January 30, 2022 @ 1:00-7:00 P.M.
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FATHOMS AHEAD MATEY!!>
NEW CHARACTER BIOS
Player Name: Nick
Character Name: Draco
Race: Doreen
Archetype: Sea Rover
Hindrances: Arrogant (M), Jingoistic (m), Landlubber (m)
Notable Edges: Mighty Blow, Improved Level Headed, Quick, Great Luck, Elan, Treasure Hound
Notable Equipment: Returning Knife (+2 damage, returns to hand when thrown, even underwater)
Background: A solitary hunter and tracker who decided to become a mercenary sea rover protecting ships for pieces of eight. His latest contract was to protect a merchant's ship, The Aquila, headed for Bluth's Crown. Unfortunately, the merchant ship never arrived. Seeing, La Arcadia anchored in port, he approached the ship where he was hired by Natsu Nara to help track down the Captain who had been in Perck's interior for days.
DAY 282
PLACE: PERCK
WEATHER: RAINY
TIME OF DAY: NIGHT
The group set up camp away from the cliff and watches on the unconscious soldiers. Captain Red Pirate Roberts was on the last watch when the horrific caws of Razorwings reached her as well as a monkape arm ripped off in a feeding frenzy. The Razorwing swarms finished off the monkapes and moved towards the unconscious and dead sailors at the bottom of the cliff. Captain Red Pirate Roberts ran back to camp and woke up Horventerous, Chug, and Nimue as well as her sailors. Chug grabbed two sailors, Horventerous one, and four sailors another one. The Razorwing swarms ate the dead sailors and then gave chase.
[I removed a round from the chase as this slowed the Razorwings down some.]
The group ran as Horventerous used a blast that split one of the swarms.
The group continued to run as Horventerous used a second blast that split the second swarm.
With half their number gone, the swarms stopped fighting the wind to chase the group and let the wind currents carry them southwest hopefully to easier prey.
DAY 283
PLACE: PERCK
WEATHER: SUNNY
TIME OF DAY: NOON
Exhausted,
the group made camp and rested till nearly 3 PM. Captain Red Pirate
Roberts and the sailors were on watch. She noticed Natsu Nara
approaching with two strangers. Natsu Nara told her that she had left
the ship to search for her after hiring a mercenary and surgeon to watch
her back. She left Cyrus Black in charge of the ship. The mercenary and surgeon held their hand out for pay, as Natsu Nara had told them the Captain would pay them. She begrudgingly gave them the pieces of eight. The mercenary
made himself immediately useful by finding a large amount of game to
eat.
[Randall played an Abandoned Crew card, so I added the Surgeon here.]
DAY 284
PLACE: MONKAPE ROCK, PERCK
WEATHER: SUNNY
TIME OF DAY: NOON
Near Monkape Rock, the group was surprised to see a Giant Monkape come out from behind the rock.
The
Giant Monkape leapt at Draco and Chug. When he landed, Draco stabbed
him with his knife in the unmentionables for a severe wound. The Giant
Monkape swept with his massive club but Draco parried it away.
Unfortunately this aimed the blow directly at Chug who was lightly
wounded. [Nick
rolled 6 wounds on the Giant Monkape but I managed to soak 3 of them. I
rolled 7 wounds on Chug but Randall got 6 on his soak!]
Chug then finished the job with a Grael Battleball to the unmentionables.
Horventerous cast healing on Chug before the surgeon could even open his medicine chest.
The group found 250 pieces of eight and a pistol on a corpse at the nadir of Monkape Rock.
Horventerous found out it was magical and handed it to Nimue as well as another magical pistol. Horventerous also gave La Espada de Vampiro to Natsu Nara.
DAY 285
PLACE: PERCK
WEATHER: THUNDERSTORMS
TIME OF DAY: NOON
The day started rainy and then thunderstorms hit around noon. The group was forced to make camp as Horventerous refused to travel in thunder and lightning (due to his Astraphobia Hindrance).
DAY 286
PLACE: PERCK
WEATHER: SUNNY
TIME OF DAY: AFTERNOON
The group was ambushed by fourteen Monkapes.
The first monkape swung in on a vine at Draco and had his head lopped off promptly. Then Natsu Nara unleashed a burst that killed four monkapes and crushed many trees.
The remaining monkapes attacked, managing to knock out two sailors and wound Chug. Chug fired his grapple harpoon and missed a monkape while hitting a tree behind it. The monkape in front of him grabbed the rope and squeaked.
