[Dungeon World] Wyvern Watch (IC/OOC)

Sakutian

destroyah that sounds like a Volley or Spellshot roll to me.

Sakutian

Kalmar you find the stories of Halflings being light on their feet as you strain to lift Birstead. Clearly all od his extra helpings at supper are beginning to catch up with. Pushing with all of your might you manage to launch yourself and Birstead out of the waves. For an instant you revel in the freedom of the air, then you begin to cough as smoke fills your lungs. With a chitter of horrified surprise you see the flames spreading across the deck of the Princess Isabeaux, tongues of flame reach out towards you eager to envelop your leathery skin.

Cassandra as the chilling effect of the frost drake shot recedes you spot an orc armed with a dagger climbing on deck behind Sheridan. The captain's attention is focused on the foe in front of him and he doesn't appear to have noticed the enemy at his back. The orc creeps towards Sheridan as quiet as a shadow and raises his dagger.

Nadine the orc's monstrous appendage strikes you on the side of the head and for a moment your world goes black. It takes you a moment to remember how to distinguish up from down, and light from dark. When you do you realize that the berserk orc is holding you overhead, and that it is about to through you overboard.

Sheridan "Still pretending you're noble born when everyone knows your nothing but the bastard son of a drunken coward. You're blood isn't fit to sully my blade but I can always buy a new one the next time I'm in port." Sergei lunges towards you but you easily step out of the path of his blade allowing him to bury it in the planking behind you instead. Cursing as he pulls his sword free and slashes at your legs.

Arc, please don't take anything Sergeri is saying to be a fact. If you decide to make it true awesome. If not he's just spitting nasty rumors in Sheridan's face.

Nadine take 3 damage from orc berserker's mace attack. She got off lucky.

destroayh that orc shaman still needs to be dealt with as his water hazard is still in play.

Desy

Birstead pushed around Kalmar, "Get out of the way, you're spoiling my shot!"

Sighting down his wand, he snapped off a series of bolts, walking them up and down the enemy ship. One bolt struck the orc shaman dead center, the blast of magic knocking his staff away from him.

Spellshot: 2d6+3 10 Also forgot the possible +1 if the orcs are still underestimating my deadliness because of my size.

Choosing to trigger the Disarm rune. Whatever the target is holding in one of it’s hands is flung from their grasp and lands nearby.

Mikey CTS

Oh boy... Nadine was in a spot now. She had to think fast to get out of this one. Pushing her foot against the railing, Nadine thrusting back against the orc, forcing it to release her as the mutated orc toppled backwards and Nadine tumbled back on to the deck. Better here than in the drink with the tentacles. No way that would have ended well.

"Okay, big boy... Time for round three," Nadine sneered, righting herself into an aggressive stance.

Defy Danger (Str): 2d6+1 7

Okay, well, that's better than nothing. At least the scene isn't becoming some terrible anime with Nadine as the star. :shock:

Sakutian

Birstead the shaman's staff soars out of his hands and the ornate skull atop it shatters against the deck. Flaming liquid spills out from the shattered remnants of the skull forming a circle of fire below the mast. In a flash of light more than a dozen orcs are reduced to piles of ash and half melted armor. A smoldering creature standing amidst the orc's remains, he picks up the ruined staff and breaks it in half on his knee. Heavy brass armor conceals much of the creature's form from sight but his craggy face and hands remain visible.

The blazing armored figure turns his eyeless visage towards you and pulls a flaming hammer off of his back.

Mikey I'll leave the anime inspired adventures to Arc.

Grog

I'm floundering a bit here (pun intended). Could I spend 1 hold to spray water from my blow-hole to clear a path to climb up onto the Isabeaux?

Sakutian

You could totally do that because it is amazing.

Grog

Free of the slinger's bulk, the whiskered dolphin launches out of the waves and toward the blazing hull of the Isabeaux. With a mighty huff a gout of seawater douses a path through the flames, enough for Kalmar's (now human) hands to find purchase on the burnt wood.

