[pnpgm] Game Update #14b - File #127 - Hippogriff combat starts

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   HT Aliaver/Player    DS    Character Name    Type    Status/N;;tes  Sex
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   R1.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid  .Normal/Alfar .. Ma
   --.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe
   R3.Mark Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma
W2R2.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human  ..Ma
   R4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human  ..Fe
   W2.Julian.Draven.........Zabyra............Dancer..Normal/Human....Hu
   R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
W3R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human  ..Fe
   R3 Npc...............YY..Trihs.Der.........Warrior.Normal/Human....Ma
   R3 Npc...............YY..Reddof Nonnac.....Warrior.Normal/Human....Ma
      Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell

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      Game Update #14b sequence (file #127)
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      Admin Notes: Part 2.
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      [Recap]

         [None]

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      [New Stuff]

          [Western Marentia - Hills]
          [Novehas 20th, 1634TH]

          [Time: 9:03:00 am]
          [Phase 0]

            Corona flies westward over the party screeching his warning
          of the impending attack.  Those who can speak the bird's tongue
          including Unali, Fremea, Z'leyra and Arawn understand the
          warning.  All four turn around or look around but see nothing.
          Then they realize it must be from the sky and that's when
          Fremea spots it.

            Fremea grunts and points causing everyone to look up.  There
          the group sees the 12 flying half horse griffin things diving
          toward them from the east.  Stupid creatures should dive from
          the west where the sun can cover them but they aren't too bright.

            Z'leyra and Unali have talked about them to the old group.
          But in the last 4 days none have talked about these creatures.
          So the Hunter, Dancer and cousins do not know the extent of
          what these creatures are.

            They are now around 500-550 feet in the air and diving fast.
          At this speed it could take only a few seconds.

            While on the horse Fremea casts Luck upon herself.  Due to
          time she casts a slightly lower spell degree.

            Recognizing that the pack horses were the most vulnerable
          and likely targets Arawn saw to tending to them first. He
          guided his steed to the nearest of the pack horses, a prayer
          falling like leaves to bless the horses with protection. But
          he only thinks the prayer as little time remains.

            Arawn glances down and notices the horses are spread out
          among 60 or so feet between each other on the road.  There
          is little hope in protecting every horse with a single skill.
          He reaches down to the horse's neck and begins to speak the
          words as he continues the mental prayer for the horses.  He
          casts the spell and horse is reinforced by a magical set
          of natural armor almost as good as chain.

            Zabyra looks up and stares at these strange flying beasts.
          Are they horses?  They have wings though.  She feels hope
          lessen as she has no ranged weapons.  She moves between
          Arawn and Z'leyra hoping to protect the spell casters.  She
          ensures her dagger is at hand and draws her scimitar.  She moves
          her cloak so it doesn't interfere with her arm.

            Kiet curses and dismounts off the horse immediately.  Once
          on the ground he begins to speak the words of a spell while
          grabbing both javelins with one hand.  He gestures the magical
          hand movements to complete the spell.  But he does not
          complete the spell as they are still too far away.  Kiet is
          more worried about the horses than the others.  Sure others
          can be obtained.  But if they are snatched up his stuff will
          be taken.

            Turning around to face east Z'leyra begins the process to
          start a spell.  She pulls out her sling and ensures her bag
          of bullets are ready to fire.

            Unali turns and draws both daggers.  She will defend her
          horse and others.  But fighting a enemy that can swoop and
          climb fast is hard.  She grips the horse with her thighs
          and hopes it will control him if he panics.

            The cousins look at each other and quietly convey thoughts.
          But they are unsure of these creatures.  Will they land?
          If so they can fight.  But otherwise they may have to just
          risk fighting on horse back.

            Pyan watches the diving creatures and is unsure if they are
          a direct threat or not.  But when he sees others reacting and
          showing signs of possible attack he draws his bow.  He ensures
          his quiver is in position.  He readies one arrow but until
          he sees others he is unsure to fire yet.

