[pnpgm] Game update #69 - File #281 - Lake Oca Combat ends
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Tue Aug 14 07:55:09 CEST 2007
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HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R1 John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma
?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
W2 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma
W3 Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
R3 Wayne Richardson/Uji..Thig..............Sidh MU.Normal/Faerry Ma
W2 Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard ..Normal/Human Ma
R3 Orion (Paul Broman)...Trembyl...........Wizard..Normal/Human Ma
W4 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe
R3 Scott Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human Ma
R4 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Boyzdar [Wolf] (Strie'bog),
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[Recap]
From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar roars in anger as he crashes to the ground. As he
struggles to his feet, pulling against the whip to keep it
taut, he barks out the command to Tef'wo to "attack". Then
Ben'Dar swings his pike around and sticks the pointy end
through the bad guy's head.
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Decalis 16th, 107th day since left Marentia, 42nd day of
Adventure #3 of the 1633rd year [TH].]
[Location: Pavassa Forest - Eastern Edge/On Plains]
[Time - 3:56pm]
[Weather - Overcast, 62 Degrees]
[Turn 3: Phase 1]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Corona sees Ben'dar fall to the ground and dives through
the tight tree canopy toward the warrior. He Squawks
a slight bit as he tries to dodge tree limbs and thick
plant growth on the way down.]
[Tef'wo now with no person on his back rears up on his
rear legs and kicks out at the warrior nearby. One
horse leg hits the humanoid in the chest but doesn't
seem to phase him in his tough armor. The other
left leg hits him in the left shoulder cracking
some of the shoulder bones doing 7 points of damage.
The humanoid staggers and looses his grip on the
whip ever so slightly.]
[Suddenly the whip end stands on end and unfolds to
form a snake head. It rears back and Ben'dar's
eyes widen in startled surprise. Now laying on his
back Ben'dar brings down his pike just in time to
avoid the lunge of the snake head as it hisses and
spits venom. Ben'dar twists his head just in time
to avoid being spit on. Ben'dar is confused by
a whip that can attack on its own. What sort of
vile magic is afoot here!]
[Warrior #2 releases his grip on the whip and
pulls his long dagger from his belt. He lunges
at the horse still on its hind legs and swipes
the long dagger blade at its hooves. Ben'dar
sees this at the side of his vision. He has never
seen a man go up against a standing horse. Either
he is insane or utterly brave! The dagger slices
the right front leg and red blood spills as Ben'dar
guesses that must be a massive hit.]
[Turn 3: Phase 2]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Corona finally breaks from the limbs and dives for
the warrior but misses by a few inches. He takes
back to the air in a graceful arc.]
[Tef'wo again tries to kick the man with booth legs.
Clearly dazed by the blow he seems unsure in his
kicks. But both hit home on the man. But both
seem to not phase the man at all.
[The snake head starts to slither around the pike
toward Ben'dar's body. Ben'dar uses the pike
to force it away but suddenly realizes the snake
is just more agile. The snake lunges and bites
down onto Ben'dar's neck just above his armor.
The bite is piercing and does 5 points of immediate
physical damage. Suddenly Ben'dar feels warm
sensation flowing through his neck. Venom? Not
good.]
[Ben'dar tries to push the snake away but finds
his arms start to wobble and go mushy. Suddenly
he finds the pike unusually heavy. His arms fall
to the ground and the snake ontop of his chest.
Ben'dar then realizes he can't move. Can't even
scream. To be alone. What of the others? He
almost died this very morning. Could this be the
real thing. Twice in one day. What a period of
bad luck! The warrior is still alive. Guess that
means it could be time to die. Maybe Z'leyra could
save him. Maybe Cetric could resurrect him?....
Suddenly Ben'dar's eyes roll up and he only sees
trees and a flying Corona...]
[Turn 3: Phase 3]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Corona turns and dives again straight for Ben'dar.
Ben'dar's mind races as he sees the eagle come
straight down for him. If he uses those fire
eyes of his Ben'dar could die. Closer and closer
the bird dives. Suddenly he lunges his claws out
and tries to grab the snake but the snake hisses
and weaves away. Corona takes back to the air.]
[Tef'wo continues to thrash the warrior and only one
left leg hits but does nothing to the warrior. The
wounded leg fails to hit.]
[The Warrior slices again with his dagger and growls
as he hits Tef'wo again in the already wounded
leg for more damage as tendons are cut. Tef'wo
neighs in pain.]
[Turn 3: Phase 4]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Corona dives again and with claws outstretched he
clamps down this time on the snake and with large
effort flaps his wings to gain height. Corona
is lucky to grab near the head and flies up.
