady's going to roast us alive before Olandil becomes that thing's slave."
"Eh? Who's this lady?" Aquavius points her bow.
"Oh, you're going to outline me in sparkles now?" Aquavius laughs. "And let it be known the boarding party opted to shoot sprinkles!" She laughs and starts firing at her.
"Hey, Unseen Servant. Pick up me trident and bring it to me!" "And you landlubbers! Rub the salt out of yer eyes and back me up already! I can't shoot her down meself!"
"Well then." Aquavius drops her trident and pulls her longbow. "Get going, mateys! And don't let it grab you, either!" She begins her inspired rage. Inspired Rage: Inspired Rage (Su) Affected allies gain a +2 morale bonus to Strength and Constitution and a +1 morale bonus on Will saving throws, but also take a –1 penalty to AC. While under the effects of inspired rage, allies other than the skald cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except Acrobatics, Fly, Intimidate, and Ride) or any ability that requires patience or concentration. Elemental Blood, Lesser (Cold) While raging, as a swift action up to three times a day, the barbarian can imbue her melee attacks with elemental energy, dealing an additional 1d6 points of damage of the chosen energy type for 1 round.
Aquavius keeps watch. "Hey, Professor. You know about any underwater raiding parties swimming around here? This ship is rare, one of a kind! If they saw it, they would try to-" *THUD* Aquavius spent her career as a sailor and easily adjusts to the sudden jolt. She laughs as others fall. "Time to earn your sea legs, boys." She clutches her trident and grins. "We got pirates!"
Drinking, sleeping, partying - the only thing Aquavius misses raiding ships and divvying loot. Oh well, you can't win 'em all. The next morning she dives right into the blowhole and casts Unseen Servant She orders it to stay in the dry part of the whale head. "Me mate here can handle simple tasks, with nothing too heavy." "So I can look out the eyehole, I'm a pretty good spotter. But you folks don't like water too much- I'm a natural, so I can stick in the stern as well."
She reapplies Olandil's wand of Investigative Mind as they prepare to leave.
*Ahem* "ARRRR!" Aquavius points her prop (it is a prop, right?) trident into the air. "Listen to the tale of the Open Road! A band of adventurers, here to raise spirits in a town oppressed by a terrible regime!" She swings her trident in a slow, sweeping arc. "The Regime, clad from head to toe in the blood of the innocents, claimed the Open Road was the source of peril! But the people were not fooled! No! They knew the Regime would lose some day." She plants her trident with a resolving clang. "But the Open Road beckoned them towards freedom. Walk down the Open Road, and you will Find your Path. Not today, not tomorrow, but as long as you walk away from the Regime, freedom will prevail!"
Aquavius smirks as the audience cheers. Yeah, I still got it.
Aquavius lets the debate rage on, she doesn't really care. Step one is healing these wounds with her wand.
Now in mostly good shape, she shrugs. "Normally I'd... well, never mind what I would normally do. Messe wanted us to bring him proof we scared them off." She walks up to the dead Strix and pries off some of its plumage. "We bring those weapons and some of these feathers back, he'll know we took care of things."
"You call those arrows?" Aquavius grunts through the pain. "I've seen sticks worse than that!" She drops the rope holding her "captive" and readies her bow. "Take 'em down, quick! They're boring me!"
Raging Song: Inspired Rage (Su) At 1st level, affected allies gain a +2 morale bonus to Strength and Constitution and a +1 morale bonus on Will saving throws, but also take a –1 penalty to AC. While under the effects of inspired rage, allies other than the skald cannot use any Charisma-, Dexterity-, or Intelligence-based skills (except Acrobatics, Fly, Intimidate, and Ride) or any ability that requires patience or concentration.
While raging, as a swift action up to three times a day, anyone who accepts the raging song can imbue their melee attacks with elemental energy, dealing an additional 1d6 points of cold damage.
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