Sahuagin Attack

Summary
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The party is in Procampur, looking for passage across the Dragon Reach to continue travelling west. They book passage on the Sembian ship, Silver Hawk. But passage is steep, 18 gold per person, plus an equal amount for their horses. They debate selling the horses here and buying new ones in Sembia. Akari negotiates with the captain that she and Aria will entertain the crew all the way across and he agrees to a discount for the horses. They sail the next day.
The first three days are stormy and difficult and Prim is seasick for days. But the ship sails west out of the storm and into quieter seas and the water calms. In the middle of the first calm night, everyone but Dolomoth and Furath awakens to the sounds of the ship's timbers groanings and a feeling that the ship has hit something and is slowing down. Shouts come from above deck and they hear the sound of a crossbow. They awaken Furath and Dolomoth and start heading topside. When they emerge on the deck, the night watch is under attack from fish scaled humanoids who are climbing aboard, sahuagin! The ship has been slowed by a large slab of ice in front of it. A large sahuagin riding a giant eel is directing the attack from the water. The sailors ring the alarm bell and cry out an alert and the party joins the battle. Dolomoth casts Shillelagh and Green Flame Blade to attack the monsters. Prim begins sniping with her crossbow. Joan casts Sacred Flame, but one of the attackers is a priest and hits her with Hold Person. Furath attacks with his new Thunderball spell. Aria and Akari move out to attack, hurling spells. More sahuagin climb aboard and some sleeping sailors begin to turn out to fight. Akari smashes a group with a Shatter spell. The sahuagin leader casts a spell like Call Lightning, but the storm cloud has vicious winds that batter the party and even kills a wounded sahuagin. Aria lets loose a Thunderwave that blows some of the sahuagin overboard, either dead or mortally wounded. The party fights the attackers on the ship and lightning bolts start to spit from the storm cloud. Furath blocks a bolt with Absorb Elements. As they kill or drive off the attackers, they start taking shots at the leader. Furath uses a couple of Dragon's Breath spells on boarders and misses with a Firebolt, setting a sail on fire.
Joan finally shakes off the Hold Person and smashes some sahuagin with Guiding Bolts. With the sahuagin onboard killed or knocked back into the sea, they concentrate attacks on the leader who signals to his mount and disappears below the waves.
In thanks for the party's efforts in defending his ship, the captain refunds their passage fees and they collect treasure from the dead sahuagin, a mix of human made jewelry and undersea items like pearls and ornamental coral. Before they toss the dead priest overboard, they see she has tattoos like the squid cult…
The Silver Hawk makes port in Yhaunn without any further trouble and they go ashore and get rooms at the Naughty Nixie inn.
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Silly Quotes and Smart Remarks
The party has bought passage to cross to Yhaunn
Katya "Is it a quiet trip?"
Jim "No…"
Jack "Is it after a three hour tour?"

Talking about multi-classing and maybe Akari would take a level of "pirate"
Katya " 'How did you become a pirate?' 'Well, you see…' "
Evan <snorts> "Sea…"

Katya "We're spending a lot of time on boats"
Jim "And that's not going to stop…"

Dolomoth drops one sahuagin with a direct attack and collateral damage from Green Flame Blade drops another
Jack "You frickin' battered that fish"

Discussing that the party may have to face off against the squid cult again
Jack "When you melee the squid, you're whackin' the kraken"
Jim "Is that what they're calling it these days?"