Aboard the Embargo

Darn, the dice really hate me here.

Do we need initiative rolls?

Can we get a break down of what everyone sees? I know we're in different cages but I don't know whose in what cage, how many people are there per cage, if it's just the PC's or if there are NPC's or if I was in the same cage that was opened. I also don't know how much light there is, where I am (or anyone else is) in relation to this fight. In short, I really don't have enough information to figure out what to do next.

Cool your jets everyone, you'll get the next beat tomorrow. Though it is nice to see everyone on the edge of their seats.

Each of the four large cages holds roughly an equal amount of prisoners. As you know, cell one contains the player characters that rolled 1-5, aft starboard. 6-10 is aft port, 11-15 is fore port, and 16-20 is fore starboard. The cage doors are port and starboard facing, each with a pair of "pirate" skeleton guards. In addition to the pcs and the old salt, there are 20 humans from the Sun Empire, five vampires and ten humans from the Legion of Dusk, five River Heralds and 15 pirates of various races from the Brazen Coalition; making for 66 in total and very cramped quarters.

The first part of this chapter is meant to be cinematic, so we won't be rolling for initiative, advantage will be given to attack rolls that are well played out. The skeletons are only meant to be a threat to individual characters, but are easily overwhelmed by the mob about to break free from the cages. Welcome to slave rebellions. That being said, feel free to put as many skeletons in your way as you like. Have fun!