SPLASH!

After approaching a rocky formation jutting out of the water, something is moving in the water. What could this mysterious dark shape be emerging to the surface near the Iron Kelpie! Responses May Begin 9AM EST Tue:  12/22/2015

When you post your first turn .. you should ..  move your character icon to the top deck wherever you might be.  You have not seen anything yet .. you are merely enjoying a day onboard the ship when this mission begins.  Post your turns and feel free to interact with other crew or NPCs on the top deck.  This mission will simulate role playing happening before being thrown into an event.  You may have a couple rounds before anything actually happens with this one.   My Setup: You have arrived on the deck to do some odd jobs, work on your skills or just relax.  Captain Luckybeard stands at the helm as usual.  A runner from the crows nest scurries across from one mast to the next, pulling a spyglass from inside his coat, he braces himself and scans the horizon.  He calls down Rocks ahead!   Pointing at an outcropping barely visible in the distance.  The Captain responds with a knowing nod, removing his own spyglass to examine the site.  He grabs the wheel and turns it to the left sending the boat into a gentle lean, moving towards the port side at a slow pace. 

Azariah took no notice of the crew and their worries over oncoming rocks. He was confident of their abilities, they would not be here in this venture to uncharted waters if they were not. The tiefling stood against the guardrail of the ship, deep in thought and enjoying watching the waters go by.

The call of Rocks ahead! by one of the crew members interrupted Will's thoughts momentarily as he looked up from gazing into the ocean depths to squint towards where The Captain was looking with his spyglass. ~That might be rocks~ Treaty thought ~Can't really tell without a spyglass of my own~.

A new day, maybe we will get to see some actuall land again, Lyon thougth while walking up from the cabins and onto the top deck. Lyon walked up to the front of the ship where he found someone weilding what he had learned was a "Gun", it would be something rather new for Lyon as he had not seen any at his Fathers estate. He stood there thinking about what he would do when they finally reached this new promising land that they were headed to, would he find glory, a new life for his family, or? "Rocks ahead", hollered someone from above. Finally, some land thought Lyon whom have grown tired of the constant motion of the boat and cranking of planks.

Early in the morning, while she prepared to go upstairs, Prytania  found another cleric in the lower decks. His name was Armand and he worshipped the dwarven god - strange for being a human, but hey, to each his own. He began talking about his god, and how they revered alcohol amongst other things... The conversation shifted from gods, to passengers, and the right to evangelize. In the end, Armand invited her to have a drinking contest for the soul of Zordlon. She never got to drink freely, just sips on the masses, so drinking with a stranger somehow seemed less of an issue, plus, he seemed like a nice guy!. 10 minutes later, she was feeling great, that ale went in really smoothly- Maybe a little numb. The man, on the other side was dreadfully drunk, mumbling and apologizing to his god (" Did I drink from the wrong barrel?   Oh well, I get dibs on converting  Zordlon!... Now, where did he go? "). Oh well, Prytania said goodbye and left him to his prayers. Tania decided to take a walk in the top deck, get some fresh air to clear her mind, maybe watch her engravings... (" They're actually pretty good for having being done on a moving boat "). The morning was as peaceful as it could be with captain Luckybeard there shouting at his sailors. He seemed like a man of words... Just not the kind types. She hasn't asked him yet what did he thinks about them, but I guess he hasn't complained either. whatever, there was nothing to do other than sit there watching the horizon, so might as well give it a try. She approached him with a smile: " Hey captain, how's it going today? Hope you like the engravings, it'll save you a few coins when you get it back to port for what I heard, hopefully you can drink a few on- " The call of " Rocks ahead " instantly cuts the conversation and the captain starts organizing his crew again. Prytania moves away from the sailors, so she doesn't interrupt their work, and approaches the  prow to see what's happening.

 Getting out from his room below deck Zordlon stumbled upon Prytania and a human who apparently worships dwarven gods after speaking up they decided the would have a drinking contest over who could baptize him after watching the human fall over drunk he takes the opportunity to slip away before  she had a chance to baptize him Zordlon is now out on deck as ,he usually is, watching the others move around and talk he himself just wondering if anything will happen and hiding from that religious zealot Prytania. Well, as long as it's not anymore rats that was kind of horrible.

