Bindlplotz continues reloading, but looks around to make sure nothing is sneaking up behind him.
Round 5
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Jon_________
Spinnaker Jon grins as he attacks with a rapid series of cuts, grinning hugely, but the pirate ducks them with unnatural quickness.
Enemies_____
The pirate attacks Spinnaker Jon; slashing with its scimitar and biting with its fanged maw, but Jon parries both.
Bindlplotz___
Reloads as quickly as he can manage, keeping a wary eye on the backfield.
Annie_______
Annie's lips curled in a snarl as she was unable to reach the last savage creature. She tried as best she could to shoot around the corner of the stalagmite, but it ricochets off the stony wall.
Bryson______
Roaring with a berserk incoherence, Bryson shoulders Spinnaker Jon aside and assaults the last pirate. Despite his frenzy, the creature avoids his attack.
Ghirrak_____
Ghirrak launches into a somersault, flipping past Dgrim to drive an elbow into the savage pirate throat with a sickening crunch. Even the unnatural resilience of the Savage Pirate is unable to absorb the blow, and it staggers under Ghirrak’s piledriver. Even so, it fights on.
Dgrim_______
Swings the scimitar, but…
…confirm fumble?
... it's an ordinary miss.
Round 5
Initiatives
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Jon_________
Enemies_____
Bindlplotz___
Annie_______
Bryson______
Ghirrak_____
Dgrim_______
Jon gives a savage grin and attacks again!
Rapier: Hit! for impaling damage.
...Critical confirm? No.
Bryson clubs at the savage pirate with his enchanted club.
"DIE!"
Club: to hit
Club: damage
You hear something... a womans voice...
"Where are you my love? Is that you?"
Then you see her. The woman was well dressed and probably good looking, before the savage fever struck her, now she has pustules, claws, and tendrils growing out of her face. A mess of food that fell out of her mouth stains her front; raw fish, seaweed, and ... sea anemone? Her eyes glow red, and somehow more cunning; unlike those pirates. And she's barely twenty feet away from you!
"I knew you wouldn't leave me! Soooooo hungry... please... feed me..."
As a technical note, you can actually fire your musket this round, even though you haven't finished loading. The downside is that you'll lose your ramrod; making your musket into an unbalanced spear until you find it or make a new one.
Set for charge. As she hits the bayonet can I fire it.
+2 vs human
+2 vs human
+2 vs human
+2 vs human [ranged touch if required]
OH NO MISFIRE!!!
Stupid Ramrod
Annie hears a horrible explosion behind her and runs over to see what happened to Bindlplotz.
Round 5
Jon_________
Would have hit this round, except for Bryson bumping him aside last round. He snarls, and considers bumping him aside as well, but he controls himself. He turns and explores back into the maze…
Enemies_____
Pirate 3 turns and attacks Ghirrak in a frenzy, but Ghirrak dodges all of them with deceptively swaying movements.
The savage girl lunges at Bindlplotz, “Hungreeeeee” but just grazes him.
Bindlplotz___
Bindlplotz abandons reloading to jam the bayonet into her body, but misses. Then he grins and pulls the trigger; but with a metallic snap, nothing happens. Misfire!
Annie_______
Annie runs back around to find Bindlplotz being assaulted by a horrible parody of a woman.
[npc] Firing her crossbow into its back:
Attack (ranged, target in melee): Miss!
Bryson______
Bryson clubs at the savage pirate with his enchanted club.
"DIE!"
Landing a crushing blow to its head…
The savage pirate erupts in a frenzy of motion as he makes a last bite attack against Ghirrak, which he dodges.
He then collapses in a boneless heap and his body erupts in a splash of acid, doing points acid damage to Ghirrak, Dgrim and Bryson unless a Reflex save DC15 is made.
Bryson: Save!
Dgrim: Save!
Ghirrak: Save!
[npc] Ghirrak_____
Noticing the attack on Bindlplotz, Ghirrak double moves towards him.
[npc] Dgrim_______
Noticing the attack on Bindlplotz, Dgrim double moves towards him.
