[pnpgm] Game Update #190 - Pit Combat T2: Ph 3+4
Scott Adams
longshotgm at netzero.com
Tue Oct 11 09:04:26 CEST 2011
HT Aliaver/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
R1.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
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
NPC...................Captain.Lin.......Warrior.Normal/Human..Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar,
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[Recap]
From Kell: [Re: Actions]
[Congrats on new website. Amazing how it looks like the old
one... :) ]
Kell continues with his charge plan, hitting whichever vong gets
in his way. Probably one of the vong climbing up from the edge
of the pit.
GM: Ack. Same site cause it is. Its the most simplistic version
and easiest to update/use.
From Will: [Re: Actions]
Dang I was hoping it would take them longer to realize I wasn't
really there. I guess I'll just cast levitate and throw daggers
at there back and hope that distracts them.
GM: Ack. It only takes one to swipe a staff and find your body
gone. But others don't know only the one so far. It takes
one spell per phase then another to fire dagger. So it takes
time but the Vong were already there.
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[New Stuff]
[Augado 10th, 1634TH]
[Location: Middle Katai Plains]
[ Mountains west of Pamau]
[Time: 1:25:23 pm - Turn 2: Phase 3]
Caladan prepares magical energy for a quick spell to fight the
agile bird-eagle-bet things.
Will decides to levitate so he can do some more damage.
Fremea fires on Vong #11 which is standing up after almost
being shoved off the pit edge. The arrow hits him in the
left arm doing 8 points of damage.
Strie'bog fires on Vong #5 near Farseeker and hits but the
arrow bounces off his thick Vong armor.
Will casts his Levitate spell and begins to hover the ground
a few inches so he can attack soon.
Caladan casts his Fire Showers spell and weaves a wall of
fire around his body that covers 10 feet around him and
10 feet above him surrounding the area. Three of the flying
creatures instantly burn to a crisp and ash. The third just
on the edge of the flame of wall turns into flames on his rear
and dives to the ground half on fire. It screams a wild bat
like screech and flails a few seconds before dying.
Raban in the air can't hover like Fremea but has to continue
on flying in one direction. His unnatural ability prevents
him from perfect flight. But in his circle back he takes the
chance to scan the south. He sees two Vong moving up north.
But he also sees one Shaper heading that direction as well.
He might not be the smartest in the group but knows they are
the biggest threat. He heads straight for the Shaper flying
as swift and straight as he can. While his skill in flight
is improving his landing is still hit or miss. In this case
he decides to use the Shaper herself to land. With arms
outstretched he tackles the Shaper sending both of them flying
backward 6 feet into the rock wall behind her. The Shaper
is slammed against the rock wall and takes 10 points of damage
from the blow.
Unali continues to move westward and passes the dead Shaper
with a spear sticking out her rear end. She is now near Chion
and Lin but about 10 more feet to go.
Chion tries to attack one of the last 2 flying beasts but
fails to hit it.
Farseeker thrusts his great sword at #4 but fails to make
contact as the agile Vong dodges his blow.
Ben'dar stabs Vong #16 giving him another wound but while the
Vong staggers a bit he continues to stand.
Arawn creeps along the small interior inner cave hand on weapon
in case some Vong is hidden. From the north cells of the west
room were the Embrace of Pains holds others he notice weary eyes.
While the Battle Mind seems to remain in his brain he knows it
isn't a spell to just give ideas. It seems to be more reactive
to actions than pre-active. Arawn knows that the Embrace of
Pain torture devices are hard to deal with. In fact little
has been done to study them yet. With these prisoners alive
he is unsure he can even save them.
Kell glances south and sees the flying mountain seem to blur to
his left vision. Then he realizes it is Raban flying through
the sky going south toward what could be a Vong. Raban seems
to fade in the deep shadows so it is hard to tell what is going
on. But Kell rushes forward to attack Vong #12 which Z'leyra is
also attacking. Kell thrusts his spear but fails to make contact
with the agile creature.
