[pnpgm] Game update #304 - File #500 - Turn 1 Phase 1 Guardian Combat
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Ht Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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Rh NPC Noble Aren Solest Duke Normal/Human Ma
Rh Balrog Balrog Warrior Normal/Human Ma
Wh Tom Crockett Caladan Wizard Normal/Human Ma
?? Marcel Liberty Chion Sailor Normal/Human Ma
?? Burton Choinski Cholan Sailor Normal/Human Ma
Rh Bob Eldred/Nomad Damon Sailor Normal/Human Ma
Wh Ryan Torres Farseeker Warrior Normal/Human Ma
Wh Tim Falkenberg Malradh ben Kasha Merc Normal/Human Ma
Wh NPC Spy Suresh Nambler Spy Normal/Human Ma
Rh Orion (Paul Broman) Trembyl Fighter Normal/Human Ma
Rh NPC Fighter Triest Warrior Normal/Human Ma
Wh Franseco B./Bondo Valgor Noble Dead /Human Ma
Rh Scott Adams Xian Wizard Normal/Human Ma
Wh Wout Broere Unali Ninja Normal/Human Fe
Wh Alex Koponen Z'leyra Healer Normal/Human Fe
-- Chris Wells Ben'dar Warrior Normal/Human Ma
-- Lyman R. Hampton Kaylle Scholar Normal/Faerry Ma
-- Wayne Richardson/Uji Thig Sidh MU Normal/Faerry Ma
Rh ------???----------- Neva Archer Normal/Elf Fe
Rh Sergi Sallent Jordi Unsure Normal/Elf Ma
Rh Npc Noble Marta Valnon Noble Normal/Human Fe
Ally Section - Diplomats/Ex prisoners - 26 Allies
G1 Akat, Zenon (Goidan), Chandris, Eri (Kolari)
G1 Vaeth, Tuon (Donaran), Vaidia, Anil (Donaran)
G2 *Zablin, Ris (Zen'dan) Ayddar Nylykerka (Thaliban)
G2 Nil Spaar (Ursmaian), Norda Proi (Lemasan)
G3 Walling, Dex (Helvan) Zing, Troyis (Kll'Maun)
G3 Amin, Rajwani (Lemasan), Qasir, Shah (Ro'babzan)
G1 Jevan, Corz (Bhamotin), Jezek, Gord (Bhamotin)
G1 Qualres, Diana (Shuikalese), Oolas, Kirz (Katalan)
G1 Abzyon, Wi (Choisuan), Xavier, Rua (Fomorian),
G1 Makki, Pov (Katalan), Matta, Kartz (R'hiselkan)
G4 Zenakhis, Trom (Fomorian), Ackbar, Feli (Chunrey)
G4 Jozak, Mer (Robari), Zabel, Eti (Artadan)
G4 Goins, Sharmon (Teosian(, Havirmar Havigashu (Vahearian)
Player Email Address Email Status
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Scott Adams pnpgm at softhome.net Working
Marcel Liberty/Chion kzinti_maouse at yahoo.com Working
Tim Falkenberg Malradh at yahoo.co.uk Unknown
Wout Broere broere at powersandperils.org Working
Burton Choinski bchoinski at attbi.com Working
Sergi Sallent igresigres at yahoo.com Working
Alex Koponen akoponen at mosquitonet.com Working
Chris Wells ckwells at comcast.net
Animals: Ventrius/Pogo Thig's dogs, Firesnake of Caladan's
Tikil (Cholan's Ferret) (in bag)
2 Wagon Horses, Hippogriff
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Game Update #304 in sequence (file #500)
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[Recap] - None
[New Stuff - Current Situation]
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Seeing no ned to hurt or be hurt by the hounds or dragon Z'leyra
yells "Lets leave! Mist it and run! Someone help me haul the
priestess!" Then she starts dragging the priestess out of the
room away from the new critters.
Fighting with the dragon and firehounds is a diversion that
reduces the chance of successfully completing the mission. They
could inflict losses that might make the difference in our next
encounters (if any) with the Climans. While slaying them gives
experience it doesn't bring us closer completing the mission.
As low on mana as she is, Z'leyra isn't an even match for a
irehound (one-headed hellhound) let alone the dragon. As
wounded as our best fighters are, I doubt that we could deal
with the critters without taking unacceptable losses. Finally,
these appear to be ward guardians or summoned critters. possibly
they will vanish after a time and we might even be able to come
back later, bundle up the tapestries and take them with us.
Might be quite valuable. :)
OOC comments.
Z'leyra will fight bravely enough if there is reason. She sees
no need to engage the dragon and firehounds in combat. They
might fight each other, or they might attack us. She prefers
to take the loot (thus dragging the priestess) and go. Hopefully
someone has grabbed the staff - she has been too busy to check.
