[5e] Spell & Crossbones

[Quickleaf]

No house rules in that area, no. I've always played it that you can identify magic items by experimenting/fiddling with them, not just by casting identify, though there may be risks associated with doing so (e.g. accidentally triggering a wand of fireball).

The Latin scholars are [MENTION=2820]Fenris[/MENTION] and [MENTION=48394]pathfinderq1[/MENTION].

 

[pathfinderq1]

I am going to be taking an RL-enforced break from gaming for a bit. Sorry to leave everyone in the lurch.

Good luck all.

 

[Shayuri]

Before I make a goofball of myself IC again, let me try to climb back aboard.

The Van Djik is...the Sea Wolf? Or...I'm super confused. I don't know which ship we're talking about here. The Coral Curse?

 

[Matthan]

Before I make a goofball of myself IC again, let me try to climb back aboard.

The Van Djik is...the Sea Wolf? Or...I'm super confused. I don't know which ship we're talking about here. The Coral Curse?

I may be confused, but I think L'ollanais (sp?) is the captain of the Sea Wolf and we just stole his treasure. Everyone thought he was dead, but you guys found out differently (he's a werewolf!).

Piet Hien Van Djik is the former captain of the Coral Curse (the djab infested ship we're trying to get).

Blackbeard gave us two options to get the Curse. We could do either. Here's the post.

Blaise wants to go ahead and pursue Van Djik as well so we can decide which option to hand over to Blackbeard (the secret or the treasure) and possibly use the other for ourselves or to negotiate further advantages from Blackbeard.

 

[Shayuri]

Okay, that's the key I missed. I'd forgotten the name of the captain of the Coral Curse. Whew!

Thanks for the refresher, Matthan!

Finding the crew of the Curse may be tricky...but it's worth looking. Note too that we don't have to limit ourselves to the living crew. Perhaps the captain buried some of his mates?

 

[Matthan]

Van Djik is apparently dying of a disease in the town on the island we're on so he's close. He's also an easy first stop. Even if we can't get the secret out of him, he might slip some info that we can use to discover it (like where some of the crew is buried). Does anyone have some abilities that let them talk to the dead?

 

[Shayuri]

Nia does.

 

[Matthan]

Theoretically, if Van Djik tragically succumbed to his disease would Nia be able to get his secrets from him easier if he was dead?

 

[Shayuri]

Perhaps! But it's good to ask before too, just in case.

 

[Matthan]

Sure, carrot before stick. Completely agree. Just making sure we have options. Blaise is immune to disease so I can safely talk to him while he's alive. I'm assuming Nia has access to 'Speak with Dead' so we can keep Nia out of the room in case the discussion gets hostile so the spell won't treat you as hostile if we need it later.