From longshotgm at comcast.net Thu Dec 1 02:41:01 2022 From: longshotgm at comcast.net (Scott Adams) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:41:01 -0500 Subject: [pnpgm] (no subject) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 0YZTpvhXaVFSq0YZUpw6FC.1669858865.72f06a1a88e60472891bb2ccc507970e.MISSINGID@comcast.net No need to post new stuff guys. It just adds to the pile. And Delays things. Then Ihave ot edit and rework the paragraph or two I appreciate the stuff. Just rather not delay what I already have done. Thanks! Update: So saturday it was a 90% chance of update going out. But I got borderline sick. Never full blown. Temperature/99 and Chills for maybe 1 hour. Cough mainly. But main thing was lack of energy. Even though I had 8 or sohours to finish update I did not have teh energy. so could not finish it. Today better 100 energy light cough. So recovering. IT never got full blown into full sickness. Working on it today. Then got \side tracked by downed tree. Hopefully out soon (tm) ***NO need to reply to above. Thanks. You may comment once get update out then :) **** At 03:31 PM 11/30/2022, you wrote: >Juno minds is still racing he wonders back to an >old colonel from the militia days. He used to >say, ??? Nothing better then fried Griffith on a Sunday afternoon!???.? -- >Thank You >Gerald Ford >_______________________________________________ >pnpgm mailing list >pnpgm at list.powersandperils.org >http://www.powersandperils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnpgm From longshotgm at comcast.net Sun Dec 4 07:03:17 2022 From: longshotgm at comcast.net (Scott Adams) Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2022 01:03:17 -0500 Subject: [pnpgm] Game Update #37 - File #226 - File Combat v2 Message-ID: 1i5upgh3fy6in1i5wpghOC.1670133801.86c55dda85f836bc016474f6564bd70e.MISSINGID@comcast.net Sex.....Character Name...Player..................Type....Not es..... Male...Klorgar..........Tobie.Bonahoom...Tracker...Human,.......... Female.Varo Mineholder..Bess.Hadley......Merchant..Human........... Male...Razgor...........Wout.Broere......Guard.....Human........... Male...Rocky............Alex.Koponen.....Hunter....Dwarf........... Male...Mournath.........Gilbert.Isla............................... Male...Veren.Nor.Tarek..Npc..............Employer..Human........... Male...Jaren............Npc..............Bodyguard.Human........... Male...Marusk...........Npc..............Guide.....Human........... Male...Juno.Solace......Ford.............Tracker...Human........... Game Web Site ? http:/nrgcomputers.com/RQ/rq.htm (case matters) Public posts/actions to pnpgm at list.powersandperils.org (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm at comcast.net Game Update #37 sequence (file #226) Admin Note: None ---------------------------------------------------------------- From Varo: [Re: Actions] [My Varo is unconscious; her horse seems okay. She could not have taken any other actions from my understanding, so are all 'Varo' actions really Varen's?] [Sorry my character's name is so close to an npc.] GM: Ack. I never make sure silly mistakes! I'll go beat thorse dwarves who write down my dictation! They'll learn! But yes correct due to their goof, not mine, tho the rules are a bit gray here. So I'll try to recover on this. :) Update-So looks like staff did not goof. You per my notes are not Knocked out your leg is disabled. So your actions can stand. Just can't stand/use leg. From Mournath: [Re: Actions] Very sorry for not doing sooner posts. Life and work got the better of me. SO... as Mournath is unconscious and bleeding out now... [IC] In his unconscious imaginings, Mournath is once again sitting GM: Ack. I'm there with ya on life events. I love this near death mental scene. I love it! That's how to do a post as a role player not just 2 lines of actions. Thanks. Made me smile I'll try to add to it. From Juno: [Re: Actions] As Juno lays there prone with a lance in his arms unable to stand he tries to defend himself from these viscous birds. He mind says as he is laying there, ???Do the gods see this from above as comical.??? ? ???He thinks to himself ? and tries to laugh does lance size matter to these birds. ???He grimaces in retrospect if I???m gonna die at least I will die with my boots on and my longest weapon in my hand !??? From Juno: [Re: Actions] Ooc: [Good post!]? GM: Ack. Yes indeed it was a good post. From Rocky: [Re: Healing] Rocky casts a Heal2 on his injury, stands and resumes slinging stones at the griffons. GM: Ack. From Juno: [Re: Reply to Varo] Back post at camp: Juno says to Varo, ?I was battling this balance of power you speak of I won an GM: Ack. From Juno: [Re: Dupe] Back post at camp: Juno says to Varo, GM: Ack. Looks like I extracted..err the dwarves a dupe post. From Wout: [Re: Server] File system failure on the server, now fixed. GM: Ack. Wow I had no clue glad you were on it! Thanks you rock! I hope there wasn't much damage to server/pc? From BesS: [Re: Varo] [Forwarding my confusion - lol] Not totally sure what you meant, but I'm assuming Varo is down until either arouses on her own, per DM, or healed by someone. So, she is taking no action until then. If I think of a dream for her, I will add it in, but she's just 'blacked out' for now. I assume her horse will run off a ways, in fear. GM: Ack. Yes you are correct. I'll fix the mistake done by my staff. As to horse you have a war horse? I'll check. If so war would probably stand by your side. Non War Horses would run. So that could be a issue with the horse type. :) From Juno: [Re? Actions] Juno is frightened and has major feelings of desperation. He Ooc: If he can my character can this round or next round or when ever if possible ever cast a spell of protection on whoever my god chooses. Which at the moment is Scott lol. Spell: Protection (2) GM: Ack. On another person not you? I suspect you'd do Varo first since seem to be more friendly with her. Since not given specific person. From Bess: [Re: Holiday] Happy Thanksgiving to you & yours! I'm enjoying turkey thighs - I'm alone, so no whole turkey for me - I have the lovely dark meat & they cooked wonderfully well! (I already ate half a thigh - will get 3 more meals from them!) I have a pumpkin pie from my church deacon & got veggies to fill out the meal, so I'm feasting well & will watch "Trains, Plane & Automobiles" tomorrow. Enjoy my pics! I hope to get more onto thumb drives this coming year. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! GM: Ack. Same to you hope it was fun. Pics? On Discord? Will look at it I'm behind on discord later. :< From Juno: [Re: Pic] Ooc: That one heck of a holy pie! Happy thanks giving all! GM: Ack. :) From Bess: [Re: Redoing] Okay - I will review the story & figure out what Varo's doing. Thank you! And here I was thinking I could sit this one out ? lol. GM: Ack. No need to redo stuff. From Varo: [Re: new action?] [Correction from Episode 35: Varo does not lose consciousness, & although her leg is injured, she is still mobile & manages to fire an arrow at each of two of the attacking griffons, although doing little damage. --? Thank you, Scott, for clearing my confusion!] Varo looks around to see who needs help, & to look for shelter from overhead attacks. She is alarmed at seeing several people down & Mournath, unconscious, is being dragged by Jaren to shelter. She will attempt to make her way, bow ready & armed, to Rocky, then Juno & will cast Healing at 2nd level on their legs for each injured leg (three legs for the two men). [If I understand right, these healing spells will use 6 POW of her 13?] If the griffons threaten again, she will again fire at them, trying to hit them in chest or abdomen, even wings if she must (altho??? a griffin on the ground is no less dangerous than one flying). She will also try to keep an eye on Jaren to protect him as he drags Mournath to shelter. But she has to focus more on what???s going on around her immediate vicinity, if threat prevails. Her adrenalin is climbing & she whispers, ???Great Ernalda, keep me balanced now ? I need sharp eyes and swift hands to help my friends.??? GM: Ack. I post the late post here but I am 98% done would be a big deal to change stuff. So will keep this in mind for next time. To clarify if a limb is disabled means can't use it ie walk. So would need to crawl around. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [A previous night, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] [Time: 6:22 pm] A previous night at camp. Juno says to Varo, ?I was battling this balance of power you speak of I won an internal battle you thoughts in the past helped I thank you.? ?I was struggling with this balance of when I do it for others or my own feelings of power.? ?I realized it is for others and now I can do these wonders and know it for the best.? -------- [Clayday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] [Time: 4:16 pm] Rocky reaches down and casts Healing on his leg to stop the bleeding. While the leg is still shredded it has stopped bleeding. Muscle has been torn from bone. So he can't stand and move yet. He moves his shield to his chest as he sits up against a tree. Pulling his sling ammo bag to his attention. By now except for Mournaths and Jaren's horses there both down the horses have reached safety of the forest, safe until the griffins hunt them down. The only other horse still around is Klorgars war horse. The warrior has signaled to the horse to place itself between Juno and Varo to help defend them. Also using 2 fingers shifting the horse gets the tilt command. So the horse sways back and forth its front body. To make it less a standing target but the cult has learned it makes the hose bigger for prey and confuses them. Varo's leg is wounded but not disabled and so she limps forward. She glances the battlefield and sees Rocky and Juno wounded. She briefly saw Mournath being dragged into the shadows of the forest. She glances up and fires at one of the approaching griffins. She aims at the chest of one griffin hits but it is too light to penetrate its hide. Juno is frightened and has major feelings of desperation. He looks around as he lays there prone to see if others are still fighting. He then says a blessing,?Bless us all to be strong and true to live thru this viscous attack. If you can Great ?O? protect any in one our group you deem fit?? The blessing was in his head so he can say it fast as saying I tout loud could result in combat ending. As Juno lays there prone with a lance in his arms unable to stand he tries to defend himself from these viscous birds. His mind says as he is laying there, ?Do the gods see this from above as comical?? Juno thinks to himself and tries to laugh does lance size matter to these birds. He grimaces in retrospect, ?if I'm gonna die at least I will die with my boots on and my longest weapon in my hand.? Juno casts a protection spell on himself as he sees a arrow bounce off one griff by Varo's fire. A subtle blue glows around his body as the spell takes effect. Jaren looks to Varen to plead for healing for Mournath. As Jaren places Mournath behind cover of a bush. Varen considers the heavy wound. Maybe he can survive this if one dies. He only needs 1 or 2 to escort him. Is it worth it? He finally sighs and realizes not helping could cause morale issues. He places hands on Mournath and casts a healing spell to stop the bleeding at this point. It won't help much but at least the bleeding will stop. Jaren pulls his bag from his back and pulls out bandages and starts first aid on Mournath. Klorgar aims at one of the last 2 griffins, the others the offspring seem to be way higher and not diving, hits with his bow in his abdomen doing 10 points. The creature slams to the ground but seems to be still alive. Razgar sees Klorgar down one but it doesn't seem to be unable to fly. Just hurt by its bottom. Razgar charges with pike to kill the griffin before it moves toward Juno. He swings his pike and it goes flying out of his hands and lands a foot to the side of the griffin. Razgar is shocked how can one fumble holding a pike?The griffin turns its beak toward Razgar as he turned away from Juno. Razgar reaches for his battle axe on his back and goes pale. Rocky sees the one griffin flying and diving but firing on a moving target is more difficult. He twists his body a bit and aims at the griffin on ground before it takes to air. The sling projectile hits the griffin in left leg and hurts enough to make the griffin fall to his stomach. Mournath down again sitting on a stump moving his pieces on a gameboard, as his opponent, a darkly robed figure with skeletal-thin hands, moves his own pieces. 