[pnpgm] Game Update #81 - File # 537 - YEllow Dog - Final Combat
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HT Player DS Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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FH.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
W2.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
R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe
...Kevin Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma
R3.Fukishtu.NEwsome......Npc...............Chief...Normal/Human....Ma
R3.Lucria.Cegra..........Npc...............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra
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[Recap]
From Pyan: [Re: Camp]
Pyan sleeps peacefully is his tent unaware of the commotion
out side. "ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz"
I imagine Pyan's Quilted armor would be quite warm.
GM: Ack. Thanks for that. Yeah. Once yelling starts should
be easier to wake up. So you are saying you wear your
quilted armor at night?
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
Kiet shouts out "Democrats!" And starts madly hewing about
and through the yellow beasts.
OOC....For those who don't know, in the US south there were
(may still be) people that voted Democrat no matter what.
They were called "yellow dog democrats" because they would
sooner vote for a yellow dog than they would a Republican.
GM: Ack. And now you know and knowing is half the battle (ping
the music from NBC PSA ad.)
From Dorhak: [Re: Questions]
So many questions!
"How long were you in the Kameran?"....
Here is the description I owed you!
Dorhak is about 4-1/2' tall, but powerfully built. He is,
unfortunately, also disgustingly ugly. Hideous to all,
except maybe the faeryr or other dwarves. His eyes are
large and brown, and his skin very dark as if deeply tanned.
He has long shaggy hair that is normally braided and is
mostly grey, but with an odd lichen-green tint. The hair is
so long that he often tucks it in his belt. Even his beard
is long but only to his belly. His ears are large and stick
out. His teeth too. He's wearing a ruddy red suit of leather
armor with ringmail over that. He has a good shield on his
left arm and carries an axe at his belt, and usually a mace in
his right hand.
Also, if he wakes up in time, he will grab his shield and
mace and help out where he can.
GM: Ack. Good description. Do you want to add that to the
character intro file? On website its right under the
link for Characters of Campaign at bottom. I'll add
this description to your sheet.
From Unali: [Re: Actions]
Unali grabs a second dagger and steps out the tent, directly
facing the dog
there.
GM:
Ack.
From Mark: [Re: Hello to new player]
Hi Kevin,I'm Mark Murtha, been running Ha'Kell for years
now. He's the half elf that has been very silent. My work
in real life has been a big pain in the a$# so I'm back full
time now. (Long story short, way too much turnover in the
real world. This last month was a nearly self-imposed thing
to help me find a job. shippers!! I like working but if I
didn't require work, well, I would now complain. Now back
to the game.)I try to be both serious and light hearted and
a kick-arse character all at once. Ha'Kal can do some damage
in the right cases, but can also just be fun and light hearted.
Happy to have new people!Oh yeah, I like beer and food too and
incorporate that into Kell. He is a decent cook in PnP, while
not a great skill it's fun.Mark
GM: Ack. Welcome back Mark. Just in time for Once Upon a Time.
From Kell: [Re: Actions]
Ha'Kell actions depend on if he wakes up. If yes, then grab a
spear and his shield and slap on his helmet, then step out, use
his sensing and then cast a Web at max EL to stop the yellow
dog. That is the ideal scenario. Other scenarios I need to
know more......Meeting the dwarf for the first time : :
Ha'Kell will say hello in all the languages he knows, and try
to help him feel comfortable. Ha'Kall remembering his first
meeting with this party in the High Elders's domain....
[OOC - to Kevin, read way back when at the beginnning of
the Vong adventure. Fun times]
Then he and Kiet became fast friends, from flaying the traitor
to helping prevent global disaster. Ha'Kell still remembers
being the new one...Having a lot of experience with Dwarves as
he is from Ba'Ru and has at least some experience with all, the
trader won't take the dwarf's teeth just yet.......[Lots of
things, but to sum up, I had to pause while finding a job in
real life. Back, and hating real life with work, Just saying.
