[pnpgm] Game Update #25 - File #136 - Combat Aftermath
Scott Adams
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Mon May 9 06:19:00 CEST 2022
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Sex.....Character Name...Player..................Type....Notes.....
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...........
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Game Update #25 sequence (file #136)
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[Recap]
From Varo: [Re: Actions]
Varo removes her cloak and
drapes it over the girl’s shoulders,
She will look for her arrows
(outside) to retrieve any still able to be used &
retrieve the arrowheads of any broken arrows to
make new arrows with. She will look for a few
small items from the trolls’ armor or belongings
that she could carry with her as souvenirs; she
does not plan to take anything for later sale,
unless something surprising shows up. She is also
interested in whatever potions that one
particular troll might have. She knows anything
found will be shared & that the children need
valuables more than the party does, and will
consider all these things, but small pieces
broken off armor or a belt buckle might be something to keep.
She will assist the others in
any clean-up after she retrieves her arrows.
GM: Ack.
From Rocky: [Re: Actions]
Rocky casts a Heal 2 on his
abdominal wound then checks out the quality of
the equipment that the trolls had.
GM: Ack. Should leave 1 wound left.
From Mournath: [Re: Actions]
The battle having been finished and the prisoners seen to,
"Child, if you are able to speak
on the matter, would you tell us
Mournath will also attempt to
gather his spent arrows if they are still usable
and will take some time to examine the troll's
possessions to see if anything interesting (not
necessarily valuable) can be found.
GM: Ack.
From Klorgar: [Re: Actions]
Seeing that the rest of the
party has the situation wrapped up, Klorgar heads
outside and checks around the area. First to make
sure there are no other trolls or threats hiding
or going to surprise anyone and second to see if
there are any other survivors. He will loot
anything that the trolls may have to make sure
the village will get compensation and to pay for any expenses the party has.
GM: Ack.
From Juno: [Re: Actions]
Juno prays to this higher
power. €œBlessed be this girl is alive.”
GM: Ack. Good post.
From Rocky: [Re: Regeneration]
OOCÂ Re regeneration.
In RQ Cave Trolls are the only trolls that regenerate. These were Dark Trolls.
GM: Ack. Yes mostly Dark. But I also
did a variant of various trolls in one and so a
combo of other trolls in a way. But only slightly.
From Bess: [Re: Mail]
This didn't show up as having
been received & I sent it on 4/23. So resending
GM: Ack. Odd :<
From Bess: [Re: Mail]
My email says the update was
sent, both on the 23rd & again today, but it's
not showing up on my email received, which they
always do. I don't know what's wrong, but I see
the website has it, so I'm okay - I guess.
GM: Ack. Sorry it can be frustrating.
From Bess: [Re: Mail]
It was a bit delayed, but my
Varo updates finally did mail a copy to me, Don't
know why 1st one didn't go through.
GM: Ack. Here's info on
list/email. The mailing list is nothing but a
e-mail with CCs (copied email addresses). Wout
runs the list. When you post to the list it is
sent first to his sever/machine/pc. It will
process and see if valid post (ie a member on
list). Then send to every person list/member
emails. This is usually 99% instant. There may
be a slight delay for a few minutes but I get the
email from Europe (his pc) in minutes. If his pc
crashes or server locks he has to reboot it so
this is when posts do not go out usually if not
in a short time. But issues like mine do come
up. I'll have some random ascii/special
character in the email and it will not
process. This is the list software seeing it as
spam or some odd email. I've learned to work
around this. Now emails from ISPs are usually
instant. Feel free to CC yourself if you have
multiple emails. I have 3 emails so I do that
myself I’ll email myself and if I get a reply
then its list side if not then it cold be server
for list. Now ISPs have spam filters that will
block most emails. For that you'd have to
configure your isp email settings to tweak
that. That is your isp end. Usually this is
with a common subject line. Since [pnpgm] is on
every email list post its not rare to have that
filtered but you can fix that as an
exception. If you seem to have no responses from
list check the Archives site. Posts that go out
on list go to Archives instantly. My personal
site (nrgcomputers) – Tobies site is updated when
I can so its not instant. So its a long time
before you'll see your post there. So Archives
is best bet. This is only a small explanation so
I hope it helps. Main point its either the List
pc/server or your email /isp end 99% of time.
