[pnpgm] Game Update #79 - File #658 - UFO Combat ph 25-26

Scott Adams longshot at cybermax.net
Tue Mar 16 07:55:15 CET 2010


               
  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
  R4.Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard  Normal/Human  Ma
  W2.Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human  Ma
  W3.Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human  Ma
  --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe
  R2.Mark Murtha...........Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human..Ma
  Do.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human  Ma
  R4.J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
  W2.Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
  W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human  Fe
  ...Thomas.Magann.........Whitney...........Scholar.Normal/Human..Ma
  R1 John.Stowman..........Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human..Ma
  R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human  Fe
  R1 NPC...................Zhou Kiwat........Noble...Normal/Human..Ma
     Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar, 

  Cover Story Info: [HD- House member, F-Foreigner, N-native non house]
     Arawn      aka Arawn         as Teacher to daughter [F]
     Ben'dar    aka Bu Da         as Horse expert        [F]
     Caladan    aka Ca Lu         as Guard/Archer        [N]
     Chion      aka Capt. Chu Mai as Sailor Trustee      [HD]
     Farseeker  aka Fu Sa         as Guard               [F]
     Fremea     aka Lin Mong      as Noble child         [HD] [Disguised]
     Kell       aka Swan          as Trader              [F]
     Kiet       aka Kiet Sunan    as Zhou's servant      [F]
     Raban      aka Toban Nu      as Entertainer/Guard   [F] 
     Strie'bog  aka Sun Zhu       as Entertainer         [N]
     Unali      aka Tun Au        as Zhou's wife         [HD]
     Whitney    aka Whitney       as Herbalist/Tailor    [F]
     Will       aka Sun Tzu       as hunt master         [F]
     Z'leyra    aka Kakita Junami as Healer              [F]
     Zhou       aka Zhou Wa       as Baron Noble         [HD]

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     Game Update #79 in sequence (file #658)      
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     Admin Notes: I have removed Shu from the above roster. 
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     [Recap]

                [None] 

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     [New Stuff]

         [Julis 26th, 1634TH]
         [Location: Middle Katai Plains, Shantou Province]
         [          20 Miles south of Shantou City       ]
         [          Old Shantou Carnival Grounds         ]

         [Time: 2:27:12pm]

           Fremea though with aching wings from non-use is a skilled
         flyer.  It is more instinct and her being rather than her
         will and concentration.  Because of this, most Faerry can
         can cast magic if they fly though the gods may not respect
         the action as Priests seem to claim the body that does not
         move is a body given fully to the god's will or some such
         nonsense.  Varange and Thig were two of the lucky Faerry to
         be able to cast while flying.  It didn't always work but
         it especially helps if the person is hovering.  Fremea casts
         her luck spell upon herself knowing this is the critical time
         to prepare for action.

           Meanwhile back south Raban skis to a landing onto the grass.
         The landing kicks up dust and sand but the landing was actually
         done well for a person who hasn't flown in a few weeks.  As he
         lands he stills himself and begins to cast his multi-arrow spell
         in preparation for combat.

           Arawn stops his horse suddenly and lets other pass him.  As
         he dismounts he yells to the others. "I'm heading for the roof!"



         [Time: 2:27:15pm]

           Arawn casts invisibility as he speaks the ancient sidh words.
         As he does he suddenly becomes invisible.

           Raban completes the spell upon his bow and arrows.  A slight glow
         the color of brown is at the very tip of some arrows.  Raban smiles
         as this must indicate the spell is active.

           Whitney hanging on for dear life as he stands on the seat on
         the back of the wagon uses his free hand and casts a pact with
         the air elementals. He begins to cast the spell. 

           Ben'dar raises his bow and loaded arrow.  The object is well
         over 400 feet away but he knows Zen'da can do miracles on their
         horses.  He lets the arrow fire at this extreme range.  As the
         arrow flies it goes true and actually strikes the top of the
         object's front.  What exactly is seen isn't sure but it looks
         like the arrow bounces off and falls somewhere.  Ben'dar drops
         his jaw in surprise at the shot at this distance to actually hit.