Round 6
Initiatives
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Jon_________
Enemies_____
Bindlplotz___
Annie_______
Bryson______
Ghirrak_____
Dgrim_______
Annie withdraws to G6. Melee range is no place for a crossbow! does she need to make a will save against the savage fever to be able to withdraw from close combat?
Bryson hurries back to help Annie. He moves to F8, the square she left.
Club: to hit includes charge
Club: damage
Bindlplotz panics and rolls away trying to set for another charge, but stumbles as he didn't notice Annie there...
Acrobatics:
Dgrim swings for the savage girl.
Attack:
Damage:
Ghirrak's charge forward culminates in a brutal flying kick.
Round 6
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Jon_________
Didn’t notice Bindlplotz’ trouble, still exploring the maze of natural columns…
Enemies_____
The savage girl pleads in a piteous voice. “Vvvaaanthuuuuusssss! Iiiii knnneeewww yyoooouuuu wwooooolldnnt leeeaaavve meee!” then turns savage; “Iiiii’mm sssoooooo HUNGRREEE!” Her jaws open out like a lampreys, filled with needle teeth…
She jumps at Bindlplotz again, trying to find a way around the point of his bayonet and obviously not going to stop until he’s torn to pieces.
Rapier attack vs. Bindlplotz' AC17: Hit! for piercing damage.
Bite attack: Miss!
Bindlplotz___
Bindlplotz panics and rolls away trying to set for another charge, but stumbles as he didn't notice Annie there, drawing an attack of opportunity from the savage girl...
Savage Girl AoO: Hit! for piercing damage.
Annie_______
Desiring strongly to indulge in bloody tearing and eating, Annie controls herself with an effort. She shifts back a pace , reloads, then fires again.
Attack (ranged, target in melee): Miss!
...Fumble confirm?
Bryson______
Bryson hurries back to help Annie, but can’t quite make it this round. [double move]
Ghirrak_____
Ghirrak's charge forward culminates in a brutal flying kick, smashing into her and bouncing her off the stalactite behind her. She ignores much of Ghirrraks damage though, staggering forward in pursuit of Bindlplotz.
Dgrim______
Dgrim steps forward, smoothly cutting inbetween the savage girl and Bindlplotz and taking a mighty swing.
…Fumble confirm? Fumble denied, just a miss...
Round 7
Initiatives
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Jon_________
Enemies_____
Bindlplotz___
Annie_______
Bryson______
Ghirrak_____
Dgrim_______
RAH!!!
Draw and fire Carbine (medium pistol).
+2 vs. human
+2 vs. human
Dgrim attacks the savage girl again.
Attack:
Damage:
If Bryson can get at her, he'll swing his club.
Club: to hit
Club: damage
"To hell with this."
Ghirrak rushes forward diving at the woman to lock her arms and body in an iron hold
Round 7
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Jon_________
Starts to hurry back at the sound of Bindlplotz’ gunshot.
Enemies_____
She pleads “Sssoooooo HUNGRREEE!” Her jaws open out and she lunges forward again, trying to power through Dgrim.
Rapier attack vs. Dgrim's AC21: Miss! Glanced aside from his armor.
Bite attack: Miss! Shield blocked.
Bindlplotz___
“RAH!!!” Bindlplotz screams as he draws and fires his Carbine (medium pistol), blowing the savage girls right hand off. Her sword, still with her hand clutching it, skitters to Annies feet.
She doesn’t appear to notice as she advances on Bindlplotz, who tries to fade back out of sight.
[npc]Annie_______
She reloads, then fires again.
Attack (ranged, target in melee): Hit! Direct hit to the center chest for piercing damage.
The savage girl erupts in a frenzy of motion as she makes a last bite attack against Dgrim, which he takes on his armor.
She then collapses in a boneless heap, reaching for Bindlplotz all the while. Her body then erupts in a splash of acid, doing points acid damage to Ghirrak, Dgrim and Bryson unless a Reflex save DC15 is made.
Bryson: Save!
Dgrim: Save!
Ghirrak: Save!
Drops the Carbine and draws the second, hastily firing it, making it hit a fleshy part of her arm, causing no real damage.