I might as well take a peak at the threat as we sail around it. there seems to be a good view point of the rocks and where we are now sailing that is out of the way of the crew.

nursing a massive hangover from the night before Armand wakes up and staggers onto the deck of the ship right into the middle of a religious discussion between an elf and an elf looking stick of a girl.  Listening to their discussion he decides that the best way to save the elf is to baptize him and challenges the elf looking stick girl to a drinking contest for the right to throw zordlon overboard in a baptism right. After losing horribly to the stick girl by passing back out, he awakens ashamed of his foolish actions and begins his daily obedience right tripling it in length to atone for his actions.  The sound of dwarven chanting and the rythimic hammering of metal on metal begins to drift up to the deck from deep in the hold.

Pezzack was enjoying the fresh air from the deck when he heard the call of rocks ahead. He turned towards the bow of the ship, looking out across the water. After all, where there's rocks above the water line, dry land can't be too far away. Holding the brim of his hat against the sun's glare, Pezzack looked hard with his eagle eyes to try and get a look at the rocks ahead. (Perception check=21)

Alizebeth was roused from her slumber later in the day to the awful sound of steel clashing. She squinted in her small cabin, multihued eyes squinting in distaste. She rose up, taking several minutes to change her garments and work the blood back through her limbs. What sort of fool attempts to work metal or a forge on board a ship? She was currently lamenting her lot at sea: Bouts of seasickness had made the journey far more miserable than it should have been, and now this. The pale skinned woman pushed the door of her cabin open, then turned to make her way up to the deck. She tilted her head back once outside, sucking in a deep breath of the crisp sea air. She put her eyes to a clear part of the deck and made her way towards it, only to sit down on one of the crates, leaning back with one hand on the rail of the ship.

Ren was sitting near the edge of the deck, his eyes were closed and his sword cradled between his arm and body. His breathing even, some might think he was asleep, but other would recognize this as meditation.  Dammit, I can still here the conversation next to me. At this level, there's no way I'll be able to harness Ki. I need to focus.  "Rock's Ahead!"Ren's eye's opened. He stood up, stretched a bit to look at the impending rocks. The crew was competition and efficient, already starting to steer the ship away from the rock. 

GM AM POST DAY 1 - SLOT 9-5 EST As the Iron Kelpie continued to press on, charting a course past the rocks ahead, the formation could be seen clearly from the deck of the ship.  Sticking out of the water protruded great white spikes of stone, almost like the fingers of some great hand coming forth from the vast sea.  On the rock, green patches could be seen but detail could not be made without the aid of a spyglass which would reveal the giant rocks were covered in vegetation in some places. The ship moved through the water at a steady pace, the sails working with a gentle breeze to guide it forward.  The crew was alerted as some noticed a dark shape heading towards the Starboard side of the ship.   // some of you might make checks and respond and also make other rolls to see what you might know.  I will respond to those types of checks in the next post.  Ex.  If you want to take the spyglass and perceive the rock formation or study its structure with an appropriate check, etc. you are not in initiative unless you want to instigate a surprise round on this figure (but think before you act)

Harold woke late this morning, an oddiety, perhaps these days at sea have started to dull his senses a bit.  He made his way towards the aft deck with Flint and absently waved a greeting to the captain.  As Flint rolled over into his favorite spot, Harold began to take notice of the captain and crew, all looking at something in the distance.  Curious as to what might be happening he motions for Flint to stay and approaches the front of the ship where Zordlon and Pezzack are standing  " Morning gents, what seems to be all the commotion?"  

Madella excuses herself from the conversation she was having with a dry, "Oh great. Rocks. We are going to die before we make landfall." Ever the optimist, she looked out over the waters to see if she could spot anything in the water. // Rolled 13 on perception.

ooc: rolled 8 on perception ic: Zordlon glances out at the water wondering what everyone's looking at; seeing nothing he goes back to watching and listening to various conversations. 

