Well, the wagons are the spikey broodhaulers, so they aren't ideal for landing on. They are also farther out of the way of Xial's trajectory. Since Xial's passing over the deck of Word, landing them on the deck would be easier. Not really safe, but it's a lesser drop, so'd say it would go from certain death to a die roll.
Cinnabar is somewhere below deck, so it isn't clear what state he's in until you go down there.
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Ok, I'll call that an athletics check. You'll end up landing on the Reaver's Word.
Athletics: 12
It's not been Xial's day... The Ruxalfier's momentum isn't arrested enough by the move to land on the ship, instead they spin, end over end, just past the rail of the Word.
The mawn at the wheel of the Reaver's Word yells to the two falling toward, then past her rail,
"Ahoy! Do state your name and business before boarding, although you are welcome to do so as per a recent vote among the crew!"
"Hellooooo?"
Critical Information check: Sky-ship anchors sometimes loosen a bit when the ship employs the drop hopper. There should be enough slack for someone falling very close to the rail to grab onto the anchor on that side of the ship. According to a footnote in the ship's manual, page 43, at least.
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(OOC: See, I've been thinking of this today. I don't think he'd try to save them. As far as he's concerned they are controlling the ship to attack. I was all ready to blast them over board if they managed to land on the ship.)
Tyrod readies his wrench to repel the raiders if they make it on board. He rushes to the railing to watch as they fall. He also notes that the anchor is loose and remembers page 43 as well. (history check: 14).
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Tyrod- Sky-Pirates of Q’rath Set: Crew of the Reaver's Word
The mawn at the wheel of the Reaver's Word yells to the two falling toward, then past her rail,
"Ahoy! Do state your name and business before boarding, although you are welcome to do so as per a recent vote among the crew!"
"Hellooooo?"
Critical Information check: Sky-ship anchors sometimes loosen a bit when the ship employs the drop hopper. There should be enough slack for someone falling very close to the rail to grab onto the anchor on that side of the ship. According to a footnote in the ship's manual, page 43, at least.
(OOC: See, I've been thinking of this today. I don't think he'd try to save them. As far as he's concerned they are controlling the ship to attack. I was all ready to blast them over board if they managed to land on the ship.)
Tyrod readies his wrench to repel the raiders if they make it on board. He rushes to the railing to watch as they fall. He also notes that the anchor is loose and remembers page 43 as well. (history check: 14).
I'll call that a readied action.
As far as the history check, since Eclipse didn't get the role it isn't a fact. Xial sails past and hits the ground.
The Reaver's Word rushes over the circled wagons, two broodhaulers in the center, orcs and the occasional human holding bows and javelins at the ready. More of them are looking ahead than up. On the far side of the circle, one wagon has a cage mounted on it, with a group of huddled humanoids rag-swaddled within. Roaring like an avalanche bearing down on them is the Hungry Sky, its hull contorting as it moves, like a gigantic mollusk ripping up the earth. The flames on it's ballista have turned green at their base. As the herds panic, ropes from the rigging lash out, snaring the slower beasts, pulling them into the path of the hull. They smash like hairy grapes between the ship and the ground.
A moment later a few of the horses closest to the oncoming ships break and run, pulling two wagons out of formation.
Top of the round. Currently all of the PCs are on the Reaver's Word. If the Word ascends, they can end the encounter, as the Hungry Sky is definitely going to impact the wagon circle, and won't get air born fast enough to chase. They can also choose to stay and continue the fight.
(OOC: Now that we see what I presume are slaves in cages, I wonder if there is time to save them. Which is closer to that cage, the Word or the Sky? If the Word, would it be possible to dart in and perhaps lower the anchor and catch the cage with it then lift off before the Sky impacts?
And/or, possible to circle above while Sky is occupied and dump our cauldron atop its airbag?
btw, when the ballista fires turn green, do they appear to still be causing damage, or are they being extinguished?)
If the Reaver's Word does a sharp turn, will the Hungry Sky (assuming it follows as directly as it can) potentially miss the wagons? Otherwise, if the Reaver continues straight ahead, is that how the "group of ragged caged humaniods" get squished?
Laitraxa, still holding Druaz while in pursuit of the Reaver's Word, finally closes within range. Seeing the unmmanned ship continue its hellish pursuit, and the flames on deck tinged in a strange green, she has an idea.
Laitraxa focuses on her internal draconic ember, the spark that lights her fire. She remembers the stories that all metal dragons share a link through Bahamut, the great Platinum Dragon. Swirling within her, she channels the thoughts of her Copper kin... and the firey breath she has prepared shifts and twists inside her to take on an acidic burn.
She releases the bolt from her mouth, a blast of acid wreathed in lingering fire, a green streak surrounded by orange directed at the second ballista, the one she did not burn before.
Landing on the Reaver after, she releases Druaz gently as her wings flare wide.
