[pnpgm] Game Update #226 - File #1408 - Portals and Brains
Scott Adams
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Tue May 15 07:52:58 CEST 2012
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 Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Fremea has been quiet for a while. Just enough to others....
(after they all get back to where everyone else is)
"I am glad that I made sure the rest of the Vong did not....
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn's brow furrowed at Fremea's words, wondering why....
"It reeks of the magic of the Eldest Serpent, though ...
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(When back with the others)
Arawn listened to Fremea's rundown in silence, only....
"I have a talisman that holds additional magical energies...
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Healing
Once the group is gathered together Arawn will tend to those
wounded his Healer skills are best adapted for (I assume
Fremea, Kell and himself), assisting Z'leyra where needed as
he continues to learn how to properly treat humans. When it
comes time to discuss magical healing he speaks up.
"I can conjure a healing mist to restore all within it ....
He cast an eye towards those that had previously been
healed before turning an eye towards Lin.
"Healing magics can take a toll on the body, the energies...
Katai Girl
Unali's Speech/World Brain
Arawn would ask the others what they've discovered and
appreciate hearing Unali's description. This could take place
during the healing process though.
Portal
Once back with the group Arawn will explain his discovery of
the Portal, describing it and hoping that some of the others
might have some additional insight to share.
GM: Ack.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Healing]
Z'leyra says "We MUST find some way of closing that....
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Z'leyra will patch those needing it and teach as she does.
She seconds Arawn's mention of the dangers of multiple magical
healings within 24 hours of each other, mentioning that she
had heard of a royal dying because of insisting on a second
magical healing. She concurs that his healing mist would be
the best way to heal those wanting magical healing, but that
the others must be prepared to stand watch and protect them
while the healing proceeded.
[If she has more than 10 points damage and hasn't been
magically healed in the last 24 hours she will join those
being healed. Otherwise she will stand guard.]
Arawn will suggest moving elsewhere for the healing,
someplace with cover.
GM: Ack. Didn't read the mana report? I listed the folks
who have been healed there for weeks.
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[New Stuff]
[Augado 10th, 1634TH]
[Location: Middle Katai Plains]
[ Mountains west of Pamau]
[Time: 2:31:10 pm]
Before the group gathers Fremea is now visible and feels
more vulnerable. But now that her big teddy bear the
giant is near nothing can harm her. Unless its a giant
snake that grabs and tries to eat him like once before.
Fremea has been quiet for a while. Just enough to others to
know about what she saw or heard and just having fun flying
and shooting. Just too long without her wings free.
Now, being with Raban and Arawn again, she begins to remember
that they are here for something very important. Something that
if not taken care of, she will lose all her chances to find her
real family and take revenge on her 'master.'
As Raban leads the group, Arawn and Fremea speak quietly
on the portal. No need to scare some like the Captain
that a hole in his plane of existence would not be good
to announce without some further info. The Alfar asks
Fremea to explore the portal the best she can.
When asked to fly around some portal, she looks the way that
the horrific feeling comes from. "Arawn, I did not see anything
you just said. I can sense something, but I do not know where
and can not tell where the threat is really coming from. If you
wish me to look at it, take me to the point and give me a more
accurate placement."
Arawn's brow furrowed at Fremea's words, wondering why the
fairy was unable to see the portal. Perhaps it was lack of use
and the age of the portal, or something unique in his blood or
even something related to his own entrapment in the Middle-World.
Whatever the case he hoped to discover something of the portal
before leaving the Mount behind.
As Raban and the others walk eastward, Arawn and Fremea
separate a bit south toward the Portal's general position.
Moving to a position directly under the portal he called to
Fremea, guiding her around and over it, but making sure to
keep her from accidentally touching or flying through it.
"It reeks of the magic of the Eldest Serpent, though whether
it leads to one of his realms or somewhere else I do not know.
But it seems to be a transportation portal. But it is faded,
reality seeming to crack at the edges, and it is huge. It is
unlike any portal I have seen, even in the Upper Realms."
Fremea cautious takes to the perimeter of the portal. Actually,
as she nears abou5 50 feet to it she can sense the vile sting of
the portal in the pit of her stomach. It reminds her of the
time some foul humans tortured some beggar in front of her just
because they were bored. As a slave she could not stop that
from happening and it was humiliating and disastrous for the
beggar who begged for death but was never given it.
