Who wants to be a Wayfinder? Part 1

[jkason]

You quickly make your way back across the cargo hold towards the double doors at the exit. You notice that there are a few more fish swimming through the hold now, perhaps attracted by the disturbance your fighting has caused. You pass by the other closed doors and make your way upstairs to the hatch leading out. You are about to exit the ship when Midian receives another growing feeling of apprehension from Seeqir. Carefully looking up and around, you immediately see the cause of his concern. A massive school of hammerhead sharks cruise slowly above the ship. You can see dozens of individuals, and more shadows farther out in the darkness. They don't seem to be unduly interested in you yet, but it is a long swim back to the dive bell across open water...

Midian frowns. "I have a spell that can hold the attention of creatures, but certainly not this many. I knew I should have asked the waves to let me call on them to hide us; but no use dwelling on it.

"I can summon us a distraction or two, however. A water elemental might sweep up any sharks who approach us in its whirlpool, or I might be able to call several porpoises, who obviously know from shark-fighting.

"And we can make use of Seeqir's ink cloud, if necessary."

[sblock=OOC]You know, I even debated whether or not to have Midian prep Hide from Animals. Ah, well, that still only would have covered three of us. Summon Nature's Ally II can get us a small water elemental or up to 3 porpoises, and if he does that using the slot for Lesser Restoration, he'll still have Animal Trance if necessary and the aforementioned ink cloud from the squid.

Also, I wanted to check on how far away we are. I think I found the previous post that said we're 30 ft. from the ship. Is that correct? If I read the swim rules, then, it should take us two rounds to reach the bell if we use full round actions to do it?[/sblock]

 

[SelcSilverhand]

Also, I wanted to check on how far away we are. I think I found the previous post that said we're 30 ft. from the ship. Is that correct? If I read the swim rules, then, it should take us two rounds to reach the bell if we use full round actions to do it?

OOC - Aye, it's not that far to the diving bell. I should have phrased it better and said something more along the lines of "it feels like a long swim back across open water".

 

[Mista Collins]

"All of those ideas sound wonderful Midian. We might be able to wait a bit also." Seria says as she eyes the danger. "I am not sure how much longer we have until we can no longer breath water. Do we see if this school is just passing by or wants to stay? Either way, I don't like our situation."

 

[Shayuri]

"I suggest you summon enough porpoises for us all to hang onto," Whisper posits. "Then we let them swim us back to the bell. Even with us on, they should be a lot faster than we would be on our own."

 

[Bront]

"A small distraction should give us enough time." Johan says.

 

[jkason]

Midian Rightson, human druid

"I suggest you summon enough porpoises for us all to hang onto," Whisper posits. "Then we let them swim us back to the bell. Even with us on, they should be a lot faster than we would be on our own."

Midian bites his lower lip. "That seems reasonable, though I'm afraid calling for animals is sometimes ... capricious. I might call three, but I might also only call one. I guess, if we have enough to aid us, we should do so, and if not, we'll go with the distraction."

With that, Midian closes his eyes. He cocks his head to one side, as if sorting through something, then he lets out a soft series of clicks and whistles as he pulls out some of mistletoe. He waves it back and forth not unlike a fin or a tail, and the party notices that the water just behind them in the hatchway starts to bubble and swirl...

[sblock=OOC]Okay, swapping out Lesser Restoration for SNA II, going for the 1d3 of SNA 1 critters (porpoises). Can I use action die on that number of summoned critters to max it out? In any case, calling them inside the ship so we can either make a break for it ourselves or use them and Seeqir to speed the process, depending on how many we get.[/sblock]

 

[Bront]

OOC: In theory no on the action die, but it's up to the GM. Good call on the try though.

 

[SelcSilverhand]

OOC - By the book, no it wouldn't since it only works on d20 rolls. However I think its a good plan and still in the spirit of what the rule was added for. Go for it!

 

[jkason]

Midian Rightson, human druid

OOC - By the book, no it wouldn't since it only works on d20 rolls. However I think its a good plan and still in the spirit of what the rule was added for. Go for it!

Midian's clicks and whistles are soon answered as, with a wave of slight pressure, the water is pushed aside for the appearance of a trio of porpoises. The druid smiles with relief.

"Everyone grab a dorsal," he says, pointing to the summoned creatures even as he mentally nudges Seeqir to come to him. Holding onto the squid, Midian says, "Let's make a break for it, shall we?"

[sblock=OOC]Hooray for action points. Since the spell can only call three, the extra 2 points are burned off, but since it looks like I only would have had one before, it's worth it if this works. Hopefully between the critters' natural swim speed and some kicking on the characters' parts, we can make it to the diving bell with a single move action and still be able to hop inside before the sharks can really notice us.[/sblock]

 

[Mista Collins]

Grabbing onto the porpoise's dorsal fin, Seria uses he legs to steady herself with small kicks as she is pulled towards the diving bell.