"That ship is propelled by hellish means! This woman claims they were as much prisoners as those below. Eclipse, keep the ship turning! Perhaps it will follow."
(OOC: Now that we see what I presume are slaves in cages, I wonder if there is time to save them. Which is closer to that cage, the Word or the Sky? If the Word, would it be possible to dart in and perhaps lower the anchor and catch the cage with it then lift off before the Sky impacts?
And/or, possible to circle above while Sky is occupied and dump our cauldron atop its airbag?
btw, when the ballista fires turn green, do they appear to still be causing damage, or are they being extinguished?)
The Word is closer. Both the anchor hook and the cauldron are possible, though the latter runs the risk of the Reaver's Word still being present when the Hungry Sky frees itself. You can't tell if the fires are doing damage from your vantage point.
If the Reaver's Word does a sharp turn, will the Hungry Sky (assuming it follows as directly as it can) potentially miss the wagons? Otherwise, if the Reaver continues straight ahead, is that how the "group of ragged caged humaniods" get squished?
Laitraxa, still holding Druaz while in pursuit of the Reaver's Word, finally closes within range. Seeing the unmmanned ship continue its hellish pursuit, and the flames on deck tinged in a strange green, she has an idea.
Laitraxa focuses on her internal draconic ember, the spark that lights her fire. She remembers the stories that all metal dragons share a link through Bahamut, the great Platinum Dragon. Swirling within her, she channels the thoughts of her Copper kin... and the firey breath she has prepared shifts and twists inside her to take on an acidic burn.
She releases the bolt from her mouth, a blast of acid wreathed in lingering fire, a green streak surrounded by orange directed at the second ballista, the one she did not burn before.
Landing on the Reaver after, she releases Druaz gently as her wings flare wide.
"That ship is propelled by hellish means! This woman claims they were as much prisoners as those below. Eclipse, keep the ship turning! Perhaps it will follow."
If it follows you on the turn, it won't crush as many wagons, but at this point it's close enough that it can't completely avoid them. If it goes straight through the wagons closet to it, then through the pair in the center, it can go through the one with the cage.
As the ballista is hit you can see the bow loose its tension. It can't fire like that.
If the Reaver's Word does a sharp turn, will the Hungry Sky (assuming it follows as directly as it can) potentially miss the wagons? Otherwise, if the Reaver continues straight ahead, is that how the "group of ragged caged humaniods" get squished?
Laitraxa, still holding Druaz while in pursuit of the Reaver's Word, finally closes within range. Seeing the unmmanned ship continue its hellish pursuit, and the flames on deck tinged in a strange green, she has an idea.
Laitraxa focuses on her internal draconic ember, the spark that lights her fire. She remembers the stories that all metal dragons share a link through Bahamut, the great Platinum Dragon. Swirling within her, she channels the thoughts of her Copper kin... and the firey breath she has prepared shifts and twists inside her to take on an acidic burn.
She releases the bolt from her mouth, a blast of acid wreathed in lingering fire, a green streak surrounded by orange directed at the second ballista, the one she did not burn before.
Landing on the Reaver after, she releases Druaz gently as her wings flare wide.
"That ship is propelled by hellish means! This woman claims they were as much prisoners as those below. Eclipse, keep the ship turning! Perhaps it will follow."
To Laitraxa, “The slavers have earned their fate. Perhaps we can help the captives. Can you try to affix the anchor to that cage if Tyrod lowers it? Janear, keep those Orcs from getting ideas, please?”
To Druaz, “Hellish means indeed! If you are able, we need your help to escape that bewitched monstrosity!”
"I've burned out the ballista. The ship can fire on us no longer, though something strange is happening on the deck. We might get one chance to attempt this."
Laitraxa climbs on top of the rail, moving to hold onto the anchor chain. She takes stock of the Reaver's deck, and any hostiles near the cage below. Is the cage the kind that could be lifted completely if the cross bar of the anchor is slotted through?
Perception: 12
OOC: Theena's on the deck too, correct? That perception could include if Laitraxa notices her.
Before dropping down, Laitraxa's long neck snakes back over the top of the rail, eyeing Tyrod and Eclipse. "You better not miss!" she hisses.
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Eclipse furrows his brow. 'Think, Faraway, think. There must be some way to manage this.' He mentally pages through histories of sky-ship battles in the recent wars, combing through the microfiche of his photographic memory to find the description of a drop-hopper that was reverse-engineered to pull the ship straight upwards. The account recorded that extra coal was fed into the furnace, a lot of it, by several persons simultaneously, and that an escape valve was detached and rerouted within the furnace in a kind of loop which fed more oxygen inside, increasing the temperature, and therefore increasing the climb rate.' Eclipse then pictures in perfect detail the engineering of the Reaver's Word's furnace and air bag. Will it work?
