Shards of the West IC

[TheFamilarRaven]

Thrice damned brigands!" Johan exclaimed as the arrows sunk into Deron and Merok. He then rushed across the deck to help his ally.

[Wordplay]

Spoiler: For Deron

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As the shaft strikes home, everything suddenly seems to slow down. The colours start to drain from the scene, blue sea, orange flames, red blood...all fades to grey.

Falling prone, Deron feels so very cold...

Then a warmth fills his body. It starts from his chest and spreads to the tips of Deron's toes. Deron feels incredibly at peace. It feels like there's someone watching over him, just out of sight.

'Your faith is strong, Deron Broadshield'.

Then Deron feels a sensation of floating, as though his whole body is being lifted up.

Deron awakes to see the face of Johan, the sailor, looking down at him. The half-orc looks concerned.

Deron's wound is bad, but Johan does the best he can do. He breaks off some of the shaft, and attempts to staunch the bleeding. Truly, the paladin's god must favour him - it seems as though he'll live.

Heumwell's up.

[Wordplay]

Heumwell pops up at the railing, mutters several arcane words, and gestures.

His hands emit a dazzling fan of light in every colour of the rainbow. The spell catches two of the pirates. They slump to the deck.

At the sight, the crew of the Winter's Fortune give a cheer. The pirates look a little concerned.

Spell cast, Heumwell ducks behind a mast.

Darius, seeing Johan attending Deron, hastens to Merok's side. He pulls out the arrows, then draws a vial from his belt pouch and forces the contents down Merok's throat.

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Heal (1d6+1)[4]

Two of the pirates turn to putting out the fire aboard the ship, whilst another takes a shot at Squire Beleras.

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Pirate 4 Fire-fighting (1d20)[9]
Pirate 5 Attack (1d20+1)[13]
Damage (1d6+1)[6]
Pirate 6 Fire-fighting (1d20)[7]

The pirates fighting the fire don't seem to be having much luck, and the flames continue to spread. The shot fired by the pirate bounces straight off Squire Beleras' chestplate.

For his part, Squire Beleras remains standing by the railing, ready to cut any grapples.

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Ready action, cut grapple.

Two pirates throw grapples.

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Pirate 9 (1d20)[1]
Pirate 10 (1d20)[11]

One of the pirates whirls the grapple around his head, lets go at the wrong time, and somehow manages to hit himself on the back of the head with the grapple. The second pirate has more luck, the throw is good, and the grapple secure, but Squire Beleras manages to sever the rope before the pirates can make any use of it.

At this point the pirates have several wounded, they've had two helmsmen carted off, and several of them have been set on fire. For a moment they look like they might be wavering, then they redouble their efforts, determined to take their prize. A fresh pirate rushes from manning the sails to take the helm.

Round 4 begins..

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Marrady [21]
Pirate 1 [19] (ranged) (wounded)
Merok [18]
Sigge [17]
Pirate 2 [13] (ranged) (wounded)
Pirate 3 [13] (ranged)
Deron [12]
Johan [11]
Darius [11]
Heumwell [10]
Pirate 4 [8] singed
Pirate 5 [7] (ranged)
Pirate 6 [6] singed (badly wounded)
Beleras [5]
Pirate 7 [4] (unconscious, stunned, blinded)
Pirate 8 [3] (unconscious, stunned, blinded)
Pirate 9 [2]
Pirate 10 [1] singed

Red = hostile
Blue = Friendly NPC

[Nibbsy]

Marrady steps back forward towards the ships edge, his sling rearmed with a small pebble, and himself recovering from the whole 'pirates burning to death' thing. Attempting to make himself look as imposing as possible, mostly done by puffing up his cape, hiding his meek features in shadow, and stepping away from his accordions hiding place, he speaks in an uncharacteristically booming, authoritative voice. Speech therapy was clearly worth it.

"Give it up, you scum!" he yells to the pirates. "Your ship is engulfed in flame, your crew have all either been rendered unfit or started off that way, and I dare say that our patience is at it's end. You have seen the power of our magic! So run, lick your wounds, and maybe we won't be able to catch you!"

Spoiler: Roll

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Intimidate check: (d20+4)[10]

[Wordplay]

Two of the pirates laugh at Marrady's threats, but a few actually look a little demoralized.

The pirate with the crossbow climbs down from the rigging and hurls a grappling hook.

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(1d20+3)[6]

The pirate curses as his throw misses.