Fremea can feel bile rise up from her stomach as she nears
the portal. Now she can sense the foul stench of Kotothi or
his minions. She is amazed she couldn't sense it earlier. But
now that she is closer maybe her senses are not as strong. But
then again it would be too distracting to sense this thing from
a distance.
She remains about 20 feet from it not wanting or daring to
get closer. She hovers and tries to concentrate on the portal
itself while Arawn is talking. The Druid is a bit distracting
to her mental process but she sees the portal invisible. She
can only see the far south wall. Then she begins to concentrate
on teh portal.
Her breathing becomes a faint whisper in her ears as she begins
to block the world out. She begins to scratch something on her
left shoulder vigorously. Then her vision seems to change. She
blinks and blinks again. Moments later the portal breaks from
the invisible to a blackness. Below Arawn can't see the change
himself but can only sense that Fremea's emotions are a turmoil
of confusion and reluctance.
Fremea can see a very dark gray and black area form in her
vision within the portal. This must be the other side itself.
She notices a rocky surface of walls and clefts or cliffs.
At the bottom of this large expanse maybe as large as this
cavern itself - 1000 feet - she notices a object at the base
of the cave or wall. It looks like a pile of bones. As her
vision clears more she notice it is skulls. She realizes
most seem to be human skulls. But some are various other
species like Elf, Faerry and even Dwarf among many others.
She estimates thousands of skulls. The pile of skulls seem
as high as 15-20 feet and as wide as 75-100 feet. It is very
difficult to tell scale from her view. She can see then
wisps of leather on various sections of the bones. No. She
has seen that before - skin. More specifically it looks like
snake scales.
Fremea shivers at the site of this throne. It has to be some
altar or throne or just burial site. She begins to back away
feeling more sick by the second. The emotion of the pain and
death seems to overwhelm her and brings her down. She waves
for Arawn to hurry up.
Arawn tries to run after the fast moving Faerry. He is not
sure what she has seen but it seems bad. He glances over his
shoulder to see but sees nothing. Maybe being so far above
ground he can't see it unless right there?
Fremea does something that humans like to do. Spit on the
ground. A custom she finds a bit unseedy. But it seems to
clear the bile from her tongue. She reaches for her water
skin and cleans her mouth with water. As she slows down
she describes the scene.
Arawn listens with keen interest and then realizes it
doesn't take long to recognize it. The Skull Mountain.
Named for the skulls of the dead not for the earth it
self. The Alfar knows the story well. When the war
broke out with the supernatural forces and gods many
came here. Many were forces back to the upper world
after the war. Many took advantage of the young races
like that of humans. Kototh himself was one such that
sought to end the humans out of spite. In doing so
he crossed over easily to the middle world by allowing
his minions to kill 10,000 in a region once called Musra.
Musra was a ancient land of peaceful humans who only
worked to live with nature. Entire towns were killed
when the humans did not resist. This great dead - or
foul deed depending your view - allowed the portal to
appear. This very place must have been the portal or
at least one of them? The Skull Mountain allowed the
Jealous Spirit to capture and kill many thousands more
humans in his goal to eradicate them. If Fremea saw it
then this was one of his ancient favorite homes. The
Druid thanks his parents for grace that the great serpent
is not there now. But it does concern him that if there
are minions will they sense the sudden presence of Sidh
at the portal? Does the Agreement for the gods to not
enter the middle world prevent lower minions? He doesn't
scare the fae in this regard as one threat is enough to
worry about. But this seems to add to the idea that if
the Vong came here from another world that maybe the
vile god was behind it or at least helped it? Maybe when
the portal opened in ancient times it allowed a space
fragment to the worlds to open. A crack if you will to
the Vong World. This makes Arawn even more upset that
Kototh himself may be the reason why the Vong came here.
Z'leyra walks close to the girl as she seems to trust
the shaman. She notices she is weary of Ben'dar and Lin.
But for some reason Raban's presence makes her a bit giddy.
Z'leyra does admit the Bard is quite handsome. To a
girl like her it must be quite a change from evil to good
things. Z'leyra notices the girl stealing quick glances
at the giant. As they walk Z'leyra becomes visible to
the others. The girl was touched so is not shocked by
the sudden invisible to visible state of the healer.
Arawn studies the girl walking by Z'leyra. He is glad
to free yet another prisoner. He doesn't know her story
but from the look of Z'leyra's face in quick glances it
seems she hasn't been on vacation.
