The Wandering Archipelago (D&D 5e)

[thinkslogically]

((Fair enough; you can always ready an action if you like, but waiting for the boat to drift over is completely fine too))

[Dlover]

Hm. Well, expecting unpleasants on the ship, Mehr's ready to launch a Ray of Frost should any show themselves.

[Arch Lich Burns]

Craaaap! I was hoping that would work! At least dlover cant get mad at me for trying? Next time i know to cast hext before minor illusion for sound

[WearsHats]

So the boat is drifting. The kids in the tree are 20-30 feet away. I have a +5 to athletics, but we're talking about an Olympic level long jump. And if I miss, I'm falling into acid. (BTW, Thinks, do you read Robin Hobb?) Do I have a rough idea of the DC of the jump to shore?

It was a good try, Burns.

[spiderwrangler]

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Next time i know to cast hext before minor illusion for sound

Just be cautious when going about hexing people! Don't want you getting burned for a witch!

[Arch Lich Burns]

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Next time i know to cast hext before minor illusion for sound

Just be cautious when going about hexing people! Don't want you getting burned for a witch!

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Better that than let some idiot kids die.

[Dlover]

So the boat is drifting. The kids in the tree are 20-30 feet away. I have a +5 to athletics, but we're talking about an Olympic level long jump. And if I miss, I'm falling into acid. (BTW, Thinks, do you read Robin Hobb?) Do I have a rough idea of the DC of the jump to shore?

Even if you can jump that far, can the tree stand the impact?

[WearsHats]

I would jump to the bank near the tree. Not planning to play George of the Jungle.

[thinkslogically]

(BTW, Thinks, do you read Robin Hobb?)

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shhhh! You'll give away all my sources!

But yes, I've read the Farseer trilogy, liveship traders and the Tawny Man trilogy ages ago, and they certainly provided a bit of inspiration for the setting. I've not read the rain wild chronicles yet though, so hopefully I'm not going to inadvertently steal too much from the details I've forgotten!

[WearsHats]

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The DC for the jump seems too high. In the interest of moving things along, I'm going to forget about attempting it and just move on.

As for Hobb, it's a good inspiration. I haven't read them in years, either, but I loved them. Still haven't gotten to the new book. But Rain Wilds didn't hit me quite as we. I liked them, but not as much as her other books.

Kal looks at the kids, but they're too far. He calls out again. "You heard that branch snap? Could be your branch next time! Stay back if you don't want to get dropped into acid! ... And you in the crowd! There are kids crawling on a broken branch! Go help them before they hurt themselves! Or worse!"

Otherwise, Kal is going to stay back for now. He's not sure jumping down to the ship would help, and everything else is out of reach. He will, however, get the rope out of his pack in case it proves useful.

[spiderwrangler]

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The DC for the jump seems too high. In the interest of moving things along, I'm going to forget about attempting it and just move on.
Not sure it would be appreciably different, but do note that is the 3.5 version of d20srd.

[thinkslogically]

all right, can i have a persuasion check from kal please? I'll move the update on regardless tomorrow.

I'll take a dex save from korrik too since it's pretty inevitable

As for jumping, the phb says this:

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Jumping:
Your Strength determines how far you can jump.
Long Jump. When you make a long jump, you cover a
number o f feet up to your Strength score if you move at
least 10 feet on foot immediately before the jump. When
you make a standing long jump, you can leap only half
that distance. Either way, each foot you clear on the
jump costs a foot o f movement.
This rule assumes that the height o f your jump
doesnÔÇÖt matter, such as a jump across a stream or
chasm. At your DMÔÇÖs option, you must succeed on a
DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check to clear a low obstacle
(no taller than a quarter o f the jumpÔÇÖs distance), such as
a hedge or low wall. Otherwise, you hit it.
When you land in difficult terrain, you must succeed
on a DC 10 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check to land on your
feet. Otherwise, you land prone.

High Jump: When you make a high jump, you leap
into the air a number o f feet equal to 3 + your Strength
modifier if you move at least 10 feet on foot immediately
before the jump. When you make a standing high jump,
you can jump only half that distance. Either way, each
foot you clear on the jump costs a foot o f movement. In
some circumstances, your DM might allow you to make
a Strength (Athletics) check to jump higher than you
normally can.

You can extend your arms half your height above
yourself during the jump. Thus, you can reach above
you a distance equal to the height o f the jump plus 1 1/2
times your height.

