Way of the Wicked [GM's Battle Book]

[lostsole31]

R11T19.3: Scathe sheaths his sword and grabs his crossbow.

R11T19.2: Some more sailors (not shown) file on deck. Red and Blue stay belowdecks from wounds, but are ready with bows if needed.

R11T17-11: Flash of pale light off starboard beam underwater, and more watery disturbance.

End Round 11, Begin Round 12 ...

R12T19.7: Leonidas, no visible enemies, and only one watery disturbance off the starboard beam. You still hear the faint sounds of singing from underwater. What do you do?

Ved on deck, Saiden in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 19.7. Spell component pouch worn. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Ved: 19.5. Bow in hand. SCP and quiver worn. Wrath vs. enemy spellcaster til R19T19.5 (+1 morale attk/ dmg rolls & CL checks vs. SR).
* Destruction judgment (+2 damage rolls).
Saiden: 19.4. At hammock. Short sword sheathed and belted.
Scathe: 19.3. Sword sheathed. Shield readied, unloaded crossbow in other hand. Case of bolts not picked up or attached. At hammock.
Sailors: 19.2.
* Red-Sailor has (10:28). Short sword lost to the depths. Bow and quiver.
* Blue-Sailor (11:28). Short sword lost to depths. Bow and quiver.
* Sailors have bow in hand and quivers secured.
Brown-T (f): 18. (-2:33). Loaded, 9 bolts. DYING!!!
Kel: 17. Blur til R47T17 (20% miss chance).
Green-T (f): 14. (-11:33). DYING!!!
Captain Odenkirk: 12. Greataxe in hand. RAGING! Powerful stance & superstition. RS. Rounds of breath: 28.
Nerianus: 11. Sanctuary. Divine favor til R14T11 (+1 luck attack/ damage). Inspire courage! Wintry touch on hand.
* Slipstream for 40 min (+20' swim speed). Heroism (+2 attack rolls, saving throws, & skill checks).
Yellow-T: 9. (-6:33). DYING!!!

OOC
Purple-T (m): 19. (32:33, 39 NL). KO'D!!!

DEAD
Imogen/ Kyr. Dolphins (2).

[lostsole31]

R12T19.7: Leonidas jumps for joy over the successful attack. “Wahoo! Did you see that, ya’crusty barnacle Ved!?! Take that, fish face!”

He then moves starboard closer to the disturbance.

R12T19.5: Ved delays ...

R12T19.4: Saiden grabs her spell component pouch and belts it.

R12T19.3: Scathe, you have shield readied in one hand and an unloaded crossbow in another. Sword is sheathed. What do you do?

Frosthamar sailors delaying ... Waterborne combatants on deck and in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 19.7. Spell component pouch worn. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Ved: 19.5. Bow in hand. SCP and quiver worn. Wrath vs. enemy spellcaster til R19T19.5 (+1 morale attk/ dmg rolls & CL checks vs. SR). DELAYING!!!
* Destruction judgment (+2 damage rolls).
Saiden: 19.4. At hammock. Short sword sheathed and belted.
Scathe: 19.3. Sword sheathed. Shield readied, unloaded crossbow in other hand. Case of bolts not picked up or attached. At hammock.
Sailors: 19.2.
* Red-Sailor has (10:28). Short sword lost to the depths. Bow and quiver.
* Blue-Sailor (11:28). Short sword lost to depths. Bow and quiver.
* Sailors have bow in hand and quivers secured.
Brown-T (f): 18. (-2:33). Loaded, 9 bolts. DYING!!!
Kel: 17. Blur til R47T17 (20% miss chance).
Green-T (f): 14. (-11:33). DYING!!!
Captain Odenkirk: 12. Greataxe in hand. RAGING! Powerful stance & superstition. RS. Rounds of breath: 28.
Nerianus: 11. Sanctuary. Divine favor til R14T11 (+1 luck attack/ damage). Inspire courage! Wintry touch on hand.
* Slipstream for 40 min (+20' swim speed). Heroism (+2 attack rolls, saving throws, & skill checks).
Yellow-T: 9. (-6:33). DYING!!!

