A Warlock Alone, Island Empire solo game

[J. Alexander]

A Decesion.

Michael will take a puff on his cigar after she finishes and remain silent. The afte about thirty seconds he will walk to the railing of the quarterdeck and look out at the sea and take a few minutes thinking while he smokes. He will then walk back to the assembled officers.

"You are correct, contracts should not be renogigated excpet at the utmost need. I was merely outling possible courses of action. Inform the crew that the contract stands as agreed to. You may also inform them that they will receive a cash bonus of 25 gp per crew member at the first port of call after Mermaid's Rest. I have no desire to turn them lose there with a pocket full of gold. Also inform them that should our luck continue and they perform as well as they have so far then and additional bonuse in the amount of 100 gp per crew member may well be theirs at the conclusion of our contract. This is of course in addition to their hopefully sizable crew share.

"In regards to the funeral, we shall bury him after their services at sea, and will hold a feast in his memory as well as toast our good fortune made in part possible by his sacrafice. We should espress our sorrow but we shall end it as it should be with a celebratio of life and of what the future may bring. Tell the crew that for tomorrow night only, the ships rule on alcohol will be relaxed and all those not on duty may indulge in moderate portions in the ships store of ale/beer."

"If there is not other questions or problems, then why do we not all get a good nights sleep. Mr. Mangrum would you please inform Mr. Imparel of our discussion and inform him that at the next meeting he shall be in attendace while Mr. Cardoss overlooks the ship."

"Good night"

As he goes back down towards his cabin he will pause at the ladder and say "Grond, if you would not mind, please have breakfeast with me in the morning. I would offer a night cap and discussion tonight b ut I know I am tired and would wager you are also very tired. So if you dontmind, let's wait till the morning"

Michael will then go to his cabin and hopefully get a good nights sleep.

 

[Scotley]

Night on the Retribution

Michael returns to his cabin to find Nac'Losin waiting out side his door with a heavily swathed lizard woman. No flesh shows beneth her garments and veils. "Captain, I have been remiss in introducing Fa'Duatha, my acolyte. She is still in vows of silence, but I thought you should be introduced to her." The tall lizardwoman bows deeply with a rustle of fabric. "She is a very promising student and has more of a gift for items of power than I. She should be a part of our counsels on magical defenses. Thus far she has remained in her cabin, but with your permission I would like to take her on the quarterdeck for some air."

 

[J. Alexander]

Fa'Duatha

Michael will bow to the young toad woman and say " It is a pleasure to meet you Madame"
Then addressing Nac'Losin he will continue "Certainly Madame, she may take the air on the quarterdeck whenever she wishes" Looking at the figure in the heavy clothing, Michael will attempt to penetrate disguise. Michael Stormrolls 1d20 + 5, getting [6,5] = (11).

Next he will try to sense motive on Nac'Losin request.
Michael Stormrolls 1d20 + 6, getting [19,6] = (25)

Then Michael will attempt to search his memory and knowledge of religion to see if he has heard of this vow of silence etc being common among this religion.
Michael stormrolls 1d20 + 4, getting [18,4] = (22)

While he is doing this, Michale will continue with his conversation.
"I am so very pleased that you are willing to help in the ships magical defenses and preparations Fa'Duatha. I fear there may come a time when we will need such magic.
Perhaps tomorrow after lunch we can discuss my thoughts on the matter with you in order to give you an idea as to my basic concepts?"

"At that time, If you are so willing, perhaps we can examine also the items of power we discoverd during our little raid"

If there are no other significant comments etc. Michael will then enter his cabin.

 

[J. Alexander]

In the cabin

When he enters the cabin, Michael will use a detect magic on the objects acquired in the raid.

He will take the wand up and try to use his deceive magic item on it.
Michael stormrolls 1d20 + 15, getting [4,15] = (19)

Next he will use it on the crown.
Michael Stormrolls 1d20 + 15, getting [11,15] = (26)

OCC: I love this ability .....

Should nothing other than information happen, Michael will then turn in for the night, Leaving instructions for him to be awakend at 7ish.

