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[King Zultan]

The city of the dead intrigues me the most. Let's rise above our station atop its golden tower.

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[Funk]

The city of the dead intrigues me the most. Let's rise above our station atop its golden tower.

B 2

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As the men gather around you hearing your call to adventure
You ask Yvette to come as your secound in comand.

"Yvette, will you come with us for glory and gold."
"Your really sure that there is this land of gold, i don't think its more then a tale of drunk sailors." she answers back doubting your goal's existance.
 
"Maybe your right, Maybe theres nothing there, no gold or jewels, then what? What do we do then?
I'll tell you all what we do, we do what we just did but on the sea."

"Why not? i don't whant to live forever." says Yvette as she takes your hand.

It's week later when you an some of the men are in a remote port, hopeing that tales of your crimes have not reached them.

Your trying to give the image of a rich merchant, to expaine your wealth.
You walk down the dockside with Yvette by your side looking at the gathered ships with a heavy purse in hand.

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Ship and ship stats

Name: what the ships called
Description: what its like
Model:  its only a model with a cork for scale
Price:

Seakeeping: will you get sick or drown in a storm?
Crew/ Passangers: how many workers it need and and how many passangers it can carry
Cargo space: How much cargo it can carry
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: How fast can you go?
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Ship, 1
Description: A large Hulk Boat with  sails and 2 castles, one at the bow and one at the stern
Model:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Price: 2000
Seakeeping:  15
Crew/ Passangers: 15/20
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: 4/0
Cargo space: 150

Ship, 2
Description: A large Gallery with sails and oars, it's fitted with a large bronze ram.
Model:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Price:  2000
Seakeeping: 8
Crew/ Passangers: 30/0
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: 3/6
Cargo space: 15

Ship, 3
Description: A sailboat, medum sized boat.
Model:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Price: 700
Seakeeping: 12
Crew/ Passangers: 6/8
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: 8/0
Cargo space: 10

Ship, 4
Description: A Longboat with sails and oars
Model:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Price: 1200
Seakeeping: 10
Crew/ Passangers: 20/ 15
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: 4/3
Cargo space: 45

Ship, 5
Description: A small Cog Boat with sails and a pair of small castles.
Model:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Price: 1000
Seakeeping: 12
Crew/ Passangers: 10/10
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: 6/0
Cargo space: 100

You have 2500 in coin and 35 ready bandits for crew.

Spoiler: Yuri the Destoyer (click to show/hide)

Name:Yuri the Destoyer
Background: Destoryer
Some men are born for war, you live to be knee deep in the gore of batte.
At home with blade in hand, you reavle in the thrill of mortal combat and cash of sheild an spear.

Weapons: Sword, Bow
Armour: krug cheastplate
Items: Animal traps , Rope, tent, compass, maps.
Wealth: 4
Health: good.

Spoiler: Yvette (click to show/hide)

Name: Yvette
Background: Bandit
Description
A pretty woman with the deadly mix of long legs and wavy shoulder length red hair.

Weapons: Sword
Armour: None
Health: good.

[ZBridges]

If we only want to purchase one ship, and if we want to bring our entire crew, ship 1 and ship 4 are the only ones available to us. Between those two, I think I'd prefer ship 4, though it's seakeeping score is not great.

[King Zultan]

If we only want to purchase one ship, and if we want to bring our entire crew, ship 1 and ship 4 are the only ones available to us. Between those two, I think I'd prefer ship 4, though it's seakeeping score is not great.

I like the sound of ship 1 due to the cargo space, but I'm not sure about the seakeeping score as I don't know if smaller number is better or worse.

[Funk]

If we only want to purchase one ship, and if we want to bring our entire crew, ship 1 and ship 4 are the only ones available to us. Between those two, I think I'd prefer ship 4, though it's seakeeping score is not great.

I like the sound of ship 1 due to the cargo space, but I'm not sure about the seakeeping score as I don't know if smaller number is better or worse.

The lower Sea keeping the better.

[ZBridges]

Ah, I thought the opposite. In that case, I'm not sure what to choose.

[King Zultan]

With that in mind I ship 4 is probably the best if we want to take everyone with us as the seakeeping is lower than ship 1.

[ZBridges]

Ship 4 works. It seems pretty versatile, and still has some cargo space.

[Funk]

just to let you all know i'm away this weekend so the next update is likey monday.