Arawn moves carefully around the girl, taking advantage of
his natural empathy and gentleness to avoid further upsetting
her, comforting her if she give indication that she is open to
such. Realizing that the girl seems somewhat trusting of Z'leyra
he speaks quietly with her. "There may be other prisoners or
Vong Outcasts here. They should be rescued and the latter could
also be the means to succeeding not just here but in there
homeworld as well. Do you think you could ask the girl if she
knows where either group might be kept or if she's seen the
upper floors?"
Z'leyra grabs the giddy girl from Raban's large arm. The
shaman notices her shame and plight seems to change around
the bard. While she is scared of the other men the Bards
seems to draw her to him. Z'leyra then quietly begins to
ask about other prisoners.
The girl looks down and shakes her head. "My mother,
father and little brother. I don't know where they are."
She shuffles her feet on the dirt ground as she walks. It
seems she becomes some small preteen girl being scolded
rather than a young woman. "I saw my mother being beat
by one of those things...my brother kicked. But that
was the last time." She looks hopeful at the Healer. "Do
you know where they are?" Z'leyra shakes her head as it
is best to tell the truth. Though she knows they are probably
dead in the pit below. "As to other groups or up there. No.
I was taken to that ..place...a day ago. I was held there..
and ..." She wipes her tears but looks eastward to the other
group of humans coming closer. "They are your friends?"
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[Time: 2:31:52 pm - 2:34:15pm ]
Back at the flying field the group are now whole once
again.
Fremea lands on the ground and smiles a bit with glee
after she spots the dead Vong. "I am glad that I made sure
the rest of the Vong did not get down the stairs, or more of
you would be lying on the ground. Just one was almost too
destructive."
Kiet glances up to the stairs and listens to Fremea. More?
How many were coming down? A small being like her couldn't
take more than what? Two or three by herself?
Hovering in the air, so she is just about eye level with most
everyone (except Raban), she notices Unali. Thinking to herself,
where has she been? "Before we go to kill more Vong, I could use
something to help with my ability to cast a few more spells."
Looking at Lin to see him cringe at even the mention of magic.
She smirks. "It seems that I have used almost all my reserves in
taking out many of the Vong creatures. The stairs were much fun
though."
Lin stands with arms folded looking at the downed warriors.
He doesn't seem to even respond to the words Fremea speaks. Maybe
he is getting too used to this "evil" stuff. He stares in
concentration as to what may lie ahead.
Lin looks to Arawn and considers it. Then he nods. "We
are in the service to the Emperor. We die on his whim. I
am prepared to do that. My wounds are severe. I will do
what I can till I am killed. I rather be killed in a fight
honorably than after the battle form infection. I will take
your ...healing."
Arawn listened to Fremea's rundown in silence, only speaking
up when she mentioned her magical depletion. "I have a talisman
that holds additional magical energies that might be of use,
though I had been holding it for Chion in case we need to
retreat quickly. But if he does not think he'll need it you're
welcome to it. If, instead, you wish to replenish your innate
energies I can do something about that."
Chion shrugs at the offer for a battery. He knows he has
plenty as long as he doesn't have to teleport 100 Raban sized
people away.
Now that the group is back together Unali decides it is time
to cover the details again for those who were gone.
During the speech Unali takes a brief pause so others can
sink in the news. During such times others mention need
for healing and the like.
Arawn speaks out, "I can conjure a healing mist to restore
all within it to full health. I imagine it to be the quickest
and most efficient method at hand. However, it could take up
to two or three minutes to fully heal the most badly wounded
and during the healing those within the mist will be comatose
and helpless until they are completely healed."
Arawn casts eye towards those that had previously been
healed before turning an eye towards Lin. "Healing magics can
take a toll on the body, the energies potentially overwhelming
a person if they attempt to contain such magics beyond their
ability to handle," he cautioned Lin. "Another healing can
be attempted but it is potentially fatal for any who've already
been healed. More so the more healings they've been through in
day. I would caution against taking the risk but it is your call
to make. If you should pass then your other skills may come in
handy and we have missile weapons to lend, a wise choice if we
are to engage something like this World Brain."
The Alfar then looked to Raban. "If any do wish to risk
additional healing perhaps you might wish to Bless them, asking
for greater resilience and constitution. It might prove useful
in allowing them a chance to survive the magic."
