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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 5455212" data-attributes="member: 22260">Some days after the visit of the ice hurling giant, the Siren turns down a great river and made a scheduled stop in Dussleberg. After docking at the great city, the crew generously took their leave while instructing the party to watch the ship. Not all obeyed. Ghen-Uia, who did stay behind, took the opportunity to poke his shifter nose into pretty much everything. As it turns out, sounds not coming from the hold turned out to be the most interesting finding. The shifter would hear these—odd knockings in the hold--latter. After the crew returned minus a member, who did not arrive till morning. And the captain wasn’t least bit startled to see Buckthorn on his return that night, was he?Back to the noises. Investigation in the hold leads to Lucian hearing sounds in his head. A trick with Ghen’s “mother” leads the captain and another mate to calling out for “Old Petey”, hitherto unmentioned in the many days on the ship. Forge was having none of it. Back to the hold. Old Petey shows his mad wraith self, the captain leaps down to the lower deck and suddenly looks like Lucian, and its on! The old crew (well, except one) has been killed and replaced by doppelgangers and their ghost pirate buddy. Forge and Ghen fight the wraith in the hold, while Lucian gets shot by Buckthorn, just about mortally wounded in one blow by the doppelganger that took his place, healed by Ghen, and then knocked another of the doppelgangers into the sea to get his revenge. (not all the fight is reposted here...)The captain has just drops into the hold…first taking the form of Ghen and then Forge, greatly injuring each. Meanwhile, the Wraith heads up top, and with the other Lucians (including the one that climbs back on the ship) proceeds to torment the real Lucian. The rogue blinds and trips, but is finally driving him to jump off the ship himself. Buckthorn stays in between, shooting suspect Lucians and eventually the actual Forge (who he misses), after Forge is clawed by Ghen's "Mother". Eventually, the dwarf is dropped by the captain. It looks bad...Ghen revives the dwarf! Then bravely strides to the top deck, and is dropped himself. Even as the Ghost returns to the hold to finally finish the dwarf off, Lucian climbs back aboard, and the one normal sailor joins the fight...Forge, you finally bring down the captain, revealing his non-human nature as he drops, and hit the ghost in the process. Somehow the Lucian survives. You let the ghost drive you up the stairs. Why not?Lucian, calling on every resources at his disposal to resist a wave of incredibly bad luck, including maybe someone called the lady of pain, finishes off his doppelganger—leaving a strange gray corpse behind—and in the same move shifts over to the shaman. Ghen, a horrible gnome made poison is poured down your throat by the rogue. You knew not to trust them. Mother told you. It of course brings you back to consciousness, allowing you heal everyone with divine power, especially Forge. Buckhthorn, a couple of more arrows, and a third grayish rubbery skin thing is revealed. Mad Wraith Pirate Ghost: has one last bit of fun as he floats up to the lower deck and compels Forge to take a big chunk out of Ghen (19 on the vs will attack|they really are out to get you shifter!). Ghen is just about dropped again (1 hp left). But the Wraith realizes that the gig is up, and fades back into the shadowy Nearworld, gibbering all the way. Its you, that sailor, and this ship.</blockquote>

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