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Okay, with those last two bolts... Frank is down. Frank manages to duck behind a barrel, so one of those misses him. He laughes. "Ha! Nice shooting Rumpelstiltskin! Now you OOF" The second bolt catches him right in the side, and he falls over. Goes to the hip flask while Tut comes over and ties him up with the help of a few sailors.
Hooray! You guys did it. 500 xp each. The fire put out, the Prince safe, the pirate boat is captured and tethered to your vessel. Up ahead, you can barely make out the offshore oilwells that denote the edge of the waters of Gorgos, the White City of Machines.
(With the prelude now over, you all recover some health and consciousness. Some of that damage was subdual anyway. When I can post more later today, I'll start the adventure for real...)
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Thaka, no dancing lights on Frank while you're down. That's effectively a combat action.
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3000th post! Huzzah DiD!