           At the same time Fremea fires her bow as well toward the object.
         The normal arrow flies toward the object but falls a short distance
         in front of it missing.

           Above the roof, levitating and invisible Will loads his bow and
         aims it down at the target.  The arrow flies the short distance
         but impacts to the right of the target into the wood of the roof.

           The Wagon seems to ignore the fire of arrows at it and turns
         slightly toward the wagon.  It quickly continues to close the
         gap by another 90 feet.

           Excited now Ben'dar howls out to the object and urges Tef'wo
         forward to the object.

           Raban runs and takes a running leap back up into the air toward
         the UFO and wagon.

           Fremea flies toward the UFO as well and finally gets within
         some distance, though long, range of it.

           Unali continues to ride her borrowed horse toward the Barn.
         As she rides she glances back over her right shoulder to watch
         the UFO.

           Kell glances up at the roof as he himself rides.  Whitney
         said something about the roof or barn or target?  But he
         isn't sure how Whitney knows where Will has gone.  As he
         rides he notices a quick blur of something shoot out from
         above the roof that could have been an arrow?

           Z'leyra flies via levitating magic toward the UFO.

           Kiet finally regains his composure after Z'leyra leaves suddenly
         and causes luggage to go flying.  He hears Whitney grumble and
         yell but doesn't have time to look back to see if he fell off
         the wagon or what.  He continues to push the team toward the
         barn.  Maybe if they can get inside or behind the object will have
         less aiming target.  Of course Kiet also knows a wooden barn,
         wooden wagon and fire from the UFO don't seem to mix well.




         [Time: 2:27:18pm]

           Arawn casts another spell upon himself to improve his own
         fighting combat prowess.

           Whitney continues to cast his elemental pact spell. 

           Fremea casts Cold Arrow upon her quiver with her free hand.
         The aura on the arrows becomes a faint blue showing the spell
         seems to be active.  

           Ben'dar reloads his bow and fires again at the UFO. This time
         though the arrow goes to the left of the object and misses
         entirely.

           Fremea fires her bow at the UFO but the arrow impacts onto
         the ground a good 10 feet in front of the object.  The grass
         where it hits suddenly freezes a few feet around it.

           Flying Raban reloads and fires his bow at the UFO.  As soon
         as the arrow leaves the bow the arrow copies itself and now
         becomes a group of 6 arrows flying toward the object.
         But the arrows all impact onto the grass a good 30 feet
         in front of the UFO.

           Will fires again at the target but sadly fails to strike again
         and the arrow lands onto the roof.  

           The Flyer now gets within 350 feet of the Wagon and closes in
         silently like a hawk on its prey.

           Ben'dar also closes the gap toward the UFO.  Tef'wo gets
         in within about 270 feet of the UFO.

           Fremea flies both toward the barn in a generic direction and
         toward the UFO at the same time.  She gets slightly closer to
         the UFO than Tef'wo about 10 feet.

           Raban continues to fly toward the object and is now around
         600 feet to it and almost 200 feet toward the wagon.

           Z'leyra also moves closer to the UFO.  

           As Kell rides toward the Barn his spine feels a bit of tingle
         from somewhere.  He isn't sure its the elemental pact or the
         battle mind spell.  He will have to study the situation a bit
         more to figure out the true purpose.

           The rest of the party continues toward the barn leaving the
         Alfar behind slightly still casting spells.

           Zhou glances out the curtained window briefly and knows the
         whole thing started just a minute ago but it seems like forever.

         Actions? Comments?

         Next Update...Friday...

         GM: Rules file updated on site.  I included 3 minor rule
             stuff you can read it at your leisure.  Nothing critical.
             Sadly I did it in prompting to a rule Will reminded me
             about and that was the one thing I forgot ironically so
             can't add the one rule I wanted to.  Grrr. Maybe I'll
             recall it soon.