"Come on, halfling! You'll hit nothing while you're in the drink!" Birstead's shots ring out as if in answer, carving destruction through the orcish ranks. The druid can only raise his eyebrows in response from the gunwale, before being distracted by Sheridan's duel.

This boy'll get himself killed. "Need a hand there, captain?"

Spend 2 hold to get my spray on, returning to human form.

Defy danger: 2d6+1 11 to climb the hull and (finally) heed the captain's call.

Desy

"Says you! I seem to be doin alright!"

El Skid

Cassandra's singing takes on a more violent and commanding note, and she points at the Captain imperiously. The beast extends its tentacle and Cassandra is jarringly moved to the deck of the ship behind the captain. Leaping off the tentacle and drawing her sword, she charges the orc advancing on the captain, still singing loudly. The Orc turns away from the captain's exposed back at the sound of her voice, and with a bemused look stabs her instead.

Hack and Slash on the sneaky orc: 2d6+1 5 That was not a great roll. Oh well, marking experience :P

Sakutian

Kalmar Sergei lets out a booming laugh as he continues to swing his sword at Sheridan. "Captain? I'll tell you what whiskers whatever this oaf is paying you I'll double it if you help me finish him off."

Cassandra the orc's dagger descends slashing through your sleeve and the flesh beneath. Before you can make another attack on the would be assassin he draws a length of glittering black cloth out of a pouch on his belt. Draping the shadowy cloak around his shoulders he vanishes into thin air before your very eyes. You can smell his foul stench close by and feel his bloodthirsty eyes as he circles you preparing to cut your throat.

Birstead the creature wielding the flaming hammer leaps off of the orc ship and lands a few feet away from you. The armored elemental points its enormous weapon at you and starts bellowing in a strange language. "Greshan fen grall orvin branwa!"

Heat escaping from the with the creature's helmet makes you sweat as you struggle to understand its words.

What do you do?

Cassandra takes 6 damage 1 piercing from the Orc Shadowhunter's counterattack

Grog

Kalmar has only one word for the lies and misdirection pouring from the man's mouth. "Bullshit."

Sergei blinks- a fatal error- and there is a full sized bull bearing down on him. Before he can bring his blade up he takes a horned forehead to the chest and is flung overboard.

Shapeshift: 2d6+1 7 shapeshift into a bull and gain 2 hold

Spend 1 hold to Bull charge (str): 2d6+1 13 poom!

Sakutian

I see what you did there Grog, and I love you for it.

Grog

Next I will shapeshift into a punguin

Mikey CTS

But... Nadine is cool too.

Sakutian

Whoops, looks like Nadine got left out during the copy/paste phase. Just give me a minute Mikey.

Sakutian

Nadine When you reach for your blade your realize that your acrobatic escape has left you empty handed. Your rapier lies at the orc's feet but the takes no notices of the fallen weapon as he leaps towards you lashing out with his jagged nails once more.

What do you do?

Lets see what she can do without her weapon.

Mikey CTS

Oh snap! How will Nadine ever get out of this one?! Oh wait, that's right, she'll get out of it awesome.

Nadine felt very naked without her blade in her hand. She desperately looked for an out to this situation, then her eyes caught the blood-stained wheelhouse. Her grin grew impossible wide and her eyes went manic as she snickered. That snicker grew into a mad cackle as she released the line holding the wheel then punted the wheel, sending the ship careening into the Isabeaux and the impact caused the mutated orc to lose his footing and trip forward. With her foe downed, Nadine dashed forward, snatched her blade up and spun around to swing wildly into the mutated orc's flank.

Use the battlefield to your advantage: 2d8+2 9 I gain and spend one hold to slow down the mutated orc.

Hack 'n Slash: 2d6+2 12 Let's add a d6 to my damage! ... I'd really like him to be dead already.

Damage: 1d10+1d6 8 I've already done a lot of damage to this guy... fingers crossed, eh?

Now let's see what kind of carnage is unleashed by way of my actions. Mwuahahaha!!

