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We played our second session of S7S the other night and I finally had a chance to listen to the recording and take proper notes. Here is the actual play of the session, I hope you find it as amusing as we did! The really interseting part of this game is that we played it using Skype and Onenote! A shared Onenote notebook is really an awesome thing. Now we just need to find a die roller add-in for Onenote.

Scene One:
The session started where we left off on session one. Markato (played by Matt) was heading into the hold of a boat called the Dancer’s Dream to investigate, while Mal (played by Rob) was on the ship Merchant’s Game, looking for clues while sabotaging the ship.

Markato finds the hold loaded down with armor, weapons, gunpowder, and all sorts of armament, as if the ship is prepared for some type of battle. He also finds two people in the brig, which is by the magazine of the ship, Trynn and Gamba (played by John and Brennen). When questioned as to why they were in the brig, Trynn and Gamba told Markato that they had been drunk and boarded the wrong ship by accident. Markato let himself into the brig and using his Rogue and Pirate fortes, he was able to get the shackles off the two, now sobered, prisoners.

Scene Two:
Back on the Merchant’s game, Mal goes up to the top of the deck and lectures the crew about a saboteur that is in their ranks. He explains that he wants the saboteur found before he is able to sabotage anything and that everything looks in tip top shape. He then, makes a hasty departure and rushes back to Markato.

Scene Three:
Markato has been talking to Trynn and Gamba and convinces them to join h im in a join venture. As they are talking, they hear a shout go up, “All hands on deck, Captain on board!” The crew all runs up to the deck while Markato quietly shuts the brig door with the three of them in there. He confesses to the two that he is not exactly who he claimed to be a moment ago and that the situation could get a bit “hairy” and tells them that a quick exit may be necessary. Gamba freaks out a little at this, but tells Trynn to just stick to whatever plan Markato has and not to improvise.

(Side note – here we got a bit confused about whether the front and back of the ship were called aft or bow and which side was starboard and port. John came to the rescue by posting a picture into onenote that answered the question. The information age is good! We all had a laugh at the title of the picture though. I included it here so you can see for yourselves.)

There was a small ventilation shaft running from the brig to the top of ship that allowed them to hear what was going on. The captain told the crew that Barstrom (who Markato is disguised as) ran into trouble and that they were going to have to move up the time tables of the trip. The crew is silent for a moment, then one finally speaks up and says, “but captain, Barstrom is on board right now, he’s down inspecting the holds…” The captain roars that this is impossible and tells the crew to find him immediately!

Markato hatches a plan and asks Gamba if he can make a fire. At this point, we had a little fun because Gamba said that he can make a fire out of anything, just give him two random objects to rub together and presto, fire! It was a great little add-in and they found two sticks that he could make a fire with. Markatos plan is to blow up the magazine! Once Gamba starts the a couple of fires, he gets a flash (Gift of the Merhorse Forte) of two people opening the door and entering the hold. He grabs his two scimitars and waits next to the door. Very shortly, two guys check the door and yell “FIRE!” then jump into the hold. Unfortunately for them, Gamba was waiting…

Duel:
Gamba uses a full attack and uses his Savage Warrior forte with his duel scimitar technique to reroll a die, getting him 16. His defense is just his +4.
The two minions roll and 12, netting them 4 damage ranks. Their offense is just +2. So Gamba narrates that he steps up with this scimitars crossed, and uncrosses them, taking off both their heads. He comments, “Now you will remember the name Gamba.”

The fires are smoking now and the other crew is alerted to the fire. So Markato grabs some buckets and the three run up the stairs. Markato sheds all of the disguise that he can, and tells other they pass to go and grab more buckets so they can get the fire out. Up top, the captain is telling everyone that the fire is the first priority!

Trynn makes herself look more presentable as they are getting to the top of the ship, and tells a sailor “I’m a lady, shouldn’t they get off first? Help me!” The sailor points her to the gangplank, but Gamba sweeps her up over his shoulder and carries her off, all the while Trynn is kicking him in protest. Gamba is also carrying an extra sack that bulges with what looks like two bowling balls. Mal makes it to the ship just as they were getting off.

(Gamba described himself as a bald Echo character from Lost at this point, and I awarded both Gamba and Markato with a style die for the plan and the fire)

Scene Four:
They all head to Denny’s Pub to decided what to do. Mal gives them all the information on the other ship, and they try to figure out what the plain is the people are trying to pull. In the end, they all decide they will follow the Merchant’s Game, wait until they have harvested the Airwhale Ambregris, then try to take over their vessel.

They decide to load up on chain and grapeshot, just incase, but they do not want to destroy the vessel. The Merchant’s game is a between the size of a sky junk and a sky galleon, with lots of cargo room and a slow top speed. It does have 12 cannons though. Theoretically, they can mane the boat with three people, but they are drinking when making this plan…

Scene Five:
On the way to the ship, Markato stops by a ladies shop and buys a fancy ladies gown for Trynn, has it boxed up and stowed away so the rest of the crew does not know. Their ship is two docks over from the Dancer’s Dream so they can crawl up to the crows nest and check on it.
Mid-afternoon the next day, they see that there a ship-wrights making repairs and they are trying to figure out who the heck the bodies belong to. They estimate it will take a day to make repairs to the Dream.

Matt here uses a style dice to introduce an element: While Gamba is spying, he knows Trynn was married to one of the other noble houses and he has a secret dark side as an imperial spider. And that man comes onto the boat being fixed, because it is Trynn’s husband. He dumped Trynn and that is why she drinks so much now. He is somewhat disfigured because of what Gamba did to him. Brennen spent a style dice to add the disfigured. John spends one to say she is still married and part of the reason she fled the house. She ran away because she was being constrained into the role of wife. Gamba was his slave and Gamba is fierce loyal to Trynn so he kicked her husband’s butt. Gamba watched Trynn grow up. Her husband found out she was going to run away and he branded her like he branded his slaves.

Gamba gets a vision with the gift of the Merhorse. A face he doesn’t recognize, but someone important heading to the Bloody Maiden with someone that he does from the Merchant’s Game crew member. When he explains the vision, it is someone Markato and Mal had worked with before on the Bloody Maiden. The guy has a peg leg, the navigator from a previous run.

Also, there is talk out along the docks that people are on the lookout for a Gamba, Trynn, and Markato. They have a good description of Gamba and Trynn, but not Markato due to his disguise. There is a price for all information about them.

Soon, two people start to approach the ship. They see it is Peg Leg Willie, and they remember that he is a guy that would sell his mother for 2 pieces of silver. “Me and my friend here are looking for work.” They have a little history with the guy. They ask for permission to come aboard, but Markato denies it at first.
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At this point, the game came to a close because I lost internet connection, and when I got back, one of the other players had lost connection to. So stay tuned to find out how this adventure concludes with the final session!