Hot Coals and Fishmen

Autumn 721 - The Argent Isles - The Amaranthus

The crew approached the tower, the captain opened the door to reveal inside a Sahuagin armed and ready to fight.

After The Captain took a spear to the arm, Grug charged forth to engage in brief deadly combat, he killed these sea beasts quickly.

After some investigation, The Captain and Grug helped themselves to some raw potatoes and turnips.

The Captain suggested that we build a distillery for the potatoes, Tobias said that perhaps that would be dangerous on a ship. Then Billy Bob suggested buying another small boat and tow the distillery behind the Amaranthus.

The party searched some rooms along the hallways, they had been searched and ransacked. They then cimbed up the spiral stairs into a Library.

Grug was sneaky, The Captain fell over a table and then off some bookshelves making much noise. These noises alerted more Sahaugin, one was much larger than the others. More combat was upon them, Kronos and Tobias team up to kill the leader. Grug beheaded one fishman and then was caught in a net by two more, they stabbed him with spears. The Captain attempted to grease the foes but was not so successful. Kronos, twirling his trident with deadly fury, killed the larger beast.

Kronos investigateed the larger one, it was simply an older, fully grown Sahaugin. After further investigating, found religious texts written in Aquan. Something about praying to the statue of Treosanth and placing your hand in the mouth to receive Procan’s message.

The party climbed the stairs further, where they found more fishmen to attack and kill. Grug leads the way.

They loot some things in the drawers, finding cloaks, rings and a portable hole.

Upstairs further, the party found a large turtle statue, as well as further large Sahaugins and zombies shambling around. The Zombies moved to attack the group. These zombies were the undead monks of the tower.

A fight broke out, Billy Bob became invisible, sneaked around the edge of the room and deployed the portable hole. Grug charged, grappled the Sahaugin into the hole.

Tobias was stuck in a net for a long period of the combat. Grug then became netted.

The Priestess in the hole, caused fear within The Captain and Grug, they fled, and remained afraid, cowering in the corner.

A fishman picked Tobias up and began to carry him away. Kronos rushed to his aid, but the Halfling was still within the net.

Billy Bone Bones overcame his fear and marched to complete his mission of trapping the Priestess in the hole. Grug then threw the last standing Sahaugin into the hole. Tobias finally freed himself from the dastardly net.

Kronos advanced towards the hole to pick it up, The Captain stopped him, so he attempted to shoot with his harpoon but missed. The Triton then asked the trapped Priestess what her goal was; The priestess wanted all the filthy land creatures to die, she will raise them as her thralls to do her bidding.

Billy Bob and Grug hatched a cunning plan, they loaded the burning braziers onto the wizards floating disk, first two were successful, the third fell, casting hot coals over the floor of the room. He summoned a second disk, lifting a large stone bench. Once the disks were positioned above the hole, Billy Bob dismissed the spells, and droped 500lbs of burning coals and one stone bench into the hole.

The smaller monster died, the larger is injured, then banished herself out of the hole.

Then the party proceeded to occupy available space.