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Message: <blockquote data-quote="H.M.Gimlord" data-source="post: 5680642" data-attributes="member: 79440">Again, the valiant maritime defenders throw back a wave of assulting  abominations, and again, more scramble up the hull to take their place.   Gloom and Draglin begin to feel the burden of battle weighing heavily  upon them.  Their wounds are deep, and they begin to wonder if they can  survive another wave.  One deckhand, upon seeing Draglin's condition  loses concentration, and is cut down by one of the fell beings.  At this moment, the party notices, just as Max pointed out, that a gentle breeze seems to grow in strength each time someone (among the living) dies.Jahred blanches at the loss of yet another comrade. These were not hired deckhands.  These were countrymen and fellow citizen protectors of Rioc Alair, with  whom he had served for several years.Virgil becomes the target of two drowned zombies, who are vengefully cut down by Dante soon after they strike.Though the attacks are relentless, the numbers in the small skiffs below  are growing thinner, and by the lamplight at their bows, it seems as  though another attack to equal the last three cannot be sustained.Jahred, however looks out over the water, his face bearing an expression that dispels any hope that the battle may soon be over.Beyond the fourth skiff, about sixty feet or so starboard, the fog  begins to roil like the surface of boiling milk about the lantern  hanging from the fifth vessel.  One by one, other lanterns flicker  adjacent to it.   A sound, till now lost in the battle's din, of  crashing water heralds the arrival of something ominous, and much larger  than was first thought.The swirling tendrils of fog suddenly and violently part, like trees  being knocked aside by an avalanche, as they are pierced by the prow of a  massive frigate.  The monstrous vessel looks like something out of a  nightmare, rising some thirty feet out of the water.  Its sails are torn  to shreds, yet they are somehow able to harness an arcane wind that  blows with greater force than the natural breezes that can be felt by  the living. Its hull is worm-eaten and barely (if at all) seaworthy.  More lanterns flicker on along its rails and outside port windows in its  lower decks, revealing hundreds of undead figures swarming over the  ship and each other. The decks are so crowded with the things that one  would have a hard time believing the ship could still float with that  many aboard.  Arms, legs, heads, hands, and feet protrude form every  orifice in the hull, and the sound that up to now was believed to be  crashing water is actually that of a thousand undead voices cheering and  jeering.[sblock=History or  Dungeoneering DC 20]The undead are speaking Deep Speech.[/sblock]The ship turns broadside toward The Beacon revealing a row of twelve open gun ports, prepared to fire, but not yet about far enough to target The Beacon.  The Beacon, however, finds itself perfectly broadside of the new arrival, and though The Beacon is no match for an adversary of this size, Jahred did take the time to have her guns primed, "Albarent! Fire!"Port windows on the the starboard side of The Beacon fly open  like a trap as if ejected by the fiery conflagration that follows.  Six  holes pepper the ghost ship's gun deck, which consequently explodes in a  brilliant percussion of light and heat.Evidently Albarent had been below preparing the guns, and by some stroke  of genius or luck, managed to train them at just the right elevation.[sblock=Perception (roll or take 10) DC 15]You  notice that one of the deckhands emerges from the hold and proceeds to  climb the rigging of the foremast to the foresail boom.  There, he  begins to work the bindings that hold the sails  furled.[sblock=Perception DC 18 Same roll]You notice that the gun volley knocked out six of the frigate's twelve guns.[sblock=Perception 20 (same roll or take 10)] You  notice that, with  the gun volley, The Beacon has ungrounded herself and  is floating  freely, though not moving.[/sblock][/sblock][/sblock][sblock=Auntie Mab's Actions]Auntie Mab:Standard: Gloaming CutTarget: P,-7Attack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3182445/" target="_blank">1d20+16+2=27 vs. AC for 1d4+2+2d8=9</a> damage and shift down the ladder to S,-1 and become hidden[/sblock][sblock=Enemy Actions]DO N,-10:Move: to P,-4Standard: Spirit TouchTarget: GloomAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183726/" target="_blank">1d20+16=26 vs. AC for 7 necrotic damage</a>DO M,-5:Move: Shift to M,-4Standard: Spirit TouchTarget: MaxAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183726/" target="_blank">1d20+16+2(Flanking)=20 vs. AC</a> MissDO N,-7:Move: to N,-5Standard: Spirit TouchTarget: MaxAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183726/" target="_blank">1d20+16=33 vs. AC for 7 necrotic damage</a>DO M,-3Erie Transfiguration Recharge: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3182466/" target="_blank">1d6=3</a> Not RechargedStandard: Charge to N,-3Target: MaxAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183726/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)+2(Flanking)=23 vs. AC</a> DO P,3Erie Transfiguration Recharge for P3: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3182466/" target="_blank">1d6=5</a> Recharged Standard: Erie TransfigurationTarget: DraglinAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183730/" target="_blank">1d20+16=36 vs. Will for 11 damage</a>Secondary Attacks:Target 1: GloomAttack 1: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183730/" target="_blank">1d20+14=18 vs. will</a> MissTarget 2: Deckhand Q,-3Attack 2: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183730/" target="_blank">1d20+14=33 vs. will</a> HitTarget 3: JahredAttack 3: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183730/" target="_blank">1d20+14=31 vs. will</a> Hit*Deleted Virgil's attack* I realized too late that he had moved to R,-1 out of range.Move: to T,1 deck levelDO O,4:Move: to O,-2Standard: Charge to O,-2 deck levelTarget: GloomAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)+2(Flanking)=33 