He flies about 5 feet tot he right of Ben'dar and
releases the snake/spear/whip thing. It falls tot
he forest and disappears into the bushes.]
[Tef'wo again rears up and kicks outward. But
this time his wounded right leg does not kick
out. His left leg does kick and a bit of black
blood is seen in the chest where he hits. But
the humanoid still stands.]
[The warrior slices him hitting the left
leg and draws more blood for the horse.]
[Turn 4: Phase 1]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Corona dives toward the warrior but fails to hit
as the humanoid dodges just in time.]
[Tef'wo staggers back. As he puts pressure on
his right leg tissue peels off. Blood begins
to pour. Weakened he tries to rear one last time
but suddenly loses his balance and falls to the
left side.]
[The warrior growls and scowls. He walks calmly over
to Ben'dar and looks down. Ben'dar can see the
warrior with his long red dagger. Ben'dar screams
inside his paralyzed head. If Tef'wo is dead!
The man speaks something Ben'dar doesn't understand.
He then raises his dagger for a killing strike.
But suddenly the man jerks his head to the south
and looks. Then Ben'dar hears movement to the north.
The Warrior jerks his head north and grunts as
some words are heard to the north. The man growls
and grunts and then runs north. Ben'dar confused
is not sure what just happened but he hears
footsteps into the forest. Ben'dar tries to
struggle and scream and move his head or eyes to
get a look at Tef'wo but is paralyzed...]
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GM: Combat is over for now. Is Ben'dar alive? Is
Tef'wo alive? Stay tuned! :)
GM: At the end of the above phase Arawn and Xian are
now visible. Their duration decreased by attacks
on folks.
GM: Experience as of Now.
Player CEP MEP Expertise Skill Notes
Arawn - 4 4 Invisibility On himself
Arawn 159 - 18 Sword #17, #19
* Ben'dar 243 - 24 Pike #!, #2, #3
Chion 147 - 38 Sai #5, 11,12,13
Chion - - 6 Throwing Sai #20
Farseeker 126 - 24 Great Sword #9, #10, #19
Farseeker 57 - 6 Hand-to-hand #9
Strie'bog 102 - 18 Axe #7, #13, #15
Thig 105 - 12 Rep. Cr-Bow #16, #8
Trembyl 240 - 30 Scimitar #4, #5,14,18
Unali 57 - 6 Dagger #8
Xian 222 - 38 War Staff #6,#11,12,18
Xian - 8 8 Invisibility On himself
Z'leyra - 2 2 Orient Self On Herself
Z'leyra - 10 4 Invisiblity On Herself
Z'leyra 57 - 12 Sword #13
Z'leyra - - 1 Oblivion [F] On Strie'bog
Note: Chion - Got CEP for the Throw but forgot to separate
the figure. The CEP is a total plus the Throw.
GM: Congratulations!
Arawn - +2 CEL, +2 OCV/DCV, +2 EL in Sword,
Trembyl - +1 CEL, +1 OCV/DCV
Unali - +1 CEL, +1 OCV/DCV
Xian - +1 CEL, +1 OCV/DCV
Z'leyra - +1 EL Heavy Sword
Combat MVP - Trembyl! Took on 4 targets by himself
and virtually killed all 4 without taking much
damage himself. Aside help by Xian on one target.
GM: Ammo Use
Player Ammo Use
Thig -2 Darts [others retrieved]
GM: Item Damage
Player Item Damage
Ben'dar -3 FV to Magical Pike
Trembyl -1 FV to Magical Scimitar
Trembyl -1 AV to Leather Armor [Destroyed]
Xian -2 FV to War Staff
Farseeker -2 FV to Great Sword
Unali -1 FV to Magical Dagger
Chion -2 FV to Sai [Sai Broken]
Chion -1 FV to Sai [Spare]
Arawn -1 FV to Magical Sword
GM: As you can see much item damage. Some of this
was a by-product of Bohusara's spell the other
is the enemy's hard armor.
GM: Player / Companion Status
Player HPV Status Healings Today
Arawn 60% [Moderate] 1
Ben'dar 50% [Moderate] 3 [Paralyzed]
Chion 100% [Normal] 1
Farseeker 67% [Moderate] 1
Thig 73% [Light] 1
Strie'bog 15% [Heavy] 1
Trembyl 70% [Moderate] 1
Unali ** 7% [Critical] 1 [Paralyzed]
Xian 100% [Normal] 1
Z'leyra 100% [Normal] 1
Corona 100% [Normal] 1
Boyzdar 66% [Moderate] 1
Tef'wo ** 3% [Critical] 1
Bohusara 100% [Normal] -
GM: Total Combat time: 13 Phases - 39 seconds
GM: Mana Status
Player Mana Status of Full
Arawn 56%
Xian 77%
Chion 100%
Trembyl 100%
Strie'bog 37%
Thig 83%
Z'leyra 85%
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GM: Back to the game...