Ren takes a moment to look at the nearby waters. The rocks were easy to see, but he was having trouble tracking the dark shapes the sailor's were talking about. He trusted the sailor's judgment, if there was a problem they would say so.  He makes his way over the where the shadow is.  (OOC: Perception roll - 20) 

Will noticed a few people looking towards and pointing at some sort of large dark shape that was heading towards them underwater. ~Wonder if that is one of those deep sea fish that I have heard so much about~ Will thought as he started to grab towards his fishing supplies. ~It would be amazing to catch something that can create  that big of shape underneath the water~. Will did not cast out though not until his suspicions of it being a giant fish could be confirmed by someone who had more experience being out at sea, he did however peer very closely at it hoping he might be able to tell for himself. ((OOC: Perception Roll - 18 Knowledge (Nature) - 8)) After not being able to make out what sort of creature it was and seeing as how no else had called out what it was Will decided to turn his attention towards the rock formation. Approaching one of the crew he asked if he could borrow their spyglass to try and get a better look at the rocky formation. ((OOC: Perception Roll - 27)) "Doesn't look like much of anything to me" Will said to the crew member he had borrowed the spyglass from. Handing the spyglass back he walked back over to the starboard side of the ship and continued to gaze out towards the rocks and sometimes watching the creature that was fast approaching the ship.

Armand staggers to the deck after completing his penitence.  Shouting for his new friends Elf and Stick Girl

Viggo gazes out into the sea. What is that? If it isn't a dumb or injured animal why would it approach us openly, it surely could advance unnoticed if it wished. perception 18

A cry from the crow's nest: " shade approaching to starboard! " Everyone leaned to the rails, looking overboard trying to locate more of those shades.   All this jargon confused Prytania, (" approaching  from where? "), she climbed to the prow and tried to search the sea before noticing that all sailors were looking the opposite way. (OOC; Perception roll: 12)

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Issachar hears the commotion on deck and runs up from the hold.  He rushed to the railing and looks where the sailors are pointing.  There appears to be a dark shape, but he can't quite make it out (Perception = 20).

A dark shape you say? Maybe its a huge delicius fish of sorts thought Lyon while counting all the ways they cold be served with delicius topping and the sort while looking over the railing at the shadow in the water.

OOC: perception:14, dungeonering: 22, history:12 IC: Zordlon notices the rock is made of marble and thinking this odd mentions it to Armand.

OOC dont remember the rolls name told me i passed the history check IC: After Zordlon calls his attention to the fact that there is marble rock sticking out of the Armand wanders over and looks at it. mentioning about giant statues in the time of the runelords

Hearing the others speak of a shape moving through the water, Harold whistles for Flint.  The lazy cat, slowly stands up and begins moving towards the middle of the deck.  Meanwhile, Harold tries to get a better look at the shape in the water (Perception 14), though between the ship moving and the waves it's hard to make anything out.

Azariah, trusting the others could pin point this threat, fi there was a one, used the time to bring forth his wolfen state. S̨̞͎̯̟̳e̷̪v̩̬̜̠̼e͕̼n͝ ͎W̜͈̦̙̰o͚̞̼͍̱̪͟l̕ṿ͈͎ͅe̵̗͖̦̭̩̰͇s͉̠̻͎͉ c̗̻̥̲͘h̥͔̠̘͓̜a̼̱͙͞s̰̰͉͙͇̖i̦͠n͉̘g̟͔̞͔̝ ͏̱F͕̝̲̲̲͉͝ͅo̰͘u̲̮̟̱̦̙̞r̬̫̙̼͠t͖̙̹̲͕̗e͖̺en͎̝ ͟D͖̖̺e̗̟̠̯̗͟ḙ̘͔͠ͅr̙͓͓̙̺̫̬͡ ̜̗̹̟͙̮͞b̥̺̲̮͘en̼͙̫e͎̞̬a̠̦̼̮͠ͅţ̖͍̻͕̬̹̟h̻̦̪ ̲ţ̙̮̳̻h̪̜̬e̠̫̮̬ ̳̝̮T͝w͏̬͔e̯̞̮̻͔n̦̩ͅt̮̟͙͖̥͎ͅy̼̤̝̯-̴O͇͇͟n̗ͅe͖̝̰̣̯ ͚̼̠̳R̩͙̞e̶̙͚̤͕̠ͅḍ͍́ ͔̘M̗̳͓̭͇̲̙o̟̹o̻̬͔͎̺ns̢̝̦̳̩ He murmured, closing his eyes and pressing his fists together, his eyes slid beneath as they were absorbed by the psionic power, swiftly replaced by those of the wolf. He was ready, should something come. (Bite of the Wolf. Duration. One Minute)

