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Message: <blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8283774" data-attributes="member: 11">I guess I'll do two a day until I catch up to the present.Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh pt II (Assault on the Sea Ghost)<table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Encounter # </th><th>Monsters (#)</th><th># of (N)PCs / Levels </th><th>CRs </th><th>Difficulty </th></tr><tr><td>19 </td><td>Bandits (6), First Mate (1), Deck Mage (1), Bosun (1), Captain (1)</td><td>4/3 </td><td>1/8, 1, 1, 1/2, 2</td><td>Deadly </td></tr></table>Notes: So this is an odd one because the entire "adventure" (or part thereof) was the assault on a pirate ship. The party was able to manage to all board before being spotted, but it was basically like, the other 3 PCs were in place and then the barbarian climbed aboard was immediately seen and the fight started. They did not fight all these foes at once but a lot of them were on one of the top decks when the fight started (captain and mage on poopdeck, Bosun and bandit on main deck, and one bandit on foredeck. . oh and one bandit in the crow's nest who was immediately taken out of it by a fog cloud - fired a few ineffectual crossbow bolts from up there when it dissipated and then surrendered). The others came up in subsequent rounds. However, what really made this combat deadly was that it was soon after it began that the barbarian realized his new magic great axe was a cursed berserkers axe! And he took out the party's own druid when he got too close. Luckily, the other PCs were clever enough to use the stuff on the deck, and arriving people ignorant of the barbarian killing machine let loose up top, to keep him directed at enemies and were able to heal the druid so he could rejoin the fight. In a final clever move, they arranged to be far from where the barbarian fought so rather than go after them, he chased a fleeing pirate below deck, finished him and then was far enough away for his rage to end and temporarily put aside the curse. In the end, they took the captain and two of the bandits prisoner. Oh, there were also two lizardfolk on board, but I ruled they only attacked if attacked, not having skin in the game. So they fled mid-battle and the PCs let them flee.</blockquote>

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