         GM: Read something in the rules that did prompt me to note
             a mistake.  I forgot not all horses can simply drive a
             wagon.  The harness/not harness rules.  So the wagon
             team may be invalid.  But its a bit late to fix for now.
             Let's just work with it and blame the Dwarves for not
             reminding me.  That works.

         GM: Slight backtrack of one phase to fill in some gaps.
             Small update but distance is still pretty far but it
             is closing in.  So while the above isn't much the
             data behind the scenes is still there.  Lots of number
             crunching.  I removed the carnival grounds map for now.
             It might get confusing.  Will use the zoomed in map until
             get a good hex map going. UFO will be in range likely
             close enough to do a Hex map for more accurate viewing
             next update.  If not then for Monday.  Also I'm off
             early (noon) Thursday.  So will likely work on update early
             then rather than evening.  Plan for next 2 phases. It
             looks like it will take another minute (22 phases or so)
             before Kell reaches the barn.  So a bit few more updates.

         Gm: Heading to Barn or UFO:

             To Barn - All Facing West
                Arawn, Caladan, Chion, Farseeker, Kell, Kiet, Strie'bog,
                Unali, Whitney  

             To UFO - Facing North 
                Ben'dar, Fremea, Raban, Z'leyra 

             At Barn -
                Will    - Facing East over, down at barn roof


         GM: Actions -

               Ben'dar - Continue firing arrows
               Arawn   - Phase 1-Teleport to Barn 2-Then what?
               Fremea  - Fire Cold Arrows at UFO
               Kell    - Continue to barn 
               Kiet    - Follow Kell
               Raban   - Fire Multi-arrows at UFO 
               Will    - Fire at Target
               Z'leyra - Fire Sling at UFO at range 0-40'


         GM: Current position details -

             Horseback - Ben'dar, Caladan, Chion, Farseeker, Kell,
                         Strie'bog, Unali
             In Wagon  - Zhou
             On Ground - Arawn 
             On Wagon  - Whitney, Kiet
             In Air    - Fremea  (50 feet up)
                       - Z'leyra [50 feet up]
                       - Raban   [50 feet up]
                       - Will    [10 feet over barn roof]
             Sole Horse- Raban, Z'leyra's following behind

             Flyer to Wagon   -   350 feet                
             Flyer to Ben'dar -   270 feet
             Flyer to Fremea  -   260 feet
             Raban to Wagon   -   190 feet behind wagon
             Flyer to Z'leyra -   530 feet               
             Barn to Kell     - 1,330 feet           
             Barn to Wagon    - 1,650 feet             
                                                       
         GM: Player map of Carnival area

             Below is only a rough estimate of position.  Since each
             space is a 40 footx40 foot area the exact point is misleading
             on the map.  

             Zoomed in area Map            
             1 Row    = 40 feet            
             1 Column = 40 feet             
                              

                1         2         3         4         5         6
       123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
                                                                   A
                                                                   B
                                                                   C
                                                     UFO           D
                                                      @            E
                                                                   F
                                                                   G
                                                         Ben'dar   H
                                                 F     B           I
       ______                               Fremea                 J
      [     ]                                             Z        K
      [ B   ]                                              Z'leyra L
      [ A   ]                                                      M
      [ R   ]                            Kell K  PPP  #            N
      [ N   ]                                   Party  Wagon       O
      [    W]                                                      P
      [_____]_                                                     Q
                                                                   R
                                                      R            S
                                                   Raban           T


         # - Wagon   [N48]    K - Kell    [N40]    @ - UFO   [E48]
         B - Ben'dar [I49]    F - Fremea  [I43]    R - Raban [S48]
         W - Will    [P5 ]    Z - Z'leyra [K52]
         P - Party   [N44-N46 - In that area]

         Arawn, Caladan, Chion, Farseeker, Strie'bog, Unali are all
         between Kell and the wagon. Not placed on map


       
       






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