Silent grits his teeth and stares at the envelope for a few moments.
I'm no stranger to planning for the worst. You'll be the one giving this to your folks but I don't mind holding onto it for a while. He stows it in his pack. You reckon it's waterproof?
You are standing together on the deck; Arael and Keyo, you cannot help but overhear, and get drawn into the short conversation between Silent and Pockets. The rest of the crew is attending to their tasks or scanning the mainland in the distance.
There's a thud, as something lands on the deck on the other side of the ship.
Everyone roll initiative please.
(You all took a long rest after the last battle, so please update your character sheets if you haven't already.)
On the opposite side of the ship, there are sahuagin climbing over the rail. Two, three, four of them, the familiar shape popping up in the front, middle and rear of the ship.
And then, there's something else. In the first moment, it looks absurd - a shark is somehow climbing onto the deck. It takes a second moment to get a good view at the abominations that fight alongside the sahuagin; these are people, human or half-elven torsos, but where the head should be, there is a horrible gash, and it looks as though a shark's head has been attached to the body. Water and some kind of viscous fluid drips from the massive teeth and the creature seems disoriented, but a command from one of the sahuagin signals it to attack, and it obeys. There's a barked order from Three Earrings; Kijori, the stern; Silent, midships; I'm on bow. Fight for your lives!
The sahuagin and the sharkbody abomination advance, and combat begins. In this combat again, battle is split with you all focusing only on one group of the attackers, while the other crew deal with the rest.
Round One Arael, Pockets and Keyo (in any order) Sharkbody abomination Silent Sahuagin
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
Arael grins wickedly and rolls her orb from one hand to the other leaving a small fragment of ice in her right palm. She claps her hands together and casts Ice Knife at Shark 2.
Attack: 25 Damage: 8
Sahuagin 4 and 5 must make a DEX 13 save or take 9 cold damage
Keyo's mage armour and Bladesong begin, the faint music whistling through the sea air on the ship.
Pockets, you're able to take cover behind the strong, thick wooden mast. Your shot goes sailing past the sharkbody abomination though, not even getting close to hitting it.
Arael's ice knife shoots through the air silently, and then explodes in a shower of deadly crystals:
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None of the attackers were expecting this; none are able to dodge the crystals, and you see their skin cut, blood oozing out.
The shark opens its mouth and makes the action as though it was roaring in pain. You hear nothing at all, though, but at the same time it lumbers across the deck, a little unsteady on its feet. You now see that it is wearing clothing, similar to that worn by the villagers of Palma Flora, and you guess that this creature was mutilated and brought into being in the last few days. You recall that you saw some of the villagers being dragged below the surface by the sahuagin that day.
As Arael was the source of the attack that hurt it, the creature bites at her:
Attack: 11 Damage: 13
The huge teeth close with a loud clack over... nothing. Arael has managed to dodge away at the last minute.
Across the rest of the ship, the other battle are only just beginning, and it's hard to tell which way they will go. Three Earrings and her crew seem confident, but the attackers are not daunted.
Round Two Arael, Pockets and Keyo (in any order) Sharkbody abomination Silent Sahuagin
It's a focused, co-ordinated attack from Keyo and Arael, who seem to fight well together. The sahuagin takes one blow, then another, and the third brings it down. Sahuagin 4 is dead.
Silent grits his teeth and stares at the envelope for a few moments.
I'm no stranger to planning for the worst. You'll be the one giving this to your folks but I don't mind holding onto it for a while. He stows it in his pack. You reckon it's waterproof?
I treated the paper and ink, but just in case maybe leave it with the ship.
You are standing together on the deck; Arael and Keyo, you cannot help but overhear, and get drawn into the short conversation between Silent and Pockets. The rest of the crew is attending to their tasks or scanning the mainland in the distance.
There's a thud, as something lands on the deck on the other side of the ship.
Everyone roll initiative please.
(You all took a long rest after the last battle, so please update your character sheets if you haven't already.)
Silent's initiative - 4
Initiative - 22
Intiative: 9
Initiative: 18
6 2
You all turn.
On the opposite side of the ship, there are sahuagin climbing over the rail. Two, three, four of them, the familiar shape popping up in the front, middle and rear of the ship.
And then, there's something else. In the first moment, it looks absurd - a shark is somehow climbing onto the deck. It takes a second moment to get a good view at the abominations that fight alongside the sahuagin; these are people, human or half-elven torsos, but where the head should be, there is a horrible gash, and it looks as though a shark's head has been attached to the body. Water and some kind of viscous fluid drips from the massive teeth and the creature seems disoriented, but a command from one of the sahuagin signals it to attack, and it obeys. There's a barked order from Three Earrings; Kijori, the stern; Silent, midships; I'm on bow. Fight for your lives!
The sahuagin and the sharkbody abomination advance, and combat begins. In this combat again, battle is split with you all focusing only on one group of the attackers, while the other crew deal with the rest.