'Here we are again,' says Mournath as he contemplates his move. 'I wasn't even in a war this time. Just side-tracked by some folks in need, and I tried to lend a hand.' The robed figure responds in a wheezing voice, 'It's always the least important things that matter the most... and brings you to my company all the sooner.' The robed figure looks to the side and lifts his cowled head to show a dark socket ed empty skull. He glances back to Mournath, ?do they save you or gamble? It is funny considering the source.? He then places his next move into a counter move. Gray glimpses the fringes of Mounath's brain as he hears talking of Jaren and Varen but the details are foggy. Juno sees a griffin only 4 or so feet away. He decides to roll and without fuming his lance he re grabs it then swings at the rear back of the griffin doing 7 points. The griffin howls in pain as its severely hurt barely breathing. The one griffin in air considers leaving but feels confident and dives toward Varo but fails to get close to her. The one griffin on the ground can barely use his claws so tries to beak at Razgar but in his weakened state misses. Varo sees one griffin on ground near allies so fires again at the one that just dove on her. The arrow goes wild and misses by 10 feet. Rocky aims at the griffin entangled in tree hits but does not penetrate his tough armor. ----------- By now 4 dead griffins on ground and one adult in trees trying to escape its limbs. Jaren and Varen wrap bandages as one places some healing herbs in the cloth for Mounath. Jaren notices Mournath's eyes and oddly seems to notice a skull? Hes seeing things. There are 4 juveniles flying high above out of reach of bows. The young decide enough is enough and fly off to the west. Klorgar fires his bow on the flying Griffin and hits in side chest doing 7 points past his tough hide. The griffin does a horizontal spiral and smacks into a tree about 12 feet away from group. Razgar grabs his axe and swings at the downed Griffin killing-it for its final reminder of life. The griffin in tree bleeding badly finally escapes and tries to life off like a young bird first time out of nest. As blood drips to the ground it slowly gains height. Klorgar fires on the escaping griffin hitting him in the neck and the griffin dives into the tree tops about 30 feet away. Razgar and Klorgar move to ensure the griffin in trees is dead. It does not seem to be dead so leave him alone. With that the fast ambush is over, The group assesses the damage. Several can't move with limbs disabled. There are 4 dead griffins on the ground and 1 nearby that fell from the trees to the ground dead. Somewhere are the offspring immature griffin but a guard is made on the skies above. Mournath's horse is dead and Jarens is half dead. Juno, Mournath and Rocky has taken enough damage to a leg to require major healing. While bleeding has stopped they are disabled legs. While Griffins could really not severe a leg with claws and a low chance with beak they could shred the muscle away from bone. Jaren scans the group and sees the downed members. ?Marusks is there a major healer nearby?? Marusks shakes his head, ?to heal these wounds/ We could save from infection an cut off the legs? But chance is even in a major city you may only find 1 maybe 2 such healers. In a forest slim to none. But there is a rumor of a Rune Priest on the volcano island to the east. He is a major fire rune priest but is said to heal with such power. We could get the three to the fishing village probably a day away and they could sail to the island?? Jaren nods, ?we'd have to monitor infection and get there fast.? Varen frowns, ?wait a possible 5-6 days to and back to save their legs?A long delay. Not sure...? Some glare at Varen and he goes quiet. Keep in mind this will be a one time deal. If we get this serious damage in future probably not gonna do a montage. :) We are honestly close to adventure end. Less than a week travel game wise. Then the core area and some side stuff. I had hoped to end adventure by new years but not gonna happen. So next update I'll do ammo reports and experience. Let me know on vote ? smudge/cheat or montage? :) GM: Actions? Comments? Next update ? Thur/Sat or next week. GM: finally! Miracles happen. Its out! What a few weeks. Hurricane makes me clean up. Then get food poisoning for a day then real sick for a half a week. So sorry for the delay. So if a body part takes 6 points it is disabled/severed/cut off. It requires a Healing 6. To me that's a bit whacked. The odds of a person getting that high is rare. So we have a choice here. We can smudge and just do minor healing and cheat. Or we can do a montage. This is part of movie where heroes travel far for that antidote with loud music, epics terrains and grueling walking. :) So what I can do is send the 3 to this island ( I rolled a random chance and placed a high healer there based on the volcano). We could travel there and do the healing montage style. So do it all in one update rather than 2-3 months of stuff. So skipping ahead fast. Then get back on the trail. We only have GM: Status - Good - 2 Players - Juno - Leg ? Disabled ? HP- 9 [1 HEal2] Varo - Leg - - HP- 4 Rocky ? Legs- Disabled ? HP- 4 [1 Heal2*] Mournath ? Leg ? Disabled ? HP- 8 [1 Heal2] Knocked Out From eleabess at sbcglobal.net Sun Dec 4 15:34:58 2022 From: eleabess at sbcglobal.net (Bessie Hadley) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 14:34:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [pnpgm] Game Update #37 - File #226 - File Combat v2 - Varo References: <1072864350.528608.1670164498291.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1072864350.528608.1670164498291@mail.yahoo.com> [So are you asking for a vote in role play? Varo can do level 2 healing, but how much healing is that with her 13 points - might get one or two more mobile tho. How much can she use in a day & how long does it take to recover her points?] [Once I know this, I can have Varo respond better.] [A previous night, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] [Time: 6:22 pm] Varo responds to Juno's confidence with a soft clap to the shoulder, saying "You are a good man, Juno. We are all wiser when we have learned that lesson about Life. Thank you for telling me." She smiles & they move on with their activities for the day. [Clayday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] [Time: 4:16 pm] Varo will (of course!) use as much healing as she can, especially on the worst-hit of the party, but also on herself so she can be mobile to help the party out better. She will now walk & use her horse to carry one or two people, leading it. But she will also gather griffon feathers & claws for later trading (I'm sure they have market value.). She will take only her fair share, depending on who else wants feathers & claws. She wants to glean something from this disaster, as well as have a reminder - temporary at least - of what can easily befall anyone in this world. As she goes about the now-broken-up campsite, helping heal & clean up, she joins the discussion of what can be done now to get them to their goal, but only after silently praying to Ernalda, "I need you badly right now, Earth Queen, to help these stricken folk to complete our journey, one we undertook, perhaps without fully thinking it out by all involved, to keep our thoughts straight & focused on what is best for us both as individuals & as a party working together. This is a test for all of us, just surviving from here to our goal. "To go on to this healer is yet another leg to our journey, & unplanned upon be any of us, yet it might save lives - it might. Be with us as we decide, for I have no idea what is best to do at this point, other than just complete our journey as planned. But maybe my responsibility has increased? Or everyone's? Please be with us as we decide." She looks around at the others as they silently (or not so silently) work. How well her healing spells & healers kit will help them, will help her determine what she must do. Bess L. Hadley From alexkoponen at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 06:29:42 2022 From: alexkoponen at gmail.com (Alex Koponen) Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 20:29:42 -0900 Subject: [pnpgm] healing Message-ID: Rocky will cast another 4 Heal2s on himself and others that need healing. Then rest. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From biggthree at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 15:19:50 2022 From: biggthree at gmail.com (Ninya Biz) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 09:19:50 -0500 Subject: [pnpgm] (no subject) Message-ID: Juno will cast a heal(2) on his self and others till he is out of powers. Juno say in a mellow fashion, ?I think we can all pitch in and let the gods heal us so we can continue the journey. I think I have a 15 power score left . Then we can rest and perhaps move on. ? -- Thank You Gerald Ford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Others of the party are also healing folk, and Varo seeks out her frightened mare & calms her, then seeks out any injured horses for some healing, if the people-folk are doing better, & the healing can be shared for the faithful mounts & beasts who also drew the pony cart as well as had a rider. (Her own Dusty had spent a day, in turn, wearing the cart?s harness & pulling the cart while Varo walked alongside her mount.) She had sung a little spur-of-the-moment song that day, to keep the horse steady in the unfamiliar harness. (Was that only yesterday?) ?Leaves are wet; leaves are dry. As the storm is passing by. On we go, as steady as the rain which falls upon the Land. ?The trail is long. It curves & bends As we move, backs to the wind. On we go, we travel on the gentle grass that covers lands. ?We walk upon the good green earth Of the Earth Queen?s native berth On we go, for there beyond Our sight is the home where we alight. ?We still move on, the trail is long- Far longer than this little song. On we go, our hearts alight, For journey?s end comes now in sight.? Remembering that quiet day today, only a short time ago, Varo nearly cries in a sentimental moment, but quickly forces herself to shake it off, & applies herself again to the moment at hand, and consulting with the Earth Queen in her mind, she makes her choices of where her magical skills will go once she can walk again ? to those unconscious & those unable otherwise to heal themselves. She will use most of her power, but keep a small amount in case one emergency healing spell is needed before she can rest again. She will be one of those to keep watch the rest of this day & over the night ? she must be ready. This was a good group. She needed to do her part. Bess L. Hadley From alexkoponen at gmail.com Mon Dec 5 20:26:48 2022 From: alexkoponen at gmail.com (Alex Koponen) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 10:26:48 -0900 Subject: [pnpgm] Griffons Message-ID: Rocky mentions "Ah bin tol dat Griffons most neva attack smart folk, les they attacked er the nest is threatened. Guess we musta wandered too close ta a Griffon nest. Might have treasure we cud use ta pay fer healing." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eleabess at sbcglobal.net Thu Dec 8 22:44:53 2022 From: eleabess at sbcglobal.net (Bessie Hadley) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 21:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [pnpgm] Griffons - Varo's response In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <622715442.1776640.1670535893188@mail.yahoo.com> "Griffons have treasure?" Varo asks Rocky. "Do you think it's safe to venture out to search for the nest? The young ones have probably returned to it, if so, & we have several injured. Still - won't hurt to ask everyone, if it seems worthwhile. Be nice for all those hurt & with injured or lost horses to help recover losses." Bess L. Hadley On Monday, December 5, 2022, 11:27:13 AM PST, Alex Koponen wrote: Rocky mentions "Ah bin tol dat Griffons most neva attack smart folk, les they attacked er the nest is threatened. Guess we musta wandered too close ta a Griffon nest. Might have treasure we cud use ta pay fer healing." _______________________________________________ pnpgm mailing list pnpgm at list.powersandperils.org http://www.powersandperils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnpgm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexkoponen at gmail.com Thu Dec 8 23:01:46 2022 From: alexkoponen at gmail.com (Alex Koponen) Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2022 13:01:46 -0900 Subject: [pnpgm] treasure? Message-ID: Rocky replies to Varo "Ayup, griffons be a smart race, know majik an everting. Jes don't have hands gud fer enyting cept fighten. Dun know wise dey attacked." Rocky's words show that his pain and tiredness affect his enunciation more than usual. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From longshotgm at comcast.net Fri Dec 23 06:46:22 2022 From: longshotgm at comcast.net (Scott Adams) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:46:22 -0500 Subject: [pnpgm] Update... Message-ID: 8asypWok33Q3n8aszpITMl.1671774386.cc7f2be622fec8ea1f3355d960e0fb7d.MISSINGID@comcast.net Had hoped to have it out earlier today so folks who leave town today (Fri) will see it. But alas. Wasn't given the chance time wise. I'm just gotta spell check it but would've needed onl a hour or so to get it out. But alas....off to bed now. So will get it out but you guys may not see it till your back home if you travel. Sorry. Stay tuned! From eleabess at sbcglobal.net Fri Dec 23 09:22:53 2022 From: eleabess at sbcglobal.net (Bessie Hadley) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:22:53 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [pnpgm] Update... (Merry Christmas!) (attachments are screenshots of my ESO Christmas House) References: <622182956.1107868.1671783778918.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <622182956.1107868.1671783778918@mail.yahoo.com> Just a wish from me for everyone: Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, or however you celebrate this season where the sun starts once more to lengthen the days back toward Spring & the half of the world having winter right now settle in for our winter's rest. Light a candle (even a fake one) for me. I'll light one for all of you. Bess L. Hadley On Thursday, December 22, 2022, 09:46:39 PM PST, Scott Adams wrote: Had? hoped to have it out earlier today so folks who leave town today (Fri) will see it. But alas.? Wasn't given the chance time wise. I'm just gotta spell check it but would've needed onl a hour or so to get it out. But alas....off to bed now. So will get it out but you guys may not see it till your back home if you travel. Sorry. 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Male...Klorgar..........Tobie.Bonahoom...Tracker...Human,.......... Female.Varo Mineholder..Bess.Hadley......Merchant..Human........... Male...Razgor...........Wout.Broere......Guard.....Human........... Male...Rocky............Alex.Koponen.....Hunter....Dwarf........... Male...Mournath.........Gilbert.Isla............................... Male...Veren.Nor.Tarek..Npc..............Employer..Human........... Male...Jaren............Npc..............Bodyguard.Human........... Male...Marusk...........Npc..............Guide.....Human........... Male...Juno.Solace......Ford.............Tracker...Human........... Game Web Site ? http:/nrgcomputers.com/RQ/rq.htm (case matters) Public posts/actions to pnpgm at list.powersandperils.org (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm at comcast.net Game Update #38 sequence (file #234) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Note: None ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Varo: [Re: Vote] [So are you asking for a vote in role play? Varo can do level 2 healing, but how much healing is that with her 13 points - might get one or two more mobile tho. How much can she use in a day & how long does it take to recover her points?] [Once I know this, I can have Varo respond better.] [A previous night, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] [Time: 6:22 pm] Varo responds to Juno's confidence with a soft clap to the [Clayday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] Varo will (of course!) use as much healing as she can, especially on the worst-hit of the party, but also on herself so she can be mobile to help the party out better. She will now walk & use her horse to carry one or two people, leading it. But she will also gather griffon feathers & claws for later trading (I'm sure they have market value.). She will take only her fair share, depending on who else wants feathers & claws. She wants to glean something from this disaster, as well as have a reminder - temporary at least - of what can easily befall anyone in this world. As she goes about the now-broken-up campsite, helping heal & clean GM: Ack. A generic vote rpg or player is fine. Need healing 2 to stop bleeding. But if a limb is cut off or broken in half (disabled) then need a Healing 6. Problem is a Healing 6 is expensive to have. Most don't seems to have more than 1 or 2 levels. Some rune lords and special cults might have them more around. I figure in a city you may only have 1 per 10k of folks. This is very arbitrary since not defined in rules. Alex seems to feel a bit higher chance. In a forest very low chance ? super rare. One could argue 5-6x if one of those rune lords or special healer cults. Healing is a bit vague at times inRQ2. They later changed it in RQ6. In later Chaosium games (a decade later in '80s) they vamped it up like in Elric using magic mainly. In Hawkmoon technology. But we are using RQ2. Now one can cast unlimited heals unlike P&P. Up to your power amount. Sadly one can?t combine 3 healers of heal2 to do a heal 6. So using that rule you need a single heal 6 attempt. Thus I figure one could in theory get a leg of 8 points to 1 down then do 1 healing 1. Technically that would be 100% But that silly rule that aheal6 is needed to recover fully. This implies one could look pretty and no bleeding but need that magical super healing to reattach limbs. For Griffins I figure aside from a beak attack one could not really lose a limb. But a griffin can shred a limb muscle from bone. So would need that heal 6 reattaching. One recovers 0.25xPOW every 6 hours. So POW 12 would heal 3 every 6 hours. From Rocky: [Re: Dealings] Rocky will cast another 4 Heal2s on himself and others that need healing. Then rest. GM: Ack. We talked about this in chat. But to clarify. If you had a 7 point hit to a leg. Need that heal6 to not 'disabled'. One could do 4 heal 2s to fully heal. But under the silly heal6 rule you are still considered disabled. Goes back to age of this rpg. Fair not really. Heal 2 is for stopping of bleeding. Heal 6 to remove disabled level. From Juno: [Re: Dealings] Juno will cast a heal(2) on his self and others till he is out of Juno say in a mellow fashion, ???I think we can all pitch in and GM: Ack. I changed words slightly. Juno would not know his power score :) From Varo: [Re: Actions] As Varo casts healing upon herself & any others needing it, she She will use most of her power, but keep a small amount in case one emergency healing spell is needed before she can rest again. She will be one of those to keep watch the rest of this day & over the night ? she must be ready. This was a good group. She needed to do her part. GM: Ack. Great Song. Role Playing points added up! This is why I like pbems a song like that could not be done table top. No time to ad lib that stuff. One we go... From Rocky: [Re: Treasure] Rocky mentions "Ah bin tol dat Griffons most neva attack smart GM: Ack. From Varo: [Re: Treasure] "Griffons have treasure?" Varo asks Rocky. "Do you think it's safe GM: Ack. From Rocky: [Re: Treasure] Rocky replies to Varo "Ayup, griffons be a smart race, know GM: Ack. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Time: 6:22 pm] [A previous night...] [Time: 6:22 pm] Varo responds to Juno's confidence with a soft clap to the shoulder, saying "You are a good man, Juno. We are all wiser when we have learned that lesson about Life. Thank you for telling me." She smiles & they move on with their activities for the day. ---------------- [Clayday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] [Time: 4:16 pm] As she goes about the now-broken-up rest area, helping heal & clean up, she joins the discussion of what can be done now to get them to their goal, but only after silently praying to Ernalda, "I need you badly right now, Earth Queen, to help these stricken folk to complete our journey, one we undertook, perhaps without fully thinking it out by all involved, to keep our thoughts straight & focused on what is best for us both as individuals & as a party working together. This is a test for all of us, just surviving from here to our goal.? "To go on to this healer is yet another leg to our journey, & unplanned upon be any of us, yet it might save lives - it might. Be with us as we decide, for I have no idea what is best to do at this point, other than just complete our journey as planned. But maybe my responsibility has increased? Or everyone's? Please be with us as we decide." She ends her prayer. She looks around at the others as they silently (or not so silently) work. How well her healing spells & healers kit will help them, will help her determine what she must do. Juno says in a mellow fashion, ?I think we can all pitch in and let the gods heal us so we can continue the journey. I think I have a enough power left. Then we can rest and perhaps move on.? As Varo casts healing upon herself & any others needing it, she take her time before and after each spell, to pray to Ernalda for Balance, & to thank the Earth Queen for her continuing support & assistance in times of need as well as times of plenty. Varo's lips move silently as she prays, and she begins to feel more peace within. She first casts enough healing on herself to be mobile, then moves to the wooded shelter where Mournath lies & casts spells of healing on him. Others of the party are also healing folk, and Varo seeks out her frightened mare & calms her, then seeks out any injured horses for some healing, if the people-folk are doing better, & the healing can be shared for the faithful mounts & beasts who also drew the pony cart as well as had a rider. (Her own Dusty had spent a day, in turn, wearing the cart's harness & pulling the cart while Varo walked alongside her mount.) She had sung a little spur-of-the-moment song that day, to keep the horse steady in the unfamiliar harness. (Was that only yesterday?) ?Leaves are wet; leaves are dry. As the storm is passing by. On we go, as steady as the rain which falls