Island Empire Part 2, Mermaid's Rest

[Scotley]

OOC: a hundred exp to the character of the player who can link to the original posts describing the place where the ships are. I fear it may have been during the parts that we lost back in the spring.

Anyway, there is a small area of the 'Rest that is surrounded by a floating wall. Net's and killer undead fish are below. Inside the wall is a floating dry dock. The wall is 12' high if I remember correctly. It should not prove that hard to bypass, but I did want to know what you plan. The ships are out of the water and partly dismantled with men working around them.

 

[mleibrock]

Radoon - Mariner/Fighter/Master Thrower

"Want to go see if we can get hired on as artisans to get a better look inside? I think it may be worth a shot before we try a frontal assault."

 

[SirCaith]

Finn Hunter

OOC: The first mention of the walled enclaves is here http://enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2372518&postcount=962 in the first thread. There are some more descriptions a few posts later. Additional descriptions from Morwyn's underwater excursion are here http://enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2526244&postcount=46

 

[Scotley]

OOC: and we have a winner! Thanks man.

 

[SirCaith]

Finn Hunter

OOC: Diligence is its own reward, but those 100 xp may come in handy later. Thanks!!


Finn weighs in on the issue at hand. "Captain, I'm all for rescuing young Master Marin, but I also don't fancy sticking my head into another trap that yon necromancer might have set for us. We need to know what sort of wards and guards they have set to protect themselves. You yourself said they had some sort of guard underwater that made your hackles rise, and if what we saw last night is any assurance, it would be one of those rotten barracudas or something similar. Do we have anyone in the crew with priestly powers sufficient to drive off such beasts as we have seen since coming to this cursed pile of flotsam that men call Mermaid's Rest?"

"If not, than we need information and scouts to get us over, under, or through that wall to the prize. Mister Rook has volunteered, and I have some experience in such matters from when I was a lad. Give us a chance to grease the way and give us a better chance of success. I owe those magisters for my encounter with a large pig last night, and do not desire to be letting them off the hook from it. But neither do I desire for any of us to be turned into fishbait while I'm paying off my debt."

 

[mleibrock]

Radoon

"Maybe a two-pronged attempt might be what is called for, in addition, it will give us as many people on the inside as possible in case something goes wrong.

Rook and whomever would like to go with him, can try entering secretly, I and whomever can try and get hired on as artisans.

Capt? Thoughts?"

 

[Erland]

Morwyn

"I don't like dividing the party any more than we absolutely have to. We don't have time to try to hire on as artisans - they could be killing the prisioners as we speak.

Finn, I don't like charging in to a trap either, but like even less the idea of one or two of us charging in to the trap while the rest wait. If you and Rook insist on going in alone, I have a potion which will allow us some communication, at least.

Whatever we're going to do, we have to do now."

 

[Scotley]

OOC: Okay gang, I hope everyone had a nice holiday. I should be back to regular posting now. I'd like to get things moving again. The ball is pretty much in your court. I hope to introduce a new player shortly...

 

[Scotley]

A visitor.

Thomas River interrupts the meeting. "Begging your pardon, but there is a rather dapper looking Gnome out here to see you. Says his name is Nurl Whiskerling and that Captain Marin sent him."

 

[mleibrock]

Radoon

OCC - who is Thomas River?

Radoon will look to the capt and back to Thomas, "Show him in."