[pnpgm] Game Update #6 - File #35 - Caladan's IBT
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HT Aliaver/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma
W2.Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma
W3.Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
--.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe
--.Floyd Mesler..........Jordan Malic......Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
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
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar,
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Game Update #6 in sequence (file #35)
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Admin Notes: May notice the roster getting smaller. I will remove
folks once their IBT is over (NPCs) who will not be in next adventure.
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[Recap]
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[New Stuff]
[Augado 12th, 1634TH]
[Location: Sivas, Marentia]
[ Chion's home]
[Time: 6:38am - Sivas, Marentia]
Chion announces that is time to move to the Dark Lands. This
is mainly to help Zhou with any possible quick funeral rites
that may be needed. Some prefer same day burial but Chion
knows he is only human and can only do so much with his
use of recent magic.
Farseeker, Will and Caladan are still at the tavern tables
passed out from the drinking. Some like Z'leyra never seen
Farseeker drink so much before but with all that has happened
and all that he killed it is a way to forget or celebrate.
Cholan brings warm tea and warm bread from a nearby market
at the first sign of the sun. The wind storm has finally
died down. The group quickly takes in this quick bit of
food to break their fast.
Chion gathers Luvac, Arawn, Kell, Kiet, Strie'bog, Ben'dar,
Unali and Z'leyra. Then Zhou's body is gently placed in the
center of the group outside behind the tavern for their
teleport. Ben'dar's head is spinning about having drunk a lot
as well and gambled with Kell. But a Zen'da warrior can
get drunk and ride a horse in battle with ease. At least
that is what Caladan's father Ga'sha Gib'borah says.
Once the sun is up Chino raises Gnarish staff and casts
the teleport spell. A few seconds later the group teleports
a thousand odd miles away on the Zen'da plains next to Caladan's
tribe.
Chion knows it would be rude to not spend some time here.
The village is already awake and busy for the day's activities.
Cetric and Gib'borah find the group and welcome new and old
alike. Chion whispers to Cetric for some time and Gib'borah
introduces everyone to most of the important folks of the
tribe. Cetric who resurrected Caladan just months ago inspects
Zhou's body and does a few shamanic rites for his soul. then
both Cetric and his new shamanic trainee Chion whisper some
more time.
Then about 25 minutes later the group goes back to the pre-made
teleport circle north of the village. IT is a point the group
and especially Chion can use when teleporting. A place that will
never be used or entered by the village for safety of any that
may teleport here.
Chion does a direct jump to the teleport building in the High
Elder's Citadel. Unlike the plain circle this was a building
made especially for teleports of visitors to the citadel. Those
wizards who use such spells to move around. The small single
room structure is guarded in case of threats but the Thalos
Field, the same energy field that blocked the Brain, prevents
open teleports inside the building. In essence a teleport
could go anywhere in the Citadel but doing so would only
anger the Elder and that might not be wise. Open teleports
are allowed from 7-8am for anyone. In this case Luvac knew
the Diviner would see their return and reserve this day and
hour for their trip so it would be safe to use.
In fact once the group arrives inside the magical circle
Oby Wan is there standing stone faced. He bows and frowns
at the sight of Zhou. "I was hoping this was a vision she
was wrong." Oby orders two guards to take the body away
for now.
Luvac bows and quickly whispers a few things to Oby then
leaves the room. Oby then directs the group outside. "I
am afraid the High Elder is not here. There was a ...
situation to the north that needed some attention of
his. He bids you welcome and your stay will be with
full priviledges. He bestows his great gratitude for
your success in Katai and wishes he could be here to
personally shake each hand. But duties do take him
away."
Kiet crosses his arms and frowns. He had a few choice words
that he probably would not have dared say publicaly but at least
it would have been nice to think in his presence.
Chion explains he will be here only a day. Some will stay
like Arawn but others will return with him when he returns in
a few days.
Luvac disappears. Chion, Oby and Zhou are taken inside
Ki'ama's personal manor. Kell and Kiet split off for their
own tasks. Z'leyra finds Corona and looks around in the
nearby market. Strie'bog and Ben'dar visit the ground
and the nearby park to watch magic demonstrations. Unali
speaks to Oby and then leaves on her own errands.
Arawn is disappointed the Elder is not here but finds
a few things to occupy his time.
[Augado 13th, 1634TH]
[Location: Dark Lands, High Elder's Citadel]
[Time: 6:50am]
Oby sent word that the group should meet up for Chion's
departure in case any last minute questions or tasks
are to be done.