Also, Chion should be dragged or carried by those near him. Yes,
one door is unclosable. Thus we should proceed past the next and
close it behind us. Hopefully they won't be able to open it.
Maybe they will vanish after a time. If we cannot exit without
fighting...well then we fight. If so, and she is still
invisible, she will do back attacks.
GM: Ack.
From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
OOC question: Just a technical thing...Ben'Dar stepped on the
priestess after hearing Farseeker, but I don't think Ben'Dar can
speak any Marentian. I think he only speaks Zendali... unless
he's picked up some Marentian in the short time since he was
rescued? Either way, he was probably more than glad to stomp
on top of the priestess. :-) BTW, I think you're doing a great
job with the adventure, especially the fights. I've never
played a PBEM before, and this is really cool. Keep up the
good work!
OOC: I'm sure everyone is more than willing to fight these
monsters...but do we need to? We've killed all the Climans and
have accomplished our goal (I think). Why not retreat back
behind the stone/metal secret door and wedge it shut, trapping
the dragon and dogs inside? If we really want to get back in
there, we can just wait a few minutes... I can't imagine that
these monsters will get along - they'll probably fight amongst
themselves and when there's only one left (probably the dragon,
injured), we go back in and finish it off. What do you think?
Also, I seem to remember that there are some other members of
the group with fairly massive injuries. I'm worried that if
we just do a frontal assault on these monsters, we may lose
one or more people. Thoughts?
Actions:
Ben'Dar grins ferociously at the sight of the dragon and at the
prospect of more battle. His warrior's blood is running hot in
his veins right about now!
From Ben'Dar's vantage point, the tapestries where the monsters
have appeared are partially obscured by the pillars. Ben'Dar
was looking at the Northeast one, so he probably hasn't even
seen the dogs yet. But I'm sure he can see the dragon, even if
it is partially obscured by the pillar!
Ben'Dar would heed Jordi's warning about the dogs, but unless
Jordi yelled it in Zendali, Ben'Dar probably won't pick up on
it. Ben'Dar charges the dragon as well, unless it becomes
apparent that the party is fleeing instead of fighting; in
that case he will act as rear-guard, trying to hold the
monsters at bay while the rest of the party retreats to a
safer place.
As he charges the dragon, he will probably notice the hell
hounds eventually through his peripheral vision. If the
hounds attack before the dragon starts to move and he sees
them as the more immediate threat, Ben'Dar will veer off to
the northwest to engage the hellhounds first.
GM: As to language your correct. However, Zen'da has been
friendly with Marentians for a long time in terms of
formal allies to even wars with them. There is bound to
be come common words even you might understand. The main
word you did understand is step. Now, with that assumed
it could be understood you got the general jist. At least
that's my excuse. :) Thanks for the compliment on the game.
I'm working on the second one it won't be as BIG as this one
but more role playing oriented than taking down a mountain :)
Ack. Charge dragon. God help us all :)
From Jordi: [Re: Actions]
Jordi kills the priestess with his sword; he follows the old
saying of "the good climan priestess is the dead one" to the
letter. (OOC: just a doubt... doesn't Jordi attack the
priestess before the diplomat?)
Then, he looks to himself, worried by Neva's reaction to his
wounds. Fortunately, Neva seems to be okey, and her reaction
to Jordi's wounds is "normal". Jordi is considering kissing
her, when the alarm starts again. He quickly locates the
sources of danger, and quickly charges towards the dragon,
while saying: "Get rid of the hounds, I will distract the
dragon." Once Jordi is near the dragon (that seems to be
still adjusting to this new environment), he will cast
another Concealing Mist spell. His idea is to keep the
dragon at bay, while the rest of the group kills the hounds;
then, the entire group will be able to attack the dragon at
better odds.
GM: No. Wi is just slightly faster than you. You move immediately
after Z'leyra. Technically though you have the killing blow.
As he knocked her out and you finished her off. Ack.
From Unali: [Re: Actions]
Seeing Jordi run back, Unali decides to go for the hounds.
Daggers at the ready, she hopes to get lucky and take one down
before they really realise where they are.
GM: Ack.
GM: I must say you 3 are either insane or crazy. Even I would
not run straight at them. Sure they are a bit groggy from
being summoned...even Farseeker at full strength could handle
any ONE hound easilly and probably kill the dragon with some
time but man you guys are brave :)
---------------------------Actions---------------------------
Time: Estimated 7:21am-7:36am - Morning Day 22
[two seconds earlier]
[Neva and Jordi lean close for a quick kiss when she sees in
the NW corner the hounds. Just as they get half an inch
closer she pulls back and gaspe. Jordi turns around and
as he does sees the dragon before Neva points to the hounds.]