Mark. Ideal job is being rich and not working, ha!!! :)
Feel free to call the trader Ha'Kell, not just Kell, That is
what he usually calls himself although family and friends use
either Kell or Ha'Kell. ].....
[OOC - I do lots of OOC and other things like references to pop
and old culture as much as possible. and Beer, love some good
beer. Mark.]...............[OOC ish - Kell will teach Arawn
and anyone else Spear Throwing. No cost nothing, just teach
it. The more skills we as a group know, the better. He can
make plenty of coin elsewhere. he he.
[ OOC inside an OOC -Kell is a great trader, so having 1 GC
can be grown into a lot fairly easily overall, but still
fun!!! and I like OOC. ] Confused? ] Ha'Kell always sleeps
with his Vambraces on. I mean come on, his arms. :) Unless
he is with a lady....
GM: Ack. My Dw- er minions want to do power ball. So we could
all get tickets as a group and I can divide it up 80% for me
and 20% for you guys? ok ok!..60/40? So like beer? It
wasn't sure from above. :)
From Mark: [Re: Democrat joke]
Ha!!! :) I think that is funny.But Dave and I email a lot
outside the game too.
GM: Ack. Just CC those emails especially when you start making
fun of me and such. :)
From Kell: [Re; Actions]
Ha'Kell is happy to have stout, dependable dwarf with the
group. He grew up with several as friends in Ba'Ru, knowing
just how tough and dependable and near-unikillable they are.
There is something to be said for some at your back that is
as tough as a brick wall.
GM: Ack. Ahem. Don't give my minions any ideas on good words.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Alerted to the danger, Z'leyra grabs her helm and staff,
putting on the helm as she goes outside. Casting thru her
staff she will close with within ten feet and attempt to use
the Abandon spell on the dog least in combat.
If meleed she fights defensively.
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Griffin:
If he can collect the 35-40 for a cloak then he'll do that.
Junaq 15th
22 am Unali:
"A pain? No. Just worried about you," he said with a ...
Dorhak:
Arawn had avoided interrogation up to this point,...
Camp:
Just curious, was Sleep Sight in effect?
Janaq 18th 4:49 am
[Phase 3 + 4]
I assume Arawn's wearing some sort of sleeping attire due
to the cold weather. He'll cast Armor (EL 4) on it. He'll
then grab his scimitar and buckler and head out. If you
decide he's not wearing anything he'll cast Energy Shield
at max EL instead.
He'll try to identify the creatures if possible.
If attacked he'll defend using his EL's defensively. He'll
retaliate on behalf of himself or another with Sleep Touch
(using the Sidh Tongue to boost it).
GM: Ack. $0 Feathers. Ack. I have no clue how much feathers
are needed. I'd have to research it. I assume SS was active
yes because you were awoken. The dogs were not a 'threat'
until they attacked thus why they got so close. Technically
never said did spell but I assumed you would. I'd assume
warm sleeping attire maybe thick shirt/pants since no one
planned on PJs or such. Then blankets.
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[New Stuff]
[Janaq 15th, 1635TH]
[Zen'da Central Plains - River Sich shore]
Kell greets the dwarf in every language he knows. In
the end both know bits of Zen'dali. But its broken
words since both aren't fluent in either. So some
like Arawn have to help translate a bit.
Unali explains to the others her curse and why she acted
so weird. She had hoped not to be a pain.
Arawn speaks up, "A pain? No. Just worried about you," he
said with a gentle smile. "But if they could reach you they
might be able to influence Aren or others who interrogate
them. A few should be warned and the witches searched. They
might have collected some personal items from you or them to
work their magic."
Unali considers this but knows Aren was not on the border
of L'p'nth so he is safe. But it has been way too much time
has passed so it may be too late to warn others.
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[Janaq 15-18th, 1635TH]
[Zen'da Central Plains]
Z'leyra asks the dwarf many questions mainly on her
own homeland since it has been 3.5 odd years since she
has been there.
Over the next few days the dwarf realizes he needs to
answer or possibly make things uncomfortable for everyone.
"How long were you in the Kameran?"