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[New Stuff]
[Windsday, Fertility week, Storm Season, 1625, Genertela, Glorantha]
[Time: 10:14 am]
Varo removes her cloak and drapes it
over the girl’s shoulders, since the pillow can
only cover her front side. She asks how she is &
which room the girl’s things are in so she can
get dressed. She will stay with her until she
checks for any injuries & gets out her healing
kit to clean the rope burns & any scrapes & cuts
the child might have. She’ll retrieve her cloak
when the girl is dressed again.
If she has a chance she will search
some of the troll bodies for anything of value.
She feels the children should get most of any
stuff they find among the trolls, since they seem
to have lost their parents & will need
assistance. She does hope for a small souvenir of
the fight though, for memory’s sake. As she helps
out, she prays softly to Ernalda, “Thank you for
your help today, Earth Queen, in keeping this
child safe among enemies, until we could reach
her and help. Thank you for protecting me and my
companions so that we could your work today.
Continue to be with this child and her brother as
they recover from this horrible experience. Thank
you for your warm heart and ready help.”
She speaks out to the rest of the
party. “Do those trolls have anything that could
be of use, or of value in helping these two
children support themselves after we’ve left?”
Mournath moves enter the cabin.
The battle having been finished and
the prisoners seen to, Mournath wants to
investigate the cabin and see if anything stands
out. Were the trolls here for a reason? If the
prisoner is up to speaking, question her about
why she was taken prisoner, and what the trolls did while in the cabin.
"Child, if you are able to speak on
the matter, would you tell us what happened here?
Is this your home or were you brought here? Are
there others that need finding?"
Juno prays to this higher power. “Blessed be this girl is alive.”
Juno would like to check on the boy
to let him know we can go back and tell his
folks. Juno is not sure how far away he is?
He will at some point meditate to
restore his power before he sleeps. Juno then
prays to his higher power “I hope for a little
meditation some well rested sleep and a good dinner.”
Juno cautiously also looks for any
other threats as he leaves the cabin to find the
boy. Once he feels safe and finds the boy he will
clean his weapons and gather his arrows and look
for lost items that he may have dropped. Maybe
the boy can now help us with any clean up.
But Before he leaves He ask everyone left in the cabin,
“Do we find the boy and let him know of the
battles end and do we bring him here or send him
to tell town the news? Do we burn the bodies
since my father once told me trolls regenerate.”
“Do we get the towns people to help
with clean up and deal with burial and post
battle aftermath duties?” And head out or do we
camp and stay a night or two to clean up and or
help townsfolk for what ever needs are there and
to rest , eat, and watch for more danger?”
“Do we let the girl here for towns
people to get her or do we take her back to the village?”
“Does she need any more healing after
Varos is done helping, if so I can heal?” Juno asks the group.
“Does any one else need healed before I rest?”
“Can we have that potion to examine
that is all I would want, the rest can go to the towns-folks.”
After he has spoken he then silently
Bows in prayer for the people who suffered at the
hand of these villains and prays for the souls of
these monsters who made life hard for these towns
people and hope there higher power judges them worthy.
As the battle ends the scene changes
into a whirlwind of chaos as bodies are dragged
out of the cabin, people exit to check area and others check for injuries.
Jaren and Klorgar check the two small
bedrooms in the north. Aside from under the beds
there is no place to hide so nothing is found as
far as big trolls. But both bedrooms were
ransacked. Looks like a pillow and some sheets
were taken. Probably to the trolls – treasure to
sleep comfy. In the main bedroom on north west
is one bed and one nightstand. With candle
holder, shreds of some book and toppled mug. The
book was probably nice but probably tore out for
various other paper duties? Trolls aren't known
for heavy readers so probably better treasure than leaves.
The other bedroom were the kids room
with two very small beds. A stool is used as a
makeshift nightstand with a half used candle and
a small hairbrush. Looks like possible old and
heavy used toys on the floor including fake
swords, doll, marbles made from animal bones,
spinning top and a wooden carved person that might be a warrior?
Varo and the girl enter the bedroom
after opening the small wooden chest between the
two bedrooms in north wall. As expected the
chest was ransacked. At least clothing is intact
as human clothing too small for trolls. The Girl
reaches in and gets some clothes as she enters
the bedroom. She changes as Varo sits on the bed
using the chance to inspect her body with her
eyes at a glance. She seems in good shape with
just some red marks from the ropes and maybe not
even formed bruises that have not even formed
into true bruises. Whatever the trolls wanted they did not seem to harm her.
