A Warlock Alone, Island Empire solo game

[Scotley]

Everyone continues to gaze tensely at the water. Suddenly a sound of splashing is heard off the port quarter. A couple of men loose bolts as heads appear in the water. A shout from the water is heard, "Stand down, Hold your fire, its the Marines!" Magram and Imparell shout their men down, "Cease fire, cease fire help those men aboard!" The lizard men Marines are hauled aboard along with some weapons, boxes, chests and bags brought up from below. Chandar steps forward dripping and panting. "We did well sir. The 'village' and what I took to be the Chief's lair were all but undefended. There were a few old and young huddled together in tunnels in the coral, but we ignored them and slew a few guards and sharks. The bulk of the people must have been out of the village proper preparing their attack. We only saw a handful of Sahaugin combatants and we slew most of them. We each grabbed a load of anything that looked valuable and made for the surface. I would guess that they will either attack any moment or are now standing guard over what's left of their hoard." He extends a massive hand, "I took this off one of the guards." In his hand is a pearl earring that seems to match the necklace. It could be one of the missing ones.

 

[J. Alexander]

Battle with the Sharks

"Welcome Back Captain Chandar, I see you were succesfull" "Do you think it is worth another raid ?"

"Mr. Mangrum, have your division prepare to make sail and remove us from this place until we can take counsel"

"Mr. Imparell, continue to have your division stand to arms"

"Grond secure the cargo with the help of all Mr. Cardossa and the auxillaries."

"Captain Chandar, have your marines stand too until we have some distance bewteen us and the lair"

As he is handed the pearl earing, Michael will pause as if thunderstruck. "Guiessippe, stop what your doing and go bring me that pearl necklace" "Quickly, now this may be another turn of events in our favor"

Assuming that he returns quickly and before any attack, Michael will place the necklance around his neck. "Mr. Mangrum you have operational control" "Captain Chandar take charge of our defenses, I may be distracted for a bit"

Michael will then begin to finger each pearl on the necklance and concertrate on it.
Michael will use his warlcok abilty ecive Item and make a Use Magic item roll
Michael Stormrolls 1d20 +15, getting [5,15] = (20)pearl necklance

Thank goodness for decive item lol..

 

[Scotley]

Sharks.

Chandar shakes his head, "There was more in the chamber that we could not carry. We were running out of air, so might not have gotten the best of it even. However, we were lucky. If we return they may be alert or they may attack the ship while we are below. We have a huge victory here, we slew many sharks a few Sahaugin and took a prize from them, for the loss of only one man. I'd say we sail on and celebrate a heroic victory."

Gusseppi goes to find the necklace.

More later...

 

[J. Alexander]

Battle with the Sharks

"I agree for now"..."Full sail Mr. Magrum, set a course for Mermaids Rest"

"Grumbar, you may light your fires in one hour, and see about preparing a hot dinner for us all"

"Grond, when you have finished, please come and see me"

 

[Scotley]

To Mermaid's Rest

The ship heels over somewhat as the sails catch the wind and helm is turned. Michael takes the pearls and necklace from Gusseppi and tries to coax the magic within them into functioning. The necklace begins to glow with a cool inner light.

OOC: Now that the magic seems to be working what does Michael try to do with it?

 

[J. Alexander]

To Mermaids Rest

Before he contiunes with the peals, Michael will turn towards Guiesspee and say "Guiesspiee, please see that i am not troubled here on the quarterdeck until the officer's meeting, and please pass the word to the officers that we will meet in two hours. Ask Grumbar if he can have something decent for us by that time. Also ask Grond if he will go around and inspect the ship and the weapons. This may not be over, but i hope it is"

Also please ask the priestess and Captain Chandar if they will examine our new cargo for traps or other unpleseant suprises then have Grond make and inventory of what we acquired so we can discuss it at the meeting.

"Furtther infrom Mr. Mangrum that at least one division is to stand to quarters for the next three hours. We will make it up to the men later, but it is best to be prepared"

Michael will then direct his thoughts at the inner light of the necklace. Slowly he will will the light to connect to the earing in his hand by placing his hand on the correspoding pearl marked with a fish symbol. As he wills it to conncect he will be in a listening mode or if possible an evasedrooping mode"

OCC: I will proably be out for the rest of the day, so you have plenty of time to get everything listed .......hope your having a good day.

