II-III. Under way in the Northwest Providence Channel, Bahamas. Tuesday, February 13, 1725 Anno Domini

• The Graceful Dame, finally sets sail, destination: Havana.
• Late on the second day as they are traversing the dangerous shoals, a sail is sighted. The sloop in question is heading in the opposite direction but begins wheeling around quite suspiciously, so Captain Hayden orders more sail to ensure they cannot catch the Dame. Due to positioning and expert sailing, there is no actual incident.
• Mister Lucroy has an unusual dream about the “Old Man” on the third day which indicates that he has died and that other people are looking for the second skull. Mister Lucroy relates this information to Sir Randel.
• On the fourth day, they reach Havana ahead of schedule, just in time to see the La Dame Blanche departing. Sir Randel glowers darkly at the ship of his despised rival.
• Customs are dealt with quickly before multiple parties go ashore. The current plan is to be here for a minumum of 2 days with an eye toward 4 so shore leave is available. Leftenant Rogers has a need for a translator as he does not speak Spanish, so Doctor Spenser accompanies him, accompanied by Miss Dora to whom he chatters away in Dutch.
• On their second day in Havana, Leftenant Rogers goes alone to the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro which is serving as the city prison. Here he is hoping to speak to a Mister Pickford Rodney, who owned the painting that has now passed on to the leftenant. Unfortunately, the guard tells him he is too late and points toward the gallows … just as a man is dropped…

Player Notes:

• Usually, I’m way too verbose in these, so I’m actively trying to dial back my outline.
• Most of the session was populated by sea travel, hence the general shortness of said outline as I only covered the major bits.
• We blew the Chase out of the water (pun intended), mostly in the first round. That static maneuver was a killer for the (possible) piratical types.
• I was actually disappointed we didn’t hit a shoal and get stuck for a while.
• Looks like Davino will be NPCed for the next couple of sessions due to his player going out of state to celebrate his marriage, then moving into a new house.

See the Daniverse Blog for the GM’s post-game debrief.