Since OOC1 was filling up, please post OOC content here from now on.

And as I mentioned in the other OOC, I'll give Eryn and Marcus another day or so, then I'll move the plot forward.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:06, Mon 14 Jan 2019.

S’cool. Like I said, no rush. Though I am looking forward to it ;)

This bucket brigade scene isn't meant to be anything overly dangerous or plot-important in and of itself. Merely an interesting way to bring in Mithralan. So don't worry about the ship sinking or anything like that.

That could definitely change though, depending on what you guys decide to do.

Aaand I’m in :D

So Sybilla brought the rope. Maybe Eryn can either grab Mithralan or help pull the boat via the rope. Sybilla and Lan can go alongside it and once we are at the ship he and I shimmy up the rope back to the deck and we all have the life boat out of the water and secure it to the side of the ship. A sound plan?

My impression is that the boat is a semi-decent distance from the ship (50+ meters) - not right adjacent.  If the rope reaches the boat, great.  However, that'd be a *really* long rope and a tough swim in these seas.  I'm assuming I was going to need to move either the boat or Mithralan close enough they could get to the ship.  I doubt there'll be a way to safely secure Mithralan's boat while the ship is trying to outrun (and being tossed around by) the storm.  Ilura's certainly assuming that Mithralan's boat is toast.

The ship is already in the thick of the storm, far from land. It was probably a couple hours since the time you left port and the time Vixen came and got you. Sorry that I didn't make that clearer. Sybilla's rope won't quite reach the lifeboat from the ship, but it will certainly be handy for securing it to the ship if that is what you want to try to do.

The super simple solution is for Mithralan to turn into a fish and hop into my beak and I can drop them on the deck.  However, IC, I don't know that's possible, won't be able to communicate in my form and Mithralan doesn't really want to lose their boat.  So I doubt we'll do things the easy way :)

Well, actually you Can communicate with Lan, since druids Can understand animals from their chosen environments and those they’ve studied besides that. But obviously you don’t Know that IC.

Just as Lan doesn’t know IC that you’re not a druid, or that Sybs is a trigon and Can breathe underwater (I assume. Honestly, I don’t know for sure)

So what he’s seeing is a very kind but somewhat misguided rescue attempt, since he could just turn into a bird himself. To him sybs is now in much more danger than him.

I’m pondering how he should break this to them IC without coming across as too much of an ungrateful jerk :p

Got ninja'd.

You probably could talk to Mithralan in animal form, although Ilura wouldn't know it yet. Mithralan can speak with creatures of the sea and forest, or creatures who's essence he has studied. A sea buzzard is a sea creatures. Also, Ilura's ranger move lets her talk to all animals, so she could feasibly talk with Mithralan if he is in an animal form too. I will let the two of you ultimately decide if it works like that though. Could also be a good hook for a potential bond.

I hope to have time to get a post up today, but we'll see how things go.

Is Mouse (the player) still around?

No. The player disappeared for over a month with zero explanation or warning and never came back. So I removed the player and turned the character into an NPC.

Yes, OK. Thanks for the info.

I'll get an IC post up a bit later today.

More like mouse me out, am I right? :P

Boo! Booo! Get of the stage!

Make me!

Sadly I cannot! I can’t find my shepherd’s crook, or whatever those long hooked poles are called. You know, the ones you always see in old cartoons when a bad actor is pulled of the stage.

Perhaps you should load up with tomatoes till next time, then. :)