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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 3019311" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>“Oh, can you help me?!” the odd figure cries. Its colorful butterfly wings flap as it flutters through the air towards our heroes. It is a small humanoid, halfling-sized but outlandishly featured, with dainty antennae and big bright wings. </p><p></p><p>“Stand fast!” cries Ari. “Who goes there? What’s your name? Whaddaya want??”</p><p></p><p>“Oh, please!” the figure implores. She has, outside of the weird bits, an incredible- and undeniably halfling- beauty. “I’ve been marooned here, and I just want to get off of this terrible, stinking sargasso!”</p><p></p><p>“Oh,” Ari replies, “why didn’t you say so? Say, where are you from? Which ship?”</p><p></p><p>“Are you a halfling?” Naomi asks, puzzled. As usual, she is the blunt, socially graceless one. But the strange figure doesn’t seem offended. Instead, she shakes her head and answers as she lands about 20’ from our heroes. </p><p></p><p>“I’m Dandylion Hoo,” she states, speaking quickly, “and I’m half halfling and half fey. Please, will you help me?”</p><p></p><p>“Sure,” Nara nods. “I’ll tell you what- you help us, and we’ll help you.”</p><p></p><p>“What are you doing?” Dandylion asks, a trifle suspiciously.</p><p></p><p>“We need to check out these derelicts,” Queffe pipes up. “We’re looking for- what are we looking for?”</p><p></p><p>“We’re looking for the remains of the <em>Vast Explorer,</em> which was captained by another halfling,” Ari explains. </p><p></p><p>“What’s there?” the half-fey asks.</p><p></p><p>“We don’t know,” admits Ari. “But we’re going to find out!”</p><p></p><p>“Hopefully clues,” elaborates Nara. </p><p></p><p>“Maybe there’ll be some <em>crahk</em> there,” Tron says hopefully. He is scratching himself almost constantly and seems rather jumpy. </p><p></p><p>“Yeah, maybe, uh, anyway, we’re hoping to find clues about the halfling Promised Land. And then we’re getting the hell out of this place,” Naomi says.</p><p></p><p>“The halfling Promised Land?” </p><p></p><p>“No, wait, don’t ask!” </p><p></p><p>Ari tries to warn her, but Naomi is already throwing open her jiggling thighs to reveal the tatoos of the prophecies that the party has received. Dandylion wrinkles her nose, but gamely reads along. Naomi winks at the others. Then, she says, “Look, the long and the short of it is, we are investigating these other hulks, and we’ve got a ship- a way out of here- when we’re done. If you want to come with us, that’s fine, but you probably want to help us in the meantime. The sooner we’re done, the more likely you are to actually <em>reach</em> land somewhere else. And where did you say you were from?”</p><p></p><p>“Strogass.”</p><p></p><p>“No, which ship?”</p><p></p><p>“Oh!” Dandy exclaims. “I came from the <em>Big Shark.</em>” She gestures. “I think it’s that one over there.”</p><p></p><p>“Did you just come from there?” asks Nara.</p><p></p><p>“We should search it for anything of use,” opines Ari.</p><p></p><p>“Well, I think we’ve got one more that’s closer, first,” Queffe gestures at the warship just a few dozen yards away. She wrinkles her nose at the stench of the sargasso. The party agrees, and they all board the ship in question. Dandy, of course, flies up; the others climb up netting along the sides of the vessel. Once on deck, they examine the rusty and rotting hulk in more detail. It has an upper deck above the main deck, and our heroes head up into it to investigate. Queffe, meanwhile, tries to brush away some of the goop and slime to reveal the warship’s name, just in case. Unfortunately, she sticks her hand straight into a puddle of green slime! She shrieks in pain, but Naomi jumps forward and channels the power of flame to eradicate the growth. Ari applies a little healing and the party moves on, heading down into the below decks area after searching the upper deck and finding only seaweed and barnacles. </p><p></p><p>Below decks, the hull of the ship seems to have weakened and given way, for a deep pool of water drops out of the belly of the vessel into the seaweed-choked waters. Our heroes begin to search the area, when suddenly a strange, garen-like creature made out of kelp surfaces in the water. </p><p></p><p>Ari cries out as it tries to charm him. “It’s hostile!” </p><p></p><p>Dandylion casts <em>cat’s grace</em> on herself. Ari can hear the invocations she is chanting; they are druidic in nature! He casts her a quick glance, but then draws out and loads his crossbow. Naomi tries a <em>recall agony</em> on the creature, and it shudders, then changes to a smaller form- almost like a humanoid woman, but also composed of seaweed!