[pnpgm] Game update #47 - file #213 - Rescue Turn 1: phase 1+2

Scott Adams longshot at darktech.org
Tue Jun 5 06:53:26 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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     Game Update 248 in sequence (file #213)
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     Admin notes: This combat may set a PBEM record.  Over 40 things
     to keep track of in my movement chart :).  People/Animals.  
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     [Recap]  

        From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
          Ben'Dar's target is the nearest enemy by the campfire.  (Looks
          like #3 at this point, but may change if the enemy change their
          positions during the charge)  He'll use the momentum of the
          charge to try for extra damage on the first target.
        GM: Ack. 

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        From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
          Annoyed that the enemy have stripped the invisibility from
          them Z'leyra takes advantage of her high speed in levitation
          and the insubstantiability to go scoot the group (in an
          inverted U) north thru the wall to check out behind the wall
          and then east to check out the other rooms (later coming south
          thru the wall north of the lady with the bow). As she has
          dropped to within inches of the floor any that wish to
          disengage and become solid may, but hopefully next phase we
          will not only have found and set someone to free the hostage
          but will come out of the wall near the lady with the bow. We
          can then get her in melee and force the two men to move
          towards us as we deal with the lady with the bow.
        GM: Ack. 

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        From Unali: [Re: Actions]
          Unali will drawthe magical dagger and charge #4
        GM: Ack. 

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        From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
          Arawn will remain with the group until they request otherwise.
          On the off chance that any of the enemy are capable of
          attacking them while insubstantial Arawn will go on the
          defensive with his weapon and buckler.

          If time permits he will use Mana Sense and/or Mana Read, first
          to determine what spells remain in effect on the party and then
          what is present on the enemy and in the area.
        GM: Ack. If you stay with Ghost Team.  You can't defend yourself.
            Well you can swing weapons but being ghostly they won't
            be able to defend much :).  As to Mana Sense and Mana Read
            you'll have to become solid to cast those spells. Thus
            disengage from Chion's spell. 

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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 - 10:09:16am]

          Turn 1: Phase 1

             [Mana Allocation] - None from party

             [Missile Fire   ] -
              -
               [Trembyl having put the Arbalest down grabs the pre-loaded
                Heavy Crossbow positioned on a tree limb.  He quickly
                aims at #9 in the distance with a narrow alley of fire
                between Thig and the others.  He fires knowing its
                long range and the quarrel goes wildly past the man
                missing him by a foot...]

               [Enemy #7 grabs and loads his bow.  But has no good
                field of fire past those at the campfire so holds
                his fire for now.]

               [Hearing the alert #6 turns from his sentry station and
                loads his bow.  Turning he only sees Corona and the
                wolf.  Confused he aims and fires at the wolf anyway.
                But the arrow goes to the rear of the wolf missing.]

               [Guard #4 also turns and loads his bow.  He sees the
                Wolf and Eagle heading south east.  Unsure why the
                animals are here he fires on the wolf   This time
                the arrow impacts in the dirt a foot in front of
                the wolf missing entirely.]

             [Magic Effect   ] -

               [Z'leyra concentrates and uses her Levitate spell to
                move the party north to the closed door. After 8
                feet the Ghost Team enters the room.  It is dimly
                lit with only 1 candle on a desk.  But it is clear
                to Z'leyra who cast Dark Sight.  Even without that
                the room is obviously a bedroom.  There are 3 simple
                wooden planked beds with a simple box frame and
                blankets on it to cushion the hard wood.  Looks like
                they had no time for thicker padding or didn't want
                it.  There is a small 4 foot wooden dressor with
                a parchment on top.  A desk is on the right wall
                made of simple wooden planks with no real effort
                in its design.  Just enough to maybe write and read
                from or prepare clothing.  A simple stool is at the
                desk as well with no back rest.  From the furniture
                its clear they were made quickly and not for long
                duration.  One might wonder if there is bugs and
                termites all in this room.  Z'leyra takes a quick
                second to look then floats the Ghost Team to the
                east wall through the desk and into a new room.
                Z'leyra and Arawn with some benefit of the Sidh
                can tell this looks like a storage room.  There
                are crates, shelves and barrels.  Some barrels
                are open and looks like water.  There is no light
                in the room so Chion and Strie'bog only see
                darkness.  Z'leyra heads north slightly to get
                a better view of the room.]

