”I am called Aikio. I specialize in infiltration, subterfuge, target acquisition and retrieval, dispute mediation, intervention, and arbitration, and unarmed combat.”

The fire-haired man shrugs. "I'm Kass. With me are Chelish and Kassandra" he says, indicating a hippogryph and a small dinosaur. "I'm more or less a skill monkey, specialized in Survival, Tracking, Scouting. I'm also an excellent field medic and skilled in information gathering." From his build and equipment he is Definitely a fighter as well.
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With a grin, Elena says to Aikio, "I'm also skilled at infiltrating places that I'm not supposed to be, so I suppose that we'll be working together at some point." To Kass, she responds, "I'm glad to know that we have a doctor beyond my wand. It doesn't have terribly many charges left."

The hooded man bows. "I'm Arthur, former professor and the Retriever's Guild translator. I have a generalized knowledge of magic, but my main talent is to provide obscure information on various fields, including the weaknesses and abilities of any threats we encounter."

"Pleased to meet you, Elena!" a voice says near Elena. A second later, a small flying fairy turns visible.

"I'm Zaira. I'm a Cleric--what you called a doctor--and a Wizard. Just the usual skills that come with those callings. Well, I can turn invisible. Actually, I'm normally invisible but I can turn visible when I want to. That's useful for gathering information on a bounty."

Kass jokes "such a pity that she hasn't learned that silence pairs well with invisibility. It would make her an excellent scout."

Elena grins, "Knowing things is good. At least, that's what I've heard. I can't say I've done it too often." After Zaira's introduction and Kass's joke, she'll give a small laugh as she answers with a smile, "Two doctors is even better than one. It's a shame about the scouting, but I'm sure things will work out somehow." turning back to the larger party, she asks, "So what were you doing before me and Kelmanor arrived?"
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"We just finished gathering what info we could on the mutineers, were sharing what we found, and waiting to set sail on the evening tide... per Captain Ochnam's request," a racoon-like humanoid replied to Elena.

"Right, Captain? Or is it the morning tide we're waiting for? Never can keep all this tide stuff straight... ebb and flow and neap and high and low... Hey! In the Bay of Grundy, they say the river flows backwards when the tide comes in! Ain't that a hoot!"

"I'm Jak Woodshock. My species is called the Ahrahkoonem. Not many people have heard of them."

Ochnam informs you that the ship can and will sail on the evening tide, which will start going out in about an hour after dusk. It's dusk now. The sun hasn't quite set yet, but it's low enough in the sky to cast long shadows across the docks and the town.

Everyone needs to make a Perception check.

09:58, Today: Jak Woodshock rolled 32 using 1d20+18 ((14)).

Not bad. If he perceives something, great. Otherwise, he'll continue talking to Elena.

Kass looks out to the horizon as they start to get ready.

07:23, Today: Kass rolled 24 using 1d20+15.  Perception, +2 vs Surprise, +2 vs Magical beasts, +4 vs Undead.

16:08, Today: Arthur Spellseeker rolled 32 using 1d20+14.  Perception check.

13:37, Today: Elena rolled 16 using 1d20+2.  Perception.

”I do have some skill with non-magical medicine as well,” mused Aikio.

Perception: 31.

"It's nice to meet you Jak," Elena responds, "I can't say that I've heard of the Bay of Grundy, but I think that I'd like to see it. It must be a grand sight to watch a river flow backwards." Turning towards Aikio, Elena adds, "It's good to know that we won't run out of doctoring halfway through the day."

Kass cocks an eye at Elena. "Run out of Doctoring? Ah, perhaps you misunderstood me. I use no magic in my healing, not directly anyways. I'm a cut-and-stitch surgeon, not a divine healer."

13:25, Today: Zaira Zatara rolled 14 using 1d20+10 ((4)). Perception check.


Just because she was normally invisible didn't mean she couldn't see things. But then again, she was always flitting about, never staying in place long enough to notice much of anything. Whatever there was to notice, she sure didn't!

When Ochnam explained about tides, she tried to pay attention, but flying above the water meant tides were mostly irrelevant to her, so she knew less about them than Jak.

Ochnam was as anxious to set sail as they others, but while time and tide wait for no man, man does wait for time and tide. The ship could have sailed against the tide, but it would have required more energy than he wanted to expend at the start of their journey.

