Session XVI: The Crystacean

General Summary

Seeing the hulking crystacean rise from the sea and earth, the party readied themselves for battle.

Trying to think quickly and use whatever resources and powers they had at hand, Horxim asked Calico Jack to lower him over the side of the ship via a rope secured to his clankles (claw ankles) so that he could cast Beast Bond on one of the barracuda and enlist its aid in fighting the crystacean. At first, the barracuda was intimidated, but once it tasted the crystacean's flesh, it gained confidence.

Horxim was left dangling from the side of the ship as the crystacean posed a more immediate threat, and in his haste to return to the boat, Horxim experienced his first "flight."

Zenora began searching the ship for anything they could use against the crystacean and discovered two whaling harpoons. In her excitement, she fired the first harpoon without much knowledge and not only missed the crystacean, but lost the harpoon, not having had the experience to teach her how to secure the line so that the harpoon could be retrieved.

With one harpoon lost to the sea and the other still belowdecks, the party scrambled to defend themselves against the approaching crystacean, which quickly took out the starboard bow and harpoon launcher. Luckily, no one was on the bow when it happened, and they were able to fight from the deck and the mast. Zenora managed to declaw the crystacean with two well-aimed Scorching Rays while Calico Jack focused on the creature's mouth.

Just as it seemed the crystacean would take down the entire ship, the party succeeded in removing the second claw and finally felled the foul beast, sending it back to the watery depths from whence it came.

Now, their problem is the ship itself: it's rapidly taking on water and has sustained severe damage. How will they return to shore and safety?

Missions/Quests Completed

The Missing Fishermen: Two fishermen from Advenere vanished and the party has found the culprit: a gargantuan crystacean that they defeated.