Encounter: Ruffians Aboard Trois Pistoles

[Ao]

AC: 11 (leathers)

Thug1 'Karl': 12/12 Killed by Osvald. Arrow to the heart!
Thug1 'Aesop': 10/10 Blown overboard by Dwan. Crushed his skull on the mast.
Thug1 'Randall': 10/10 Blown overboard by Dwan. Got tangled in the rigging, which decapitated him.
Thug1 'Aulba': 10/10 Blown overboard by Dwan. Thunderblast crushed his trachea. He won't breathe again.
Thug1 'Sake': 11/11 Blown overboard by Dwan. His shoes are still on the deck. His body, in the lake.
Thug1 'Triest: 10/10 Kicked overboard by Artimus. Without a roll. +1 one-liner bonus.
Thug1 'Damphe': 11/11
Thug1 'Lenk': 13/13 Killed by Custer. Blew his brains out.
Thug1 'Salda': 10/10
Thug1 'Dekeu': 10/10

[Custer Thickett]

[Assassinate light crossbow shot] 2d8+4d6+6
24

[DiceMaster]

The member 'Custer Thickett' has done the following action : Dice Roller

#1 'D8' : 3, 8

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#2 'D6' : 2, 1, 3, 1

[Osvald Hale]

Hit with Longbow, transferred hunters mark to target as a bonus action.

5 + 3 + 4 = 12 dmg.

[DiceMaster]

The member 'Osvald Hale' has done the following action : Dice Roller

#1 'D8' : 5

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#2 'D6' : 3

[Ao]

As Artimus utters his one-liners from the cabin, a thunderous blast rips across the deck of Trois Pistoles, sending the boom swinging across the deck, rigging and sheets trailing, as four ruffians go tearing through the air.

[Saves vs Dwan’s thunderblast are all failed ]

They go reeling out over the deck rail, cracking limbs off of the wooden guard and tearing splinters out into Lake Esmel with them.

The bolts and arrows from Osvald and Custer drop their charges, as captain DeLonde kicks a ruffian over the side.

Kellar and Shorjahl charge the boat.

[…]

[Ruffians, morale check… failed]

Three of the brigands still stand on deck, staring at the rampaging Kellar. They swoon watching as their allies fall into the sea, and die wordlessly with arrows torn through their vitals.

“Oh holy shitbird!” screams one, deafeningly, throwing his arms up in the air. The other two stare at him, and then at the party. One of them turns tail and runs, jumping over the siderail into the frigid water below.

Bottles and broken lanterns and crates litter the deck. The sails flap aimlessly in irons, the rigging blowing back and forth. Four good bottles of Sembian wine roll about, bumping precariously against the starboard rail.

The combat is over before it even started, the would-be looters standing in the same way that men would with pants around their ankles.

Kellar arrives on the deck, trailing after the dwarf. It seems that the threat aboard Trois Pistoles is done, now.

But in the distance, the four-master’s sails are filled with wind, and it begins keeling as tears through the harbour, arrows flying to and fro as it crashes past the dock ward….

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Ok guys, 2 ruffians still remain on deck. They have surrendered.

An impressive round of combat, lol. You guys utterly destroyed them.

But there are bigger fish to fry. The four-master is sailing on through the harbour…

Let me know what your plan is, and how you’re dealing with the 2 ruffians left aboard.

EXP: +30 for full party post, and +100 each for subduing the combat.

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