upon the Land.? ?The trail is long. It curves & bends. As we move, backs to the wind. On we go, we travel on the gentle grass that covers lands.? ?We walk upon the good green earth. Of the Earth Queen's native berth On we go, for there beyond. Our sight is the home where we alight.? ?We still move on, the trail is long-Far longer than this little song. On we go, our hearts alight, For journey?'s end comes now in sight.? Remembering that quiet day today, only a short time ago, Varo nearly cries in a sentimental moment, but quickly forces herself to shake it off, & applies herself again to the moment at hand, and consulting with the Earth Queen in her mind, she makes her choices of where her magical skills will go once she can walk again ? to those unconscious & those unable otherwise to heal themselves. Rocky mentions "Ah bin tol dat Griffons most neva attack smart folk, les they attacked er the nest is threatened. Guess we musta wandered too close ta a Griffon nest. Might have treasure we cud use ta pay fer healing." Jaren leans near Muraska and whisper, ?you know dwarf speak?? Muraska smiles, ?I did understand treasure.? "Griffons have treasure?" Varo asks Rocky. "Do you think it's safe to venture out to search for the nest? The young ones have probably returned to it, if so, & we have several injured. Still - won't hurt to ask everyone, if it seems worthwhile. Be nice for all those hurt & with injured or lost horses to help recover losses." Rocky replies to Varo. "Ayup, griffons be a smart race, know majik an everting. Jes don't have hands gud fer enyting cept fighten. Dun know wise dey attacked." Rocky's words show that his pain and tiredness affect his enunciation more than usual. ---------------- [Time: 4:22 pm] The combat now over the party settles into the aftermath. So far adrenaline is holding off the greatest pain. But for some it is a bad situation. For all but Varo the damage is so severe that basic magical healing will not be enough. The core of the wound the nerves and tissue ligament connections are destroyed. Shredded by the sharp claws of the winged beasts. A quick minor healing (2) will stop the bleeding. Some other healing may even heal some of the damage. But only a rare super healing (6) will save the limbs. That means even if fully healed the limbs will still be mostly disabled and useless. So they will have to ride and not walk to be healed. Just before the battle ends and the minutes after some use their First Aid skills to ensure their own wounds are clean. Many except Mournath have first aid training due to their previous merc or militia backgrounds. A custom the great masses use to learn to survive in this hostile land. Sadly though it seems the brain fog or the shock seems to distract those using the skill and they do not effectively use the skill. The only two to use it is Klorgar and Razgor on others since they do not need it. Both men were standing by watching the sky but Varek orders them to help as he sees the others are not doing so well in the first aid area. So Jaren and Marusks take sentry in case the beasts return. It becomes clear the best field medic is Razgor who is twice as skilled as most others. The meager medical supplies party has is almost fully used so more will have to be found at a village or city. Now the magical healing is discussed. The big part the bleeding has been prevented. But now Razgor and others discuss how to spread the magical healing. It is clear all but Varo will not fully benefit. They will be in rough shape till a major healing can be done. Varo casts 4 minor healing spells upon herself. This removes all signs of damage form her leg and she is at 100%. Rocky casts 2 more healing on himself. While the wound physically seems to fully healed deep inside it is not. He will still need help to move around or use his axe as a crutch to move around. He sees Juno and Mournath as hurt most so goes and gives a hearing (2) on each to help them. Juno casts 3 Dealings (2) on himself. Again like Rocky his wounds are fine but he is still technically disabled. He gets help moving to Mournath and casts 3 on him. Finally with Rocky and Juno's help Mournath finally awakes again leaving his chess dream behind. But as with Rocky and Juno his leg is still disabled. Now aside from the 3 disabled leg the physical obvious wounds are healed. Mournath looks to his dead horse and asks to remove stuff from him so that can be taken away. Jaren looks to his horse and sighs and sees him half dead. He checks his legs and finds left front is crushed when he collapsed. Broken beyond hope. He ask for a Axe and Varo bites her lip. If this was Dusty she'd be upset. She looks away as Jaren attempts a mercy kill. It would be futile for it to be healed. Jaren asks for help to remove the saddle and says at least the horse is a rental not his personal horse. [Time: 4:30 pm] Varo collects some of her feathers and a claw or two. She'll have to tie the feathers up to the buggies roof. Aside from clothing there is little use for feathers but the claws are for more trophy. Marusk returns to the treasure topic, ?good chance their lair is nearby within a mile or two. There is a risk the young ones could be there. But we could at least go look and see whats there. Bring some rope and climbing gear they tend to build in ravines or cliffs or hollows.? Varen asks, ?possible of finding magicil items?? Marusk nods, ?possible. In fact its strange they did not use magic on us. Maybe they underestimated us?? Varen nods, ?if more than 2 miles come back. Marusk will guide...take Klorgar, Varo and Razgor to help out. The others will stay and Jaren can be our main sentry. Especially since 3 can't move much.? The 4 head out and Marusk can see signs almost immediately. The creatures definitely used this clearing to enter the deep forest. There are signs of major branches being broken by obvious disturbance. The small unit moves east ward as the forest gets a bit darker and thicker. The trial is followed quite easily as they move east about a mile. Sure enough a slope is seen and a hollow is found. A major pig hallow would be common here atone point. Being careful they try to move around the perimeter to locate the possible lair. A few minutes later Varo locate sit a small dark hole in the side of the thick forested cliff hallow. The canopy is too thick for the beasts to come in unless under great difficulty. So they would have to fly past the party. Razgor tosses large rocks to the dark hole to see if they are inside. After a few minutes nothing reacts but a bird or two. The hole / lair is about 12 feet down and on a 30 degree slope. The good thing is there are plenty of trees and large branches to tie ropes on. The descent is actually fairly easily done as can use tree and branches as grips. Marusk and Razgor are first to get to the hole. It is about 4.5 feet tall so the party will have to duck entering. A tree limb is tossed inside but no reaction. It looks like the hole opens up to a small bristle cave maybe 30 feet wide and 10 feet high. Some sandstone but a lot of sand so it will be difficult entering safely. Varo figures she is the smallest and light footed. She slowly duck waddles inside. Adjusting her eyes she spots bones that are actually mostly fish. This makes sense as the sea is maybe 10-20 miles away. The largest bone pile seems to be maybe a small seal? There are debris everywhere of broken wood bits and pieces. Maybe furniture and wagons? Using a very small torch ? so not to cave in the sand she scans the area. She can't move much around in fear of sand avalanche. She spots a human skull as well as some human leg bones. So definitely large beasts were here. Likely not pigs or bears as it would be a rough climb. Varo spots a very tattered bag shredded by claws that Varo uses a sword to draw closer to herself. As she does the bag seems to be in shreds that might fall apart any second. But she finds there are several smaller bags in the one bag. She grabs the large bag gently and pushes it toward the threshold. Razgor and Klorgar re bag it into a new bag of their own as Marusk is sentry. Varo looks around and spots some metal but as she moves closer a rock and pebble slide starts. She is amazed griffons would use such a nest but they can probably dig themselves out a lot better than a human. She squats and tries to reach for the metal but it slides further away from her. As sand gets in her hair and mouth she gives up and leaves. Back top side the bag is examines. But sadly it seems to be only fish hooks, lures and some possible ship galley materials rotten through. The only thing of value is coins. There are 66 clacks, 21 Lunars and 9 Wheels. But it seem sot be fairly old coins. The four are disappointed in the lack of decent treasure. Maybe this is a old lair and there is another one/ The four return back to the others and report their findings as Varo dusts herself off. [Time: 5:07 pm Marusk brings up the topic of a healer again, ?so this volcanic island to the north maybe 60-80 miles away is known to have a great healer.? Veren considers it, ?so today is....? he concentrates then continues. ?Probably take a few days there and back. The ...it'd be close. I suppose we can. But I don't need more delays to get to my estate. Might as well camp then move fast in morning north.? The disabled leg members are helped to the forest and a camp is made under the trees. Two sentries will have to left to ensure the griffins don?t' come back. [Windsday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] With 2 horses down and 3 disabled people the two buggies will have to be doubled up on. Rocky and Veren and Juno/Mounath in other buggy. But the horse will have to be rested a lot more so not to tire him out. Others will have to walk. It is clear Veren has a time line and seems to rush the party. This side trip may cuter his final goal. But he knows he may need every able person. The party rides or walks north toward the ocean. The party camps and finds some groups of rabbits to hunt and feed on. -------------------- [Fireday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] The party moves north again. By late afternoon whiff of ocean salt air can be heard. Marusk climbs a tree and scans the distance spotting smoke likely from a home or village. He gives new bearings and the party moves on. An hour after sunset lights can be seen faintly. The party moves on in the darkness slowly and finds a very small fishing village. The village is maybe only 35 people so there is no tavern, hotel or shops. The dock has 2 small fishing boats one with a crew of 4 unloading their days haul. The crew explains there is a nearby shed the party can stay the night. Fish can be traded for rabbit meat found previously. Jaren asks about the healer said to be on some volcanic island. ?The island is about 13 miles that way. We tend to leave them alone and vice versa. There are said to be a group of men who can heal greatly there. We can drop you there and come back for you.? The Boat captain says as he brushes his salt and pepper beard. -------------------- [Godsday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] Around 4:45 am the small shed cramped as it is awoken by sailor who alerts Rocky sitting in a chair as sentry. ?Time to go...? the boy says. The three disabled ? Rocky, Juno and Mournath ? are escorted to the boat. The captain says only room for 1 more. Razgor and Klorgor toss a coin and Razgor gets the duty to join the disabled. The fishing boat heads out into the darkness as the first fringes of twilight appear. The rest mingle, feed and clean horses and explore the town ? which only takes about 20 minutes its that small. Near 9am the boat spots a pillar of smoke rise up in the distance. The captain explains, ?everyone knows the ocean is extremely dangerous. No boat