"Not for as long as I wanted!" The dwarf grunts. "I hoped
to stay the winter there working but they wouldn't have me."
"What news from the Kameran?"
"Not much. I was there just trying to get work in metal.
Didn't care much about what else was going on."
Fuk interrupts Dorhak, "work there? Isn't that a bit
rare for a dwarf to work with humans? Why not with
your own kind?"
"Why did you leave the Kameran?'
"Why stay? I couldn't get what I sought, so I left."
Lucria pipes in now, "did they threaten you for coming
back? We've heard stories they do that."
"Will you get in trouble for going back?"
"No. They didn't throw me out, exactly. But I doubt they
missed me either."
Lucria nods to this answer.
"Are you a skilled metalworker? Runemaster?"
Dorhak sighs and shakes his head. Humans! They think all
dwarves are the same. "Very few of my People actually do
that."
Fuk looks to Dorhak with a curious glance. "What is
a rune master?" He also glances at Z'leyra since she
seems to know the answer as well.
"While I understand that Kameri smiths make excellent
weapons, no one that I know of has a better reputation for
iron based metal goods than the dwarves. What could dwarves
learn from the Kameri about working iron?"
Kell grunts at this. Maybe he should explain about the
great merits of the Ba'ru industry.
Arawn had avoided interrogation up to this point, focusing
instead on pleasantries. But he couldn't help but cock an
eye towards the dwarf alongside a wry grin when he heard his
answer. "Then why were you there? I thought you had gone in
hopes of learning their metal-craft," he asked, his voice
pleasant but quizzical.
"Ugh! I'm done answering questions."
Fuk shrugs but asks one more. "Why were you on the
plains walking along the river? What was your goal?"
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[Janaq 18th, 1635TH]
[Zen'da Central Plains]
[Time: 4:49:07 am]
[Turn 1: Phase 3]
Inside her tent, Unali is awoken by her magical scabbard
Z'leyra made. She considers getting a face wrap but the
tent is dark. The scabbard awoke her for danger. She can
hear the sound of running small feet outside? She
grabs a second dagger and exits the tent. Next to her she
can hear Z'leyra also waking up. She pulls her magical
dagger as she pulls the tent flap open and stops. Just 1.5
feet away is a yellow dog? The flap is facing east since the
campfire is south east. Confused she sees a second yellow
dog next to the other and moving south west. From the corner
of her eye she sees a shadow in the tent splayed out by the
light of the campfire. It must be a sentry. She is unsure
on the time so unsure who it. But clearly the dogs are charging
the sentry. Wild dogs are normal in an area like the plains.
But yellow dogs what is that about?
The dog notices Unali and turns its head. The magical
dagger senses a possible tactical chance and knows if the
dog enters the tent she will have limited fighting space.
For a normal wild dog she might just subdue and feel pity
for such a beast. Even feed it. But for a yellow dog?
She can't risk the possible danger so has to strike to kill.
Exiting the tent and standing now only a foot away she
sees Kiet is the shadow sentry. She knows Kiet probably
has armor and can deal with one. But two? She can't
risk the danger. She swipes both daggers at the dog before
he can attack (or so the dagger implies it might).
Unali's magical dagger hits but the wild swing by her
normal dagger misses the beast. The magical dagger hits
the dog just behind his right shoulder deep into his ribs
doing 12 points. The dog yowls in pain.
Dog #1 just wounded by Unali decides this tall woman
is a threat and continues its charge toward Kiet. It
leaps toward Kiet but at the last second Kiet pulls out
his shield and forces the dog to hit the shield squarely
on the shield. The dog slides to the side and downward
off the shield. The dog continues to whine in pain.
