Deep Water and Shoals - A Swashbuckling Campaign
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Bob Aberton
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Malthas,
Mr. Lang looks at you, impressed, when you mention your term at the Flashing Blades Academy.
"So you do know how to handle your steel. Perhaps it would be for the better if the men had some small arms training. Even that black-skinned clerk should be taught the uses of cutlass and pistol...the Captain believes that CALYPSO'S GRACE is invincible. Well...not to criticize the Captain, but there's many a captain and many a fine ship decorating Davy Jone's locker for thinking the same...it's best to be prepared. You have my permission to train the men in small arms, if you wish. There is a small arms locker aft, near the Captain's stateroom."
Jonah,
Lupe finishes covering the cannon again after the drills, then turns to you.
"Now we are ready to take on the Hullish Navy if we want, eh?" he says. Then he looks at you again, with a calculating look in his eyes. "You are the supercargo, aren't you? If you don't mind my saying so, my dark friend, I have a small matter needing the attention of an educated person. You see, I have this map..."
Mr. Lang looks at you, impressed, when you mention your term at the Flashing Blades Academy.
"So you do know how to handle your steel. Perhaps it would be for the better if the men had some small arms training. Even that black-skinned clerk should be taught the uses of cutlass and pistol...the Captain believes that CALYPSO'S GRACE is invincible. Well...not to criticize the Captain, but there's many a captain and many a fine ship decorating Davy Jone's locker for thinking the same...it's best to be prepared. You have my permission to train the men in small arms, if you wish. There is a small arms locker aft, near the Captain's stateroom."
Jonah,
Lupe finishes covering the cannon again after the drills, then turns to you.
"Now we are ready to take on the Hullish Navy if we want, eh?" he says. Then he looks at you again, with a calculating look in his eyes. "You are the supercargo, aren't you? If you don't mind my saying so, my dark friend, I have a small matter needing the attention of an educated person. You see, I have this map..."
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dead_radish
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Malthas nods. "Indeed they do, Mr. Lang. I can see why the captain has put his trust in you - you have a very practical view of things. Would you like to arrange the training, or shall I?"
Bob Aberton
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(OOC: This is a BUMP. I don't want to post the DM Post until Jonah [Xael] has had a chance to respond to the part of the last post addressed to him.)
Bob Aberton
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Jonah,
Lupe looks at you, seems to hesitate for a minute, then reaches into his pocket and draws out an oilskin packet. Motioning for you to follow, he leads you to the starboard side of the ship, in the lee of the mainmast.
He opens the packet delicately. Inside, two objects reside. One is a small oblong piece of ratty parchment. He fishes this out, and holds it up to the light so that you can see it clearly.
It is a map. To be precise, the map shows a stretch of ocean, with a few scattered islands on it.
"I can read a map as well as the next man," Lupe says, not wanting you to think him ignorant. "And I read Espirantish, and some Hullish. But I cannot understand this writing."
He points to the odd, spidery text and symbols dotting the map.
"If you are a supercargo, then you are educated. If you are educated, maybe you read this language some, hey?" he says.
As you take a closer look at the text, you realize that you can read the writing. It is the script of the Drow of the Darkness Below.
As you continue to scan the map, you realize what the other object in the oilskin packet is. It is an ivory handled knife, and it has the name of a ship carved into its handle.
The ship's name reads: BLACK MAST.
(OOC: Sometime, either today or tomorrow, you will get an email detailing what the map says. I may not have time to send the email tonight, so if you don't get it tonight, you will get it tomorrow.)
Malthas,
Mr. Lang grins a thin smile at you.
"Let's see how you handle drilling the men, Mr. Swifthand," he says.
Lupe looks at you, seems to hesitate for a minute, then reaches into his pocket and draws out an oilskin packet. Motioning for you to follow, he leads you to the starboard side of the ship, in the lee of the mainmast.
He opens the packet delicately. Inside, two objects reside. One is a small oblong piece of ratty parchment. He fishes this out, and holds it up to the light so that you can see it clearly.
It is a map. To be precise, the map shows a stretch of ocean, with a few scattered islands on it.
"I can read a map as well as the next man," Lupe says, not wanting you to think him ignorant. "And I read Espirantish, and some Hullish. But I cannot understand this writing."
He points to the odd, spidery text and symbols dotting the map.
"If you are a supercargo, then you are educated. If you are educated, maybe you read this language some, hey?" he says.
As you take a closer look at the text, you realize that you can read the writing. It is the script of the Drow of the Darkness Below.
As you continue to scan the map, you realize what the other object in the oilskin packet is. It is an ivory handled knife, and it has the name of a ship carved into its handle.
The ship's name reads: BLACK MAST.
(OOC: Sometime, either today or tomorrow, you will get an email detailing what the map says. I may not have time to send the email tonight, so if you don't get it tonight, you will get it tomorrow.)
Malthas,
Mr. Lang grins a thin smile at you.
"Let's see how you handle drilling the men, Mr. Swifthand," he says.
Uriel
Living EN World Judge
Nicodemuz spends time below decks when not on shift, making tindertwigs (that's what I can afford) 
OoC:Mr DM, I am going to 're-pick ' spells, as I'm rather unsure of the day, although I think it has been a few since I mended the Sail? If not, just remove the Mending Cantrip.
New Spells:
Cantrips-Mending X2, Mage Hand,Detect Magic
First-Animate Rope, Color Spray, Magic Missile,
Mage Armor
Second-ALter Self, Detect Thoughts, Cat's Grace
OoC:Mr DM, I am going to 're-pick ' spells, as I'm rather unsure of the day, although I think it has been a few since I mended the Sail? If not, just remove the Mending Cantrip.
New Spells:
Cantrips-Mending X2, Mage Hand,Detect Magic
First-Animate Rope, Color Spray, Magic Missile,
Mage Armor
Second-ALter Self, Detect Thoughts, Cat's Grace
Xael
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dead_radish
Explorer
Malthas nods. "Fair enough."
The next time a watch change is called. Malthas will hand the wheel over to a relief pilot, and announce to the crew "Those of you that think you have skill with the blade or the hammer, and those of you that wish to have it, there will be melee training in 5 minutes. The rest of you that wish to cower below decks if the ship is attacked, feel free to head below now, to start it off." He grins. "Oh - and if you can strike this 'little child' before I strike you, there is 10 gold in it."
The next time a watch change is called. Malthas will hand the wheel over to a relief pilot, and announce to the crew "Those of you that think you have skill with the blade or the hammer, and those of you that wish to have it, there will be melee training in 5 minutes. The rest of you that wish to cower below decks if the ship is attacked, feel free to head below now, to start it off." He grins. "Oh - and if you can strike this 'little child' before I strike you, there is 10 gold in it."
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