{I'd like to move forward, so I rolled for Bellicious, and he made the survival but  missed the perception check - hence I'm going to rule that Bellicious is below deck presently.}<br/><br/>It's a brutal night, and the next day is barely brighter. The sun's light barely lifts the gloom cast by spray and stormcloud, as<span style="font-style: italic">Swiftwind</span>ploughs across the mouth of Kraken Bay. The features of the mountainous waves come and go until even the fear that accompanies the roar and the rain becomes monotenous. Only Lion seems unworn, awake as her crew catnaps when and where they can. Night follows day in turn, as the power ocean rushes<span style="font-style: italic">Swiftwind</span>through the miles.<br/><br/>Brutal waves must've pounded Valenar's western coast for days, forcing the sea high, some portion of its mass flowing fast through the few hundred-mile wide straight between the Scimitar's Tip and the Aerenali Islands. This is the current that<span style="font-style: italic">Swiftwind</span>now rides, as the storm's fury at last begins to slacken as a glow in the east promises a new, perhaps more peaceful day after thirty-four hours of watery hell.<br/><br/>Bellicious has disappeared belowdecks, not to be seen. Xarces remains, for the most part, on deck, encouraging and lightening the crew's mood with his singing and subtle humor – but the storm and exhaustion visible wears upon him. Aethon manages well enough, perhaps because of his acceptance of his limitations as a seafarer, and Jules, similarly, ensures he sleeps well enough. Alizome seems unaffected by it all, much to the envy of Linda – raised on the plains, the roll of the waves hits her particularly hard.<br/><br/>Alizome thinks, for a moment, that she might've seen something in the gloomy distance, perhaps the smooth grey shape of a rock or a reef... yet that should be impossible, so far offshore. Then she sees the ripples approaching<span style="font-style: italic">Swiftwind</span>, a single wide 'v' moving against the flow of the waves. “There,” she points, “is that normal?”<br/><br/>As Linda leans, vomiting for the one-thousand and fifteenth time over the railing, she too spots the approaching shape.<br/><br/>Toric, his attention drawn, gazes down from the masthead. His eyes widen in the storm tossed sea. “'Ware! Kraken!” He shouts,<br/><br/>{Anyone who failed their survival check is fatigued: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge and takes a –2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity. Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted. After 8 hours of complete rest, fatigued characters are no longer fatigued.<br/><br/>Linda is also Sickened: The character takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.}<br/><br/>Suddenly, a sharp-toothed head attached to an overlong neck erupts from the waves<img alt="Image" src="http://petrmodlitba.cz/images/ELASMOSAURUS%20PLATYURUS,%20kvas%20na%20papire%2040%20x%2030%20cm,%202008%20(gou.jpg"/>, opening its maw wide, and closing its bluntly serrated teeth around Alizome's body, crushing and tearing at her flesh through her armor. {Attack roll vs. Toric – 11+13 = 24, hits, 2d8 (11) + 12 = 23 damage}, leaving the elfgirl sandwiched in its jaws, a tasty morsel ready for swallowing {CMB roll to bring into mouth 17(base)+2(pred.inst.)+6(1d20) = 25, success}.<br/><br/>{Since you made your perception checks, Linda and Alizome are both entitled to an action as the creature does this. Theoretically we should roll for initiative and only the two of you plus the creature get to act in the surprise round, but since it is underwater your best bet would probably be to delay and attack when it surfaces – if you wish to attack or whatever whilst it's still underwater, that's fine and please post that action instead. Alizome cannot, however, escape belowdecks or climb the mast far enough to escape the creature's long neck in a single action.}<br/><br/>{Creature's defences (please roll your attacks before looking<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">AC 19, touch 10, flat-footed 17, CMD 30 (34 vs trip)</div></div></div><br/><br/>Knowledge (Nature) DC17<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">This huge aquatic monster is an elasmosaurus, an ancient reptilian beast of the group known as dinosaurs. They have animal traits, low light vision and scent with a good perception score. They are – obviously – voracious meat-eaters. Save for those wandering the Talenta Plains, most dinosaurs are native to Xen'drik and its surrounding waters. Likely this elasmosaurus has been blown far from its usual hunting grounds by the storm.</div></div></div>DC22<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">These creatures though naturally at home in the water where they are superb swimmers, are also surprisingly fast on land. They attack with a nasty bite on the end of a long a flexible neck.</div></div></div><br/><br/>{Note that after the creature has attacked, we exit the surprise round in which only the Creature can act and Alizome and Linda get their free attacks. We then enter the first round, when everyone can act. The creature, Alizome and Linda still get to act again in the first round (in order of posting)... i.e. Alizome and Linda should probably both their free attack (or other action) and their actions in the first round).