Sunday November 6, 2022@ 12:30-4:00 P.M.
< WARNING SPOILERS FOR 50 FATHOMS AHEAD MATEY!!>
DAY 315
PLACE: COLD SEA
WEATHER: SNOW
TIME OF DAY: AFTERNOON
[Chessie gained a Sidekick, a Half-Ugak called Pinecone. He has a delusion that all Kraken are gods and a singing habit that is a major annoyance. Pinecone is a pirate archetype kind of character who has Dirty Fighting to start. With it being Nimue's sidekick it was an odd choice for this delusion to not be Atani are gods. Shrugs in GM.]
Pinecone greeted Tar-Tar who he claimed was his friend. Tar-Tar disavowed knowing him at all. Pinecone bowed down and worshiped Horventerous saying, "I am not worthy!" He then brought out his ocarina and started playing it while singing. Tar-Tar was not amused and ended up sticking tentacle vine leaves in his ears to try to drone out the sound. Unfortunately for Tar-Tar, the sounds of Pinecone through the vines sounded like bird chirps and he felt a sudden shudder from his fear of birds. The cold that surrounded him was unsettling and he missed the heat of the jungles of Torath-Ka (He gained Cryophobia minor from this).
Natsu-Nara collapsed from the strain of casting fire element spells as an earth elementalist and Draco took him below deck to rest.
Chug succeeded at tracking down the Norwhale. Or rather the Norwhale successfully tracked them down, as an icy blast from the Norwhale's blowhole froze the La Arcadia in place again.
Overcoming his fear of the cold, Tar-Tar fired his cannon that cracked the ice where the cannonball struck.
[Shaune played Epiphany to gain a d6 shooting for the session. Which helps against All Thumbs and No shooting skill]
Horventerous cast fire bolt from his scepter of fire twice to melt the ice.
[Andrew played Adrenaline Surge to pull this off. But also 8 out 10 power points gone from the scepter to do heavy bolts.]
Suddenly free of the ice, Chug moved La Arcadia close, surprising the Norwhale. Horventerous cast blast on the Norwhale but it seemed to bounce off its blubber. Tar-Tar fired his cannon but missed. Two of the sailors fired cannons. One shot missed and the other bounced off the Norwhale's hide. Nimue fired her cannon and wounded the left pectoral fin of the Norwhale.
The disorientated Norwhale submerged to avoid being struck by an iceberg remnant of its own icy blast.
The norwhale resurfaced far away from La Arcadia and ran into a few icebergs.
[This caused another level of Fatigue for the Norwhale as it failed a complication roll.]
Chug sailed La Arcadia next to the dizzied Norwhale. Horventerous cast blast on the Norwhale and wounded it. Tar-Tar and the crew fired their cannons but missed. Nimue fired her cannon and finished off the Norwhale.
Tar-Tar borrowed Draco's seal suit and swam into the Cold Sea with Horventerous and Chug. Pinecone took the wheel for Chug.
[With Red Pirate Roberts dead, the two best boating characters (Chug and Pinecone) on the team have a d8 and the All Thumbs hindrance. Well at least they have Ace right?]
Chug sliced off the Norwhale's horn, surfaced, and threw it at Nimue, who caught it in a feat of agility. Horventerous and Tar-Tar gutted the beast. They found 1,000 pieces of eight and a ring of environmental protection (water) in its belly.
With his crew and his ship, the Fearless, avenged, Rikas Russ asked to join the crew of La Arcadia for 50 pieces of eight or that they return him to Kaja, Arfk to find another ship. Captain Cyrus Black paid him and he joined the crew.
[Randall played Favor of the Gods so they managed to sail back from the east part of Arfk to near the center of Arfk near Kaja in one day, as I allowed it to double their travel speed for one day only.]
DAY 316
PLACE: COLD SEA
WEATHER: SNOW
TIME OF DAY: AFTERNOON
[I flipped a King of Clubs on encounter check, so The Destroyer and Blackbeard appeared!]
Blackbeard had been sailing The Destroyer and tracking La Arcadia all the way from Pirate Sea through the Flotsam Sea. The incredible speed of La Arcadia had made it difficult to catch up, but by turning around, Blackbeard finally had his chance for revenge.
The Destroyer moved towards La Arcadia but Chug outmaneuvered Blackbeard.
Horventerous cast blast and hit The Destroyer's hull.
The Destroyer went off course and struck an iceberg, causing more damage to the hull.
