The Champion turns to Rosan with a wry grin. ”I could use any help you can offer. But I’m afraid I know nothing of the aforementioned ‘rocky beginnings.’ Jaxon and you didn’t get along?”
The Champion turns to Rosan with a wry grin. ”I could use any help you can offer. But I’m afraid I know nothing of the aforementioned ‘rocky beginnings.’ Jaxon and you didn’t get along?”
Rosan pushes his glasses up to the bridge of his nose and he smiles "Interesting. It was not that we didn't get along, just that I was not an "approved" member of the crew. I'll leave it at that, though again, if you have any questions or want me to show you the ropes figuratively or literally, let me know."
Oden cuts down Giant Octopus 1 with his mighty blow (an incredible 24 damage), so Dillyu aims his next bolt at Giant Octopus 2 and hits.
Beatrice is up (she has disadvantage on making an attack, as she is restrained).
Oden swims straight through the cloud of ink assuming the octopus is trying to cover its escape. He shouts "Beatrice!" If the Octopus is still in the cloud and he can feel it, he attacks. Otherwise, he will dash to get out of the cloud on the opposite side to see if the octopus is fleeing.
Dillyu circles around the cloud and aims his crossbow, ready to fire as soon as he can see the octopus.
Oden does not feel the Octopus in front of him (it dashed in an unknown direction, no opportunity attack because it couldn't be seen), so he swims forward through the ink cloud.
Let me know whether Dillyu swims to the left or right.
Beatrice's attack misses and she is still restrained. The Giant Octopus swims out of the ink cloud near Dillyu, dashing away from the battle with its gnome sized snack.
Dillyu can use his held ranged attack, then Oden and Dillyu and Beatrice are up again. Dillyu is 20 ft from the Giant Octopus, Oden is 45 ft away, Beatrice is 0 ft away.
Both of Dillyu's attacks hit the giant octopus, who is now looking very close to death. It releases its grip on Beatrice (it cant attack whilst it has something grappled), and makes a last ditch attack at Oden:Attack: 18 Damage: 10. If it hits, Oden is grappled (escape DC 16) and until the grapple ends, Oden is restrained.
Oden (with disadvantage if he is restrained), Dillyu and Beatrice are up.
You look over and the Merfolk have also cut down the Giant Octopus that they were hunting. Three of the hunting party swim over to you and thank you in Aquan, then offer to help you drag the two giant octopi you "hunted" to your ship. Assuming you agree, you manage to get these large aquatic beasts back onboard The Bounty ready to be cooked up by the ship cooks.
Gumerawan the octopus has been fairly well tenderised by the battle and you realise that if you slice up the tentacles fairly thinly (minute steak thickness), marinade them and grill then over charcoal, they will be very tasty and there will be enough for all of the crew to have some. Please roll a d20 with advantage (Dillyu helps you prepare the meal) and add your DEX modifier. A good roll (DC15+) or great roll (DC20+) will impact positively on crew morale to different degrees.
Vincent, as one of the ship surgeons, you may be able to allow Beatrice (and Oden or Dillyu if they were hurt) to heal up hit dice over a short rest without using up those hit dice. Roll a medicine check, with advantage if Beatrice as the other ship surgeon is assisting. A very good roll (DC17+) will allow healing up one hit dice for free, a great roll (DC20+) will allow healing up two hit dice for free.
I will check again where you were heading. As a reminder:
- You know there is an invisible ship near Palma Flora (around where Flora Isle previously was) with a sahuagin sending out rafts of kobolds and lacedons to capture people.
- You know that two of the ships that have been plucked from the water by sahuagin cultists were attacked a day or two past Bisaft Isle towards Stillben.
- Gumerawan knows that an item was procured by Elisa in Stillben prior to the trip in which the ship was attacked. [Unrelated: Beorth was "born into a family of muckdwellers in Stillben on the Lucidian Coast of Tal'Dorei"].
- You know at some stage you are going to have to travel to the Elemental Plane of Water.
If you were heading to Palma Flora, you will reach the area that you found the kobolds on a raft in the early evening.
Oden makes sure the kobold prisoners are fed, too, then he gets everyone together to confirm what the plan is.
"We can reach Palma Flora this evening. I'd like to hunt that Sahuagin with the invisible ship while we're in the area, to stop more people from being turned into abominations. What are your thoughts?"
The Champion turns to Rosan with a wry grin.
”I could use any help you can offer. But I’m afraid I know nothing of the aforementioned ‘rocky beginnings.’ Jaxon and you didn’t get along?”
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Oden evades the tentacles and continues his attack, eager to finish it and help Beatrice.
BA: Planar Warrior
Attack: 12 Damage: 24
Dillyu's Attack: 19 Damage: 16
Rosan pushes his glasses up to the bridge of his nose and he smiles "Interesting. It was not that we didn't get along, just that I was not an "approved" member of the crew. I'll leave it at that, though again, if you have any questions or want me to show you the ropes figuratively or literally, let me know."
Oden cuts down Giant Octopus 1 with his mighty blow (an incredible 24 damage), so Dillyu aims his next bolt at Giant Octopus 2 and hits.
Beatrice is up (she has disadvantage on making an attack, as she is restrained).