[BlackPaladin99]

Ship 4

[Funk]

Ship 4

With a heavy thud you put the bag of gold coins on the table.

"The longboat, i'll take it."
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The next few days are spent in a rush to buy hardtack beskets, salt beef and barrels of water and salt "for the fish".
The cover it being used as  fishing ship holds as does your cover as a merchant.

Soon as the tide rises you push the boat out and are away.

The first few days at sea are easy and with a good wind your unamed long ship make's good progress.
On the the secound day, most of the crew are sea stick and sea weed drifts past.

Then the weather turns foul, the sky darkens and winds rise as storm starts.
Your ship is buffted side to side by the weather, you order the sails lowered as every one has to hang fast while the sea shakes the ship.

The next day as the storm fades, your able to see the birds from distant lands in the sky.

As the ship reaches the coast line you can see the mouth of a river and a few hills , then rising on a hill is the tower, a black finger of stone topped with a golden dome.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[img]https://i.imgur.com/hTJPyzG.png/img]

You sit down with a your crude map of the coast line and start to plan.

Spoiler: Your map of the coast line (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Yuri the Destoyer (click to show/hide)

Name:Yuri the Destoyer
Background: Destoryer
Some men are born for war, you live to be knee deep in the gore of batte.
At home with blade in hand, you reavle in the thrill of mortal combat and cash of sheild an spear.

Weapons: Sword, Bow
Armour: krug cheastplate
Items: Animal traps , Rope, tent, compass, maps.
Wealth: 4
Health: good.

Spoiler: Yvette (click to show/hide)

Name: Yvette
Background: Bandit
Description
A pretty woman with the deadly mix of long legs and wavy shoulder length red hair.

Weapons: Sword
Armour: None
Health: good.

Spoiler: Ship (click to show/hide)

Description: A Longboat with sails and oars.
Price: 1200
Seakeeping: 10
Crew/ Passangers: 20/ 15
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: 4/3
Cargo space: 45

Spoiler: Gang (click to show/hide)

35 bandits
wealth 1300 gp

[ZBridges]

I'm thinking that we lay anchor near the river estuary and follow the stream west on foot. That would bring us closer to the tower, which I assume is black on the map.

[Funk]

As the  high noon sun hangs above you lay anchor at the north mouth of the river estuary and follow the stream west on foot.

You land the boat and head off in land with 20 men, the rest stay behind to guard the ship and resupply it wtih fresh water and fruit.

It's a thick jungle, and travel through the jungle is slow, it's often that you an your men have to cut your path thru the brush.
But as night falls your near to the tower, near enough to see the golden dome, mirrored in moon light with a silver band and a trio of smaller golderen ones.
At this distance your starting to use your long rotted mental math skills, by your count each of the gold bands has to be a good 2 feet high, the silver one at least 8 and and the dome a good 10 feet tall, likey more as your not great at mental maths.
Then as you crest a hill, you hear a horn blow in the distance, a war horn that echos across the hills.
As you look out to ther far hills you can see movenent, who or what ever is comeing closer.

A: Advance to the tower, come what may.
B: Back to the boat, come hell or high water.
C: Hold fast and be safe from ambush or attack.

Spoiler: The Tower (its much better an smaller in in RL (3mm / T scale) (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Your map of the coast line (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Yuri the Destoyer (click to show/hide)

Name:Yuri the Destoyer
Background: Destoryer
Some men are born for war, you live to be knee deep in the gore of batte.
At home with blade in hand, you reavle in the thrill of mortal combat and cash of sheild an spear.

Weapons: Sword, Bow
Armour: krug cheastplate
Items: Animal traps , Rope, tent, compass, maps.
Wealth: 4
Health: good.

Spoiler: Yvette (click to show/hide)

Name: Yvette
Background: Bandit
Description
A pretty woman with the deadly mix of long legs and wavy shoulder length red hair.

Weapons: Sword
Armour: None
Health: good.

Spoiler: Ship (click to show/hide)

Description: A Longboat with sails and oars.
Price: 1200
Seakeeping: 10
Crew/ Passangers: 20/ 15
Sail Speed/ Row Speed: 4/3
Cargo space: 45

Spoiler: Gang (click to show/hide)

35 bandits
wealth 1300 gp

[King Zultan]

C: Hold fast and be safe from ambush or attack.

[ZBridges]

C: Hold fast and be safe from ambush or attack.

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