The group reforms in front of the building and talk
about the previous day's activities. Ben'dar was
fascinated by a wizard who could shape metal with his
hands without touching it but with only magic.
Facing the building the group do not notice Oby and
Chion approach. Both men move to the front of the party.
chion calls for Ben'dar, Strie'bog, Kiet and Z'leyra
to return with him. But before the group can enter
the building the door opens. A man appears in the
threshold. The sun is still low so he is only seen
with a shadow. A raspy voice is heard. "Leaving
before I can thank you?"
The man steps out of the shadow and the group all but
Chion and Oby give light gasps. Arawn is the first and
moves forward to give Zhou a warm hug.
"Sorry I couldn't get hopes up. Though Cetric is better
than I in this I learned this past summer his skills and
can now do the same." Chion grins and looks at Zhou.
Zhou slaps Arawn's shoulder and then moves to shake
Z'leyra and other hands of the group. "This brave
Shaman gave me his one and only Preservation Stone. It
was made in case he died. but he used it on me. It
was able to preserve me and then last night he worked
his magic and saved me."
Chion then adds, "like Caladan there is drawbacks.
His right leg has a limp now and he may not be as
strong as was but for the most part he is back."
Zhou turns and grins at Kiet. "My bodyguard!
My servant. Why are my boots dirty?" he gives
the acrobat a hug. "Do not feel bad. I was told
I saved the girl. That was my choice. You did
me a great service in your help and your protection.
I do appreciate it." He turns toward the others.
Then back to Kiet. "Did you bring all my bags?"
then winks and turns to face Unali.
Zhou finishes with Unali and grasps both of her
gloves hands. He smiles and his eyes twinkle. "You
did a great job with this group. You saved Katai
and for the sake of millions the entire world. I am
not as wealthy or worldly as the High Elder but I would
offer anything I have to give thanks if you need it."
The group then enters to teleport away. Those who
stay are set up with rooms in the Citadel Tavern for
free if needed. So that would be Kell, Unali and Arawn.
The group teleports the Vassa forest some hundreds of
miles to the west. Home to Strie'bog's village and
the Sacred Forest where his mother the Green Lady is
there Before entering the magical field that protects
the field Kiet pulls the group to a halt then pulls
out a round object from his pocket.
Kiet approaches Ben'dar. He knows the barbarian will
return with Pasha in a few days back to Marentia. But
for now he wishes to do this now.
"Ben'dar, you have been kind to me in the past and I thought
you might like this. If you place this token on some rocks, or
a pile of dirt or anything, and say the Katai word for 'apple',
this token will, once a day, magically create delicious apples
(2FP worth!) that you might give your horse, Tef'wo. And
Tef'wo's mate. I noticed in the past that you went out of
your way to get apples for your mount."
"I hope that you will be happy with your ranch and new life.
May the blessings of whatever gods a barbarian like you may
believe in be with you." Kiet's smile grows big when calling
him a barbarian, so the jest is clear.
Ben'dar is standing in his full dress clothing. His
wolf headdress and dragon teeth necklace. He wants to
be good looking for Pasha. He looks down at the acrobat
and a slight tear comes to his eye. He turns to shift
his wolf headdress and with great subtleness wipes his
brow. He turns back and grins. "I am honored. Of all
the gifts I've obtained and rewards this means the most.
It is one thing to get something from a stranger but one
who is a brave companion like yourself means more. We
are very much alike. I was rescued by the party and
you were sort of the same back at the Citadel from that
nasty snake. I feel a kinship to you as much as I would
Caladan. I am grateful for this gift and wish you to
visit the ranch in your off time doing great acrobatic
feats for people." He hugs the acrobat and notices the
others watches so becomes serious again and moves to find
Pasha.
Miklav greets the party again since it has been months.
Chion explains the group can stay a couple hours then the
teleport back home will come. Strie'bog rushes to find
his mother. Ben'dar finds Pasha and finds a very secluded
set of bushes.
Kiet and Z'leyra watch the village in their tasks and
let Corona fly in the trees.
Then the small group meets up again. Chion, Kiet,
Z'leyra and Corona teleport back to the Plains Circle
again. Chion gives news that Zhou is alive and well
to Cetric. Thanks to his training.
Then the three teleport back to Sivas.
[Augado 18th, 1634TH]
[Location: Sivas, Marentia]
At sunrise Chion teleports back to the Plains Circle.
Then he teleports directly to the Dark Lands Teleport
Building. There he picks up Kell and Unali. It seems
the High Elder is still not there but Oby gives his regrets.
