[pnpgm] Game Update #105 - File #779 - Pyan tracks attackers

Mon Nov 18 16:30:23 CET 2019

Fremea will land to say what she has seen from above. Then cast Invis (Max EL) on herself. Her plan is to go above the cave and descend straight down to the lip, find a place to grab onto and look inside.

She remembers the first time she had to 'hunt' down her prey. Etain had taken her out to find and capture on of their own, who was told to find the best hiding spot and not come out until she found them. What she didn't know was, it was also a punishment for the other faerry, because if she didn't find them, they would starve until she did. This was a game to her the first time, something that was not important at the time and so she took extra time to do it. Why he would send her out in the cold and rain was beyond her youth at that time, but she did finally do it, only figuring out the cruelty of the situation after she found her folk almost dead from exposure and nothing to eat or drink inside the cave and of course a rather large animal about to feed. This situation was not like that, but it did teach her to make sure things are clear before entering, as the animal didn't want to give up its food.

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   Character Name
Type
Player
Sex           Notes
..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup Navigator
..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newark.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf
..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magician
..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Me..Human/Magician
..Mournath........Sailor..Gibert.Isla........Ma..Human/Navigator
..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human/Hunter
..Raddok..........Miner...Bess Hadley........Ma..Human/Miner
..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate
..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast
..Corona..........Eagle...Npc................Ma..Companion to
Z'leyra

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Update #105 sequence (file #779)

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        [Recap]

   From Arawn: [Re: Actions]

        Arawn, still
kneeling beside Barbosa, looked up to scan the area …

        "We've got
to keep on moving - the tome has to be reclaimed." He …

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        OOC:

        1.
Unless someone comes up with a better plan Arawn will cast Transmutation
on Barbosa to turn him into a small stone figurine. He'll do so at EL 1,
boosted with Sidh Tongue and Empathy bonus to increase EL.

        2.   If
no one else gathers the arrows used to kill Velf Arawn will do so.

        3.   If
at any time the trail is lost or becomes uncertain Arawn will cast
Questing Sight at max EL to home in on the tome.

   GM: Ack.

   From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]

        Before casting
Akasha Z'leyra will use her healing skills and offer healing spells for
those that want it. She suggests "If anyone has the …

        If no one else
speaks up that is what she will do after casting the Sidh Purification
spell at max EL.

   GM: Ack.

   From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]

        Still looking at
his kin, Barbosa, Dorhak says "Everyone who wants …

   GM: Ack. He won't like being transmuted either. Love final
line.

   From Kiet: [Re: Actions]

        Kiet goes over to
Raddok and hands him his dagger from a sheath …

   GM: Ack.

   From Raddok: [Re: Actions]

        Raddok uses
Kiet's healing knife as ordered, and is very careful …

   GM: Ack.  Good inventive post.

   From Arawn: [Re: Actions]

Arawn glanced at the arrows pulled from Velf's body.  "That's
…

   GM: Ack.

   From Pyan: [Re: Actions]

        Pyan says that
the stars tell him they are to the far east and …

        OOC: is this the
type of terrain he has survival skills in? if so he will study the local
wildlife more/ look for trails/old kills or other signs of
settlement. if not he we focus instead on trying to find the horse

   GM: Ack. Good post. Good question – You have forest &
hill survival and for this terrain those do helpyes.

   From Pyan: [Re: Actions]

        I think I forgot
to mention it in my last email but PYan focus his searching towards the
south as that seems to be where the animals are leading him.

   GM: Ack.

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        [New
Stuff]

        [Ma 3rd,
1636TH]

        [Time:
?:?? am – Unknown]

   Arawn, still kneeling beside Barbosa, looked up to scan the
area before addressing the group.

   "We've got to keep on moving - the tome has to be
reclaimed." He looked back down toward the unconscious dwarf.
"I can transform him into a figurine for now. That should keep him
safe while we continue the hunt."

   Deep down though Arawn wonders if the trauma already given
to Barbosa would be more harsh if transmuted then back?

   He looked over towards where Pyan seemed to be scanning for
tracks. "Anything?"

   Before casting Akasha Z'leyra will use her healing skills
and offer healing spells for those that want it. She suggests, "If
anyone has the proper tracking spell they can use the arrow to track the
one that shot it. I know the theory and have been taught the basics of
that spell but have never actually cast it yet. If no one is better at it
I shall try after I do the Akashic Reading."