OOC
Purple-T (m): 19. (32:33, 39 NL). KO'D!!!

DEAD
Imogen/ Kyr. Dolphins (2).

[lostsole31]

R12T19.3: Scathe heads back above deck and moves back to the gunwale.

R12T17-11: Combat off the starboard beam.

Combat Ends in a round or two ....

The captain has his sailors lower rope so they can pull up the leader of the attack. Then the captain comes aboard. Kel shows up about a minute later. and has Imogen's body to be hauled up. She disappears again, and about three minutes comes up with Saiden's sword.

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 19.7. Spell component pouch worn. Mage armor for 4 hours.
Ved: 19.5. Bow in hand. SCP and quiver worn. Wrath vs. enemy spellcaster til R19T19.5 (+1 morale attk/ dmg rolls & CL checks vs. SR). DELAYING!!!
* Destruction judgment (+2 damage rolls).
Saiden: 19.4. At hammock. Short sword sheathed and belted.
Scathe: 19.3. Sword sheathed. Shield readied, unloaded crossbow in other hand. Case of bolts not picked up or attached. At hammock.
Sailors: 19.2. DELAYING!!!
* Red-Sailor has (10:28). Short sword lost to the depths. Bow and quiver.
* Blue-Sailor (11:28). Short sword lost to depths. Bow and quiver.
* Sailors have bow in hand and quivers secured.
Brown-T (f): 18. (-3:33). Loaded, 9 bolts. DYING!!!
Kel: 17. Blur til R47T17 (20% miss chance).
Captain Odenkirk: 12. Greataxe in hand. RAGING! Powerful stance & superstition. RS. Rounds of breath: 28.
Nerianus: 11. Sanctuary. Divine favor til R14T11 (+1 luck attack/ damage). Inspire courage! Wintry touch on hand.
* Slipstream for 40 min (+20' swim speed). Heroism (+2 attack rolls, saving throws, & skill checks).
Yellow-T: 9. (-6:33). DYING!!!

OOC
Purple-T (m): 19. (32:33, 39 NL). KO'D!!!

DEAD
Imogen/ Kyr. Dolphins (2). Triton (1).

[lostsole31]

The only thing that the spellcaster had on him were two spell component pouches (not useful for resale or reuse, so tossed) .... seashell armor that was beyond the help of a mending spell post battle, it was so fragile ... a sea shell and pearl holy symbol of Mithra (valued at 100 gp), and a masterwork trident. The latter two items get put into party treasury, and the dead spellcaster is tossed overboard.

Ved will bind those sailors and party members that need binding, paying particular attention to Saiden, Captain Odenkirk, and Leonidas.

The Ninth Knot ... not being sailors ... get to sleep in to fully recover.

The next day, is there any empathy/ emotion/ eu-googly regarding Imogen's body, or do you just let the captain do a perfunctory burial-at-sea?

[lostsole31]

Surprise....

There is a sound of laughter coming from the top of the mast where there is no light. This is followed up by several weird little creatures clambering over the sides of the boat to stand on deck.

Begin Round One ...

R1T25: Leonidas, what do you do?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25.
Kel: 22.
Ved: 19.
Saiden: 18.
Blue Icee: 14. (22:22).
Frosthamar Sailors: 13.
Brown Icee: 12. (22:22).
Killiketz: 11. (33:33). Expended chill metal.
Scathe: 10.
Captain Odenkirk: 9.
Red Icee: 6. (22:22).
Green Icee: 4. (22:22).

[lostsole31]

R1T25: Leonidas examines the weird creatures that he can see, especially the one closest to him, and actually realizes a lot about their nature. At the same time he shouts, “We are being Boarded!”

He casts a spell and a blue glow surrounds him as he touches a scrap of leather in his pouch.

R1T22: Kel calls out, "What am I looking at?" while she takes out a little vial of something and downs the contents, a momentary shimmering appearing around her before disappearing. She then moves along deck, fishhooking around to threaten the one forward from the bowside and to protect a sailor.

