Session 2 - 04/25/2005 (Courtesy of Sully)
Yar! Bronson, Sully & Nate started out with Fletcher in a small room full of treasure, recently abandoned by the green, scaly elf broad. While trying to determine what to shove in their pockets first, they were assaulted by a fishman and 4 or 5 zombies. Bronson acted immediately by rebuking the zombies (and Fletcher. Oops.) With the zombies cowering in awe (and Fletcher crying like a little bitch), our heroes concentrated their efforts on the fishman. Unfortunately, luck was not on their side, and Sully and Nate nearly died. (Not good.) After a couple of good hits, however, the fishman fled, leaving only cowering zombies to fight. Yar! Bronson, Sully and Nate made short work of them and moved on.
At this point, they decided that it might be a good idea to send a message to the ship to see if they had any healing potions and considered getting Fletcher to go to save time. For some reason, they ditched that idea, but I can’t remember why. Fortunately, Nate discovered that Fletcher could turn invisible, and Fletcher was able to scout the network of caves invisibly. Yar! He reportedseeing only two fishmen and the green “elf.” He was able to describe the caves and passages in great detail and explained the locations and conditions of the remaining fishmen AND the dragon eye gem. Unfortunately, he was unable to heal Sully and Nate. Arrrrrrrrgh!
Nate swam out to tell Ox that they would be taking longer than expected and show him some treasure. Meanwhile, Sully and Bronson brought most of the treasure into the “garbage room.” Avast, me hearties!
After debating whether or not to rest, Bronson, Nate and Sully decided to try to use Fletcher as a distraction and attack the lone fishman in the fishman barracks. It worked like a charm, and they were able to defeat the fishman quickly.Yo-ho-ho!
At this point, Bronson, Nate and Sully decided to go topside and check out the island. A large boulder obscured the exit to the surface from the sea, making this a potentially outstanding future pirate hideout. Avast! After more debating about whether or not to rest, Bronson, Nate and Sully heard a fishmanon the ledge by the exit to the surface. Employing the Fletcher distraction technique, they easily killed her. Hooray!
Now,with only one injured enemy remaining, they devised a plan to finish her off as well. Upon returning to the garbage room to hide the treasure, they found the stripped but clothed body of Fletcher. The body was neither naked nor hot. Yar! So, they grabbed some nets and set a trap for the fish elf lady and used the wonderful Fletcher surprise technique on her. Yar! Luckily for them, she was not terribly skilled with her trident, and they were able to defeat her without dying. Yo-ho-ho!
After that, they were able to take their time and get all of the treasure back to their ship. Ahoy!
They were welcomed back by their mates. Fenn had Huxley lock up the bootie, and Bronson, Nate and Sully rested until the following morning. Yo-ho-ho!
The next morning, when Nate, Bronson and Sully were on duty with Old Pete, they heard a woman’s scream from Fenn’s cabin. They broke the door down and found Celine, Fenn’s mistress, hysterically screaming and Fenn slumped over his desk… DEAD! They sent Old Pete to fetch Huxley,and Bronson tried to calm Celine down and try to get information from her. According to Celine, the Captain was up late working, and when she woke up, he was dead. When Bronson examined the forensic evidence, it appeared that Fenn had been killed either by poison or by magic. Huxley assembled the men and told them what had happned, and put Bronson, Nate and Sully in charge of the investigation. Bronson put Celine to bed, Sully stopped Ox from spreading ill-will toward our favorite adventurers and Huxley and Nate searched Fenn’s bedroom. Under the bed, he found the captain’s log and payroll information. Avast! Upon examination of the payroll, Nate discovered that Ox, Huxley, Old Pete and Wendt all owed substantial sums of money to Fenn. Ahoy?
OH! And Fenn’s glass eye was missing!
Nate sent a boop-boop (mental message) to Bronson and Sully (which they didn’t find at all odd or disturbing) to meet him in Fenn’s cabin, which they did. They discussed this potential motive and decided to determine if thecaptain was poisoned by capturing a rat and feeding him what was left of the captain’s food. This took several hours, and the rat was unharmed by the food. Yo-ho-ho!
At dusk, Fenn was given a burial at sea. Yar!
The next morning, the ship was becalmed in a sea of fog. Old Pete saw another ship in the fog. Nate looked through his spyglass and noticed that the other ship was listing. Bronson could detect no undead on the other ship, so the 3 went over to check it out. The ship was very similar to the Elbers, so Bronson, Nate and Sully headed straight for the captain’s cabin. The captain was slumped over on this desk… DEAD! On his desk were the remnants of his logbook. Apparently, his ship was also carrying the dragon eye ruby, was becalmed, the crew went nuts, started killing each other, and the captain locked them all in the hold until they died. He also couldn’t get rid of the eye no matter what he did. Yar!
TO BE CONTINUED…