Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

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aquafina Inactive forever!

Apr 20, 2022 11:45 pm

Apr 20, 2022 11:45 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

OOC:

Just to be clear, the only requirement in this contest is that you have to swim, the winner is the first to get the spear back to the orc adjudicator, and no interference from anyone outside the water is allowed.

The din of the crowd begins to cheer as the orc approaches the edge of the dock and the rest of the competitors step to the edge of the pier, pulling back their hair and pulling up their sleeves in preparation. Including Kailani, there are a total of 5 contestants in the race: the water genasi woman, a tall and lanky half-orc man, a stubby male goblin, and a beefy looking human woman. About 75 feet out from the pier, floating and bobbing amongst the choppy water, is a small raft with a rusty-looking spear lodged into the top.

[ +- ] The Meta Rules!

Elder Ushru

The old orcish woman holds a weak hand above her head and the crowd silences in anticipation, the only sound is the birds squawking above and the waves crashes below.

Time seems to stretch on for eternity.

Seconds turn to minutes.

Until finally she rapidly brings her arm back down to her side, and all of the contestants leap into the water and the crowd goes wild once again.

Our first Map!

OOC:

Kailani is up first! I'm assuming Kailani is just going to dash towards the spear on her turn, but let me know if you have any special things you want to try out. Kailani has a swimming speed of 40, so she can reach the spear on her turn if she uses her action to dash, but needs to roll an athletics check to see if she can go at full speed in these choppy waters! For now I have placed her at the spear in the map above, but that would be the end of her turn.

For everyone who's not Kailani, feel free to continue RPing, and if you'd like to try to rile up the crowd to support Kailani or something, if someone can succeed on a DC15 Persuasion check, I'll give Kailani a d6 of Bardic Inspiration!

Rolls

Kailani, Genasi, then Everyone Else Initiative - (1d20+2, 1d20+2, 1d20)

1d20+2 : (18) + 2 = 20

1d20+2 : (10) + 2 = 12

1d20 : (12) = 12

Boop Inactive for 6 months

Apr 21, 2022 7:00 am

Apr 21, 2022 7:00 am

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

"Come on Kailani!" Tereze yells, her voice standing out from the crowd with a quick cast of Thaumaturgy. "You've got this!"

After the short moment of clarity, her cheers merge into the rest of the crowd once more, but the people around her appear to be swayed somewhat by her passionate support.

Last edited April 21, 2022 7:02 am

Rolls

Persuasion DC15 - (1d20+1)

(14) + 1 = 15

Apr 21, 2022 6:54 pm

Apr 21, 2022 6:54 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

The cheering crowd, the competitors, even her friends faded into the background as Kailani stepped to the edge of the pier. She felt instantly mesmerized by the body of water, felt its pull and promise. The young woman could only hear the sounds beneath for a few seconds - the steady ocean static. She saw the deep, deep dark - the all encompassing element and lost herself in its summons. This was a true part of her nature - the sea and its secrets, some of which it had shared with the Ashari. She feels blessed by the sea, and by her ...

It is only when Tereze hollers in a surprisingly powerful voice that Kailani snapped back and realized she was about to compete. Her friends counted on her to give her best. She immediately felt a burning enthusiasm as she elegantly flung herself into the ocean. Underwater she dashed towards the spear, but got blindsided by a sudden powerful current diverting her path to victory.

OOC:

guidance + using my action as dash +1d6 thx to Tereze

Last edited April 21, 2022 6:59 pm

Rolls

athletics check DC11 - (1d20-1+1d4+1d6)

(3) + (3) + (4) - 1 = 9

aquafina Inactive forever!

Apr 22, 2022 12:29 am

Apr 22, 2022 12:29 am

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

The crowd cheers and hollers and claps and screams as the contestants all dive into the water. And boy oh boy, is it rough watching the participants struggle against the increasingly choppy waves, as if the river itself had some kind of visceral reaction to the swimmers jumping in.

Kailani feels the terrible impact of each wave and underhanded current, but also feels a gentle guiding force pushing at her hands and feet, helping her glide into first place near immediately. The genasi woman keeps a good pace, fist-fighting each wave that comes her way with the willpower of a starving predator, but just cannot keep up with Kailani at the moment.

Map

OOC:

Kailani is up!

Rolls

Genasi Athletics DC11 - (1d20+4)

(5) + 4 = 9

Athletics DC13 (goblin, half-orc, human) - (1d20-1, 1d20, 1d20+2)

1d20-1 : (19) - 1 = 18

1d20 : (8) = 8

1d20+2 : (2) + 2 = 4

SeaJay Inactive forever!

Apr 22, 2022 4:40 am

Apr 22, 2022 4:40 am

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

"Go Kailani Go! You can do it! " Calla yells at the top of her lungs as she watches Kailani pull ahead, but she's almost certain she won't be heard over the rushing water.