R1T19: Ved, what do you do?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor.
Kel: 22. Shield.
Ved: 19.
Saiden: 18.
Blue Icee: 14. (22:22).
Frosthamar Sailors: 13.
Brown Icee: 12. (22:22).
Killiketz: 11. (33:33). Expended chill metal.
Scathe: 10.
Captain Odenkirk: 9.
Red Icee: 6. (22:22).
Green Icee: 4. (22:22).

[lostsole31]

R1T19: Ved takes a step away from the creature adjacent to him and draws his bow. "Asmodeus lend me your power!"

He fires at shot at the creature that was next to him, but the arrow bounces off of the creature's hardened, icy shell.

R1T18: Saiden quickly draws her sword too quickly, yeeting her sword over by Leonidas! So she quickly draws her shortsword instead, getting into a fencer's pose, and closes.

R1T14: Blue Icee closes on Scathe.

R1T13: "ICE DEMONS!" cry all the Frosthamar sailors in terror and scramble away as best they can, with the exception of one sailor in the back who takes out his shortsword and begins total defense, in hopes his captain will save him.

R1T12: Brown Icee tries to push the sailor in the very stern overboard.

R1T11: Three bolts of arcane energy zip down from the darkened upper mast area to hit Saiden for 10 force.

R1T10: Scathe sidesteps to the edge of the hold, draws his bastard sword, and then cuts as hard as he can, his sword clacking against the creature's icy body.

R1T9: Captain Odenkirk sees his sailors scramble and immediately goes into a rage. He cuts into Green deeply (24), and it drops, water seeping out of where it was cut.

R1T6: Red Icee steps away from Saiden to Kel and swings at her.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T25: Leonidas, what do you do?

Kel on deck, Ved in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor.
Kel: 22. Shield.
Ved: 19.
Saiden: 18.
Blue Icee: 14. (22:22).
Frosthamar Sailors: 13.
Brown Icee: 12. (22:22).
Killiketz: 11. (33:33). Expended chill metal & magic missile.
Scathe: 10.
Captain Odenkirk: 9.
Red Icee: 6. (22:22).
Green Icee: 4. (-2:22). DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R2T25: The pirate performs arcane gestures and chants a spell while his arm tattoos glow with icy blue iridescent light Cold energy coalesces in his hand as he winds up and delivers a fastball at the ice elemental to his south. The fastball hits the creature squarely in the lower left arm, but doesn't seem have hurt it at all.

”'ware the spell caster up the mast! These lil’ blue beastie be ice elementals. Stay towards the center of the boat!” ​yells Leonidas.

R2T22: Kel concentrates, but then looks angry, so something didn't happen she had hoped to happen. She then easily tumbles aft next to Leonidas.

R2T19: Ved, what do you do?

Saiden on deck, Blue Icee in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor.
Kel: 22. Shield.
Ved: 19.
Saiden: 18.
Blue Icee: 14. (22:22).
Frosthamar Sailors: 13.
Brown Icee: 12. (22:22).
Killiketz: 11. (33:33). Expended chill metal & magic missile.
Scathe: 10.
Captain Odenkirk: 9.
Red Icee: 6. (22:22).
Green Icee: 4. (-2:22). DYING!!!

[H8teradio]

Ved will heed Leonidas' plea, and raising a hand off his bow cast a spell at the creature atop the mast.

"Yield to our power!"

Ved shouts ar the creature.

Spoiler: Spell

Show

Non: 5ft step east
Standard: Cast Cacophonous Call at black aka the creature up the mast (I think its color dot is hidden by veds info spheres)

[lostsole31]

R2T19: "They're just ice elementals!" shouts Ved. "I can't see the laughing one on the top of the mast. Hit them with fire, but brute force works best."

He then holds his holy symbol, "Dark Father, protect me from Winter's Bite!"

Then he ignores the closer ice elemental to the aft, focusing on the one on Scathe, and casts an unholy spell. Instantly, the ice elemental finding the blond uber-mensch appears to be in some distress.

R2T18: Saiden gets into her long stance and draws her sword from where she is, hitting Red for 12, and then scooting up next to it.