As Varo and girl exit bedroom others
are moving the troll bodies outside. There are no
prisoners as all died. Luckily there is little
blood on cabin floor to clean up not as bad as
could have been in a bloody battle.
Varo and the girl exit for fresh
air. Varo asks the girl for more
details. Suddenly the boy who led the group here
runs around north side of cabin and
smiles. “Zuby!” He runs and gives her a hug.
Varo groans the boy did not leave
back to town. He seems to have a lack of following directions well.
Zuby looks around and explains, “well
those ugly things arrived in town and started to
rumbag the place.” Varo corrects her to
ransack. “They were looking for food and
supplies. Most of the others left for a hunting
trip west including our mom and dad. Our uncle
was ...wait where is Uncle Anon?”
The boy looks around clearly unsure himself.
Klorgar left the cabin minutes
earlier and was looking around doing a quick look
at the tree line since the cabin is in a
clearing. He noticed a disturbance in the bushes
with broken limits and branches. North and
slightly east of cabin. With weapon drawn he
gets closer and finds tracks that seem to match
the trolls. They must've come from the east town
through woods here. About 30 feet NE he notices
a form on the ground. Wary this is a trap he
scans the trees and area for any trolls. Trolls
are not so stealthy but they are keen in this dim
forest light. After a long few moments he spots
no other trolls and examines the form. It is a
human in his late 40s with a brown beard and
shaggy hair. Klorgar yells back that he finds a body.
That is when Zuby asks about her
uncle. Both kids turn and run toward the
voice. But Varo grabs the girl's shoulders. She
yells for the boy to stop but he again does not listen to orders.
As the boy enters the woods Klorgar
sees and moves to stop him. He grabs him and
stops him from seeing the club battered body. He
was cold already so clearly dead since day before.
The boy looks around Klorgar and
stumbles his words. “Uncle?” He recognizes his clothing and beard.
Zuby tries to get away from Varo but
Varo's grip is hard but soft. She sees Klorgar
and the boy exit the forest and look grim. Juno
walks up and Klorgar whispers and Juno nods to give a prayer to the dead.
Zuby sees the boys face and begins to
cry. She collapses to her knees.
The boy helps to finish the
story. “They took Uncle and Zuby after they
heard one say they had a cabin...we had a cabin. I...I...”
Zuby stares at her brother.
The boy turns away and wipes a
tear. “I was a coward. I tried to stop them but
too many...The others in town were cowards as
well! They would not help us! I hate them!. I'm sorry Zuby!”
Zuby hugs him, “but you got help! You and them saved me!”
Juno exits and points to a few others
to help retrieve the body. Jaren brings a
blanket out to cover the man's body.
Zuby looks at the covered body and
frowns. “Mom and Dad will be back in a few
days. Most of our young men went to help
hunt. If they had stayed...maybe he'd still be alive?”
Juno asks about once in the cabin.
“Well they ransacked the place for
food. They took out all those we had in the
garden some vegetables, potatoes and a tree
nearby has some grapes we were lucky to grow
from. Once inside they kept me as prisoner? One
tore off my clothes and placed me on that rope
thing. I was afraid they might kill and eat
me. But they never even touched me. Not sure
why. Few hour after dark I heard noises
outside. One troll left and heard the noise stop.”
The boy looks over to the elf body
and Zuby follows his gaze. “Who is that?”
The boy whispers, “Garus the
elf. Looks like he came to possibly help ...but was ...attacked.”
“Is he?” Zuby
Zuby frowns, “he was a nice guy...he
visited the village every 4-5 months. He traded
and he showed us and other kids his elf ways...”
she waves a hand as if in a odd expression of
supernatural or extraordinary methods.
Varo nods. So the boy was gone when
elf was killed and probably trying to run wildly
to find help. She asks about that.
The boy shrugs, “the nearest village
is maybe 120 miles east of here that I know
of. The Elf had a shack in north somewhere. The
farm is in NE but figured it was probably raided
by the trolls. So I figured to go west to find mom and dad and found you.”
A boy unskilled in such things
would've been killed for sure unless some divine
luck – like finding the party or rather them finding him – hadn't happened.