[Failed the out of control roll and complication. To make it worse, I rolled a 4 on regeneration for The Destroyer. Then the group got the Joker]
Horventerous cast blast and hit The Destroyer's hull a second time. Tar-Tar and the crew fired four cannons. Tar-Tar hit The Destroyer's powder stores and sunk it!
The Destroyer's zombie crew went limp becoming inanimate corpses that soon started to sink to Davy Jones's Locker. This left Blackbeard treading water and vulnerable.
[Andrew and Randall both got Jokers and it was very bad for Blackbeard.]
Chug rushed to the bulwark of La Arcadia and used his Harpoon Gun to shoot Blackbeard, wounding him.
Horventerous summoned a nearby Norwhale by casting beast friend. The Norwhale missed Blackbeard with a swallow attempt.
[19 power points for Size 8!]
Chug retracted the Harpoon Gun and brought Blackbeard aboard. He kicked him in the gut and caused a wound.
Blackbeard brought out a cutlass and swung at Chug twice, but the strikes bounced off Chug's plate corselet.
Tar-Tar swung his hatchet and buried it in Blackbeard's chest. Blackbeard went limp.
Chug ripped off Blackbeard's brace of six pistols and Horventerous took a ring off of his finger. Then Chug removed his harpoon from Blackbeard's chest and threw his body into the Cold Sea.
Horventerous had the Norwhale eat Blackbeard and then leave.
[For those GMs playing at home, I rolled a 1 on Harder to Kill, so Blackbeard is really dead.]
DAY 317-319
PLACE: COLD SEA TO PIRATE SEA
La Arcadia sailed from near Kaja, Arfk circling around the Flotsam Sea into the Whip Islands.
DAY 320
PLACE: PIRATE SEA NEAR WHIP ISLANDS
WEATHER: OVERCAST
TIME OF DAY: MORNING
A pirate galleon sailed out from behind one of the Whip Islands and moved towards La Arcadia. The pirate galleon was about to fire when a rolling fog cloud got in the way of their sight lines and they veered off left. Chug had La Arcadia roll right to avoid the fog cloud and potentially hit unseen flotsam in the sea.
[The luck continued for the group with yet another Joker. You may have noticed that I switched the positions of the ships with La Arcadia at the top in this battle. That way I could tell the two ship battles apart since I used the same purple ship.]
Horventerous cast blast and the hull of the pirate galleon buckled. Tar-Tar, Nimue, and the crew fired four shots at the pirate galleon. Nimue's shot tore through the weakened parts of the hull and it started taking on water.
The pirate galleon listed and wheeled aimlessly as the crew tried to repair the breach in the hull. Nimue shot the cannons again and destroyed the pirate galleon.
Horventerous dove into the ocean and found a chest with 3,500 pieces of eight inside in the wreckage.
DAY 321-324
PLACE: PIRATE SEA
La Arcadia sailed from near the Whip Islands southeast around the island of Brigandy Bay.
DAY 325
PLACE: PIRATE SEA
WEATHER: SUNNY
TIME OF DAY: MORNING
La Arcadia spied a pirate galleon but it made no threatening movements towards it. This close to Brigandy Bay, it was likely a Coalition ship.
DAY 326
PLACE: BRIGANDY BAY
WEATHER: SUNNY
TIME OF DAY: NIGHT
Captain Cyrus Black gave everyone 150 pieces of eight to carouse.
Pinecone gambled and lost a big bet, but he caught his opponent cheating. An angered Horventerous came over and revealed his devil's eye infused with greater strength by the ring of fear he was wearing. It gave the cheating gambler a heart palpitation as he clutched his chest. The frightened pirate ran off screaming, "Keep the money!" Pinecone got 150 pieces of eight rather than losing it. Pinecone sang, "That is what you get when you cheat before a God!"
DAY 326
PLACE: BRIGANDY BAY
WEATHER: OVERCAST
TIME OF DAY: NOON
The group got over their hangovers and began final preparations to face the Sea Hags...
[End of session.]
XP: 3, Missed XP: 2
MINIMUM XP: 80/Legendary
LOOT: 4,500 pieces of eight, Ring of Environmental Protection, Brace of Six +3 Damage Flintlock Pistols, Ring of Fear
MINIATURES
Tri-folds
used are from 50 Fathoms Figure Flats and the metal Kraken
miniature made by Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
Miniature ships used include a ship from Letters of Marque by Fantasy Flight Games and a porcelain ship from Red Rose Tea.
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