Session Report 1: "Set Sail for The New World!"

Disclosure: This session took place months ago. I was not planning on writing this one but my PCs told me I had to because its technically the first session. I am going to use what notes I still have to write up as much as possible. I am not posting XP or rating at end because I have already given it out and lost record.

Player Characters:

Chason Pourne Level 1 Assassin, Human, Lawful Evil

Greg Mc'Conner Level 1 Fighter, Human, Neutral Evil

The Bonz Level 1 Cleric, Human, Chaotic Evil

4/15/23 Its a clear morning in the city of Krozpont the capital of Laconia, "The Crown of the Old World" and a ship named The Greyhound is getting ready to leave port and bring supplies and new citizens to the Paradiso the capital of an independent jungle colony known as New Hope.

New Hope is said to be a luxurious paradise on a continent far away, that promises a fresh start, easy employment, and untouched riches to be found. A land not ruled by a king, but The Big Three, whose families settled the area. A land where magic users will not fear persecution for their more unorthodox experiments. A land where you are free to openly worship any non evil deity. A place where the only thing that matters is how much coin you have in your coffers.

Our party for unknown nefarious reasons are looking to get far away from the city the free one way ticket out of town to this "New Hope" place with no questions asked seems like a great opportunity for them. The find the ship docked at "The Yard" and watch as coffers of gold, gems, and treasure get loaded onto armored carriages as prisoners from the debtors prison are loaded onto the Greyhound.

The party speaks with a man Gian Petro who has been sailing with this crew for quite a while. He tells them if they want the free ride they need to sign a contract stating that they must fallow the Captain's orders to the letter whilst on their voyage and if an untimely death was to occur, all of their personal belongs are to be forfeit to the Captain and his crew. The party begrudgingly accepts and boards the ship.

After an hour or so a bell is rung on the top deck and everyone goes topside to report. Chason being the creeper that he is says he will be up after using the rest room to "take care of some business." Once the coast was clear he searched around and found his way into the mess hall. He didn't find anything except some limes and apples before he was caught snooping and brought upstairs.

Once everyone is accounted for, The Captain introduces himself to the passengers as Celio Giovanni his family is one of The Big Three and he makes sure everyone is aware of his status. He doesn't tolerate nonsense and runs a tight and punctual ship, which is why his family has entrusted him with making the long runs between the "Old" and "New" world. After the intro duction the crew wastes no time and they begin to set sail.

4/16/23 Clear skies and good winds. No encounters rolled.

4/17/23 Another clear day and all seems to be going well in the morning but around noon an encounter is rolled and the ship is attacked by a school of thirty Ixitxachitl, which are basically very rare flying sting rays that can cast evil cleric spells. Easy to say this was not going to go over well. they sent a small group to scout out the ship first and cast some detect magic on the ship. The crew reacted and fought back with the party. They took out all the small group when a larger group approached the ship.

The crew started dying left and right and the captained called for full mast as they tried to out run the creatures. Then tragedy struck, one of the Ixitxachitl that was engaged with Chason, pieced him through the chest with its massive stinger. Chason was dead. the party took revenge and was able to force a retreat while the ship was able to get away.

The Captain says they need more sailors in case something bad happens again but luckily Tight Rope Cove Ran by the Pirate King, Captain Randy Savage Beard, lays on the way only a day out. The Captain says his family have a friendly relationship with the Pirate King and pay him tribute to keep them off Giovanni Shipping ships.

4/18/23 Another clear day with no encounters.... luckily.

4/19/23 The party receives no encounters through the day or afternoon. They dock at Tight Rope Cove at sundown and the party takes leave to find a quick buck. Since this is a pirate town their are a lot of bars and brothels, but instead of carousing the Harlot tables they decide to visit a tavern named The Naked Siren. Being the home of the worlds most notorious wrestling pirates, their was wrestling matches going on in the tavern for gold. That sounded right up The Bonz alley.

The Bonz got into a match with a wrestler that went by the name of Sloman and after a few rounds takes Slomen down and pins him. afterwards the Bonz takes his spoils and buys a flintlock with bullets. (I have not let him use because of class but this is an on going discussion for an evil cleric) Shortly after they return to the ship vicortous and will set sail with the captain next morning for their long journey ahead in down time.