SEASON FINALE (Part 1): Battle stations! Battle stations!

Season 1 of our adventure came to an end, with the party overcoming impossible odds and infiltrating the warring nation of Thalassia, where they will eventually begin Season 2. Battles were fought, difficult decisions were made, and Artix didn’t even fail a roll! Rolith did, however, still get hit in the head by friendly fire.

With the party wielding new magic items rewarded for their service to the nation of Chivil, they set sail on the only available sailing ship in a time of war, a derequisitioned bucket of bolts… rusty, leaking, and barely afloat. Its captain was a surly, one-eyed dwarf. Not quite the kind of person you’d want charting a course on open waters.

And sure enough, once they reached uncharted waters, they were spotted by a Thalassian scout ship! The dwarven captain, with a smile, flipped a switch on the control panel, revealing the rusty old ship’s literal secret weapons: a huge long gun on the forecastle of the deck, and three smaller cannons on each side of the ship! It was time to man the battle stations!

Rolith, the strongest of the group, fled to the engine room to help the chief engineer shovel coal into the ship’s massive steam reactor. Ai No Miko, overcoming her shyness and assuming a tactical role, aided the captain in the helm of the ship. Dumoose strapped himself into the massive main gun, ready for action, and Cysero, Alac, and Artix stayed on deck, manning the cannons and battening down the hatches!

For a while, the ships inched closer and closer to each other, preparing for a bloody battle. The Thalassian ship, with its superior naval technology, was at a distinct advantage against the ragtag Chivilian ship inhabited by our heroes. Rolith stalled the engine during the first turn, but Ai No Miko was able to steer the ship into a more tactical position once he got everything up and running. And then, Dumoose struck! Two turns in a row, with miraculous rolls, Dumoose not only found a weak spot in the enemy’s armor, but fired the main cannon for maximum damage. The Thalassian ship was smoldering and sinking before it even landed a shot! In a desperation move, the enemy ship attempted to maneuver out of reach of the main gun, but Ai No Miko was too quick for them! With Dumoose on the main gun, and Cysero and Alac dealing major damage from their cannons, our heroes made quick work of the Thalassian ship, despite unfavorable odds!

(to be continued...)