            Kell glances at the creatures and considers his own spells.
          He considers one but glancing around there is no help for
          that particular spell.  He should've studied that one spell
          Trembyl uses.  He yells out, "creatures eat us and horses
          protect them!"  In case the new folks don't realize this.
          He activates the magic on his armbands.  Then unlocks the
          spear sheathes so he can use them when needed.

          [Time: 9:03:03 am]
          [Phase 1]

            The hippogriffs screech in their own wild method of roars or
          growls and dive another 90 or so feet.  Now under 500 the
          group has to wait till at least 300 feet before they can even
          do anything.  The group knows they could ride hard to flee
          but the creatures would catch up as they are faster.

            Fremea considers closing the distance but being caught up
          away from the group trapped by 12 beasts is not good so will
          stay her ground for now.

            Arawn casts another Armor spell upon himself.

            Z'leyra finishes her spell and becomes more clairvoyant around
          her.  The area she can sense and see now covers the entire
          group of the party.  While it may mostly help herself she
          hopes she can have that edge to warn against a bad attack.
          But in combat these things tend to fail as warning and timing
          is too slow.

          [Time: 9:03:06 am]
          [Phase 2]

            The hippogriffs continue diving straight for the party and
          should be in range for the bows at least by the next few
          seconds.

            Pyan cocks his bow and aims.

            Fremea hovers to control motion and aims as well.

          [Time: 9:03:09 am]
          [Phase 3]

            Now maybe 250-260 feet away the hippgriffs select their
          targets.

            Fremea and Pyan continue to aim but they only have bows
          not long bows so have to wait a few more seconds.

          [Time: 9:03:12 am]
          [Phase 4]

            Now at 170-180 feet away the hippogriffs begin to divide
          up and prepare for final attack.

            Pyan fires and the arrow flies toward a group of three
          but they weave just in time and the arrow goes flying behind
          them.

            Fremea fires and her arrow hits one of the hippgriffs in
          the belly.  She had selected the last of her Elf Shot
          arrows and this one takes effect.  The creature stops
          flapping his wings and goes spiraling toward the ground
          paralyzed by the arrow.  The arrow takes first blood doing
          8 points of damage.  But the fall does another 20 points
          on impact killing the creature.

            A cheer is heard from the cousins.

            Those with Slings and spears hold off as they are still
          out of range.

          [Time: 9:03:15 am]
          [Phase 5]

            Kiet casts his spell to hopefully protect himself.

            Now less than 100 feet, looks to be maybe 80-85 feet away.
          The creatures should be attacking in a couple of seconds.

            Pyan fires his bow and hits Hippogriff #4 doing 9 points of
          damage to his rear lower belly.

            Fremea only selects one more Elf Shot giving her only 1 more
          left if she recalls.  She will have to risk normal arrows
          after this.  Because if these beasts are paralyzed they
          could fall on the party.  She targets and fires.  The elf Shot
          arrow slices the large left right doing 8 points through
          his wing.  The beast's wings stops and he also falls.

            Z'leyra fires her magical sling and the magical bullets
          zip toward hippogriff #10 hitting him in the neck doing 23
          points of damage.  The creature whirls to the left dazed by
          the blow.

            Kell throws one of his magical spears that can do electricity
          through it but the spear goes wild and he misses.

            At the same time Kiet throws his javelin at one of the beasts
          diving toward him.  The javelin pierces into his belly doing 9
          points of damage.  But the spear's Fatal Spear activates and
          kills the beast.

          [Time: 9:03:18 am]
          [Phase 6]

          Actions?  Comments?

          Next Update....Monday...

          GM: I know 5 phases.  But I figure 2 updates would've been
              "they are getting closer!"  So I just got them within
              missile fire range.  Now it will be 2 phases per update.
              Ok.  Consider this the Friday update since it was late
              for Monday.  I will start a bit on Saturday but will
              try to get the bulk done by Monday noon EST.  If posts
              come in after that it will delay things.  :) The only
              one to select a spot was Zabyra so placed her by the
              spell casters.  All others were randomly chosen.  There
              are 9 creatures left.  There are 14 on the party side
              so odds are less but means chances are folks will be
              selected at least once.

