26th of Flamerule
In Search of The Marshall
Chapter 1:
When we wake up in the morning, we have breakfast with the Greenleaf family. Seraphina is at breakfast. Boz and Atalaya sit down on either side of Seraphina.
Nevil watches Seraphina waiting for the others to leave.
Nevil: “You are an ass. You sent the message through Ferrin to bring me here.”
Seraphina: “You were needed here.”
Nevil: “Tell them they were wrong, but Magrim returned.
Seraphina looks pleased. “Welcome back. I may be an ass but I am a very happy ass. I’ll pass your message on to Ailwin. The challenge is in tracking him down.
Nevil is 36 years old. She met Poppy (Seraphina) at 17 years old. Nevil had been in a bad spot at the time. Ailwin knows her as long as Seraphina has, she guides her into her faith. Magrim was a harper. People expect Magrim to be dead. Very few people know her name. (??)
She worked in Seaton in a revolt against Duke Orsina with Seraphina. Nevil was from Seaton.
Boz: “I was in jail in Riverport and Water and well… never mind.”
Nevil doesn’t think she would be recognized by the Duke, but her name would be.
Boz says that the Duke is not a caring person, not a good ruler. And he has poor advisors.
He (Boz?) understands that the stuff in Seaton was bad.
We spend the morning shopping and eat lunch at the Wicker Goat.
A man comes in while we are there. He is nice looking.
Man (Inman): Magrim???
Nevil looks up and sees him, but doesn’t say anything.
Man (Inman): How can this be? How are you here?” He is too shocked to be polite. He drops to one knee. “I don’t understand. I thought you were dead. In Seaton. What about your girls? Your family?”
Nevil: “That’s real.”
Man (Inman): “Tell me when you are ready to talk.”
Nevil: “Not here. I guess Poppy sent for you.”
Man (Inman): “Yup.” He pulls up a chair and joins us. “Inman Setter, 77,” he introduces himself.
Nevil: ___________________________________
Inman: “I didn’t make the funeral. I was too far away at the time.”
It is around 3:00 pm.
We take Nevil and Inman aboard the Hond Ebrath so that they will have a private place to talk. Once there Nevil formally introduces Inman.
Nevil: “This is Inman, class of 77. Me too.” She looks around at all Atalaya and the rest of us. “If there is extra room, he is good with the ____ _________________________.
Annie casts off and sets sail.
Inman is glued to Nevil’s side. Inman is a wizard and a blade singer.
Nevil asks about potions (to be able to search The Marshall). Inman says that he can do a spell for underwater breathing.
Annie lets us know that we are in the area of the sunken ship. We anchor off the shore and retire for the night.
Atalaya, Boz, Sorrow and Cirilli head off to their own cabins. As they go they can hear Nevil and Inman arguing in the front of the ship. Then they (Nevil and Inman) separate. Inman goes into the room that is considered Joan’s room where he had been told to put his stuff when it was decided that he was coming with us. Nevil heads to her cabin in the bow of the ship.
Before everyone disperses Inman ritually casts Water Breathing on those who will be searching The Marshall tomorrow. (Inman, Nevil, Atalaya, Boz) (Water breathing lasts for 24 hours, allows for regular breathing also)
See Stories: Post Dinner Reflections and 26th of Flamerule Evening for what happens after dinner.
27th of Flamerule
Chapter 2: Morning onboard
See Stories: 26th of Flamerule Evening for what happens in the morning/breakfast.
When the group makes their way topside and looks into the water they can see the outline of the sunken ship below. The highest part of the ship is about five feet beneath the surface. Near the coastline we see some rocks and seagulls flying over them.
The Marshall is basically resting on the bottom of the ocean. The main deck is about 15 feet below the surface. The Poop deck is about five feet below the surface, and the forecastle is about 10 feet below the surface.
Inman ritually casts Detect Magic while on the ship. (For one hour (per notes) Inman will sense magic things or creatures that are within 30 feet of him, and he will see them faintly glow when using an action to search for them.)
We (Atalaya, Nevil, Boz and Inman) enter the water and start swimming towards the sunken ship. Atalaya feels an urge to go to the rocks near the shore, but then stops. Boz and Inman do not feel anything and continue towards the ship. Inman feels a pull and swims towards the rocks where some strange humanoids are seated. The rest of us, concerned, follow after Inman.
As we approach we are able to identify the humanoids as Harpies. Atalaya casts Hunter’s Mark on Damien.
Harpie, _________________: Grapples Inman and pulls back 20 feet from the rocks.
Inman: Clears his eyes and makes a saving throw. He comes back to himself.
Boz: Swims forward and then shoots his shortbow and hits Damien, critical hit for 13 points.
Harpie (Regina): Tries tries to sing again, but has no effect on us this time.
Nevil: Dashes towards the Harpies on the rocks.
