(OOC: I think that Theldrin's magic missile just killed that one. If Avery uses Action Surge, it looks like he could dash to the forecastle and make that attack on Sahuagin #6, the one who was in melee with Coriana.)

Update: edited since it looks like Coriana already blasted the Druid of the Deep right off of the ship!

Coriana takes a step back down the stairs, risking a swipe from the Sahuagun in front of her. She then unleashes a torrent of lightning on the Druid.

BA: move hex to druid

Witch Bolt: AC 26 Crit! Damage 34 lightning 1 necrotic. (Conc)

Khessa resolutely grips her pike and, mindful of Xanrym's encouragement, attempts to impale the nearby sahuagin.

Khessa's Pike Attack: 13 Damage: 13 (piercing)

Since the Sahuagin is of Medium size, on a hit she pushes him 10' straight away from herself, overboard!

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Khessa's Pike Attack: 13 Damage: 13 (piercing)

Since the Sahuagin is of Medium size, on a hit she pushes him 10' straight away from herself, overboard!

 

If 13 it's not enough to hit, Khessa puts the bardic inspiration to good use, adding 2 => The attack roll to hit becomes a 15

(I'm going to do this slightly out of order so it lines up nicely.) The Sahuagin takes its opportunity attack against Coriana:

Claw against Coriana Attack: 9 Damage: 4 Slashing

Coriana then zaps the Druid as it goes to leap off the ship to safety, frying her in mid air. At the same time, Khessa finally gets a hit on the Sahuagin in front of her, while Avery runs to the Forecastle and beheads the last Sahuagin. A stillness comes over the ship as all the raiders lie on the deck or float in the water, dead. 

Wolgar is puffing, leaning on his Greataxe. He then slaps Khessa on the back and shouts, "The Company of the Grey Chain!" He doesn't realize that you all aren't technically in the Company. After a couple of shouts, all the other dwarves start joining in. Wolgar goes and checks on the dwarf that fell but was brought back by Syllen. They both laugh and embrace. And Wolgar orders for rum to be brought up from below deck, while at the same time the other dwarves are kicking the corpses of the Sahuagin off the ship.

Once he's sure all the Sahuagin are gone, Theldrin slumps down, resting on the edge of the ballista as he breathes a heavy sigh.  He accepts a shot of rum and offers up a Dwarven toast to Wolgar and the crew, then adds, "To the Soul of Winter!" 

Coriana stares down into the water and quietly whispers, “Not today, not today” then drinks as hard as she can and stay in control. She has only good things to say about the skills and bravery of dwarven sailors today.

Syllen stands still for a moment unable to believe that the damage has passed. After taking a breath he walks over to Wolgar.

“Truly any battle that everyone can walk away from is to be celebrated. Is this kind of encounter normal for these waters?”

Syllen will accept any rum offered to him. When Xanrym joins the group on the main deck Syllen will speak to him in elvish.

“Your silver tongue saved us back there.”

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Wolgar is puffing, leaning on his Greataxe. He then slaps Khessa on the back and shouts, "The Company of the Grey Chain!" He doesn't realize that you all aren't technically in the Company. After a couple of shouts, all the other dwarves start joining in.

Happy to grow the legend of The Company, Xanrym joins in on the second shout and is happy when the rest of the sailors join in.  He hopes that the sailors will spread the tale of how The Company helped them fight off these sea demons at ports all around Nyr Dyv, and knowing sailors, the tale will grow in their telling:"The Sahuagin leader was this big!"

Wolgar orders for rum to be brought up from below deck, while at the same time the other dwarves are kicking the corpses of the Sahuagin off the ship.

Xanrym steps quickly down to the main deck in the aftermath and prevents the sailors from kicking over the Sahuagin Baron's severed arm before he has a chance to carefully collect a vial of the creature's caustic green blood.

Xanrym accepts a drink and, standing on up on the ballista on the main deck praises the crew (and the Company): "I offer a toast to Captain Wolgar and the brave sailors of the Soul of Winter.  Doughty fighters, all!  Here's to sending every one of those fiends to Nyr Dyv's unknown depths!  The Company of the Grey Chain was happy to fight at your side to save the ship!"

Khessa is very happy to have found in Wolgar another rough warrior who loves physicality, in the congratulations, and she reciprocates with a laughing pat on the shoulder.

Hearing that everyone assumes that she is also a party member of the 'Company of the Grey Chain', the blonde arcane warrior does not point out the differences within the group... but rather considers them already overcome in the name of a gained unity. After all, if she fought side by side with the members of the 'Company of the Grey Chain'... and now she is celebrated together with the members of the 'Company of the Grey Chain'... maybe she has become a member of the 'Company of the Grey Chain' after all!

The tall adventuress first finally puts on her armor, so as to be more prepared in case new surprises arise, then makes a toast with the offered rum, joining Xanrym and Theldrin. However, she does not drink any more, preferring to be sure to remain lucid. He has enough trouble fighting on the deck of a rolling ship, without having to look for more!

When Syllen asks how common these attacks are, Khessa steps forward to hear the answer of her own. If these attacks were, in fact, a recent novelty, they could be a possible cause for the missing ship's failure to return! Without the 'Company of the Grey Chain', this ship would probably have come to a bad end after all...

