[pnpgm] Game Update #62 - File #454 - Z'leyr'as IBT

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   HT     Player        DS    Character Name    Type    Status/Notes  Sex
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   R1.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid  .Normal/Alfar .. Ma
   --.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe
   W3.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
   R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
W3R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human  ..Fe
   --.Fukishtu.NEwsome......Npc...............Chief...Normal/Human....Ma
   --.Lucria.Cegra..........Npc...............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
      Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra

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       [Recap]

         From David: [Re: Sheets]
           I am one of those with the spreadsheet.  I just can't take
           care of the weight calcs on a text file.

           I will probably continue it, but also try to maintain the
           character sheet...the difficult part is any new acquisition...
           how to keep track of them...I think I'll just have to make a
           separate section in 'my' text file...then reconcile it against
           any new items.

           The idea is not to overburden Scott....and give him what he
           wants/needs, but still be able to make it work on this end.
         GM Ack. Too me the weights are fast to figure out.  What I can
            do is add gear to bottom so that you can add it without
            going line by line for you?  Do those changes at end of
            adventure or IBT times.  I hope others will vote on the
            options I outlined.

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       [New Stuff]

           * Z'leyra's IBT

           [Decalis 24th]

             Z'leyra arrives in Sivas and starts work almost immediately.
           She escorts those who want to go her manor to her home.  With
           the new Ticasians she hopes she has enough room.  Once at the
           manor she meets with the staff.  She informs the manor staff
           that visitors will be in and out including Kell, Kiet and the
           Ticasians among possible others.

             She directs the cook to collect discounted food from the markets
           for her future foyson work.  She says the others will need
           extra food and beverage over the next 2 weeks.  The two new
           strangers say only one will stay at any one time as they
           will go to town to stay at an inn.  After all Ticasi is paying
           for most of the Chief's expenses.  Kell tells the cook he will
           supply 12 bottles of wine for the manor's stocks.

             She quickly has a chat no who is there and their plans for
           the party.  Then she lets them unpack.

             Z'leyra gets with the guards for any reports.  But in the end
           for the last month it has been typical daily life.  A couple
           drunks tries to come in thinking it was their place.  Kids
           throwing eggs or such over the walls.  But nothing serious that
           they found or detected.

             Z'leyra enters the workshop and asks a servant to help dust
           and prepare the workshop as Kell will be using it.  Then she
           enters the house to see the stewart saying bills have not been
           paid in 3 months.  So she enters the office to spend most of
           the evening aside from dinner doing paperwork and reading letters.

             She asks one of the servants to head to a market and buy
           leather for her sacks   She would do it but is too busy
           catching up with reports.

             After dinner the stable boy finally arrives from his own
           home a bit later than expected.  She asks the boy to clean
           and handle the new horses in the stable.  They will be
           in town for at least 2 more woeks and will need to be
           handled and fed.

             She sees the manor expenses have not been paid for 3 months.
           This means the guards and some staff not paid in that time.
           She feels bad for that and tells the stewart to get a bank
           draft ready so she can sign.  She will pay for the manor's
           expenses up until mid summer in Julis for 11 months since
           last paid.  That should give them 6 months while she is
           gone.  She assigns a guard to go to the money lender to
           get the transactions done safely.  It is not the gold load
           but that paper could give some thief a nice pay day.  So
           she sends a trusted guard.

             She signs the draft and feels bad that she will load 135
           gold but dealing with a manor and staff is expensive.  She
           kind of envies Chion who has a small shack with little or
           no expenses much less a single door!  She stares at the
           window and wonders how Fremea can keep her home afloat.  Does
           the kids steal to keep it going?

             Then Z'leyra delves into letters and reports.  There are
           reports and letters from other healers that indicate a
           interest in her techniques.  She has yet to form her school
           and the reports seem to say the Royal Healer is still blocking
           or at least finding it difficult to allow.  Z'leyra knows this
           is stupid for a healer not to allow a school for healing.  But
           she figures organized teaching could undermine his overall
           authority compared to a decentralized network of healers in
           towns and cities.  One day she will have to sway the old man
           that is to his benefit.  Maybe a audience with the King
           maybe with Unali's help?

             The other healers say there have been quiet inquiries that
           the nation is becoming more restrictive in some techniques.
           It seems recently L'p'nth strange rituals have been getting
           into towns and peasants are using them and this makes the
           healers and court a bit upset as it is more dark rituals than
           natural healing techniques.

             Z'leyra figures this is just a way to investigate her and
           the others in Sivas.  Aside from Ezam the L'p'nth have not been
           a big threat in the nation aside from the eastern border.  But
           Duke Valnon should be curbing all that tightly.

             She does read one letter from a healer in the north in a very
           high crime area that says a merchant shipping company owner
           has inquired on a blanket service for his dock workers, sailor
           and other employees.  The healer wonders if this person could
           be a investment for her school.  Maybe when she is back she
           can meet with Damon to see if he knows shit man and if he is
           a fair man or some criminal like so many in the north.

