Aye, we have supplied each of these poor fellows with some silver to get by on as they get their land legs back. In any case, unless you are wanting to hire them, I had not planned on dumping them on to your beach.
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Ah yes. We should make the offer..at least, after we learn more about them. Never know, they might have been slavers themselves once upon a time. Whatever the case, we are provisioning them each with ten silver pieces, which should get them a foothold where ever they end up going. Cloak: Headband Rod Scroll #1 #2 #3 #4
Tap looks long and hard at the longship. Would this be able to sail inland in places where we dare not sail the oncoming storm? Darn it, I need to learning something about sailing ships.
It may be worth something Tap allows. It seems that our primary booty is made of hulls. But true, they should hold a fair price, somewhere.
Tap leans over. I know what you mean Rush, but I don't hold with slavers and those who'd abide them.
but to be fair, Galar might just let Fineyeus take over that role (who'd know?) and let him deal with the paladin. Heck we might not even have to let the paladin or charles know that we switched.
natural born leader Jack, is what it is. check my newest order out.
Collect their weapons and bind them. Gag that captain as well. Tap orders. Tap watches grimly as the weapons are collected. At the command, a sailor hauls over a long rope from the Oncoming Storm, and one by one he binds the legs and hands, into a long snake of frightened men and women. Last, Tap hauls the captain up, ignoring the captain's frantic attempts to parley through a dirty rag, and stands him up with his back to the mast. Search him! The officers as well. Tap commands. Once done, Tap orders the captain to be tied to his crew. He walks down the line. Suddenly Captain Taptap points his thumb to a young man who appeared to actively be reconsidering his ill-fated choices in his short life. Untie him, and bring him aboard our tub. Strip him of everything and tie him to the mast. We must have a witness. Turning back to his captivated audience. For the sins of slavery and stupidity, I command thee all to the death, as the sea, our mother, extends most willingly Over groans of fear, Tap gives the order for them to be cast overboard. With an initial shove, a snake of men begin to be pulled overboard, with the helpful kick and shove to move things along. Last the rope tightens, yanking on the captain to the deck, and pulls him to oblivion. Now. Search the ship. Take all booty and bring it back to the Oncoming Storm, save provisions enough for the enslaved men, and then provision each freed slave with 10 pieces of silver.
Crossbows!! All At the Captain!!! Tap bellows
Woot! 5 rounds of nauseated on their captain!
[bNo you don't[/b] Tap growls. This better work one of these days
And the last word rings out with a disturbing reverberation.
Go get 'em Sunyata!
Tap steps forward an unleashes a volley of fiery arrows into the wounded men, mercilessly picking off the worst first.
The bane of all Bards :)
Don't forget to have the summons receive the +2/+2 bonus from Inspire Courage on Hit and Damage Rolls Rush!!!!! That wolf's rolls should be:
There he goes, Jack the Balls Ripper. Best get out of his way. Tap remarks with a lopsided grin. I doubt the fellows are sleepy though, Jack.
Prepare to meet our fate! Tap shouts ambiguously. Tap stomps his feet and begins to sing. Great and mighty are we.
Damn it. It looks like garbled spider webs, it does. We need to hire a mage.
This is not a ship we'd keep. It is a slavers ship in use and in design. It shall sink and burn after we raid its hold for gold and booty! And only one slaver aboard shall we keep alive, to release to tell the tale of Captain Taptap and his band...The slaves, well, we shall see who they may be!
Taps heart goes cold. Many of such wretches will find death a welcome freedom. Tap reaches back and pulls out a cracked blackened shard of a whale's skull, yet intricately traced with magical scripts. Judging the ships distance (within 170 feet?), Tap whispers a most dark spell upon the deck of the slave ship.
Aye, forward and hard...aim for their sails! I think
Range of 150 or 150 increment?
Ram her! Tap orders.
It was running from us?
We'll let them get wee bit closer, then decide if they are more than we can chew.
Hoist the black flag, and let them know we are not bait waiting to be trapped Tap turns to his crew and barks orders to retrieve pikes, to prepare the ballista, and to pull the night crew out onto the deck armed and frothy. [/b]
Was the ram installed, or do we need to go back to finish that?
Well, back to Rickety's because we need that dang battering ram installed
Eh what's this? A wand of blessings? Rush, I need you to take this and bless me whenever Jack gets too close.
It's all skeletons and bones down there Rush, and that's just Jack.
Tap allows himself to back to the surface, and begins climbing aboard. A nice swim. My hat, my good Rush.
Hold me hat, Jack's a rat. and with that Taptap dives in.
Its good to be dry, eh Rush!
Yep. Almost totally paralyzed, legs amputated, and crazy out of her mind, but she can sure tell a virus to go packing.
[b]Having seen Jack almost drown, anyone have a handy dandy air bubble spell? Otherwise, I've got these air bladders... Hold you over with another breath of air for a few more seconds. Let's see. I've got 6 of these suckers.
Welcome back, and best wishes to you and yours.
Well how long before you can install the ram on the Oncoming Storm? You've had a few days to work on it. I'd prefer to not have another contest without it!
How long do you think it will stay afloat Rush.
Saving? No. We couldn't even sail it if we could. Loot it?
Jack, Rush, erm...Malvessa. Come to this map and let us consult.
The prudent course is to consolidate our gains. We instead head back to Rickety's. Go ahead and fit our battering ram and deposit this Chelish ship for a proper pirate retrofit...who knows from whom it was stolen, and then set back out for the prize. I think this is a prudent course, but I'd hear ye opinions before calling out the order.
Rush the wise is correct. We shall search the hold, but first, Rush please see to any of the crew that were hurt in this scuffle. I'd like a full report of casualties.
First Mate, take the ship under your command, and while you're at it, giver her a new name. We'll split up the new fellas between the two ships to speed up introductions. Turning to the rescued sailors. As it happens, we are on our way to find a beached ship we heard tell of, not too far from here. Perhaps a bit of plunder.
I believe we got more crew recently...I believe we are at 26? But perhaps we can save some people and invite them to our crew for a bit?
I saw the pics of the roanoke river through town. oh man! Rush: Glad you joined the discord server!
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