13A:Play/6 Starfish Magic

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Starring: 📜Elistheren, 🐾 Kaelon, 🌲 Qistis, Steinar, 📚 Annalana
Guest Starring: Justa Goblin, Goblin Chieftan; Moonmast (wererat)
Location: Stranglesea
Date Played: 2017 January 03

Goblin Encampment

📜Elistheren

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🐾 Kaelon

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🌲 Qistis

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Steinar

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📚 Annalana

We spent the majority of the 2nd day on the “island” criss crossing the island. As we get close to the Goblin ship, we see a goblin camp. They are sitting on metal plates and each plate has a fire on it.

The Goblin ship itself was not built by Goblins but taken by them. It has been here longer than the Dwarven ship, more deteriorated. Steiner and Annalana approach them. Steiner gives them food.

Annalana yells hail and one of the terrified goblins is pushed forward to shake hands. They have been here for 2 generations. They have a rough relationship with the Dwarves and the Rats. This goblin (Justa Goblin) has gone into the ship to see if the Chieftain will meet with us. She will meet with us but not until after the moon is full (several hours).

Elis pulls a mud flap lady of sheet metal to sleep on.

One side of the ship has a hole that was cut with a saw. It has been renovated over and over again. Dried skins of jellyfish provide illumination inside. The whole place reeks of rotten fish oil. We see about a half dozen goblins inside and the meditators remain outside. There seems to be a pecking order.

An old crone of a goblin woman approaches Steiner very closely, no personal space, taking a deep, deep sniff. She seems to swallow the scent and says “What boon do you seek of us?” Steiner replies about Inigo, and she calls him the Old Wise One, who was trying to help them turn the ship into a grand palace. Before he completed it, Inigo convinced another goblin to leave with him. Anna asks about how long ago this was and the old woman talks about how they don’t track time and Anna gets mad and decides to walk away.

She insists that the goblins only defend themselves and do not make attacks. She tries to talk us out of senseless killing.

What about the goblin who left with Inigo. He was a violent goblin, named *Glara*.

Wreckrat Ship

📜Elistheren

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🐾 Kaelon

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🌲 Qistis

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Steinar

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📚 Annalana

We are comfortable when we wake up and we feel as though we could live out our lives here. It seems that some of us have been compelled to think this is a nice place.

As we approach a mast there is a pile of bones, well picked clean. Each of them has a little wooden plank next to it with horrible spelling. They are mostly human bones but mixed races. “Here dies Zaba the Gnome, the fattest cook you’ve ever seen”.

A stretch of weed mat with benches, barrels, and chairs. There are various common races ready against our incursion. Something seems wrong with the people. They mutter and growl as we approach.

One lone person approaches Eli, who asked about “a brain in a jar”, is told that “We are all out of pickling juices”. He has been on the island almost two years. His name is *Moonmast*. He asks to inspect the ring that Eli has. He sucks on Eli’s finger, which turns into a bite. Annalana charges, pushing him out of the way and Kaelon shoots him dead with arrows.

Anna shouts for everyone to run to get out of range of the harpoons. We engage them in combat. Anna has a harpoon put through her, holding her in place. After the foe is killed, she pushes off of the harpoon and weighs the odds.

We kill everyone and then rest, but there are more swashbucklers on the rear of the “ship”. Anna tries to parley but they make no response, so she draws her bow to fire. Suddenly spell casters and more fighters join the fight. Whoops.

A swarm of sharks jump out of the water, attacking the bad guys. Annalana has her first memory, remembering fighting with elven casters who were using magic similar to the starfish faced casters we now face. Anna reaches into her bag of unknown things pulls a root out that the dwarves use to counteract this magic, and tosses it to Qistis.

Anna is confused by a starfish caster who says that her memories are false, so she attacks Qistis again, spearing her good. In retaliation Qistis nearly catches Anna with a Thundersnap.

We take care of the bad guys and hole up in the ship for the night.

Player Leveling Up Comments

📜Elistheren

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🐾 Kaelon

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🌲 Qistis

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Steinar

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📚 Annalana

Each of us is powerful in unique ways that are a little too treasured. When we enter combat we win, not as a unit, but as individuals. I think that we could be more formidable if we worked as a unit. My notebooks tell me that my overtures for this fall on deaf ears until we are in the heat of battle. I must get better at making them listen so that we can overcome, and we don't lose anyone. (Explanation for the additional tactic that allows an ally to pop free from an opponent.)

GM Section

Icon Relationships

Used

• 6 Archmage Elistheren (+)

Outstanding

• 6 GGW Elistheren (-)
• 6 EQ Quistis (-)

Encounters

Fungi.