              I will update the mana chart after the combat.  I did not
              list the hippos on map since they are still around 3 hexes
              to the right of the party (in general).  Next phase I
              will place them on map.  Keep in mind they will attack
              next phase.  If they attack odds are they will attack
              and sweep high leaving them rising up anywhere from 10-20
              feet above you on first phase or 70-80 on other phases
              once they are in area.

          GM: Arawn - Will assume Sword/Buckler on horse as planned.

              Fremea - Do you want to continue bow or go melee with
                 your sword? I would assume bow since with sword will
                 need to chase.  So if no reply will assume bow.  But
                 using normal arrows.  I believe you only have 1 Elf
                 Shot left.

              Kiet - Will assume throw one more javelin then go to
                 Tulwar/Shield and your other posted actions.

              Unali - I'd have tried a sling or bow attack but I
                  have some sneaky plans in mind for you if I get
                  get the creatures close enough. :)

              Z'leyra - Will assume Sword use next phase.

          GM: Spells
                            Start    End    Notes      Spell
                Fremea      Ph 0    Ph 15              Luck
                Arawn       Ph 0    Ph 12 [His Horse]  Armor
                Arawn       Ph 1    Ph 13 [Himself]    Armor
                Kiet        Ph 5    Ph 7               Iron Skin
                Z'leyra     Ph 1    Ph 65              Clairvoyance

          GM: First Leg of Trip

                Slowest Horse - 22 MR (+25% Road- +6)
                Speed - 28 MR MPH/day on road
                Per hour- 2.3 miles/hour

                To Malnon -200 miles 100 by Plains, 100 by Hills

                Nov 16 - 1030am-7pm  - Plains - 15
                    16 -    7am-7pm  - Plains - 28
                    17 -    7am-7pm  - Plains - 28
                    18 -    7am-7pm  - Plains - 28
                    19 -    7am-7pm  - Hills  - 28
                    20 -    7am-7pm  - Hills  - 28
                    21 -    7am-7pm  - Hills  - 28
                    22 -    7am-240pm- Hills  - 17
                            ~240-Enter Malnon
                [Assuming no delays]

                This is mostly a reminder to me.

          GM:  hippogriff Combat Map

               /I\ - North
               1 Hex = 10 feet (1 Row = 5 feet, 1 Column=5 feet)


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1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ A
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_B
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ C
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_D
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ E
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_F
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ G
\__/  \__/ C\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_H
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/A \__/  \__/  \__/  V__/  \__/  \__/ I
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_Z/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_J
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ K\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ K
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  L2_/  \__/  \_R/ U\__/  \__/  \__/  \_L
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  P__/  T1_/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ M
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__3  \_D/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_N
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ O
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_P
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ Q
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_R
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ S
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_T
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ U
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_V
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ W
\__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \_X
/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/  \__/ Y

  Road - Rows H - O
    [Spares - No Riders]
    [Off]   - Off map to clear clutter

    C -  Corona    [H12] 50' feet off ground, flying
    A -  Arawn     [I26] On Horse
    F -  Fremea    [I46] 30' feet off ground, flying
    K -  Kell      [K33] On Horse
    T -  Kiet      [M34] On Foot
    U -  Unali     [L42] On Horse
    Z -  Zabyra    [J27] On Horse
    P -  Pyan      [M29] On Horse
    L -  Z'leyra   [L25] On Horse
    R -  Red Shirt [L40] On Horse
    D -  Reddof    [N40] On Horse
    1 -  Spare #1  [N35] Kiet's Spare Horse
    2 -  Spare #2  [L26] Z'leyra's Spare horse
    3 -  Spare #3  [N34] Kiet's Personal Horse

    Hippogriffs -
    G - #1         [Off] Down/Dead?  G - #2     [   ]
    G - #3         [   ]             G - #4     [   ]
    G - #5         [   ]             G - #6     [Off]  Down/KO?
    G - #7         [Off] Dead        G - #8     [   ]
    G - #9         [   ]             G - #10    [   ]  Dazed
    G - #11        [   ]             G - #11    [   ]

    Dead/KO - 3
    Alive   - 9



Oh crud...I forgot to a map without the hexes will do that next time.  Sorry.
As always use website if can't read.





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