OOC:

Ha - the most uninspiring cheering apparently sorry!

Last edited April 22, 2022 4:41 am

Rolls

Persuasion - DC15 - (1d20+0)

(3) = 3

Faelan Hythenos

Apr 22, 2022 8:42 am

Apr 22, 2022 8:42 am

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

Completely absorbed in the contest, Faelan yells and claps at the top of his lungs. "Hey ho! Let's got! Swim Kailani swim!" Grinning at his friends, this race fires up the fighters blood as he raises a fist and hollers as loud as he can: "Take your victory!"

Last edited April 22, 2022 8:42 am

Rolls

Persuasion DC15 - (1d20+5)

(10) + 5 = 15

Apr 22, 2022 1:38 pm

Apr 22, 2022 1:38 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

With the help of her friends' encouragements Kailani closed the gap and grabbed the cold spear. Without hesitation she flipped into the turbulent waves and dashed back towards the pier.

OOC:

please ignore the first roll; I accidentially applied guidance again

Last edited April 22, 2022 1:48 pm

Rolls

Athletics Check with disadv. DC11 - (2d20L1-1+1d4+1d6+1d6)

(1319) + (3) + (1) + (2) - 1 = 18

Athletics Check with disadv. DC11 - (2d20L1+1d6+1d6)

(87) + (3) + (5) = 15

aquafina Inactive forever!

Apr 23, 2022 4:05 pm

Apr 23, 2022 4:05 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

Kailani finally reaches the raft, but climbing aboard the bobbing raft provides no respite from the intensity of the waves. The other contestants notice that they are losing quickly and all begin to direct themselves toward Kailani.

[ +- ] Last Bit of Game Rules!

The genasi and goblin women quickly move in the path of Kailani to cut off her path back to the pier. They dive below the waves and attempt to grab the spear out of her hands, but Kailani sees them coming and dodges their efforts with graceful underwater twirls and swirls. But, while Kailani is dodging, she notices two shadows quickly dart from deep below up to the swimmers near the surface.

The other two contestants stop before reaching Kailani, trying to anticipate where she plans to swim and intercept her. But they suddenly both begin yelling and screaming. The human woman yelps and is instantly yanked under the surface of the water.

Map!

OOC:

Initiative: Kailani, Everyone Else, then Sharks
Damage to Human: 10

If doing anything to sharks, can use regular reef shark stats to roll saving throws and determine if you hit them and whatnot

Rolls

Initiative - (1d20+1)

(7) + 1 = 8

Genasi Athletics to steal the spear DC9 - (2d20L1+2)

(319) + 2 = 5

Goblin Athletics to steal the spear DC9 - (1d20-1)

(5) - 1 = 4

Determining who to hit.... - (1d5, 1d4)

1d5 : (4) = 4

1d4 : (3) = 3

Shark Attack against half-orc DC12 (advantage because of pack tactics) - (2d20H1+4)

(41) + 4 = 8

Shark Attack against human DC10 - (1d20+4)

(13) + 4 = 17

Damage to Human - (1d8+2)

(8) + 2 = 10

SeaJay Inactive forever!

Apr 23, 2022 7:54 pm

Apr 23, 2022 7:54 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

On the bank of the river Calla finally sits still for a moment - she can't quite make out what's happening in the water anymore, but there appears to be a commotion of some sort. For the first time she takes stock of herself and realizes she's in worse shape than she thought - "Must have been wrangling that dumb turtle," she grumbles to herself, groaning as she prods her ribs where the worst of the bite had hit. "Um, Tereze, what can I do to patch myself up a lil bit? I think I got it worse than I initially thought - it hurts here, and here and well everywhere!" She says to the cleric with a baleful look.

OOC:

She's a banged up bunny! This is the first D&D game I've played really, what are the healing options?

Apr 24, 2022 6:41 pm

Apr 24, 2022 6:41 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

OOC:

I'll dive south 15ft to evade, then east, then dash to the finish

Kailani used the sudden chaotic situation to dive again. She swam around the kicking contestants and the animals causing their panic, then shot straight for the pier. She felt the powerful current in her bones, but managed to grab onto the wood with one hand. Exhaustion weighed her down as she managed to put the other hand upwards - spear in hand.

Now something needed to be done for the other contestants struggling to return in one piece.

Last edited April 24, 2022 6:50 pm

Rolls

Athletics Check with disadv. DC11 - (2d20L1-1)

(107) - 1 = 6

Boop Inactive for 6 months

Apr 24, 2022 7:35 pm

Apr 24, 2022 7:35 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

"Here, let me have a look" Tereze gently pries Calla's hands from their ribs. She sharply inhales. "Looks rough, but nothing we can't fix". Tereze licks her lips instinctively as she looks the bunny over.