The trio then teleports to Pavassa forest to pick up
Ben'dar. But Pasha wishes to join Ben'dar and go to
his ranch. Ben'dar is all smiles at this point and glowing
a bit brighter as if rested for years or just enjoyed himself.
The five are then teleported to the Plains Circle again.
then a final teleport back to Sivas for the group.
By this day all but Arawn is in Marentia.
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[Augado 11th - Sepes 24th, 1634TH]
[Location: Marentia (Maren)]
[Aug 12 - Aug 15]
Caladan bids farewell to those who are leaving or moving
on. He lets folks know he is heading toward his cabin in
the woods north of Maren. Ben'dar and Xian knows the place
if they need him.
He has the option to sail across to the capital. But he
decides a leisurely ride would be better to get back to
some solitude. The road is very safe being one of the biggest
in the province.
He has been worried for some time for Xian. Leaving
the group was not a easy thing. But there was a glint
in his eye after Timon's death. Then the whispers that
came after thanks to the vampire Ezam.
Unlike most in the group who wish to make money or
items both wizards are very much alike in giving back
to the community as best they can. Before he left Duke
Aren had mentioned that the Palace Minister of Security
wanted a place to practice skills his men may need without
prying eyes. Caladan had offered his lands which were
only a few acres but very secluded. Unlike his Master
Caladan didn't have the skills to place enchantments
all over the valley but he could at least fix it so
it would be private. Caladan plans to maybe join in
to see if he can improve his own skills of intrigue.
[Aug 15 - Aug 20]
Caladan spends these days practicing his shape changing
spell. He rarely uses this power but makes him more
tuned into nature by doing so. He has sent by now a messenger
bird to alert his Master of the High Elder's invitation and
awaits his reply.
Caladan changes into a raven, eagle and wolf to fly or
explore the mountains. Only one day did he have a
encounter with a mountain lion as a wolf and just escaped
long enough to avoid bloodshed.
[Aug 21 - Aug 26]
Back at the cabin Caladan practices his Sleep Mist
spell on some animals in the area. He improves his
overall skill and grows in power by the end of the
period.
[Aug 26 - Aug 31]
Since he returned to the cable he has allows the
Palace Chief to use his land. With no ill will or
bad encounters. The dozen or so men and women are
required to wear masks to not reveal they are.
For the last few weeks he has off and on joined in
their lessons of intrigue. He has no goal to be like
a spy like Suresh or even as skilled in Intrigue as
Unali but he has no desire to do much these days.
For two days he and the Chief use his own cabin as
center of these exercises. In one he and the Chief
whisper and the agents try to learn their plans from
the outside. Sometimes they have a fake party and try
to solve a murder mystery or find the thief who stole
a vital document.
Caladan has fun doing these things and almost feels
like Suresh. But his goal is not to continue this
as a career so he goes to more interesting things.
[Sepes 1 - Sepes 6]
The first sign of a cool fall brings a burst of
refreshing breezes. For these few days he decides
only to practice his lightning spell and improves
his overall skill in it
[Sepes 7 - Sepes 12]
For weeks Caladan has been studying the Fire Tome
given by the High Elder. He finds many of the spells
to be a bit too much for a Law wizard like him. The
Fire Lake can set a body of water on fire and destroy
a major area. The variants in the Fire Wall he does
find interesting and considers them for the future.
For this period of time though he decides to practice
his thunderhead spell. Creating small storms in the
valley. Now that the spy group is gone he can do more
fun things without harming them. So he creates at
least 10 storms during this period to improve his skill.
Ben'dar visits one day unexpectedly right in the middle
of such a storm. When a lightning bolt is drawn down
from Caladan's hand the barbarian is almost hit by
a falling tree from the blast. But Tef'wo saves him
not before Ben'dar gives the wizard a few choice words
in the Zen'dan language which Caladan already knows enough
not to irritate him further. After some time for Ben'dar
to dry off both enjoy a quiet meal in his cabin.
Ben'dar advises him that Xian was seen in a distant
village to the west near the river. Caladan takes the
information and considers following up on it. Caladan
asks about the Varo Scroll given by the High Elder but
the horse rancher remains silent on that score.
[Sepes 13 - Sepes 18]
Over the last few weeks Caladan has visited the Maren
orphanage on the outskirts of Maren. Xian has been
good to the children by buying them enough supplies for
them to last a year or two. In fact the spill over
by the pay out goes to other orphanages in the area.
This allows the children better health and education
so they can be adopted faster. Which many are over
the year or so patroned by Xian and Caladan.