   Still looking at his kin, Barbosa, Dorhak says,
"Everyone who wants or needs it heal up now.  If anybody knows
how to follow our horseman let us all know. For that matter, if you know
where we are speak up!"

   He walks over to the Kotothi slime and spits on it.
Then goes back over to Arawn.  "We won’t have time to heal him
up today.  Disgusting as it is, I say go ahead and change him.
He will travel more easily that way."

   Barbosa will never be able to live this down. It’s worse
than being saved by Besamar.

   Kiet goes over to Raddok and hands him his dagger from a
sheath on his shield.  Hilt first.  He explains to him how to
activate it’s healing power and vibrations, including warnings not to
stop the vibrations.  He, of course, retrieves it after use.

   Kiet also decides its time to figure out where they
are.  He begins casting spells beginning with Elemental Aerial
Powers at maximum EL, seeking a pact with the air.

   Raddok uses Kiet's healing knife as ordered, and is very
careful to follow his directions. He sits down to use it, and is glad he
did, as between concentrating on keeping the vibrations going, the
initial sting, then the healing heat through his shoulder area causes him
to loose the shield in reflex, and it falls over his hip as he sits
cross-legged on the ground. Within in very short time, he feels his
strength return, the residual pain vanish, and his faint dizziness to
disappear. He feels totally healed.

   He gets to his feet, picking up his shield and mace, &
returns the knife to Kiet promptly, glad Kiet has it to share, but also
glad he himself needn't hang onto such a valuable item (that's also a bit
strange to handle).

   Feeling much more alert now, he is prepared for travel,
whichever way they decide to go. He overhears about Barbosa's improvement
and about changing him - into a statue? Raddok is once again glad he is
among such experienced adventurers, and that they seek to right wrongs,
not use their various powers to wield power over others.

   Arawn glanced at the arrows pulled from Velf's body.
"That's what those are for. If Pyan or myself lose the trail I can
use a tracking spell through the arrows."

   Pyan says that the stars tell him they are to the far east
and south oh his home lands and about the signs of the horse and rider he
found, telling them how the rider was probably for a people who valued
worthless jewelry as that sums the difference between civilized and the
more savage people to Pyan. Civilized
mad develop advance metalworking skills then using it primarily for a
completely frivolous propose that they then base their entire society
around.

   He stops just long enough for the healers to check him out
then goes back searches the area, first checking with Dorhak on how long
he has to search before
they are done using magic and be free to leaving this location.

   Perhaps venturing a little farther away from the group than
would be wisest but he wants to give the magic users space to do whatever
it is they do and
looking for more information about the land they have found themselves in
alone with searching for more tracks of the horse.  He move
cautiously once he is
outside shouting range of the party being careful not wonder into
anything or let something sneak up on him.  Even though he has the
tokens and the party's
magic users he keeps an eye out for food and water sources

   Arawn feels Barbosa is stable for now.  But knows
placing him into stone is risky in his condition.  If a strong 'arm'
broke he'd be transmuted back but die from the shock before it could be
fixed.  He best not tell Dorhak that for now. But then again Barbosa
was dead just a couple minutes earlier.  So it is better than
nothing.  He places both hands on Barbosa's chest while speaking in
the tongue of the sidh and casts the spell.  Almost instantly
Barbosa is changed into a hand sized heavy stone dwarf.  Now Arawn
places him in a bag snug between clothing and rises to find the arrows.

   The green magical energy from Kiet's dagger wraps around
Raddok's wounds and ends.  It seems most of his damage is gone
except a bit of a minor cut.  But mostly healed.  Raddok hands
dagger back to Kiet.

   Kiet places the dagger back in his shield sheath and begins
to murmur to himself.  He doesn't have time to do a rock altar like
he usually does. But hopes the sky gods will accept this.  He forms
a pact with the air supplemental by a quick spell.  This causes wind
to wrap around Kiet and buffet Raddok nearby. Then Kiet casts a sky spell
to ask them where they are.  Soon a faint whisper in the form of
wind whips near his ears.  He turns to the others and glances at
Dorahak and curses. Maybe he shouldn't let him know so fast? Keeping this
safe to himself might be best for tension factor.

   To avoid this Kiet moves off to find Pyan.

   Aside from Unali, Arawn and Z'leyra are still wounded.
Now that Raddok has been treated it seems no more to heal.

