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Message: <blockquote data-quote="H.M.Gimlord" data-source="post: 5056530" data-attributes="member: 79440">The dwarf pats Jin on the back as he climbs in, "G'look!" His hand pulls the lever on the ratchet and the relatively small craft makes a thirty-five foot descent to the water's surface.  Only a splash, and a jarring deceleration indicate that the boat has reached the waterline.  The fog is so thick that Jin is having a hard time seeing over Fenwick's shoulder to Talon, who looks to be nothing more than a wraith clad in brown, stroking a ghostly wolf on the neck.Fenwick grabs the rudder, while Talon, Riardon and Jin find oars under the benches.  The launch is actually quite big enough for up to eight dwarves, or perhaps six grown men.  At the bow of the boat is a hooded lantern, primed with whale oil, and a pouch of flint and tinder.Upon striking the tinder on the lantern's wick, a circle of light is established that barely illuminates the area around the launch.  Beyond that the fog turns an impenetrable white.  Though the party can see nothing, a great deal of splashing can be heard at some distance, and the party follows the sound.After rowing for only a few seconds, they hear a voice, "Hoorie! Hoorie! Don' a'let'em get me!" The splashing grows more and more intense, and now as they near the source of the sound, a faint light comes into view, just beyond the circle of ghostly fog.[sblock=Perception DC20]You see shapes swimming in the water, and there appears to be a humanoid form holding the light in its hand[/sblock]Immediately in front of the boat is the dwarf, floating in the water.  Blood clouds the water all around him.  Suddenly, he shrieks in terror, "Aaayiieeeemghnbglulb!" and disappears under the bloody water.  As he goes down, his leg clears the waterline revealing that it has been impaled through the thigh with a javelin.  When his leg disappears, another javelin soars through the air and embeds itself in the wall of the launch. [sblock=Encounter 1]Here we go.  I need initiative rolls.  I'll roll the bad guys last, and post stats as they show up.  BTW:  The dwarf in the map, below, indicates the dwarf's last known position.  I'm too lazy to change it to a blood splotch now.[/sblock][sblock=Map]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/ManOverboardRound1.png?t=1263433741" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=Only look here if you passed the last Perception skill check][sblock=Enemies]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/DrownedOne.png?t=1263434231" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][/sblock][/sblock]</blockquote>

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