Looking down at the shipwreck, Allia sighs audibly.
"Do you... do you think they marooned us here and then crashed into the reefs trying to get away again at night?"
She sets her backpack down, sighs again at the ship and then begins to take the things out she won't need on the ship, freeing up space and lightening the burden of the pack.
She places her bedroll and blanket near a rock that she would find again easily, holds the casing housing her flute for a moment, then lays it down on the ground as well. She doesn't want to lose it and taking it on the ship seems too dangerous.
She slings the waterskin over her shoulder, deciding to take it with her, maybe someone was still alive and in need of water, and fastens the spell component's pouch to her belt.
She ponders for a moment if she should wear her armor again. It wasn't a very good quality and she wasn't used to it. The captain had given it to her, in case they would get attacked by pirates and such, so she'd not be completely defenseless. But it constricts her movement a bit.
"What do you think... is there anything aboard that means us harm? Yes, I know you're not psycics, but you're more experienced with these situations."
Dragolan looks for signs of travel on the passage, but if there were ever any, they've already been washed away by the surf.
i can go across first, but I suggest we get the small boat last.
"There's the Jenny." Petry said rather derogatorily. He looked somberly at the wreck of the sailing ship and the sorry condition of the single lifeboat next to it. "Everybody knows the boat is leaking, everybody knows the captain lied..." the young man sang under his breath in a disgusted tone. He straightened up after a moment. "All right, we've got two choices: swimming and climbing. Who wants to hold their breath, and who wants to make like a mountain goat and jump?" he asked everyone. "I'll swim as best I can , but I do have some rope if you want to tie it to each other."
Petry looked at Kalis. "I agree with Kalis, the lifeboat is for last, but even if we swim there, we're going to have to climb up into the ship or through a hole in the side, if there's one big enough. And someone needs to take control of the lifeboat while the rest of us search the ship."
"The lifeboat seems to be wrecked just as bad as the ship itself, why do you want to go there?"
She looks around for a place, like a rock or a root, where the rope might be fastened, so it can lower them onto the deck and points it out to the others if she finds anything.
Petry shook his head. "The lifeboat is to get our stuff back without swimming." he told Allia. He looked at the cliff and rocks near the Jenivere. "I don't think you can swing from the cliff to the lifeboat. That's a long jump."
"It doesn't seem very high. I think if we tie a rope to that rock over there we can just use it to pull our things up. That should work right? Because I think the swell is too rough to use the lifeboat safely around these rocks"
"judging by the looks of things not much could be on there that's living. The thing could break apart any second."
Kalis looks from one speaker to another and finally looks back at the boat. He pulls out his rope and tucks it in his belt where it can be easily accessible and walks onto the ledge and looks for a good place to jump onto.
"Best we hurry, then. Anyone who can't swim, stay behind with rope in case someone goes in the water." Dragolan heads over to the Jenivere. Once on deck, he calls out, "HOY! Anyone there?"
She nods slowly at Meraxes. Of course he was right, it's unlikely anything still lives on that ship.
If some of the sailors survived they would have abandoned the ship long ago.
She takes her armor and places it down on the ground to her other things that she is leaving here and follows Kalis to the ledge.
"We really should tie a rope to one of those rocks, or we'll have trouble climbing up again."
The rocks are a little slippery, but you all proceed carefully up to the ledge. From this perspective, it becomes very clear to all of you that any of the crew would have been unlikely to survive, as the lower decks have been completely destroyed where the majority of the crew slept.
Even over the waves, you hear something making a terrible racket just below the main deck. Sounds like something solid is being bashed against something else solid.
Gelik Jask and Ishirou decide to stay behind - they are completely unwilling to board the ship.
You hear a loud scurrying as two creatures crawl onto the deck - they look identical to the eurypterids you fought on the beach, but these are slightly larger and blue in tint.
Brinn
Petry
Allia
Dragolan
Merax
Kalis
Average = 9ish
Eurypterid #1
Eurypterid #1
Average = 13
Aeryn
Sasha
Average = 10
Order
Eurypterids
NPCs
Party
As your party leaps onto the boat, the sea scorpions rush at you, drawn by the sound of feet hitting the deck and Dragolan's yelling. One of the scorpions attempts to move closer, but due to the awkwardness of the deck, only moves 10'. The other, however, is able to get close to Kelis and strikes out with its claws.
