[pnpgm] Game Update #188 - File #1273 - T2: Ph 1 Pit combat
Scott Adams
longshotgm at netzero.com
Tue Sep 27 08:47:10 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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Game Update #188 in sequence (file #1273)
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Admin Notes: Would like to dedicate this update to John Raban the
soft spoken but firm Giant - Raban.
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[Recap]
From Fremea: [Re: Website]
That sucks if John is no longer with us.
I can setup space on one of my hosts for you to add the site
up there. Just let me know what you want.
GM: Ack. I appreciate the offer and will take you up on it. Sigh.
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[New Stuff]
[Augado 10th, 1634TH]
[Location: Middle Katai Plains]
[ Mountains west of Pamau]
[Time: 1:25:16 pm - Turn 2: Phase 1]
Caladan is the only one to so far notice the flying creatures
against the ceiling of the pit cave. The party knows they are
there but it seems the Shaper called them forth. Now her call
seems to have stopped but they are still coming this way and
very close. In fact they are 50-60 feet. Just close enough
to swarm the group in his immediate area. He is not sure what
they are capable of and so prepares mana for a spell.
Fremea hovers hidden from the others in the mist. She twists
to find Vong #10 free and eager to be hit. She fires and the
arrow hits the crab armor in his right shoulder doing a massive
15 point wound. The Warrior even gives a bit of a howl which
is not Vong-like. amazing though the warrior continues to stand
by sheer hatred it seems.
The Vong archer in the right perch raises his Vong bug missile
weapon and fires at Human #1 which is trying to flee the area.
The swarm of Razor bugs fall onto the human and begin to bore
into his skin and ripping him from inside. A few seconds later
he falls dead.
Kell pulls back his spear and looks at the naked backside of
the Shaper trying to flee. She just stumbled and her rear end
is in full clear. Its not that killing her would be good but
its that image of that ugly rear end with that odd tattoo and
shape so unlike human. It will take time to get rid of that
image. But he only hesitates a split second and throws the spear
18 feet away. The spear impacts right on her right cheek and
does the final damage to kill her instantly. Kell hopes the
creature doesn't have some disease as pulling it out of her rear
end might be messy.
Strie'bog fires his bow at Vong #5 fighting Farseeker. He
takes the risk cause he knows he is a good shot plus Farseker's
chainmail should be good. The arrow hits the warrior in the side
but bounces off his crab armor.
Z'leyra near Kiet fires on Vong #12 which is attacking Will.
She fires the projectile but it goes wild and misses by a foot.
Caladan raises his right hand and casts the spell after speaking
the Zen'dan words for wind. immediately a gust of wind shoots
out and forward. The wind grasps of the flying creatures. Of the
20 heading this way 9 are in the spells range. The flying
creatures the size of a eagle but look more like bats are accosted
by the magical wind. It seems their magical resistance isn't as
high as the natural Vong. The 9 creatures are immediately slammed
to the side of the pit as their momentum is stopped cold. Many
are crushed by the wind against the pit edge while some others fall
to the pit below. Those who fall to the pit are suddenly attacked
by the creatures there.
Raban punches forward at Vong #10 and his fist slams so hard in
the warrior's chest his heart stops before his fingers lift
free as he was hit just above the heart. The warrior was already
wounded but it would've killed a unwounded warrior instantly.
Unali leaves the dead Vong and goes to help Ben'dar against
warrior #15. She stabs with both daggers toward the smaller
than usual Vong. Unali's magical dagger makes contact right on
the side of the warrior's right skull doing a massive 13
point strike that shreds bone, tissue and penetrates inside
the skull. the other dagger hits him in the lower right abdomen
doing 14 points. Both would not normally kill but the skull
damage adds to the blow and he is killed instantly.
Farseeker thrusts his great sword at Vong #5 which was just
wounded by Strie'bog's arrow. He impales the warrior in the
left middle chest doing damage to broken bones doing 6 points.
Chion stabs his sai at Vong #14 who is also now mostly naked
from burnt leathers. But his specialized dagger fails to hit.
Ben'dar thrusts his spear at Vong #16 does in right middle
ribs but does a light 5 point blow.
Arawn glances around to the north chamber and notices there
are huddles humans peering out. But he also scans the walls
and shadows to ensure there are no Vong traps. he hopes his
battlemind spell might help there. As he slips to the west
he notices the setup of smaller stone cells and the humans being
held by the Embraces of Pains.
Captain tired from the sudden loss of gravity going over the
edge decides to skip his sword. He lunges at the half naked
Warrior #14 and grapples him. He pulls the warrior toward him.
Then gives him a swift kick to the groin. Then with a full
strength to strength yank he wins that contest and pushes the
Vong behind him and toward the edge. The martial arts move is
so fast it takes the warrior aback. The warrior flays his
arms and then falls down the pit onto his back.
Vong #16 thrusts at Ben'dar but fails to make any contact.
