<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Kiet will kick in the speed on his boots and do his best to get on deck. <div><br></div><div>If the giant looks to be attacking, like he draws back the arm to throw or thrust the trident, Kiet will fire off all of his 'shots' from his ring...maybe it will discourage him.</div><div><br></div><div>The giant...not Kiet...</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Sep 7, 2018, at 2:32 PM, pnpgm <<a href="mailto:pnpgm@comcast.net">pnpgm@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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Character Name
Type
Player
Sex
Notes<br>
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..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup
Navigator<br>
..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newark.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf<br>
..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magician<br>
..Ix..............Shaman..Rachelle.Gauthier..Fe..Human<br>
..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Me..Human/Magician
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..Maelorna........Dancer..Don.Kerr...........Fe..Human/Seductress<br>
..Mournath........Sailor..Gibert.Isla........Ma..Human/Navigator<br>
..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human<br>
..Raddok..........Miner...Bess Hadley........Ma..Human<br>
..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden<br>
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shman/1st
Mate<br>
..Barbasa.........Warror..Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast<br>
..Brutto..........Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #1<br>
..Finn............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #2<br>
..Ardrackle.......Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #3<br>
..Zepp............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #4<br>
Corona..........Eagle...Npc................Ma..Companion to
Z'leyra <br>
..Zol.Zim.........Wolf....Npc................Ma..Zehani Wolf/Ix's
Friend<br><br>
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Game Update #36 sequence (file #351)<br>
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[Recap]<br><br>
From Z'leyra: [Re: Dwarf
Tongue]<br>
Z'leyra will ask
"Dorhak, would you assist me in learning<br>
Dwarf
Elder?" If yes, she asks "Please speak in Dwarf Elder<br>
until
I hold up my hand. and she will cast Tongues EL0 on<br>
herself at
x5 cost while he makes a short speech in Dwarf<br>
Elder. Thus she
will hopefully learn the language.<br>
GM: Ack. What day was
this? Why not use Necklace? :) Will have to<br>
wait
on his answer before resolve so remind if I forget.<br><br>
From Raddok: [Re:
Actions]<br>
[OOC: thanks,
Scott for the IBT update. These notes reflect<br>
that
knowedge. <br><br>
Apris 6, ~ 8 a.m.
Raddok, having been cleared by K'leyra from<br>
further seaman
training at this time, asks Kiet about scheduling<br>
time to
learn to use his new dagger. He wants to focus on this<br>
training for the
next several days [OOC - to level 2, at least].<br>
He helps on the
ship, with the others.<br><br>
Apris 7 - Raddok
is one of the witnesses to Arawn's trick in<br>
rescuing the seal
caught in the whirlpool, and sends a thumbs-<br>
up to the
alfar.<br><br>
Apris 8 - Raddok's
dagger training with Kiet is interrupted by<br>
the sudden
heavy storm, but they use the time below decks to<br>
teach Raddok
some points of close-in combat in crowds, much to<br>
the dismay of
those nearby. Catcalls are almost loud enough<br>
to drown out the
sound of the storm overhead for a minute or<br>
two, until people
can scramble out of the way as Raddok<br>
dodges back
without looking behind him.<br><br>
Apris 10 (or 11th,
depending on their schedule in Provini),<br>
Raddok takes a
day's break from dagger training to again<br>
practice
swimming while in port, for the day this time, under<br>
their
appointed trainer. [OOC - I keep forgetting who's<br>
teaching
this - Kiet? - my apologies; I'm making a note the<br>
next time I
find it in the notes]<br><br>
Raddok will
continue to use Marentian language as much as<br>
possible on
board ship, and Dwarf Elder with Dorhak & Arawn<br>
(& any
other that want to practice/refresh their use of either<br>
language). He hopes for a little more concentrated practice<br>
after he
feels more comfortable with his dagger. He's<br>
beginning to
think that sometime before they reach Vahear,<br>
perhaps he
should practice his Fomorian, too. He falls asleep<br>
at night,
after his watches, still planning, but glad of his<br>
progress.<br>
GM: Ack. Just a
FYI. The stuff I do on travel is for<br>
fluff.
Temperatures and weather is just for story<br>
progression. It is not required that folks post/react<br>
to
it. It is appreciated and welcome if you do but<br>
not
required. This is just a way of transition. Who is<br>
K'leyra? :) As to swimming I assume in port all day I've not<br>
heard
from Dorhak so will assume all day. So that'd give<br>
you a
full day's swimming points. <br><br>
<br>
From Mae: [Re: Actions]<br>
Maelorna sighs as
she looks about at all the potential food,<br>
she has wings and
considers the might chance it however, the<br>
issue of changing
into her more pretty half would cause too<br>
much trouble with
the crew.<br><br>
She just winds up
watching them with a wistful smile on her<br>
face.<br>
GM: Ack. What is this in
reference to? The mermen? One of the<br>
encounters I listed like the serpents or jellyfish?? Unclear<br>
so
unsure where to put it. <br><br>
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[New Stuff]<br><br>
[Apris 9th, 1636TH
- Provini Port]<br><br>
The
ship docks early morning and the crew tend to final<br>
duties. Some
go to town to get a nice bath and meal while<br>
others get
supplies for the ship.<br><br>
[Apris 10th,
1636TH]<br>
[Time: 7:03
am]<br><br>
The
crew removes any links to the docks and the ship<br>
is directed by a
tug into the deep water. The day<br>
is overcast all
day with temperatures ranging from 53 to<br>
a hot 98
degrees. But there are good winds today which<br>
gives the ship 27
miles of travel by end of the day.<br><br>
<br>
[Time: 2:26
pm]<br><br>
As the
ship sails further south-west the heat is<br>
around low 90s and
it is muggy. Lunch has been done<br>
for some time and
the late afternoon chores are done.<br><br>
Corona
screeches from a half mile away but it seems to<br>
be too hard to
hear. But those who know the eagle know<br>
he would not be so
agitated without just cause. The<br>
crew look around
for something to worry about. The<br>
ship is maybe a
mile from shore.<br><br>
Suddenly from the port aft the water seems to swirl.<br>
This is more like
a surfacing whale maybe with new<br>
ripples and
bubbles. Then it surfaces. A head with<br>
hair. Within
seconds it almost seems to rise up<br>
as if powered by
some force. It looks like a old<br>
man of sorts that
is very ugly looking. As it rises<br>
it continues to
rise and rise. Then its feet are<br>
seen on the water
and it is at least 40 feet tall!<br><br>
A sea
giant!<br><br>
The
crew panic.<br><br>
This
giant is holding a trident and has a net on his<br>
back. It
spots the ship and begins to walk on the<br>
water moving fast
toward it. The giant is only about<br>
300 feet
away. But based on the strides and power of<br>
this muscular
giant even with the ship's magic the<br>
ship likely won't
outrun it in time.<br><br>
Horns,
shouts and whistles are all blown to warn all<br>
of the ship of the
immediate danger.<br><br>
Actions?