           [Decalis 25th]

             [Morning]

             The party now all back in Sivas meet at Cholan's tavern
           for a debriefing and to decide on their futre plans.  She
           decides that one horse per person and no wagon.  This causes
           some to be unhappy on that decision but does not argue.

             [Afternoon]

             Z'leyra heads home and starts to make the first of her
           2 sacks.  The closest skill for this would be tailor style
           skills.  But she is still unskilled in such so knows it will
           be difficult and more time consuming at best.  She does know
           Tanning but that is taking animal and making leather not
           really from leather to final product.  So she will have to
           rely on both skills with the clothier skill being the
           lesser of both.

             Most sack makers can do a bag in 4 hours with a strap.
           But with Z'leyra being unskilled it will be trial and
           error for awhile so it might take 5 hours per bag to
           finish them.

             After the first bag is made near dinner time she collects
           the material for her foyson theft from her servants.  She
           then casts 5 Foyson Theft on it to make flour.  She then
           bakes the flour into waybread.  One such batch would feed
           the party for a bit over 3 days.  But she knows that many
           will not use them like Kiet.  Eating bread for weeks on end
           is not good for the body.  It may give full nutritional
           value but the soul needs better food.

             After dinner she continues work on the second bag until
           just after midnight.  Exhausted she heads to bed after
           tending to cuts on her fingers.

           [Decalis 26th]

             Z'leyra who had been taught some of the healing mist tries
           to study the spell.  But without Arawn teaching her or
           a book it will be slow going.  She decides to meditate a
           recall as much as the things Arawn did in the past from
           gestures, words to inflections of tone.  It may not be
           the best way to study a spell but it is mental work.

             She also finds Kell and Kiet and asks them if they can
           recall things that might help allow her to study the spell.

             Z'leyra visits Kaylle to see if he has any spells on the
           spell.  But the librarian scholar reports nothing.  He has
           plenty of books on healing but not that particular spell.
           Since that group of spells - Neutral magics - tend to be
           less popular overall.

             [3:15 pm]

             Z'leyra is heading to the manor walking and trying to
           consider ways to study the mist ritual when she encounters
           a body on the street.  She rushes to the old woman who
           is in her 60s at least, maybe older.  The peasant is
           not breathing so she checks for wounds but finds nothing.
           Then she checks eyes and other areas and finds a massive
           stroke must've hit the woman.  She begins to try to
           invoke the breath of life and regain a pulse but nothing
           comes.  She covers the woman's eyes and blocks the sun
           to get pupil reaction to check for brain activity but
           there is nothing.

             Z'leyra finally gives up figuring that even a healing
           spell would be useless as she was probably dead for
           some time.  For the next half hour she finds a city guard
           and helps transport the body to the proper place.

           [Decalis 27th]

             Z'leyra works a set of saddle bags from scratch and
           some bought leather.  Since the sewing is not as skilled
           as a professional it will take hours

             Mid way through she takes a break and casts 5 more Foyson
           Theft spells on the obtained materials.  Then bakes more
           waybread from the flour.

           [Decalis 28th]

             Z'leyra continues to study through her mental exercises
           the healing mist spell.

           [Decalis 29th]

             Z'leyra continues to work on the saddle bags.  She tries
           to sew in artistic runes into the leather as best she can
           to pay respect to the proper gods.

             She casts 5 more Foyson theft spells and creates more bread.

             Taking the bags she casts a shamanic orientation spell
           and then casts an enchantment to improve the capacity of
           the bags.  She almost tried to cast a reading spell to
           ensure the enchantment worked first but had to cast the
           enchantment first.  So now she casts the Mana Reading
           and finds the spell worked.  She then casts another enchantment
           to reduce the weight of items inside.  Then another Reading
           spell to ensure it worked.

             She then finds Kell and gives the enchanted saddle bags
           to the half elf.

           [Decalis 30th]

             Z'leyra spends another day using her mind to study what
           she recalls from Arawn's mist spell.

           [Decalis 31st]

             Z'leyra works on a couple more bags from scratch.

             Then she casts another set of 5 Foyson Theft spells on
           the material collected and bakes waybread.

             Then she enchants the two sacks to improve holding capacity.
           She checks via mana reading to ensure the spells worked.  She
           goes to find Kell and asks him to sell one of the sacks for
           at least or around 15 gold.  But she knows it is just a sack
           that holds more not a sack that flies or casts thunderstorms.  So
           she will have to be happy with what she gets.

           [Janaq 1st]

             Z'leyra goes with Kell to sell the sack.  He considers
           a caravan dealer but they are used to making space tight
           and efficient with their teamster skills.  So he decides
           a basic merchant maybe a messenger oriented one would find
           it more valuable.  Kell and Z'leyra check with 4-5 places
           and the best offer both get is 7 gold with a minimal of 5
           gold only.  Z'leyra gets the 7 gold from the bookstore merchant
           who hauls books a lot of places.  It is the best she can do with
           short notice.

