The Celestial Kyte, having successfully navigated through the Whalebones, took off from the Zelbinion to get back to piracy. They easily overtook a cargo vessel their first day out, gather more plunder to move aboard the Zelbinion for safe keeping.
The second day out the Celestial Kyte came across a dead ship, burnt sails with a large hole in the main deck and side. No cannons were visible on the gunnery deck. No people were visible on the main deck.
Captain Taerl brought the Kyte around slowly into 100 foot range of the dead ship. From this view, the crew was able to discern that despite being dead, the ship was loaded down with cargo of some sort. While Kyte readied the boarding party (with all the PCs included), the Druid dove overboard, morphed into his shark form and headed for the dead ship. He was able to circle the ship and asses that there was no damage below the waterline.
The ship was a well-known ship gifted by the Waterdeep leaders to Candlekeep. Candlekeep used the ship for defense and moving trade goods. It was a long way off from Candlekeep now, and there was word that Candlekeep had recently been attacked.
The Druid jumped onto deck, and with an awkward flop, landed with a flop and a thud. Laying on the deck he could hear the squeaking of mice and the running of sand.
The longboats approached, and once within range, Kyte examined the magical auras of the ship. One magical aura was moving about the gunnery deck, and there were no less than 12 magical auras visible in the hold. Kyte brought the ships along side and the boarding party climbed up to the main deck.
The party assessed the large hole in the main deck. It was repairable. More troubling was the cannon below that looked as if the end of the barrel had been peeled back like a sardine can.
There was still a sound of running sand until the Druid fumbled on deck and drastically broke the silence.
The Druid and Victaerus headed below. There, on the gunnery deck, was a pile of sand, too large to be an hourglass broken, too large to be a bit of sand tracked by the crew. Victaerus attempted to poke at the sand with no effect. She tried tying herself to a rope tied to the mast and jumping into the sand, dramatically, with no effect. Victaerus is only a 16 year old girl, and she often gets strange ideas about things.
The cannons on the deck were all pulled from their births with their barrels peeled back. No black powder or cannon balls were to be seen anywhere.
Kyte and the Blackguard also headed below. The sand shifted into a humanoid shape and attacked Victaerus awkwardly, screaming something about not getting the scrolls. Kyte fell to the ground asleep. The party tried to wake Kyte and attack. The Blackguard walked right over Kyte waking Kyte s he stepped on her chest in spiked boots. The sandy man-figure flew across the deck until he was holding a torch over the entry to the hold. I will burn them all, all the scrolls, if you do not leave.
The crew had a fearful vision of a hold full of black powder. They anxiously await the outcome next session.
The second day out the Celestial Kyte came across a dead ship, burnt sails with a large hole in the main deck and side. No cannons were visible on the gunnery deck. No people were visible on the main deck.
Captain Taerl brought the Kyte around slowly into 100 foot range of the dead ship. From this view, the crew was able to discern that despite being dead, the ship was loaded down with cargo of some sort. While Kyte readied the boarding party (with all the PCs included), the Druid dove overboard, morphed into his shark form and headed for the dead ship. He was able to circle the ship and asses that there was no damage below the waterline.
The ship was a well-known ship gifted by the Waterdeep leaders to Candlekeep. Candlekeep used the ship for defense and moving trade goods. It was a long way off from Candlekeep now, and there was word that Candlekeep had recently been attacked.
The Druid jumped onto deck, and with an awkward flop, landed with a flop and a thud. Laying on the deck he could hear the squeaking of mice and the running of sand.
The longboats approached, and once within range, Kyte examined the magical auras of the ship. One magical aura was moving about the gunnery deck, and there were no less than 12 magical auras visible in the hold. Kyte brought the ships along side and the boarding party climbed up to the main deck.
The party assessed the large hole in the main deck. It was repairable. More troubling was the cannon below that looked as if the end of the barrel had been peeled back like a sardine can.
There was still a sound of running sand until the Druid fumbled on deck and drastically broke the silence.
The Druid and Victaerus headed below. There, on the gunnery deck, was a pile of sand, too large to be an hourglass broken, too large to be a bit of sand tracked by the crew. Victaerus attempted to poke at the sand with no effect. She tried tying herself to a rope tied to the mast and jumping into the sand, dramatically, with no effect. Victaerus is only a 16 year old girl, and she often gets strange ideas about things.
The cannons on the deck were all pulled from their births with their barrels peeled back. No black powder or cannon balls were to be seen anywhere.
Kyte and the Blackguard also headed below. The sand shifted into a humanoid shape and attacked Victaerus awkwardly, screaming something about not getting the scrolls. Kyte fell to the ground asleep. The party tried to wake Kyte and attack. The Blackguard walked right over Kyte waking Kyte s he stepped on her chest in spiked boots. The sandy man-figure flew across the deck until he was holding a torch over the entry to the hold. I will burn them all, all the scrolls, if you do not leave.
The crew had a fearful vision of a hold full of black powder. They anxiously await the outcome next session.
Hey man, I think you got the names wrong Sandra is on Friday, Sandara Monday, and Kyte was the one getting a face-full of blackguard foot. Other then that little detail, good stuff as always, also: I hate having to go indoors, snipers were not meant for CQC. T-T
ReplyDeleteI guess we could always go for the eyes, before he can manage to drop the torch, and send us all skyward. I'm just hoping that we don't wind up getting a TPK off of a single boat, because it turns out there was enough powder in the hold to blow Mt.Fuji and still have enough for fireworks afterwords.
Oops... good catch. I think it is all corrected now.
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