[As with most combat encounters the party has well experienced
over the years the precious few seconds after an encounter
is hectic and full of chaos. As order is curtailed by
each person almost a routine task schedule is setup. In
most cases it works well. It other encounters it does not.
Adrenaline flows through each person for several minutes
after the combat. When it does stop flowing Unali and
Strie'bog where they remain seem to suddenly feel exhausted
from their wounds. Z'leyra puts pressure on Strie'bog's
shoulder wound and stops the bleeding.
Chion looks to his broken sai on the ground. It lasted
him for some time. Its only an object but it is sad
to lose one as it's almost an extension of his own fingers.
He eyes the battlefield and wonders about these creatures.
These creatures that took three to four hits to kill.
When most creatures encountered might only take a nick or
one hit. These were tough and strong. Very unusual as well.
Farseeker looks at his great sword smeared with black
blood stains. He scowls at the damage the sword has
taken. When he returns home he'll have to fix it.
Strie'bog tries to make sense of the previous minute.
All of a sudden they were here and then attacked. By
creatures from his dreams and nightmares. He almost died
this encounter. At least mother is safe. But he glances
over and sees the water creature slowly stomping like
a walking bulk of a house toward them. He tries to
mutter a warning but his tongue is dry and weak.
Unali lays and still continues to stare at the sky
wondering where the others are and how she got in that
place in the first place. The dagger warned her of the
flying things but didn't warn her of that poison attack.
Guess the dagger isn't perfect.
Xian glances at the water creature a few feet from
Strie'bog.]
Xian: "Ahh....Guys! Look out!"
[Bohusara lands near Strie'bog and looks up at the towering
water creature. She raises her hands and speaks in a
strange tongue. The water creature stops and its brown
water swirls. It then turns and walks toward the water.
It enters about 4 feet into the water and with a explosion
of water dissolves back into the water. Some of the water
lands on the ground, Strie'bog and Z'leyra.]
[Thig flies forward and looks around.]
Thig: "Where's Ben'dar?"
[Farseker twirls around and looks around the battlefield
and then the forest. He suddenly realizes he is not
here and recalls he went riding to the north west. Farseeker
mounts the nearest horse and with sword in hand gallops
in that direction with Thig in behind.]
[Arawn walks up to Trembyl and tells him he'll go scout into
the forest.]
Trembyl: "I suspect that'll be a waste of time." [He eyes
Bohusara.]
[Xian gets to Unali and checks her out as modestly as he
can. He tells her she is alive and puts pressure on
her wounds. Xian yells to Z'leyra to have her checked
out further.]
[A few seconds later Farseeker and Thig find Ben'dar with
the help of Corona. Farseeker dismounts and sees the
two warriors dead. He shakes his head and checks out
Ben'dar.]
Farseeker: "Looks like you'll live. You only took on two
huh? I took on three." [He smiles and winks and look
at Thig who checks out the lying Tef'wo.]
[Ben'dar paralyzed is glad to feel little pain. He wants
to scream about the fleeing humanoid and him taking
on three, but can't. He desperately wants to hear about
Tef'wo who may have for the first true time saved his life.]
[Thig checks the horse over and his legs where the wounds
were done. The horse barding didn't help much in that
area. The right leg is virtually shredded. Most horses
Thig knows would have to be put down in that situation.
He looks up at Ben'dar and shakes his head. He then
checks the horse's neck for a pulse.]
Thig: "He's alive but barely. He'll need almost immediate
healing to save him."
[Ben'dar is relieved to hear this news and relaxes then
mentally tenses as he tries to move his eyes in frantic
notion to warn Farseeker about the fleeing humanoid.
But Farseeker seems to not understand.]
Thig: "Corona go get Bohusara if we are to save Tef'wo
we need her now." [Thig then realizes he doesn't eve
know if Corona understands him. Corona perched on
a tree seems to not notice the words then with some
hesitation takes to the air and through the woods to the
south. Thig makes a mental note to see if Corona even
understands anyone but Z'leyra.]
Farseeker: "Looks like he is paralyzed. Two puncture
bites here. Maybe one of those staff things bit him.