leaves sight of land. When the great lands were made the gods decided to leave the oceans a hostile world of its own. Every mile away from shore increases chance of danger. Just 20 miles most figure its a certain thing. As you can see we've lost sight of land so our chances are now 50/50. But we've learned to adapt. If you look to the side or front you'll see we are not actually using the waves to ride on. We more or less. We slice the waves and the wood is made to break the wave up. This allows us to be not heard as we flap around in the water. Less attraction to the sea beasts. Even the sails have small enough holes that it doesn't call slam friction on the rigging and vibrations. So we move fast by the wave but not shake us like a beacon. Once we approach the island we will drop you off fast and return in the morning be ready to leave slightly before dawn.? A sailor who helps another sailor draw up a net spots a creature and claims it a Turalen. A creature half turtle and half whale. The boat itself is 40 feet but the sailor suggested the creature is about 90 feet. Captain explains there is little they can do and hope not to be destroyed. Lucky for the boat the creature dives. The island which seems to have 3 large peaks has a active volcano it seems. The boat docks and the sailors help the 3 men onto the sand and quickly leave. Almost 30 minutes later a group of 4 men exit the light woods nearby and approach. They all wear brown and red robes with clearly fire runes. While the 3 men hold weapons the men approach Razgor. ?We rarely get visitors here.? The leader says in a common Sartar tradetalk variant. Razgor explains the 3 leg wounds. ?We can help...If this was only 2 days ago we'd be enhanced by the gods on Firesday. A wagon is called for and the men loaded up. ?We thrive here on this island. Even the great sea dragons do not dare to land here. The power of Illam protects us. The wagon and men who walk alongside is taken by oxen to a small village about a mile from the beach . There are no wooden structures but a form of sandstone and stone built structures. The odd part is there are maybe 3 dozen men in robes here but no women are seen. The small party figure this is some fringe cult who seems to worship fire. The group is lead to a large structure about 100 by 100 feet. Possibly a temple or community structure. The leader a man in his 30s explains, ?we do heal but seek nothing in return. Let us begin.? Mournath is taken with Razgor to ensure his safety into a small hall. Mounath is placed on a stone table and his clothing is removed from waist down. One man stands by as a man holding a small pot enters that seems to be smoking. The other man goes to a cabinet and brings out a small stick with a figure 8 like end of metal. He opens the pot and places the tool in the pot and moves to examine Mournaths leg. Water is used to clean any possible sand or dirt away. About 5 minutes later the man pulls the figure 8 item from the pot and the figure 8 metal is now glowing. Razgor raises his weapon and prepares to strike. The healer ignores him and looks at Mournath. ?We do not ask for something in return. But with this great healing there must be a cost. Fire can destroy but it can also free and heal. Fire that destroys a forest only makes the forest stronger. As I cast the spell this will sear the magical healing deep into your leg bones. There will be some pain and discomfort. But only briefly. But after your leg will be useful again. I know what you are thinking. Will it give a scar? A small one but not the shape of what you see here. The magic, power of the gods and this rune all form into a small circle barely the size of a finger nail.? Mournath asks if there is another way. ?We could do the spell alone. But the binding of the spell may not fully fuse with your body. Some fear the magic could fail later on and you suddenly go limp.? Mournath hears a faint voice, ?You do not protect your king. Your cult Master plots the next day and day after that. In the end the master gains more power than the king. It is your turn....? But wasn't that a dream during the griffin battle? Razgor looks to Mournath to see if he should kill the men. Mournath glances at Razgor then back to the fire healers. He nods. The healer gives Mournath a wooden peg to bite down on. The two men begin to chant and the healer starts to cast his high powered spell. As the magic swarms over his leg the healer places the searing brand onto his leg just above the knee. The skin burns as Mournath bites down. He does not black out. Mournath is given water and told to wait a couple minutes. The healer then tells him to stand and the leery man stands with strong legs. There is no wobbly or shake legs under his waist. Mournath look sot his knee and finds the skin that should've been burn that should be 2 inches wide is gone. Indeed only a small circle the size of a pinky fingernail is spotted. A symbol, a fire rune, clearly is seen but is not easily made out. ?You are fully healed.? Mournath gets dressed and leaves the room. Juno is next. Juno has been praying and giving blessings for the last hour. Juno looks to Mournath and gets a small thumbs up. The previous scene is done once again. Same situation. But this time Juno prays for his gods for an answer. But the gods do not respond. Instead he recalls his cult's elder master of arms told of fire that was used to create and heal. After all fire creates swords from molten slabs of fire to a new material. Juno nods and the healing is done with same results. Finally Rocky is helped to the table. Rocky grabs his battle axe leery of all this weirdness. When he is told to strip he fears losing his leg armor but knows he can't fight on his foot as is. The main healer leaves and comes back with a elder man with a large white beard and white hair in his 60s probably. The first healer explains a new healer is needed due to his personal power is drained. The white haired, white bearded man in mostly red and white robes explains the process. Rocky does not hesitate. Dwarves know the great fires fo nature and stone. He does not take the peg to bite down on. Dwarves can take pain and plus it would look bad in front of Razgor. As the pain hits Rocky he blacks out. He wakes unsure of time lapse and is helped to his feet. For some reason the brand seems to be half the size as the other 2 humans. Maybe Dwarves absorb the brand better? Rocky glances at the healer. When did the red robed white bearded man get a white and red fluffy hate to wear? The healer says, ?you all may walk around freely. There is a cave to north that has some lava tubes that is dangerous. So I'd suggest staying around here. We have food including a pepper like hot fruit that grows from trees that spring from cooled lava. We have few drinks aside form water and light wine. Best to rest soon and we'll wake you up before sunrise to get to the docks.? For the rest of the day the small party explores but it doesn't take long to do so. Quarters and a mess hall. Their 'temple' has a window that is strategically placed to show the peak of the volcano. There are fire elemental symbols and runes all over the walls and floor. There is a glass shop that one man in robes is making fine looking glass using active lava rocks. A forge master that is making various items from fire. Items include horseshoes yet no horses seem to be seen. Small weapons like dagger or knives. Among elaborate items like a metal cooking to All items seem to be on a common table and it is assumes people take what they need without paying. Overall this cult seems to be friendly but there is a under current that implies maybe the surface is only what the party sees. As late afternoon comes the party eats but only after they see the robed men eat first. Then stone beds with a mattress of hay and plant fibers is used to lay down on. Not so comfy but same as a tent. --------------- [Freezeday, Movement week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] The party is awaken probably 2 hours before sunrise? Its unclear as the party is lead to the docks. No wagon this time guess the oxen are sleeping. As the party march with torches they see the red orange glow of the volcano still with smoke pouring out. The peak looks close but is only a dozen or so miles away. The party is left on the beach saying not so safe to be on dock at night. The party sees the 3 robed men return but 1 leaves their group and seems to hide in the forest. Probably to ensure the strangers leave the island. Ironically it is Freezeday but it is a balmy 80 degrees on the beach. It is a new week ? Movement Week. Hopefully the gods will help the boat move fast and safe. Back on the mainland the party has ate enough fish to last them a year. They learn there is no major city in the area. A Sartar city is maybe 300 miles to the west. These villages seem to do enough to survive. Every so often a caravan will arrive and trade for fish to villages in the forest and mountains. A bit over an hour later the party on the beach spots a dark form closing in. There is no sound and no lights. Then a white flag waves frantically for the party to get on board. The captain urges them to be silent as they go back within sight of land. As the boat drifts back a single dull bell is heard. The captain moves to the front left and looks out. Rocky comes nearby and spots a large snake that is letting sparks enter the water near him. The electrical snake seems to lunge at a dolphin like creature size of a wagon. The electric eel fries the other creature and they both dive under the water. Captain says, ?we don't even use life boats or life jackets. No good. If those beasts want to take you out, they can, nothing we can do against them.? As the fringes of twilight start the boat docks back on the mainland docks. Just as the first rays of sun shine the party rush off of the dock fully healed. The boat heads back out for their daily fishing. Jaren nods, ?let's go. I was told there is a dirt trail about half a mile behind us that leads all the way west about 30 or 35 miles. This will help us move faster. Though was warned if tide was strong it could be flooded. But its well used so no forest to hinder us. There are something like 4 other fishing villages the largest with 80 that we could venture in but doubt we will.? As Rocky walks he has a nagging feeling about that island. Maybe it was a pain induced hallucination but his senses seem to blaze for a brief moment as he woke up from the branding-healing. GM: Actions? Comments? Next update ? Next year? GM: So I had hoped to see votes on whether to do the montage healing or not but since got none and I wanted to get this over with I just did it. So the whole island was not planned just a montage that would take maybe 5 min in a movie. :) Just added the mythos of the dangerous RQ ocean in it. If I had done it in updates it'd have been a month or two. To as 'want the brand' and such. So just did it with some dramatic flair I hope is fine. I wanted to get this out before the holiday so barely got this out for it. It is twice as big as most updates. If I did RQ fully I'd def revamp the heal 6 rules. But we'll move on. So this is final leg. Maybe 5-6 more hexes. I'll report on POW healing next time. I had planned to finish adventure by now. But life... So it may be another few months. Then we can get back to pnp. This is last update this year. Next week is my last 4 day weekend and will have 5 day weeks till September. So wanna a 'me week' plus there is a d3 event until Feb 5 and I've not even played Dialbo 3 for almost 10 months. :) But wanna do a bit of this event for some in game items. Anyways I hope everyone has a great Xmas and New Years. We can go to Discord to talk about your gifts. :) GM: Experience/Gear/POW Player HP POW Skill Changes / Ammo Changes Rocky * -10 Sling, Arbalest Maxed / -3 Sling Bullets Varo Arrows -3 / Self Bow +5% Juno * -12 N/A Mournath * Composite Bow +5% / -1 Arrow / Horse Dead Jaren Horse at 50% Half Dead Klorgar Composite Bow - +5% / -1 Arrow / 1st Aid +5% Razgor First Aid +5% POW use is as of Griffin combat so a few days ago. PS Hope liked the Santa Easter egg above. I hope the update makes sense. I did it over 1.5 weeks. While I did it I may have added a part that should be elsewhere ? it is how office scrolls and I can get lost of where I am in file. Also I noticed in spell checking some odd repeats. Hopefully Alex will find and fix. From eleabess at sbcglobal.net Sat Dec 24 19:26:21 2022 From: eleabess at sbcglobal.net (Bessie Hadley) Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [pnpgm] Game Update #38 - File #234 - Ho Ho Healing References: <2005825282.2193924.1671906381098.