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Sundered Waves, SW test
Each of the PCs previously sailed with Captain Renlock, aboard his pirate ship 'The Brass Bird'. When the captain was captured by the Andoran navy, his crew dispersed across the Inner Sea. Five years later, the PCs are reunited by a cryptic message delivered by a clockwork parrot. Each PC is given part of a map, leading to Captain Renlock's most prized treasure.
The four PCs arrive on the island. They soon discover the wreckage of 'The Brass Bird' partially submerged in the surf. As the PCs approach, four giant crabs scuttle out of the flooded hull to defend their lair.
[1] Jadren charges through the shallow water to engage with the crustaceous fiends. Elsir hurls lightning across the beach, one of the crabs is Shaken. Kaako spends round Aiming, for a trick shot next round. Lavanna casts Heroism and boosts Jadren's Fighting from d10 > d12 (consequently, Parry is now 11). Two crabs Gang-Up on Jadren, he holds them off with his bolstered Fighting skills. The shaken crab does not recover. The final crab scuttles across the beach to snap at Elsir.
[2] Jaako is dealt a Joker, everyone gets a Benny! Jaako fires at a crabby eyestalk, an eyeball bursts! Cycrab bow has the One Eye hindrance. With a giant crab looming over him, Elsir casts Shield (-4 to incoming attack rolls). Jadren makes a Wild Attack and drives his longsword through a crab's shell, killing it. Jadren parries attack from second crab. Third crab hammers on Elsir's magic shield, but cannot get through. The shaken crab fails another Spirit roll to recover. Lavanna jabs trident at the crab harassing Elsir, point scrapes off its tough shell.
[3] Elsir takes the Defend action (Parry+4, until start of next turn), chanelling all his energy into his magical shield. Kaako fires hand crossbow, bolt bounces off crab's shell. Lavanna ducks between scrabbling legs and drives trident up through the crab's soft underbelly, killing it. The crab Elsir hit with lightning bolt in round one finally recovers and rejoins the battle, scuttling across the beach to snap at Kaako (miss). Jadren clobbers crab with longsword (Shaken).
[4] Elsir is dealt a Joker, everyone gets another Benny! Elsir casts Lightning at the crab snipping at Kaako's feathery heels, exploding it. Fragments of charred crab meat rains down across the beach. A severed claw is deeply embedded in the hull of 'The Bronze Bird'. Jadren cuts down the final crab.
The PCs clamber onto the listing deck of the wrecked ship, taking a moment to reminisce over the many happy years they spent sailing with Captain Renlock and his crew. They use the map fragments to solve the wheel puzzle and a secret entrance in the cliff face grinds open, revealing the hidden tunnel into the lost pirate holdout.
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Considering their high toughness, it might be worth dropping the number of giant crabs down to two/three. I did plan for the last one to run away, but Jadren slaughtered it before it got the chance to flee.