The wounds are moderate but not fatal."
[Meanwhile at the clearing at the same time four birds,
two reds and 2 blues land on Bohusara's arms after she
calls for them. She speaks to them and casts a spell
to communicate to them. Trembyl and Chion watch in some
awe as this is done. But after seeing Z'leyra talk to
Horses and Eagles, Strie'bog talk to Boyzdar and other
odd things this isn't too shocking. A few seconds later
the birds all fly off in the four compass directions
into the forest and over the lake.]
Bohusara: "There is no need to check the forest. When
we were attacked I was being warned by the first bird
of the creatures. Unfournately the bird was too late
to warn us to prepare faster. I have asked the birds
to spread the news of requests to check the forest
around us for a few miles of any more creatures. This
will improve scouting within seconds without effort
on our part. I have also spread word to the trees
themselves those who are aware and other forest creatures
and Protectors. We should be warned of any more
creatures and attacks."
[Corona lands and squawks at Bohusara. Bohusara seems to
understand or at least reason its intent. Z'leyra is
too busy checking Unali's wounds and triage on her to
translate. Both Corona and Bohusara take to the air
and head north-west as she follows the eagle.]
[Xian talks to the invisible Z'leyra and hopes she is
standing where he is talking. But when she replies
find he is talking in the opposite direction.]
Xian: "Do we know if the poison is fatal or just a paralytic?"
[Bohusara lands and checks out Ben'dar quickly going
over him. She nods and then goes to the horse. A
creature she is more able to help then humans. She
is sad to see it hurt and though not skilled in great
healing techniques without magic knows the horse could
die within a few more seconds. There is no time to
get Z'leyra. With the magic of the forest now taking
hold her words seem to be translated to each person's
native tongue.]
Bohusara: "There's no time to get Z'leyra. While it
may be dangerous to heal him twice if we don't he
could die. He certainly won't be able to walk with
these wounds. Please back away some distance unless
you want to be healed as well."
[Farseeker and Thig decide to remain in place. They
know the risk but feel Bohusara is worth it. Corona
takes to the air and flies over the forest.]
[Bohusara places both of her hands on the wounded front
legs and casts the spell. Ben'dar realizes that
he didn't get much of a chance to be moved. Maybe
Farseker forgot or knows he's been healed 3 times already.
Ben'dar silently hopes he lives through it. The
spell takes 2 minutes to completely cast and the
healing mist falls to the ground. All around dying
leaves and bushes also heal amazingly.]
[The mist hits Thig's abdomen and the wound completely
heals in a few seconds. Farseeker's multiple wounds
also begin to heal and completely close up.]
[Ben'dar can feel his wounds also heal up and close
completely. He tries to move but finds the poison
is still in his system. That has to be likely
cured differently. He desperately waits to hear
about Tef'wo. Ben'dar seems to stop breathing and
then a minute later he hears Tef'wo neigh and with
some effort and help by the others gets to his feet.
Tef'wo snorts and then comes to look down at Ben'dar.
It must be the stinging cold wind but a tear seems
to fall from one eye as Ben'dar sees his horse above
him. All is well in the world again. Tef'wo nods
down at Ben'dar. Then Ben'dar recalls the fleeing
humanoid.]
GM: Player / Companion Status
Player HPV Status Healings Today
Arawn 60% [Moderate] 1
Strie'bog 15% [Heavy] 1
Trembyl 70% [Moderate] 1
Unali ** 7% [Critical] 1 [Paralyzed]
Boyzdar 66% [Moderate] 1
Ben'dar 100% [Normal] 4 [Paralyzed]
[Farseeker looks down at Ben'dar.]
Farseeker: "He seems still paralyzed."
Bohusara: "I do not have the ability to heal poisons.
Maybe Z'leyra does. I'll move him there."
Farseeker: "Thanks for the healing."
[Bohusara nods and then casts a Translocation spell on
Ben'dar after explaining what she is about to do so
he doesn't resist the spell. Within a second Ben'dar
finds him staring up to the open sky rather than the
closed forest. He growls mentally that he can't warn
the others about the fleeing Humanoid.]
[Arawn walks slowly through the forest in the west.
He scans and looks for other humanoids but finds none.
He spots no tracks other than the one that attacked
him and those who fled into the clearing already.
As he walks he still wonders if Bohusara set this up.
She remains unhealed and Unali almost died. It goes
against everything he has been taught. His parents
divine themselves associate with strange beings. Why
can't he just trust Bohusara who by knowledge should
be all nice. But those witches may have placed some
Geas or curse on her.]