Coriana thinks to herself, “Grey Chain is an apt metaphor for the mostly unwilling bond to a patron”

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Syllen will accept any rum offered to him. When Xanrym joins the group on the main deck Syllen will speak to him in elvish.

“Your silver tongue saved us back there.”

"Thank you," Xanrym replies in Elvish, "but I'd say that Syllen was the one who truly 'saved' someone today.  I'm sure that sailor would agree!"  He indicates the dwarf whom Syllen healed.  "You spoke before of the secrets within the Constellations: until I saw you in action today, I didn't realize how potent those secrets were!"

Speaking of his own gift, Xanrym says, "I've always been impressed at the power of speech.  Even in the common way of a Wolgar to his sailors. The right words, spoken at the right time, can have such an impact, changing the course of a life.  Words have brought kingdoms together...or sent them to war.  But in my studies, I have found that some words have true 'Power'.  Like a word of healing.  Or words to inspire my friends to heroic feats.  And unsettling words to fill our enemies with doubt and uncertainty."

Wolgar nods his head, "The Sahuagin have become more daring of late. But i've never been attacked by such a a force! When I get back to Greyhawk i'll report it to the citadel. Something may need to be done about the Sahuagin. As for the Emporer, it's is absolutely possible they met the same fate we would have met if you hadn't been here. Although, from what I heard, they had a pretty tough crew when they set out from Greyhawk. So maybe not."

"A team effort..." Theldrin smiles as he politely refuses more rum, secretly wishing the Dwarves would have rolled up a nice cask of red from the hold below instead.  He sits back and relaxes, feeling thankful for the company's new allies.  His gaze then drifts towards the acid/blood burned holes in his well worn Baklunish travel outfit, and decides its days are numbered.

Syllen’s face shows a hint of disbelief as Xanrym’s words leave his lips.

(In Elvish)“What you did was give everyone else the space to help the crew. He might believe that I am the one that saved him but without you it is very possible that I would not have made it in time. Seconds make the difference in life and death, you gave us the few seconds we needed to survive this fight.”

After saying his peace a smile comes across Syllen's face.

(In Elvish)“Like all good secrets you have yet to see all of mine.”

When Wolgar replies to Syllen he quickly responds.

“I just hope that what just happened will make any of them think twice before attacking us again.”

Wolgar guffaws, "No Sahuagin will trouble us for the rest of this trip, I can tell you that much!"

Avery will clean his blade, drink a good amount of rum for the pain from the wounds he is sure to feel now that the fighting is over, and see to his wounds. He will raise his mug, "To the stalwart company and the crew, victory!"

Checking whether Xanrym know anything about Sahuagin in general: Nature - 10 (in game log)
Or about the Sahuagin and their attacks in Nyr Dyv: History - 12 (in game log)

Xanrym is interested to hear about the recent Sahuagin attacks.  He probably doesn't know much about Sahuagin other than what he saw in the fight, but he believes that they're safe at least for the rest of the night.  He says, "If there were more of those sea devils ready to attack, the big four-armed one probably would have called them into the fight once they realized that the Soul of Winter was so well defended.  And if there were any in the water who didn't board the ship, the dead bodies we dumped overboard -- especially the blasted body of the Druid of the Deep -- should dissuade them from further violence tonight."    

After the excitement of the battle, Xanrym is feeling sleepy and ready to go back to bed.  Still, he suggests that perhaps the members of The Company (including Coriana, Khessa, and Syllen) should take a watch shift up on the main deck every night for the rest of their journey.  That way, more of them would be armored and ready for a fight in case of an another attack from Sahuagin or any other danger.

Assuming that the rest of the night passes uneventfully, Xanrym seeks out Wolgar the next day. Xanrym has no sense of where they are in Nyr Dyv and how far they are from the location where the Emperor of the Waves was spotted, so he has no idea whether the Sahuagin could be the cause of that ship's trouble.   He asks Wolgar to show him whatever maps he uses.  (Xanrym has proficiency in Cartographer's Tools, but he has mostly used that skill in the study of old maps, the territories of old kingdoms long dead, and explorers' maps of ancient tombs and ruins.  He'll be fascinated to learn something about nautical charts.)  Xanrym has no sense of where they are in Nyr Dyv and how far they are from the location where the Emperor of the Waves was spotted.  If they're close, it would make it more likely that the Sahuagin are the cause of that ship's trouble.  If they're still many miles from that location, it seems less likely. 

Xanrym doesn't know how widely the Sahuagin roam, but he believes that any particular band couldn't cover too much territory.  His imagination is working and spinning stories, as always.  When he looks out over the sea the next day, he wonders whether the dark waters of Nyr Dyv conceal a vast empire of Sahuagin with the lords of vassal states each controlling their own territory.  What would happen if a Sahuagin emperor were able to unite all of the petty lords?  Would he wage a massive war against all of the ships of the "air-breathers" and their cities and villages along the coast?  Xanrym shivers to imagine an army of Sahuagin, hundreds strong, emerging wave after wave from the waters along the coast as they move to attack some unsuspecting town.