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They leave in the morning, and head up the coast line. After a day of sailing, the following day they reach the head of the island, and move towards the location of this volcano isle. While sailing, they are suddenly called up with the lookout sees something in the water. About 20 seconds later, several large, reptilian heads can be seen bobbing in the water just below the surface, and then they erupt. 6 heads from a sea hydra begin to move to attack the vessel.
Estaish is up first, but of course he is wearing just regular clothes. Wearing chain mail would be suicide if tossed abroad. He tries to snick a Hydra head, and misses. Aleigha is right behind and deals 9 damage and lops off a head. 5 left. Alzar runs up, but he cannot attack this turn.The five Hydra heads lunge down. Two hit and Aleigha takes 10 damage.
24/34
The Hydra wins init and Aleigha is critted for 20 damage and takes 2 more. Alzar orders her back seeing her barely holding on. Estaish misses and drops his sword overboard. Alzar’s staff smashes a head for 43 damage. A couple of arrows snake by from crewmen. Nobody hits.
2/34
The next round, The heads win init against and hit Alzar twice for4 damage. Alzar misses, Estaish kills the wounded head for 5 damage with a dagger. 4 heads left. An arrow hits a head for 1 damage.
47/51
The Hydra wins init again. Alzar is hit three times for 15. He misses, Estais does as well, and an arrow thunks into the same head for 3 damage.
32/51
The Hydra wins init and Alzar is hit three times again for 18. He Vampiric Touches an untouched one for 9 and kills it. 3 left. Estaish hits for 3 damage. An arrow crits the Hydra head for 6 damage and kills it. 2 left.
22/51
The Hydra loses init finally. Alzar misses. Estaish stabs for 2. An arrows kills off that head, one left. The Hydra roars in pain and jumps back into the water. Alzar orders the anchor dropped, and leaps in after.
The Hydra is moving towards its lair. Alzar casts Detect Magic and the long sword, dropped, glows and Alzar sees it and collects it before following the Hydra. He swims into a cave and the Hydra move sto attack him.
The Hydra wins init and hits for 2 damage. Alzar’s staff misses. The next turn, the Hydra misses badly, and Alzar misses as well. The Hydra nails him for 8. Alzar stabs with his staff and connects for 7 damage. Alzar finally wins init, and misses. The hydra misses too. Alzar connects for 4 damage and the final head is destroyed ,and the sea hydra is killed.
12/51
XP – 400 each, including sailors with bows
Alzar searches the lair and finds:
1000 gold
Chainmail unrusted and looking pristine (normally a sign of magic)
A jeweled hilt of a rusted cutlass, worth 500 gold.
A potion, labeled Water Breathing in etched runes.
Alzar brings the goods back up to the vessel.
They decide to return to Tangaroa for a few days to rest and heal. The chain mail is actually +3 chain, and Alzar gives it to Estaish, who now has an AC of -1.
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