Adventure 4: A three hour tour

[Snake Eyes]

The assault on the orphanage is brutal, bloody, and highly destructive. The Deep Cultists have no qualms with the use of high explosives and the massive tentacle bursting forth from the sea exhibited no concern for the structural integrity of the orphanage building, at times smashing portions of the building to shower the intrepid attackers with debris. Too, the massive tentacle sprouts a number of smaller sub-tentacles, each large enough to give Kidemonas a worry. In the end, though, the 12th AAT triumphs, sending the tentacle back to the depths to recover. Hillary Blackwell fought to the death, choosing to join her master in the crushing depths rather than face the justice of the town.
Lars Hetfield, the sea inquisitor who had thinned the cultist herd in the lead-up to the fight, offers his gratitude for your service to all living things. "You made a friend for life. I don't know if we'll ever see each other again, but if I can ever help you out, I will. Fair winds and following seas."
Kirk Mustaine, the town sheriff, may be even more grateful to have the cult removed from the town and a terrifying threat neutralized. "Looks like we got some vacant homes now that the murders are solved and those damned cultists are taking their last salt dip. Bet we could get the homes fixed up and put you all in them. What do you say? Cullport's nice when raging sea monsters and murderous fanatics aren't running loose, and you all can take care of those types just fine!"
But whether you take him up on his offer or not, duty calls. A few days' rest flies by and you find your rendezvous. The ship "The Iron Maiden" is loaded and made ready for your journey.

OOC Comments

Everyone can take an Advance and refresh all bennies.

Once all your loose ends are tied, you board the vessel and are led to your respective quarters. As you stow your gear, a voice comes over the intercom. "Good day, this is Captain Bruce Harris. We are bound for New Freeport for a supply drop and a rendezvous. The forecast is smooth sailing, but just the same, please familiarize yourselves with the location of the lifeboats and emergency supplies."
The anchor is raised and the ship begins steaming for the open ocean.
A day and a half passes with idyllic conditions. The weather is fair and the sea is as calm as it can be. As the second night approaches, though, the winds begin to pick up. Out of nowhere, a squall begins battering the Iron Maiden with brutal winds and massive waves.
The captain sounds general quarters, calling all personnel to their stations. There is a flurry of activity as all available hands begin running as fast as the rolling ship will allow. Crashing waves toss the ship about and cause even the saltiest sea dog to lose their footing.

Sea Legs

Vigor roll at -2 or take one level of Bumps & Bruises.

The storm's intensity ramps up. Waves smash into the bridge. The sailors shouts are barely heard over the tempest, but it appears a few of them have been knocked overboard. The captain calls over the intercom: "We're losing hands and I can barely keep control of the helm! All souls aboard, we need help!"

Instructions

This is a Dangerous Quick Encounter. The options in front of you are as follows:

• Stay put. You're not a sailor and if you can't see the storm, it can't get you. Hope the crew was wearing their life vests.
• Assist with crew retrieval. Utilize a skill of your choice that fits with spotting or physically retrieving overboard sailors.
• Assist with steering the ship. Boating to assist Captain Harris in getting the ship through the squall.
• Assist with navigation. Survival to help with course correction and avoiding the largest of the rogue waves.

All rolls are at -2 plus any other Bumps & Bruises or applicable Hindrance penalties.
Critical Failure: d3 Wounds
Failure: d3 Bumps & Bruises
Success: 1 Fatigue
Raise: Yer a natural sea dog! Take a benny.

[Persephone]

Sea Legs - 3 bumps and bruises

Vigor 1d6!!-2: [4]-2 = 2
Wild 1d6!!-2: [5]-2 = 3
Cerbie Vigor 1d6!!: [2] = 2
Cerbie Wild 1d6!!: [3] = 3

Persephone grabs her staff and immediately activates Environmental Protection for Water. It doesn’t stop her from getting battered about on her way to the deck but it will help if things go wrong once she's there. She grabs a rope that is not being used on anything at that moment and shouts to find out where the men went over. She runs to that side and ties herself to a piece of the rigging before scanning the waters. Once she spots them she reaches out her free hand toward them holding her staff with the other and rubs one of the gems casting flight on as many as she can locate.They will need to maneuver to get back to the ship but they shouldn't drown in the mean time.

Retrieving Crew - 11 Raise

Spellcasting 1d10!!-2: [7]-2 = 5
Wild 1d6!!-2: [2]-2 = 0
Benny
Spellcasting B 1d10!!: [11!!] = 11
Wild B 1d6!!: [2] = 2

Cerberus, for his part tries to remain on the bed in their room but even with 4 legs he gets bumped around and there's whines and the occasional yelp from there.