Critical Information / History 16
"Tyrod, I have an idea. I'm not sure it will work, but it is worth a try." Eclipse quickly tells him about the account (above) of the...The Majestic, which was modified (OOC: lol, reverse-engineered isn't the right term, is it.) to drop-hop straight up. "If we can do that," he continues, "we can jump above the Hungry Sky and douse it with our cauldron. Can you reverse the escape valve and re-rout it back into the furnace in time? Will it work?"
Laitraxa climbs on top of the rail, moving to hold onto the anchor chain. She takes stock of the Reaver's deck, and any hostiles near the cage below. Is the cage the kind that could be lifted completely if the cross bar of the anchor is slotted through?
Perception: 12
OOC: Theena's on the deck too, correct? That perception could include if Laitraxa notices her.
Before dropping down, Laitraxa's long neck snakes back over the top of the rail, eyeing Tyrod and Eclipse. "You better not miss!" she hisses.
You could hook the bars with the anchor. Weather the wagon will hold together if lifted by the bars is a maybe. You can see Theena on the deck without a check.
"Tyrod, I have an idea. I'm not sure it will work, but it is worth a try." Eclipse quickly tells him about the account (above) of the...The Majestic, which was modified (OOC: lol, reverse-engineered isn't the right term, is it.) to drop-hop straight up. "If we can do that," he continues, "we can jump above the Hungry Sky and douse it with our cauldron. Can you reverse the escape valve and re-rout it back into the furnace in time? Will it work?"
Well, it's not what reverse-engineering usually means, but it is literally reversing what that piece of engineering does... :) Anyway, yes, that can work, but doing it on the fly means not reinforcing the ship for the jump, so it may damage the ship. It also won't cause you go as high upward as the dropper drops you, since you're fighting gravity, but it would work for what you are talking about.
Well, the wagons are the spikey broodhaulers, so they aren't ideal for landing on. They are also farther out of the way of Xial's trajectory. Since Xial's passing over the deck of Word, landing them on the deck would be easier. Not really safe, but it's a lesser drop, so'd say it would go from certain death to a die roll.
Cinnabar is somewhere below deck, so it isn't clear what state he's in until you go down there.
Trying to save Xial or find Cinnabar?
(She would try to save Xial by tackling/ pushing him etc. onto the Reaver's Word)
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Ok, I'll call that an athletics check. You'll end up landing on the Reaver's Word.
Athletics: 12
It's not been Xial's day... The Ruxalfier's momentum isn't arrested enough by the move to land on the ship, instead they spin, end over end, just past the rail of the Word.
Tyrod could still try feather fall.
The mawn at the wheel of the Reaver's Word yells to the two falling toward, then past her rail,
"Ahoy! Do state your name and business before boarding, although you are welcome to do so as per a recent vote among the crew!"
"Hellooooo?"
Critical Information check: Sky-ship anchors sometimes loosen a bit when the ship employs the drop hopper. There should be enough slack for someone falling very close to the rail to grab onto the anchor on that side of the ship. According to a footnote in the ship's manual, page 43, at least.
History? 3
(OOC: lol. or, not.)
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I do love the sarcasm from Eclipse regarding the temporary stay of the guests in Reaver airspace :D
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(OOC: See, I've been thinking of this today. I don't think he'd try to save them. As far as he's concerned they are controlling the ship to attack. I was all ready to blast them over board if they managed to land on the ship.)
Tyrod readies his wrench to repel the raiders if they make it on board. He rushes to the railing to watch as they fall. He also notes that the anchor is loose and remembers page 43 as well. (history check: 14).
Tyrod - Sky-Pirates of Q’rath Set: Crew of the Reaver's Word
It was a decent idea though.
I'll call that a readied action.
As far as the history check, since Eclipse didn't get the role it isn't a fact. Xial sails past and hits the ground.
OOC Welp, sometimes NPCs are just fated to bite terra firma. The dice has decreed, and the RP supports.
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Eclipse peeks over the rail to see if Xial caught the anchor, winces as they hit the earth.
"Sorry! I meant, the anchor on the other side of the ship!"
Critical information / History: 5
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...sure, we'll go with that.
The Reaver's Word rushes over the circled wagons, two broodhaulers in the center, orcs and the occasional human holding bows and javelins at the ready. More of them are looking ahead than up. On the far side of the circle, one wagon has a cage mounted on it, with a group of huddled humanoids rag-swaddled within. Roaring like an avalanche bearing down on them is the Hungry Sky, its hull contorting as it moves, like a gigantic mollusk ripping up the earth. The flames on it's ballista have turned green at their base. As the herds panic, ropes from the rigging lash out, snaring the slower beasts, pulling them into the path of the hull. They smash like hairy grapes between the ship and the ground.
A moment later a few of the horses closest to the oncoming ships break and run, pulling two wagons out of formation.