Sorry about the delay on that one, I had to actually look it up in the book... Basically from a standing jump, you'd be able to make it half of your strength score in feet. I'm not sure I like those rules because it seems like a really short distance so I'm happy to be a bit flexible with it, but that's what's in the phb.

[spiderwrangler]

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Dex save: 1D20+6 = [7]+6 = 13

[WearsHats]

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Okay, so if I jog down the bridge, turn around, get a running start, and do my best jump, I'd be able to clear 17 feet before I splash down a yard or two short of the bank. Yeah. That's not happening.

Persuade kids: 1D20+2 = [10]+2 = 12 ... Crap. I tried.

Attempt to persuade crowd for the second half of my message (if that's allowed): 1D20+2 = [13]+2 = 15

[spiderwrangler]

Ooops! I'm new to being a halfling, forgot that I have the Lucky trait!

Lucky. When you roll a 1 on an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Athletics: Lucky reroll + Guidance: 1D20+1 = [11]+1 = 12

[thinkslogically]

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oh cool, I'd forgotten that too

Kal shouts to the young men in the tree to get back before their tree really does collapse underneath them. They hesitate for a moment, but seem to believe him and start edging their way back towards the shore. A couple of people in the crowd seem to have paid attention to Kal's shout too and move to help the kids climb back safely. Which is good, because they are a lot less surefooted than they were before. One slips on the way back, but luckily a local is able to grab him before he hits the water and they're dragged away looking sheepish...

Mehriv readies his spells and waits to see what leaps out of the boat at them...

Korrik and Darruk run up to the end of the bridge and prepare to jump onto the boat. Korrik suddenly loses his footing as he leaps towards the vessel, but the boat must have hit a little eddy or wave or something because it suddenly bounces towards the pair and Korrik lands safely, just on the edge of the quarterdeck. To their right, they see body of the pilot slumped back and leaning over the rudder. A large, black-feathered arrow protrudes from her chest and her leather jerkin is stained dark. To their left, they can see open boxes of cargo carefully stowed under the deck covering. Nothing seems particularly unusual about it at first glance.

[LAYF]

Darr├╝k runs towards the roder, pushes the man to the side and tries to steer the boat clear of the worst possible impact.
"How do we stop this thing!!!" he yells at Korrik

(do you want any rolls? I decided it would make little sense to have Darr├╝k know about anchors... The rudder makes some sense, but being a land dwarf I think the concept of dropping an anchor is lost on him at least for now)

[spiderwrangler]

"Just keep us pointed away from things! Is she dead?"

Do I see any anchors that can be dropped?

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I have to credit my friend Zach... I was telling him about my halfling's botched jump and he said "Wait, you rolled a 1? And you're a halfling?"

[thinkslogically]

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Yup, I've never played or played with a halfling in the group either so I have no idea about the details! We just got a druid gnome for next week's RL game for the first time, and I am playing a (DEX) fighter which will be interesting. I suspect I'll last about 5 minutes before reverting to my usual playstyle We rolled for stats though, so we also have our own stupidly over-talented Holger in our party in the form of our ex-rogue player

[WearsHats]

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A large, black-feathered arrow protrudes from his chest and her leather jerkin is stained dark.

Is one of those a typo, or is the pilot genderfluid?

Kal will tie one end of his rope to a sturdy-looking bridge support, then, with the ship now close by, drop down to tie the other end to an anchor point or sturdy-looking railing. Since the ship is only drifting, that should hopefully be enough to hold, and provide a way back up.

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Athletics:1D20+5 = [9]+5 = 14

Anything else I need to roll?

[thinkslogically]

Should be good. Tying a rope to secure a boat is fairly trivial, and there are plenty of cleats for exactly that purpose, so don't worry about rolling.

Changed the typo too. The pilot is female

[spiderwrangler]

If I don't see any anchors, but Kal tosses a rope, I will help to tie it off.

[Dlover]

Oh great. If the pilot's been shot and the looted boxes have been stowed away I may have been right about undesirables hiding on the ship.

[WearsHats]

Or someone shot the pilot and left some or all of the cargo stowed, just as it had been the whole trip. Shot her from shore, perhaps, without ever setting foot on deck. Or grabbed some small but important/valuable item(s) and escaped, leaving the bulky stuff behind. We don't know much of anything yet.

[Nioca]

Syli assists Kal in tying the boat off. "So, if there's no one on the boat, does that mean we get it as salvage? Maybe?"

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Okay, so I'm back. My area lost power Saturday evening, and it only now is coming back on. And I still don't have a clue what caused the power loss in the first place, since the power company didn't seem to have an answer themselves.