</p><p></p><p>“What is this thing?” cries Queffe. She tumbles over next to Ari. Meanwhile Naomi continues a mental assault on it, surprised that it seems to be working but willing to use the fact to her advantage. Nara and Dandy start a pair of summoning spells, and Tron starts hurling his mind blades at it! Wounded, the thing tries to retreat, but the summoned creatures are sharks of one form or another, and soon the thing is torn to bits. </p><p></p><p>“Sweet, maybe we can get some money for that,” Tron says. “And get me some <em>crahk.</em>”</p><p></p><p>The others sigh. Ahh, Tron. </p><p></p><p>A search of the hold and the pool in the belly of the ship turns up the treasure of several previous victims, as well as their bones. The treasure consists of 1700 gp scattered about (it takes about half an hour for the party to gather the coins up with the aid of <em>water breathing.</em> Also down in the lair are a stoppered metal bottle containing a fluid that radiates magic, as well as some kind of magic wand and a magic ring. There is some nonmagical full plate that the party decides to leave behind, as well.*</p><p></p><p>As the party starts to leave the warship, a large thing explodes upwards from a hidden, slimy pool amongst the tangles of the sargasso. Roaring, it seems to have a fat body with a beetle-like head. It is covered in barnacles and has both enormous mandibles and great, ravaging claws. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the creature manages to blind itself with a clinging length of seaweed, and before it can uncover its eyes, Tron leaps down upon it and slams his mind blade into it, triggering both his psionic weapon and his psychic strike, and the creature shrieks as its head explodes. </p><p></p><p>“Whoo!” shouts Tron. “Now give me all your white rocks! Yeah! Where’s the <em>crahk?</em>” </p><p></p><p>“Calm down, he doesn’t have any <em>crahk,</em>” Naomi says. “Focus! Focus! Stay focused!” </p><p></p><p>“Where’s my <em>crahk?</em>” </p><p></p><p>Again, everyone sighs. </p><p></p><p>Back to the launch, then off to the <em>Big Shark.</em> It is empty, as Dandylion claimed. By this time, it is nearly dusk. </p><p></p><p>“Why don’t we camp here?” proposes Nara. “We’ll just circumnavigate the sargasso’s main body, stopping at the various ships, unti we find the <em>Vast Explorer.</em>”</p><p></p><p>“Sounds good,” Ari says. “I can go tell Captain Tarth...” With that, he turns into a seagull and flaps away, returning a short time later and changing back into his normal form. The sun is just going down. “All right, they know what’s going on,” Ari tells the others.</p><p></p><p>The sun slips behind the horizon. </p><p></p><p>The party sets watches and settles in to rest.</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Next Time:</em></strong> The party finds the <em>Proud Gnome’s Wife</em>!</p><p></p><p>*Unfortunately, as it turns out, this was a psionic item that the party missed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 3019311, member: 1210"] “Oh, can you help me?!” the odd figure cries. Its colorful butterfly wings flap as it flutters through the air towards our heroes. It is a small humanoid, halfling-sized but outlandishly featured, with dainty antennae and big bright wings. “Stand fast!” cries Ari. “Who goes there? What’s your name? Whaddaya want??” “Oh, please!” the figure implores. She has, outside of the weird bits, an incredible- and undeniably halfling- beauty. “I’ve been marooned here, and I just want to get off of this terrible, stinking sargasso!” “Oh,” Ari replies, “why didn’t you say so? Say, where are you from? Which ship?” “Are you a halfling?” Naomi asks, puzzled. As usual, she is the blunt, socially graceless one. But the strange figure doesn’t seem offended. Instead, she shakes her head and answers as she lands about 20’ from our heroes. “I’m Dandylion Hoo,” she states, speaking quickly, “and I’m half halfling and half fey. Please, will you help me?” “Sure,” Nara nods. “I’ll tell you what- you help us, and we’ll help you.” “What are you doing?” Dandylion asks, a trifle suspiciously. “We need to check out these derelicts,” Queffe pipes up. “We’re looking for- what are we looking for?” “We’re looking for the remains of the [i]Vast Explorer,[/i] which was captained by another halfling,” Ari explains. “What’s there?” the half-fey asks. “We don’t know,” admits Ari. “But we’re going to find out!” “Hopefully clues,” elaborates Nara. “Maybe there’ll be some [i]crahk[/i] there,” Tron says hopefully. He is scratching himself almost constantly and seems rather jumpy. “Yeah, maybe, uh, anyway, we’re hoping to find clues about the halfling Promised Land. And then we’re getting the hell out of this place,” Naomi says. “The halfling Promised Land?” “No, wait, don’t ask!” Ari tries to warn her, but Naomi is already throwing open her jiggling thighs to reveal the tatoos of the prophecies that the party has received. Dandylion wrinkles her nose, but gamely reads along. Naomi winks at the others. Then, she says, “Look, the long and the short of it is, we are investigating these other hulks, and we’ve got a ship- a way out of here- when we’re done. If you want to come with us, that’s fine, but you probably want to help us in the meantime. The sooner we’re done, the more likely you are to actually [i]reach[/i] land somewhere else. And where did you say you were from?” “Strogass.” “No, which ship?” “Oh!” Dandy exclaims. “I came from the [i]Big Shark.