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[Harry Baldman]

On a ship on the Sea of Death...

Mike approaches the edge of the ship with all the excitement of a small child opening a gift from his obscenely rich benefactor! He looks at the sailor!

[Sailor swimming roll: 5]

However, much to his chagrin, the sailor seems to be a very good swimmer! Probably why he dove overboard in the first place. He must feel at home in the water. This also makes him useless to Mike in his current state! Sailors only point north if they are free-floating, you know.

[Beastie roll: 5]

Amusingly enough, the Sea of Death proves to also be a remarkably lenient mistress to this fellow. No abominations from the darkest depths try to eat him as he swims away from the ship.

[miauw62]

Mike will try to find the captain in the place where the ship is controlled.

[Harry Baldman]

On the deck of a ship on the Sea of Death...

Mike considers if the captain might be at the ship's wheel!

Considering that he's been there and checked it already, all signs point to "no".

[miauw62]

((I give up.))
Mike will find a safe place to rest and wait until the ship reaches it's destination.

[TopHat]

Consult map to see where I am.
Then head towards my goal

[Harry Baldman]

On a ship sailing along the Sea of Death...

Lacking any other sensible options, Mike chooses to go with the flow and ride the ship to wherever it may go! But first he must find a safe spot!

[Shelter roll: 6]

Hey, it worked the first time, so why not again? Mike hides inside another barrel of sauerkraut! Oh, how he missed this. He drifts off into a peaceful sauerkraut-covered sleep once again.

[Ship destination roll: ?]

He feels the air and sauerkraut shiver around him and there is a distinct sensation of getting pulled somewhere!

[Handy exposition roll: 4]

He hears two sailors come down the stairs. Judging by their voices, it's Tom and George!

"So, yeah, like I said, we're on the Ocean of Dreams right now and..."

"Ocean of Dreams? But that's not even on our world!"

"One-way magical gates. Only way to get to the Ocean of Dreams. Totally worth it, though."

"How?"

"Oh, you'll see once we reach one of the towns. Better get used to the nonsense happening here, though. We'll be here for two months. Maybe three, all depends on the dream-waters."

Damn it all! Now Mike's left the frickin' planet! Stupid high-risk, high-profit merchant ventures!


Near a scene of indescribable horror...

James takes a look at his pretty map!

[Intelligence roll: ?-1-1]

Oh, he's not very far from Lake Victory at all! He should just travel 50 miles to the west and he'll be golden! He heads that way immediately!

[Will roll: 2+1-1]

Pretty... map... can't... speak... normally... can't... go... anywhere... either.... must... look...

[miauw62]

Mike will wait until the ship arrives in one of the towns.

[Harry Baldman]

On a ship on the Ocean of Dreams...

Mike nibbles on some sauerkraut and relaxes while he waits for the ship to dock.

[Ship travel roll: 5]

The ship seems to be moving rather quickly. It seems they caught a favorable wind. Or the extraterrestrial equivalent of wind, he has no idea.

[Dream-strangeness roll: 2]

He hears an odd sound come from somewhere, however. It seems to alternate between hoarse grunting and high-pitched hooting.

[? roll: ?]

It stops abruptly, though. Huh.

[miauw62]

((I'm counting the seconds...))
Mike will wait.

[Harry Baldman]

On a ship on the Ocean of Dreams...

Mike decides not to investigate the eerie silence! After all, if he can't hear it, it can't harm him, right?

Yep. Not getting out of this barrel. That thing can give him the silent treatment all it wants.

Well, it hasn't killed him yet. So it's probably harmless.

[Paranoia roll: 1]

But what if that's what it was planning all along? What if it's waiting for Mike to drop his guard, then strike? It wants his sauerkraut, he knows it! Everyone does! Well, Mike isn't about to just take this like some kind of... of... normal person! Normal people are always surprised when stuff is out to get them! Not Mike, though!

He'll be watching, you know. No sleep for him. Just watching.

[Ship travel roll: 6]

He continues to consider the idea of things conspiring against them when a strange feeling overtakes him. It's something he's felt before.

Weightlessness. The ship is in freefall.

[TopHat]

Punch self in head, start walking west.

[Harry Baldman]

In the countryside...

James tries to snap out of his mesmerized state!

[Will roll: 2+1-1]

Nope. No dice. Some time passes before he is ready to try again!

[Will roll: 2+1-1]

He remains mesmerized for several more hours, staring slack-jawed at the map's beauty! It's beginning to get dark.

[Will roll: 1+1-1]

So there he is, staring at the map with a silly look in his eyes when suddenly something pounces at him!

[Random creature roll: 1]

It looks a bit like a three-headed tiger, except it breathes fire and is covered in chitin plates. What are the odds of running into that in the wilderness?

[Thing ability roll: 1]

It tries to breathe fire at James, but does not consider the fact that it's currently standing in some very dry grass! It manages to set itself and a good patch of the surrounding area on fire!

[Thing endurance roll: 4]

It is a bit singed, but manages to avoid any serious damage!

[Fire roll: 6]

The fire dies down rather quickly, though. Must be the rather damp surroundings.

[James will roll: 3]

James looks away from the map for a second and stares at the thing that just tries to kill him.

He then resumes his perusal of the map.

[Thing vs. James: 1+2 vs. 2-2]

The tiger-thing chews off one of James' tails!

[James will roll: 4+1]

Alright, that's it! James turns around and tries to show the bastardly thing who's boss!

[James vs. Thing: 3+3 vs. 5+2]

The tiger-thing dodges away from James' swings, rolling away to a safe distance!

[TopHat]

persuade tiger to join me! If failed:
Cast suffocate on tiger.
Also will flying plate to fly at it.
Also attack it.
Then make something out of it's hide.

[Harry Baldman]

In the company of a tiger-thing...

James, not one to hold a grudge, tries to persuade the tiger to join him!

[Persuasion roll: 2-1]

He briefly considers what to say. Before he can figure anything out, the thing tries to breathe fire at him again!

[Thing ability roll: 1]

It sets itself on fire again! Really, it's starting to get sort of endearing how it keeps trying.

[Thing endurance roll: 3]

It begins to holler and leap around in panic! Only after it burns for a bit does it try to stop, drop and roll! It looks like it's in quite a bit of pain now! James capitalizes on this opportunity to try magic!

[Magic roll: 2-1-1]

He manages to crush his own throat so much that his vampire head falls off, disintegrating into ash! He only has snail heads now!

James is now Human-Headless!

[Will roll: 3]

Well, at least having redundant heads helps in some way! He does feel awfully... snaily now.

[Tigerthing vs. James: 1+2-1 vs. 1]

The tigermonster paws at James' severed head, then kicks it away into the forest!

[Will roll: 5]

This doesn't stop James from willing the hoverplate to fly at the creature at a breakneck speed!

[Tigerthing dodge roll: 4-1]

The tigerthing cannot dodge the suddenly-violent hoverplate entirely! It smashes into its legs, knocking it down!

[James vs. Tigerthing: 3+3 vs. 5+2-1-1]

James smashes his lightning hammer... in a spot right next to the tiger. Not quite what he had in mind, but it burns the tigerthing a little bit anyway.

[Tigerthing recovery roll: 4]

The tigerthing rolls away once more and retreats slightly!

[miauw62]

Mike will come out of the barrel so he is not squished!

((Ninjad by the GM ))