Keldar's team stays on their feet. Their leader fearlessly jumps into the fray and fires a deadly shot into “Bilgeface”'s abdomen. Bilgeface takes it like a fish flap and remains standing. (K move to A10, fire at B5, 10 damage)
Keldar's companions hang back a moment, but then Rapture falls with the jerking of the ship. They rush forward to her defense. One takes an open spot on the prow, the other moves into position and launches one of Keldar's javelins with a strength he didn't know he head. The projectile slides neatly through Bilgeface's thick throat. Instantly blood pours from the mortal wound, and Bilgeface falls to the deck, dead. (K3 to B13 total defense, K2 to B11 kills B5, Kw delays)
The sly looking fellows reach into their clothes and pull out daggers to unleash a barrage of flying sharp objects at close range.
The first, “Swifty”, fails to hit Rapture's Karl. (7 atk RK, miss) The first, "Swifty", tosses his dagger with only average skill, but the swaying of the boat throws Karl's balance and he stumbles right into the flying weapon. He falls, bleeding. (7 atk RK, 8 damage)
The second, “Sneaky”,
succeeds. His dagger impales Karl in the chest, but against all odds he remains standing. (8 atk RK, 3 damage) changes targets, aiming for Galwynn's Marlowe instead. His dagger impales Marlowe in the chest, but against all odds he remains standing. (8 atk GM, 3 damage)
The third, “Seadog”, attempts to finish
Karl Marlowe off, but
fails. (9 atk RM, miss)
and just barely nicks an artery in poor old Marlowe's throat. The man goes down. (9 atk GM, 9 damage)
The man threatening Rapture gives her a cursory glance and then throws his body at Keldar's third crewman. The unfortunate man puts up an excellent fight, but he's no match for “Burly”'s prowess, and Keldar's buddy tumbles screaming
overboard. (4 bull rush K3, success, move to B13)
Burly's move gives “Blaggard” a chance at the prone Rapture. The ugly, scar-faced Blaggard advances quickly and brings down his huge falchion on the helpless paladin. Rapture
rolls out of the way easily, and the power of the attack is wasted splintering the wood of the deck. (6 move to C13, atk R, miss)
Tarag and Rapture are up. 'Nock has been pretty busy of late, so I plan to NPC Tarag tomorrow evening if we don't hear from 'Nock by then.
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Fim - Fimble (HP: 19 )
K - Keldar (HP: 21 )
Kw - Keldar's Whip Wielder (HP: 5 )
K2 - Keldar's 2nd (HP: 5 )
K3 - Keldar's 3rd (HP: 5 , swimming )
7 - Swift N' Sneaky Seadogs (Damage: 0 )
8 - Swift N' Sneaky Seadogs (Damage: 0 )
9 - Swift N' Sneaky Seadogs (Damage: 0 )
4 - Burly Bilgefaced Blaggards (Damage: 3 )
5 - Burly Bilgefaced Blaggards (Damage: 23 , dead )
6 - Burly Bilgefaced Blaggards (Damage: 0 )
Ta - Tarag (HP: 26 )
TW - Tarag's Will (Crow's Nest) (HP: 5 )
TJ - Tarag's James (HP: 5 )
FM - Merchant First Mate (HP: 13 )
R - Rapture (HP: 31 )
RL - Rapture's Lenny (HP: 5 )
RK - Rapture's Karl (HP: -3 )
1 - Spineless Sniping Scumbag (Damage: 9 )
2 - Pirate First Matey (Damage: 0 )
3 - La Capitan (Damage: 0 )
10 - Tough Swashbucklin' Elves (Damage: 0 )
11 - Tough Swashbucklin' Elves (Damage: 0 )
12 - Tough Swashbucklin' Elves (Damage: 0 )
To - Tommy (HP: 13 )
TF - Tommy's Franz (HP: 5 )
TI - Tommy's Ivan (HP: 5 )
TM - Tommy's Marcus (HP: 5 )
G - Galwynn (HP: 28 )
GM - Galwynn's Marlowe (HP: 2 )
GP - Galwynn's Pitr (HP: 5 )
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