[pnpgm] Game Update #17 - File #50 - Z'leyra's Death
David Sanders
dasandersx at comcast.net
Wed Apr 3 21:32:47 CEST 2013
Just so everybody understands...Kiet was joking...it was, after all, 04/01...
He figured that Z was alive and well.
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On Apr 3, 2013, at 11:29 AM, pnpgm <pnpgm at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> HT Aliaver/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
> -- -----------------------------------------------------------------
> R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma
> --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe
> R3.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
> 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
> Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell
>
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> Game Update #17 in sequence (file #50)
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> [Recap]
>
> From Alex: [Re: Z'leyra's death]
> Hmmm....Well the odds do catch up with you even when you do
> what you can to maximise the odds of good and minimise the
> odds of bad.
>
> So what kind of character do you want my next one to be?
> I am thinking perhaps a Dwarf and hopefully Runelord (maybe
> even natural Magician!...Yeah, fat chance). More into fighting,
> less into casting.
>
> Other folks seem to be decent healers, so not major need for
> that as there was when I created Z'leyra.
> GM: Ack. :< :<
>
> From Kiet: [Re: Z'leyra's death]
> And you guys wonder why Kiet is hesitant to fight!
>
> I call dibs on the manor house!!!
> GM: Ack. Gee such lovely sentiments. :)
>
> From Kell: [Re: Z'lerya's death]
> Bummer on that. You sure she's didn't stage it and is
> hiding out to enjoy life somewhere?
>
> Dwarven tanks are always excellent. That would be fun.
> GM: Ack.
>
> From David: [Re: Death aftermath]
> Gee...whoever finds her first will make themselves rich
> looting the body...
> GM: Ack. Maybe it will be Jensen :)
>
> From Wout: [Re: Z'leyra's death]
> Sorry to see her go. Z'leyra was a walking fortress with all
> her items, but a central figure in the power play style this
> group has developed.
>
> We will see what kind of character returns and what new
> playing style we will adopt over time. we have lost our
> military strategist to castle duty and our healer saviour to
> a RE.
>
> A dwarf runemaster would be fun (although, with my current
> sideline addiction to dwarf fortress the definition of dwarven
> fun is not what you expect.)
> GM: Ack. That darn RE monster! THe most vile well aside from
> the dwarves that work for me.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> [New Stuff]
>
> [Insert some bland stuff here]
>
> Actions? Comments?
>
> Next Update....Next email!
>
> GM: Ok. Blame the Dwarves. They said it was 4/1 some
> odd holiday like that green day with the good luck
> charms and such. They whined and demanded a good
> joke. So I tried. :) No. Z'leyra didn't do. Came
> close at least twice but her luck worked. Sigh.
> I'll try next time. At least one person got the idea
> it was joke right away (saw your email to Alex). At
> least one in chat also figured it was a joke so I'l
> give you half credit. But looks like two were fooled.
> Blame the dwarves!
>
> GM: The next 3 Updates are part A-C of Z'leyra's IBT. When
> you see it you will realize how long it took and why
> its in 3 parts. I split it up into IBT1, IBT2 and IBT3.
> Yes she basically did 3x the IBT of everyone else. In
> fact she cast well over 700 spells which is about twice
> as much as Arawn did. But in her defense the number
> of spells could've been higher. I actually expected
> at least 300 more. On a IBT to IBT time actually Arawn
> and Z'leyra had the same number of spells for the period.
> But she did 3 IBTs so it helped. Now the next 3 posts
> are huge. The file was 3400 lines. So I did it roughly
> in one thousand chunks. It takes about 2 hours to read
> the full iBT so skip the updates until you can at least
> devote 2 hours to it. Just a warning.
>
> GM: Next plans - Are to post this last IBT. Then edit
> Alex's sheet with him online. It will probably take
> 2-3 hours doing it. So it may take a few nights
> of work. Then we are done with IBT time. I'll
> work on a final outline of adventure and that may
> take another week. Then hopefully in a week or
> 10 days we can begin the adventure! Sorry it took
> this long. I had estimated over weeks ago but
> did not work.
>
> GM: Encounters - Monsters are easy. But when it comes
> to Humans I use two charts. Book 4 city encounters
> to figure out location like Main Road or Tavern and
> then roll to figure out who. I then roll on the
> motivation chart that Burton or someone did. That
> helps me flash out the encounter very quickly. A
> guard wishing to avoid would do just that, etc.
> For the other events like in the hills I use
> the gm screen encounter tables. To figure out
> the number and then roll depending on day/night
> to figure out who then do the motivation stuff
> again. Sometimes it might say Character which is
> generally a PC but why not a npc. So in this case
> I rolled up Jensen which if you see the pbem pc file
> on the site will have a bit of info on him. I
> simply randomly figured out who based on who is
> in Marentia.
>
> GM: When you read the IBT pay attention to the Earth Giant,
> Sith and Scorpion encounters. She came very close to
> dying on the Giant and Sith battles. The only reason
> she lived in the Giant is because of her mistake. She
> flew with eagles that also flew in the area. When you see
> it, the encounter will make a bit more sense. The sith
> was a mistake on dice which saved her. If that mistake
> didn't happen she would be dead now. The sith was
> the first for the entire party as no one has encountered
> them at all.
>
> Now enjoy!
>
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