Dog #2 turns from charging Kiet and decides to charge
Unali. It leaps toward her. Unali who just struck the
wounded dog has her shoulders down and slanted for the
strike finds herself in a bad angle for defense. The
dog does a bite attack with 2 front paws slashing. At
the last instant Unali notices the fingernails on the
paws are red not yellow. The dog leaps and does a side
ways attack with its back facing outward in a odd
position as if it missed to straighten itself out. While
the dog is doing this it bites at her left breast and clamps
down doing 11 points of damage shredding her breast. At
the same time the other left paw slashes at her lower
abdomen and missed. But her right paw seems high enough
to slice her left cheek doing 5 points. Blood begins to
drip down from her face and chest in great amounts. She
grits her teeth and the dagger did warn her but she
expected the other dog to attack not this one!
The dog that leaped toward Unali continues his fall right
into the tent where Z'leyra is. It knocks the tent down
and slams right into Z'leyra forcing her to the ground.
Unali staggers a bit and feels a bit odd.
Dog #3 turns around and charges Fuk yet again. But Fuk
is able to see it coming and steps out f the way and
the dog misses him.
Arawn is alerted by his magic and wakes up. He bolts up
and looks around. To his left he sees a shadow but can't
tell it is Kiet. Then he hears a crash of cloth and a yelp
of pain from some creature. Arawn casts a armor spell on
his winter sleeping clothes which isn't armor. As he does
this he grabs his scimitar and shield.
Kell suddenly wakes up hearing some noise. Is Corona chasing
yet another rat? He's worse than a cat! Kell rolls over
and stretches when he hears a yelp of pain and bolt sup. Looking
toward the campfire through his tent he sees a shadow but
not sure who it is Then he hears cloth rustling like a tent
ripped open? He grabs his spear, shield and dons his helmet.
A second earlier Z'leyra had woken up and sat up. Then
suddenly something crashes through the front of the tent
and lands on her! She can't tell through the cloth of the
tent but it has 4 legs? A dog or wolf? Probably wolves
since the plains have them all over. She grabs for her
staff and helmet but the dog is too much weight and is hard
to move around the tent. She pushes upward trying to kick
the dog off but the angle is bad and the action fails. Where
is her dagger? She finally pushes the thing off her but the
tent is collapsed and its difficult to find anything.
Across the camp Fuk swings his sword but fails to hit the
yellow dog.
Lucria continues to sleep well.
Pyan the other hand wakes up for some reason.
He sits up and listens. His instincts as a hunter kicks
in and hears the noise. Wolves? Dogs? Small animals
maybe even raccoons or foxes? But only wolves would be
brave - or stupid enough - to attack a camp. So he grabs his
spear and dagger and moves toward the tent flap. He
looks out and sees a yellow dog next to Kiet? What
is going on is he dreaming?
Kiet drops his javelins as they are too close. Then the
dog attacks and he is lucky to deflect it with his shield.
Kiet thrusts his tulwar at the dog. But his attack is wild
and he fails to hit.
Dorhak suddenly wakes up and grunts. He was just having
this nice dream about this cute halfling that did not believe
in clothing and loved to drink ale! He grunts at the
noise and begins to yell at the party for having a party!
Dorhak crawls to the tent flap facing west and opens it to
see Kiet and a yellow dog? Ok. Who spiked his water with
some drug? Its bad enough he's not had ale in weeks but
now they spike water! He shakes his head once. Twice.
A third time. No. That dog is certainly yellow. Then
he sees Unali standing with blood running down her face.
Worried he realizes this is something bad and grabs his
shield and mace. At least he sleeps in his leather armor
since its warm.
Fremea wakes up at the noise and sees Arawn at the tent
flap and realizes something going on. She grabs her dagger
and sits up. Arawn is blocking her exit so waits.
[Time: 4:49:10 am]
[Turn 1: Phase 4]
Unali being a trained warrior does not scream or yelp
from pain. But her anger builds as she worries about
a scar. She may not be the best looking female but she
does need some of her looks for her work. If this dog
gave her a scar he will pay dearly. She turns to see
Z'leyra and the dog struggle. If that dog can bit or
claw through the cloth she could be hurt so lunges at
the dog with both daggers. Unali's normal dagger fails to
hit the dog but her magical dagger hits the creature in his
left arm and almost takes if off. The damage is over 23
points severing a critical vein and causes instant death.