Captain Lin on his knees grasps his chest from the recent wounds
and his new arm wounds from the flying creatures. To almost die
being shoved over the edge to die here from some flying rat! He
drops his sword yet again to the ground and gasps for air as the
shock seems to hit his system. He shakes his head and blinks many
times when he thought he saw that Giant flying south of him. But
that can't be! He is seeing things he figures now. This the shock
overtakes him and collapses on the ground wondering where Kell
went.
Vong #4 ducks and swipes his amphistaff at Farseeker in an
attempt to change tactics. But the agile military man can
read the Vong's intent and dodges the blow.
Vong #5 glances at Strie'bog and considers killing the archer
but he seems too weak. The better honorable challenge is
the muscled Farseeker. He steps forward and thrusts his amphistaff
but fails to make contact.
Vong #6 charges northward toward Will and swipes his amphistaff
but it goes through the man as he has no form.
Vong #7 joins his friend and attacks Will but also realizes
the man seems to be using some vile hooman magick.
Vong #11 charges toward Kell, thrusting his amphistaff at the
left side. But Kell raises his shield and blocks the blow fully.
Vong #12 turns to figure out who to attack Kell or Z'leyra.
He decides to twist and thrusts his amphistaff at the weak
looking female. He hits her square in the chest but her magical
chainmail blocks the blow fully.
Vong #9 and #13 squirm quickly to the side of the pit as they
get to their feet. Vong #13 looks back to see the mass of Vong
bugs that are made to eat the corpses. He doesn't fear them
but knows they are nasty things and besides it would be a very bad
dishonorable death to die here. He rushes to the edge to try to
scale the pit edge.
Vong #16 swings at Ben'dar and hits but his dragon armor blocks
the strike.
Z'leyra swings her magical war staff hitting the Vong in the
left middle chest doing massive damage. the Vong already having
taken wounds by Will is killed instantly.
Caladan sees Captain Lin fall to the ground and rushes to his
side. But there are two flying creatures in the areas so tries
to raise his staff at them. He bashes toward one of the beasts
but fails to hit as it dodges away.
Kiet follows Zhou around from one area to another to see what
is up to. When it becomes clear he is checking on the prisoner
to see if they are critically wounded he helps as much as he can.
But then Zhou rounds a corner out of sight. Kiet rushes after
him and is startled to see the sight in front of him.
Will draws a throwing dagger from his belt and prepares to
fight back once he can levitate a bit away.
The Shaper shakes her head at the impact of Raban. Dazed
she tries to draw a coufee from her gown but is so startled
that her grip is too loose. She tries to stand but knows she
has no chance against this beast. She swipes the bone dagger
forward but her wild swing is too wide.
The two last flying creatures both dive toward Chion. Both
do get a good claw attacks but his chainmail both protects him
against both fully.
The Voyxen gives up on Will and finds the new source of magical
bearing is Z'leyra. the creature senses her great power and
drools. The beast charges and snipes at her legs but her leg
armor protects her skin from taking damage.
Inside the northern prisoner area, a small frail man looks
out of one of the eastern areas. He creeps along and Arawn
notices him staring at him. He seems to hold something behind
his back and the man stares at the Alfar as if unsure what to do.
Zhou steps further into the small inner alcove and stares.
He notices Kiet over his shoulder and glances back. "We should
probably tell the others."
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[Time: 1:25:26 pm - Turn 2: Phase 4]
Fremea fires down onto Vong #9 trying to climb the pit but
the arrow impacts just to the side of the creature in the ground.
Strie'bog fires on Vong #5 with his bow but it impacts just
behind the creature onto the ground.
Will moves through Vong #7 and turns around then throws the
dagger at Vong #7 hitting him in the lower left abdomen above
his waist doing 3 points of damage to his back.
Raban gets to his feet and steps slowly toward the female shaper.
A twinge of fear runs through his head. Why is he hurting a female?