[/i]” She gestures. “I think it’s that one over there.” “Did you just come from there?” asks Nara. “We should search it for anything of use,” opines Ari. “Well, I think we’ve got one more that’s closer, first,” Queffe gestures at the warship just a few dozen yards away. She wrinkles her nose at the stench of the sargasso. The party agrees, and they all board the ship in question. Dandy, of course, flies up; the others climb up netting along the sides of the vessel. Once on deck, they examine the rusty and rotting hulk in more detail. It has an upper deck above the main deck, and our heroes head up into it to investigate. Queffe, meanwhile, tries to brush away some of the goop and slime to reveal the warship’s name, just in case. Unfortunately, she sticks her hand straight into a puddle of green slime! She shrieks in pain, but Naomi jumps forward and channels the power of flame to eradicate the growth. Ari applies a little healing and the party moves on, heading down into the below decks area after searching the upper deck and finding only seaweed and barnacles. Below decks, the hull of the ship seems to have weakened and given way, for a deep pool of water drops out of the belly of the vessel into the seaweed-choked waters. Our heroes begin to search the area, when suddenly a strange, garen-like creature made out of kelp surfaces in the water. Ari cries out as it tries to charm him. “It’s hostile!” Dandylion casts [i]cat’s grace[/i] on herself. Ari can hear the invocations she is chanting; they are druidic in nature! He casts her a quick glance, but then draws out and loads his crossbow. Naomi tries a [i]recall agony[/i] on the creature, and it shudders, then changes to a smaller form- almost like a humanoid woman, but also composed of seaweed! “What is this thing?” cries Queffe. She tumbles over next to Ari. Meanwhile Naomi continues a mental assault on it, surprised that it seems to be working but willing to use the fact to her advantage. Nara and Dandy start a pair of summoning spells, and Tron starts hurling his mind blades at it! Wounded, the thing tries to retreat, but the summoned creatures are sharks of one form or another, and soon the thing is torn to bits. “Sweet, maybe we can get some money for that,” Tron says. “And get me some [i]crahk.[/i]” The others sigh. Ahh, Tron. A search of the hold and the pool in the belly of the ship turns up the treasure of several previous victims, as well as their bones. The treasure consists of 1700 gp scattered about (it takes about half an hour for the party to gather the coins up with the aid of [i]water breathing.[/i] Also down in the lair are a stoppered metal bottle containing a fluid that radiates magic, as well as some kind of magic wand and a magic ring. There is some nonmagical full plate that the party decides to leave behind, as well.* As the party starts to leave the warship, a large thing explodes upwards from a hidden, slimy pool amongst the tangles of the sargasso. Roaring, it seems to have a fat body with a beetle-like head. It is covered in barnacles and has both enormous mandibles and great, ravaging claws. Unfortunately, the creature manages to blind itself with a clinging length of seaweed, and before it can uncover its eyes, Tron leaps down upon it and slams his mind blade into it, triggering both his psionic weapon and his psychic strike, and the creature shrieks as its head explodes. “Whoo!” shouts Tron. “Now give me all your white rocks! Yeah! Where’s the [i]crahk?[/i]” “Calm down, he doesn’t have any [i]crahk,[/i]” Naomi says. “Focus! Focus! Stay focused!” “Where’s my [i]crahk?[/i]” Again, everyone sighs. Back to the launch, then off to the [i]Big Shark.[/i] It is empty, as Dandylion claimed. By this time, it is nearly dusk. “Why don’t we camp here?” proposes Nara. “We’ll just circumnavigate the sargasso’s main body, stopping at the various ships, unti we find the [i]Vast Explorer.[/i]” “Sounds good,” Ari says. “I can go tell Captain Tarth...” With that, he turns into a seagull and flaps away, returning a short time later and changing back into his normal form. The sun is just going down. “All right, they know what’s going on,” Ari tells the others. The sun slips behind the horizon. The party sets watches and settles in to rest. [b][i]Next Time:[/i][/b] The party finds the [i]Proud Gnome’s Wife[/i]! *Unfortunately, as it turns out, this was a psionic item that the party missed. [/QUOTE]
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