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2005825282.2193924.1671906381098@mail.yahoo.com> Great Update - loved the Santa hat! Nice story for Christmas Eve Day! Merry Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa everyone! See y'all next year! Enjoy! Bess L. Hadley On Friday, December 23, 2022, 07:17:15 PM PST, Scott Adams wrote: [version 2 - via notepad so if the format is messed up see website since the direct copy from openoffice didn't go out - probably soem weird character messing up email] Sex.....Character Name...Player..................Type....Not??? es..... Male...Klorgar..........Tobie.Bonahoom...Tracker...Human,.......... Female.Varo Mineholder..Bess.Hadley......Merchant..Human........... Male...Razgor...........Wout.Broere......Guard.....Human........... Male...Rocky............Alex.Koponen.....Hunter....Dwarf........... Male...Mournath.........Gilbert.Isla............................... Male...Veren.Nor.Tarek..Npc..............Employer..Human........... Male...Jaren............Npc..............Bodyguard.Human........... Male...Marusk...........Npc..............Guide.....Human........... Male...Juno.Solace......Ford.............Tracker...Human........... ??? Game Web Site ? http:/nrgcomputers.com/RQ/rq.htm (case matters) ??? Public posts/actions to pnpgm at list.powersandperils.org (mailing list) ??? Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm at comcast.net ??? Game Update #38 sequence (file #234) ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------- ??? Admin Note: None ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------- ??? [Recap] ??? ? From Varo: [Re: Vote] ??? ??? [So are you asking for a vote in role play? Varo can do level 2 healing, but how much healing is that with her 13 points - might get one or two more mobile tho. How much can she use in a day & how long does it take to recover her points?] ??? ??? [Once I know this, I can have Varo respond better.] ??? ??? [A previous night, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] ??? ??? [Time: 6:22 pm] ??? ??? Varo responds to Juno's confidence with a soft clap to the ? ??? ??? ??? ??? [Clayday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] ??? ??? Varo will (of course!) use as much healing as she can, especially on the worst-hit of the party, but also on herself so she can be mobile to help the party out better. She will now walk & use her horse to carry one or two people, leading it. But she will also gather griffon feathers & claws for later trading (I'm sure they have market value.). She will take only her fair share, depending on who else wants feathers & claws. She wants to glean something from this disaster, as well as have a reminder - temporary at least - of what can easily befall anyone in this world. ??? ??? As she goes about the now-broken-up campsite, helping heal & clean ? ??? ? GM: Ack. A generic vote rpg or player is fine.? Need healing 2 to stop bleeding.? But if a limb is cut off or broken in half (disabled) then need a Healing 6.? Problem is a Healing 6 is expensive to have.? Most don't seems to have more than 1 or 2 levels.? Some rune lords and special cults might have them more around.? I figure in a city you may only have 1 per 10k of folks.? This is very arbitrary since not defined in rules.? Alex seems to feel a bit higher chance. In a forest very low chance ? super rare.? One could argue 5-6x if one of those rune lords or special healer cults.? Healing is a bit vague at times inRQ2.? They later changed it in RQ6.? In later Chaosium games (a decade later in '80s) they vamped it up like in Elric using magic mainly.? In Hawkmoon technology.? But we are using RQ2.? Now one can cast unlimited heals unlike P&P.? Up to your power amount. Sadly one can?t combine 3 healers of heal2 to do a heal 6.? So using that rule you need a single heal 6 attempt.? Thus I figure one could in theory get a leg of 8 points to 1 down then do 1 healing 1.? Technically that would be 100% But that silly rule that aheal6 is needed to recover fully. This implies one could look pretty and no bleeding but need that magical super healing to reattach limbs.? For Griffins I figure aside from a? beak attack one could not really lose a limb.? But a griffin can shred a limb muscle from bone.? So would need that heal 6 reattaching. One recovers 0.25xPOW every 6 hours.? So POW 12 would heal 3 every 6 hours. ??? ? From Rocky: [Re: Dealings] ??? ??? Rocky will cast another 4 Heal2s on himself and others that need healing. Then rest. ??? ? GM: Ack.? We talked about this in chat.? But to clarify.? If you had a 7 point hit to a leg.? Need that heal6 to not 'disabled'.? One could do 4 heal 2s to fully heal.? But under the silly heal6 rule you are still considered disabled.? Goes back to age of this rpg.? ? Fair not really. Heal 2 is for stopping of bleeding.? Heal 6 to remove disabled level. ??? ? From Juno: [Re: Dealings] ??? ??? Juno will cast a heal(2) on his self and others till he is out of ??? ??? ??? ??? Juno say in a mellow fashion, ???I think we can all pitch in and ? ??? ? GM: Ack.? I changed words slightly.? Juno would not know his power score :) ??? ? From Varo: [Re: Actions] ??? ??? As Varo casts healing upon herself & any others needing it, she ? ??? ??? She will use most of her power, but keep a small amount in case one emergency healing spell is needed before she can rest again. She will be one of those to keep watch the rest of this day & over the night ? she must be ready. This was a good? group. She needed to do her part. ??? ? GM: Ack. Great Song.? Role Playing points added up! This is why I like pbems a song like that could not be done table top.? No time to ad lib that stuff. One we go... ??? ? From Rocky: [Re: Treasure] ??? ??? Rocky mentions "Ah bin tol dat Griffons most neva attack smart ? ??? ? GM: Ack. ??? ? From Varo: [Re: Treasure] ??? ??? "Griffons have treasure?" Varo asks Rocky. "Do you think it's safe ? ??? ? GM: Ack. ??? ? From Rocky: [Re: Treasure] ??? ??? Rocky replies to Varo "Ayup, griffons be a smart race, know ? ??? ? GM: Ack. ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------- ??? [New Stuff] ??? [Time: 6:22 pm] ??? [A previous night...] ??? [Time: 6:22 pm] ??? ? Varo responds to Juno's confidence with a soft clap to the shoulder, saying "You are a good man, Juno. We are all wiser when we have learned that lesson about Life. Thank you for telling me." She smiles & they move on with their activities for the day. ??? ??? ??? ---------------- ??? [Clayday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] ??? ??? [Time: 4:16 pm] ??? ? As she goes about the now-broken-up rest area, helping heal & clean up, she joins the discussion of what can be done now to get them to their goal, but only after silently praying to Ernalda, "I need you badly right now, Earth Queen, to help these stricken folk to complete our journey, one we undertook, perhaps without fully thinking it out by all involved, to keep our thoughts straight & focused on what is best for us both as individuals & as a party working together. This is a test for all of us, just surviving from here to our goal.? ??? ? "To go on to this healer is yet another leg to our journey, & unplanned upon be any of us, yet it might save lives - it might. Be with us as we decide, for I have no idea what is best to do at this point, other than just complete our journey as planned. But maybe my responsibility has increased? Or everyone's? Please be with us as we decide." She ends her prayer. ??? ? She looks around at the others as they silently (or not so silently) work. How well her healing spells & healers kit will help them, will help her determine what she must do. ??? ? Juno says in a mellow fashion, ?I think we can all pitch in and let the gods heal us so we can continue the journey. I think I have a enough power left. Then we can rest and perhaps move on.? ??? ? As Varo casts healing upon herself & any others needing it, she take her time before and after each spell, to pray to Ernalda for Balance, & to thank the Earth Queen for her continuing support & assistance in times of need as well as times of plenty. Varo's lips move silently as she prays, and she begins to feel more peace within. She first casts enough healing on herself to be mobile, then moves to the wooded shelter where Mournath lies & casts spells of healing on him. ??? ? Others of the party are also healing folk, and Varo seeks out her frightened mare & calms her, then seeks out any injured horses for some healing, if the people-folk are doing better, & the healing can be shared for the faithful mounts & beasts who also drew the pony cart as well as had a rider. (Her own Dusty had spent a day, in turn, wearing the cart's harness & pulling the cart while Varo walked alongside her mount.) ??? ? She had sung a little spur-of-the-moment song that day, to keep the horse steady in the unfamiliar harness. (Was that only yesterday?) ??? ? ?Leaves are wet; leaves are dry. As the storm is passing by.? On we go, as steady as the rain which falls upon the Land.? ??? ? ?The trail is long. It curves & bends. As we move, backs to the wind. On we go, we travel? on the gentle grass that covers lands.? ??? ? ?We walk upon the good green earth. Of the Earth Queen's native berth On we go, for there beyond. Our sight is the home where we alight.? ??? ? ?We still move on, the trail is long-Far longer than this little song. On we go, our hearts alight, For journey?'s end comes now in sight.? ? Remembering that quiet day today, only a short time ago, Varo nearly cries in a sentimental moment, but quickly forces herself to shake it off, & applies herself again to the moment at hand, and consulting with the Earth Queen in her mind, she makes her choices of where her magical skills will go once she can walk again ? to those unconscious & those unable otherwise to heal themselves. ??? ? Rocky mentions "Ah bin tol dat Griffons most neva attack smart folk, les they attacked er the nest is threatened. Guess we musta wandered too close ta a Griffon nest. Might have treasure we cud use ta pay fer healing." ??? ? Jaren leans near Muraska and whisper, ?you know dwarf speak?? ??? ? Muraska smiles, ?I did understand treasure.? ??? ? "Griffons have treasure?" Varo asks Rocky. "Do you think it's safe to venture out to search for the nest? The young ones have probably returned to it, if so, & we have several injured. Still - won't hurt to ask everyone, if it seems worthwhile. Be nice for all those hurt & with injured or lost horses to help recover losses." ??? ? Rocky replies to Varo. "Ayup, griffons be a smart race, know majik an everting. Jes don't have hands gud fer enyting cept fighten. Dun know wise dey attacked." ??? ??? ? Rocky's words show that his pain and tiredness affect his enunciation more than usual. ??? ??? ---------------- ??? ??? [Time: 4:22 pm] ??? ? The combat now over the party settles into the aftermath. So far adrenaline is holding off the greatest pain.? But