Board Thread:Midian Play-by-Post/@comment-24302820-20141007123300/@comment-24302820-20150102223443

For the first through seventh of Eldus, we had an early end to the session. This is several days since then, and my notes are incomplete. The session was pretty much split into way too much farting around, then fighting. Sadly, we were forced to end the game mid-fight.

Adrik returned. What was less than an hour for him fighting the spider constructs was months for everyone else. He returned to find his church closed. Archmagus Albion had managed to hold on to as much as he could.

Seito finally met up with Sir Seth, his mentor. Seth had kept tabs on the Kadje Morsi from the time he was aboard during the Amaranthine Accords summit. The band of pirates and slavers were operating in a particular stretch of the Artery, the large channel separating Stormundia from the Darkmouth Emirate.

Seito, with those who owe him allegiance, and Adrik gathered a small crew to seek them out for Seito's revenge. Daryen, one of Seito's men, called upon his long-time companion Sampath, privateer and captain of the Deja.

After only four days of searching, the Kadje Morsi was sighted on the horizon. The Deja pretended to be a damaged and limping Bizannite shipping vessel.

After three days of listing about a large circle, with smoke rising, a makeshift buoy with a scroll case attached floated nearby. It said "Nice try, mortals." The Kadje Morsi never left, but never approached, either. When the Deja tried to head towards them, the Elven pirates stayed at a far distance. When the wind shifted, Captain Sampath changed tactics: he turned and ran. The Kadje Morsi plunged right towards them.

After a full day of the chase, with the pirates closing the distance with every hour, Seito went on a one-man mission to board the enemy vessel. The winds died down as the day drew to a close, preventing either ship from making any real headway. Kritot, one of Seito's men, wielded a monstrously large daikyu capable of nearly reaching the other ship. Many arrows were fired to screen the real projectile: Seito himself. The other two giants on the mission, Adrik and Li Jong, hurled Seito towards the enemy. This didn't get him there, but did cut the distance he'd have to swim and place him safely upstream.

Seito boarded the Kadje Morsi once night had safely fallen. He spiked the rudder, severely limiting the ship's ability to fight the next day. With no winds and a battle looming come first light, only a single pirate was watching on deck. Seito assassinated her, and quickly tried to secure all of the hatches. (The other Elves were below-decks, to be safe from more volleys of arrows.) Before he could move on to sabotaging the sails the watchmen in the rigging cried out, awakening some of the crew. Seito briefly engaged Captain Ambermore herself before escaping back to the Deja.

Shortly after dawn the winds picked back up. Carefully navigating around the Kadje Morsi's cannons, the Deja closed to board. Part of the deal with Captain Sampath was that his crew wouldn't have to engage in hand-to-hand, unless it was to repel boarders alone. Unfortunately, there are a couple of downsides to fighting an Elven crew: they have been together for decades, and there are quite a few archers on board. Of the Deja's crew only twelve remain; another seven are severely wounded. These are currently hiding below-decks.

Of the Elven pirates, seventeen remain on deck and fighting. Eleven were knocked overboard; seven are wounded. None of the PCs (or Seito's NPC warriors) are casualties yet. We had to halt things there. The battle can still go either way.