Vong #5 seems to ignore Strie'bog's arrow and stabs forward
at Farseeker but in his weakened state fails to make contact.
Vong #4 also stabs at Farseeker but also fails to make contact.
Vong #6 and #7 move further west and starts to make the curve
northward to join the battle at Raban's area.
Vong #12 swings at Will but his amphistaff swings a bit too high
over his head.
Vong #11 and #13 both stab and thrust at Raban but only #11 hits
him in the chest. But the blow is so light it doesn't penetrate
his armor.
Vong #9 thrusts at Will but fails to make contact.
Vong #8 stabs Will in the middle right ribs and does 6 points
of additional damage. The buckskin armor takes damage and
destroys it. His Ring mail though backup is still in tact for now.
Will realizes now he is seriously wounded.
Kiet looks south and notices Will is struck again. It is
a bad situation but he has vowed to protect Zhou. He decides
to go find Zhou where he gone out of sight.
Will turns to #9 behind him and thrusts his Tulwar to the wounded
warrior but fails to make physical contact. Will knows that if
he fled Raban could be swamped by 5 Vong until the others got
here to help
The last shaper moves westward along the southern edge of the pit.
The Voxyen snips at Raban's leg again but his agile dancing
frame makes the dizzy dog-creature fail to grab his leg.
While Caladan takes down 9 of the strange half-bat, half-eagle
like creatures with his Wind spell more come. In total 11
sweep down toward their targets. The large winged beast
springs his talons at the Zen'da wizard and slices against his
lower chest doing 4 points of damage.
One beast dives at Chion and hits but doesn't penetrate his
chainmail armor.
Six of the flying beasts dive at Captain Lin in a swarm and
3 hit with their talons but 3 miss. Those that do hit draw
thick gnashes in his skin and do in total 15 points. The
military man gives a bit of a howl and falls to the ground.
Kell gets only 3 of the beasts to dive bomb him. One does
hit but doesn't penetrate armor. The other two fail to make
contact.
The three humans who led Zhou into the new area led him to
a few stone cells. They cower in confusion and fright on what
is going on.
Zhou cautiously looks around and inspects the prisoners.
There must be a dozen or so of them. Then he notices something
unexpected around the corner.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Friday...
GM: So far evidence seems to indicate the Obit on John may be
valid. It is sad news. He was a good player. Wish I
knew him more. Sadly didn't know enough to confirm some
things like kid or partner names. I vaguely recall him
being an engineer but can't verify it now. Maybe I
should do complete files with folks? Submit job history,
credit scores, social security numbers, family and friends
information and don't forget finger prints and I can
can keep that on file in case something happens to you guys.
GM: Sigh. Only 1 phase. Wanted 2. But this one took 3 hours.
Bed in less than hour.
GM: Stats - Vong Warrior - 10 Alive, 6 dead
Voxyen - 1 alive, 1 dead
Bat/Birds - 11 alive, 9 dead
Outcasts - 3 dead
Humans - 3+ Alive, 1 dead
GM: Hope to get another update done Wed or Thur if time allows.
Need to update mana/experience sheet with the last 2 phases.
Especially folks can see how they are damaged. Will s in
bad shape. Oh...can't update website. So will have to
send it out in list till back online. Since no website
for now I can attach the file here to it so you can
view/edit the file for map if need. Remember keep the
columns aligned and should be fine. Email seems to shred
the tabs too much. I need to add the second prisoner
area where Zhou/Kiet are entering but would take me
bit time. So sorry if that not here now. Will add it
when I can in next update. Nothing critical to worry
about at this time.
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 I7
Each V,S,O, H is a single Vong or Human on the map
Vong Warrior
V - D43 - #1 - Dead V - F45 - #2 - Dead
V - E18 - #3 - Dead V - J43 - #4 -
V - I44 - #5 - V - V11 - #6 -
V - V12 - #7 - V - N8 - #8 -
V - N7 - #9 - V - M8 - #10- Dead
V - N5 - #11- V - L7 - #12-
V - N6 - #13- V - E19 - #14- Dead?
V - D39 - #15- Dead V - E39 - #16-
V - ??? - #?? - Unknown others
Vong Shapers
S - M6 - #1 - Dead S - I42 - #2 - Dead
S - W26 - #3 - S - E20 - #4 - Dead
Voxyen
+ - C22 - #1 + - - Dead
Vong Bat/Eagle Bird beasts [not on map]
1 attacking Caladan [same hex]
1 attacking Chion [same hex]
6 attacking Lin [same hex]
3 attacking Kell [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 [E9 ] B - Ben'dar [E40]
C - Caladan [F13] H - Chion [H10]
F - Farseeker [I43] K - Kell [F20]
E - Kiet [ ] Off map R - Raban [M5 ]
S - Strie'bog [F43] U - Unali [D40]
W - Will [M7 ] Z - Z'leyra [H11]
L - Lin [F19]
O - Zhou [ ] [Off map,
f - Fremea [M7 ] [Off Map, above ground, flying]
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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
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