Sakutian

I don't think the Captain Sheridan is going to like you dinging up his boat Nadine.

Super Namicchi

"Well, that was certainly exciting," Sheridan says, replacing his blade at his side. "I grow weary of these--woah!"

The boat rocks underneath his feet as he peers across the way to the enemy boat. Still there was the fire to worry about. "We've precious little time. Kalmar, we need those fires out if you please!"

Stepping up to the wheel again Sheridan gives it a mighty spin, steering the Princess Isabeaux away from the slaver ship.

Desy

Birstead looks up at the creature as he struggles to slip through the railing. Finally made it back to the ship and now this to deal with.

He stepped away from the thing, no need to stand right in reach of the monster.

"Can't understand you friend. Do you understand or speak the common tongue? If you stay your weapon against me and mine, I have no quarrel with you." Birstead kept his wand in hand, though not pointed at the figure. He tried to understand the strange tongue it spoke as well as try to recall if he'd seen its like before.

Maybe it had been as much a captive of the Orc's as they intended to make the crew of the Isabeaux?

Birstead is trying to place the creature's language. I think this is covered by the Spout Lore move? If so, Spout Lore (Int): 2d6+1 7

Sakutian

Sheridan as you steer the Princess Isabeaux away from one enemy ship two more move to block your path. Steering between the orc ships will be risky but it is the only path to safety.

Birstead somehow the creature's words begin to make sense to you. Your understanding is imperfect, but you think you understand the gist of what he's saying as he slowly repeats himself. You...captors...bargain...freedom...

Nadine your blade up to its hilt in the orcs flank and the berserker falls over into his side with your weapon piercing his lung. A last shallow breath escapes from between your foes lips before he dies. Pulling your rapier free of the fallen enemy you wipe it clean of the black blood coating its gleaming surface and turn to see the Princess Isabeaux pulling apart from the slaver ship. The gap between the ships is already wide and only growing more so with each passing second.

Kalmar Sergei sails over the deck with a strangled curse and splashes into the ocean. Sputtering the scarred slaver clings to a charred barrel to keep himself a float as he flails his fist at you, his sword lost to the depths in his fall. His words are carried away by wind and water though as you turn your attention to the fires on the deck of your ship. The crewmen have managed to contain the flames by pouring much of the remaining drinking water over the deck, but they are running out of barrels to empty over the inferno.

What do you do?

destryah where did Birstead learn fire tongue?

El Ski I'm waiting on Cassandra to deal with that assassin that is still on board.

El Skid

Yeah, sorry Sak. Trying to get my head wrapped around the system and finding it pretty challenging. Every time I go to post something I scrap it, or turn a blank. Honestly not sure how to fix that...Let me ponder for a little and I'll post something this aft.

Sakutian

Let me know if I can help you out. Discern Realities could be a good choice for this situation.

El Skid

Sakutian wrote: »

Let me know if I can help you out. Discern Realities could be a good choice for this situation.

So Cassandra could make a discern realities roll and maybe get an answer to a slightly different question than the ones listed (like "where is the orc?") and then get a chance to stab it with a bonus?

Sakutian

You couldn't use it to get such a precise answer but it could still yield some useful info. You could ask "What should I be on the lookout for here?" which might allow Cassandra to spot some telltale sign of the orc assassin's presence.

Defy Danger using your Intelligence or Dexterity would be good choices too.

Grog

Or you could just use your shapeshifting power to- oh wait.

The whiskered bull does the bovine equivalent of shrugging and leaps over the side closest to the flames, his muscled bulk kicking up a mighty splash.

Not sure what you want me to roll for 'being a bull jumping off a ship to splash water on a fire' but here's one anyway.
splashy splashy: 2d6 9 gosh I hope that's str/dex/wis.

Sakutian

Did Kalmar just do a cannonball?

El Skid

Sakutian wrote: »

Did Kalmar just do a cannonball?

A 1,500 lb cannonball!

