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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9699416" data-attributes="member: 7030604">Session 3In the dank underbelly of the becalmed ghost ship, the crew of the 'Ship Happens' face off against a swarm of giant rats (and I mean "giant", these things are big, almost as though the GM reskinned the stat block for bears). The rats don't care for bright light and the crew use this to their advantage. They also lack Pack Tactics, because bears. Bash takes a lantern from the skeleton's quarters, illuminated by the flickering spirit trapped within. Slash crits with his warhammer and punches a hole through the bottom of the boat. Icy seawater begins to flood the lower hold.Cookie grabs the sack of onions needed in exchange for the last key. Oliveri (the giant octopus/ship's cook) hands it over, and offers to cook for the party. The skeletons do not appreciate his culinary genius, and he so rarely has guests with an actual stomach. The meal is delicious and provides temporary HP. Bash goes back for seconds. The party offer Oliveri a place on their crew, and he accepts (extra ship actions now available due to all those helpful tentacles!).The crew now have all three keys required to access Captain Bullhead's cabin. Upon a battered sea chest rests the barnacle-encrusted skull of a minotaur with mismatched gemstones for eyes. As the crew approach, the spectral apparition of Captain Bullhead manifests to repel boarders with a pair of ghostly cutlasses. Slash discovers the skull can be targeted directly, and is vulnerable to bludgeoning damage. Captain Bullhead charges across the deck and gets his horns stuck in the mast. Bash breaks the spirit lantern to release a will-o-wisp that immediately turns on the party. Captain Bullhead calls for his skeleton crew to join the battle, but by the time they haul their lazy bones on deck the heroes have already won.The ghost ship starts to sink in earnest. The crew grab all the treasure they can carry and disembark to their own vessel. The stones plucked from Captain Bullhead's skull are elemental gems (air & water)! The cutlasses are +1 swords that do psychic damage! The sea chest contains mundane plunder! With the crew of the 'Minotaur' dispatched to the sea floor, the ominous mist clears and the crew can continue their voyage!The crew finally reach Sceptre, a secluded pirate haven loosely governed by Pirate Queen Esmerelda and the League of Captains. As they disembark, Rhogar spots a trio of loansharks that he owes money to loitering on the waterfront. He spooks and runs, and the loansharks give chase. Corali shapeshifts into a second Rhogar to confound the ruffians. The loansharks catch up with fake Rhogar and go through 'his' pockets, seizing Corali's share of the gold from the 'Minotaur'. Corali deftly lifts the coin back out of their pockets as they turn to leave.All across town are posters promoting a boxing match between newcomer Smash and reigning champ Fuglyboy. Smash looks identical to both Slash & Bash, another identical half-orc fighter from their extensive family. Slash sets a calender reminder to attend the match and cheer Smash on.Gobblers restaurant is closed (a note in the window cites food hygiene violations), and Fishslice is in jail. The crew bribe the guards with several jars of artisanal chutney to speak with the prisoner. Fishslice protests his innocence and agrees to hand over his half of Blackheart's map if the crew clear his name and help re-open his restaurant. He produces a soiled key fom his prison pocket so the crew can search for clues.Inside Gobblers, Cookie investigates the pantry and discovers the fish is afflicted with some kind of death curse. Corali finds receipts directing the finger of blame to one Captain Gullpepper. The crew ask around and learn Captain Gullpepper has been trawling near the cursed island of Morto (named for the evil god of necromancy & secrets).The crew set out to catch Captain Gullpepper in the act. When they find him, his fishing boat is under attack by albino fishmen, twisted by their proximity to the cursed island. Dead men can't confess their sins, so the crew leap into action! Gullpepper's crew have barricaded themselves inside the wheelhouse. A net laden with sickly-looking tuna dangles from a crude crane mounted to the deck. A large shape circles the beleagured vessel, glimpsed beneath the churning waves. Leaping across, Cookie use the crane controls to swing the net like a wrecking ball, sweeping several fishmen back into the drink. Corali ushers the crew of the fishing boat onto the 'Ship Happens'. Cookie stays behind to cover their escape.Something large rams the ship, and the ragged fin of giant shark breaks the surface, a cackling sea hag astride its back. The hag brandishes a golden trident. The fishmen have Cookie cornered, prodding him toward the prow at spearpoint, where the giant shark circles hungrily. Cookie readies an item, then leaps into the shark's gaping maw! The rest of the crew watch in horror as their comrade is swallowed whole!As his mangled body slides down the shark's gullet, Cookie crushes the elemental sapphire in his fist, releasing an unruly air elemental into the fish's intestinal tract. A swirling vortex of howling wind lifts the shark out of the water, carries it high into the air, swelling like a balloon until it burst open like a piñata full of fish guts! The sea hag fish jockey shrieks as her mount explodes, releasing the golden trident (of Fish Command) as she is catapulted over the horizon. Cookie splashes down nearby and Bash pulls him out of the water.The crew escort Captain Gullpepper back to Sceptre, where he will hopefully trade cells with Fishslice for his multiple infractions on angling legislation, and rightly so. Those rules exist to protect the environment and should be respected, even if you are a pirate!TBC</blockquote>

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