Addam wakes up and decides to take a walk out to the beach. As he exits the shelter of their camp he notices something moving on the endge of the water line. As he moves closer he can see its the bloated body of a sailor that he'd seen on the ship. He moves closer to the body, something else moving catches his eye and he looks. Its the arm of another sailor being moved by the tide. The more he looks around the more bodies he sees. He just stands there dumbfounded at the sheer number of bodies... *single tear slides out of the corner of his eye and down his cheek*
After waking up in a sweat, Smian takes a moment to try to recollect the strange dream. He walks over to the rest of the group and conveys what he can remember of the dream. "Can anyone else make anything of this? I think the heat is starting to get to me..."
" I've got to get off this cursed island,[b]" he mutters to himself.
Noticing Gelik and Aerys still act somewhat distant and reserved, Smian tries his best to improve their attitudes. "[b]Glad we were able to bring you back safely, Aerys," he says to her.
Aerys:
Gelik:
Hearing about the luminescent spots in the water, Smian walks to the waters edge and casts Detect Magic, to see if any sorcery is responsible. (60-foot cone-shaped range).
He tries to think of what could have caused such glowing patterns to appear in the water, closing his eyes for a second in deep concentration.
Gothard agrees with Rorie that a Pyre would be the best thing and begins to collect wood from the jungle to use for the fire. Once the task is completed, he turns to the group and asks [b]"Who will be accompanying me to the mountain today. I would like to investigate it and possibly the grey island in the bay before the day is done."[b]
Smian can detect no magic in the water, nor can he draw upon his knowledge to explain the visual phenomena.
Smian is able to have a good talk with Aerys. He assesses that she is suffering and assures her the worst will be over soon.
It takes a few hours of searching here and there to recover the bodies. Everyone pitches in, as everyone knew they were likely dead anyway.
Ishirou wonders what made the bodies float so many days after drowning.
You also recover the bodie of Alton Devers. Jask has a look at him, and while identifying several stab wounds, the healer is able to positively identify his cause of death. Alton Devers was bitten by a large poison reptile. You also find the body of the cook, and are reminded of the poison bite marks you found on him.
When you are done everyone that was on board the ship is now accounted for, except for the captain and the passenger Ienna.
By 9am the task is taken care of.
Gothard grabs his pack and assorted gear and announces that he is headed to the mountain they saw yesterday to search it for the treasure.
knowledge geography:
Alyosha grabs his gear and begins to follow Gothard.
You find nothing on the bodies but worthless trinkets.
With the 'mountain' being right next to the bay, it would be impossible to miss.
You look at Ishirou's map and the rising rock in front of you, and are uncertain that there is any relation between the two. You turn the map sideways and upside down, but it does not look correct, especially the lack of four even rises at the top, resembling a step pyramid, which is indicated on the map.
Smian heads to the Mountain as well.
Now that the bodies have been taken care of Addam grabs his gear and follows after the group heading to the mountain.
Gothard also grabs the 150' stretch of rope we found in the wreck of our ship. When the group arrives at the mountain he outlines his plan "I climbed many mountains back home as a youth, I can use my rope and grappling hook and climb and when I reach a ledge or safe sot arond the 150' mark I can drop the longer rope down to you. I will then wait until you have all reached me and will repeat the process until we get to the top. Is this acceptable?"
The climb seems like a dangerous venture for bearing no resemblance to the treasure map.
Gothard takes another look at the mountain and shakes his head, he appears to have second thoughts about climbing. "If we were not under such circumstances, I would climb this mountain just because I could; however, I think we should move on and not waste time."
Smian nods in agreement.
"To the island then."
Alyosha getting a bit annoyed begins to follow the rest.
"Hopefully we can get something done today. Would it help if I ran around the beach acting insane?"
Alyosha chuckles to himself.
"Can we just kill the Elf and say the cannibals got to him?"
"As long as we don't have to actually eat him."
Addam smiles at the jesting going on but feels that if he says something he wont be able to take it back. He continues to follow the group.
As you head west you pass the wreck site were the zombies were encountered. The only remains are ashes and rusty nails.
As you approach the end of the north beach the sun nears high noon. As the tide begins to close in you move closer and closer to the cliff face.
Addam points out the nest you saw earlier. A robust petrosaur of rosy red and purple color lets out a scream.
No one notices the flying reptile's mate come out of the sky. It barrels down on Gothard and attacks.
Although caught off guard, Gothard is able to defend himself from the creatures bite. The seconds petrosaur swoops down from her nest and joins the fray.
map location = north side of E2.
"Form ranks!! Spells and arrows to the middle!!!!"
Having no ranged weapons that will help him in this situation, Gothard readies his axe preparing to bring the first beast that flies near him down from the sky
readied attack, battleaxe:
damage:
Alyosha falls to the middle of the group and readies his Longbow. Targeting the female first Alyosha lets an arrow fly.
