We’ve been accused of murder on The Golden Gull!
Lucius Bonhuer (Captain) [creole accent], tall man, broad shoulders, salt and pepper hair, confident captain
Rosaline Hein (first mate)
Midna is prime suspect, as a witch (half elf, white hair, raven, aqua eyes)
Audie the Alchemist
Nier the Cavalier
Rulse The Bard
Victim:
Urien Hightower - crewmate, Anchorite, 52, from the North, barbarian tribe (giant folk), superstitious, well-liked, has a daughter
Second suspect:
Ricter Brassier - dwarf, disliked, foul tempered, foul mouthed, believed fighting would gain him respect
Nier saw the fight, but had a bad vantage point. The fight was one-sided, with Richter on the back foot.
Urien cringed at one point during the fight suddenly, and then Urien died ten seconds later
Investigation time! Found a thin, bloody footprint on the floor near the death spot
Nier finds a fellow order member
Culver, half elf cleric, orange hair, blue eyes, elegant, mythril armor
Warns against following magic
Midna finds a drow crewman that will meet her in an hour with more info
Illisean, drow crewman, prettyboy
Shark Tooth blade: 3’x7’ greatsword mounted on the back wall, metal-dipped shark teeth making up the blade, with a wooden center. Gives off a magical aura
Horace Thane - chef, portly man, jolly dude (shaven santa), immaculate man
Making oyster cream stew
Also a suckling pig for a couple days’ time
Spoils Nier’s bull, Crimson and treats him like Wagyu beef
Saw the fight, Urien was bled out like a fish within ten seconds. Magic is strongly suspected.
“Either a hex was cast or Richter has an invisible knife.”
Urien was called “the old iceberg”, 8 ft tall, strawberry blonde, beard, literally everything Richter was not. Tribe of The Great Huntsmen. Chieftain tattoos
Several needle-thin stab wounds all over his body (think scalpel incision), targeting major arteries and organs
Found the murder weapon! An oyster shucker with a magical aura. (INVISIBLE KNIFE???)
Audie keeps it, and aims to tell the captain that the murder weapon has been found (but not what it was, or if it was magical) Still searching for the perpetrator and the motive
Sea Serpent Hooked!
Nier was fishing with Horace and they hooked a Sea Serpent by accident.
Audie is roped into trying to shoot it
Shot failed, but pufferfish hit
Sea Serpent uses a scalding blast to mow down the crew
Culver heals the fallen lol
Nier takes a long nap to recover
Captain Interaction: learned of magical devices [Audie only]
Baxter Baker - owns a crystal ball
Baptiste Lemon - fire knife for searing meat, boots that change the sound of footsteps
Horace - oyster shucker that bleeds things quickly !!!!!!! (Dresser’s Delight: will exsanguinate a corpse)
Rosaline - Telescoping spyglass
Captain - has three wands, collar of domination (for extreme use only)
Illisean- lighter stick (for pipe)
Perception check: Captain’s handwriting is known to be absolutely atrocious
See a perfectly written “2” on the list of how many items have Dresser’s Delight
[whole crew has access to list]
Gloves that make your hands wicked fast (mentioned by captain and Illisean)
Illisean Interaction: [Midna and Rulse only]
Urien's daughter worked on the ship as a chef’s assistant for about two years, tells of magical items being present on the ship, though casters themselves are looked upon poorly
Reveals that he can cast magic (Faerie Fire, Levitation, and Globe of Darkness)
Has hard drugs in his hidey-hole
Culver interaction: [Midna and Rulse only]
Urien was stabbed in 40 places over 40 days, and the wounds were all taken without notice, and stress on the body caused his wounds to all open just enough that
Richter was about to die due to his wounds from the fight
Suspects the box that Midna brought on the ship - been burned irreparably by the box
Tiles on top of the box slide
Midna and Rulse explore the ship!
Finds Stockpile Thomas (giant three tailed panther that’s been defanged) in Urien’s room
Horace is making something special~
Rules attempts to get a cup of fat for Stockpile Thomas
Horace sends her with a sirloin instead
Nier wakes up to an apology meal from Horace
Midna and Rulse try to get past Thomas!
Rulse’s viola case is stolen!
The room he’s in is just an empty room with a giant pile of shit in the middle
First Mate decided to keep Thomas
Theft cat will steal shiny things but not from Urien
The sirloin is wasted on the pescatarian cat lol
Nier distracts Thomas with chin scratches
Midna find a “thirty pound ring” in Urien’s bed
Finds a funky panpipe
Finds a WEIRD THING WTF
Will have to talk to port official at Ev—-- Talk to Galahan when we get to port. Galahan will take you to Lancelot. Avoid Percival (full price inn room).
Midna gets knocked out
Culver heals her
Audie appraises the strange item
Looks metal, feels like wood, idk what it is
Makes a funny hum when Midna touches it
Testing!
Unfold magic device
Middle cylinder - ????
Pyramid at top - Blank face, sword, shield, eyes
Blank - wings
Shield - Trip to paradise!
Sword - AN BLAST BEAM
Cube at bottom -
Leather wings extend from sides
They attach to Nier!
Thought commands
Audie sudden Paradise trip! Return with endless drink
Midna sudden Pandaemonium trip! Return with endless drink
Also brings back a bluefin tuna
Trade tuna for caviar-sturgeon
Culver trades ¼ caviar for limitless Purify Food & Drink recasting
Regir’s Thing is the name of the odd device
Sturgeon to distract Thomas!