While he was telling the others about sailing on the tide and when it was be going out, he wasn't really paying attention to his ship since it was docked in the harbor.

13:42, Today: Ochnam Shirab rolled 15 using 1d20+12 ((3)). Perception check.

14:03, Today: GM StarMaster, on behalf of Kass, rolled 33,27,23 using 1d20+15,1d20+9,1d20+14 ((18,18,9)). Perception checks for Kass, Chelish, Kasandra.


14:08, Today: GM StarMaster, on behalf of Myles Garrett, rolled 16 using 1d20+10 ((6)). Perception check for Myles.


14:10, Today: GM StarMaster, on behalf of Kelmanor, rolled 13 using 1d20+10 ((3)). Perception check for Kelmanor.


Arthur and Jak almost sense something is... 'amiss', while Kass definitely knows something is going on but can't quite put his finger on it. However, as such, he's the only one that isn't surprised at the sudden attack as warriors seem to pour over the sides of the ship.


Four of them spring over the port (ocean side) gunwales and attack with sabers. Akio, Elena and Kelmanor are the closest.

14:31, Today: GM StarMaster rolled 14,29,25,18 using 1d20+10,1d20+10,1d20+10,1d20+10 ((4,19,15,8)).

The first of the attackers swing his cutlass at Akio and misses.
The second one attacks Elena and hits her for 11 points of damage.
The third one attacks Kelmanor and just misses.
The fourth one also attacks Akio and misses.


Four more clamber over the bow, bows in hand, and fire at those who are closest to them: Arthur, Jak and Ochnam.

14:39, Today: GM StarMaster rolled 14,29,20,22 using 1d20+10,1d20+10,1d20+10,1d20+10 ((4,19,10,12)).

The first one shoots at Arthur... and hits for 8 points plus 5 points of cold damage from the frosty shaft.
The second one fires at Jak and hits for 7 points plus 6 points of fire damage from the flaming shaft.
The third one targets Ochnam and misses.
The fourth warrior aims at Jak and manages to hit for 10 points of damage plus 6 points from crackling energy dancing along the shaft.


Another four warriors climb up over the stern. Somewhat distracted by the attacks of the other two groups, you don't realize at first that these four warriors start out by casting spells... almost in unison born from long practice of working together, directed at Kass, Myles and Zaira.

16:33, Today: GM StarMaster rolled 31,18,22,18 using 1d20+14,4d6,1d20+14,4d6 ((17,5,2,6,5,8,5,4,5,4)).

The first one casts a pair of scorching rays at Kass--both strike him for a combined total of 36 points of fire damage.


The second one's spell causes icy spikes to shoot up from the deck around Myles. No one else is close enough to be affected. The spikes do 11 points of piercing damage to Myles and another 8 points of cold damage (Reflex save for half damage).

The third one sends a cone of silvery darts at Zaira. She wasn't invisible when the attack came, so she takes 36 points of damage! (Reflex save for half damage)

The fourth one sends forth a cone of diamond-like shards at Myles for 17 points of damage (Reflex save for half).


The archers will get off a second shot unless you beat their initiative, so everyone now needs to make an Initiative roll.

18:12, Today: Elena rolled 13 using 1d20+2.  Initiative.

Kass' body seems to Absorb the flames as he decides which group to attack first.

18:12, Today: Kass rolled 9 using 1d20+8.  Initiative.

Feh!

"What in the world!?" Arthur raises his hands to start casting, though his reflexes leaves something to be desired.

23:58, Today: Arthur Spellseeker rolled 9 using 1d20+6.  Initiative.

Can we have a general description of the attackers?
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The Tengu assumed a demeanor of steely calm while avoiding the cutlass strikes.

”So you’ve chosen death,” she said with an emotionless monotone.

Initiative: 17.

11:42, Today: Ochnam Shirab rolled 9 using 1d20+5 ((4)).

Yikes! Half of us aren't going until Initiative 9! How weird is that?

11:44, Today: Jak Woodshock rolled 12 using 1d20+9 ((3)).

Nope. Not me. I REFUSE to go last! Whew. That was close!

Maybe the dice roller is broke again...