Desy

El Skid wrote: »

Sakutian wrote: »

Did Kalmar just do a cannonball?

A 1,500 lb cownonball!

Truly a nobull act.

Look for a post from me sometime today.

Edit: no need for a double post from me.

"Fire Tongue?", Birstead closed his eyes for a moment, thinking back to long lessons in his grandsire's study. The old wizard had tried to cram his grandson's head full of knowledge. Fire tongue was only one of the languages Granpa had tried to hammer into his head.

"Aid us against Orcs ... and you ... free be." Birstead managed to grind out, hoping that he'd actually said what he thought he said. And hoping that he'd understood the creature's meaning along with its words.

Mikey CTS

Are there any orcs left on my ship?

El Skid

Cassandra steps back in a defensive posture, her singing crashing into a forte piano (going from very loud to very soft) as she searches for where the orc has vanished to.

Discern Realities: "What should I be on the lookout for here?": 2d6+1 7

Sakutian

Kalmar water washes over the deck of the Princess Isabeaux smothering the flames. The blackened wood hisses and steams as the fires are quenched and a cheer goes up from the crew. Several the remaining barrels of drinking water were carried overboard in the miniature tidal wave your dive created.

As you bob in the water you feel something long and slimy begin to coil itself around your midsection. It would seem that the beast lurking beneath the waves has taken an interest in you.

Birstead the magman stared at you briefly then nodded his large head. Turning towards the approaching slaver ships he spread his arms wide and a column of lava erupted from within him. Screams and the wooshing of flames that enveloped both ships filled the air. Lava poured off of both decks hardened as it struck the saltwater below. Clouds of steam swallowed up the orcs and their ships hiding them from view. The flow of liquid rock pouring from the magman slowly began to ebb away and when it finally did he stumbled backwards.

"Bargain...freedom...now. The magman vanished in a column of fire that swept up into the sky and vanished behind a cloud.

You notice the hardened magma the poured off of the orc ships is flowing to block your path. If something isn't done to shatter the rock quickly, or prevent it's advance you'll be trapped.

Cassandra when you step back you notice wet footprints crossing the deck behind you. Apparently the assassin failed to wipe his filthy feet when he came aboard and he is leaving a trail as he circles around behind you. You hear the fluttering of his cloak and a sharp intake of breath, you can picture him raising his dagger readying himself to plunge it into your back.

What do you do?

Mikey, yeah there are still orcs on your ship, probably more than Nadine would want to take on by herself.

Mikey CTS

Nadine sets the ship on direct course with the one it's sister ships then severes the tiller line. A group of orcs notice her at the wheelhouse then panic sets in. Time to get off this boat. With a running charge she makes a mad dash for the railing, and in a single motion grabs and severes a weighted line. She cries out as the lines whips her out over the water back towards the Isabeaux. Her eyes widen when she judges the distance as too far and lets go of the rope to hoping the momentum will carry her. With a scream she desperately reaches out, her fingers barely in reach in of the railing. The breath is forced from her chest as her body slaps against the side of the Princess Isabeaux but her grip stays true. With a grunt she pulls herself back over the on to the deck, falls down on to her rear leaning against the rail, and gasps for air.

"Well... that was exciting," Nadine pants, clutching her heart.

Daring heroics? Daring heroics!

Use the battlefield to your advantage: 2d6+2 11 Okay so that earns me three holds, spend one to put myself back on the deck of the Princess Isabeaux. Leaves two holds in my pocket in case this thing isn't over yet.

Desy

Birstead was glad to see the burning lava covered ships, however, the hardened rock was quickly cutting off the Isabaux's path. "Just one thing after another." He muttered.

Rushing over to the rail, he took aim at the anchor ropes of both ships. Shooting bolt after bolt, he was aiming to sever the lines holding up the weights of iron.
By freeing the weighty anchors, he hoped to shatter the obstacle outright or break its cohesion. Still, "Helm! danger dead ahead!" he called over the din of battle.