The sailors fired their guns at the monkapes, felling one of them. Horventerous cast bolt to kill a few more monkapes.
Nimue drew out her two magical pistols pointing one left and one right killing two more monkapes.
Draco stabbed his knife into the ribs of one of the monkapes attacking a sailor.
[Nick had just drawn his third joker in a row, for three mighty blows in a row. I guess that Great Luck Edge and Beginner's Luck itself were strong with him.]
Chug pulled on the grapple harpoon and brought the monkape to him to grapple him. Then he used rope monkey to go up to a treetop and then he dropped the monkape on another monkape like one of their coconut attacks knocking them both out.
[Randall used Barrel of Monkeys to do a free trick, then he did a grapple with a wild attack, rope monkey to move, and then a throwing roll for the monkey bomb.]
The group found 235 pieces of eight in the underbrush from previous victims of the monkapes.
Horventerous
cast healing on Chug as the surgeon attended to the unconscious
sailors. The group was forced to make camp to wait for them to wake up.
DAY 287
PLACE: PERCK
WEATHER: RAINY
TIME OF DAY: AFTERNOON
The group traveled to Bluth's Crown.
[I had rolled an encounter with 3 giant crabs (hardly a challenge for this big a group), but it was already 6 pm and I sensed the fatigue in my players so I skipped it.]
DAY 287
PLACE: BLUTH'S CROWN, PERCK
WEATHER: RAINY
TIME OF DAY: NIGHT
On the outskirts of Bluth's Crown, the group found an orange-red robed man, with a knife in his back. When she saw the face, Nimue was taken aback. It was Zeke! After all that time spent traveling to get here, he had been murdered! Chug removed the knife in his back, which had been lodged in his spine. The group attempted to track the killer but couldn't find the tracks in the mud (it has been raining every two days). Chug gave the knife to Draco. Horventerous robbed the body of ten pieces of eight (which meant the killer had not been interested in money).
The group split up. Horventerous and Nimue went to Pars Portri as the rest of the group went to La Arcadia. Nimue informed Pars Portri of what had happened to Zeke. Horventerous sold him a magical axe +2 for 2,000 pieces of eight. Pars Portri went with them back to La Arcadia to look at the murder weapon. But when they arrived, Draco was nowhere to be found. Horventerous managed to persuade Pars Portri to stay due to their previous success in healing the four pillars.
Meanwhile, the group returned to the ship to find Prince Alain missing. Draco said he would track him down for 50 pieces of eight. Captain Red Pirate Roberts gave him the money and he immediately found him at the four pillars in a meditative stance in tattered robes. Prince Alain described a feeling of ease at being here, a sense of belonging he had not felt in some time. He talked about how the Sea Hags had taken everything from him, his father King Amemnus, his kingdom of Ograpog, his people. He talked about being a refugee, running from town to town, trying to keep the last vestige of Ograpog safe, his father's sword. He could not even succeed at that, with powerful men such as L'Ollonaise and Blackbeard taking the sword from him and leaving him in prison to rot. He had been rescued but not given a sword or even clothes to replace his tattered garb. He was still a prisoner even if the prison moved. Captain Red Pirate Roberts persuaded Prince Alain to return to the ship if he wanted his revenge against the Sea Hags. Natsu Nara gave him his old long sword as a tool to enact his vengeance.
When they returned to the ship, Pars Portri examined the knife. It had a golden cross that had been made by joining the end of the blade, cross-guard, and hilt. "The Inquisition!" He exclaimed, dropping the knife in his terror, which Draco picked back up. He gathered up his apprentices and returned to the Mage's Tower to hole up.
The group made preparations to leave Bluth's Crown to its fate and head for Brigandy Bay. But what will Nimue do after the death of her friend, with her enemy poised to kill more people she considers friends?
[Chessie played a Love Interest card at the end of the session.]
[End of session.]
XP: 3 Legendary, 4 Veteran
MINIMUM XP: 65
LOOT: 485 pieces of eight, Magical Pistol +1
MAPS
DramaScape's Forest Camp for Scene 1:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/118557/Forest-Camp?affiliate_id=12615
DramaScape's Tropical Cataract for Scene 2:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/124044/Tropical-Cataract?affiliate_id=12615
DramaScape's Forest Path from Wagons Roll for Scene 3:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/106531/Wagons-Roll?affiliate_id=12615
MINIATURES
Trifolds
used are from 50 Fathoms Figure Flats and the metal Kraken
miniature made by Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