[Jordi looks at Neva and smiles confidently. Then he turns
and pulls his sword out again and charges toward the dragon
before Neva can react..]
Jordi: "Get rid of the hounds, I will distract the dragon."
Neva: "No! You'll be killed!"
Z'leyra: "Lets leave! Mist it and run! Someone help me haul the
priestess!"
[Thig bends over Chion and casts his Forgetfullness spell.
He speaks in Marentian and quietly but outloud to forget the
last 30 seconds. He then smirks and leans closer to his ear
so only Chion cna hear and whispers another thing..]
[Farseeker sighs and decides this room is too dangerous. He
quickly decides retreat is in order...he yells out.]
Farseeker: "Escort the diplomats out. We'll keep them busy
until everyone has left! Everyone out now! Able fighters
divide up and keep the creatures busy as best we can!"
[Tactical combat time and event now. Back to 2 phases per
update as no one has objected to that.]
Turn 1: Phase 1
[Mana Allocation]
[Caldan allocates mana]
[Jordi allocates mana]
[Missile Fire]
[Triest loads his heavy crossbow but is blocked from good
angle so will have to move to position.]
[Neva knows Jordi is his own man so grabs her bow. She
is in effect closest to the hounds than most. She
loads and quickly shots off a arrow at one of the hounds.
But it misses by a good 3 feet.]
[Magic Effect]
[Caladan heard stories of dragons that climb out of fire
pits so he asszumes fire doens't hurt them. But these
dogs he has seen surely are just dogs ..well big dogs..
so he chooses them as a target for his fireball. It
goes out and impacts squarely on the trio of dogs. For
a second as it explodes on them he smiles...but then the
fire dissolves..and he grimaces...not even a burnt hair!
His face goes from glee to sheer horror then doom that
he himself is doomed being so close to the hounds..]
[Melee & Movement]
[Farseeker runs forward toward the Hellhounds....]
[Trembyl runs northward past a confused Sava...]
[Unali dives to the left and then runs northward past
the pillar and comes up to one of the groggy hellhounds.
She swings both daggers. The right dagger misses the
beast entirely but the first slashes the hellhound's
left dag severely cutting massive amounts of muscle
doing 13 points to the creature but it still is alive.
It just gives a shrill hound like yell of pain..]
[Ben'dar jumps up and then charges NE past Kasha/Cholan
and Neva. He then stops and turns around only about 25
feet from the dragon.]
[Wi looks at the creatures and unsure of what to do. Sure
he has been trained by the best Knights in the land but
even they would not go up against a large creature alone.]
[Kasha turns to Cholan and points to Chion.]
Kasha: "Get him outta here."
[Then Kasha runs toward the dragon's direction. He passes
by Ben'dar but doesn't end up to the dragon yet.]
[Cholan shakes his head and grabs his Axe, ignoring Kasha,
and runs toward the hounds...]
[Z'leyra begins to drag the priestess and heads for the door.
She ends up near Sava who jus tsees the priestess moving
by herself...?]
GM: Dragging a body -1 to PMR. Get help it'll be normal.
[Jordi ends up about 10 feet from the dragon but notices
in his excitement there is no mist around him. His
spell has failed!]
[Suresh heads toward Chion and prepares to lift him up
to carr him out.]
[Ris grabs the body of Shah and drags him away. He
ends up at the blasted hole to the room..]
[Xian climbs over the back of the throne and does a
running jump off it. He lands on his feet and near
the fallen staff. He reaches to grab it. As he
does though a jolt of blue energy shoots out and
throws him up in the air and then down 10 feet away...
his breath is completely knocked out of him as he
impacts on the ground on his back...]
[Amin and Dax don't understand all the words. But they
know fighting humans is one thing. Fighting sudden
creatures that appear out of no where..they don't
understand and don't want to get close. They turn
and run both toward the exit of the room.]
[Aren sees Xian fly and impact on the ground and
near him he heads toward him and stops to check on
him but does not find any obvious wounds...]
Turn 1: Phase 2
[Mana Allocation]
[Jordi reallocates mana]
GM: Figured you'd want to do this as fighting a dragon
in open is suicide in some cultures.
[Missile Fire]
[Triest having moved now fires at the hounds between
Farseeker and Unali. But the bolt misses completely
too high.]
[Neva fires another arrow and hits one hound but with
only a minor 1 point hit. The hound doesn't even yelp]
[Magic Effect]
[Jordi sees mist form from his body and expand out about
20 feet in every direction...he smiles..]
[Melee & Movement]
[Thig smirks and then hovers. He heads north to see what
he could or shouldn't do...]