Finally Unali ends her tale. Even Will seems to be a bit
drawn in among the details. For a few long moments the
group remains quiet.
Z'leyra says, "we MUST find some way of closing that portal.
I could try a spell, but I don't know if it will work. We also
have to kill that brain thing and check that no other dangers
are around. The Portal might not be the only mystic problem."
Now talks becomes divided up into quick plans and healing.
Arawn also takes a quick chance to explain what Fremea found
out about the portal to the west. But the Druid seems unsure
if she should tell about the possible danger from it.
[Time: 2:34:15pm - Current]
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Friday...
GM: Now everyone knows the details. Now the game is over.
:) Well maybe not. But Diablo 3 comes out in 2 hours
as I type this. Waited a decade. So I may seem to
have partial effect of a Forgotten spell and fail to
do the updates at some time. But we shall see. I've
decided to take the last of the week off so will give
me 4 days off. Will there be a update Friday? We shall
see. :) Some late (very last minute) posts came in so
couldn't include those. Why its always good to be
in early. :)
GM: There is really no cover in the area. I suppose one
could climb into a flyer and be there. Or climb up
to the tower. But otherwise its pretty open. One
could use the slight cover of the stairs. But none
are perfect places.
Arawn - Based on comments will do Healer skill only.
No magic it seems?
Ben'dar will not magically heal.
Chion will not heal magically.
Kell hasn't posted in awhile but with his light
wound I assume no healing.
Will/Unali - Will assume with light wounds no need
to magically heal.
Z'leyra - Based on above will be healed magically.
Caladan, Farseeker and Raban will heal magically.
Lin will heal magically.
So this is the plan. I assume ZL will do her top
Healer skill, Raban will bless to help the treatment
and Arawn will do a Mist. I will do this for next
update. If not let me know if you wish to take
the healing if I not listed it above.
GM: Spells active
Z'leyra - Orient Self
Will - Armor Transmutation
* = Soon to end (next update?]. I may NOT post this
info unless I remember to do so. :)
GM: Maps
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Mount Side View -
Scale - 1 Column = 15 feet
1 Row = 50 feet North=wall facing screen
[Looking from one wall to the other wall. Toward North
wall with back to south wall. Looking east/west.]
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I### Fake Vong ceiling ###IA
I# #IB
I# #IC
I# #ID
I# #IE
I# #IFCave
Cave 1-> `# #`G<-#4
I# #IH
Cave 2-> `# #`I<-#5
I# #IJ
Cave 3-> `# World Brain--> #`K<-#6
I# #IL
I# #IM
I# @ <-Portal #IN
Mount I#T T#IO
Ground --?I#]A_A_A_A_A_A_A_A__________________V__V__V__V__V[#IP
I Y<X IQ
I Z IR
I = Rock wall, #=Vong ladder structure
` = Entrance to cave [open mostly]
_ = Rock floor (Row P) ground floor
A = Vong Bowl Home (10' high)
V = Vong flyer
T = Vong Tower (30' high)
],[=Base of Vong tower (wooden)
X = Rabbit Hole opening 30' wide below cavern to tunnels
Y = Tunnel of Treasure/Sentry cave (under ground floor)
Z = Pit/Lake caves below elevation of Treasure cave tunnel
1-6= Side caves on east/west walls
* World Brain cave
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%%/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/%%\__/ D
%%\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/S P**** \%%/ \__ E
%%V \__/ \VV/ \__/ \__/****_/%%\__/ F
,,,\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \**** \%%/ \__ G
]]]/ \__/ \__/ \__/P \__/ \_S/%%\__/ H
```\__/ \__/H \__/ \__/ \__/ \%%/ \__ I
%%V \__/ \H_/ \__/ @@@ / /__/%%\__/ J
%%\__/ \__/ \__/ \@@@@@ / \%%/ \__ K
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Portal - Center is L29 going diagonal bottom left to top right.
30' wide and 30' high shimmering portal
World Brain = @@ 25' by 20' wide. Tentacles are 15' long
* = Wooden Barrels
V = Vong Warrior [F4, J4, F14, F15, M14, M15]
H = Human Brigader [I14, J14]
S = Shaper [E26, H33]
P = Human Prisoner [E29, H23]
],'= Stairs ledge to stairs
As always if map messed up see website.
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