Wounded dog #1 leaps for Kiet again knowing that only
to him there are only 3 humans here so they have a chance
to win. As the dog leaps Kiet raises his shield again
and bats the dog to the side almost forcing it to roll
onto the fire.
Dog #3 leaps for Fuk and Fuk ducks causing the dog to
jump over his shoulder.
Arawn exits his tent and sees blood pouring off Unali and
realize these creatures are dangerous. He would normally
subdue and talk to them like nice creatures. But clearly
they mean harm and he can sense they have potential for
evil. He moves toward Dog #1 which Kiet just bashed away
and thrusts his scimitar. But as the blade lowers toward the
creature it rolls away and he misses.
Kell exits his own tent and moves to help Arawn. He stabs the
dog in the back doing 7 points of damage to the wounded dog.
Z'leyra feels the animal collapse and sees blood pool on the
cloth of her tent. She takes a heartbeat and another and
realizes the animal must be dead or knocked out. She reaches
around and finally finds her staff but her helmet she can't
find. She finally gets help form Unali and exits the tent.
She then sees the yellow dog on the collapsed tent bleeding
badly. She glances at Unali in concern and then looks around.
She sees one dog attacking Fuk and then another around Kiet.
But seems like Arawn and Kell are there now. She figures
Unali will live and moves toward Fuk to help him.
Fuk swings his sword at the dog again and fails to hit once more.
Lucria dreams of finding Ems Fatz a notorious bounty worth
a king's ransom!
Pyan exits his tent and sees the dog on the ground near
Kell and Arawn. He circles the campfire and charges
impaling the dog doing 2 points which is enough to stop
the beast.
Kiet notices the dog just stabbed by Pyan is still breathing
but not moving. He stabs the dog and ensure it dies.
Dorhak exits his tent and wonders why these humans are
surrounding a poor (yellow?) dog and killing it. Dwarves
are fond of dogs as companions! Confused he looks around
and sees one yellow dog near Fuk and wonders if he should
chase or help or pet it?
Fremea exits her tent grabbing her bow and quiver since
her exit was blocked and had time. She takes to the air and
sees 2 yellow dogs. Actually this doesn't shock her as
the others because she figures they are just pranks of painted
dogs. She loves a good prank. She sees one still alive and
near Fuk. She flies toward that dog.
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[Time: 4:49:13 am]
[Turn 2: Phase 1]
Unali sees two dogs down and one left. She sees Z'leyra
Fuk around it. She figures the shaman can handle it and
sheathes her daggers and tends to her face to stop the bleeding
with a spare cloth.
The last yellow dog stops and notices Z'leyra moving fast
toward him. Then he sees one on the tent not moving. He
cant' see the other at this angle. But he can see many
more humans. This isn't good. So in a blink of a eye the
yellow dog shifts into a yellow Owl and flies away to the
north into the darkness.
As the others watch the Owl fly off the two dead dogs suddenly
change into a different form. Both change into humanoid with
a large belly. The hair is matted and thick on their head and
their eyes are now odd slits not normal eyes. The body remains
yellow and naked like a human male. But it more ghastly and
skeletal. The head is like a skull with no skin and the
rest of the body is as if ravaged by hunger with ribs sticking
out and bony claw like hands with red fingernails.
Arawn stares but he can't recognize the beasts.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update..Friday???
GM: A decent sized update for a change! I normally did 2
phases but when the beast decided to flee no sense doing
another phase for next update so did it now. The yellow
owl is fleeing. Fremea could give chase if she want to but
unless Pyan grabs his bow or some use spells might be hard
to track in the air/darkness. So its probably 30 feet
north of Fuk's old position.
I am off Thursday so will work on next update Thursday
afternoon if enough posts and start by noon Thursday EST.
GM: Arawn - Yes you don't recognize it so even your brain has
limits. :)
Fremea - You have bow/Quiver/Dagger but no armor. So do
you chase it though to you its just a owl so unsure what
it is or what it did. The others may have to warn you
or request a chase.
