Erekose's Savage Tide - Act 1: There is No Honour

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Aha, Vark is in a good place to take some blasts)

*A plume of roiling energy surrounds Alix's body like an aura of flame, as Eldritch power bursts from his hand towards Vark--he's actually able to control it so far, and it hasn't gone after his allies!*

(OOC: Attacking Vark!)

"Soller Vark, you are under arrest for piracy, conspiracy to piracy, extortion, grand theft maritime, abuse of office, corruption, graft, smuggling, trafficking in illegal goods, and being extremely ugly. Please have yourself and your crew drop your weapons and come in peacefully. It will be easier for everyone that way."

 

[Manzanita]

In an almost unconsious reaction to the ensuing combat, Julian begins to sing. The words are from an old elvish epic poem, describing heroic action against Flan invaders eons ago, but the tune is from a currently popular dance song many present have heard in taverns. Julian put to words to the music on his last voyage. (OOC: Inspire Courage - standard action)

He also moves down behind T6, trying to distract him and give Tereg a combat edge.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Mmmm, delicious flan! Starting when the song begins, Alix gains a rather large boost compared to his low damage output and to-hit, to a total of +4 to Hit and 1d6+1 Damage)

 

[Velmont]

Jerrel will stab and bash the opponents in front of him before doing a step back and to clause toward Nathan and Julian. "I'm not complaining, but a little help would not be too bad."

 

[Ayden]

While the rapier's blade had not cut him deeply, the long gash on his arm made concentrating on loading the crossbow a challenge. Locking the bolt in place as the longshoreman requested that he and Julian begin assisting them sooner rather than later.

"Working on it..."

Bringing the crossbow up, Nathan took aim at one of the approaching brigands and released the bolt.

[sblock=OOC]Firing at T2 and keeping my fingers crossed.[/sblock]

 

[Erekose13]

[Round 2]

Alix launches an eldritch blast at Vark while arresting him. The blast slams into Vark who ignores it as he continues towards the melee.

Jerrell stabs and bashes but unfortunately misses with both his rapier and his shield. He steps back towards his allies.

The thug (T6) beside Tereg looks around and finds himself cut off from his allies and cut and bleeding. He quickly fakes left and throws himself over board trying to look like Tereg has hit him.

The thug (T5) next to Jerrell misses horribly, however the other thug (T3) manages to stab beneath Jerrell's swinging shield straight under his arm and into his chest! Jerrell's grasp on his rapier slackens as he drops to his knees on the deck, blood pouring out of the hole in his jerkin.

The thug (T2) nearest to Nathan runs around the grate to attack him, narrowly missing. Had he a straight line to charge, Nathan would've been skewered.

The thug (T7) with the crossbow misfires sending the bolt off in a completely random direction.

Tereg draws his crossbow and quickly loads and fires it at Jerrell's ex-opponent. The bolt hits with a solid thunk in the thug's upper leg.

Nathan takes a step away from his opponent and fires another shot. The bolt hits the thug in the arm.

Vark says "Ha! We're not the ones who are failing at boarding." in reply to Alix's speech. He then charges towards Julian and Tereg. He has to avoid his crew mates on his way past and is unable to charge into combat this round. He is however standing directly infront of the two.

~action paused~

Julian would start singing now, but you can change your action if you prefer.

[sblock=ooc]Damage recap:
Alix
Jerrell -2/13 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
Tereg
Nathan 7/10
Julian
T1 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
T2 - 6 dmg
T3 - 4 dmg
T4 - unconscious and bleeding on the deck
T5 - fine
T6 - 2 dmg, fled
T7 - fine
Vark - 2 dmg[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Wait, Alix hit Vark but Vark took no damage? So he has SR?)

 

[Erekose13]

(ooc: sorry forgot that one when I was going through doing my damage recap. Fixed)

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Ok cool!)

"Ha, you've lost 3 of 8 and we only 1 of 4. Plus we have healing and you don't. Who's losing now? Besides, I think you lost due to fashion faux pas alone. And that tattoo is horrible. It looks like the kind of think you would find after you woke up with a hangover in bed with another man. Tell me Vark, was his name Robert?"

(OOC: Alix will go for one of the guys previously in melee with Jerrell or that other guy in the back if reachable, since they aren't in melee now, song or no song. Though song is good if applicable. He'll shoot the most damaged guys first, since he knows his attack is accurate but not very damaging, so it is best used to finished injured foes)

 

[Manzanita]

OOC: Julian will start singing to inspire courage. He's got to get that started. If I could think of anything useful to do with his move action, I would. Perhaps take a 5 foot step back & draw his dagger.