50 Fathoms - Maiden Voyage session 1

50 Fathoms

Session 1 Maiden Voyage

The Party:

Urghh - Half Ugak Seasick sailor - Aaron

Flynt - Delusional Human merchant - Charlie

Obadiah Merle - Squanderous Human Rifleman - Garry

Kuthelaquin - Kraken water mage - Rob

The crew of the Rebecca find themselves shipwrecked on the shores of Torath-Ka, The Savage Land, the party consists of Obadiah Merle, a Napoleonic rifleman from Earth, Urghh, a Half-Ugak sailor, Kuthelaquin a Kraken water mage and Flynt, a human merchant. After inspecting the wrecked skiff lying on the beach the party are set upon by an enraged Yellowback, a dinosaur similar to a veloceraptor from Earth. Merle takes aim with his rifle and shoots, unbelievably the shot ricochets off the scaled creatures hide. Urghh, under orders from Flynt, steps up and hurls his harpoon, pinning the creature to the beach through the neck and killing it in one hit. After some discussion, the Yellowback is butchered expertly by Flynt for food.

The crew make their way back to the ship to find it has burned to the waterline and there are tracks leading into the the thick jungle, Merle is able to discern that there are also drag marks along with the oversized footprints, meaning the remains of the ship's crew were taken against their will. Following the tracks into the thick primordial jungle, all of the party resist the thick humid air of the track, except Flynt who fatigues noticeably. After a long trek following the tracks, the group eventually came upon a Red Man blood pool with the survivors from the Rebecca tied in front of it, with a band of Red Men and a tribal shaman chanting to their obscene monkape god.

Without any prompting, Urghh launches himself into the midst of the Red men, expertly flinging his harpoon at the shaman, killing him instantly. In the ensuing commotion, two of the sailors bound in front of the pool freed themselves and attacked the Red Men (Charlie played the Here Comes The Cavalry adventure card).

Summoned by Kuthelaquin, a blood red water elemental rose from the blood pool and attacked the savages, disabling two of them immediately. (Rob played the Get Savage adventure card, slightly bending the rules but it was cinematic and cool). Merle opened fire on the savages, taking out one of the Red Men. Demoralised and already severely outnumbered by this point, the remaining savages fled into the jungle leaving the party to free their shipmates and retreat back to the beach.

After salvaging 100 rations from the Rebecca, Kuthelaquin repaired the skiff with boards and sail from the doomed merchant ship and the shipmates set sail. After a lengthy discussion, they decided to head towards Brigandy Bay because of their limited rations.

Expertly navigated by Merle with his map and compass, the unnamed skiff made excellent time, travelling 55 leagues before sighting a sail on the horizon......