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<blockquote data-quote="nonamazing" data-source="post: 1930740" data-attributes="member: 12118"><p><strong>One week out...</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><p style="margin-left: 20px">It has been several days since you left Stormhome behind. Your journey has been enjoyable, albeit uneventful. <em>The Whale's Carcass</em> may not look like much, but she sails well, and only the overly sensitive Voddlegrok has had any problems whatsoever with seasickness.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The ship is also surprisingly comfortable, most of the cargo space having been converted into simple--although very small--private cabins for each of you. Captain Gravan and his crew do their best to stay out of your way, for the most part.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">On the morning of your seventh day out, Gravan seems unusually nervous. A thick, clinging fog came up overnight, making sailing difficult and causing the normally high-spirited crew to mutter and complain endlessly. The ship's mood has become oppressive and gloomy.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Around noon, Gravan suddenly raises the alarm. "All hands to deck! Black sails to the south! Someone wake up Voddlegrok's men!"</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">As you all begin to gather on deck, the crew running back and forth frantically, Gravan motions you over to the rear of the ship. Through the fog, you can just make out the dim outline of a small, dark ship. "She's a quick one--making good time. Smaller and faster than us, so we've got no chance to get away. If we'd spotted them earlier, maybe things would have been different, but this blasted fog..." Gravan shakes his head sadly. "She'll be on us in two, maybe three minutes. Get yourselves ready for a fight."</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"Um, I am terribly sorry to interrupt you, um, captain," says Voddlegrok, nervously, "b-but do we really, um, have any reason to assume these people are hostile? Perhaps they're just trying to, um, catch up to us to deliever an urgent message, mmm?"</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">"Aye, perhaps that's true. But I wouldn't be betting on it. In any case, it's best to be prepared for the worse. I've been boarded before, and it's not a pretty experience." Gravan turns to the rest of you. "Like as not, they'll come up on the port side. And we've not got much time to prepare, so find yourselves a spot and get ready to fight for your lives." Gravan turns away from you as he begins issuing commands to his crew.</p><p></span></p><p>Below, you'll find a crude map of the Whale's Carcass, upper deck. There are cabins and cargo space below, and three tall sails that stretch up above (where there is also a small crow's nest). The small 'c's on the map represent random crew members, while the capital letters indcate the placement of an NPC or PC. Each space represents a five-foot square.</p><p></p><p>It looks like you have about two minutes before the other ship catches up to you. Their intentions are unclear.</p><p></p><p>[Karthak] - [SPOILER]You notice that the ship is made of Soarwood, and seems to be a House Lyrandar design. A very expensive ship.[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>[Mong] - [SPOILER]Knowledge (nature): You suspect that this fog is unnatural in origin.[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>[Toshanharath] - [SPOILER]Your psicrystal has become very excited. It is urging you to leap off the ship, swim over to the other ship, climb aboard it, and defeat the oposing crew single handed.[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p>[SBLOCK][CODE]....../\....</p><p>...../cc\...</p><p>\.../V...\..</p><p>.\..|M||N|..</p><p>..\.|....|..</p><p>..|.|o..c|..</p><p>o.---o||.|..</p><p>..|.|.||.|..</p><p>L.|.|.||K|..</p><p>o.---oWBG|..</p><p>..|.|o.T.|..</p><p>../.|....|..</p><p>./..\.||./..</p><p>/....\cc/...</p><p>......\/....</p><p>............</p><p></p><p>Fireball:</p><p></p><p>...../cc\...</p><p>\.../V...\..</p><p>.\..|M||N|..</p><p>..\.|....|..</p><p>..**|o..c|..</p><p>o****o||.|..</p><p>******||.|..</p><p>*******|K|..</p><p>*******BG|..</p><p>******.T.|..</p><p>.****....|..</p><p>./**\.||./..</p><p>/....\cc/...</p><p>......\/....</p><p>............[/CODE][/SBLOCK]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nonamazing, post: 1930740, member: 12118"] [b]One week out...[/b] [FONT=Arial][INDENT]It has been several days since you left Stormhome behind. Your journey has been enjoyable, albeit uneventful. [I]The Whale's Carcass[/I] may not look like much, but she sails well, and only the overly sensitive Voddlegrok has had any problems whatsoever with seasickness. The ship is also surprisingly comfortable, most of the cargo space having been converted into simple--although very small--private cabins for each of you. Captain Gravan and his crew do their best to stay out of your way, for the most part. On the morning of your seventh day out, Gravan seems unusually nervous. A thick, clinging fog came up overnight, making sailing difficult and causing the normally high-spirited crew to mutter and complain endlessly. The ship's mood has become oppressive and gloomy. Around noon, Gravan suddenly raises the alarm. "All hands to deck! Black sails to the south! Someone wake up Voddlegrok's men!" As you all begin to gather on deck, the crew running back and forth frantically, Gravan motions you over to the rear of the ship. Through the fog, you can just make out the dim outline of a small, dark ship. "She's a quick one--making good time. Smaller and faster than us, so we've got no chance to get away. If we'd spotted them earlier, maybe things would have been different, but this blasted fog..." Gravan shakes his head sadly. "She'll be on us in two, maybe three minutes. Get yourselves ready for a fight." "Um, I am terribly sorry to interrupt you, um, captain," says Voddlegrok, nervously, "b-but do we really, um, have any reason to assume these people are hostile? Perhaps they're just trying to, um, catch up to us to deliever an urgent message, mmm?" "Aye, perhaps that's true. But I wouldn't be betting on it. In any case, it's best to be prepared for the worse. I've been boarded before, and it's not a pretty experience." Gravan turns to the rest of you. "Like as not, they'll come up on the port side. And we've not got much time to prepare, so find yourselves a spot and get ready to fight for your lives." Gravan turns away from you as he begins issuing commands to his crew.[/INDENT][/FONT] Below, you'll find a crude map of the Whale's Carcass, upper deck. There are cabins and cargo space below, and three tall sails that stretch up above (where there is also a small crow's nest). The small 'c's on the map represent random crew members, while the capital letters indcate the placement of an NPC or PC. Each space represents a five-foot square. It looks like you have about two minutes before the other ship catches up to you. Their intentions are unclear. [Karthak] - [SPOILER]You notice that the ship is made of Soarwood, and seems to be a House Lyrandar design. A very expensive ship.[/SPOILER] [Mong] - [SPOILER]Knowledge (nature): You suspect that this fog is unnatural in origin.[/SPOILER] [Toshanharath] - [SPOILER]Your psicrystal has become very excited. It is urging you to leap off the ship, swim over to the other ship, climb aboard it, and defeat the oposing crew single handed.[/SPOILER] [SBLOCK][CODE]....../\.... ...../cc\... \.../V...\.. .\..|M||N|.. ..\.|....|.. ..|.|o..c|.. o.---o||.|.. ..|.|.||.|.. L.|.|.||K|.. o.---oWBG|.. ..|.|o.T.|.. ../.|....|.. ./..\.||./.. /....\cc/... ......\/.... ............ Fireball: ...../cc\... \.../V...\.. .\..|M||N|.. ..\.|....|.. ..**|o..c|.. o****o||.|.. ******||.|.. *******|K|.. *******BG|.. ******.T.|.. .****....|.. ./**\.||./.. /....\cc/... ......\/.... ............[/CODE][/SBLOCK] [/QUOTE]
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