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<blockquote data-quote="johnmeier1" data-source="post: 5127827" data-attributes="member: 73730"><p>[sblock=KenHood] <span style="color: DarkSlateGray">//We're on a ship, and we WON'T be attacked by pirates?! No!//<span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">Just for you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[/sblock]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">After setting off you hear some shouts above decks. When you go to investigate you see your old comrade Janus wrestling with something in the crows nest. It seems to be a miniature dragon, but rather than fighting they seem to be arguing a bit. Janus insisting that the creature come down and it playfully avoiding him. After a while, the mage sullenly comes down to join you, and while you are talking the dragonling lands impishly on his shoulder.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">The voyage DOES go quickly. The first mate "Wimmy", though he mutters to any that inquire that his name is actually Whimelestrough Quentillion, does not seem to sleep at all and keeps the ship sailing at full sail through the night and during the day. The captain spends the time he is not drinking and carding, asleep in his cabin. The other half dozen sailors are companionable, and get into the "punchy" spirit with Tonk when he feels better. Murphy seems to talk the ship with ease, slipping to and from the rigging and along the decks.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid">Tomorrow we arrive in Allaria</span></strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="color: White"> notes the captain late one afternoon just as the sun is setting. He points off the bow ahead and hands his spyglass to anyone who wishes to look. There is not much to see, it seems as if the coast along this area is swampland and wretched looking trees with large roots standing atop the water. <span style="color: DarkOrchid"><strong>F</strong><strong>rom here we head south along the coast, but the wind is dying and we may not make it to Old Daunton until after dawn.</strong></span></span></span>He beckons you all down to his cabin for one last night of revelry. <strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid">I have a bit of good dwarven ale saved for tonight.</span></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">It seems to all of you that the ship has almost completely stopped moving once you are downstairs, which settles your stomachs and you have a warm but tasty sip of ale. But from above come a shout of alarm and stamping feet. You rush up the stairs to find a gruesome sight in the dark night.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">Two pairs of hobgoblins dressed in scale armor with heavy shields and flails have just cut down a sailor each on the deck before you. Your eyes are drawn up to the aft deck where Wimmy is knocked to the ground by another accompanied by a hobgoblin in robes, who then head towards the stairs down. At the far back of the desk are another pair of hobgoblins in robes coming over the side of the boat and moving towards you.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[sblock=OOC] The moon is but a sliver in the sky, so if you do not have low-light vision, any of the enemies have concealment (unless you create some light). I have posted a map of the ship and the combat map, note the stairs leading to the fore and aft decks and the stairs from below (you are coming up). You can occupy any square on the map: the masts provide cover, the cargo hold is difficult terrain, and you climb/jump up or down from decks. Dextyr doesn't seem to be leveled up yet, but I have increased his initiative and if DMDanW does it before his turn, then he can be at a higher level for the encounter.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[/sblock]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[sblock=status] Initiative has everyone but Dextyr, then the hobgoblins</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> Name Pos HP Surges AP</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">Tonk L2 44/44</span></span><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> 8/8 AP 1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> Saraz J2 38/38 </span></span><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> 6/6 AP 1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> Shorrin</span></span><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> L1 50/50 13/13 AP 1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> Janus</span></span><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> J1 34/34 7/7 AP 1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"> Murphy K2 37/37 8/8 AP 1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">Hobgoblins (Soldiers at O1, P1, M5, N5, P6. Robes at P5, R2, T5)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">Dextyr K1 ??/?? ?/? AP 1</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[/sblock]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[sblock=your ship]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=43341&stc=1&d=1269263911" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[/sblock]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[sblock=map]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=43342&stc=1&d=1269263911" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White">[/sblock]</span></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><span style="color: White"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnmeier1, post: 5127827, member: 73730"] [sblock=KenHood] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray]//We're on a ship, and we WON'T be attacked by pirates?! No!//[COLOR=White] Just for you :) [/sblock] After setting off you hear some shouts above decks. When you go to investigate you see your old comrade Janus wrestling with something in the crows nest. It seems to be a miniature dragon, but rather than fighting they seem to be arguing a bit. Janus insisting that the creature come down and it playfully avoiding him. After a while, the mage sullenly comes down to join you, and while you are talking the dragonling lands impishly on his shoulder. The voyage DOES go quickly. The first mate "Wimmy", though he mutters to any that inquire that his name is actually Whimelestrough Quentillion, does not seem to sleep at all and keeps the ship sailing at full sail through the night and during the day. The captain spends the time he is not drinking and carding, asleep in his cabin. The other half dozen sailors are companionable, and get into the "punchy" spirit with Tonk when he feels better. Murphy seems to talk the ship with ease, slipping to and from the rigging and along the decks. [B][COLOR=DarkOrchid]Tomorrow we arrive in Allaria[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][COLOR=White] notes the captain late one afternoon just as the sun is setting. He points off the bow ahead and hands his spyglass to anyone who wishes to look. There is not much to see, it seems as if the coast along this area is swampland and wretched looking trees with large roots standing atop the water. [COLOR=DarkOrchid][B]F[/B][B]rom here we head south along the coast, but the wind is dying and we may not make it to Old Daunton until after dawn.[/B][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]He beckons you all down to his cabin for one last night of revelry. [B][COLOR=DarkOrchid]I have a bit of good dwarven ale saved for tonight.[/COLOR][/B] It seems to all of you that the ship has almost completely stopped moving once you are downstairs, which settles your stomachs and you have a warm but tasty sip of ale. But from above come a shout of alarm and stamping feet. You rush up the stairs to find a gruesome sight in the dark night. Two pairs of hobgoblins dressed in scale armor with heavy shields and flails have just cut down a sailor each on the deck before you. Your eyes are drawn up to the aft deck where Wimmy is knocked to the ground by another accompanied by a hobgoblin in robes, who then head towards the stairs down. At the far back of the desk are another pair of hobgoblins in robes coming over the side of the boat and moving towards you. [sblock=OOC] The moon is but a sliver in the sky, so if you do not have low-light vision, any of the enemies have concealment (unless you create some light). I have posted a map of the ship and the combat map, note the stairs leading to the fore and aft decks and the stairs from below (you are coming up). You can occupy any square on the map: the masts provide cover, the cargo hold is difficult terrain, and you climb/jump up or down from decks. Dextyr doesn't seem to be leveled up yet, but I have increased his initiative and if DMDanW does it before his turn, then he can be at a higher level for the encounter. [/sblock] [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White][sblock=status] Initiative has everyone but Dextyr, then the hobgoblins[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] Name Pos HP Surges AP Tonk L2 44/44[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] 8/8 AP 1[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] Saraz J2 38/38 [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] 6/6 AP 1[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] Shorrin[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] L1 50/50 13/13 AP 1[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] Janus[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] J1 34/34 7/7 AP 1[/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White] Murphy K2 37/37 8/8 AP 1 Hobgoblins (Soldiers at O1, P1, M5, N5, P6. Robes at P5, R2, T5) Dextyr K1 ??/?? ?/? AP 1 [/sblock] [sblock=your ship] [IMG]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=43341&stc=1&d=1269263911[/IMG][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White][/sblock] [sblock=map][/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=DarkSlateGray][COLOR=White][IMG]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=43342&stc=1&d=1269263911[/IMG] [/sblock] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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