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Blue Crab Special clamps it in a claw and peers at it. The runic script has parts that seem similar, but more small and intricate than what seems right to you (ie, the language you speak that uses similar runic lettering is somewhat less complex, or at least less complex than this script is). The face doesn't quite look human, a bit more compressed than the features you see on Blake and his crew, the nose a bit more bulbous. Either way, you'd guess the age of the coin would be somewhere in the hundreds to thousands of years old, just based on the wear and appearance.
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Currently playing in: Quest for the Shunned City, Coliseum of Conquest, DragonDenn's Dragonlords, Shipwrecked on Fugue, Tomb of Annihilation, Razor's Lost Mine of Phandelver, The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above
Currently DMing: Princes of the Apocalypse, Out of the Abyss, Coliseum of Conquest—The Arena (Sometimes)
"Oh... right. Memory loss and all that. Yes, it is from the island, we found it, among others, in the pack of one of our firsts expeditions... they got cut off by some creatures, and spent the night on the island. Only two were recovered, and neither could remember who they were, much less where they'd found any of that. It's old. Older than any I've seen before. If there's ancient coin, there may be ancient ruins. If there's ancient ruins, there's gotta be something worth our time!"
"They were only gone a single night? So you know that wherever this place is it must be within a day of the shore, about? You know which direction they started, I'm guessing, and have already checked it out?"
"We've not found anything so far, but we've not been spending a whole day exploring, as we need to be able to return to shore and put out far enough at night. Could be that wherever they picked it up is closer to a full day in, or could be that it washed down to where they picked it up. Found another one in that river... but don't know if it was there the whole time, or if they dropped it there. Part of what we're doing now is clearing trails to make it easier to get further and further in."
"Got a crew working on clearing trail, could use some aerial scouting, and if you've got the ability to make words, you'd be able to let Talon here know if anything comes up, or when we're headed back to the ship. Suppose a crab might be handy, do you do other things too? And I dare say our large friend here looks like he'd know how to swing an axe, there's plenty of that that needs doing."
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DM:Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Currently playing in: Quest for the Shunned City, Coliseum of Conquest, DragonDenn's Dragonlords, Shipwrecked on Fugue, Tomb of Annihilation, Razor's Lost Mine of Phandelver, The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above
Currently DMing: Princes of the Apocalypse, Out of the Abyss, Coliseum of Conquest—The Arena (Sometimes)
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((Blue, rolls are borked. Can try putting a space before and after the dice code? Sometimes that works.))
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
(That’s so weird. I did edit it to fix that, and it showed a 16. I went back and the space I added was still there, so no idea what happened.)
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Currently playing in: Quest for the Shunned City, Coliseum of Conquest, DragonDenn's Dragonlords, Shipwrecked on Fugue, Tomb of Annihilation, Razor's Lost Mine of Phandelver, The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above
Currently DMing: Princes of the Apocalypse, Out of the Abyss, Coliseum of Conquest—The Arena (Sometimes)
((Ah well, it shows now.))
Blue Crab Special clamps it in a claw and peers at it. The runic script has parts that seem similar, but more small and intricate than what seems right to you (ie, the language you speak that uses similar runic lettering is somewhat less complex, or at least less complex than this script is). The face doesn't quite look human, a bit more compressed than the features you see on Blake and his crew, the nose a bit more bulbous. Either way, you'd guess the age of the coin would be somewhere in the hundreds to thousands of years old, just based on the wear and appearance.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
When Blue crab is done Son will take a glance.
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((No mod so maybe better than Blue's))
(Didn’t add a mod for mine either.)
Blue scratches the word old in the ship’s deck.
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Currently playing in: Quest for the Shunned City, Coliseum of Conquest, DragonDenn's Dragonlords, Shipwrecked on Fugue, Tomb of Annihilation, Razor's Lost Mine of Phandelver, The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above
Currently DMing: Princes of the Apocalypse, Out of the Abyss, Coliseum of Conquest—The Arena (Sometimes)
Son is able to glean much the same, though the runes are even less familiar seeming to him.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Talon cocks his head to look at the coin. "Is there anything special about that coin, captain? Should it mean something to us?"
"That from the island here?"
"Oh... right. Memory loss and all that. Yes, it is from the island, we found it, among others, in the pack of one of our firsts expeditions... they got cut off by some creatures, and spent the night on the island. Only two were recovered, and neither could remember who they were, much less where they'd found any of that. It's old. Older than any I've seen before. If there's ancient coin, there may be ancient ruins. If there's ancient ruins, there's gotta be something worth our time!"
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
"They were only gone a single night? So you know that wherever this place is it must be within a day of the shore, about? You know which direction they started, I'm guessing, and have already checked it out?"
"We've not found anything so far, but we've not been spending a whole day exploring, as we need to be able to return to shore and put out far enough at night. Could be that wherever they picked it up is closer to a full day in, or could be that it washed down to where they picked it up. Found another one in that river... but don't know if it was there the whole time, or if they dropped it there. Part of what we're doing now is clearing trails to make it easier to get further and further in."
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
Son nods and flips the coin over again before handing it back.
"Well, until you've tested we haven't killed your sailor we might as well do something else useful? Day is half gone in any case."
He looks at his companions then back,
"What's the plan for tomorrow when he is fine?"
"Got a crew working on clearing trail, could use some aerial scouting, and if you've got the ability to make words, you'd be able to let Talon here know if anything comes up, or when we're headed back to the ship. Suppose a crab might be handy, do you do other things too? And I dare say our large friend here looks like he'd know how to swing an axe, there's plenty of that that needs doing."
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
"I can see why you're the captain here!"
"Well, it IS my ship. That goes a long way to being Captain.", he says with a grin.
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
"Can't image it would continue being your boat if you were a fool, especially this close to an island that wipes your memory."
He salutes the captain with more fruit and waits for a response about the rest of the day from his companions.
"Fair point! Though she's a ship, not a boat."
DM: Forged in Chaos, Spiders of the Abyss, The Sundered Way, Champions of the Citadel
Active Characters:
Breldo, Halfling Ranger | Kathryn, Wood Elf Rogue/Ranger | Kroshav, Dragonborn Paladin | T'laren Farsiel, Wood Elf Fighter | Trill, Kenku Bard | Val "Janellae", Mark of Shadow Elf Warlock
"Sorry, either I've forgotten the terminology or never had it in the first place. A fine ship."
"I can help your crew with scouting, of course. You'll have to send word, though, I had enough crossbows pointed at me for one day."
The crab bobs what passes for its head.
(Gotta love it when autocorrect corrects its to it’s. Wrongly.)
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Currently playing in: Quest for the Shunned City, Coliseum of Conquest, DragonDenn's Dragonlords, Shipwrecked on Fugue, Tomb of Annihilation, Razor's Lost Mine of Phandelver, The Lost Kenku & One Grung Above
Currently DMing: Princes of the Apocalypse, Out of the Abyss, Coliseum of Conquest—The Arena (Sometimes)