Round One
Arael, Pockets and Keyo (in any order)
Sharkbody abomination
Silent
Sahuagin
Arael, Pockets and Keyo are up.
Pockets readies and fires his crossbow at Shark 2, then moves towards the stern to seek cover behind a mast.
Attack: 23 Damage: 4
Keyo mutters some arcane words and casts Mage Armor
He then begins a Bladesong. The ethereal music fills the air and grants Keyo new celerity.
Arael grins wickedly and rolls her orb from one hand to the other leaving a small fragment of ice in her right palm. She claps her hands together and casts Ice Knife at Shark 2.
Attack: 25 Damage: 8
Sahuagin 4 and 5 must make a DEX 13 save or take 9 cold damage
Keyo's mage armour and Bladesong begin, the faint music whistling through the sea air on the ship.
Pockets, you're able to take cover behind the strong, thick wooden mast. Your shot goes sailing past the sharkbody abomination though, not even getting close to hitting it.
Arael's ice knife shoots through the air silently, and then explodes in a shower of deadly crystals:
3 8 5
None of the attackers were expecting this; none are able to dodge the crystals, and you see their skin cut, blood oozing out.
The shark opens its mouth and makes the action as though it was roaring in pain. You hear nothing at all, though, but at the same time it lumbers across the deck, a little unsteady on its feet. You now see that it is wearing clothing, similar to that worn by the villagers of Palma Flora, and you guess that this creature was mutilated and brought into being in the last few days. You recall that you saw some of the villagers being dragged below the surface by the sahuagin that day.
As Arael was the source of the attack that hurt it, the creature bites at her:

Attack: 11 Damage: 13
The huge teeth close with a loud clack over... nothing. Arael has managed to dodge away at the last minute.
Silent is up.
Silent will move down 5 feet (towards the sahuagin, now adjacent with the shark mutant) and take a swing at the shark mutant.
[Tooltip Not Found] 17 Damage: 13
Silent, your greatsword swings, and slices, but little blood flows from this unnatural monstrosity.
One sahuagin rushes up to attack Arael:
Bite Attack: 6 Damage: 4
Spear Attack: 7 Damage: 7
The bite misses, but the spears sinks into her side before the creature pulls it back sharply.
The other sahuagin attacks Silent:

Bite Attack: 13 Damage: 3
Spear Attack: 15 Damage: 5
Again, the bite misses, the spear finds its mark.
Across the rest of the ship, the other battle are only just beginning, and it's hard to tell which way they will go. Three Earrings and her crew seem confident, but the attackers are not daunted.
Round Two
Arael, Pockets and Keyo (in any order)
Sharkbody abomination
Silent
Sahuagin
Arael, Pockets and Keyo are up.
Keyo draws his blade and rushes to Arael's aid! He moves to flank Sahuagin 4 and lashes out with his dagger.
Attack: 14 Damage: 6
Arael pulls out her daggers and slices against the Sahuagin 4 twice.
Dagger 1 Attack: 20 Damage: 3
Dagger 2 Attack: 20 Damage: 5
It's a focused, co-ordinated attack from Keyo and Arael, who seem to fight well together. The sahuagin takes one blow, then another, and the third brings it down. Sahuagin 4 is dead.

Pockets is up.
Pockets fires again at Shark 2.
Attack: 19 Damage: 10