Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!
Community
Playing the Game
Play by Post
Redbadge's Solo Skull and Shackles (IC)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Redbadge" data-source="post: 5977433" data-attributes="member: 61463"><p><em>Wealday, 18 Desnus, 4712 AR (07:06:01)</em></p><p> <em>Main Deck, The Wormwood</em>, <em>Jeopardy Bay, 10 Miles Offshore from Port Peril, The Shackles, Garund, Inner Sea Region, Golario</em>n</p><p> </p><p>Rosie nears the top... and victory. But you never gave up, and a surge of strength and agility powers you through a series of quick pulls to grab the crow's nest moments before the halfling.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Red"><strong><em><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Olive"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Orange"><span style="color: Magenta">"It's the Fish-man, sir!"</span></span></span></span></span></em></strong></span></span></span> screams Patch while she jumps up and down in the nest excitedly. You hear a roar of approval from those back on deck, followed shortly by a slow, melodramatic applause. Looking down, you see that it is Mister Plug who is clapping.</p><p></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"Well done, Fish-man! Well done." </span></span></span></strong></em>As you all cautiously climb back down to the deck <span style="color: Gray">(OOC: take 10)<span style="color: White">, Mister Plugg continues, while Master Scourge looks on venomously, </span></span><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"I can see that I'll need to keep an eye on you. You're a rigger, and you report directly to me for your duties." </span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He motions to Rosie, </span></span></span><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"We might need two. Yer a rigger too."</span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></strong></em></p><p><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Scourge continues to scowl, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Red"><strong><em><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Olive"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Orange">"Don't think this relieves ye of yer lashes. Ye'll report on deck at the 'Bloody Hour', just afore yer evenin' meal." </span></span></span></span></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The master-at-arms turns to Marina and Elias, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: Red"><strong><em><span style="color: Sienna"><span style="color: Olive"><span style="color: DarkRed"><span style="color: Orange">"Ye, and ye, go down and clean up the mess the Fish-man made in the lower hold!" </span></span></span></span></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">With that Scourge turns and starts doling out responsibilities to his new swabs.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Plugg begins giving you and Rosie your duties, addressing the halfling first, </span></span></span><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"You, monkey woman, we'll start you on rope work. You'll handle the ship’s ropes, including coiling them, stowing them, and securing them to cleats and single and double bollards, as needed." </span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Plugg motions to a pile of ropes. Rosie Cusswell, who normally lives up to her name quite well, looks defiant only for a moment before resigning herself to her task.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The mate then turns to you, pausing to think for a second before continuing with a twisted, amused look on his face, </span></span></span><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"A busy swab is a tired swab, I always say, and tired swabs don't cause trouble. First, you have some rigging to repair," </span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">he motions to where the weight of all the climbers (the half-giant in particular) has clearly damaged the rigging. </span></span></span><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"After that... well..." </span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He looks uncertainly at your skinny build before continuing, </span></span></span><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"I hope you can cook, even if you don't appear to eat. Our cook has a problem with the drink, and the captain is tired of eating rubbish. After you finish with the rigging, you'll report to Fishguts Kroop in the galley." </span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He begins to laugh, </span></span></span><em><strong><span style="color: DarkOrchid"><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"There's a thought, Fishguts and Fishman working together to fix up the fish." </span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">He turns and walks away, still laughing, and leaving you to your duties.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">[sblock=Reward]<span style="color: PaleGreen">+100 XP<span style="color: White">[/sblock]</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: White"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redbadge, post: 5977433, member: 61463"] [I]Wealday, 18 Desnus, 4712 AR (07:06:01)[/I] [I]Main Deck, The Wormwood[/I], [I]Jeopardy Bay, 10 Miles Offshore from Port Peril, The Shackles, Garund, Inner Sea Region, Golario[/I]n Rosie nears the top... and victory. But you never gave up, and a surge of strength and agility powers you through a series of quick pulls to grab the crow's nest moments before the halfling. [FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=Red][B][I][COLOR=Sienna][COLOR=Olive][COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Orange][COLOR=Magenta]"It's the Fish-man, sir!"[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/I][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] screams Patch while she jumps up and down in the nest excitedly. You hear a roar of approval from those back on deck, followed shortly by a slow, melodramatic applause. Looking down, you see that it is Mister Plug who is clapping. [I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"Well done, Fish-man! Well done." [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I]As you all cautiously climb back down to the deck [COLOR=Gray](OOC: take 10)[COLOR=White], Mister Plugg continues, while Master Scourge looks on venomously, [/COLOR][/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"I can see that I'll need to keep an eye on you. You're a rigger, and you report directly to me for your duties." [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]He motions to Rosie, [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"We might need two. Yer a rigger too." [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]Scourge continues to scowl, [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=Red][B][I][COLOR=Sienna][COLOR=Olive][COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Orange]"Don't think this relieves ye of yer lashes. Ye'll report on deck at the 'Bloody Hour', just afore yer evenin' meal." [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/I][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]The master-at-arms turns to Marina and Elias, [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=Red][B][I][COLOR=Sienna][COLOR=Olive][COLOR=DarkRed][COLOR=Orange]"Ye, and ye, go down and clean up the mess the Fish-man made in the lower hold!" [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/I][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]With that Scourge turns and starts doling out responsibilities to his new swabs. Plugg begins giving you and Rosie your duties, addressing the halfling first, [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"You, monkey woman, we'll start you on rope work. You'll handle the ship’s ropes, including coiling them, stowing them, and securing them to cleats and single and double bollards, as needed." [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]Plugg motions to a pile of ropes. Rosie Cusswell, who normally lives up to her name quite well, looks defiant only for a moment before resigning herself to her task. The mate then turns to you, pausing to think for a second before continuing with a twisted, amused look on his face, [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"A busy swab is a tired swab, I always say, and tired swabs don't cause trouble. First, you have some rigging to repair," [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]he motions to where the weight of all the climbers (the half-giant in particular) has clearly damaged the rigging. [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"After that... well..." [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]He looks uncertainly at your skinny build before continuing, [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"I hope you can cook, even if you don't appear to eat. Our cook has a problem with the drink, and the captain is tired of eating rubbish. After you finish with the rigging, you'll report to Fishguts Kroop in the galley." [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]He begins to laugh, [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR][I][B][COLOR=DarkOrchid][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3]"There's a thought, Fishguts and Fishman working together to fix up the fish." [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/I][COLOR=White][SIZE=2][FONT=Verdana]He turns and walks away, still laughing, and leaving you to your duties. [sblock=Reward][COLOR=PaleGreen]+100 XP[COLOR=White][/sblock][/COLOR][/COLOR] [/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Playing the Game
Play by Post
Redbadge's Solo Skull and Shackles (IC)
Top