His goddess would not enjoy that. He hesitates and realizes he
has to do something before they act and warn the others. These
creatures are vile and they tortured the baronness. A growl comes
to Raban's face as he pulls back and punches the Shaper in the
face doing a mild 10 point blow dazine her. He didn't even try
to hurt her. Just wanted to get one blow in for the baroneness.
Unali charges toward Chion and Caladan. He sees Lin on the
ground and being tended by Caladan it seems. She is no healer
and Caladan might help better than her. So she passes the
trio and the flying creatures and continues toward the west then
south to help Kell.
Farseeker thrusts his great sword and does the final damage
to Kill Vong #4 in his center left ribs.
Chion swipes at one of the flying creatures but fails to
hit the agile smelly creatures.
Ben'dar thrusts the spear at Vong #16 and impales the being
in the upper chest doing the final damage to kill him. The
barbarian looks around and realizes the door area is secure.
Arawn smiles at the timid human and releases his hand away
from his weapon so not to show a threat. He raises his arms
as if in a peaceful stance. He studies the man and tries to
figure out his intent. It seems the man is more concerned
about the people in the Embrace of Pain devices than the Alfar.
Kell turns to Vong #11 and thrusts his spear at the warrior
doing 7 points of damage to the warrior's lower middle chest.
Vong #6 figures he can't fight Will so charges Z'leyra.
Thrusting his amphistaff at her neck the amphisttaff hits
squarely on her lower neck. It would've probably killed
her instantly except the 21 point blow is actually blocked
by her super magical chainmail and helmet. She does still
though take 5 points of damage slicing up her left neck area.
Lucky it doesn't cut her main artery.
Vong #5 thrusts at Farseeker but fails to make contact.
Vong #7 twists to face Will and swings at being stabbed in
the back with a dagger. But the dumb creature forgets and
his amphistaff goes through him.
Vong #11 thrusts at Kell but fails to make contact.
Z'leyra reaches out with her arm and feels her neck wound. She
would be in far more pain if it was critical. She swings her
war staff and hits Vong #6 in the chest doing 7 points of damage.
Caladan swings his staff at one of the flying creatures and
wounds him but it continues to fly away.
Kiet looks beyond the person in the Embrace of Pain near Zhou
and looks around for traps. But he sees no indication of it.
He doesn't like missing the action.
The last shaper dazed by Raban's attack drops her coufee and
realizes her strength is draining. She tries to grasp for
something in her gown.
The last Voxyen tries to bite at Z'leyra and does so but her
armor protects her again.
The remaining two flying creatures dive toward Chion. One
fails to get close but the other does claw him with a very
minor one point would to his arm.
Zhou steps closer to the Vong torture device and inspects it
closer to see what he can do.
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Few moments earlier Z'leyra had explores the inner cave area
in the north west. She found it had two areas. She only looked
briefly but once Arawn came in he started to examine more in
depth the area in full details. It seems the cave was built
naturally but the small area that line the "threshold" to the
east room may have been carved. The "cells" in the west room
seem to have been added to by placing half stone, half wood/leather
bars to block the prisoner inside from the outside.
The entrance opens into the outer pit cave by hard granite and
some kind of slate stone. It seems to have been smoothed out
by something to an almost gleam. Probably some Vong creature
that cuts the stone like butter. The foyer area is nothing than
a small inner area leading to the north and west areas.
The human standing near Arawn seems to shift his feet. He
speaks in Katai. "Who are you?" It seems uncertain if Arawn
is a Peace brigade traitor or a would be hero. It is 60'
by 20' lit by a single torch in the eastern wall.
In the north prisoner holding area or pen is a single square
Vong made cave. It is around 15' by 60' feet. It is a cramped
place that smells of sweat, waste and decay. Inside are a cluster
of 12 humans of assorted adult ages and types. The youngest
might be in their 20s and oldest maybe in their 40s. It seems
the Vong wanted young ones to do their work. Four are
female and the rest are males. Z'leyra only gave a cursory
look into the room but Arawn tries to study them more. They
seem in good health but some have signs of pre-Vong coral
implants or full implants. some seem to have mutilations
like missing fingers or deep scars from torture. Arawn knows
they seem to be good but a more in depth look is needed.