 

[Scotley]

The men go to attend to their tasks. There is some elation at the sucess of the mission and you can see the men looking at the collection of spoils piled on the foredeck and mentally calculating a posible share.

As Michael works with the pearls he finds that by consentrating on a given pearl on the string he can bring the light to a matching loose pearl earring. Once he does this he hears a soft whisling sound coming from both the necklace and the earring in question. It seems to grow louder as they are brought close together, but if he extends the necklace in one hand and the pearl in the other the sound fades. He finds that he can only make one pearl glow at a time, but with a few minutes practice he can switch very quickly between them. Nac'Losin returns to the quarter deck and watches for a moment then asks for one of the glowing pearls. She takes it across the quarterdeck and whispers with it close to her ear. The sound of her voice comes from the corresponding pearl on the necklace with only a slight watery distortion. When Michael speaks, she reports that she can hear him.

 

[Scotley]

The spoils

Nac’Losin hands over a piece of paper with a list of the goods brought up from the sea. It is written is a very thin spidery hand that you assume is Nac’Losin’s, a little squinting is required to make it all out, but in the end it is readable. "I didn’t find any curses and we couldn’t locate any traps on the goods. Unfortunately, one small case might have contained some magical potions, but the bottles were apparently long smashed and I could no longer detect more than a lingering hint of magic on them. As you’ll see from the list we did get a couple of magic items and once things calm down we should be able to spend the time to determine their power."

The List:

Two cases of a fine vintage sparkling wine from the Western Reach 150 gp each

A case of alchemist’s frost (6 flasks)

A bronze leaping fish some 4 feet long, containing a tube so that it can serve as a fountain. It is enameled beautifully and seems to shimmer in the light. A mark on tale fin suggests that it was cast and painted by a renowned artist of some 200 years ago named Donatelli Muti. His work graces museums and the finest private collections. 5000 gp

MW Disk Heavy Crossbow (Exotic) with a dozen brass disks in a leather belt case. Also known as a ‘Sail-Splitter’ this is a special heavy crossbow that fires a sharp bladed metal disk 4” in diameter. The crossbow spins the disk at a high rate of speed as it fires. While less effective and of much shorter range than a traditional bolt for most uses, it can be very effective at slicing through ropes, rigging and sails. It does double damage against those targets. It is a popular weapon of pirates and raiders as it can be used to slow a ship by damaging sails and rigging.

Damage* 1d8 Range** 60’ critical 19-20/x2 slashing weight 10lbs. 120gp (+300 for masterwork)

*Damage is doubled against targets that may be sliced such as cloth, rope, netting, and straps.
**Because the disk catches more wind than a standard bolt, any penalties for firing in high winds are doubled.

A set of commemorative plates celebrating the crowning of 8 of the last 10 Emperors and 5 Dwarven Kings. A wax sealed stoppered ivory scroll case contains programs, napkins, letters of invitation and other ephemera from those events. 2000 gp

An antique set of ornate bronze plate armor decorated with a bird motif. 600 gp.

3 small chests of coins with a total value of 4000 gp

A magic wand

An elaborate magical crown of enameled fish scales, beaten silver and pearls.

 

[J. Alexander]

The Loot

Michael will practice with the earrings for a few more minutes then thank the priestess for her help. Taking the list, he will give it a quick glance. Raising and eyebrow he will look at her and say "it seems as if our underwater friends had a varitey of taste"

"See to the securing of those special items in my cabin please as well as the valuables. We will need to discuss it's dissipation a little later" he will say to Grond" "Store teh weapons in the armory please"

Finishing with the pearls and neckalce he will secure them once again and head to his cabin to clean up and rest a bit before the dinner.

Giving that is has proably been a tiring day, Michael will just relax for a bit until it is time for dinner"

 

[Scotley]

To Mermaid's Rest

Nac'Losin nods, "I guess they took an odd mix off the ships they raided."

As the treasure is being gathered and taken below there is a grumbling among the crew. While it is not customary to divy the treasure right after a raid, they seem displeased that it will be taken away. Perhaps they don't entirely trust this new captain, despite his obvious bravery and success.