Island Empire Part 2, Mermaid's Rest

[Erland]

Morwyn

"The older I get, the more I realize there are not really great men...just men that may good decisions in times of crisis. I think taking the fight to the enemy, as you say, can be a very good decision, depending on the situation. In this case, I feel it was not justified, we were outmanned and in this case, they were not our enemy. This was suppossed to be an information gathering mission not a mission to make our presence known. We were here under Degrasses' guises and now whomever is holding Allois is much more likely to know we are here and what our intentions are. I feel you have hurt the chances of our mission with this one fight and I think in some cases what you may see as cowardice by running to fight another day is actually the wiser thing to ponder."

"Ahhh.... Perhaps I know something you didn't. This man Pelgarth is our enemy. According to the wench, he ordered her to take food to Allois. From her information, Finn, DeGrasse, and I were able to deduce that the ship Rook and I scouted is the 'Fare and that Allois is alive and held aboard her. I didn't expect to take Pel alive, but am very glad he's dead since I felt we'd have to fight him sooner or later. Here, at least, he didn't have whatever necromantic ally we'll have to face to free Allois. I apologize for not sharing this with you earlier.

I disagree that we were outmanned; as I said, it was just bad luck Finn was killed, and that sort of bad luck could occur in any combat. Furthermore, I fear that our foe already knows of our presence and mission; the Shadow attack wasn't mere coincidence.

Thank you for your honesty."

Returning to Marienna, "Go ahead and bring Finn back. Both Radoon and Rook feel it's the best course, and I don't disagree.

We'll have to bring the wench with us, on the off chance that our foe isn't aware of our intentions. We'll have to be prepared to move quickly, but we do have to rest first."

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Rook

"Since we've reached concensus, might I suggest we use the potion and move ourselves back to the 'Sheet? I've got some serious sleep to catch up on, and I've been away from my athame longer than I like."

 

[Erland]

Morwyn

"While we wait for Finn's revivication, we should search the bodies for anything that might prove useful. I strongly believe that the shaman's dagger was enchanted."

I'll put words to action and begin searching the bodies.

Once we finish with the search, I'll decapitate Pelgarth and mount the head on my dagger. It's gruesome, but I hope that it will break the spirit of any remaining opposition. OOC: I want to provide one of the other characters with as large an intimidate bonus as possible.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Rook

Rook will join in the search for weapons, valuables, or information.

 

[Scotley]

Life...

Marienna takes a moment to put Finn's body into a more natural position and then carefully unstoppers the vial. A wisp of blueish smoke comes from the bottle as she drips a small amount onto the worst of Finn's wounds. The blueish smoke covers them and an audible hissing can be heard. She puts a hand under his head raising it slightly and puts the vial to his lips. Using great care she pours a generous daught down his throat and for good measure lets the last tiny wisps of smoke from the bottle flow into this nostrils. Soon the fallen man is covered in the glowing blue smoke. With an agonizing slowness Finn's chest rises and falls once, twice, a third time and then in a more or less normal rhythm. His open vacant eyes flutter and close. He lies still for a few minutes in sleep rather than death and finally, with a start he is awake.

Ripping your eyes from the scene of the revivication, a search of is hastely conducted. A total of 200 sp and 300 gp is found on the various fallen and in the tip jar on the bar. Behind the bar are 2 crossbows of an ordinary sort with half a dozen bolts, as many as two cases of good booze and wine remain unopened, a wand of some sort on Pelgarth who is dressed in sharkskin armor under his furs, his magical hunting knife, a couple of scrolls and a few gems worth perhaps 1000 gp. Other items of interest in the room include a masterwork flail, a warhammer, a hand crossbow with 7 bolts, 6 ordinary daggers, an ordinary trident, the bastard sword in Rook's hand, a ring, 3 potions and the chain and hunting knife that were used to summon the big pig, four large greatclubs and a dozen large javelins.

The pathway to the entry is now clear of people and you can make your way back to the cloak room at the entry without incident if you so choose.

Actions?

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Rook

Rook will take the gems/jewelry and the money from the tip jar. He'll also hold on to the bastard sword in case of trouble on the way back to the ship, and will snag two of the loose daggers.

"Tending bar pays well here. Maybe when I retire . . . Captain, it's your call. My vote is we make for the 'Sheet. We can decide what to do with the spoils there."

 

[Erland]

Morwyn

Ripping your eyes from the scene of the revivication, a search of is hastely conducted. A total of 200 sp and 300 gp is found on the various fallen and in the tip jar on the bar. Behind the bar are 2 crossbows of an ordinary sort with half a dozen bolts, as many as two cases of good booze and wine remain unopened, a wand of some sort on Pelgarth who is dressed in sharkskin armor under his furs, his magical hunting knife, a couple of scrolls and a few gems worth perhaps 1000 gp. Other items of interest in the room include a masterwork flail, a warhammer, a hand crossbow with 7 bolts, 6 ordinary daggers, an ordinary trident, the bastard sword in Rook's hand, a ring, 3 potions and the chain and hunting knife that were used to summon the big pig, four large greatclubs and a dozen large javelins.

We'll take the cash, gems, flail, and hand crossbow, along with the sharkskin armor, magical hunting knife, scrolls, ring, potions, and the chain and hunting knife. Rook and Radoon can sort out the ordinary daggers.

I'll also take as much of the booze as will fit in the bag of holding. This should help appease the crew, since they couldn't take part in the "fun".

I'll prepare a note to the gentleman who identified the items previously:

Four definite consultations, three possibles.  
Same ship as yesterday.  Same rates?  
Awaiting your convenience.

On the way back to the 'Sheet, I'll look for someone to deliver the message.

 

[mleibrock]

Radoon

Post fight, As M. revives Finn, Radoon will gather all the daggers he finds. Hopefully he can find all of his previous daggers and possibly some new ones? Once she and he have finished, he will go to M, and hold each of her upper arms in each of his hands, and look intently at her, "Nice job on Finn. Are you OK, that was quite the fight. I usually feel energized after a fight like that but right now I really just want my bed on the sheet. I really hope we can get out of here without another encounter. Ready to go?"

 

[Scotley]

Post fight, As M. revives Finn, Radoon will gather all the daggers he finds. Hopefully he can find all of his previous daggers and possibly some new ones? Once she and he have finished, he will go to M, and hold each of her upper arms in each of his hands, and look intently at her, "Nice job on Finn. Are you OK, that was quite the fight. I usually feel energized after a fight like that but right now I really just want my bed on the sheet. I really hope we can get out of here without another encounter. Ready to go?"

Radoon gathers up 4 daggers that are still functional in addition to the ones he had in hand and the two taken up by Rook. A couple of others have been bent up or lost. Marienna feels heavy in his hands and she is clearly exhausted by the evening. "I'm wiped out. I can't wait to get out of here. With any luck at all we can get clear of this place without another fight." She leans on him a moment and then takes up her spear. "Let's be on our way."

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Rook

Rook will 'take point' on the way out, keeping far enough ahead of the party to scout undetected and to provide them warning should we come on any potentially dangerous encounters.

For GM Only:

[sblock]OOC:

As soon as feasible, Rook will Hide in Shadows (1d20+19=28) and Move Silently (1d20+17=21). Whew - good thing I've got those bonuses![/sblock]