By coincidence, he took a perch on the rail near Nadine, "Come on Nadine. Don't tell me you need a rest already? Battle's not over yet!"

So, assuming I'm seeing the scene right, the hardening lava is flowing over the waves, threatening to inclose the Princess Isabeaux?
So my options as I see them are:

1)Drop a large weight on some part of the stone mass (Which is what I'm intending to do with shooting the anchors. In that respect: Spellshot: 2d6+3 10 Assuming that's a valid use of Spellshot.)
2) Shoot the stone itself, I don't see this doing a whole lot.
3) Enlisting the aid of a fellow Adventurer or one of the crew.
Possibly leading to 4) Turn the ship.
Or 5) somehow get some explosive or flammable substance over onto the mass of stone and detonate/set it aflame.

Grog

Agh! Get the hell off "MROOOOOO!" Kalmar's powerful legs kick out, pushing him free of the sea monster's grasp.

Sorry, I was sure I'd posted my turn! Bad bull.

Defy Danger- Str: 2d6+1 11

El Skid

This will take careful timing Cassandra thought quickly as she listened to the orc prepare to strike. Her plan was to dodge quickly forward, avoiding the knife, and then fling herself backward into the orc, knocking him into the water with a satisfying splash.

On the other hand, she was used to watching as heroes did their stuff, not participating. Her timing might have been a little bit off...

Defy danger to dodge the stab and knock the orc overboard: 2d6+1 5 More exp...yay?

I was going to narrate her getting stabbed and then flinging herself in the ocean... or should I wait to see if you have a better idea, Sak?

Sakutian

Birstead one by one the lines tethered to the anchors snap and send their burdens careening downward. Metal crashes through stone like a hammer cracking open a boiled egg. Carried by the wind your ship glides through the narrow gap in the hardened magma like a thread passing through a needle. A cheer goes up from the crew as they begin to beat the frozen sail with clubs shattering the ice. Billowing out as it catches a strong wind the sails carry you onward away from the smoking ruins of the slave ships.

Nadine you land on deck just in time to see your ship passing between the smoldering ruins of the orc ships. While the crew cheers you notice that you can no longer hear Cassandra singing for the first time since the battle started. Turning you see a figure shrouded in shadows burying a knife in her side.

Cassandra a dagger sinks into your side as the assassin reappears right beside you. The orc twists his knife smiling with mossy yellow teeth. "Sing no more!"

The orc pulls his weapon free and you fall to your knees in front of him. He raises his weapon and prepares to plunged it into your neck in a savage blow.

Kalmar you push yourself free of the tentacle threatening to encircle you catapulting back onto the deck of the Princess Isabeaux in the process. The mass of tentacles in the water writhe and coil themselves around the body of a drowned orc carrying it below the surface of the water. As you are carried away from the sea monster your bovine nostrils flare at the smell of blood and your instincts urge you to flee. Following the scent you spot Cassandra grappling with an orc at the other end of the ship.

What do you do?

Cassandra take 10 damage.

The last threat to deal with is the assassin and then it is all clear sailing.

Mikey CTS

Nadine sighs and stands up, pouting with disinterest. "Hey... that bard hasn't learn my story, yet. Get your own."

She hopes up on the rail between the poop and main deck, then slides down the central banister on the groves of her shoes. Kicking off the end cap with a flip Nadine slashes at the Orc Assassin with wordless battle cry from above the orc. The assassin, however, is unimpressed with her display aerial acrobatics, easily parrying her slash and following her as she lands behind it. She pants hard, still catching her breath from her hard landing before, the fatigue beginning to set in.

Impress your skill on an opponent: 2d6+2 5

Marking XP~

This is going to hurt.

Edit: Oh and forgot to note that I spent a hold to put myself behind the orc. One hold remaining.

Grog

Kalmar sees red and his nostrils flare even wider. Charging the orc, he swings his horns trying to gore the savage, but perhaps the druid has lost a little too much blood...

Hack n Slash: 2d6+1 5

Woops!