Who wants to be a Wayfinder? Part 1

[Mista Collins]

Grabbing her crossbow from her hip, she lifts it and pulls the trigger aimed at one of the pirate grapplers.

[sblock=ooc]1d20+6=26 to hit (natural 20). 1d20+6=13 to confirm (probably not)

Damage: 1d8=4 + 1d8=5[/sblock]

 

[Bront]

Johan charges one of the pirates, sword and shield in hand.

"cut the rope, and we should be able to pull away," Johan shouts.

 

[Shayuri]

Whisper hurriedly backs away from the boarding teams and casts a spell to help protect herself!

(Casting Shield on self for the +4 to AC...)

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Johan moves down the stairs and across the deck to where the first pirates are beginning to leap aboard. The entire deck shudders as the two ships bump against one another. One of the pirates leaps across the gap between the ships and lands next to Johan. Johan lifts his sword at the last moment and impales the man as he lands. Johan wrenches his sword free and readies himself for the next attack. Two more pirates leap aboard and are set upon by the sailors. The sound of steel striking steel rings loudly across the ship. Seria's bolt strikes the Grappler who is pulling the two ships together. The man screams as it punches into his shoulder, but he maintains his hold on the rope. A pirate moves up behind him and secures the free end of the rope around the damaged mast. As the waves roll the two ships and strains the rope, you hear another loud retort as the crack widens, moving farther up the mast.

[SBLOCK]

    ||      ||
   |  |    |  |
  |    |  | X  |
 |    PG||P     |
 |    P ||X 0   |
 |     P|| X    |
 |  0P-[COLOR=RED]G[/COLOR]-*J     |
 |     P||X   X |
 |      ||P     |
 |    P[COLOR=RED]#[/COLOR]||X 0   |
 |     P||X     |
 |______||_____H|
 |  P  P||WMFX  |
  |    |  |    |
   |  |    |S |
    ||      ||

S : Seria
J : Johan
M : Midian
W : Whisper
F : Captain Fairwright
X : Sailor
P : Pirate


H : Stairs
* : Grappling Hook
0 : Mast
# : Fire

OOC
Johan AoO (1d20+8=27, 1d8+3=8)
Johan AoO crit confirm (1d20+8=23, 1d8+3=7)
[/SBLOCK]

EDIT: Go ahead and roll initiatives now

 

[jkason]

Midian Rightson, human druid

As the pirates start to board, the wriggling air on their own deck is suddenly filled with spiders, which immediately begin to swarm over the invaders still yet to cross over. Hoping his distraction is enough, and reticent to call on more of nature's favors with another, undamaged ship just out of range, Midian draws his shortbow as he steps back and to the side, letting loose an arrow at the closest pirate.

[sblock=OOC]Midian Initiative: 19. Also, since they appear on his turn, the spiders have the same initiative, I believe. Since they'd naturally be wary of fire, I'd assume they'd move to the pirates by the rope, since the deck's burning in the other direction. If they swarm over the pirates before they act, anyone in their area has to make a DC 11 Fort save vs. nausea.

Spider damage: 1, initial poison -3 Str, secondary -1 Str. poison is a Fort DC 11 save.

Midian Shortbow: attack 21, damage 3[/sblock]

 

[Bront]

OOC: Johan Init (1d20+1=10)

Johan attacks (1d20+8=9, 1d8+3=6), but the shift of the sea throws his attack off.

OOC: Ouch, bad miss.

 

[Mista Collins]

OOC: Seria's Init (1d20+3=4)

Slow to reload her crossbow, she eventually does and fires another bolt at the same pirate and strikes him again.

OOC: Seria's attack (1d20+6=20; 1d8=5)

 

[Shayuri]

Init 9 http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1395856
Magic Missile damage 9 http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1395885

Whisper glides back even more and fires a pair of arcane bolts at the pirate manning the grapple line.

"Cut the rope!" she yells. "Concentrate fire on their archers and the ones trying to cross and cut the line!"

 

[SelcSilverhand]

The sound of steel striking steel rings across the deck as the sailors and pirates begin trading blows. Midian completes his spell and watches as thousands of tiny spiders seemingly crawl out of cracks in the wood and out from under ropes and barrels. They swarm all over the two men holding the heavy rope. The bare chested warrior who threw the grappling hook swats ineffectively at the biting insects. He draws his scimitar and bellows as he prepares to leap over the railing onto your ship. He is struck while balancing on the rail by Whispers bolts of energy and he topples overboard. Midian raises his shortbow and sights in a pirate on the upper deck across from him and puts an arrow into his stomach. The second pirate who tied off the line to the mast retches and shrieks in an un-manly way as the spiders crawl up and over his face. He moves unsteadily across the deck towards the opposite side trying to escape the swarm. Seria's quarrel strikes his leg, slowing his retreat. The sailors have their hands full trying to hold back the pirates leaping aboard. The first set of pirates move away from the railing, allowing two of their comrades to make the crossing. The last grappler hurls his hook across and hooks onto the railing of your ship. He shouts triumphantly and begins tying the line to a ring set in the deck. The pirate Midian hit staggers for a moment, gripping the arrow with one hand and pulling it free. He then picks up a short spear and hurls it across the short distance between the ships. It scrapes along his ribs, coming close to piercing something vital.





[SBLOCK]

    ||      ||
   |  |    |  |
  |    |  |[COLOR=RED]P[/COLOR]X  |
 |    PG[COLOR=sienna]-[/COLOR]*P     |
 |      ||X 0   |
 |     P|| X    |
 |  0[COLOR=sienna]----[/COLOR]*J     |
 |  [COLOR=Red]P[/COLOR]  P||X   X |
 |      ||PP    |
 |     [COLOR=RED]#[/COLOR]||X 0   |
 |     P||X     |
 |______||_____H|
 |  P  [COLOR=RED]P[/COLOR]||WMFX  |
  |    |  |    |
   |  |    |S |
    ||      ||

S : Seria
J : Johan
M : Midian
W : Whisper
F : Captain Fairwright
X : Sailor
P : Pirate


H : Stairs
* : Grappling Hook
0 : Mast
# : Fire

Brown lines represent rope, Red "P"'s are injured pirates.
The spiders currently are in the two squares to the right of the ships mast.

[/SBLOCK]

 

[Bront]

Johan swats at the rope (1d20+8=13, 1d8+3=5) to cut off the hook by him