Longbow:
Damage:
"They are just protecting their nest! We should just leave - quickly!"
Attack 1:
Damage 1:
Attack 2:
Damage 2:
Smian dashes to the center of the group, his eyes toward the sky as he braces himself for the next attack.
edit: If it's possible this turn, I'll do ray of frost on the nearest dimorphodon and then move to the center. If they aren't in range, I'll just ready the attack.
Addam moves to the centre of the group and lets fly multiple arrows at male target.
Rapid Shot Ranged#1:
Rapid Shot Ranged#2 :
dmg#1:
dmg#2:
The party tries to protect Smian by standing on all sides of the mage.
Alyosha is quick to react! He looses an arrow and catches the female flat footed. The arrow strikes a non-vital area.
Rorie readies an attack.
The the female dimorphodon swoops in and tries to bite Alyosha. (1 move action, 1 standard action. This leaves dimorphodon 2 in melee range for now.)
Rorie is able to unleash on the dive bombing female. The nonlethal attacks stun the female, and it falls to the ground unconscious.
Addam has been working on the speed of his shots. While sacrificing a little accuracy he is able to fire two arrows in quick succession!
The second arrow strikes and the male creature lets out a whelp!
The male creature sites Addam and swoops down on the ranger. (1 move action, 1 standard action. This leaves dimorphodon 2 in melee range for now.)
+ poison
strength damage.
Addam suffers a terrible gash and is infected with poison.
Smian unleashes a ray of frost. It misses by the narrowest of margins.
Gothard steps in a slices the male pterosaur in half. The creature falls out of the air and dies before it hits the ground.
The poison quickly travels through Addam's veins.
He is quickly able to defeat the poison and recover.
Taking 10: Perception 10 + 7 = 17
"We should be on our way before mother wakes..."
The creature is knocked out cold. Gothard remembers the lone egg up in the nest.
Rorie sees the nest forty feet up the cliff, but may not be aware of the egg.
The sun has hit high noon. The high tide leaves you without a beach to walk on and pins you to the cliff face. There are shadows and cracks to seek refuge from the sun.
Addam looks at the unconcious female, "We should tie this one up and take it back to Sasha."
Addam looks at the unconcious female, "We should tie this one up and take it back to Sasha."
Addam realizes it is almost impossible to train a wild adult creature. New borns and babies make for reliable trainees.
Gothard attacks the unconcious creature intent on killing it before it wakes. "Rorie, the egg is up in the nest. Take my hook and rope and get it. I will finish this creature off so it does not follow us."
attack, battlaxe:
damage:
"STOP! This is an innocent animal that was only protecting it's nest. We should not kill it for that if we have another option! It is unconscious and will be for a fair amount of time. We can take the egg and go. It will hardly be able to find us.
Climb
"Kill the thing before it kills us. It is obvious we are not going anywhere for a while, why sit here and wait to be eaten. If you cant do it I will."
"I too would prefer we leave it alone. If the beast wakes up, I can stun it with my spells."
Turning to Rorie, "What exactly do you plan to do with its egg? It's odd that you use its nest as a reason for not killing it, yet you are so quick to plunder that nest."
"She can make more, but not if she's dead."
"If we leave it alive, it will come looking for the egg. You would have it attack us in the middle of the night? Or today, when it wakes? I think not!"
"Finish the task so we can move on. This bird is nothing but trouble."
If Gothard does not attack I will attack aiming for a killing blow.
Mastercraft Shortsword attack:
Damage:
Rorie stops Gothards attack, but Alyosha is quick to finish the job.
The dwarf monk sighs and collects the egg.
He doesn't sigh. He fumes.
"Bah!"
Addam stood there utterly shocked at the result. Rorie was able to stop Gothard but from no where the elf.... THE ELF!!! finished off the dimorphodon. His anger contiued to grow as he stood there watching the beast and Alyosha calmly cleaning off the blade of his longsword... the fire inside gets larger and larger..
"YOU!!!!!" Intimidate:
Addam launches himself at the elf in an attempt to take him down.
Init:
No can do. See house rule #3 from my original post on the OSF forum. No Player vs Player.
You don't have to like him, but you can't fight him.
"It us done now, let us wait until the sun is not directly over head and keep moving. Be as mad as you want but you will thank me later."
Alyosha finds no pleasure in what had been done and attempts to say a prayer for the lost animal. Alyosha attempts to find a spot of shade along the cliff in order to rest until the heat of the day is over.
Tempers flare as you struggle to shade yourselves from the equatorial sun.
Several arguments break out during the uncomfortable wait.
In an hour or so the tide rolls out to expose the sandy beach. In another two hours the sun takes a relaxed position in the sky and you can continue unhindered.
The party rounds the bend to take another look at the small gray island. The sea is churning in the bay and it appears to be at least several miles away. You consider your failed attempts to swim back to the Jenivere, which was only a couple hundred yards. Attempting to swim to the island looks to be extremely dangerous, from this position.