Atalaya: Takes two shots at Trag and a horde breaker shot at Regina. Moves her Hunter’s Mark to Janet.
Janet: Rears up on her bird like legs right at Nevil and starts clawing on her. Hits for damage of 14 points.
Sun: Jumps over to Nevil and takes a swing at her from an flanking position. 2 hits, 10 points damage.
Damien: Flies towards Atalaya but doesn’t get all the way to her
Inman: Casts Shatter and hits Regina, Tran, Karen. All fail their saves and take 20 points of damage each. Trang is killed. Regina and Karen cawing and screaming leap into the water.
Boz: Shoots Sun for 19 points of damage.
Gretchen: Dashes to Boz
Cady: Jumps to Atalaya.
Regina: Jumps into the water.
Nevil: Smacks at Sun with her dual shortswords. First attack: Hits, misses; Second Attack: misses, hits for 5 points. Sun drops down under the surface of the water.
Karen: Jumps down into the water
Atalaya: takes two swings with her longsword at Cady, both hit for 11 + 11 points of damage.
Janet: Attacks Nevil. 1st hit does ___ damage. Second hit does 14 points of damage.
Sun: Dives below the surface of the water.
Damien: Jumps to Boz and flanks him. 1st attack: __________; 2nd attack does 2 points of damage.
Inman: Smacks Damien with his scimitar and hits for 8 points of damage. 2nd attack is a firebolt which does 3 points of damage. We hear a horrible screaming and there is a stench of burning wet feathers.
Boz: using his shortsword runs her (?) through and then moves to flank Cady.
Gretchen: Moves and attacks Inman. Hits for 7 points of damage. Misses the next attack.
Cady: Goes after Boz, dives under the water. We see blood in the water.
Nevil: Swings at Janet. 1st attack: both hit for a total of 11 points of damage. 2nd attack: both hit for a total of 26 points of damage.
Atalaya: Slices Damien in half with her sword.
Janet: Disappears
Inman: Smacks Gretchen with Scimitar and hits for 4 points. 2nd attack: Firebolt: misses
Boz: Swings at Gretchen and hits for 23 points Gretchen tries to swim away Boz hits and kills her. She sinks down below the surface of the water.
Atalaya: Gives out Good berries and heals Nevil 10 points using a level 2 cure wound spell.
Boz suggests that we check out the rocks before heading to the sunken ship. We see lots of litter on them including bones. Then we start noticing sparkly things:
Holy symbol of St. Cuthbert made of gold and sapphires worth 150 gp
Piece of Jasper worth 50 gp
Obsidian stone worth 10 gp
Tiger Eye stone worth 10 gp
1231 cp
320 ep
164 gp
12 pp
We swim down to the ship. There are lots of barnacles on the deck. Inman starts noting the presence of magic from the spar in the front of the ship. He senses that it a divination magic on the spar.
Inman casts light and tosses it (?) in the hold.
isWe can see that the area is wrecked. There is algae, seaweed and shadows.
Nevil: something … not moving …
Inman notices something in chains.
Atalaya sees a big statue on the floor, chained as cargo would be.
Inman casts light on another rock, tosses it down the doorway. Steps go down. We see broken crates and barrels and the statue’s feet. The space is divided into rooms, the main area is the other room.
There is a greenish glow but we can’t determine where it is coming from.
Open 2nd door. See pretty much the same thing.
The ship is damaged on the front right side.
The glow seems to be coming out of the hole on the right side. This is not sunlight. It is a green glow.
Inman: “There is magic down here. I am sensing enchantment and necromancy.”
We search around the statue.
Atalaya finds the dagger and places it in her backpack.
While we are doing that 2 large water creatures approach, snarling in a language most of us don’t understand. (Mero)
Nevil translates what the creatures are saying. “Kill the Intruders. They are invading the Shrine.”
The hallway is 10 feet high.
Nevil swims next to Boz. Casts Bless (extra 1d4 for attack and saving throws)
Rascal: Misses
Atalaya: moves HM to 1st creature (Rascal) and then attacks, hitting X2 and adds +2 HM.
_____________: slashes at Atalaya with Harpoon. 13 points of damage. He tries to pull Atalaya towards him and fails.
Inman: Casts Scorching Ray at __________________. 2 Rays. 1st hits and 2nd hits. Total of 8 points of damage.
____________ is hit by _____________ for 21 points of damage.
Nevil: Makes a sword attack and kills Rascal. She then swims to Tanner, swings and misses.
Atalaya: 2 shots at Tanner, both hit.
Tanner: Attacks Atalaya and misses. He then tries to bite her and sinks his teeth into her forearm for 8 points of damage.
Inman: Moves to flank Tanner. Attacks with his Scimitar and a Firebolt. Total of 9 points of damage.
Boz: swims above Tanner and shoots straight down into his brain and kills him.
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