Initiative Order:
19 - Eel-Goblin Horror
17 - Zeflan
15 - Welby
12 - Aoth
8 - Eradius

The eel-man creature yanks at the fishing line, attempting to pull Zeflan in with it.

Zeflan, please make a DC 16 Athletics check. On a failure, you must make a dexterity saving throw. If you make the saving throw, you can choose to let go of the rod rather than be pulled in. If you fail the saving throw, you are pulled into the water. On a success on the check, nothing happens.

 Athletics 23

Zeflan felt the creature tugging at his fishing line. It seems like it was trying to pull him off the ship and into the water! Zeflan was always up for a swim but he was not having any of that right now.

'Could. You. Not.' Zeflan grunting at the impromptu tug of war. He turned to the others. 'Some help, please.'

Zeflan took a couple of steps back, dragging the creature towards the boat, and tried to the same to it as it tried to do to him.

Mechanics
- Move: 15 feet backwards (I take it I'm currently grappling the creature?)
- Action: trying to reel in the creature onto the boat. Athletics: 16
Feel free to adjust if that is not possible.

The creature pulls as hard as it can, but Zeflan manages to keep his ground(ties result in no change). He begins pulling it in, and the creature offers no resistance, allowing itself to be pulled up. I'm not saying it's quiet though, as it screeches once again in a plethora of voices, some deep, some high, some young, and some old. The hook tears out of its lip as soon as it reaches the deck, causing blood to ooze out(2 damage).

Everyone else, you're up! Feel free to post in any order, though your actions will happen in order of the initiative order.

Welby runs in and tries to position himself to stop the creature from moving too much around the deck (allowing for a flanking position). He stabs the creature with his rapier first, then follows up with a jab from his dagger.

Rapier Attack: 19 Damage: 5

Dagger (Off-hand) Attack: 9 Damage: 3 

Aoth yelps in surprise as he sees the creature, "That's not a fish I can cook with, Zeflan!"

Aoth's eyes glow a faint golden-yellow as he begins speaking unintelligible words, and extends his arm, pointing at the creature with a finger. (Sacred Flame)

(Meta: DC 14 DEX save, or the creature takes 2 radiant damage)

Eradius is alarmed to see Zeflan's next catch suddenly appear on the deck of the Sea Scout as some sort of monster-fish-thingy. He will move only as much as needed to be within range of all his allies as he casts Bless to affect all 3, Welby, Zeflan, and Aoth.

"May the favor of Thimblerig be upon you all!" Eradius will point at each of his allies, Welby, Zeflan, and Aoth, in turn as they face the monster.

Welby stabs at the creature as it flops about on the deck, catching it in the arm. It howls in response, but doesn't seem incredibly injured. He attempts to follow up with his dagger, but the gods of action economy descend from the heavens and stop him. 10 The creature is too busy flopping about to notice Aoth's beam of holy light, and its skin is scorched, reminding everyone of Aoth's cooking. Everyone feels unusually confident, as Eradius blesses them.

The creature lets out another shriek or two as it leaps toward Welby in a flurry of teeth and claws.

Attack: 7 Damage: 6

Attack: 18 Damage: 3

While Welby dances out of the way of its teeth, its claws hit home, slicing into him. They wrap around his body, holding him still.

(Welby is now grappled and restrained, escape DC 13)

(Everyone is up)

No longer needing to keep hold of the fishing rod, Zeflan dropped it on the deck and reached for his trident. Seeing the captain in danger, Zeflan charged at the creature with his weapon firmly in two hands, fully intent on piercing the creature's flesh. He charged headlong at it, a combination of adrenaline and divine favour spurring him on.

Attack: 8 Damage: 5
Bless: 3
Total attack roll: 11

OOC: and so it goes, the curse of every first PbP combat having shitty rolls...
EDIT: added in Bless

(ooc: don't know if it will matter but don't forget you have Bless )

Eradius will rush to the captain's defense and move within melee range to attack with his mace.

Attack: 24 Damage: 8

Welby, now restrained, glares into the creatures eyes and says "You're going to make an excellent belt!", casting Vicious Mockery (Wisdom Save DC 14 or 1 psychic damage and disadvantage on next attack).

Aoth yells over the shrieking of the fish-humanoid-thing - "Well, actually, maybe I can cook it!" - and points his finger again at the creature, speaking in an other-worldly tongue as his eyes faintly glow yellow. (Sacred Flame)

(Meta: DC 14 DEX save or the creature takes 1 damage - Bless: 1 I forgot it's a saving throw, and not a spell attack. And also damn, we're rolling poorly!)

Saves: 21 7

Zeflan stabs at the creature, but it dodges out of the way, straight into Eradius' mace. The creature's knees would buckle from the blow, but it doesn't actually have knees. Instead, it just kind of flops in an injured manner. Welby's words cause it to look confused, and it fails to notice Aoth's searing light before its too late, and another patch of skin is blackened and burnt. While the damage done isn't impressive, it's certainly adding up, and the creature seems to be weakening significantly. Not significantly enough to stop it from trying to eat Welby's head and tear him to shreds, though.

Attack: 17 Damage: 2

Attack: 22 Damage: 4

Inexplicably, Welby manages to dodge both blows, despite being firmly held in its grasp. Slippery little hobbitses.

(Everyone is up)

Zeflan, encouraged by the fact that they were getting the upper hand on the creature, attacks once more with his trident.

(level 1, not much he can do yet)

Attack: 21 Damage: 7

Aoth frowns this time declaring, "Okay, actually, maybe I can't cook it! It doesn't smell nearly as good as last night's meal!". Aoth runs forward, and starts trying to pry the creature's arms apart, to help Zeflan get out of it's grasp.

(Meta: Providing the Help action to Zeflan)

(It's grappling and restraining Welby, not Zeflan)

Eradius will once again swing his mace at the creature.

Attack: 25 Damage: 5

"Unhand our captain, foul beast of the sea!"

Crit damage: 2

Zeflan and Eradius both strike at once, and the creature slumps over, letting out one last cry that slowly transforms into a gurgle, then nothing. It spasms once or twice, and is still.

We are out of combat, and everyone gains 50 xp!

The rest of the day passes without a hitch, as long as no one does anything stupid like lighting the ship on fire for fun. Unfortunately, Aoth torched half of Zeflan's catch for the day, but it's understandable, seeing as he's rarely cooked before. Your food is doing well, though your water is almost a quarter gone. It may not seem like much yet, but at this rate it'll be gone in just over a week. Welby spots no land or other boats, even though the air is clear and the ocean is calm.

Day 2 - Complete

Food: -1(42)

Water: -4(32)

Travel: 72 miles east

66th of Flowertime, 978 PD

Another day, another pile of dice. Who knows what will happen? Hopefully not more eel-goblins, I think we're all in agreement that we can happily live our entire lives without encountering another one.

Eradius' Survival roll: 18

A new sun rose for the crew of the Sea Scout. Like the previous day, Zeflan used the extra time he had on hand to go over the ship. Satisfied with how she was holding up, wet splashes and fish smell not withstanding, Zeflan made his way downstairs again. He reached for his fishing tackle but found himself dropping it back with his other gear. The encounter yesterday with the strange eel like creature had momentarily turned him off of fishing. He was about to go back upstairs for a day of just lounging around when his eye fell on some of his other equipment. A fun little idea formed in his mind. Something he had wanted to do ever since they crossed the barrier at Ioco. He grabbed his net and rope and made his way topside.

Back on deck, he laid his net, rope and trident next to the mast. 'Does anyone have a dagger I could borrow?' Zeflan asked the others.