vs. AC for 7 necrotic damage</a>DO O,5Move: to N,-2Standard: Charge to N,-2 deck levelTarget: GloomAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)+2(Flanking)=26 vs. AC for 7 necrotic damage</a><a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank"></a>DO N,5:Move: to P,-1Standard: Charge to P,-1 deck levelTarget: DraglinAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)=34 vs. AC for 7 necrotic damage</a>DO H,-5:Move: to M,-5Standard: Charge to M,-5 deck levelTarget: MaxAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)=23 vs. AC</a> MissDO H,-6:Move: to M,-7Standard: Charge to 0,-5 deck levelTarget: MaxAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)=24 vs. AC</a> MissDO J,-1:Move: to Q,0Standard: Charge to Q,0 deck levelTarget: VirgilAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)=35 vs. AC for 7 necrotic damage</a>Dante:IR: MBATarget: DO at Q,0Attack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183843/" target="_blank">1d20+15=33 vs. AC Hit/Kill</a>DO K,0:Move: to R,0Standard: Charge to R,0 deck levelTarget: VirgilAttack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183831/" target="_blank">1d20+16+1(Charge)=25 vs. AC for 7 necrotic damage</a>Dante:IR: MBATarget: DO at R,0Attack: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3183843/" target="_blank">1d20+15=28 vs. AC Hit/Kill</a>[/sblock][sblock=Status]Dante R,-2 50/62HP 6/6HS 1AP Slowed(Aura) Virgil R,-1 61/86 (Physical features are distorted, no save) Slowed(Arua) Draglin P,-2 30/88HP 9/9HS 1AP (Physical features are distorted, no save), Slowed(Aura) Bloodied Max N,-4 67/67HP 8/8HS 0AP Slowed(Aura) Gloom O,-3 32 (34 Reg)/81HP 11/11HS 1AP (Physical features are distorted, no save), Slowed(Aura) Bloodied Auntie Mab S,-5 60/60HP 7/7HS 1AP hidden   Jahred Q,-1 44(39 OG),51 Dazed and OG 5 (SEB), Slowed(Aura) <s>Deckhand Overboard Dead</s> <s>Deckhand Overboard </s><s>Dead</s> <s>Deckhand Overboard</s>Dead <s>Deckhand Overboard</s>Dead <s>Deckhand </s><s>Q,-3</s>Dead <s>Deckhand</s><s> Q,-3</s> Dead Deckhand S,-1 Slowed(Aura) <s>Deckhand</s><s> S,0</s>Dead   Drowned Ones: Too Numerous to list all: Drowned One at T,1: Must recharge his Erie Transfiguration Drowned One at N, -3: Must recharge his Erie Transfiguration   (refer to map)  [/sblock][sblock=Maps][sblock=Wide View Map]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/ThePortalGuardiansWideMapRound3.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=Battlemap]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/ThePortalGuardiansNarrowMapRound3.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=Melee Closeup Map]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/ThePortalGuardiansMeleeCloseupMapRound3.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][/sblock][sblock=Enemy Stats]x28(That you can see) <img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/BigDrownedOne.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=Concerning NPCs] The Beacon is running on a light crew. There are 6 men in the  hold trying to get oars out and unbeach the ship. While they work,  Jahred can only spare 7 more men to fight (3 of whom just died).   Each round, one of you may direct a single action from one NPC that has  not yet performed an action during that round (this includes Jahred).  This will be done on a first-come-first-serve basis. Ninja'd posts will  need to be discussed among the players. [sblock=NPC Stats] <img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/Jahred.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />     X4  <img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/Deckhand.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][/sblock][sblock=Terrain] <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The squares immediately adjacent to the masts (O,-6 to P,-5) are difficult terrain</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The  rails that bound the deck require a DC 30 strength check to break if  want to push an enemy overboard from a square on the deck</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To climb the rails takes 2 squares of movement</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Falling into the water deals 10 points of damage (20 feet into water)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jumping into the water only deals damage on a failed Athletics/Acrobatics check DC 20</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Once in the water, you are swimming (PHB rules)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You may climb the rigging (PHB climbing), but please specify your elevation at the end of your move.</li> </ul>[/sblock][sblock=Ship Guns]Ship guns on the ghost ship will be in position at the beginning of the next round.Ship Gun: Burst 1 within 20Attack: 1d20+18 vs. Reflex for 6d12 fire damage. If it is a creature it is pushed 2 squares and knocked prone.Miss: Half damageEffect: Burst creates a zone the same size as the burst.  Creatures starting their turn in the zone take 1d6 fire damage.Recharge: <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/5.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":5:" title="Five    :5:" data-shortname=":5:" /> <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/6.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":6:" title="Six    :6:" data-shortname=":6:" />HP: 120Effective Defense: 25Vulnerable: Fire 10If a gun is hit with a fire attack, there is a 3d6 chance that it will instantly explode, rendering it useless.  The explosion is the same as if the gun had gone off point blank.  Thus  adjacent guns are subject to fire damage from the explosion.Gun hits to the topside decks affect PCs, NPCs, and EnemiesGun hits to the gun decks affect guns and hull integrity. The Beacon hull: HP: 250Effective defense: 25The Undead Frigate hull: HP: 420Effective defense: 25When the hull is reduced to 0HP, the ship will sink in 2 rounds.[/sblock][OOC]The  skill checks that are dispersed throughout the fluff require no action.  Please do not ignore them. Information you get there could affect what  actions you take next.[/OOC]</blockquote>

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