Book 3 - Act 1: Perilous Waters
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With the excitement over, Xie is more than happy to spend sometime at port exploring a new town that he has never been to.
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If no one objects, he goes to some taverns, especially the "Maid" and tells exciting stories of their exploits.
Later, he gathers together his officers and tries to find the King.
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Flavinia figures she might wait until after the audience before getting totally wasted, but Port Peril was good for mostly one thing: Party hard and stuff.
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Port Peril: Shore Leave and Wanderings
You head into Port Peril, and are at once enlightened into why its called Port "Peril". The dangers are great and small. Some of you stick together, for parts of the shore leave, others are not seen for days as they are lost in the vices of the city -- which are many and varied. Drink, drugs, sex, entertainment, shopping, sleeping, training, telling tales. You manage to not get fleeced of your hard earn wages too badly, which can't be said for your poor rigger Adina Longtooth*. She ends up getting robbed one night and loses all of her hard earned pay.
You also hear Shanke McGee, a halfling who recently joined the crew, got himself into a bar fight, and true to his name stabs a man killing him over a game of darts. Shanke is thrown in jail and sentenced to three years hard labor. He won't be returning to the Wench to work the lines.
Some of you spread the tale of your exploits, The Captain and the First Mate in fact. The pair are rather impressive in their ability to bullshit and spin yarns of your exploits while keeping things grounded in the truth. Stories of attacking ships and such are fine, but when the tales of Mancatcher Cove start that's when you really go up in the eyes of those who hear your tales. You are drawing much attention to yourselves now, in both a good and bad way.
Meri and Seroneth seek information on Meri's sister. Either the people have no knowledge of this particular mermaid captive, or they are hiding something. There are no tales or stories that seem to give you leads. The little information the pair gathers turns out to be a red herring and the few days are wasted on the wild goose chase.
Xie is interested in the Hurricane King and how the group can come to his attention. During his time on leave he manages to learn a great deal about the pirate traditions and customs here. He has that face that people feel sorry for, and so they tell him things out of pity. What he discovers he tells the officers once you are gathered back on the ship in a few days time. You must petition for an audience with Hurricane King Kerdak Bonefist to receive a letter of marque and thereby become “legitimate” pirates — at least in the eyes of other Free Captains. You need simply to send a messenger to Fort Hazard, the Hurricane King’s seat, along with a bribe (of at least 4 points of plunder). Bonefist won’t even deign to respond to so-called “pirates” who have not reached a certain level of infamy among the Shackles. From what he can tell, your little band should meet the requirements.
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Port Peril: Shore Leave and Wanderings
"Ok, we should send a messenger to the fort with some bribes. Who wants to go?" Rod says.
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Port Peril: Shore Leave and Wanderings
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom." - Gandalf
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Council of Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Re: Book 3 - Act 1: Perilous Waters
"What's the point of going legit?" Flavinia wonders. "Isn't our enterprise based upon not being so?"
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"We'd be free captains and get more respect from the other captains. I guess it is a step we need to take if we want to achieve real greatness." Rod says. "I think we should do it. What do you others think? Do you have more information about this?" Rod is lost in thought for a moment.
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Xie nods his agreement with Rod, "I think that we have an opportunity present, and we should not hesitate to take it."
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"It's what we came here for. So we'll take some of the plunder and some of the coins and go to see the king. I guess we should all go together." Rod says.