Tereze places a hand on their ribs and with a brief glow, the pain subsides. She gives Calla a small starry blue piece of fabric to bind her wound.

Last edited April 24, 2022 7:38 pm

Rolls

Cure Wounds - (1d8+4)

(7) + 4 = 11

Faelan Hythenos

Apr 25, 2022 4:57 pm

Apr 25, 2022 4:57 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

Needing a heartbeat to comprehend what is happening in the water, the half-drow springs up from his seat and leans above the barrier to see what is going on. Kailani, who is swimming victourisly against the tide, doesn't seem to be in any danger at the moment, but the human isn't as lucky.

Sparing his friend a glance, the fighter decides, that she doesn't need his help at the moment. Instead of guarding her, he grabs a knife seemingly out of thin air, and in one dexterous motion throws it at the shark that was attacking the swimmer. A narrow trail of smoking darkness accompanies the flight of the blade. This may not be enough to kill the animal, but maybe to scare it away.

Rolls

Shadowknife throw - (1d20+5)

(1) + 5 = 6

1d10

(5) = 5

aquafina Inactive forever!

Apr 25, 2022 11:58 pm

Apr 25, 2022 11:58 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

OOC:

@Seajay, be sure to take note of that healing to Calla from Tereze :)

So, the wording of the whole getting pushed 15 feet back isn't entirely clear as to *when* the pushing back happens, so we'll say that whatever you're intended destination is, you end up 15 feet back from there.

As the rallies of the crowd slowly turn into confused whispers of what was that? and somewhat panicked mumbles of was that a shark? and where'd the human go?, Kailani notices the arrivale of the sharks and swims out wide to avoid them. But only finds even stronger currents and choppier waves the farther she gets from shore. She sticks her hand out from below the surface of the water to place the rusty spear in the orc's hand, and finds the spear taken from her grasp.

In a fit of celebration, Kailani raises her head above water, only to find that she is, in fact, still quite a distance from the pier, and notices as the genasi winks at her with a sly smirk, then begins attempting to finish the race herself.

The goblin sees that the shark isn't focused on her, and immediately swims as fast as she can towards the closest pier, completely giving up on the contest. The human and half-orc continue to struggle against the underwater threats, and a deep crimson haze begins spreading out from them in the water, like a squid's ink cloud. They both manage to wrench themselves free and swim to the pier, quickly being pulled up onto the dock by anyone within arm's reach. The human has a massive bite mark on her leg, while the half-orc has one just as big on the side of his hip. Many people rush to their side, appplying pressure to the wounds and whatnot, but it doesn't seem there is a trained healer in the crowd.

With the sharks' main prey out of the water now, the sharks begin to turn towards the last few contestants in the water...

Map!

OOC:

I wrote Athletics in the roll description for the genasi to steal the spear, but I added the correct modifier for a straight STR check.

I accidentally went out of order for the shark attacks (the sharks went before the other contestants), so I'll let the human and half-orc disengage and then get out of the water without needing to roll athletics checks

Both Kailani and the genasi have 2 levels of exhaustion now, so disadvantage on checks and speed is halved

Rolls

Shark Attack of Opportunity against genasi DC14 - (1d20+4)

(7) + 4 = 11

Genasi Athletics to steal the spear DC9 - (2d20L1+2)

(108) + 2 = 10

Genasi Athletics to swim to finish DC11 - (2d20L1+4)

(216) + 4 = 6

Shark Attack against Human DC10 - (1d20+4)

(15) + 4 = 19

Shark Attack against half-orc DC12 - (1d20+4)

(16) + 4 = 20

Damage agaisnt Human, then Half-orc - (1d8+2, 1d8+2)

1d8+2 : (4) + 2 = 6

1d8+2 : (5) + 2 = 7

SeaJay Inactive forever!

Apr 26, 2022 4:25 am

Apr 26, 2022 4:25 am

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

Boop says:

"Looks rough, but nothing we can't fix"

"Whooph, ooh that feels so much better already, thank you so much!" Calla enthuses, the hop rapidly returning to her bop. "Where did you learn to heal people like that? Sure comes in handy!"

Her ears swivels quickly as the commotion kicks up on the shore, and and her head snaps around to follow. She can see the human and half-orc contestants on the shore, "Looks like it may be extra handy today - can you see Kailani? What the heck happened?"

Apr 26, 2022 7:30 pm

Apr 26, 2022 7:30 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

What? This was a swimming contest. How rude! You like to play tricks? Well I have tricks too, missy. Kailani draws a quick sign with her left hand - underwater of course and her eyes turn a darker shade when she says to the genasi thief: "The sharks are coming for you. Quick, give me the spear so you can get away faster!"

OOC:

Kailani is trying a spell:

[ +- ] Suggestion

In case it doesn't work, I'll edit, so Kailani tries to pursue the woman.