[Farseeker charges one hellhound and swings. Since the
hounds are still groggy he gets a slight bonus but
even with that he hits easilly doing a massive 33
points of damage. The great sword impales the large
beast and it falls dead to the ground.]
[Triest turns and heads south..]
[Trembyl heads further north...]
Trembyl: "Don't touch the staff!"
[Unali swings again. Both daggers this time impact but
the right doesn't penetrate the heavy hide. The other
does but only a minor cut..]
[Ben'dar runs forward. He sees mist ahead and sighs...
more mist...but he enters it and stops when he sees
a large form ahead...the dragon. He tries to spear
whatever is in front of him but misses whatever he
was aiming at..]
[Caladan looks at Trembyl in surprise and heeds his
warning and heads south..]
[Wi ways his options and decides to run...]
[Kasha enters the mist and finds a large form in the
distance as well. He does a overhead bash with his
mace with both hands and hits the dragon's left wing
and slices it greatly in a shattering blow doing
an amazing 22 points of damage to the beast!]
[Cholan ends up besides farseeker and Unali and swings
down his axe at the one Neva hit with arrow and does
7 points of damage to it.]
[Z'leyra ends up another 20 feet further to the door
with the priestess.]
[Jordi attacks the dragon wish his sword hits but doesn't
penetrate the thick hide.]
[Suresh carries Chion and heads south...]
[Ris drags Shah's body out of the room...]
[Xian sits up and shakes his head then stands up with
help of Aren..]
[Dax and Amin head south more..they both end up
in the doorway. Dax would've helped Z'leyra but
only sees the priestess on the ground.]
[Aren helps Xian up...]
Actions? Comments?
Next update Monday...
Level 6 - Kaylle [Searching rooms], Valgor [Dead], Trembyl
Level 7 -
Unali, Chion, Caladan, Suresh, Farseeker, Xian
Aren, Amin, Dex, Wi, Kasha, Ris, Shah, Cholan
Jordi?, Z'leyra, Neva, Triest, Thig
Main cave - Spaar, Qorz, Marta, Talz, Females (2) [Level 2]
[Zoomed map - Just use this map instead..]
1 2 3 4 5
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%+__+ |**| \D+%A + = Torch Stands [From Ground up]
%|2F\__/ \__JDD|%B | = Tapestry of some picture on walls
%|UH/ \__/ \DD|%C O = Pillars 2.5 Diameter [To ceiling]
%| \__/ \__/BK|%D |**|= Throne
%|_/O \_XE O__|%E ? = Circle is not represented here on this map
%| \__/ \__/ |%F # = Cabinets (Food, Liqour, Water]
%|__/ \__/ \__|%G
%| \__/CN\__/ |%H 1-4 = Guards
%+__/ \Y_/ \__+%I P = Priestess [L2]
%/ \__/ \__/ \%J 5 = Bodyguard [B3]
%\__/ \T_/ \__/%K d = Dog [K4]
%/ \__/ \__/ \%L t = Timon [Body at L3 - Not on map]
%\__/ \__/ \__/%M 1 = [I4] 2 = [G4] 3 = [O1] 4 = [N3]
%/ \__/V \__/ \%N
%\__/ \__/ \__#%O ? = Thig [D3] [Not on map in Air/Hovering]
%/ WO__/ \__O #%P F = Farseeker [B1] K = Kasha [D5]
%\__/ \SI/ \__#%Q T = Triest [K3] H = Cholan [C1]
%/ \__/ \__/ \%R U = Unali [C1] J = Jordi [D4]
%\__/ \__/ \__/%S N = Neva [H3] S = Suresh [Q3]
%/ \_Z/ \__/ \%T C = Caladan [H3] s = Shah [??] - Dead
%\__/ \__/ \__/%U V = Sava [N3] r = Ris [??]
%+ \__/ \__/ %V W = Wi [P1] X = Xian [E3]
%%%%%%%D A%%%%%%%%W I = Chion [Q3] A = Amin [W3]
D = Dax [W3] E = Aren [E3]
sr Z = Z'leyra [T2] B = Ben'dar [D5]
Y = Trembyl [I2]
Ok. As far as the creatures....The hounds are alert now at
the end of this phase. Due to all being hurt and one killed
they WILL react next phase. Keep this in mind if your near
them. They will react between likely Unali and Neva's movement.
The dragon is still sluggish but having been hurt bad by Kasha
will likely react sooner now. On the ground he is slow and
sluggish but if he gets in the air he'll be faster than many
in the group. On the ground though he'll likely move last.
Jordi. Your mist covers Rows A-D and Row E5 those 2 spaces.
Thus you, dragon, ben'dar and Kasha are among the mist.
Most are retreating but if you continue to fight let me know.
If actions change let me know. 2 phases. Unless things
become drastic like a death I'll do 2 phases.
Good luck!
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