(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9d/Berianna_Brown_Face.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Beriana Brown</span></span><br/><strong>Status:</strong>Lawful Neutral Male Half-Orc Monk<br/><strong>Location:</strong><br/><strong>With:</strong><br/><strong>Tagged:</strong><br/><br/>Beriana's jaw clenched and his eyes narrowed.  Captain Harrigan so casually put the man to his fate while his first mate, Mr. Plugg, showed his own sadistic side.<br/><br/>The monk had heard of the practice of keel-hauling, but was not prepared to see the barely recognizable corpse that got pulled up before it was thrown off the ship as food for the sharks.<br/><br/>Surely, the practice of theft could be deterred another way.  Such a severe punishment should be meted out for the most severe crime.  Lashes with the whip would have been enough to discourage stealing.  The captain himself said his crew was short-handed, and yet he ended the life of an able body.<br/><br/>Beriana took a serving of pig and a rum ration.  Usually he would not have bothered with the rum, especially considering how his last drinking binge got him on the<em>Wormwood</em>, but after seeing the keel-hauled corpse, an escape into a drink did not seem like such a bad idea.<br/><br/>He sniffed at the rum, then took a sip.  Seeing most of the rest of the crew watering it down a bit to make grog, he did the same.  The taste was more tolerable, and the effect was strong.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Checks</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>DC 5 Fortitude At 2012-07-17 07:19:57, Beriana (uid: 13913) rolls: 1d20m1 Result: 20 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=39877) Success<br/><br/>+1d4 Alchemical bonus to Charisma At 2012-07-17 07:20:05, Beriana (uid: 13913) rolls: 1d4 Result: 2 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=39878) +2 to Charisma<br/><br/>Fatigue 1d8 hours At 2012-07-17 07:20:17, Beriana (uid: 13913) rolls: 1d8 Result: 8 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=39879) 8 hours<br/><br/></div></div><br/>Feeling a bit tipsy, Beriana attempted to do a little show to entertain some of the crew.  He took some objects and started juggling them.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Checks</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br/>DC 15 Sleight of Hand (Enjoyable performance as per Perform skill) At 2012-07-17 07:31:26, Beriana (uid: 13913) rolls: 1d20m7 Result: 19 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=39880) Success<br/><br/></div></div><br/>After his performance, he went to each of the other members of his group that were pressganged together.<br/><br/>He introduced himself and stated his name to everyone but Mahle, who he met earlier on the ropes.<strong>"Hello.  My name is Beriana." </strong><br/><br/>To each of them, he whispered,<strong>"I request your presence at a meeting in the lower hold toward the back of the ship.  You and the others that were pressganged with me have common goals that we can work together toward.  Please join me."</strong><br/><br/>After a few minutes, Beriana went down to the lower deck, hopeful that some, if not all, of the other "volunteers" (as Captain Harrigan put it) came as well.<br/>