R2T14: Blue icee seems woozy and tries to get away from Scathe. The latter's sword clacks against its icy hide as it runs from him and dives overboard.

R2T13: The last sailor at the stern withdraws from the "ice demon" near him and then goes into the hold.

R2T12: Brown Icee comes around the stern to face the captain, winds up, and punches the brawny man for 5 + 3 cold.

R2T11: Some weird, winged, ice-like creature flaps down just barely in the good light - 20' off the deck - breathing directly down at Scathe. The blond man holds his shield up, taking only 1 cold.

R2T10: Scathe, there is a creature flying 20' above and to the side of you (so, 15' distance). What do you do?

Captain Odenkirk on deck, Red Icee in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor.
Kel: 22. Shield.
Ved: 19. Resistance Judgment!
Saiden: 18. Reaching blade stance.
Brown Icee: 12. (22:22).
Killiketz: 11. (33:33). Expended chill metal & magic missile.
Scathe: 10.
Captain Odenkirk: 9.
Red Icee: 6. (10:22).
Green Icee: 4. (-2:22). DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R2T10: Scathe mumbles a few choice words about flight being for cowards, drops his blade at his feet on the deck, and draws his crossbow. He takes several steps away from the flying creature.

R2T9: Captain Odenkirk, looking like a predatory animal, stares at brown before putting his strength behind his raging swing at a low cross line to hit the ice elemental in its lower abdomen so powerfully as to destroy the creature in one blow, blasting it into ice chunks all over the place.

R2T6: Red tries to push Saiden back, but fails.

End Round 2, Begin Round 3 ...

R3T25: Leonidas, what do you do?

Kel on deck, Ved in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor.
Kel: 22. Shield.
Ved: 19. Resistance Judgment!
Saiden: 18. Reaching blade stance.
Killiketz: 11. (33:33). Expended chill metal & magic missile.
Scathe: 10. Bastard sword dropped. Heavy crossbow in hand. Shield still readied.
Captain Odenkirk: 9. Brown Studied Target. Powerful stance. RAGING!!!
Red Icee: 6. (10:22).
Green Icee: 4. (-3:22). DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R3T25: Leonidas grunts and accepts that brute force is what is required in this situation. He readies his buckler and draws his falcata as he moves to the SW to engage the ice elemental.

R3T22: Kel charges Red with a flying kick that does 15 NL, knocking it out.

R3T19: Ved moves to the forward part of the ship while taking out his bow.

R3T18: Saiden drops her shortsword and takes out her longbow and shoots. Her arrow surely hits the flying creature, but the shaft shatters against hitting its icy skin.

R3T11: The creature flies down and above Scathe to attack him with a claw, and scratches at his armor.

R3T10: Scathe, this Small-sized flying critter is just above you and the hold. You don't have to worry about putting your shield away, since when you went topside it doesn't make sense you would have worn it for giggles. Your heavy crossbow is loaded and in hand. What do you do?

Captain Odenkirk on deck, Leonidas in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor. Falcata and buckler.
Kel: 22. Shield. Charge.
Ved: 19. Resistance Judgment! Bow in hand.
Saiden: 18. Reaching blade stance. Shortsword dropped, bow in hand.
Killiketz: 11. (33:33). Expended chill metal & magic missile.
Scathe: 10. Bastard sword dropped. Heavy crossbow in hand.
Captain Odenkirk: 9. Brown Studied Target. Powerful stance. RAGING!!!
Red Icee: 6. (10:22, 15 NL). UNCONSCIOUS!!!
Green Icee: 4. (-3:22). DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R3T10: Scathe steps back, takes aim at the creature above him, and fires a bolt, but it clacks off of its tough, icy hide.

R3T9: Captain Odenkirk is making his way along the starboard of the ship, working fowards. He takes out a throwing axe as he does and hucks it full power and hitting it squarely for 13.

End Round 3, Begin Round 4 ...

R4T25: Leonidas, what do you do? Though you have to reach upwards, if you closed on the thingie you could hit it.

