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Sea Wyvern vs Crimson Fleet in Tides of Dread... wth? (Spoilers ahoy!)
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<blockquote data-quote="blargney the second" data-source="post: 4589808" data-attributes="member: 14678"><p>Here's how the naval battle played out:</p><p>An Olman war canoe patrol boat spotted the pirates and lit their flare, alerting Farshore to the imminent attack. They used a one-shot <em>whispering wind</em> magic item to send a message to the chapel in town. "Seven vessels spotted. Smallest one pursuing us, will catch before we arrive. Please send help." The PCs did the natural thing: they hopped on the Sea Wyvern and went to the rescue.</p><p></p><p>The Wyvern's ballista shot at the enemy pinnace, while the pirate's ballista bolts brought the war canoe to a halt a few seconds before the Wyvern interposed herself. The PCs made short work of the relatively small crew, with one notable event happening: the scout used her <em>rod of wonder</em>, causing grass to grow on every surface of both ships. I dubbed their vessel the Chia Wyvern. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I think the ease with which they disposed of the dozen pirates made them cocky, because they decided to take on all of the ships at once. They watched and waited as a half dozen ships that were bigger than the pinnace approached, and once the distance was down to ~700 ft, the PCs opened fire with their sole ballista. The return fire consisted of six times as many projectiles that all hit the Chia's main sail and a fireball that blasted the hell out of the PCs on the front deck. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately for them, the player who was captaining recognized the inevitable TPK and hightailed it out of there. To the dismay of the other players... who still thought they were going to trash the pirates at this point. By the time they got away, the front and rear sails had 10 hps between them, tops. Even then the non-captains were totally mystified. I think they need to learn about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanchester%27s_Square_Law" target="_blank">Lanchester</a>!</p><p></p><p>It was a fun game, where they got both a little cakewalk and the beginnings of a severe spanking.</p><p>-blarg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blargney the second, post: 4589808, member: 14678"] Here's how the naval battle played out: An Olman war canoe patrol boat spotted the pirates and lit their flare, alerting Farshore to the imminent attack. They used a one-shot [i]whispering wind[/i] magic item to send a message to the chapel in town. "Seven vessels spotted. Smallest one pursuing us, will catch before we arrive. Please send help." The PCs did the natural thing: they hopped on the Sea Wyvern and went to the rescue. The Wyvern's ballista shot at the enemy pinnace, while the pirate's ballista bolts brought the war canoe to a halt a few seconds before the Wyvern interposed herself. The PCs made short work of the relatively small crew, with one notable event happening: the scout used her [i]rod of wonder[/i], causing grass to grow on every surface of both ships. I dubbed their vessel the Chia Wyvern. :) I think the ease with which they disposed of the dozen pirates made them cocky, because they decided to take on all of the ships at once. They watched and waited as a half dozen ships that were bigger than the pinnace approached, and once the distance was down to ~700 ft, the PCs opened fire with their sole ballista. The return fire consisted of six times as many projectiles that all hit the Chia's main sail and a fireball that blasted the hell out of the PCs on the front deck. Fortunately for them, the player who was captaining recognized the inevitable TPK and hightailed it out of there. To the dismay of the other players... who still thought they were going to trash the pirates at this point. By the time they got away, the front and rear sails had 10 hps between them, tops. Even then the non-captains were totally mystified. I think they need to learn about [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanchester%27s_Square_Law]Lanchester[/url]! It was a fun game, where they got both a little cakewalk and the beginnings of a severe spanking. -blarg [/QUOTE]
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