for some it is a bad situation.? For all but Varo the damage is so severe that basic magical healing will not be enough.? The core of the wound the nerves and tissue ligament connections are destroyed. Shredded by the sharp claws of the winged beasts.? A quick minor healing (2) will stop the bleeding.? Some other healing may even heal some of the damage.? But only a rare super healing (6) will save the limbs.? That means even if fully healed the limbs will still be mostly disabled and useless. So they will have to ride and not walk to be healed. ??? ??? ? Just before the battle ends and the minutes after some use their First Aid skills to ensure their own wounds are clean. Many except Mournath have first aid training due to their previous merc or militia backgrounds.? A custom the great masses use to learn to survive in this hostile land. ??? ? Sadly though it seems the brain fog or the shock seems to distract those using the skill and they do not effectively use the skill.? The only two to use it is Klorgar and Razgor on others since they do not need it.? Both men were standing by watching the sky but Varek orders them to help as he sees the others are not doing so well in the first aid area. So Jaren and Marusks take sentry in case the beasts return.? It becomes clear the best field medic is Razgor who is twice as skilled as most others. The meager medical supplies party has is almost fully used so more will have to be found at a village or city. ??? ? Now the magical healing is discussed.? The big part the bleeding has been prevented.? But now Razgor and others discuss how to spread the magical healing. It is clear all but Varo will not fully benefit.? They will be in rough shape till a major healing can be done. ??? ? Varo casts 4 minor healing spells upon herself.? This removes all signs of damage form her leg and she is at 100%. ??? ? Rocky casts 2 more healing on himself.? While the wound physically seems to fully healed deep inside it is not. He will still need help to move around or use his axe as a crutch to move around.? He sees Juno and Mournath as hurt most so goes and gives a hearing (2) on each to help them. ??? ? Juno casts 3 Dealings (2) on himself.? Again like Rocky his wounds are? fine but he is still technically disabled.? He gets help moving to Mournath and casts 3 on him.? Finally with Rocky and Juno's help Mournath finally awakes again leaving his chess dream behind.? But as with Rocky and Juno his leg is still disabled. ??? ? Now aside from the 3 disabled leg the physical obvious wounds are healed. ??? ? Mournath looks to his dead horse and asks to remove stuff from him so that can be taken away. ??? ? Jaren looks to his horse and sighs and sees him half dead.? He checks his legs and finds left front is crushed when he collapsed.? Broken beyond hope.? He ask for a Axe and Varo bites her lip.? If this was Dusty she'd be upset.? She looks away as Jaren attempts a mercy kill.? It would be futile for it to be healed. Jaren asks for help to remove the saddle and says at least the horse is a rental not his personal horse. ??? [Time: 4:30 pm] ??? ??? ? Varo collects some of her feathers and a claw or two.? She'll have to tie the feathers up to the buggies roof.? Aside from clothing there is little use for feathers but the claws are for more trophy. ??? ? Marusk returns to the treasure topic, ?good chance their lair is nearby within a mile or two.? There is a risk the young ones could be there.? But we could at least go look and see whats there.? Bring some rope and climbing gear they tend to build in ravines or cliffs or hollows.? ??? ? Varen asks, ?possible of finding magicil items?? ??? ? Marusk nods, ?possible. In fact its strange they did not use magic on us. Maybe they underestimated us?? ??? ? Varen nods, ?if more than 2 miles come back.? Marusk will guide...take Klorgar, Varo and Razgor to help out.? The others will stay and Jaren can be our main sentry. Especially since 3 can't move much.? ??? ? The 4 head out and Marusk can see signs almost immediately.? The creatures definitely used this clearing to enter the deep forest.? There are signs of major branches being broken by obvious disturbance.? The small unit moves east ward as the forest gets a bit darker and thicker.? The trial is followed quite easily as they move east about a mile.? Sure enough a slope is seen and a hollow is found.? A major pig hallow would be common here atone point.? Being careful they try to move around the perimeter to locate the possible lair. A few minutes later Varo locate sit a small dark hole in the side of the thick forested? cliff hallow. ??? ? The canopy is too thick for the beasts to come in unless under great difficulty. So they would have to fly past the party.? Razgor tosses large rocks to the dark hole to see if they are inside.? After a few minutes nothing reacts but a bird or two. ??? ? The hole / lair is about 12 feet down and on a 30 degree slope. The good thing is there are plenty of trees and large branches to tie ropes on.? The descent is actually fairly easily done as can use tree and branches as grips.? Marusk and Razgor are first to get to the hole. It is about 4.5 feet tall so the party will have to duck entering. ??? ? A tree limb is tossed inside but no reaction.? It looks like the hole opens up to a small bristle cave maybe 30 feet wide and 10 feet high.? Some sandstone but a lot of sand so it will be difficult entering safely. Varo figures she is the smallest and light? footed.? She slowly duck waddles inside.? Adjusting her eyes she spots bones that are actually mostly fish.? This makes sense as the sea is maybe 10-20 miles away. ??? ? The largest bone pile seems to be maybe a small seal?? There are debris everywhere of broken wood bits and pieces.? Maybe furniture and wagons?? Using a very small torch ? so not to cave in the sand she scans the area.? She can't move much around in fear of sand avalanche.? She spots a human skull as well as some human leg bones.? So definitely large beasts were here.? Likely not pigs or bears as it would be a rough climb. ??? ? Varo spots a very tattered bag shredded by claws that Varo uses a sword to draw closer to herself.? As she does the bag seems to be in shreds that might fall apart any second.? But she finds there are several smaller bags in the one bag.? She grabs the large bag gently and pushes it toward the threshold.? Razgor and Klorgar re bag it into a new bag of their own as Marusk is sentry. ??? ? Varo looks around and spots some metal but as she moves closer a rock and pebble slide starts.? She is amazed griffons would use such a? nest but they can probably dig themselves out a lot better than a human.? She squats and tries to reach for the metal but it slides further away from her.? As sand gets in her hair and mouth she gives up and leaves. ??? ? Back top side the bag is examines.? But sadly it seems to be only fish hooks, lures and some possible ship galley materials rotten through.? The only thing of value is coins.? There are 66 clacks, 21 Lunars and 9 Wheels.? But it seem sot be fairly old coins. The four are disappointed in the lack of decent treasure. Maybe this is a old lair and there is another one/ ??? ? The four return back to the others and report their findings as Varo dusts herself off. ??? [Time: 5:07 pm ??? ? Marusk brings up the topic of a healer again, ?so this volcanic island to the north maybe 60-80 miles away is known to have a great healer.? ??? ? Veren considers it, ?so today is....? he concentrates then continues. ?Probably take a few days there and back.? The ...it'd be close.? I suppose we can. But I don't need more delays to get to my estate.? Might as well camp then move fast in morning north.? ??? ? The disabled leg members are helped to the forest and a camp is made under the trees.? Two sentries will have to left to ensure the griffins don?t' come back. ??? [Windsday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] ??? ??? ? With 2 horses down and 3 disabled people the two buggies will have to be doubled up on. Rocky and Veren and Juno/Mounath in other buggy.? But the horse will have to be rested a lot more so not to tire him out. ??? ? Others will have to walk.? It is clear Veren has a time line and seems to rush the party.? This side trip may cuter his final goal.? But he knows he may need every able person. ??? ? The party rides or walks north toward the ocean.? The party camps and finds some groups of rabbits to hunt and feed on. ??? ??? ??? -------------------- ??? [Fireday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] ??? ? The party moves north again.? By late afternoon whiff of ocean salt air can be heard.? Marusk climbs a tree and scans the distance spotting smoke likely from a home or village.? He gives new bearings and the party moves on. ??? ? An hour after sunset lights can be seen faintly.? The party moves on in the darkness slowly and finds a very small fishing village.? The village is maybe only 35 people so there is no tavern, hotel or shops.? The dock has 2 small fishing boats one with a crew of 4 unloading their days haul.? The crew explains there is a nearby shed the party can stay the night. ??? ? Fish can be traded for rabbit meat found previously.? Jaren asks about the healer said to be on some volcanic island. ??? ??? ? ?The island is about 13 miles that way.? We tend to leave them alone and vice versa.? There are said to be a group of men who can heal greatly there.? We can drop you there and come back for you.?? The Boat captain says as he brushes his salt and pepper beard. ??? ??? ??? -------------------- ??? [Godsday, Stasis week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] ??? ? Around 4:45 am the small shed cramped as it is awoken by sailor who alerts Rocky sitting in a chair as sentry.? ?Time to go...? the boy says. ??? ? The three disabled ? Rocky, Juno and Mournath ? are escorted to the boat. The captain says only room for 1 more.? Razgor and Klorgor toss a coin and Razgor gets the duty to join the disabled. ??? ? The fishing boat heads out into the darkness as the first fringes of twilight appear.? The rest mingle, feed and clean horses and explore the town ? which only takes about 20 minutes its that small. ??? ? Near 9am the boat spots a pillar of smoke rise up in the distance. ??? ? The captain explains, ?everyone knows the ocean is extremely dangerous.? No boat leaves sight of land.? When the great lands were made the gods decided to leave the oceans a hostile world of its own. Every mile away from shore increases chance of danger.? Just 20 miles most figure its a certain thing. As you can see we've lost sight of land so our chances are now 50/50.? But we've learned to adapt. If you look to the side or front you'll see we are not actually using the waves to ride on. We more or less.? We slice the waves and the wood is made to break the wave up.? This allows us to be not heard as we flap around in the water.? Less attraction to the sea beasts. Even the sails have small enough holes that it doesn't call slam friction on the rigging and vibrations. So we move fast by the wave but not shake us like a beacon.? Once we approach the island we will drop you off fast and return in the morning be ready to leave slightly before dawn.? ??? ? A sailor who helps another sailor draw up a net spots a creature and claims it a Turalen. A creature half turtle and half whale.? The boat itself is 40 feet but the sailor suggested the creature is about 90 feet.? Captain explains there is little they can do and hope not to be destroyed. ??? ? Lucky for the boat the creature dives.? The island which seems to have 3 large peaks has a active volcano it seems.? The boat docks and the sailors help the 3 men onto the sand and quickly leave. ??? ? Almost 30 minutes later a group of 4 men exit the light woods nearby and approach.? They