Claw Attack (x2)
Both attacks miss.
Aeryn, rather than draw her weapon, moves away from the scorpions. She looks as if she's going to be sick again. Alternatively, Sasha draws her weapon and steps to fight.
Kalis dances about a bit, avoiding the scorpion's claws, but once he sees an opening he smiles slightly. More vermin to kill! His sword is a blur as it leaves it's sheathe and he grunts as he sweeps it down into the scorpion.
ATTACK: (+1 BAB, +3 Str, +1 Trait, +1 MW, -1 Power Attack) DAMAGE: (+4 Str, +3 Power Attack)
Dragolan holds up both his hands over the party, takes a deep breath, and whistles in an odd and rhythmic pattern. Everyone feels a bit more capable.
Petry looked dubiously at Dragolan's massive girth. I don't think there's a boulder big enough on the island for him to brace against with that rope. he thought to himself. Help...friend! said a small voice. Petry looked down at his shirt, and the hidden gemstone behind it. Oh, now you're talkative? he asked. Where were you when I was being carried like a sack of rocks to the beach? Silence was his answer.
Petry will do his best to find a large boulder (where's a tree when you really need one?) and tie his 50 feet of silk rope off to it. Then he can jump down to the boat, trailing the rope after him for later.
HP=7/7 points, AC=11 (touch 11, flat-footed 10), no armor, no weapons, speed=30 ft.
Fort=+1, Ref=+1, Will=2
Holding psionic focus (electricity); Power Points=5
Petry instantly regretted not having a weapon on him. "These are bigger and uglier!" he warned everyone. He scrambled to Sasha's side , then realized he was empty-handed. Grinding his teeth in frustration, he looked down at his bare right hand, saying "Miner's pick!"
"Oh no, oh no, not again! I knew I should have brought my armor."
She grabs the whip that's hanging coiled up at her belt, letting it unfold. She takes a deep breath and then swings it, as if she was doing one of her performances with it, trying to flip one of the scorpions over on its back.
Retcon Claw Damage
Claw -
Allia attempts to trip the sea-scorpion, but thanks to its multiple legs, it manages to remain up.
"If one of these things ate my scrolls I'm going to be so pissed..."
Meraxes, finding himself between a two cougar sized lobsters and rather unarmed, slinks back as far as he can away from the two. He sees the mysterious chelaxian conjure up a pick and Meraxes figures that Petry wants more of that cougar-lobster action than himself. Meraxes gestures to switch places with him.
Do nothing! I don't think Meraxes knows his enchantment spells aren't limited to people. Perhaps his snake-dreams will reveal something to him or something. We'll see. If he gets a good line of sight on a lobster he may throw some acid. For now he'll laugh to himself because he has the same bloodline as Jafar.
With a grim look on his face, Brin draws his great sword and advances towards sea scorpion. As he does so, the ship pitches and causes him to stumble, falling onto his blade and dying instantly.
With a grim look on his face, Brin draws his great sword and advances towards sea scorpion. He raises his sword over his head and attempts to cleave this larger enemy in half as he did the others on the beach.
To Hit:
Critical Confirmation:
Damage:
Before the scorpion knows what is happening, it is cleaved in two.
Beginning Round 2
The remaining sea scorpion is unaware of its comrade's death. It continues to lash out at Kalis - this time with its menacing tail.
To Hit:
The tail misses wildly.
Aeryn, rather than engage, scrambles onto the rocky passage. "I'm going to go get Gelik and Ishirou," she says.
Sasha, seeing the quarry in front of her cleaved in half, turns her attention to the other one. As she turns, she sees Petry's miner's pick. "Where in the world did that come from?!" she asks, moving to Kalis' side. She grips her rapier and attempts to slice at the creature.
To Hit:
Damage:
Sasha is able to hit the vermin and creates a large gash on its back, dark black blood spewing forth.
"Nice one Brin!"
Meraxes is comfortably watching the fight and content with doing nothing for now. He watches Sasha cut deep into the back of the beast.
"Good strike"
Dragolan takes the long way around and attempts to smite the large, probably edible creepy-crawly thing with his mace.
Is amazed at with what ease Brin cleaved the first of the two giant crabs in half. "Maybe they're not so tough after all", she mumbles to herself.
She turns to look at the other one and notices that both Kalis and Sasha are standing in the way, making it harder to hit the beast without accidently hurting one of them.