Pezzack gazed off of the starboard bow of the ship, looking intently at the dark shape just below the water as it approached the ship. He searched his memories of druidic training, looking for some story or tale that might identify what kind of threat drew closer beneath the waves. As he looked, he cast a spell of guidance to aid his recall. His knowledge could prove the equal of any weapon in defending the ship from danger.  (Perception 28, Knowledge: nature 20+1=21 total)

ooc he had a 19

GM POST AFTERNOON DAY 1 SLOT 5-1 EST As the boat continued towards the rocky formation it began to grow in size of the starboard bow.  The giant white finger-like formations were each larger then the ship based on their distance and the small creatures that could now be seen through the spyglass on the formation.   The shape in the water came closer, and rising to the surface revealed itself to be an amazingly beautiful woman.  She swam on her back beneath the water, the shimmering waves barely blurring her naked form.  Her dark hair waving around her body.  She moved in the water as if a part of it with grace and ease.  The strange creature looked upward upon the boat with curiosity but for the moment used the safety of the water as her protector.  She seemed more curious about the strange vessel than anything else.  

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ooc: rolled a 19   ic: shouts and points at the nyph.  HEY ANYONE KNOW WHAT THAT IS??? why is there a woman swimming there....

"You are right to be cautious but one should still not be so hostile towards strangers one have just met, she might simply be trying to warn us about the cliffs. Said Lyon while leaning his hands on the railing looking down. "Greetings miss, if you do understand us then i would like to apoligize for the hostile behavior of my friend. I hope you werent put to much on the edge by his threats. (Diplomacy roll 26 if that works xD )

Pezzack grumbled at the sight of the comely maiden. He didn't know much about nymphs, only a few of their identifying traits like her pointed ears and seeming aquatic nature. Nonetheless, creatures that looked this pretty could use their beauty as a lure for hunting. Out of a sense of caution, Pezzack takes a step back from the railing, pulls out his shield, and works his magic on three sling bullets with a magic stone spell.

After running to the correct side of the boat, Prytania could see a female figure swimming along with the boat, looking at the crewmembers who were cramming the handle. Most looked fascinated, others viewed her with distrust, whispering between them. The magnificent creature swam calmly, as she examined the ship Prytania was on the fascinated side, and without a second thought, she tried to communicate with her: (OOC: Diplomacy 25) (OOC If she doesn't seem to understand common): " Hello!, We are the Iron Kelpie. <emphasizing with signs> Kelpie, you?, we live here (ship), you? " -<pointing at the rocks> (OOC If she understands common): " Hello! We are the Iron Kelpie, pleased to meet you, can we know your name?. Would you be so nice to tell us something about these waters?, Do you live in those rocks? "

// Nature Check: 11 When someone called out about the Nymphs, Madella blinked and looked over in the creature's direction. "Oh, how lovely," The half-elf said, "Can't say to know what kind of a creature that is, myself, but they're really pretty. Shame I'm not in the mood for a swim."

Issachar quickly steps behind the mast.  In the shadows, a change comes over him.  His face elongates and his ears perk up.  He seems to stand a little more on the balls of his feet.  He takes an arrow in his left hand, but does not draw his bow, yet. (OOC: Shapechange, +2 to Wis and +2 to all Saves.)

Hearing everyone calling out, Azariah moved towards that side of the boat, spotting the fey creature, he warned them. "I would not trust it, I've heard tails of mermaids and other fey dragging sailors down to their death using wiles like that ones." His voice was rather hard to understand at times, coming from a fang filled muzzle as it was. He pointed at the creature as he spoke, before growling deep in his throat as he watched it.

As the rock formation drew closer Will was able to get a better look at it. It was a formation of white stones that appeared to not be a natural rock formation at all, but almost as if they were part of a larger structure that was now at the bottom of the ocean. Will walked over towards the crew member he had borrowed the spyglass from earlier and borrowed it from him again so that he could get a closer look at the rock formation. ((OOC Perception Roll - 16)) "Damn it, those things are still to far out there for me to really see clearly. All I can tell is they have a bit of green stuff around the bottom of them and not much else" Will said to himself as he returned the spyglass to the sailor.  "Now what is the rest of this commotion about, has that creature finally gotten close enough to tell what it is" Will asked himself as he walked back to the starboard side of the ship and peered towards where the sea creature had been before. ((OOC Perception Roll - 23 Nature Roll - 24)) "Well that is a beautiful creature" Will began "if I remember correctly those beings are called...nymphs! Yes nymphs that's it!" Will noticed that some of the crew members were being a bit hostile towards the creature and started attempting to inform them that there was no reason to be hostile, yet. "Hey! No need to get all angry at her she is a nymph and I am sure she could have done much more damage to us by remaining hidden instead of swimming directly towards us. The nymphs are said to respectful creatures so if you treat her with respect I am sure she will do the same for us, they are also guardians of some of nature's most pure and beautiful places" Looking towards Lyon and Pyrtania, Will noticed that they seemed to have a hand on the diplomacy of the situation so he decided he would move to stand by them, hopefully by showing the nymph that he was near the people being kind to her that he was also a friend.