+2 vs human
+2 vs human (damn you DR!!!)
Then he notes why there was no real damage as she is dissolving into acid
As Bindlplotz' carbine goes off next to him...
Dgrim Ref save vs DC15:
Dgrim, now wary of those diabolical gnomish contraptions, twists aside at the last second to save his hearing, so only his cloths and face are blackened with gunsmoke.
Spinnaker Jon comes running up, sword ready for action.
"Wha' happend? I heard all the shootin' an' came as fast as I could."
Bryson lets out a scream of rage and hurries away from the gunsmoke further into the maze.
"Glad 't see yer alright Bindle! Wait'll ye see..."
Bryson screams in a rage as he shoves by Spinnaker Jon to run on into the maze.
Recovering, Jon wonders "What's eatin' him all of a sudden?"
In the pool of acid, there is some jewelry and very nice rapier; even more surprising, her suit of studded leather is undamaged.
Following Bryson deeper into the maze, you eventually come to a sudden widening of the passage into a cavern as it exits the maze.
This cavern has been outfitted with the finest in stolen furniture.
Thick rugs cover the floor, and fine silk tapestries and masterful seascape paintings hang from the walls, giving the place an almost regal feel.
A four-poster bed takes up much of a large nook to the south, and nearby stands an oak desk with a matching armoire.
Alas...
Much of this furniture is ruined; spattered and stained with gore and deeply scarred by swordplay.
A skeletal body dressed in the ruins of a once-fine suit of studded leather lies in a red heap at the foot of the bed.
Five more bodies lie about the room, horribly deformed men and women who seem to have perished on a rapier's point.
Bryson contributes to the general mayhem in the room. He repeatedly bashes the desk and armoir with his still magicked club. Once they are thouroughly broken, he stops amid the debris and composes himself. "Where is it?" Bryson asks no one in particular.
"Damnit to Abbaddon, Bindlplotz! Watch where you aim your dubious contraption. I swear, that thing had to be engineered by goblins," Dgrim huffs.
...
Dgrim approaches the bodies lying on the floor and gives each a shove with his foot to see if they react.
Perception:
In the private chamber beyond the maze, Dgrim prods the bodies.
None of them react.
Annie ran behind Bryson, thankful the swift strike Cayden Cailean gifted her with allowed her to keep up. She looked around the room for anything to do with Vanthus. The savage woman had mentioned his name, and he was the original reason they'd visited this cursed place.
"Bryson? What is it? What are you looking for? Are you looking for something about Vanthus too?" Annie was so relieved when Bryson took a couple of breaths and calmed down. "You've been scaring me, Bryson."
"Ah not become them. Ah look for it. Ah find it. Ah make it stop." Seeing the others searching, Bryson searches too.
Perception
When you all look around, you find:
Left by the savage girl who attacked Bindplotz:
_Rapier, Masterwork
_Studded Leather Armor (enchanted)
_Cloak, Purple silk
_Clasp, Emerald
_Locket, Silver, contains tiny portrait of Vanthus Vanderboren.
In the personal chamber beyond the maze you discover:
_papers indicating that this was the personal quarters of the secret base commander, Post Captain and Crimson Fleet
veteran Kigante Valeros. A man known for Piracy far and wide and had a considerably bounty on his head. Unfortunately
for bounty hunters, his body has been stripped of all flesh as the savage pirates ate him alive; even his leather armor
was devoured in the frenzy.
_A ring (enchanted) still on the bloody finger.
_A darkwood buckler, still strapped to the bloody arm.
_A beautiful rapier, with a brass hilt in the shape of a griffon (enchanted); found under the bed where it had been kicked.
_In the remains of the shattered desk, three silver bars (maybe worth 30 crowns each).
_A bottle of very fancy vermillion ink.
Your hyper-aware senses smell a fresh sea breeze coming from the western alcove; when you go there, you find the cunningly disguised continuation of the passage.
Bryson goes into the hidden passage.
"Glad 't see yer alright Bindle! Wait'll ye see..."
Bryson screams in a rage as he shoves by Spinnaker Jon to run on into the maze.
