OOC Chat

My reply posted before I could finish. Let's try that again.

The mermen are large creatures, while the sharkmen are medium creatures. I should have described them in more detail. Okay, I've edited my post a bit.

If you target a point just outside the circle of baddies, you could potentially hit two of the mermen without endangering the hostages. The two weresharks are closer to the hostages so that's a bit more tricky. You can't get both sharkmen, but you can get one sharkman and a merman. Does that make sense?

To complicate matters, I believe Zale is right there underneath it all, and you can't see him, and he has no idea you're bringing a lightning storm down on top of him. So if you cast, I will randomly determine via die roll whether he also needs to roll saving throws vs. your spell.

TL;DR: You can do it without endangering the hostages, but with some risk to Zale.

their pirates, why would they care about hostages?

*shrug* Food, maybe? Human sacrifice? Are they even pirates?

Oh wait, did you mean PC's?

hahah yea, you guys are all pirates of sorts. what are your pirate principles ?

Its the same thing only difference is land and water! XD

I think the consensus was smugglers / fortune seekers. Millennium Falcon + Firefly + Guardians of the Galaxy: "Something good, something bad, a bit of both."

Although someone used the word "privateer." Does the Kestrel carry letters of marque?

im sure theres a skull and crossbones somehwere XD

Heading into another 48hr round-the-clock weekend work shift at the cake works. I hope everyone will have posted their Round 1 actions by then! ;-)

Guys, I'm sorry I've been unable to move us forward. It's been several things:
1. Busy at work, but not so much that I haven't had time for GP.
2. No replacement yet for my broken laptop. PbP via phone sucks, specially when one is DMing rather than playing.
3. Did not anticipate Grog trying to fire a cannon at people.
Been thinking hard about mechanics surrounding that.

It's been #2 more than the other two, but all are factors. Will try my absolute best to post tonight.

you put it there. ( the cannon) i thought there were stats for that?

I made stats for the "long-nines", but those stats are meant for firing on ships, not creatures.
Now, I don't want to say to @LegionChimera7, "Nope, Grog can't do that." without giving it a proper effort to make it work. Here are the problems with what he is attempting:
1. The targets are way too close, and way too low below the cannon's position.
2. Let's say, for the sake of argument, that he deadlifts the thing's butt end, to make the muzzle point down, that'd be soomething like 1,200lbs! and if he succeeded, the cannonball would just roll out of the muzzle before you could fire the weapon, and drop harmlessly into the ocean.
3. He's lifting the thing, and someone helps him fire it (totally unrealistic that it only takes two guys, but this is heroic fantasy) then the fucking recoil would launch him so far abaft, he'd fall off the ship's stern.

hahaha, i would agree that he couldn't aim down like that but i mean if that hits a creature it should obliterate it!

the cannons are probably secured enough to account for the recoil but a shock maybe make him move slower for a bit like hitting a baseball to close to the handles sends that shock up your arms.

But i can see if the targets were some 3-500' out the cannon might have a chance to hit with dis? at a -20(deg) down angle to it. that shoudl ensure the ball to not roll out but it wont get close and probably fire over the heads. 500' is a short distance for boats i think.

maybe because hes acting alone on the cannons it takes him 3-4 rounds to fire then the 1 it would take with 2 people. and another 2 rounds ish to reload.?

I don't want to add too much complexity to it. Willing to sacrifice realism for the sake of fun.
* Two guys with martial weapon proficiency can operate a cannon.
* 1d30 + 6 + Proficiency bonus to hit a target, whether object or creature.
* Cannon has the Loading property.
* Against targets on the water's surface, a shot is impossible if nearer than 75ft, and have disadvantage if nearer than 150ft.

oh wow that close! maybe my thoughts of boats are to tall im thinking like a 3-4 story boat type thing :?

We're not on a galleon. The Kestrel is small (single mast) and fast. The deck isn't be more than 20ft above the waterline.

hummm.. yep i deffinatly was not thinking that small :D

Maybe that was too much. I don't really know about boats. I saw the Galeón Andalucía in person once. When I climbed aboard I remember being surprised at how small it was.

so small but look at all those ropes!