'Xavier, Ishfan, Farid, deal with the fire, everyone else on grapples'.

Merok's wounds are starting to close.

'Owe you one Darius'.

The surly human aims at the pirate with the crossbow, flinging another of his throwing knives.

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Attack (1d20+3)[13]
Damage (1d4+2)[5]

The throw's on target, but there's a sharp <clink> as the knife connects. The first pirate doesn't flinch away, a contemptuous smile on his face.

Sigge's up.

[bross]

Spoiler: This is him at all points

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(1d20+3)[9] fired at pirate three

[Wordplay]

The shot whistles over the pirate's head, just a shade too high.

Pirates 2 and 3 cease taking potshots at the crew, and try their luck with the grapples.

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Pirate 2 (1d20+2)[8]
Pirate 3 (1d20+2)[5]

Somehow both grapples fall short...

Deron, Johan and Heumwell may take their actions.

[TheFamilarRaven]

"I'm going to borrow this, friend!" Johan exclaimed once he saw Deron was stable. He snatched up the knight's loaded crossbow and fired away at the pirates.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move action to pick up Deron's crossbow, standard action to attack Pirate #2.

Attack Roll (1d20+2)[17]
Crit Confirmation (1d20+2)[12]

Damage (1d8)[7]
plus (1d8)[8] (if critical)

[Wordplay]

The bolt catches the pirate girl in the chest, punching through her armour. She collapses to the deck, unconscious.

[Wordplay]

Darius picks his bow back up again and fires at pirate 6.

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Attack (1d20+3)[6]
Damage (1d6+1)[2]

but in his haste to take the shot, he sacrifices his aim...

The remaining pirates hurl grapples across the divide.

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Pirate 4 (1d20)[20]
Pirate 5 (1d20+2)[20]
Pirate 6 (1d20)[10]
Pirate 9 (1d20)[14]
Pirate 10 (1d20)[16]

All of the shots land, and the grapples are secure. Squire Beleas manages to sever one of the lines, but 4 remain.

Spoiler: Round 5

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Marrady [21]
Pirate 1 [19] (ranged) (wounded)
Merok [18]
Sigge [17]
Pirate 2 [13]
Pirate 3 [13] (ranged)
Deron [12]
Johan [11]
Darius [11]
Heumwell [10]
Pirate 4 [8] singed
Pirate 5 [7] (ranged)
Pirate 6 [6] singed (badly wounded)
Beleras [5]
Pirate 7 [4] (unconscious, stunned, blinded)
Pirate 8 [3] (unconscious, stunned, blinded)
Pirate 9 [2]
Pirate 10 [1] singed

Red = hostile
Blue = Friendly NPC

[Nibbsy]

Trying to do what little he can against these bastards, Marrady twirls his sling above his head, launching a rock towards the most immediate threat he sees (Pirate 1)

Spoiler: Attack

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(d20+2)[21]

Spoiler: Damage

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(d4-1)[2]

[Wordplay]

The shot hits true, cracking the pirate right across the forehead, and giving him a nasty cut. He curses loudly.

The pirate grabs the nearest grapple and attempts to haul the ships together. He seems to be calling on his companions to help him.

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strength check (1d20+3)[19]

Timing his pull with the pitch of the waves, the pirate manages to close the gap substantially.

Merok draws yet another dagger from his belt, and begins sawing through one of the grapples. After a few seconds, it gives. Three grapples remain.

Sigge's up. (characters may take a sense motive as a full round action DC 15).

[bross]

sigge lines up his next shot

Spoiler: again

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(1d20+3)[19] at the pirate leading the grapple pulling

[Wordplay]

Sigge's shot catches the pirate in the chest.

OoC: roll for damage.

The next pirate moves to help his fellow. He seizes the rope in his hands, and heaves.

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(1d20+1)[15]

With the two pirates pulling together the gap narrows further.

Deron, Heumwell and Johan are up.

[TheFamilarRaven]

Aye, get your pathetic hides over here quickly! So i can send you back to whatever scum pit you crawled out of! Johan roared, as the boats came closer together. He then readied a shot in Deron's crossbow and let fly a bolt towards the pirates.

Spoiler: OOC

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Move actions, load crossbow.

Standard action, attack pirate #1

Attack: (1d20+2)[5]
Crit confirm: (1d20+2)[22]

damage: (1d8)[1]
if crit, plus (1d8)[8]


Edit: Wow, could the dice roller be any more mean to me?