Comments?<br><br>
Next
Update...Monday (in a week)<br><br>
GM: Good and
bad news. Good news this is the only encounter<br>
until reach Tilal! Bad news this is a HUGE (pardon the<br>
pun) encounter. I have already rolled up all the winds<br>
and next 5 days of travel. So once this is done we<br>
can move to next port. I did not hear from Dorhak so<br>
I assume stay a day in port. Now here is a critical<br>
point. My staff messed up and did math wrong on seaman<br>
and some would actually learn it on the 10th not 5th.<br>
So I gotta update the IBT document. Now based on my<br>
math this is around 4pm that everyone would learn it.<br>
Which is 90 min away. But I'm a generous GM so I<br>
will allow full seaman (ie full OCV/DC) for this combat.<br>
So don't fear that. I figure enough to fear about<br>
than falling on deck. :) Below I will roll for random<br>
locations. Now I had planned to do this update<br>
tomorrow but I got off today. So might as well<br>
do now. This would've been a very short update<br>
if no encounters. For those who wish to fight<br>
this is a great experience booster. Now next update<br>
will be super delayed. I'm off all next week Mon-Fri<br>
so wanna do a mini vacation and I have a project I<br>
want to finish by 9/16 (Sunday). So I should be off<br>
the 17th so I can work on next update then. This gives<br>
you guys plenty of time to organize a defense. I hope<br>
this is not a issue as I need rest!<br><br>
Not many folks on deck and oddly alot of folks in the<br>
hold? Must be a party or something? Maybe anew shipment<br>
of rum? I dunno that's how the dice rolled. :)<br><br>
Based on how fast he can move Giant will reach ship in<br>
around 15-20 seconds. If he swam he'd be there already.<br>
So you guys have maybe 5 phases to move to position and<br>
prepare. Won't post a map until folks move for the<br>
Phase 1 combat spots. Since it would be futile to<br>
place folks on map then move you later. <br><br>
GM: Mini IBT
[Marqi 24 Present<br><br>
Player Skills<br>
Arawn Study God's Eyes<br>
Dorhak Seamanship *<br>
Fremea Seamanship *<br>
Mournath Spear - Fighting * <br>
IX Dance
*<br>
Pyan Seamanship*, Eagle
<br>
Raddok Learn Seamanship, Then Dagger,
Marentian<br>
Unali Swimming *, Seaman *<br>
Z'leyra Seamanship *, Navigation<br><br>
* Notes that you can find a teacher/master for more points.<br><br>
GM: Language
Necklace Use: Roll W+EM or less<br>
Buff: +Em Mar 24th, +W Mar 29th<br><br>
Character
Date
Learning Notes<br>
Raddok
Mar 26th
Marentian
Success<br>
Pyan
Mar 29th Eagle from Corona Fail<br>
Pyan
Mar 30th Eagle from Corona Success<br>
Kiet
Apr 3rd
Bhamotin
Success<br>
Unali
Apr 4th Bhamotin from Kiet Success<br>
Fremea
Apr 5th Bhamotin from Kiet Success<br><br>
GM: Watch
Assignments:<br><br>
First ( 7-10pm) - Dorhak, Raddok, Ix<br>
Second (10- 1am) - Arawn, Mae, Pyan<br>
Third ( 1- 4am) - Fremea, Z'leyra, Mournath<br>
Fourth ( 4- 7am) - Unali, Kiet, Barbosa<br><br>
GM: Current
Locations (Random)<br><br>
Based on old Update's Table I posted.<br><br>
Player Location<br>
Arawn NW Berth - Second
deck<br>
Dorhak Third Deck - Hold<br>
Fremea Third Deck - Hold<br>
Ix Top Deck -
Front of Ship<br>
Kiet Second Deck -
Hallway<br>
Mae Second Deck -
Hallway<br>
Mournath Top Deck - Center of Ship<br>
Pyan Top Deck - Front of
Ship<br>
Raddok Top Deck - Rear of Ship<br>
Unali Third Deck - Hold<br>
Z'leyra Top Deck - Hold<br>
Barbosa Second Deck - South Berth<br>
Brutto Third Deck - Hold<br>
Finn Third Deck -
Hold<br>
Ardrackle. Top Deck - Steering Wheel<br>
Zepp. Top Deck - Crow's
Nest<br>
Corona In Air Half Mile away<br>
Zol Zim Second Deck - Hallway<br><br>
Giant 280-300 Feet from Ship
rear of ship port side<br><br>
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