She decides to get into a better position, and walks over the moving deck besides the redhaired woman, from where she once again tries to pull the feet out from under the monster, but once again fails horribly.
HP=7/7 points, AC=11 (touch 11, flat-footed 10), no armor, no weapons, speed=30 ft.
Fort=+1, Ref=+1, Will=2
Holding psionic focus (electricity); Power Points=4
Call Item manifested, 1 hour (Miner's Pick)
A human miner's pick appeared in Petry's hands, and he gripped it to raise it above his head. Brin, however, surprised everyone when he lunged forward and, two-handed, sliced the sea scorpion into so many little bits. Sasha turned away from the vanquished creature, and Petry was left saying "Ah, uh...", his attack foiled by the beefy fighter.
Petry decided to run around the crowd to approach the other sea scorpion from the far side. The tool in his hands crackled with sound.
Dragolan - wherever he is actually standing - misses the enemy with his strike.
Allia is unsuccessful in her attempt to trip the giant scorpion - missing so badly that her whip becomes entangled in the scorpion's legs, causing her to drop her whip.
Dragolan - wherever he is actually standing - misses the enemy with his strike.
Kalis frustratedly removes the tip of his sword from the deck and dances to the side to dodge the scorpion's wild swing.
He bends his knees and sweeps his sword out low hoping to at least hit the scorpion's legs if not it's head.
Kalis misses wildly, almost severing Sasha's right-hand in the act.
Brin moves to help with the remaining sea-scorpion, but is unable to get close enough to attack.
Begin Round 3
Map Link
The scorpion, angered and bleeding, turns its attention to Sasha, the one responsible for its wound. It lashes out with its claws.
To Hit:
To Hit:
Both attacks miss her nimble frame.
She laughs manically as she attempts to drive her rapier back into the wound of vermin.
To Hit:
Damage:
She does so successfully, severely injuring it, but not quite killing it. She continues her crazy laugh as she withdraws her sword.
Meraxes moves 5ft closer to the action.
"Make sure you keep an eye out for my scrolls!"
Dragolan replies, "I'll try to remember that."
Dragolan's mace lands true. The sea-scorpion shudders, wheezes, convulses and dies.
Looking closely, Dragolan doesn't see any scrolls, but he does notice a dagger sticking out of the eurypterid's head. It's one of Brin's.
Allia growls as she's nearly forced to drop her whip, able to pull it back just in time before the scorpion can yank it from her.
Knowing that the leather strap won't penetrate the hard shell of the crustacean, she once more concentrates her efforts on bringing it down, to make it easier for her companions to deliver the killing blow
HP=7/7 points, AC=11 (touch 11, flat-footed 10), no armor, no weapons, speed=30 ft.
Fort=+1, Ref=+1, Will=2
Holding psionic focus (electricity); Power Points=4
Difficult terrain
Dragolan spelled Bless (+1 to hit and on saves vs. fear)
Call Item manifested, 1 hour (Miner's Pick)
The pitched deck made Petry stumble as he ran around the others. Sasha and Kalis struck at the sea scorpion, the redhead doing more damage. Petry stepped up and swung his pick over his head at the insect-like creature.
Miner's Pick attack:
Damage: points
Dragolan beat Petry to the attack with his light mace.
Almost at the exact moment as Dragolan struck, Allia tried again to trip the beast. Fortunately for her, it was already dead.
And in his haste to prove his mettle, Petry drove the pick into the vermin's skull a couple of seconds after its death. Its blood splatters on all around. Rather than appearing angry, Sasha just continues her maniacal giggling.
After the last eurypterid dies, you're able to examine exactly what remains of the ship. You move to look at the lower portion.
Although the lower decks are ruined, some of the ship is accessible. Notably, the Captain's cabin's door has been smashed open, and it appears not everything has been washed away. You can also see the larder is intact from here, and a quick glance downstairs to the ruined lower deck reveals the room the Eurypterids were so keen to get into- the Supply Room.
Allia knows her attempt this time would have succeeded and was only foiled by Dragolan killing the thing with a heavy blow first.
"Did anyone get hurt? No? That's good. We should check the captain's cabin first, maybe he's still alive!"
With those words she heads below deck and towards the captains room
Kalis rolls his eyes at Meraxes, and then assesses the situation. I suggest we start with the supply room since it is lowest and might flood the quickest.