As people gather on one side of the ship Ren also strolls over to see the commotion. With a quick glance, he senses hostility from some people on deck. T his could be a threat.  Ren pulls his sword out of his sheath while walking over. As he walks over he see's Prytania trying to speak with something, quickly Ren points the tip of his sword down as to not let anything in the water see it. Ending up behind Azariah, Ren isn't able to get to the edge as it is crowded. Suddenly he hear's someone cry out "It;s a nymph! ... " Interesting, I've only heard stories on Nymphs on my travels. I'd prefer we not fight in a situation like this. Ren however keeps quite as to not add to the yelling, some others near him seem to already share an opinion with him. 

GM POST EVENING DAY 1 SLOT 1AM - 9AM EST (I realize this is now actually night for me but we'll figure that out later) The nymph, seeing the crew of the ship is as curious about her as she is about them rises slowly from the water.  Her beauty was almost unbearable to look at.  Many of the ships crew stopped whatever they were doing to look on with mouths agape at the site of the alluring creature.  The Captain, upon hearing the word Nymph yelled to his crew Stop Staring And Get BACK TO WORK! With a wave she addressed Prytania and Lyon who seemed to have approached her with confidence and kindness and who also stood closest to the bow of the ship.   Iron Kelpie .. yes .. I see you must refer to the kelpie on the mast of your ship.  It is quite beautiful although I have not seen one for quite some time.  I am Trylvanataranlaurel .. but you may refer to me as Tryl.  Your ship must be lost to be this close to the Kylorantiltha.  I suggest you turn about before you become lost forever .  Tryl's words of advice flow from her lips like honey upon the ears of the crew.  

OOC: stealth 26 (perception of rocks 9, nature 14) IC: As the nymph comes closer Zordlon ducks behind a wall so the nymph can't see him incase the nymph tries to attack.

Her Name is stupid... Azariah thought to himself, letting his head demanifest its wolfen form, leaving only his golden eyes as an indicator to the active powers. Forcing his eyes from the beauty, largely from the irritation that she was stalling their journey, he turned his eyes to the rocks. (perception 26) Unable to see anything of worth from this distance, the tiefling said with a grunt. "We are not lost, fey. We know exactly where we are headed. Your concern is unneeded."

Pezzack was unsure about the nymph's motives, but nonetheless he decided to take her warning seriously. The tengu stepped away from the bow of the ship, to speak with the Captain. "By your leave, I'd like to take a look through your spyglass, sir." Breadbeard, curious about whether the raven's eye will see more than others, hands it to Pezzack without a word. The nature priest raises the glass to his eye, and looks to the rock formations ahead. (Perception 27) Through the glass, Pezzack sees the vegetation on the rocks, and can barely make out small creatures climbing over the marble. He turns to the Captain, and says as he returns the spyglass, "There's something moving on the rocks ahead. We may be headed into an ambush, sir, unless we change course."

Rusty backs away moves to keep an eye on the other side of the ship and our captian. Is this just a distraction? What if we don't turn the ship around?  ( 15 perception on port side of the ship, 14 sense motive on Nymph, 9 sense motive on our captain)

The captain shouted everyone back to their posts, and the crowd slowly started to fade, leaving most of the adventurers on the handle. Azariah didn't seem to like her at all, and was actively trying to shoo her away, others turned their backs and scattered through the deck, but she probably lives nearby, and every bit of information can help. Ptytania tried to get some more information out of her. "You like the kelpie? I engraved some details myself, I'm glad you like it!" -Tania  said as she made a small reverence-  " And t hanks for the advice Tryl, but I'm afraid our captain is stubborn and this is the route we have to take. I could try to convince him to take a detour, but I need to know exactly what is that Kylo...ran...thing, and what are the dangers? - She tried to look at the rocks, but they were too far still to see anything-  Is it that rock formation over there?" -  Prytania shouted from the prow. (OOC Sense motive: 18, perception:10)