Island Empire - A Warlock Alone Part2

[Scotley]

A chill is in the air as you move further north. More ice is spotted during the morning's journey. The lizard and toad people among the crew are starting to feel the effects of the cold. Even heavily bundled they are sluggish and have to keep moving to stay warm. They look pale and haggard already and the worst of the cold is still days away.

 

[J. Alexander]

To the North

Seeing this Michael becomes alarmed as much of their sailing strenght and their combat numbers come from the toad and lizard men....As there are now sufficent humans to man the ship Micahel will order those affected by the cold below and give orders for the extra blankets to be broken into to be hung in the cabins and doorways to prevent drafts...as he makes this segeration Michale will pass the word to the officers and non coms as to the reasons why it is being made.."Just like we do not funtion at our peak in extreme heat and humidity...our crew members do not fuction well in the cold....by taking these actions we prevent accidents to both ship and crew as well as giving us a solid reliable combat basi when it is needed...

 

[Scotley]

OOC: You seem bound and determined to spoil all my fun. How about a d20 roll?

 

[J. Alexander]

Yep Yep

how about a solid 15

 

[Scotley]

The Retribution surges on for a day and a night without incident. The winds are favorable and the little ship makes good time. Nac'Losin begins her rituals. The next morning ominous clouds are sighted rolling in from the southwest.

OOC: Another roll?

 

[J. Alexander]

To the North

"Lets keep an eye out for foul weather gentlmen.....and please post an lookout on the port,staboard, bow and stern to watch for sea level hazads as well as an extra look out in the masts...Michael says..

13

 

[Scotley]

The feared storm doesn't materialize. The weather here is unpredictable and rapidly changing. The clouds blow away and the Retribution gets another day's smooth sailing before a cold drizzle starts just after midnight. The temperature drops and by morning there is some ice on the rigging, but the sun comes out and clears it away by noon. Nac'Losin feels in her bones that you are in for another cold night.

OOC: Care to roll again?

 

[J. Alexander]

MIchael will then give orders for the heat pots (small braziers made of cermaic with heated stones that give off warmth equal to three normal brazier withouht that danger of fire (magical)that he purchased in the Northern Capital unpacked. As there on onley 15 of these items...he puts two in each of the large crew areas.....one for the Priestess (9) three around the deck at various warming stations..the other three he keeps in reserve.

"He then orders all crew to take a bath to clean it...as it may be some time before it can be done as well as all the laundry etc....if bad weather hits there willb e no time for that...(this is to be done in the large baths that were constructed whne in Bornholm.)

He also adivses that everyone take the opportuinity to dry out anything that may be damp and and repack it. Michale himself willl help by moving thru the ship with his clean and dry cantrip and using it liberially...so as to be seen as a working Captain )

9 for the next roll

 

[Scotley]

There is perhaps some initial grumbling at all this extra work, but once everybody is clean and warm with the gear dry and repacked the ship is a bit roomier since the crew can take advantage of spaces formerly used for perishables that have since been consumed. The mood improves at all this, though it takes a full rotation of watches to complete the efforts. The heat pots help with the night's bitter chill. This is the coldest night yet and Nac'Losin finds herself treating the men from the highest lookouts for frostbite. On deck where men can move around the cold is tolerable, but in the cramped lookout stations men are forced to stay perched in one spot for some time with no shelter at all.

 

[J. Alexander]

During the next day Michael will order the the watches in the crows nest be cut in half so as to cut down on any incidents...also he orders that watches be cut by 1/3 to reduce the exposure time of all...timetable will be ajduest accordinlgy so that multiple watches may overlap to provide sufficent manpower...