[5e] Spell & Crossbones

Shayuri · Apr 10, 2015

I do mean to try to put him down, yes. I will try quite hard.

I still have advantage, and my staff's still magical.

Think I have decent odds of it.

tuxgeo · May 10, 2015

Kobold Stew said:
(are we all still here?)

Could this query be more plaintive?

(Please excuse me for posting in your OOC thread, as I'm no part of this adventure -- though I have been lurking and reading.

Yeah, your "last IC post before that one" was posted on 24 April 2015, so it was posted 15 days before KoboldStew asked who's where.

I'll just have to assume that all the participants of this grand adventure are secretly plotting and sending hidden PMs to each other. I've enjoyed reading your adventure so far; I hope it continues.

If it doesn't continue -- if it comes to that -- I'll be sorry not to get to read any more episodes.)

Shayuri · May 10, 2015

Yeah, I posted last hoping someone would offer the use of some kind of hideout or something...but it may have been a mistake on my part, if no one has such a thing.

peterka99 · May 10, 2015

We are two waiting the end of the combat...

Quickleaf · May 10, 2015

peterka99 said:
We are two waiting the end of the combat...

Yes, I have not forgotten about you or [MENTION=11146]CanadienneBacon[/MENTION]!

I now have a better sense of just how long combats take to run via play-by-post (this is my first time doing PbP so it's a learning experience for me). Probably I'll make an effort to limit complex combats to only major events in the adventure, and for other fights I'll design them to be quick or resolvable without fighting at all.

Here's the current scene. Read this with an eye toward where you see Etienne and Kid, respectively, making their appearance... Also a good recap for anyone who forgot where we were...

In the game it's in the wee pre-dawn hours (3:00am or thereabouts). Most of the PCs are up in a cabin in the hills (Caillou's cabin) recovering from a fight with pirates, probably soon to descend into Nassau proper once they have daylight. They do have a captive seawolf (a type of lycanthrope) who they probably plan on questioning. IIRC the group's plan was to board the beached ship The Coral Curse and investigate the djab (dark spirit) haunting it as well as the repairs it will need before setting sail. Also on their agenda is hiring sufficient crew. Post #1 in the ROLEPLAYING thread has a list of all active/completed quests btw.

A bit of a twist is that the Englishman PC Barrington had a tiff with the PC captain (though technically not voted in yet) Katerina, and he's about to meet with a rival captain of the Winchelsea at daybreak.

And the big picture is that the PCs are seeking the treasure of La Gloriosa, which each PC has their own motive in seeking. For Etienne IIRC it was to get a scoop for his reporting. For Kid IIRC it was to return a cursed Aztec gold coin.

So some possible ways your characters could be introduced, to get your creativity pumping...

Scavenging goods from the beached The Coral Curse for re-sale/re-purposing. (Kid)
Pickpocketing one of the PCs or one of the NPC adversaries. (Kid)
Going stir crazy in port and needs a crew to sign up with and get proper privateering/pirating/treasure hunting work. (Etienne)
Had a disagreement with the rival captain and was kicked off the crew, possibly bearing helpful intelligence for Captain Katerina del Corazón. (Etienne, Kid)
Previously had a run-in with seawolves and can provide information on them. (Etienne, Kid)
Drunk shooting coconuts or invisible demon monkeys in the wee hours and recognizes one of the PCs from a past voyage. (Etienne, Kid)
Has come into possession of something the PCs need/want for their impending treasure hunting voyage, and the condition of help is to take him with them. (Etienne)

CanadienneBacon · May 10, 2015

Still here, just awaiting end of combat. I'll be around next on Monday, late. Or Tuesday. Mother's day activities today, and Monday I am not going in to the office and will be gardening all day.

Unsung · May 11, 2015

Sorry, somehow I didn't realize how long it had been.

Caillou is making preparations to quit this place post-haste. The rum-runners' tunnels are still safe, to his knowledge, though we did win that fight, so I'm not sure how needed they are. Possibly D'avard's men will regroup under another leader and come back for us?

Happy Mother's Day!

CanadienneBacon · May 11, 2015

Quickleaf said:
Scavenging goods from the beached The Coral Curse for re-sale/re-purposing. (Kid)

Drunk shooting coconuts or invisible demon monkeys in the wee hours and recognizes one of the PCs from a past voyage. (Etienne, Kid)

Has come into possession of something the PCs need/want for their impending treasure hunting voyage, and the condition of help is to take him with them. (Etienne)

I read your post first thing in the morning when I wasn't quite awake yet. My very first thought, before I even saw the list of suggestions for how to introduce Kid, was that Kid was drunk in an alley and spotted Old Zef, who he remembers from previous voyaging.

Now that I've had a few days to mull it over, however, I need to remind you that Kid has a treasure map. He got it as a result of me taking it as a boon during character generation. It's part of Kid's "twitchy fingers" persona. You and I have never fleshed out the treasure map, so while I know how Kid acquired it (he stole it from the captain's chambers of the last ship he was on), I don't know what it's a map to. It's possible Kid doesn't know what it's a map to, either.

It strikes me as eminently possible that Kid would be scavenging The Coral Curse. He might be drunk while doing it, too. And he'd probably have his treasure map on him...it's WAY too precious a belonging to set it down anywhere. After all, someone could steal it.

Quickleaf · May 11, 2015

CanadienneBacon said:
I read your post first thing in the morning when I wasn't quite awake yet. My very first thought, before I even saw the list of suggestions for how to introduce Kid, was that Kid was drunk in an alley and spotted Old Zef, who he remembers from previous voyaging.

Now that I've had a few days to mull it over, however, I need to remind you that Kid has a treasure map. He got it as a result of me taking it as a boon during character generation. It's part of Kid's "twitchy fingers" persona. You and I have never fleshed out the treasure map, so while I know how Kid acquired it (he stole it from the captain's chambers of the last ship he was on), I don't know what it's a map to. It's possible Kid doesn't know what it's a map to, either.

It strikes me as eminently possible that Kid would be scavenging The Coral Curse. He might be drunk while doing it, too. And he'd probably have his treasure map on him...it's WAY too precious a belonging to set it down anywhere. After all, someone could steal it.

I do have something in mind for Kid's treasure map, though it is not directly related to La Gloriosa.

Meeting a drunk Kid scavenging sounds good.

There is a lot for your crew to explore! The game has barely scratched the surface so far...