Kel on deck, Ved in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor. Falcata and buckler.
Kel: 22. Shield. Charge.
Ved: 19. Resistance Judgment! Bow in hand.
Saiden: 18. Reaching blade stance. Shortsword dropped, bow in hand.
Killiketz: 11. (20:33). Expended chill metal & magic missile.
Scathe: 10. Bastard sword dropped. Heavy crossbow in hand.
Captain Odenkirk: 9. Brown Studied Target. Powerful stance. RAGING!!!
Red Icee: 6. (10:22, 15 NL). UNCONSCIOUS!!!
Green Icee: 4. (-4:22). DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

R4T25: Dancing forward, Leonidas swings his heavy curved blade at the flitting ice demon thing. His sword slams against its icy hide, but does not break through.

R4T22: Kel does an axe-kick to the head of the unconscious ice elemental to make sure its dead. it breaks into lots of chunks of ice that ricochet and spin everywhere. She then steps a little aft.

R4T19: Ved steps to the side to line up his shot, and changes the favor he asks of the Dark Prince to gain accuracy against so flint-skinned a creature. "This one is different," he calls out. "This isn't an ice elemental, but an ice mephit ... and is just as vulnerable as we are to precise strikes. I know it's immune to cold - might be vulnerable to fire? You've already seen how quick it is."

And with that, he fires an incendiary arrow. Like Leonidas' blade, the unbalanced payload of the arrow smacks against the ice mephit's hide. It falls to the deck, burning, but doesn't appear to burn hot enough to light the frozen ship on fire.

R4T18: Saiden casts a spell, darkness enveloping her open hand as she rushes forth and touches the ice mephit, dark energy passing from her to it. It seems to mentally resist some of that transfer, but still takes 3 NE.

R4T11: The ice mephit tries to fly to reposition, but it's not particularly aerobatic. Leonidas sees an opening and heartened by Ved's words that it is as vulnerable to getting hit in a sweet spot, unlike the elementals, he slashes with an upwards cut that still leverages his power to soft-crit the mephit in the neck for 17, disabling it. It still flies around and breathes a blast of cold. Leonidas and Saiden are completely unharmed. Scathe and Ved both duck to only take 2 cold each.

R4T10: Scathe, you have an unloaded heavy crossbow in hand. What do you do?

Captain Odenkirk on deck, Leonidas in the hole ...

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Leonidas: 25. Mage armor. Falcata and buckler. RS.
* IF/THEN: Prepare to parry and riposte if the creature should attack Leo.
Kel: 22. Shield.
Ved: 19. Justice Judgment! Bow in hand.
Saiden: 18. Reaching blade stance. Shortsword dropped, bow in hand.
Killiketz: 11. (17:33). Expended chill metal & magic missile.
Scathe: 10. Bastard sword dropped. Heavy crossbow in hand.
Captain Odenkirk: 9. Brown Studied Target. Powerful stance. RAGING!!!
Green Icee: 4. (-4:22). DYING!!!

[lostsole31]

Ved falls in line behind Leonidas, but he speaks in a language that is a weird mix of guttural-squeak. They hear Ved, and seem impressed, while being completely unmoved by the fat, juicy morsel chattering at them.

All-in-all, Leonidas as a fat merchant is not nearly as scary as he had hoped .... but definitely corpulent and delicious! The four creatures give a rowdy cry of glee!

Begin Round One ...

R1T22: Saiden rushes forth past Leonidas and casts a spell. Dark energy surrounds her hand, but she misses when swinging at the lead monster.

R1T20: Green moves forward and hits Saiden in her stomach with its greatclub for 10, despite her attempt to try to dance out of the way.

R1T17: Scathe, well, so much for intimidation. Leonidas desperately needs to realize who is intimidated by what. What do you do?

Spoiler: Battle Tracker

Show

Saiden: 22. ILW on hand.
Bugbear (Green): 20. (27:27).
Scathe: 17.
Ved: 16.
Bugbear (Blue): 15. (27:27).
Leonidas: 12. Falcata in hand.
Bugbear (Brown): 15. (27:27).
Bugbear (Red): 6. (27:27).
Kel: 5.