             For the rest of the day she returns to the manor to study
           in her own mind the mist spell.

           [Janaq 2nd]

             Z'leyra makes 2 more bags from scratch.

             Then casts 5 more batches of foyson theft spells and bakes
           the flour.

           [Janaq 3rd]

             Z'leyra continues to mentally study and reuse the gestures
           and words for the mist to hone her unlearned mist skill.

           [Janaq 4th]

             Z'leyra casts a knowledge spell to ask the gods if horses
           can handle foyson based foods.   The information is quickly
           downloaded to her mind and the answer is yes.  That wafers
           is probably the best but should not be fed everyday as the
           horse diet needs to be more diverse.

             She then with material paid for by the staff casts 5 more
           foyson thefts this time to make horse oriented flour.  Technically
           the flour is the same but in the end the baking will be slightly
           different.  She bakes the batch of flour for the horses in
           the form of wafers.

           [Janaq 5th]

             Finally schedules coordinate and Z'leyra heads to the library
           to meet with Arawn and Kell.  Arawn is teaching Kell his
           jeweler skill so Arawn while Kell reads can help teach Z'leyra
           some basics on the mist spell.

           [Janaq 6th]

             Z'leyra makes two more bags this time for the horse feed.

             She then does 5 more foyson spell batches and bakes the bread.

             Z'leyra then enchants both bags for increasing holding to
           help it hold more.

           [Janaq 7th]

             Z'leyra realizes she made 2 bags but never had chance or
           mana to enchant them.  So today she enchants the bags she
           made previously to hold more.

             This gives Z'leyra 9 enchanted bags and 1 saddlebag she
           already gave to Kell.

           Actions? Comments?

           Next Update....Monday??

           GM: A short IBT as she has no encounters aside from one.
               Since she did 0 shopping and mostly stayed at home
               then not much to encounter. :)  I doubt there will
               be a update Monday.  I may not finish her gear and
               sheet cleanup till Saturday at best.  Next is Arawn
               if his IBT is done or whoever turns in a final version
               next.

           GM: * Expenses

                  Expense                Price
               Bag Leather        -             60 CC
               Manor Expenses     - 135 GC
               Foyson Material    -                    540 BB
               Gold from Sack     +   5 GC

           * Experience

                 Skill/Spell      MEP   CEP   Expertise   Notes
               Clothier/Tailor     -     -       2
               Enchantment        48     -      24       x2
               Enchantment       504     -      84       x7
               Foyson Theft      125     -      50       x25
               Foyson Theft       60     -      20       x10
               Healing Mist        -     -       7       x6  Learned
               Knowledge          15     -      10       x1
               Orient Self         4     -       4       x2
               Mana Reading        8     -       8       x4
               Tanner              -     -       2

           * Items added

                 Item
                9 Leather sacks
                Saddle bags (1) for Kell
                Waybread (400 fp) - Human
                Waybread ( 64 fp) - Horse

           GM: IBT Details: [Dec 25 - Jan 7 (Leave Jan 8)]

                   Player      IBT Sent in    Processed
                 Arawn             Yes [#4]      -
                 Fremea            No            -
                 Kell              Yes           Completed
                 Kiet              Yes           Completed
                 Unali             No            -
                 Pyan              No            -
                 Z'leyra           Yes           Need to do Gear/Sheet work-
                 Chief             Yes           Completed
                 lucria            Yes           Completed

           GM: Distances: (to remind myself later)

               Sivas to Village by Land:

                  Path                     Hexes  Distance
                Sivas to Maren [Road]       12      240 miles
                Maren to Cholchara [Road]    9      180 miles
                Road to Marentia Fort        3.5     70 miles
                  Option-to Ba'ru City       3       60 miles
                Fort to Village [Plain]     21      420 miles
                  Option: Ba'ru to Village  23      460 miles

                Total: 910-950Miles depending on Ba'ru visit

               Sivas to Village by water

                River to Village            31      620 miles
                River to Village             5      100 miles

                Total: 720 Miles

               Village to Kameran border (roughly)

                Zen'da Plains to Border     43      860 miles

               These are rough estimates and I may be off a few
               hexes. These are various options.

               So let's say ship wagon/horses by barge up river.
               So let's assume a simple barge doing 10-20 miles
               per day.  Might even do more with good winds.  Let's
               assume 15 on average.  That's 40 days.  Ok.  So shipping
               ahead of time may not be a good option. :)

               How about going to Ba'ru and getting supplies there?
               Wagons? Horses?  That is the closest large city to
               the village.  If prepare is done at start of IBT and
               say a person ships those items (wagon/horses from Ba'ru)
               to village then would need only cross 460 miles.
               At 25 per day would be 19 days.  Almost in the IBT
               time period.

               As GM I'm only trying to cover options.  You guys have
               to do some serious logistics to decide.  Mainly the
               horses and/or wagon/food.  To fit within the 2 weeks.
               Above there are some option as well.  Chion if in town
               could be swayed to help as he could probably teleport
               2-3 wagons in one jump.







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