Kailani confidently grabs the prize and - once more - hurries to the finish line.

Rolls

Swimming: athletics check with disadvantage DC11 - (2d20L1-1)

(1716) - 1 = 15

Boop Inactive for 6 months

Apr 27, 2022 6:34 am

Apr 27, 2022 6:34 am

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

"By the grace of the moon" Tereze smiles. "And from cleaning up after a meal" She adds a wink.

"Oh no! Stay right there Calla and make sure Kailani is okay!" Tereze rushes over to the human and goblin to administer some urgently needed healing!

OOC:

Doing the human first. I've 2 lvl 1 slots left and 1 lvl 2

Rolls

Cure Wounds - (1d8+4)

(6) + 4 = 10

aquafina Inactive forever!

Apr 27, 2022 9:48 pm

Apr 27, 2022 9:48 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

OOC:

Kailani is only 15 feet away from the pier, so she does not have to roll an Athletics check (of course, on one she succeeded lol). Plus, even with halved speed, she still has a 20-foot swimming speed, so that works out perfectly.

I will roll this saving throw now, but in the future, I encourage you guys to roll saving throws for spells and whatnot for the enemies yourselves, so that you and other players after you can immediately know if they succeeded or not, and can act accordingly. In regular fights, I will provide their stats, but I didn't think to in this one. :)

Both Kailani and the genasi are only at 2 levels of exhaustion, which only provides half speed and disadvantage on ability checks. So her saving throw for suggestion is just a straight roll.

[EDIT] Doh! She was so close, I really wanted the genasi to win lmao ;)

Look! Gullible is Written on the Ceiling!

The genasi finishes winking, and before she can speed off towards the finish, Kailani weaves her magic. The genasi responds in a confused but agreeable manner, "Good thinking, here!" She tosses the rusty spear to Kailani, then begins heading off to the pier, before stopping dead in her tracks.

She turns back around just as Kailani grabs the spear with shocked, but respectful half-smile half-scowl, "Oh, you little-!"

Rolls

Genasi Wisdom Saving Throw DC14 - (1d20+1)

(12) + 1 = 13

Apr 28, 2022 4:01 pm

Apr 28, 2022 4:01 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

Just a small satisfied grin and Kailani closes the distance between her and the pier with confident movements. She draws herself onto the wooden planks, then raises the spear in triumph. The judge takes the old throwing weapon and Kailani sits down, legs over the edge of the pier, to catch her breath.

The adrenaline fades and the young woman quickly feels the biting cold of the air against her wet skin and hair. The water - warm and tempting - calls to her, but then she remembers her friends, the crowd and the sharks. Where are the predators? Have they turned to more open waters? And where are her friends?

She glances to the sea, then to the crowd.

aquafina Inactive forever!

Apr 28, 2022 4:56 pm

Apr 28, 2022 4:56 pm

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

The genasi follows after Kailani with panicked fury, from both the incoming sharks and the threat of losing the contest, but Kailani pulls ahead and leaps victoriously (though exhausted) onto the pier. The spear is placed in the orcish elder's hand, and the crowd erupts. Things were a little dicey there for a moment, but with Tereze's magical aid, it looks like everyone will be alright.

The sharks, whether giving up on finding more prey around in the area or simply falling to the strong current themselves, retreat to the depths below and farther out to sea. The rest of Kailani's new group stands on the pier, with Tereze over helping the wounded.

The orc congratulates Kailani on her victory, her safe return, and her cleverness, then ceremonially places around her neck a medallion made of sea glass, which has seemingly been magically crafted into the shape of a conch shell. The crowd cheers, then slowly begins to disperse, gossipping in excited whispers about the shark attack and the brutal conditions of the water.

aquafina sent a note to Adrasthea

[ +- ] Medal of the Conch

Name's Ayo Jabe, Don't Forget It

During the ceremony, the genasi storms off to the back of the crowd, and only afterwards approaches the party again. She wears an honest smile, but it's still tinged with anger.

"I'll be honest, really thought I had that one in the bag, being a water genasi and all. Never seen anyone give it their all like that, 'cept for myself, of course.

"Where'd you learn to swim like that?"

Faelan Hythenos

Apr 29, 2022 10:20 am

Apr 29, 2022 10:20 am

Ch. 1 - The Festival of Merits

After all the competitors are save and Tereze has tended to the wounded, Faelan hurries to Kailanis side and quickly draps a blanket over her dripping shoulders, to make her more comfortable after this close contest in the cold water. Smiling broadly at her, the half drow congratulates to the hard earned triumph and then takes the woman's hand and raises it high into the sky while whooping to celebrate her victory.

Letting go off her hand, the fighter turns to the genasi woman and listens for a moment.

Last edited April 29, 2022 10:22 am

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