Don't you love it when a plan comes together?
Flora's people skills continued to keep the ship on target, which became increasingly important the closer they came to the islands. The Hel's Blessing was able to follow right on the heels of the pirates through a dangerous section of underwater sea mounts - islands that were still rising but hadn't yet broken the surface - without needing to slow their speed and without taking damage.
Koa might not have been experienced at this whole sailing thing, but he didn't need to be. The ship's pilot knew which direction to turn the wheel, how far, and when thanks to Flora's instructions, but it was Koa's muscles that made it go faster and smoother as they strained the ship's mechanisms to their limits, turning the rudder this way and that to avoid the obstacles that Flora and the lookout could see and stayed on their quarry's tail.
Jack had warmed up and now there was no stopping his magic as he commanded the winds to fill their ship's sails. He might not have been able to steal it away from the other ship due to distance, but that distance was closing rapidly thanks largely to his efforts. The Blessing was fairly flying over the waves as he filled her sails until they strained, full-bellied, against the might of the wind pressing against them.
And those waves that rolled so high in front of the pirate vessel were strangely low in front of the Blessing's prow. Hadama swam with all his might beside the ship and cast his magic ahead, smoothing the sea before them so that the trim hunter found little impediment to her progress.
Which was all to say that just before they reached the islands, limned silver under the brightly rising moon, the pirates realized they couldn't escape and hove to, angling their vessel in an attempt to get off a shot from their cannons while the Blessing's own guns weren't in position yet. Bows and crossbows twanged across the water as a rain of arrows arced towards the Blessing's sailors!
Because of Flora's successful warnings, however, the pirate hunters were not caught by surprise and had a chance to react!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
There are incoming cannonballs and arrows.
The pirates do not appear to have realized the Blessing is equipped with a ram!
Actions this round include (but are not limited to if you have other ideas!):
1. Steer the ship : only one person can steer this round; since Koa is already at the wheel, he gets dibs on whether he wants to stay there or do something else
-- Ramming speed
-- Evasion
-- Bring cannons to bear
- Defend the ship : all OCs can use defensive actions
-- Defend against arrows
-- Defend against cannonballs
- Attack the pirates : all OCs can use attack actions; ships are now within 30 feet
-- Fire a cannon (only if the Bring cannons to bear Steering option was chosen earlier)
-- Attack the pirate ship
-- Attack the pirate crew
Pirate ship HP: 150
Pirate crew HP: 150
Hel's Blessing HP: 150
Hel's Blessing crew HP: 150
Posting order this round:
1. Koa
2. Jack
3. Flora
Flora's people skills continued to keep the ship on target, which became increasingly important the closer they came to the islands. The Hel's Blessing was able to follow right on the heels of the pirates through a dangerous section of underwater sea mounts - islands that were still rising but hadn't yet broken the surface - without needing to slow their speed and without taking damage.
Koa might not have been experienced at this whole sailing thing, but he didn't need to be. The ship's pilot knew which direction to turn the wheel, how far, and when thanks to Flora's instructions, but it was Koa's muscles that made it go faster and smoother as they strained the ship's mechanisms to their limits, turning the rudder this way and that to avoid the obstacles that Flora and the lookout could see and stayed on their quarry's tail.
Jack had warmed up and now there was no stopping his magic as he commanded the winds to fill their ship's sails. He might not have been able to steal it away from the other ship due to distance, but that distance was closing rapidly thanks largely to his efforts. The Blessing was fairly flying over the waves as he filled her sails until they strained, full-bellied, against the might of the wind pressing against them.
And those waves that rolled so high in front of the pirate vessel were strangely low in front of the Blessing's prow. Hadama swam with all his might beside the ship and cast his magic ahead, smoothing the sea before them so that the trim hunter found little impediment to her progress.
Which was all to say that just before they reached the islands, limned silver under the brightly rising moon, the pirates realized they couldn't escape and hove to, angling their vessel in an attempt to get off a shot from their cannons while the Blessing's own guns weren't in position yet. Bows and crossbows twanged across the water as a rain of arrows arced towards the Blessing's sailors!
Because of Flora's successful warnings, however, the pirate hunters were not caught by surprise and had a chance to react!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
There are incoming cannonballs and arrows.
The pirates do not appear to have realized the Blessing is equipped with a ram!
Actions this round include (but are not limited to if you have other ideas!):
1. Steer the ship : only one person can steer this round; since Koa is already at the wheel, he gets dibs on whether he wants to stay there or do something else
-- Ramming speed
-- Evasion
-- Bring cannons to bear
- Defend the ship : all OCs can use defensive actions
-- Defend against arrows
-- Defend against cannonballs
- Attack the pirates : all OCs can use attack actions; ships are now within 30 feet
-- Fire a cannon (only if the Bring cannons to bear Steering option was chosen earlier)
-- Attack the pirate ship
-- Attack the pirate crew
Pirate ship HP: 150
Pirate crew HP: 150
Hel's Blessing HP: 150
Hel's Blessing crew HP: 150
Posting order this round:
1. Koa
2. Jack
3. Flora
