Lost City of Khemsa, Forgotten Kingdom of Verulia, Great Eastern Desert, the World of Hyboria
Day Ten. Morning?, 23rd day of the month of Yuluk, 1279th year of the Age of Aquilonia
The adventurers board the Dark Ship that ferries the damned to the Island of Death!
They frantically scatter, readying to cast off with haste! Kiri and Loche cut the stern line as Crulco severs the bow line in one stroke of his longsword! Amethu rushes the bow and prepares to light their way!
Garrin unfurls the mainsail, as Xorzen scrambles up into the rigging to help unleash that vast musty canvas. It fills with a briny subterranean wind that makes the mainmast creak and groan!
Mako takes the wheel, its wood worn smooth by countless hands steering countless lost souls to their doom. He turns it starboard and the ship lurches forward ten feet, seaward!*
Midship, Tjoruy calls upon Osorus the god of the invisible sun with devout orisons, and is mercifully healed (+3hp). Near him, merciless Zahra readies her sword where she thinks the beastmen will attempt to board. And not a moment too soon!
Exploding from Amethu's sorcerous silence, the bone white primordial savages howl like mad wolves as they storm the pier with bloodthirsty abandon! They reach the ship as it begins to leave dock and two of the powerfully muscled beasts spring like panthers onto the deck! Others lunge to the hull beneath Zahra and start climbing! On the aged wharf, more of the murderous brutes bellow and roar, readying to leap!
Suddenly, a door opens onto the maindeck and a pale member of the heinous priesthood of Zargoth emerges! (P1)
Actions?! (*The ship is moving. Everyone please make an Ability Check vs Dex on 1d20. Failure incurs a -1 to hit and to some other rolls. A '20' incurs worse.)
Map Detail:
One square = 10 feet.
Underground City Map:
S = the Dark Ship.
Behind the DM Screen:
PC Status:
- Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 11/14, Spells: 7/7 1st lvl, 2/3 2nd lvl
Cruloc: Cimmerian Northman Barbarian 3: Move: 12", AC: 4, HP: 34/45
Garrin: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 3: Move: 12", AC: 3(1), HP: 20/26, Laying Hands: 1/1
Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 19/19, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl
Loche: Pict Savage Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 23/25
Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 4: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 12/12, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl, 2/2 2nd lvl
Tjoruy: Verulian Osoran Cleric 4: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 18/31, Spells: 3/5 1st lvl, 4/4 2nd lvl
Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 3: Move: 17", AC: 6(4), HP: 16/16
Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 4: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 26/29
- Protection from Evil (Garrin): -2 to AC and +2 to saving throws against evil, in a 10 foot radius around Garrin.
Healing Mists of Osorus (Garrin, Kiri, Loche, Mako and Xorzen have breathed of the mists): All lost HP recovered with 8 hours of sleep. Wakeful rest, or sleeping less than 8 hours, enables recovery of 1 HP per hour. Duration: "months."
Invisibility (Mako): Target: self
Unseen Servant (Kiri): Duration: 36 rounds
Bless (Tjoruy): Target: the adventurers. Duration: 2 rounds.
Silence, 15' Radius (Amethu): Duration: 2 rounds.