Nier gains access to the room
Bearskin pelt in the footlocker
Bag with a rune
Neat clear axehead
Fro wig
Costume jewelry
Iron shavings and ballast balls
Illisean’s stuff! Swords, crossbow bolts, vials of odd liquids, letters of correspondence between him and Culver
Stinky chest - bag with crusty stain, ruined mint, rotted slice of cherry pie, halfling body in the bag very cleanly missing a hand.
Illisean’s chest is returned
Thomas steals someone else’s chest lol
Illisean has been on the boat for 12 years
Culver has been on the ship for 5 years
Need to talk to Richter
Sleep time!
Next day:
Midna wakes up to the sound of steps outside the door
Culver and Illisean seen leaving quietly
chat topside: Midna is not seen as a problem to be killed
Btw they catch a shark
Audie wakes to smell brimstone
wakes Midna to investigate
Fight!
Scribtisch takes 2 pts of damage from unseen assailant
Attacked by head with organs and too many teefs, a demonic looking monkey, and and a creepy fairy with no eyes
Combat!
And we win!
Audie stays up to finish comfort rum, and someone (NOT Culver) tries to cast a sleep spell on her. Sleep anyways.
Nier puts Audie into bed. Traitor.
Nier and Midna visit Ricter in the brig.
Give better breakfast, and start questioning him.
severe wounds. Oof.
Talvish was a lizardman who didn’t get along with other folks in the ship, and antagonized Urien frequently. Killed by Urien.
Urien was paid more
Urien and Rosalyn had a Thing™ for a while, but it stopped when Urien’s daughter came aboard
Go talk to Baxter Baker instead, if you want other info
Rulse goes to investigate Urien , and shenanigans are afoot
Urien has been restored aside from scars, and now has 2 weeks of hair growth all of a sudden
Has a Tibetan throat-singing bowl in his chest suddenly
Midna and Nier chat with Baxter
No confirmation of where the speedyhandsgloves went
Urien and Rosela confirmed to break up
Urien used to cheat at cards?
Horace said Urien was caught cheating at cards, but Urien was never punished for it.
Check on Thomas
Stabbed! Heal Thomas.
Room was searched, but can’t identify what’s missing
Nier goes downstairs and finds Blargh, an angler fishman who swam through a portal and got stuck
Reports back to The Group
Audie goes to share news of Thomas and Blargh with the Captain
Back downstairs to talk to Blargh
Another murder! Ripped to shreds! Blargh was an acidic being!
Dash to get Culver
Culver is Not Happy™ and clad in naught but a towel. But at least he’s clean.
Clean up Blargh’s blood. No more threat to the ship’s hull
Check for magic shenanigans
Urien is become Magical Gurl™
Nier, Midna, Rulse, and Culver are sus
Nier goes to stab body to open it up for inspection
Fight!
Rulse plays an excellent song
Culver becomes a punching bag
Urien hits like a truck
Baptiste makes lots of trouble
Midna tries her best
The beacons are lit! Schriebtisch calls for aid!
Audie, Captain, and Illisean run to help
Audie gets commissioned to make shampoo..
Nier kills Baptiste suddenly! D:
Back to fight beastly undead Urien
Culver eats shit…
Midna eats shit…
Nier does his best
Audie does her best
Illisean does his best
Captain FTW
Urien is not quite dead, mad scramble to toss him overboard
Next day:
Audie heals Midna and Culver back to be semi okay
Captain questions why Baptiste ask slain, Rulse to the verbal rescue
Horace and Rulse chat cyclically, Rulse gets marinated jellyfish head as a snack
Off to try and talk to the Captain
Storm says No You Won’t
Midna decides to mess with funky gadget Thing
The Thing’s symbols change
eyeball, fangs, Spock symbol, middle finger, blank
Midna changes her mind
Chats with Horace instead
Audie gets roped into taking care of Thomas
Meets a… person
Rulse meets the same person a moment later, Valsas
Valsas requests a dirge be played some time later
Midna explores the underbelly of the ship once more
Finds 20 false bottoms
15 corpses
A compartment of rats
A compartment of dead pigeons
A compartment of flowering tomatoes
Sharing this with the Captain
Captain Panic
The keel is compromised, we could sink at any time
Midna and Audie play with The Thing
Spock hand: time travel! Sorta. Past conversations revealed
It is revealed that Baptiste applied to an organization, but failed to be accepted, and demanded an appropriate “donation” (Midna’s box) for entry
Trying Thing again!
fangs: turns user into a werewolf
Time to go outside!
eyeball: takes over nearest person’s body for 10 minutes
middle finger: sends up a reverse meteorite? Like a firework
Upset Audie by the end of experiment
Time to swap to messing with the box!
Rulse joins, Audie follows at a safe distance
Midna pokes a certain spot on box, and teleports up into Crows Nest with Yashol
Yashol shares his sticky hands/feets potion to send her back down
Midna tries the box again
New language????
Audie is disturbed
New button!
SPLITS MYDNA IN TWO
Midna tops half appears from the mirror in Baptiste’s room
Much screaming
Many panic
Valsas helps
Nier to the rescue finally shoves Midna back through the mirror the rest of the way
Traumatized Audie goes for a drink
Rulse plays a dirge for Valsas, and he lets go of those he was carrying
“Run as fast and as far as you can, for the rest of us are already dead”
FISH PEOPLE POP UP OUT OF PORTALS ONTO THE SHIP
25 of these fuckers
It’s a cluster fuck
Richter dies
Thomas dies
Horace dies
Captain dies
Top deck sahagin are busy trying to kill Illisean and Culver, and chop mast down
Ship splits
Rulse gets sucked under, blacks out
Nier sinks, passes out
Midna gets dropped into water and bitten, passes out
Audie makes it to lifeboat and passes out from sheer terror and exhaustion