c02s02e04 - Damsel in Distress The team starts lobbing catapult and balista fire down on the caravan from on high while the defense towers fired back and launched hanger gliders by trebuchet to drop greek fire onto the deck of The Sturdy Turtle. Dhraksis dropped his gun off the ship almost immediately from a crit.. he found a standard heavy crossbow below deck and continued sniping the glider pilots as they went by. Tug was given a hand crossbow. Tug almost died twice. the 'Turtle took a -4 from the fight overall MVP moment by far was when tug launched the Barrel of Animated Goop found in the South Valley Bunker with a nat 20 to a mekillot's face. Front tower forcing the caravan to a stop. The goop tentacle-raped the mekilots face, eyes, nose... it took about 5 rounds for the beast to become like the boar in Princess Mononoke... Once this happened, the front tower was being bucked around and everyone evacced. the tentacle beast had flipped the turtle over and was basically a massive tentacle salad on the half shell.it grappled the ship when it got too close, it flung people at the 'Turtle when they got too near. the team focused fire on the back tower and a priest-type with the front mekilot crew got out and started coaxing the tentacle creature with no fear of attack. Ed dropped a catapult rock on him with a silence spell on it.. Priest evaded the rock and got some mooks to get the rock out of the way and then got bopped with a fireball and a crit from Dhraksis's new crossbow. Then Ed put a balista through him like a reaver on laundry day. With nothing trying to soothe the tentacle nightmare, it jumped on the next mekillot then the next.. each being infected with their own tentacle nightmare. the team race the clock to dump heightened Mendings into the ship and coax a navigation check off the helm to flit away before the tentacles swarmed the trailor. The team has a new ship! A damselfly class Air Helm luxury model with Aundair markings named The Gilded Edge. No guns, but lots of shag carpeting and couches. Like, the lower gun deck has a wet bar and all windowed wall to get a killer view while drinking Karrnathi rum. The back hold is mostly a large, posh bedroom separated from the rest of the ship. Galley, storage and servant sleeping quarters are on the main deck. This 'Edge was likely a private yacht of some sort. A crew of probably one helmsman groomed as a personal butler, or if the wealthy owner happened to be a helmsman himself, it would be one helluva bachelor ship with room enough for 5 guests if they all don't mind sleeping in the same bed. The team sends the Sturdy Turtle back to Cragwar to start prepping for de-marking the Gilded Edge. The Air Helm is happy to be airborn and repaired. On their new, fast Air Ship, the team scouts some more for the missing Wolf Pack ships... and catch sight of one of theirs on another caravan heading straight west with 40+ slaves... triangulation between the two caravans = Bodak is the likely source of both caravans. No weapons, outnumbered, and getting late-- the team high-tails back to CragWar to get some weapons on board and plan their next move.... </End of session> evening of day 41: spring, about May 6th. it's started to rain. Time spent in game: 8 hours team is now level 7 Loot acquired The Gilded Edge -- Damselfly Class Air Helm ship (unarmed Aundair Luxury model) Loot expended 1 barrel of animated goop "do not touch"