Beatrice will attempt to stab at the tentacles restraining her with her spear to get the octopus to release her.
Attack: 10
Damage: 7
Beatrice misses. The remaining Giant Octopus releases a 20 ft cloud of ink. Oden and Dillyu no longer know where the Giant Octopus is.
Beatrice:
The Giant Octopus uses a bonus action to dash and drags you through the water. When it ends its turn it is still in the ink cloud.
Oden and Dillyu are up, then Beatrice is up afterwards.
Oden swims straight through the cloud of ink assuming the octopus is trying to cover its escape. He shouts "Beatrice!" If the Octopus is still in the cloud and he can feel it, he attacks. Otherwise, he will dash to get out of the cloud on the opposite side to see if the octopus is fleeing.
Dillyu circles around the cloud and aims his crossbow, ready to fire as soon as he can see the octopus.
Oden does not feel the Octopus in front of him (it dashed in an unknown direction, no opportunity attack because it couldn't be seen), so he swims forward through the ink cloud.
Let me know whether Dillyu swims to the left or right.
Dillyu swims to the left.
Beatrice is up, followed by the Giant Octopus 2.
Beatrice will squiggle the spear around so its point is facing behind her, and will stab backwards at the giant octopus with it.
Attack: 19
Damage: 8
Beatrice's attack misses and she is still restrained. The Giant Octopus swims out of the ink cloud near Dillyu, dashing away from the battle with its gnome sized snack.
Dillyu can use his held ranged attack, then Oden and Dillyu and Beatrice are up again. Dillyu is 20 ft from the Giant Octopus, Oden is 45 ft away, Beatrice is 0 ft away.
Gumerawan mused quietly to herself, " Hope they catch something tasty."
Dillyu's held attack: Attack: 9 Damage: 10 + 5 (if Beatrice gives Dillyu sneak damage)
Oden dashes in front of the octopus and marks it.
Dillyu fires another bolt. Attack: 26 Damage: 20
[thank god, at least someone around here can hit this bloody thing, if I don't hit it now I'm just going to start biting]
Beatrice will let out a frustrated scream and rage, slamming her spear at the octopus again.
Attack: 6
Damage: 6
Both of Dillyu's attacks hit the giant octopus, who is now looking very close to death. It releases its grip on Beatrice (it cant attack whilst it has something grappled), and makes a last ditch attack at Oden:Attack: 18 Damage: 10. If it hits, Oden is grappled (escape DC 16) and until the grapple ends, Oden is restrained.
Oden (with disadvantage if he is restrained), Dillyu and Beatrice are up.
Oden evades the tentacles by a hair and deflects one of them with his shield before lunging forward to attack the octopus.
BA: Planar Warrior
Attack: 10 Damage: 20
Dillyu's Attack: 19 Damage: 12
Oden slices the Giant Octopus in half.
You look over and the Merfolk have also cut down the Giant Octopus that they were hunting. Three of the hunting party swim over to you and thank you in Aquan, then offer to help you drag the two giant octopi you "hunted" to your ship. Assuming you agree, you manage to get these large aquatic beasts back onboard The Bounty ready to be cooked up by the ship cooks.
Gumerawan the octopus has been fairly well tenderised by the battle and you realise that if you slice up the tentacles fairly thinly (minute steak thickness), marinade them and grill then over charcoal, they will be very tasty and there will be enough for all of the crew to have some. Please roll a d20 with advantage (Dillyu helps you prepare the meal) and add your DEX modifier. A good roll (DC15+) or great roll (DC20+) will impact positively on crew morale to different degrees.
Vincent, as one of the ship surgeons, you may be able to allow Beatrice (and Oden or Dillyu if they were hurt) to heal up hit dice over a short rest without using up those hit dice. Roll a medicine check, with advantage if Beatrice as the other ship surgeon is assisting. A very good roll (DC17+) will allow healing up one hit dice for free, a great roll (DC20+) will allow healing up two hit dice for free.
I will check again where you were heading. As a reminder:
- You know there is an invisible ship near Palma Flora (around where Flora Isle previously was) with a sahuagin sending out rafts of kobolds and lacedons to capture people.
- You know that two of the ships that have been plucked from the water by sahuagin cultists were attacked a day or two past Bisaft Isle towards Stillben.
- Gumerawan knows that an item was procured by Elisa in Stillben prior to the trip in which the ship was attacked. [Unrelated: Beorth was "born into a family of muckdwellers in Stillben on the Lucidian Coast of Tal'Dorei"].
- You know at some stage you are going to have to travel to the Elemental Plane of Water.
If you were heading to Palma Flora, you will reach the area that you found the kobolds on a raft in the early evening.
Beatrice is very keen for some calamari and will stick her tongue out at the octopus as they all swim to the surface.
She will also assist The Champion in patching herself (and Oden and/or Dillyu if they need) up.
[Oden and Dillyu were not hurt]
Oden makes sure the kobold prisoners are fed, too, then he gets everyone together to confirm what the plan is.
"We can reach Palma Flora this evening. I'd like to hunt that Sahuagin with the invisible ship while we're in the area, to stop more people from being turned into abominations. What are your thoughts?"
The Champion helps patch up Beatrice, shaking his head as he looks at all her wounds. He quickly returns to his lessons on ship navigation after
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