Top of the round. Currently all of the PCs are on the Reaver's Word. If the Word ascends, they can end the encounter, as the Hungry Sky is definitely going to impact the wagon circle, and won't get air born fast enough to chase. They can also choose to stay and continue the fight.
(OOC: Now that we see what I presume are slaves in cages, I wonder if there is time to save them. Which is closer to that cage, the Word or the Sky? If the Word, would it be possible to dart in and perhaps lower the anchor and catch the cage with it then lift off before the Sky impacts?
And/or, possible to circle above while Sky is occupied and dump our cauldron atop its airbag?
btw, when the ballista fires turn green, do they appear to still be causing damage, or are they being extinguished?)
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If the Reaver's Word does a sharp turn, will the Hungry Sky (assuming it follows as directly as it can) potentially miss the wagons? Otherwise, if the Reaver continues straight ahead, is that how the "group of ragged caged humaniods" get squished?
Laitraxa, still holding Druaz while in pursuit of the Reaver's Word, finally closes within range. Seeing the unmmanned ship continue its hellish pursuit, and the flames on deck tinged in a strange green, she has an idea.
Laitraxa focuses on her internal draconic ember, the spark that lights her fire. She remembers the stories that all metal dragons share a link through Bahamut, the great Platinum Dragon. Swirling within her, she channels the thoughts of her Copper kin... and the firey breath she has prepared shifts and twists inside her to take on an acidic burn.
She releases the bolt from her mouth, a blast of acid wreathed in lingering fire, a green streak surrounded by orange directed at the second ballista, the one she did not burn before.
Action: Chromatic Orb (lvl 1, acid): 11 Damage: 12
Landing on the Reaver after, she releases Druaz gently as her wings flare wide.
"That ship is propelled by hellish means! This woman claims they were as much prisoners as those below. Eclipse, keep the ship turning! Perhaps it will follow."
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The Word is closer. Both the anchor hook and the cauldron are possible, though the latter runs the risk of the Reaver's Word still being present when the Hungry Sky frees itself. You can't tell if the fires are doing damage from your vantage point.
If it follows you on the turn, it won't crush as many wagons, but at this point it's close enough that it can't completely avoid them. If it goes straight through the wagons closet to it, then through the pair in the center, it can go through the one with the cage.
As the ballista is hit you can see the bow loose its tension. It can't fire like that.
To Laitraxa, “The slavers have earned their fate. Perhaps we can help the captives. Can you try to affix the anchor to that cage if Tyrod lowers it? Janear, keep those Orcs from getting ideas, please?”
To Druaz, “Hellish means indeed! If you are able, we need your help to escape that bewitched monstrosity!”
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"I've burned out the ballista. The ship can fire on us no longer, though something strange is happening on the deck. We might get one chance to attempt this."
Laitraxa climbs on top of the rail, moving to hold onto the anchor chain. She takes stock of the Reaver's deck, and any hostiles near the cage below. Is the cage the kind that could be lifted completely if the cross bar of the anchor is slotted through?
Perception: 12
OOC: Theena's on the deck too, correct? That perception could include if Laitraxa notices her.
Before dropping down, Laitraxa's long neck snakes back over the top of the rail, eyeing Tyrod and Eclipse. "You better not miss!" she hisses.
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Daventry in The Candlekeep Mysteries, and her bag
Eclipse furrows his brow. 'Think, Faraway, think. There must be some way to manage this.' He mentally pages through histories of sky-ship battles in the recent wars, combing through the microfiche of his photographic memory to find the description of a drop-hopper that was reverse-engineered to pull the ship straight upwards. The account recorded that extra coal was fed into the furnace, a lot of it, by several persons simultaneously, and that an escape valve was detached and rerouted within the furnace in a kind of loop which fed more oxygen inside, increasing the temperature, and therefore increasing the climb rate.' Eclipse then pictures in perfect detail the engineering of the Reaver's Word's furnace and air bag. Will it work?
Critical Information / History 16
"Tyrod, I have an idea. I'm not sure it will work, but it is worth a try." Eclipse quickly tells him about the account (above) of the...The Majestic, which was modified (OOC: lol, reverse-engineered isn't the right term, is it.) to drop-hop straight up. "If we can do that," he continues, "we can jump above the Hungry Sky and douse it with our cauldron. Can you reverse the escape valve and re-rout it back into the furnace in time? Will it work?"
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You could hook the bars with the anchor. Weather the wagon will hold together if lifted by the bars is a maybe. You can see Theena on the deck without a check.
Well, it's not what reverse-engineering usually means, but it is literally reversing what that piece of engineering does... :)
Anyway, yes, that can work, but doing it on the fly means not reinforcing the ship for the jump, so it may damage the ship. It also won't cause you go as high upward as the dropper drops you, since you're fighting gravity, but it would work for what you are talking about.