Tides of Death: Episode 20

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==Recap==
===19th November, 1513===
The party is in Mon Shaare in the ruins of a city on a desolate, destroyed island. They go towards the largest buildings to investigate. There are no dead bodies, Saol casts , finds remnants of conjuration magic on some rocks. It looks like a regular pile of rubble, apart for a strange granite rock. Nilrem casts on the rock, it cracked. Nilrem shoots 2 more Magic Missiles, the rock is crumbled and it no longer radiates magic. John Winters grabs Saol while he investigates the whole in the rubble.
Inside the hole, there is a staircase. They clear some rubble, revealing double metal doors to a crypt. They descend and go into the room, where Saol sees a dead body next to a book and quill. Book of the Dead, contains a registry of tombs, and a sloppy script that is difficult to read. While Nilrem deciphers the script, Archie looks around to deal with unease. The dead body is a cleric of Martha, it says how The White Prince brought cataclysmic winds and wiped out 10 thousand people. They spend a day searching through the tombs and steal all the gold and jewels. 
Loot in tow, they rest in the desert for the night. Loot: 80 pounds of silver, 10 pounds gold, and 10 pounds of jewelry. 
===20th November, 1513===
Nilrem casts , back in the crypt he sees nothing until the very end of the main hall, there is holy ground. They gather 10 more pounds of loot. The holy area is consecrated with symbols of Voraci. Nilrem leaves everything they've stolen and steps inside the area. As Saol steps forward, he feels intense heat coming from the holy ground, everyone else is fine. There is a large sarcophagus behind bards, John finds no traps and Nilrem it open, it does and closes back up immediately. Archie and John prepare to prevent it from relocking, Nilrem casts the spell again but they don't manage to hold it. John cannot pick the locks. Archie tries to bend bars, fails. 
 walks between the bars and grabs a couple of coins. Saol runs into the consecration zone and catches on fire. John gets him out of the area and stuffs out the flames, but Saol loses all his hair in the process. Saol casts on the bars, Archie and Nilrem use a chain to split the bars, having no significant impact on the bars. 
They drag loot with them and spend the night outside of town. New total loot: 15 pounds of gold, 85 pounds of silver, 10 pounds of jewelry. 
John is worried Saol is a demon because of his spontaneous combustion. 
===21st November, 1513===
Saol casts Create Food and Water and . Back in the crypt, Saol casts , and , Nilrem casts on knuckles between the bars. He manages to bend the bars enough to go trough. 
Nilrem opens the sarcophagus, inside is a masculine figure wrapped in a while schawl. He casts . The corpse isn't magical, there is a dozen small magical signatures that radiate magic and the mask on the corpse. He peels back the mask and there is the same holy magic on the mask. John collects 10 more healing salves. Nilrem puts on the mask and doesn't feel anything, looks at Saol and everything looks normal. 
Captain Winters reaches for the rings on the corpse's fingers, the hand grabs him. The corpse reaches and chokes the captain.
Combat start: Grave Robbers vs Corpse
 John stabs the corpse once
Nilrem casts , Archie slams the corpse to replicated death with bare hands and rips it's heart out.
Combat end.
John loots the remains, they grab whatever they can carry and get out. The heart in Archie's hand turns to dust and the corpse starts moving again. They run out, the creature is following them. Nilrem casts 2 and on it, killing it, again.
They travel towards the shore through the night. The corpse reaches them in the night and they don't notice it. 
Combat start: Party vs Corpse
Captain hits the corpse once and the corpse wrestles him to the ground. Archie punches the corpse again, and Nilrem kills it with a dagger.
Combat end.
They continue the travel and reach the edge of the ocean. Saol decides to reach out to to get some answers about bursting into flames. 
Why does Voraci hate me, and what is this mask?
*Me.
After a night's rest, the sun is back and a single-mast cargo ship stops right next to theirs. Captain sees White Prince's infantrymen climbing onto their ship. John Winters tries to convince them to leave. Saol starts chanting a spell. Nilrem casts on them, killing one.
Nilrem threatens them to leave, dark tentacles reach from the water, dragging 5 people into the depths of the ocean. 
Combat start: Pirates vs The White Prince infantry
A bowshot hits Nilrem, canceling the spell. Saol run towards the guards. Archie intersects a guard heading to Nilrem and kills him. Archie gets paralyzed.
Nilrem kills the Cleric with . The last 2 guards recognises them as The Crimson Fists. Captain reaches the boat and they drop their bows and drop their weapons into the sea.
 
Combat end. 
A merchant, Ajora, comes out of the other boat, Winters disarms her.
Total loot: : 50 gold coins, 300 silver coins + 3250 silver coins, 500 gold, 5 pounds of gold jewelry, 20 pounds of silver jewelry, 10 pounds of cheap jewelry. The loot does not include the cargo ship.
==Experience==
*Saol gets 5% for Pirate Facts
*Archie gets 5% for Pirate Facts
Category:Tides of Death Episodes