The western inner cave seems to be more natural with Vong
improvements to the wall itself. Here there are 5 "cells"
in the north. It is nothing more than a thin stone wall that
divides each cell. Each cell is 5 by 10 feet making it just
enough to lay down but not much else. They have small half
leather, stone/wood strips that act like a "door" that is
2 feet off the ground and a foot from the top so folks can
see in from below and above. It is clear the bars are Vong
manufacture but likely easy to destroy. The south has 2 more
cells as well. In each cell there is one person.
The cell room is lit by a single torch on the west wall but
there a bit of glowing green lichen blotches along the roof
and walls that seem to give the room a odd glow.
The three Embrace of Pain structures is occupied by a single
human in their 20s. There are two males and 1 female in various
states of position and dress. One of the males seems to have
several missing fingers with Vong coral as replacements. The
two males are bent over as if in normal human stocks. The female
is hanging upside down back to the roof with her arms and legs
behind her back in a painful position. her tattered leathers
dangle as her chest and knees dangle a few to the ground.
Arawn's battle mind scans the room but there are no sign of
Vong creatures or traps that he is aware of. But now the strange
man stands nearby. The prisoner hold area the threshold is
totally open so the humans can easily walk out without being
stopped at this point. The human must have done just that to
figure out this well armed and dressed person could be.
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For the second prisoner area where Kiet and Zhou are currently
both men haven't explored it fully. But the smaller inner cave
seems to have been naturally made but made wider in many areas
through Vong design. There are what seems to be four main
areas or small caves inside this area. the same type of
half wooden/Vong leather makes up the "door" to each cell
of the same design seen in the area Arawn is at.
First area is just inside the cave on the south side and inside
there is one adult female and four children of various ages.
Zhou tries to assure them but they are timid and seem to be
scared. Zhou moves onto the next area to the west in the middle
cell and finds the surprise there he mentions to Kiet.
The inner area has a couple torches but the smaller cells
like the one with the children are pitch dark. The one
Zhou is standing in has light from a low torch on its inner
wall as if the Vong are pleased to see more of the prisoner.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Friday...
GM: Combat Stats -
Vong Fighter - Dead - 10
- Alive - 10 [6 Wounded, 4 Good]
Vong Shaper - Dead - 3
- Alive - 1 [wounded]
Voxyen - Dead - 1
- Alive - 1 [Good health]
Vong Flyers - Dead - 7
- Alive - 2 [good]
Outcasts - Dead - 3
Humans - Dead - 1
- Alive - 10+ [Unsure on numbers]
Players - Dead - - [Still trying]
- Alive - 15 [8 wounded]
Prisoners - Alive - 22 [Prisoner Area B]
- Alive - 4 [Prisoner Area A]
- Others- ??
GM: One Vong fighting Farseeker on east side of map.
Two are climbing out of pit or trying
Four Vong are in area fighting Will, Kell, Z'leyra
One Shaper in south fighting Raban [one sided fight]
Four Vong in each hidden Perch area small caves on sides.
One Voxyen near Z'leyra
All humans in either one of the two prisoner areas
Two Vong flying creatures at Chion, Caladan, Lin area
GM: Arawn - You've spent made 10 seconds in the area so the
above is a rough overview. If want to figure out where
you are in terms of map you are at H12 and human is at
G17 but shouldn't be a big factor.
GM: For Kiet/Zhou - I've on purpose let out the surprise for
now. I'll go into more details on that later. But if
Kiet wants to explore the other area (A/B) Kiet let
me know. Same for other actions Kiet. Zhou is in
the threshold M16 and Kiet just behind that so L17
on the map below if need to know where you are.
GM: Sadly, if you missed the post in the P&P mailing list
it has been confirmed on John. Sad news. But at least
we know for sure now. I hope he is gaming well in the
next life.