Kiet - Dang guy! Two great Shield deflections get experience.
Pyan - Bow/quiver is inside tent. It would take a phase to
grab before you could fire on owl if you did. Since
actions weren't posted to grab it first hand.
Lucria - He still sleeps. Geesh.
Unali - Wounds are bad but not critical. Dog just got
a nice couple rolls. Was 2 claw attacks and bite.
But I had to do bite on chest and claw on head/ribs
based on location roll so had to twist the body in
a odd angle. :) Congrats! +1 CEL!
Dorhak - Welcome to the fun!
Z'leyra - The dog on you would've prevented much action
so as above. I'd figure you'd not try to kill
whatever it was without seeing it (ie exit tent).
GM: Unali your the only one wounded 16 points @ 11 for chest
and 5 to face. Who do you want to heal you? BTW since
I sent the sheet to you and one of those questions we lost
when you came back was which horse do you take? So I can
figure out which for the notes.
GM: Map updated on site for where players are currently on
the plains. Blue line from river shows where crossed and
where going. You are about 120or so miles to the next river?
So that's 4 days at least.
GM: Mana/Experience - Chart updated with experience and results.
Mana table no updated but everything is correct.
GM: Got tons of bounces the other day like 30 of them. Including
some going to my own email address. Go figure. I think some
sites don't like certain spam structures in email and when you
guys send it out it bounces. So again if your post is not
in the recap section, acked (if email) or on the game site
or game archives then I never got it.
GM: Food/Water: Well I finally updated the file. Food is well.
But water we have some issues.
Food = Humans 15=17
Dorhak - -4 FP
Pyan - -12 FP
All other food is fine except above 2. Dorhak
I don't see rations/food listed? So you'll have
to borrow some. Pyan you said in email you got
rations don't see any listed (either I forgot or
you ate them) so how many did you buy?
Food - Horses 15-17
Pyan - -4 FP
Since Pyan had no grain and couldn't graze enough
he'll need to borrow food for horse. Everyone
else did fine. Anyone want to lend grain?
Water - Humans 15-17
Dorhak - -3 FP
Pyan - -3.5
Both ran out of water due to small containers. Does
anyone lend their water to above?
Everyone did fine but some balances are low and water
may run out before river.
Water - Horses 15-17
Here is the bad news. Each horse needs 20-40 quarts
per day. I could half that if no riders and winter.
But we have riders. So I simply do a D20 plus 20 for
a total of what horse needs. Seems fair.
When I did this every horse was at negatives.
In those days 15-17th 636 quarts are needed. Water
skins are not enough for that. So we are back
to the big issue of water for horses. I warned
you guys about this but most handled the food issue.
GM: So with this in mind we need some SOPs. Some have
water collection buckets, snow melting and even
spells. But I am honestly unsure these items are
enough to water over 600 quarts! I will need to
come up with some water hole charts and see if there
is watering holes. At this point this huge negative
does not have this factored.
So guys remind me on this sop for water? Tempest
and such. I need to come up with some math to see
how much bad the horses are water wise. In these days
there was no snow to melt. There was hail that
could be melted and I'll have to figure out how much
but I doubt it will be the 150 or so per day needed.
The chart in the file shows the intake required. See
the chart on website.
Things like tempest will take time from travel and I will
need to figure out water amounts. This is why a wagon
of water might've been useful. :)
Before we move I need to know water sops so I can make
a file and run some files. I know folks already
posted bits on it. But I want to ensure nothing was
skipped. I believe this was from Arawn and Z mainly.
But I may have missed SOPs. This should include ALL
items and if I don't see it posted then I may skip it
for privacy. :) You are free to email rather than post
it. I'll move on once I get this info. We are at
least 4 days till next river though. So that could
mean 600-800 more quarts for horses.
If can't read the food report let me know. Its math
for me but I can try to make it more clear if needed.
I have not processed these sops s that -600 odd quarts
has not been processed. This is JUST what horses want.
I'll come up with Water Hole and such rules before
next update.
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