Fellowship of the Dice

"Sore looser!" Quips Flavinia, rather loudly.

"Come on, friend!" Rod exclaims, smiling widely, "It was luck, this time Besmara smiled on me, next time, she'll favor you. Let me buy you a drink in the town's best tavern tonight."

He is ready to dodge an attack if necessary, though, happy to feel the dagger in his boot.

Oh a fight is coming, but Tsdok isn't putting himself in danger.

"One challenge left, the most important one. Battle", he shouts. "This one is easy, your crew must come ashore, only your officers, up to four, may assist. If you can defend your ship, then we shall proceed from there. If you can't, well, that's on you."

Your crew is made sure to be ashore, and you are able to position yourselves around the ship as you like, but only four of you, one of the core will have to stay away. (Flavina, Meri, Roderick, Seroneth or Xie) Once you are set Tsdok has a massive covered cage rolled up next to the dock next to your ship. The crowd moves way back.

Once you are set he yanks on the rope pulling the cover off....

"Ah, finally something more my style," Seroneth quips, resting a hand upon Vengeance's pommel.

"So what you think? He's so pissed at us that he's bringing out what nobody else could possibly handle, or we get an easy fight?" Flavinia seems rather excited, as she always seems to be until things actually gets dangerous. "Wouldn't be many real pirates if everyone had to face something that would be a challenge for us!"

"I am ready. Bring on whatever grotesque beast you have found! Maybe it is going to be more of a challenge." Rod grins. The captain weighs his harpoon in his hand, and his rapier is ready in his belt. With his fancy tricorn had, his expensive, but worn out clothing, a captain's jacket, his cumberbund and a (off) white shirt, his black, tight trousers and his extravagant boots he looks very much the pirate.

Once you are in position some of Tsdok's men roll over a large wheeled and covered cage. They place the covered cage on the dock adjacent to your boat. Tsdok walks over to it, "Survive!" Then he yanks the cover from the cage and you see a hideously ugly and rather obese marsh giant trapped within. There is a roar from the crowd, it would seem they know this beast. Many are calling out, and start chanting its name, "Fishpork! Fishpork! Fishpork! Fishpork!" He, it turns out, is a rather well lighted favorite from among Port Peril's fighting arenas.

Tsdok opens the latch and orders Fishpork to :...attack the ship and leave no one standing!" Then he hurries away back to the main land to avoid being hurt. Your crew....

Having elected to doff her fancy new coat somewhere safe, Seroneth draws Vengeance twirled the blade, magically enhancing the edge. She mutters a few words and then disappears!

"Well, that's a big fish to catch!" Rod smiles. He turns to his crew. "Let's show him, what our crew is made of! Bring him down! Protect the ship!"
With that, he throws his harpoon at the giant, hoping to tangle him somehow, and then draws his rapier, Brimesting.

Flavinia makes some gestures nobody sees, speaks some words in a language nobody understands, or at least she does not, they just come to her, and everyone moves faster, isn't that grand?