 

[Scotley]

Fa'Duatha

Fa'Duatha is a lizard woman rather than a toad woman. There is clearly something up here, something they are not revealing, but it is unclear what they are up to. The deception doesn't really seem aimed at Michael. You know very little about their religion, but vows of silence and other rites of sufferage are common for acolytes. She bows again at Michael's suggestion that she will help with magic.

 

[J. Alexander]

Breakfeast with Grond

6th day of Sun's Time in the 2nd year of the reign of Xenieda the First
Enroute to Mermaids Rest


After Michael awakes and refreshes himself for the morning. As he begins to shave he has a thought and begins to let a goattee grow. Further as he is changing into fresh clothing, he will change the apperance of his chain shirt to that of a rich choclate brown with gold piping. On the chest he will have a golden S transfiixed by a black lighting bolt.

When Grond enters, Michael will thank him for his deed yesterday and will review the treauser list with him as well as his discovery about the pearls and necklance and the items last night.

Then MIchale will say "Grond, my friend, I have a vague suspcision that something is afoot with some of our crew members adn we should perhaps be a little more cautious." "He will then explain his concerns over the crews grumblings and the heavily veiled acoloyte. "Now mind you I have nothing concrete to go on, but just a vague uneasiness"

Continuing he will say "We are only one more day from Mermaid's Rest if we make good time. So lets bend our efforts into maximizng our speed and really seeing what this ship can do. Once there we will be reinfoced by Nicholas and his strike team which will go along way to securing the ship. Then the three of us will need to hold council and address all those issue that have come up lately and the future of our crew"

 

[Scotley]

Aboard the Retribution

Michaal examines the crown and wand curious as to their funtion. Finally, he determines that the crown has the powers of a Trident of Fish command (less combat bonus of course). The wand proves more challenging until Michael finally spots a tiny command word near the base of the wand. The command word is "Imobilis", and the wand is a wand of Hold Person with 39 charges.

Michael finally falls asleep exhasted by the days exersions. He awakens when Grond arrives with a breakfast of ham and eggs along with some very strong tea.

 

[J. Alexander]

Breakfeast with Grond

Michael will as noted, dicuss his findings with Grond, and make the comment "I think it may be best if you take the wand for now. It will give you a non lethal way of holding enemies wheeas with the helm, I can now communicate with the shark figurine and even control other creatrures. This may be a blessing indeed."

"We now have additional cash, which puts our currency reserves at a little over 10,000gp. Adding to that we have some 10,000gp in odd assorted merchandise plus the cargo we have taken on and hope to trade with. This gives us numerous options as well as additional security should we need it. It is my belife that we shoud convert the assorted merchandise into cash and then place it in one of our accounts so as to hedge against a future disaster. That way if we did lose the cargo etc, we would still be way ahead, given our current deposit accounts and us having prepaid for the construction of the shipyard and it's facilities."

Taking a bite of his food Michael will continure" As for today, I think we should start the training of the crew by grouping them in 5 man squads with 2 squads per division. Other than that we should concertrate on getting to Mermaid' sREst and picking up Nicholas and his reinforcements. Then it is a matter of time until we arrive at the Norhern Pick up point were hopefully we will have yet further reinforcements. At that point space on board will be at a premimue. So we need to empahis self-replenishing water barrels and perhaps a few small chest of holding for perishables."

What are your thoughts?

 

[Scotley]

Aboard the Retribution

OOC: The wand requires one to have 'hold person' on their spell list or a skill such as yours.

Grond considers your words, "I cannot guess the motives of Nac'Losin. She is a mystery to me. I think the crew grumbling about their pay is pretty normal and wouldn't worry too much, but I will keep a close eye on them. I'll get the men to work on the drills."

 

[J. Alexander]

Storm and Company

Michael will spend the better part of the afternoon just relaxing and taking inventory of the goods. He will step onto the quartedeck at odd intervals to see how the training is going and how the ship is proceeding. He will then take a lite lunch and prepare for his meeting with Nac"Losin and her ward to discuss the potiential magical defenses of the ship.

During this time he will inquire of Mr. Mangrum about the ship's speed and if perhaps more speed could be achieved. In regards to Chandar, he will check on the marines and the wounded ranger and see if both are now fit for duty. He will also ask Chalen if he could use the new crossbow to slow down potientail enemies etc....

Other than that Michael will just see to the completion of the ship's painting, and repairs.