[D20 CoC] Mountains of Madness - Chap 4: Departure; Recruiting Alternate Players

[Job]

Øyvind attempted to ease the sling of barrels to a stop but, being somewhat unfamiliar with the controls, he overcorrected the movement of the crane, reversing it back too quickly and sent the sling arcing skyward, watching aghast as a number of barrels of fuel tumbled off the pallette and down towards the burning shed.

The first drum bounced over the peak of the shed, away from the ship, but the second crashed right through the roof and apparently broke open as a moment later, fire erupted through the hole in the roof and windows shattered outward from the roaring fireball.

Meanwhile, the sling of remaining barrels stopped its upwards motion high over the blaze and a third barrel dropped off, seeming to tumble downwards in slow motion, just before the cargo began it's pendular swing back towards the ship.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Morpheus]

Gathering himself from his first misfortune with the hose, Martin tries again.Str and Dex Checks (Str 2 + 0 = 2 and Dex 17 + 3 =20)

 

[Drowned Hero]

George Barrow

Str and Dex (1d20=5, 1d20=4)

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Father Rucker

Father Rucker picks up the hose and holds it firmly, his legs rooted to the deck.

Str and Dex for the hose (1d20+1=19, 1d20+3=22) wow, those are good results.

 

[Job]

Camille's eyes widened in horror as they landed on Øyvind's bungling attempts to use the winch. "Merde!" He'll break it at this rate!

The open bum flap on her pajamas flapped in the breeze, giving a lovely view of her behind as she elbowed her way through the chaotic mess toward the winch, stumbling in her haste and shouting, "Make way! Make way, damn you!"

Camille rounded the aftercastle corner and saw Starkweather, Martin, George, and some priest wrestling with a fire hose, then looked upwards and saw the crane swinging back towards the ship. The load of fuel barrels at the end of the winch's cable, high over the burning pier, was now beginning its downward descent.

A barrel caromed off the shed roof, dented by the impact and now spraying fuel oil in its tumbling arc, then slammed onto the dock and its lid broke free. Fuel splashed over the dock, the nearby rail car, and down towards the water. A heartbeat later, flames raced across the docks and leapt towards the U.S.S. Gabrielle, and Camille.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Morpheus]

Camille rounded the aftercastle corner and saw Starkweather, Martin, George, and some priest wrestling with a fire hose, then looked upwards and saw the crane swinging back towards the ship. The load of fuel barrels at the end of the winch's cable, high over the burning pier, was now beginning its downward descent.

A barrel caromed off the shed roof, dented by the impact and now spraying fuel oil in its tumbling arc, then slammed onto the dock and its lid broke free. Fuel splashed over the dock, the nearby rail car, and down towards the water. A heartbeat later, flames raced across the docks and leapt towards the U.S.S. Gabrielle, and Camille.

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Job (the tortured one).

Letting go and dodging the hose, Martin scrambles across the deck towards Camille.
OOC: I will try and grab Camille and move her to safety-diving into the water with her if necessary.

 

[Job]

William Moore dashed across the main deck towards the gangway to assess the situation. He saw that the center of the pier shed was fully engulfed and that the north end of the pier shed was also now ablaze. Then...

...he heard music! "What madness is this?", he thought.

Moore then looked to see if the fire hoses were being brought out, and was somewhat relieved to see that James and Martin LeBlanc and George Barrow were starting to bring one to bear. They had curiously hosed down the main deck, probably as a precaution. And then he spied...

...bare buttocks. And an explosion. And a flash of white.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Job]

Gathering himself from his first misfortune with the hose, Martin tries again.
Str and Dex Checks (Str 2 + 0 = 2 and Dex 17 + 3 =20)

Str and Dex (1d20=5, 1d20=4)

Father Rucker picks up the hose and holds it firmly, his legs rooted to the deck.

Str and Dex for the hose (1d20+1=19, 1d20+3=22) wow, those are good results.

James made another attempt to aim the fire hose and wrestled mightily, but was off the mark and water flew at the winch controls, pounding the metal siding and Øyvind. [sblock=Results and Instructions]James Starkweather's second attempt at aiming the hose = 9

OOC -Øyvind, please make a d20 Reflex saving throw to avoid taking the full impact of the water.[/sblock]
Finally, with the additional weight and strength of both the scientist and the priest applied to the fire hose, it's struggles diminish and the commander is able to direct the water towards the conflagration on the pier.

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Job (the tortured one).

 

[Drowned Hero]

Øyvind Raknes Sled Driver

Reflex (1d20+3=11)

 

[Job]

Letting go and dodging the hose, Martin scrambles across the deck towards Camille.
OOC: I will try and grab Camille and move her to safety-diving into the water with her if necessary.

Martin raced to the area where Camille stood and arrived a spit second before the wave of flaming oil rolled across the deck and engulfed the area, blocking all view of the two explorers.

[OOC - I assume that Camille will accept Martin's grapple (considering the situation), thus Martin must only make one Reflex save for the both of them]

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Job (the tortured one).