             [Melee & Movement] -

               [Corona being fired on is annoyed.  The strange
                eagle turns from SE to NE and flies straight for
                Bowmen #4.  After 90 feet of flying he turns and
                does a quick dip toward the bowmen.  A fire red
                lance bolt the party has seen before shoots from
                his eyes and hits the guard directly in the back
                of the top of the skull doing 3 points of damage
                as it burns 30% of his hair, skin and back of his
                shirt off as it smolders.]

               [Suddennly from above the forest trees a lone Falcon
                flies over the plains and heads straight for Corona.]

               [Tef'wo charges forward.  After 40 feet Farseeker makes
                his mom.  With a dangerous push off the saddle he goes
                flying back off the horse's rear just hitting the hooves
                of the horse.  Tef'wo continues eastward another 40 feet.]

               [Unali on her horse turns North East.  She charges toward
                bowmen #4 now being attacked by Corona.  She draws her
                magical dagger and feels no tingle.  So that falcon
                and guard must not have any immediate surprise.  She
                belts her sheath and prepares as the horse ends up
                10 feet away from the bowmen.]

               [The crow on the roof flies up and heads toward the
                Eagle but seeing the Falcon hesitates and hovers
                some distance away from the 2 birds circling in
                the air waiting...]

               [From 4 feet to the left of Trembyl high above the
                trees a long large adult eagle flies east toward
                the cabin eyeing the crow.]

               [Thig heads east and passes Farseeker gaining about
                10 feet height to 30 feet off the ground now.]

               [Suddenly to the right of Xian a large adult deer
                with huge antlers bursts from the forest and
                heads east straight toward the horses.]

               [Humagi #5 on the horse to the east sees Tef'wo and
                Ben'dar.  Unsure what to do he turns the horse and
                then charges for camp.  Humagi predictable to the
                last always wanting glory in battle even at the
                expense of a 'plan' their leaders may set.]

               [Royzdar confused by a bird flying overhead not
                Corona and now seeing a deer running from the
                forest runs south east but goes out of the way
                to avoid the deer.  He may be domesticated but
                he knows a Wolf versus Deer with antlers is not
                a pretty site.]

               [Suddenly from the forest a medium sized boar leaves
                the forest and runs east into the plains.  Only
                Unali sees this strange sight.]

               [Chion and Arawn watch the room as best they can looking
                for danger.  But being insubstantial they can do little
                to detect, smell or sense anything.]

               [Strie'bog floats with the other 3 led by Z'leyra.
                He 'holds' the balalaika but not being solid knows
                he can't use the spell to detect his mom.  He
                grows nervous.]

               [Farseeker lands with a thump causing dust to swirl
                around his boots and causing a impact crater a 3rd
                of an inch deep.  With one hand holding his Great
                sword he uses it as a counter balance to his arms
                and his heavy chainmail to gain a standing as if
                he has practiced this move before.  Who would think
                training by that old horseman would pay off?  With
                a grunt he raises his great sword and notices the
                deer feet from him.  He hesitates unsure what is
                going on attacking the man by the horses.  He keeps
                one eye on the man and the other on the deer.]

               [Humagi #4 raises a hand to his skull and tries to
                stop the smoking as he notices Unali coming toward
                him. He hesitates confused by the attack and wound.]

               [The female at the campfire begins to yell some things
                Ben'dar can't understand.  She waves her arms and
                points at Tef'wo.  Looks like giving orders.]

               [Humagi #3 raises up his sword and buckler.  He does
                not move seeming to want to protect the female.  Of
                course he knows charging a horse on foot isn't too
                wise as well.]

               [Xian stands and grabs his Warstaff.  Unsure how
                a deer can growl and why a deer is even running
                past him he charges out of the forest.  He
                eyes the horses and wonders why no one uses the
                Claw to make the horses crazy or run away.]

               [Humagi #9 runs past the campfire after standing.
                He is also heading toward the cabin but his
                path is more clear the horses.]

               [Humagi #2 charges past the female and #3, past the
                roaring campfire nad toward the cabin.  But doesn't
                seem to be heading for the cabin door.]

               [Humagi #10 at the horses draws his Scimitar and
                looks at the deer.  But he knoes if he is near
                Farseeker the deer won't have a good clear target.
                So he shrugs and charges.  With a wild down slash
                with his scimitar he hits Farseeker's left shoulder
                and slices tissue doing 6 points of damage to him.]



