Session #17

The party boarded the ship. Junter used "Fey Step" to teleport onto the deck at the rear of the ship. He tried to strike down the archer posted there with a sword but missed. He was able to set a rope and hook for others to climb aboard.

The others began to climb aboard the ship. Samm was the first to succeed. He raised to the middle of the deck, to find a recently awakened Dragonborn Paladin. Also on deck was a leather armored swordsman. Adejo swam to the edge of the ship and tried to climb the ropes and nets at the side. He failed at first. Meanwhile, Gevin was able to take out the archer at the stern with an arrow.

The battle went on for several rounds, eventually the combatants from the crew of the ship included the dragonbown paladin (known as a "Darun"), two leather-armored swordsman, 2 archers, and a kobold wyrmpriest. Adejo reached 0 hit-points in this combat, struck down by an attack of opportunity as he tried to move past the dragonborn.

Eventually the party took the upper hand and won the battle. From the the crew of the ship, there were 5 survivors. A swordsman who joined the battle late, and two archers who had cowered below decks surrendered. Also on board were Merdosh, the kidnapped dragonborn child, and Surina. Surina is a dragonborn woman from the north. The Darun and the kobolds had brought Surina with them to care for the child.

The party agreed to free the 3 captured crewmen, in exchange for a ride back to Fort Aralan. In Fort Aralan, they took the boy back to Nadarr in the temple district.

The combat was worth 762 XP. I granted 782 XP for completing a quest, for the rescue of Merdosh. That puts the party at 2250 for 3rd level.

Look for another post to recap what the party learned from conversations with Merdosh, Surina, and Nadarr.