   Z'leyra moves to Velf's body to prepare for her Akasha
spells.  Casting and then she studies the results.  It worked
but the results are lacking.  It is a blur of sights.  The rain
is too much of a hindrance. It seems Velf appears and quickly realizes
its raining.  To save the book he places it inside his tunic. Then
some light is seen in the blowing rain.  It gets closer.  Velf
shields his eyes trying to see then seems to speak but the spell doesn't
have audio.  It seems the light is a light or lantern on something
tall? Velf looks behind him to the way he came then turns around and
speaks more.  Then two arrows strike him and he falls. A figure is
seen in the darkness cloaked by a robe and hood.  Possibly a rain
robe of some sort.  No facial features is seen.  The figure
probably a man seems to search Velf then finds the book.  The figure
tucks the book inside his own warm robe and moves back to the tall thing
– probably a horse.  It mounts up and the lantern or light shifts
under his weight.  Then the light moves away opposite direction of
the portal and is drowned by the rain.  Little is gleamed than isn't
already learned.  Except there has to be two or more riders.
Surely the lone rider couldn't have fired both arrows.  But the
spell was too obscured by the rain to tell more details.

   As Kiet handed the arrows to Raddok for Arawn something hits
him.  A very faint hint of a smell.  A smell he can barely
sense but its enough for his brain to rigger a memory.  But he can't
recall exactly what.  Something in his past he has smelt it
before.  The arrows?  Scent of a body or perfume?

   Kiet trails after Pyan.  Kiet closes in and Pyan pulls
dagger but realizes its Kiet.  Both are about 30 feet away from
party under a heavy canopy where little actual water hit the ground until
now.  This makes tracks more stable.  Pyan points to several
sets of tracks.  Based on pattern at least 3 horses.  But other
possible tracks show they were washed away.  So at least 3
riders.  That means they could have at least a half hour head start
being faster on horses.

   Back at portal area, Fremea packs the poison flasks away
gently.  Then stands and flaps her wings like a dog drying
herself.  She needs to invest in a heat/warmer spell for her
wings.  She then gathers near Dorhak.

   Dorhak grunts as Arawn comes closer to take the
arrows.  But Kiet and Pyan come back to advise of the new
trails.  Dorhak clearly doesn't want to spend time doing magic so
moves on after Pyan.  Arawn figures he can cast tracking if the
trail ends.

   The party fans out with Unali taking right and Dorhak the
left with the others behind.

   Pyan and Kiet using his new dark sight spell leads.
Pyan soon finds more clues of broken limbs, clumps of horse hair and
signs of animals fleeing the area from the wake of horses.  As the
party moves south the mountain begins to slope and the footing is slow to
prevent falling.  Finally the forest seems to open up about 15
minutes later into a clearing.  Unali on the right is first to see
it.  A flicker of light.  Then Fremea in the sky also spots
it.  Arawn whistles slightly like a bird and halts the party as he
points at the flicker.

   Unali moves closer to a clove of bushes and trees to the
right and about 30 feet away.  Fremea higher up about 30 feet
notices the flicker at better angles. Unali stops as Fremea realizes the
same thing.  The flicker is from not a campfire but a cave with
light escaping the mouth.

   It is hard to tell the entrance shape but no sight of horses
so it must be large enough for a horse or two to enter?  The terrain
here is relatively flat with only about 5-10 degrees slant.  The
cave is to the right and forward with a new set of heavy forest across
the clearing about 40-50 feet away.  To the left the terrain seems
to slant more about 80 or so feet away about 30 degrees.  There is
no more rain but the wind is still damp and strong coming from the right
- east.  The clearing is about 150 feet wide west to east.

   Dorhak wonder if this is them or just a different set of
people?

        GM:
Actions? Comments?

    Next update...Wed/Thur?

        GM: I
assume Raddok was only healed as spoke up from Kiet's offer.  This
is technically late but early than Saturday. ;) Next week Tue/Wed/Thur
will be super busy.  IF I did a update it'd be Wed/Thur.  If
not will try Saturday.  But be  prepared it could be delayed.
But then that would be Thanksgiving week.  So be aware of all of
this.  I'll try my best.

        GM: Damage

Player
        Damage

        Barbosa

        16+4+1+5 [Unclear
fully, Revived]

        Unali

        6

        Raddok

        1 [1 Healing]

        Arawn

        5

Z'leyra
        4

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