GM: Did 2 phases since I had a bit more time. In fact the
second phase went fast so I will try to get 2 more this
week. But I need to update the mana/experience list
when I can probably next couple days. I wanted to give
some info on spells but almost out of time. In brief
we have Will (insub, Levitate), Fremea (Mist), Arawn (Battle
mind, Armor) at this point.
GM: The Abyss Map -
1 Row = 6 feet
1 Column = 3 feet
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Details:
Pit: 50-60 feet deep in most places. Minor lichen allows some light
from below. There are maybe 100-150 bodies. There are three
times that in estimated body parts.
@ - Perch like area, 20 feet off ground, possible wall ladder below
A, B = Possible mini cave areas
C = Possible doorway? '['= Door
% = Rock wall, cave wall
Ceiling = 60-80 feet above pit top.
+ = Torch B38, D18, G45, K5, K45, R46, W18, W39
Torches are about 15 wide light areas so about 3 rows or 6 columns
V = Vong Warrior clearly with weapons, armor
O = Vong outcast? No armor so must be them.
S = Shaper females, gown so no full length armor
H = Humans
` = Voxyen animals
Each V,S,O, H is a single Vong or Human on the map
Dead are removed off map for ease of reading.
Vong Warrior
V - D43 - #1 - Dead V - F45 - #2 - Dead
V - E18 - #3 - Dead V - J43 - #4 - Dead
V - I43 - #5 - V - L7 - #6 -
V - N6 - #7 - V - N8 - #8 - Dead
V - M10 - #9 - in pit V - M8 - #10- Dead
V - M8 - #11- V - L7 - #12- Dead
V - N11 - #13- in pit V - E19 - #14- Dead
V - D39 - #15- Dead V - E39 - #16- Dead
? - 2 Vong in each perch Location (R3, T47]
V - ??? - #?? - Unknown others
Vong Shapers
S - M6 - #1 - Dead S - I42 - #2 - Dead
S - X10 - #3 - S - E20 - #4 - Dead
Voxyen
+ - K6 - #1 + - - Dead
Vong Bat/Eagle Bird beasts [not on map]
2 attacking Chion [same hex]
Outcasts
O - - #1 - Dead O - E18 - #2 - Dead
O - F19 - #3 - Dead
Humans [Sex/Age estimates] [3 off map now]
H - - #1 [ Male c40s] - Dead H - - I8 [Fenale c20s]
H - - #3 [ Male c20s] H - - #4 [ Male c30s]
Player Positions
A - Arawn [Area B] B - Ben'dar [E40]
C - Caladan [F18] H - Chion [E10]
F - Farseeker [J42] K - Kell [L8 ]
E - Kiet [Area A] R - Raban [W10]
S - Strie'bog [F43] U - Unali [F13]
W - Will [O5 ] Insu/Lev Z - Z'leyra [K7 ]
L - Lin [F19]
O - Zhou [Area A]
f - Fremea [M7 ] [Off Map, above ground, flying]
-------Player Area B------------
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############################### A
#### % % % % ### ### B
#### % % % % ### ### C<- Prisoner hold
#### ### ### D
#### * * * ####$$ ########## E
#### #### ### F
#### I I ### G <-foyer area
#### I I ### H
######################## ### J<-Entrance
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1 Row = 5 feet, 1 Column = 5 feet
# \ Rock wall
% = Slightly artificial rock wall
* = Embrace of pain or stock
Humans = Not on map
5 in Left top section [cells]
2 in bottom left section [cells]
3 in embrace of pain
12 in top right holding areas
Humans - 12 in Prisoner hold [8 male, 4 female]
7 in each cell [5 male, 2 female]
3 in Embrace of Pain [2 male, 1 female]
-------Player Area A------------
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### ### ### B
### ### #### C
### ### ### D
### Cell ### E
### A ### F
### ### G
### ### H
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### ###### K
### ### L
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### ### ### ### N
### B ### C ### D ### O
### ### ### ### P
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1 Row = 5 feet, 1 Column = 5 feet
Area D - 1 Adult female, 4 children
Other Areas not defined yet
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