Varo is fine with the girl's injuries
they are superficial so treats them as best she
can. No need for a healing spell for her.
Others pile the troll bodies and
Uncle and elf in another pile. Jaren will have a
townsfolk come to get the bodies for burial. It
might take hours to do them all unless a mass grave for the trolls.
Mournath and others collect the troll
treasure. Their armor is good and tough but its
not human sized unless cut down. Maybe the
village can cut pieces for their own uses. There
are 10 clubs, 2 daggers and 1 battered
mace. Coins are found – 764 clacks or about 76
Lunars and 540 lunars. So its is assumed the
trolls must've raided a caravan somewhere to get
those coins. One semi precious stone is found a
gem word about 4 L. 1 scroll that is written in
language unknown to Mounrath. As well as that
odd empty purple tinted vial the one troll with
purple lips tried to use. Whatever it was the
powder is gone or liquid is as its just dusted purple on the vial.
Trolls seem to have some food on them
but its unclear if from the village or from their
own bags. There is no other gear like blankets
or lanterns or such so its clear they live off the land.
The Elf is searched in a kind way and
Jaren finds several items. A quiver of nicely
made arrows – maybe 30. But at least 6 seem to
have arrow tips with a rune on them that imply
cold? Jaren looks to Mournath, “for that great rope shot....want these?”
Jaren finds a elf made dagger that
seems to have runes on it. A damaged rapier with
runes on it. A talisman that looks to be more a
religious relic than decorative. There are 32
Lunars and 3 gems worth maybe 30 L. Food and
water as well as other travel supplies on him.
Varo and others collect what arrows
they can recover. Many are broken or chipped due
to the hard troll armor. Varo collects a
necklace around the purple lipped troll that may
be a set of boar tusks tied into a small necklace.
Juno tries to inspect the purple vial
by its just purple dust from dried powder of some
kind. The boy notice Juno's interest and says,
“the elf used that stuff. It gave him strength
or something another. He mainly used it while he
hunted. Guess the troll tried to use it as he took it from our elf friend.”
The area is secured and cleaned
up. Eventually it is learned Tarek who went back
to horses helped Marusk against a troll there and killed him.
A group from the village come to haul
the troll bodies far into the forest to bury in a
mass grave. A man from the village apologizes
that they could not help but they are not skilled
in combat. They appreciate the help but regret not helping.
Later Marusk ponders the situation,
“trolls from most places don't just eat humans
that I know of. Some can be civilized even in
cults like humans. Some do torture or take
female for fun. As to girl they did none of
that. So it must've been just a hostage deal for power?”
[Time: 11:03 am]
Tarek looks around, “we should move
on. But we'd only get 4-5 miles? Maybe I'll
consider us staying the night? Since the kids
will be safe with the village. You guys want to rest or move on?”
“You guys did fairly well,” Tarek
continues, “but a bit disorganized. Jaren seemed
to have to take the lead. We should work on that
for future battles so battles are better
planned. No one even seemed to look north of
cabin before battle started? Stuff like that.”
GM: Actions? Comments?
Next Update: Wednesday?
GM: Bigger update than usual. Sorry
for delay. When I tried to do it
Tue/Wed I have a limited time frame and staff got
up late so sadly was many hours later so could
not finish in good window time frame. So unless
a person doesn't want to stay in village we'll do
that then move on next update. So can do actions
if needed before travel resumes in the
forest. As to loot let me know. I have a
feeling I'm forgetting one thing. I usually
do. But want to get this out for now. Wout did
email saying there was a List issue around time
Bess had her issue. So just a update.
GM: 130 Miles out – personal note for me.
GM: Experience/Notes
Turns: 17 – almost 3.5 min of combat. Wow. :)
Damage:
Rocky: 3 to Abdomen (pre healing) (1 after healing)
Jaren: 3 to abdomen
Player -POW Notes
Rocky -3 -1 Sling object/ -1 Bolt
Varo -3 -5 Arrows,
Juno -7 -5 Arrows, +5% Bow skill
Mournath -2 -5 Arrows, +5% Bow
Jaren +5% Rapier
Klorgar -4 Arrows*, +5% Bow
Razgar -2 Arrows*, +5% Bow, +5% Climb
* Seems inventory was not fully
fleshed. :< Some of you have no arrows. So next
big town will have to buy some. I'll figure
arrows were shared between players for this purpose.
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