[Ben'dar does nothing but remains laying down and
sees an occasional bird flying overhead. He notices
the cold air as his adrenaline wears off. He finally
gives up warning the others until he is cured from
his paralysis.]
[Chion plays back the battle in his head. These creatures
seemed to cast no magic. All seemed to be able warriors.
He is amazed to see that powerful magic surely Bohusara
must've cast earlier seem to do nothing to that one
warrior. He wonders why. He collects his staff after
sheathing his sai and walks around and examines the
dead and their strange gear.]
[Farseeker and Bohusara ride back with Thig overhead.
Farseeker circles the area looking at the bodies.
He finally dismounts and takes his sword to the
lake to clean it when he remembers the brown water and
does not. He wipes the black sticky blood off with
sand. He glances up and speaks.]
Farseeker: "Black blood, not red. Doesn't dragons have
black blood? Strange weapons as well."
Thig: "Strange thing is I sense no magic from them.
Not from them or their odd equipment. In fact
its as if their life force is not detected as well."
Xian: "Life force?"
Thig: "All people even those who don't cast magic have
some faint aura about them. Sometimes some sidh
can detect it some only mana. I've learned to
detect the life energy as well. It may be my magic
with telepathic powers. My connections to minds.
I haven't tried to detect or touch their minds but
their life force I detect nothing."
Xian: "Is that common?"
Thig: "Strange but rare yes. I don't recall ever
encountering a being I couldn't detect something.
Even plants I can sense a faint aura."
Bohusara: "I agree. I sense nothing as well."
[Bohusara goes to Strie'bog.]
Bohusara: "Son are you ok? I didn't mean to leave
you but Tef'wo would've died. The Healer was
taking good care of you. What's wrong?" [She
looks into his shaken eyes.]
Trembyl: "I want to find one of those flying things
and look at it."
[Z'leyra scurries from person to person and does
basic triage and stops bleeding. Then she will
go to each person and apply further more in-depth
healing.]
Xian: "Z'leyra can you cure their poison paralysis?"
Thig: "Didn't Arawn have that ability? We need him."
Trembyl: "He's wandering the forest..."
Farseeker: "I guess he doesn't feel like part of a group
yet. It takes awhile."
[Suddenly a bird lands on the shoulder of Bohusara
and chirps at her.]
Bohusara: "Riders to the south coming this way."
[Farseeker grunts as he realizes the party is down
three fighters, 2 paralyzes and one in the forest.]
[Eyes draw to the forest and Arbalests are prepared
and people ready for new battle. But then folks
realize that none of the warriors were on horses.
About a minute later riders come fast into the
clearing and stop short of the few feet from the
tree line. All are dressed in furs and leathers.
All are definitely human. There are four on horses.
Each carries spears and two have swords sheathed.
Two have bows on their back. They see the party
and stop short. They see the sidh and one speaks
outloud. Bohusara translates then smiles and waves
them forward.]
Bohusara: "Vassa from a nearby village to the south
west about three miles. Their leader explains
one group here for water found the lake in this
condition yesterday and they have come to investigate
it now. Their local druid is away for the Solstice
ceremony so it was up to them. They did not realize
we were here."
[The vassa dismount and puts their spears on their horses
and spy the battlefield and lake and wonder what is
going on.]
[inside the forest Arawn has missed any discussion above.
He hears stomping like that of riders and wonders
what is now going on....]
Actions? Comments?
Next update Friday..
Arawn: Return to the clearing or continue and as per your
email do you continue in the forest? What about
healing aside from basic first aid? Will get
to other stuff in email later.
Strie'bog: Remember what I emailed you about. If you
lost it let me know and can re-email you.
Z'leyra - After doing basic Healer skill on the
wounded and stopping bleeding you determine chances
for magical healing as follows:
Player Death Chance Current Healing Number
Strie'bog 13% 1
Trembyl 0% 1
Unali 0% 1
Boyzdar 85% 1
Arawn Unsure* 1
GM: Can't check Arawn as he is away. Its clear the
Wolf could not live through a second healing today.
But the others have a low chance.
GM: So actions and comments -
1. Poison/Paralysis - Cures for Ben'dar/Unali?
2. Vassa?
3. Dead and their gear?
4. Wounded: Strie'bog and Unali do you want to
risk another healing?
5. Original issue - brown lake!
6. Role-playing
7. Other stuff?
GM: At this point we are virtually done with this adventure.
Lots of minor stuff here and there. I'll still be
doing regular updates but they may be small or large
depending on your reactions! :)
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