          Turn 1: Phase 2

             [Mana Allocation] - None from party

             [Missile Fire   ] -

               [Bowman #7 fires now having a good line of sight since
                #9 moved.  He fires at Ben'dar and the arrow hits
                Ben'dar in the lower right chest under the ribs but
                bounces off the Dragon armor.]

               [Bowmen #4 sees Unali and in a last ditch desperate
                act reloads his bow ignoring Corona and fires
                point blank at Unali.  But the arrow flies to the
                left way out of range.]

               [Bowmen #6 100 feet away aims and fires his bow at
                Unali as well.  The arrow does hit her in the lower
                right back but bounces off her chainmail.]

             [Magic Effect   ] - 

               [Z'leyra moves the Ghost Team toward the east wall.
                The party comes into a brightly lit room with
                maybe a dozen lit candles.  Walking through the
                wall past shelves of various items a chair in
                the corner.  To the left in the north is a large
                wooden table with candles, parchment, ink and
                various odd items that would need time to study
                in just a phase.  To the right are some closed
                barrels and crates.  It looks like some kind
                of small workshop from the looks of it.  There
                is a redhead female behind the table who looks
                up while holding a parchment.  She raises an
                eyebrow and stares at the ghost team.  She is
                leaning over the table and wearing a black gown it
                seems.  Clearly doesn't seem to be a hostage.
                Z'leyra turns her attention to the east wall and
                floats that way.  But the looking takes a second
                of movement and the Ghost team just enters the
                wall at the end of the phase.]

             [Melee & Movement]-

               [The falcon flies east flying over #4, Corona and
                past Unali.  The falcon sees the Crow and dives
                for it with claws at the ready.  He tries to swipe
                the smelly bird but fails to make contact.]

               [Tef'wo charges the campfire.  Tef'wo tries to leap
                over the body of #1 but one leg its something
                in the dirt and causes Tef'wo to compensate.
                This also means Tef'wo slows down ever so slightly
                and loses full charge momentum.  When the horse
                attacks the guard the attack does nothing to the
                gaurd.  Ben'dar swings both hands down to the guard
                with his Pike and hits the buckler of the guard.
                Amazingly the blow is blocked by the buckler and
                doesn't break.]
               GM: Could've charged you toward #9 or @3 but you
                   said closest to campfire :)  Plus I figure
                   you might want to handle the female soon?
                   Sorry about the attack.  Bad rolls :<

               [Unali charges #4 with one hand on the reins and
                her right on the magical dagger she stabs the
                man in the upper left chest doing 7 points which
                is enough to kill the man.]
               GM: I wasn't sure if you were kill or subdual.  If
                   Subdual consider a mercy kill as the head wound
                   would've probably killed him eventually.  Let
                   me know if subudal in future.

               [Corona sees #4 fall.  He flies east and sees the
                Crow in combat with the falcon.  Corona heads
                for the other man in the east.]

               [The crow squawks as it tries to grapple with the
                Falcon in mid air but can't grasp the more
                agile bird.]

               [The Eagle from the forest flies toward the crow and
                tries to come upon its side but doesn't get to it yet.]

               [Thig flies toward the campfire with his repeating
                crossbow in time.]

               [The deer passes Humagi #10 and Farseeker charging
                toward the cabin.]

               [Humagi #5 continues to charge toward Tef'wo and Ben'dar
                from the far east.]

               [The wolf continues to run east.]

               [The boar turns SE and runs eastward.]

               [Farseeker thrusts his great sword into #10's lower
                right chest and impales the guard doing 16 points
                of damage killing the guard.]

               [Trembyl pulls his magical scimitar and leaves the
                forest running east.]

               [Humagi #3 swings upward his sword at Ben'dar but
                the magical pike helps the blow and the man
                fails to hit Ben'dar.]

               [The female near Ben'dar scowls at Ben'dar and
                begins to speak loudly as if to scare Ben'dar.]

               [Xian moves eastward.]

               [Humagi #9 runs the wall of the cabin and moves toward
                the closet horse.  He begins to untie the ropes.]

               [Humagi #2 runs like #9 and past him to another horse
                and begins to also untie the horse.]

          Actions? Comments?