[Edward]

Bumps and bruises

Vigor 1d6!!-2 1d6!!-2: [5]-2+[2]-2 = 3
Psionics 1d10!!-3 1d6!!-3: [6]-3+[5]-3 = 5

Benny Psionics roll
1d10!!+3 1d6!!-3: [2]+3+[5]-3 = 7

Second Benny
1d10!!-3 1d6!!-3: [5]-3+[3]-3 = 2

Third Benny
1d10!!-3 1d6!!-3: [7]-3+[3]-3 = 4

Edward nearly goes overboard as the ship smashes into the waves. He grabs a nearby rail for dear life and activates Presence Sense, calling out the location of those who went overboard.

[Kidemonas]

Rolls and Stuff

Vigor 1d10! or Wild 1d6! with +2 and -2 to maximum and minimum: [5]+[6!, 2] = 13
Helping Out Athletics 1d12!! or Wild 1d6!!: [8]+[5] = 13
Oh, Athletics is only d8. So let's ignore that 8 and treat as a 5.
5-2=3 Failure.
Wounds 1d3: [3] = 3
Benny to Reroll because realized it was Fatigue and the Fatigue rules are stupid 1d8!! or 1d6!! with a -2: [4]+[2] = 6
Second Benny, because Fatigue rules are still stupid 1d8!! or Wild 1d6!! with a -2: [7]+[3] = 10

Kid seems unaffected from the ships rocking. Watching out to the see as his mind drifts to sea monsters. This sea is large and Kid had never really spent any time at sea before. "Do you think we will see a kracken? In the Clash of the Titans video there was a sea monster so big even a dragon could only run from."

Then recognizing some of the others were not fairing nearly so well as the massive dragon he nodded. "Oh, never mind. I did not realize you were ill."

As the storm begins picking up Kid does not notice when the sailors are knocked over board until the captain yells out. Looking over Kid leaps from the ship diving into the water he takes on the form of a kracken, using his tendrils to grab the sailors and lift them to the deck of the ship. Unfortunatly the sailors on the ship where unaware of the dragon's true nature and began firing on him. The assault blasting one hole after another into his soft unarmored hide as his regeneration does its best to keep up. In the end Kid flew from the water landing back on the ship, catching his breath. "Okay, so um. that kind of hurt." He mumbles in embarasement.

[Gaspard Gillead]

Sea legs?

Gaspard Sea Legs Vigor 1d6-2!!: [4]-2 = 2
Gaspard Sea Legs Wild Vigor 1d6-2!!: [6]-2 = 4
Success!

Proditione Sea Legs Vigor 1d10-2!!: [8]-2 = 6
Success
Skotia Sea Legs Vigor 1d10-2!!: [8]-2 = 6
Success
Erebu Sea Legs Vigor 1d10-2!!: [2]-2 = 0
Failure: Bumps & Bruises

When the storm starts rocking the ship, Gaspard, Perdi and Skotia all manage to evade being knocked about too badly; Erebu, however, is not so lucky, having been slammed by a loose crate and knocked back down the steps as they were all coming up to the deck to assist however they could (well, Gaspard was coming up to assist however he could; the demons were all coming up because he jerked on their metaphysical leashes--potayto, potahto).

Actions

Support rolls from minions:
Perdi Strength 1d12!!: [3] = 3 : No Help
Skotia Notice 1d10!!: [2] = 2 : No Help
Erdu Notice 1d10!!-1: [7]-1 = 6 : +1 Support to Gaspard

Gaspard Spellcasting (1d12, Scene Penalty -2, Support +1)
Gaspard Spellcasting 1d12!!-1: [5]-1 = 4
Wild Spellcasting 1d6!!-1: [3]-1 = 2
Success: 1 Fatigue

Assembled on deck, and seeing what Persephone was doing, Gaspard opted to engage in a similar effort on the other side of the ship. "Skotia, Erdu, you both act as spotters--tell me if you see anyone fallen overboard. Proditione, once I get them up here, you grab them--without harming them--and hold them steady just long enough for them to get their bearings and then we'll move on to the next." The minions moved into action, though ironically, it was only the skull-rattled Erdu who managed to actually help in any significant way. Gaspard briefly has time to wonder if knocking demons over the head a bit makes them more compliant and useful, before having to focus on keeping himself on-board the pitching vessel.

Several minutes later, he was panting, having plucked at least a couple of the sailors out of the water and teleporting them up to the deck. The strain of fighting the motion of the vessel and the wind and rain was definitely starting to wear him down, though.