After visiting the leader of the orphanage
a old women named Surik they try to discover
why Xian visited the distant village. But they
can not find any details.
So Caladan sets out to visit this village. For
these days he practices his Wind spell. Ever since
the balcony fight on Rising Mount he figures such
practice could not hurt since it was used there for
good measure.
[Sepes 19 - Sepes 24]
Caladan reaches the village with good time thanks
to the good nature of peasants who know the land
well. Caladan spends these days investigating the
town and where Xian may be. The single tavern did
see him a few days and he seemed to be different bst
the barkeep only met him a dozen or so times over
the last month or so. But the trial where Xian
went goes cold.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Monday...
GM: A small update but with some new info on the future. I
figure time to reveal some info on Zhou. :) If I'm done
with Unali's IBT and it gets approved by Monday I'll
post her IBT results in next update. If not then will
post Strie'bog's. A quick version of Caladan's IBT
was posted above. A very simple time spent.
GM: Language file updated on website [link].
Unali did Cerulean and Ba'ru using the necklace. Z'leyra
will leave the necklace at Cholan's Tavern or her manor
which is in Sivas for anyone to use. At this point 8
slots of the 45 have been used up to Aug 18. Malic
learns to speak Marentian by Aug 16.
GM: Each adventure I've tried to make things tougher. With
people getting AV9 armors and super doper items the
bad guys HAVE to be balanced. I am a strong believer
in balance. If the party was full of Raban characters
fighting dwarves would be highly unfair. But a party
of Raban's fighting hill giants might be fair. So
keep this in mind each new toy or item one makes
me make tougher bad guys to balance. Like with Raban
who almost died this last adventure death chances are
higher now. One new rule is with armor. Now I just
use the basic AV damage to destroy armor. So enough
damage then -AV leading to it destroyed. I will change
that to a DR factor for armor so its reduced in pieces
over time and DR will turn to AV loses.
GM: After a decade doing this game I'm considering some
slight changes. I'm still old fashioned and prefer
simple things to flash of say Windows. When I
started this I used DOS - heck I still do since its
far faster than windows. Based on that I still
do updates in a FAST text editor using the old
80 columns. Of course in today's world with email
and web lines are bigger than 80 now. So I may
reformat the updates to fit this new size. I'm
still not sure as this format is sitll easier to
read to me. But we shall see. I will experiment
on this once the adventure actually starts.
GM: Kiet - Will remove your apple token from your sheet.
Nice show of team work and sharing. Just like Z'leyra
and others who have shared over the years.
GM: IBT Time -
Augado 11-31 - IBT time period [21 days]
Sepes [September] 1-24 - IBT time period [24 days]
Reminder: Learning skill is 1 point per day, learning
with trainer is 2 and with a book and teacher is 3.
GM: IBT Travel: [Reminder for me mainly]
Aug 12 - Sunrise TP to Dark Lands
Chion, Luvac, Zhou, Arawn, Kell, Kiet,
Strie'bog, Ben'dar, Unali. Z'leyra
Aug 13 - Sunrise TP to Vassa Forest
Chion, Ben'dar, Strie'bog, Kiet, Z'leyra
TP To Zen'da - Chion, Kiet, Z'leyra
TP to Sivas - Chion, Kiet, Z'leyra
Aug 18 - Sunrise TP to Zen'da camp - Chion
TP to Dark Lands Chion
TP back to Pavassa forest -
Chion, Kell, Unali.
TP to Zen'da Camp
Chion, Kell, Unali. Ben'dar, Pasha?
TP to Maren
Chion, Kell, Unali. Ben'dar, Pasha?
TP To Sivas
Chion, Kell, Unali
TP to Ba'ru
Chion, Kell
GM: CP/IBT Report
Player CP Action IBT Action Notes
Arawn Completed No Info
Ben'dar Completed Completed
Caladan Completed Completed
Chion Completed No Info
Farseeker Completed No Info
Fremea Completed Queued
Kell Completed No Info
Kiet Completed Queued
Malic --- Queued
Raban Completed No Info
Strie'bog Completed No Info
Unali Completed Queued
Will Need Info No Info
Z'leyra Completed No Info
Completed - Finished
Queued - Has info/Work in progress in order of when got it
No Info - No info / Need data
GM: My immediate schedule: [in order of tasks]
1. Unali's IBT [90% done]
2. Kiet's IBT [In Queue to start next]
3. Fremea's IBT [In Queue]
4. Malic's IBT [Rough draft, In Queue]
5. Any others that come in order.
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