          Next update Friday.

          GM: Ghost team - remember must let me know if you wish
              to have Z'leyra release you from 'contact' with
              Chion - levitate away from Chion.  So you become
              solid.  Otherwise will remain next update not solid.

          GM:  Ran out of time tonight to spell check.  So may
               be alot of rushed errors :< Gotta get to bed.


  Rescue Camp Map - 375'x130'

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  Legend - 1 Hex    = 10 feet                 North 
           1 Row    =  5 feet [A-Z]            /I\
           1 column =  5 feet [1-75]       West<*>East
           **       = [U54/55] - Campfire Pit
           %%       = Left Side - Forest Edge, Bushes, Trees
           --       = Log Railing - For horses?   [O36-O42] 4 feet tall.
           I, _     = Cabin wall
           °        = Cabin Roof


  Positions - 
                
     Player   Code  Location        Weapons               Status
     #1  Dead  1    [T53]       Scimitar, Buckler      Dead
     #2        2    [O45]       Scimitar               At Horses
     #3        3    [T56]       Sword,    Buckler      Sitting 
     #4  Dead  4    [E40]       Sword, Bow             Dead
     #5        5    [Y100]*     Sword,    Buckler      On horse, Off map
     #6        6    [E70]       Sword, Bow             Standing 
     #7        7    [W72]       Scimitar, Bow          Standing 
     #8  Dead  8    [Y37]       Sword,    Buckler      Dead
     #9        9    [P44]       Scimitar, Buckler      At horses
     #10 Dead  D    [R31]       Scimitar               

     #W1       a    [U38]       Female in robes        Standing
     #W2       b    In cabin
     #AL       c    In Cabin
     #AB       d    In Cabin 

     Arawn     A    In Cabin
     Ben'dar   B[t] [T55] On Tef'wo (t) 
     Chion     C    In Cabin
     Farseeker F    [R30] Standing
     Thig      H    [W52] Flying, Invisible, Facing East, 30 feet up
     Strie'bog S    In Cabin
     Trembyl   T    [N15] Running east
     Unali     U    [G40] On horseback, Facing North
     Xian      X    [F14] Running East, Invisible
     Z'leyra   Z    In Cabin 
     Corona    E    [E63] In air 43 feet up, flying east
     Boyzdar   W    [U34] Running eastward
     Falcon    f    [F47] Flying, 20 feet up 
     Crow      g    [F48] Hovering in air
     Eagle     h    [H47] Flying East 40 feet up
     Deer      i    [S44] Running east
     Boar      j    [F31] Running East


     Horses    H    10 Tied up around Railing at G40
                     1 at Y100 [Off map] 

     Note: All Humagi wearing Leather Armor and Leather Helmet

  Cabin Map -

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I[]##[] I##  ###I  *  e      I       IA   1 Column = 2 feet
I[]  [] I#     #I [=====]   #I       IB   1 Row    = 2 feet
I[]  [] I#     #I      *    #I       IC   \/ = Main Cabin door
I       I`     `I`          SZ   ?   ID   I or _ = Log Wall
I[]   *@Io     oI`    ...   AC   ?   IE   /  = Door
I[]    @Io     oI`    ...   oI       IF   [] = Bed
I[]     Io     oI*           I       IG   ## = Cabinet
I___/___I___/___I______/_____I___/___IH   @@ = Small Dressor or table
I                                    II   *  = Chair
%                                    %J   o  = Barrel
%     **                             %K   `  = Shelf 
I   *[==]*              *+   *  +*  +IL  [==]= Table
I   *[==]*                  b       $IM  ... = Carpet/Hatch
I   *[==]c                          $IN   %% = Window Slits
Io  *[==]*d             *+   *  +*  +%O   +  = Small stool
I`    **                             %P   $  = Cushion over wooden couch
I`                                   IQ
I`   ####                            IR
---%%------%%----\/----%%--------%%--- 

   Z - Z'leyra   [D29] - Insubstantial
   C - Chion     [E29] - Insubstantial
   S - Strie'bog [D28] - Insubstantial
   A - Arawn     [E29] - Insubstantial
   b - Female    [M28] - Standing 
   c - Man       [N9]  - Sitting at table
   d - Man       [O10] - Standing
   e - Female    [A22] - Standing at desk

   Last known positions of Men and other female.








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