Recovering, Jon wonders "What's eatin' him all of a sudden?"
** spoiler omitted **Following Bryson deeper into the maze, you eventually come to a sudden widening of the passage into a cavern as it exits the maze.
This cavern has been outfitted with the finest in stolen furniture.
Thick rugs cover the floor, and fine silk tapestries and masterful seascape paintings hang from the walls, giving the place an almost regal feel.
A four-poster bed takes up much of a large nook to the south, and nearby stands an oak desk with a matching armoire.Alas...
Much of this furniture is ruined; spattered and stained with gore and deeply scarred by swordplay.
A skeletal body dressed in the ruins of a once-fine suit of studded leather lies in a red heap at the foot of the bed.
Five more bodies lie about the room, horribly deformed men and women who seem to have perished on a rapier's point.
Perception:
Bindlplotz will gingerly pull the items from the pool of acid...
Annie examined all the items as they were gathered up. The locket and its picture of Vanthus elicited extra interest.
After doing what she could to determine the properties of the items, Annie help pack up everything, especially the papers, for their continued exploration of these cursed caverns.
You can tell that the ring (still on the gruesome finger!) is a ring of Swimming, and that the rapier is probably enchanted to +1. You don't know about the others.
Halfway through exploring, you see Bryson dissapear into the western alcove.
Dgrim helps gather the items, then follows Bryson into the aclove.
"That ring," Annie pointed, slightly squeamish about getting it off the finger, "will help one of us swim, and the rapier and armor are magical. It's good we rescued that crazy girl's stuff from the pool of acid she melted into. The locket is insteresting as...hey, where's Bryson? He's too hurt to run off alone!" Annie runs over to where she saw Bryson disappear.
"That ring," Annie pointed, slightly squeamish about getting it off the finger, "will help one of us swim, and the rapier and armor are magical. It's good we rescued that crazy girl's stuff from the pool of acid she melted into. The locket is insteresting as...hey, where's Bryson? He's too hurt to run off alone!" Annie runs over to where she saw Bryson disappear.
"Swim y'say...I sure could use a bit o' that kind o'magic after Parrot Island..."
As you all come to the end of this passageway, you feel the fresh breeze on your face. It carries with it the sounds of violent combat, the unmistakable slobbering cries of rage and hunger from several savage pirates, and a woman's voice shouting profane threats and curses become audible.
You come out into another cavern, the floor sloping downward towards a large tidal pool. The waters seem to be surging from a submerged passageway leading to the southwest. Overhead, you see a narrow strip of sky through which light streams. A hammock strung between two stalagmites sways gently to the south, next to an overturned table and a broken chair.
Backed into the southern corner by a horde of savage pirates is a bold beauty with raven black hair and deeply tanned skin. She wears tight leather armor studded with fire opals and pearls and wields a curved rapier and dagger in a blinding display of swordplay. As she fights, she roars the most blistering of curses in the manner of experienced sailors. The acid remains of a dozen savage pirates litter the ground, making careless movement hazardous.
Despite her skill, you see she has been wounded repeatedly and seems to be growing weary.
When she spots you, she roars out; "Oi! Get in the fight or stay outta me way buckos. These things are lookin' to die, and I plan on obliging!"
Annie
Bindlplotz
Bryson
Dgrim
Ghirrak
Harliss
Spinnaker Jon
Enemy
INITIATIVES Round 1
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Annie
Bindlplotz
Harliss
Bryson
Spinnaker Jon
Dgrim
Ghirrak
Enemy
Perception
Bryson accepts the swordswoman's invite and runs to K14.
Bindlplotz has just enough time to reload, but probably nothing else. Bryson is buzzing around like an 8-year old on a sugar high and the rest of you are just barely keeping up.
Annie cried out a prayer for aid to Cayden Cailean, then carefully picked her way forward along the wall hoping to aim her crossbow at one of the savage creatures.
perception
Eyes narrowing Ghirrak explodes into action, dashing past some of the skeletons toplough into thier midst, drawing their attention.
"Annie, the woman's wounded."