all wear brown and red robes with clearly fire runes.? While the 3 men hold weapons the men approach Razgor. ??? ? ?We rarely get visitors here.? The leader says in a common Sartar tradetalk variant.? Razgor explains the 3 leg wounds. ??? ? ?We can help...If this was only 2 days ago we'd be enhanced by the gods on Firesday.? A wagon is called for and the men loaded up. ??? ? ?We thrive here on this island.? Even the great sea dragons do not dare to land here.? The power of Illam protects us.? The wagon and men who walk alongside is taken by oxen to a small village about a mile from the beach . There are no wooden structures but a form of sandstone and stone built structures.? The odd part is there are maybe 3 dozen men in robes here but no women are seen.? The small party figure this is some fringe cult who seems to worship fire.? The group is lead to a large structure about 100 by 100 feet.? Possibly a temple or community structure. ??? ? The leader a man in his 30s explains, ?we do heal but seek nothing in return.? Let us begin.? ??? ? Mournath is taken with Razgor to ensure his safety into a small hall. Mounath is placed on a stone table and his clothing is removed from waist down. One man stands by as a man holding a small pot enters that seems to be smoking.? The other man goes to a cabinet and brings out a small stick with a figure 8 like end of metal.? He opens the pot and places the tool in the pot and moves to examine Mournaths leg. Water is used to clean any possible sand or dirt away.? About 5 minutes later the man pulls the figure 8 item from the pot and the figure 8 metal is now glowing. ??? ? Razgor raises his weapon and prepares to strike.? The healer ignores him and looks at Mournath.? ?We do not ask for something in return.? But with this great healing there must be a cost.? Fire can destroy but it can also free and heal.? Fire that destroys a forest only makes the forest stronger.? As I cast the spell this will sear the magical healing deep into your leg bones.? There will be some pain and discomfort.? But only briefly.? But after your leg will be useful again.? I know what you are thinking.? Will it give a scar?? A small one but not the shape of what you see here.? The magic, power of the gods and this rune all form into a small circle barely the size of a finger nail.? ??? ? Mournath asks if there is another way. ??? ? ?We could do the spell alone.? But the binding of the spell may not fully fuse with your body.? Some fear the magic could fail later on and you suddenly go limp.? ??? ? Mournath hears a faint voice, ?You do not protect your king.? Your cult Master plots the next day and day after that.? In the end the master gains more power than the king.? It is your turn....?? But wasn't that a dream during the griffin battle? ??? ? Razgor looks to Mournath to see if he should kill the men.? Mournath glances at Razgor then back to the fire healers.? He nods.? The healer gives Mournath a wooden peg to bite down on. ??? ? The two men begin to chant and the healer starts to cast his high powered spell. As the magic swarms over his leg the healer places the searing brand onto his leg just above the knee.? The skin burns as Mournath bites down.? He does not black out.? Mournath is given water and told to wait a couple minutes.? The healer then tells him to stand and the leery man stands with strong legs.? There is no wobbly or shake legs under his waist. Mournath look sot his knee and finds the skin that should've been burn that should be 2 inches wide is gone.? Indeed only a small circle the size of a pinky fingernail is spotted.? A symbol, a fire rune, clearly is seen but is not easily made out. ??? ? ?You are fully healed.?? Mournath gets dressed and leaves the room.? Juno is next.? Juno has been praying and giving blessings for the last hour.? Juno looks to Mournath and gets a small thumbs up. ??? ? The previous scene is done once again.? Same situation.? But this time Juno prays for his gods for an answer.? But the gods do not respond.? Instead he recalls his cult's elder master of arms told of fire that was used to create and heal.? After all fire creates swords from molten slabs of fire to a new material. Juno nods and the healing is done with same results. ??? ? Finally Rocky is helped to the table. Rocky grabs his battle axe leery of all this weirdness.? When he is told to strip he fears losing his leg armor but knows he can't fight on his foot as is. ??? ? The main healer leaves and comes back with a elder man with a large white beard and white hair in his 60s probably.? The first healer explains a new healer is needed due to his personal power is drained.? The white haired, white bearded man in mostly red and white robes explains the process. ??? ? Rocky does not hesitate.? Dwarves know the great fires fo nature and stone. He does not take the peg to bite down on.? Dwarves can take pain and plus it would look bad in front of Razgor. ??? ? As the pain hits Rocky he blacks out.? He wakes unsure of time lapse and is helped to his feet.? For some reason the brand seems to be half the size as the other 2 humans.? Maybe Dwarves absorb the brand better? ??? ? Rocky glances at the healer.? When did the red robed white bearded man get a white and red fluffy hate to wear???? ??? ? The healer says, ?you all may walk around freely.? There is a cave to north that has some lava tubes that is dangerous. So I'd suggest staying around here.? We have food including a pepper like hot fruit that grows from trees that spring from cooled lava.? We have few drinks aside form water and light wine.? Best to rest soon and we'll wake you up before sunrise to get to the docks.? ??? ? For the rest of the day the small party explores but it doesn't take long to do so.? Quarters and a mess hall.? Their 'temple' has a window that is strategically placed to show the peak of the volcano.? There are fire elemental symbols and runes all over the walls and floor.? There is a glass shop that one man in robes is making fine looking glass using active lava rocks.? A forge master that is making various items from fire.? Items include horseshoes yet no horses seem to be seen.? Small weapons like dagger or knives.? Among elaborate items like a metal cooking to All items seem to be on a common table and it is assumes people take what they need without paying. ??? ? Overall this cult seems to be friendly but there is a under current that implies maybe the surface is only what the party sees.? As late afternoon comes the party eats but only after they see the robed men eat first.? Then stone beds with a mattress of hay and plant fibers is used to lay down on.? Not so comfy but same as a tent. ??? ??? --------------- ??? [Freezeday, Movement week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha] ??? ? The party is awaken probably 2 hours before sunrise?? Its unclear as the party is lead to the docks.? No wagon this time guess the oxen are sleeping.? As the party march with torches they see the red orange glow of the volcano still with smoke pouring out.? The peak looks close but is only a dozen or so miles away. ??? ? The party is left on the beach saying not so safe to be on dock at night. The party sees the 3 robed men return but 1 leaves their group and seems to hide in the forest.? Probably to ensure the strangers leave the island. ??? ? Ironically it is Freezeday but it is a balmy 80 degrees on the beach.? It is a new week ? Movement Week.? Hopefully the gods will help the boat move fast and safe. ??? ? Back on the mainland the party has ate enough fish to last them a year. They learn there is no major city in the area.? A Sartar city is maybe 300 miles to the west.? These villages seem to do enough to survive.? Every so often a caravan will arrive and trade for fish to villages in the forest and mountains. ??? ? A bit over an hour later the party on the beach spots a dark form closing in.? There is no sound and no lights.? Then a white flag waves frantically for the party to get on board.? The captain urges them to be silent as they go back within sight of land. ??? ??? ? As the boat drifts back a single dull bell is heard.? The captain moves to the front left and looks out.? Rocky comes nearby and spots a large snake that is letting sparks enter the water near him.? The electrical snake seems to lunge at a dolphin like creature size of a wagon.? The electric eel fries the other creature and they both dive under the water. ??? ? ??? ? Captain says, ?we don't even use life boats or life jackets.? No good. If those beasts want to take you out, they can, nothing we can do against them.? ??? ? As the fringes of twilight start the boat docks back on the mainland docks. Just as the first rays of sun shine the party rush off of the dock fully healed.? The boat heads back out for their daily fishing. ??? ? Jaren nods, ?let's go.? I was told there is a dirt trail about half a mile behind us that leads all the way west about 30 or 35 miles.? This will help us move faster.? Though was warned if tide was strong it could be flooded.? But its well used so no forest to hinder us.? There are something like 4 other fishing villages the largest with 80 that we could venture in but doubt we will.? ??? ? As Rocky walks he has a nagging feeling about that island. Maybe it was a pain induced hallucination but his senses seem to blaze for a brief moment as he woke up from the branding-healing. ??? GM: Actions? Comments? ??? ??? Next update ? Next year? ??? GM: So I had hoped to see votes on whether to do the montage healing or not but since got none and I wanted to get this over with I just did it.? So the whole island was not planned just a montage that would take maybe 5 min in a movie. :) Just added the mythos of the dangerous RQ ocean in it.? If I had done it in updates it'd have been a month or two.? To as 'want the brand' and such.? So just did it with some dramatic flair I hope is fine. I wanted to get this out before the holiday so barely got this out for it.? It is twice as big as most updates.? If I did RQ fully I'd def revamp the heal 6 rules.? But we'll move on. So this is final leg.? Maybe 5-6 more hexes.? I'll report on POW healing next time.? I had planned to finish adventure by now.? But life...? So it may be another few months.? Then we can get back to pnp.? This is last update this year.? Next week is my last 4 day weekend and will have 5 day weeks till September.? So wanna a 'me week' plus there is a d3 event until Feb 5 and I've not even played Dialbo 3 for almost 10 months.? :) But wanna do a bit of this event for some in game items.? Anyways I hope everyone has a great Xmas and New Years.? We can go to Discord to talk about your gifts. :) ??? ??? GM: Experience/Gear/POW ??? ??? ??? Player? HP? POW? Skill Changes /? Ammo Changes ??? ??? ? Rocky? ? ? *? -10? Sling, Arbalest Maxed? ? ? / -3 Sling Bullets ??? ??? ? ??? ? Varo? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Arrows -3 / Self Bow +5% ??? ??? ? Juno? ? ? ? *? -12 N/A ??? ??? ? Mournath? ? *? ? ? Composite Bow +5% / -1 Arrow / Horse Dead ??? ??? ? Jaren? ? ? ? ? ? ? Horse at 50% Half Dead ??? ? ??? ? Klorgar? ? ? ? ? ? Composite Bow - +5% / -1 Arrow / 1st Aid +5% ??? ??? ? Razgor ??? ? ? ? ? ? First Aid +5% POW use is as of Griffin combat so a few days ago. PS Hope liked the Santa Easter egg above.? I hope the update makes sense.? I did it over 1.5 weeks.? While I did it I may have added a part that should be elsewhere ? it is how office scrolls and I can get lost of where I am in file.? Also I noticed in spell checking some odd repeats.? Hopefully Alex will find and fix.? _______________________________________________ pnpgm mailing list pnpgm at list.powersandperils.org http://www.powersandperils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnpgm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: