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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/Shaman/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 #41 sequence (file #399)<br>
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[Recap]<br><br>
From Z'leyra: [Re:
Actions]
<br>
Z'leyra says
"Thank you! I am indebted to you for...<br><br>
Later she will ask
those that speak Dwarven Elder as a native<br>
tongue if they
would allow her to learn that language. If so<br>
she will ask them
to have a conversation near her while she<br>
practices her
Tongues spell (EL0 at 5xcost and thru her<br>
staff).<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Unali: [Re: Actions]<br>
When Z'leyra
expresses her intent to learn Dwarven Elder, if<br>
Unali is nearby,
she asks to be included in the conversation<br>
and borrows the
langiage amulet for that occasion.<br>
GM: Ack. Let me check if
4/10 is free on list below. Done.<br>
Not
used since 4/5. Not many taking the opportunity.<br><br>
From Bess: [Re: Posting]<br>
[OOC: I'm very
pleased with Raddok's actions in updates #39-40,<br>
even if he got no
exp points. He's just as happy that he didn't<br>
have to actually
encounter the giant! Will send action update<br>
soon.]<br>
GM: Ack. Thanks and no
problem. :)<br><br>
From Raddok: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Greatly relieved
at seeing Z'leyra slowly come around,....<br><br>
As for the dagger
fight, Raddok is eager to watch, and he places<br>
a bet of 3 brass
bits (all he dare spend) on Kiet, altho' he is<br>
not really sure
his new friend can beat the dagger maiden. An<br>
intriguing duet is
about to play, he thinks, and prepares to<br>
enjoy himself. (He
remains armed with mace & shield.)<br>
GM: Ack. No tools were damaged
just railing.<br><br>
From Panthera: [Re: new
game]<br>
Since Scott has
expressed his desire to quit running his PBeM<br>
campaign I thought
I would offer a chance to continue your c<br>
chracters in a new
campaign.<br>
GM: Ack. To clarify. I
never said would stop now. I did say this<br>
COULD
be the last adventure. After 20 years (next June) they<br>
say
one should end something on a high mark. ;) In terms of<br>
pbems
that 90% of time end in 6 months that's a big deal.<br>
I only
see one other pbem (a trek game) that has been running<br>
a bit
longer (vague info but maybe 3-4 years longer). Course<br>
I've
done pbems since mid '80s a good decade earlier. But<br>
for
one campaign/system its 20 years. Now will this be the<br>
last
? I dunno. I do want to run adventures centered around<br>
each
pc like this one is for Dorhak. Donara was for Fremea.<br>
I also
want to plan on 2 more good adventures Jordi/kicking<br>
Climans out of Fort Affae and of course Xian's big one which<br>
I previewed with that odd portal intro at start of this<br>
adventure. :) I simply am listening to Fringeowrthy podcast<br>
and so
eager for that again. In fact yesterday I came up with<br>
a full
adventure in span of 10 min. A single word came to<br>
my
head and figured that's cool. Then added 3-4 more lines<br>
to my
outline. Nice. So added more and more details in my<br>
head
and was done. A supernatural, scifi and fantasy genre<br>
game
all in one. So we'll see next year. Ii do enjoy less<br>
'detailed' systems (pnp is inventory/sheet intensive) so<br>
would
give me more free time. But this is also a stress<br>
relief
and I like the fun of imagination. :) I mean I'd<br>
love
to have Alex or David run a game. :) HINT HINT. But<br>
sure
if folks wanna run a game...power to ya!<br><br>
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]<br>
Since Pyan has
more money than he knows what to do with and<br>
wants to feel
helpful, he'll offer to pay for the medical<br>
supplies.<br>
GM: Ack. To clarify the
healing kit Raddok grabbed on lockers<br>
wasn't
his I figured just a group kit. Since sailors get<br>
bruised A LOT on ship. But you are free to help with<br>
his
lost grappling hook and any other gear he may have. :)<br><br>
From Z'leyra: [Re:
Actions]
<br>
Gathering
those that Z'leyra had seen directly save her l<br>
ife she
announces:<br><br>
"I would like
to show my appreciation in a useful form.....<br>
GM: Ack. Did I miss the
forge and machine shop below<br>
decks? Was that installed last port? :)<br><br>
From Dorhak: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Gods! We
face terrible danger yet these people deal...<br>
GM: Ack <br>
<br>
From Raddok: [Re:
Actions]<br>
And Raddok
accepts, gratefully, Pyan's offer to pay for<br>
replacement
medical supplies for his Kit.<br>
GM: Ack. Technically wasn't
your kit but the grappling hook could<br>
be
replaced. :)<br><br>
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]<br>
As Dorhak called
out to have the ship distance...<br><br>
"Give it a
moment if you will. The giant might have...<br>
----<br>
When Dorhak
called for a 'fair fight' between Unali and...<br><br>
OOC: I asked
Scott if Arawn would be aware of the heart NMI<br>
due to
his training and I believe the answer was, yes. But,<br>
Scott,
if I'm wrong on that then just say so and assume the<br>
last
sentence wasn't said.<br>
GM: Ack. Odd that OOC
got out of order when I combined all the<br>
posts
into a file for editing. Cut/paste errors I guess. I<br>
also
seemed to have lost Fremea's post. Very odd. <br><br>
From John: [Re: New game]<br>
Not sure about how
much time I'll have for this but just<br>
curious, as you
mentioned our being able to continue with our<br>
characters, is
this going to be you running a PnP game with a<br>
Spelljammer
theme? Or a completely different game/game<br>
system?<br>
GM: Ack. This game will
continue till its end of adventure.<br>
I'd
suggest new characters if the new game started at<br>
this
time so folks can keep things private as needed.<br><br>
From Panthera: [Re: new
game]<br>
Yes, It will use
my Yiffiemon rule variant of PnP....<br>
[Deleted
since not for this game can read rest on site]<br>
GM: Ack. So will you have a
website/roll20/list? Those kind<br>
of
details will help. I will probably join if able time<br>
wise
depending on how many updates you do a week. Since this<br>
game
alone keeps me very busy. :)<br><br>
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]<br>
Seeing the faerry
preparing for a plunge Arawn called out.<br>
<br>
"If you find
the body try and mark the spot if you can,...<br>
GM: Ack. For some reason this
post/file got lost I see it now<br>
but its on
archives but on my site not yet. Will try to<br>
fix that but
as above I 'see it' :) Diving into water<br>
to find
treasure wow. Do know swimming. Ok. Ack. :)<br><br>
From Mournath: [Re: Actions]<br>
[thoughts to self] I
can't believe it's dead. I can't ...<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]<br>
Pyan, "I'm fine
with the language necklace and the....<br>
GM: Ack. <br><br>
From Fremea: [Re: Diving]<br>
Fremea feels a bit
winded with helping to get the soggy....<br>
GM: Ack.<br><br>
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]<br>
Z'leyra orders
"Drop the anchor! Drop and stow the...<br>
<br>
"All right, if some
of you are insane enough to go...<br>
GM: Ack. Giant kin thanks for that
suggestion!<br><br>
From Raddok: [Re: Actions[<br>
[OOC: Does this
(treasure hunt) happen before or after the<br>
dagger
contest?]<br><br>
As Raddok has not nearly
completed his swimming training, he<br>
elects to remain on
board & help haul up any "treasure" etc....<br>
GM: Ack. Before assuming folks
survive the treasure hunt. <br><br>
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[New Stuff]<br><br>
[Apris 10th,
1636TH]<br>
[Time: 2:27
pm]<br><br>
Dorhak
looks around with hands on hips. <br><br>
Gods! We face terrible danger yet these people deal with<br>
it so
quickly! Without them, certainly all would have been<br>
lost. And
almost losing the barbarian woman was bad enough.<br><br>
Dorhak, knowing nothing about how to fix broken humans,<br>
chooses to observe
and not try to give orders. The big elf<br>
is sure quick to
respond. At least he was successful in<br>
reviving the weird
shaman.<br><br>
Dorhak
first talks to his kinsman, Barbasa, after that amazing,<br>
but foolish rescue
of the human sailor. "Hah! You foolish<br>
youth! What
you did out there in the water was crazy. And<br>
amazing.
Perhaps we call you Barbasa Alda...Barbasa of the<br>
Waves.
Surely no other dwarf has brought honor to his House<br>
in this way!
Well done, lad!" Dorhak claps him soundly on<br>
the back.<br><br>
"All-right! Navigator! Resume course. Put some
distance<br>
between us and the
giant. No telling what might come looking<br>
around. All
hands on deck for work details. If you can help<br>
with repairs, then
do so. If not, you can haul things."<br><br>
"Thanks to all who helped stop that...monstrosity, whatever<br>
it was! We have
been fortunate once again."<br><br>
Dorhak
goes over to Z’leyra, before she rises, and puts his<br>
hand on his
shoulder. He tries to give a comforting look to<br>
the first mate
but it probably just makes her nauseous. He<br>
says "Not
you. Get some rest. You’ve been through enough<br>
today."<br><br>
Zepp
gives water to Finn and wonders why folks give water<br>
to a man who just
drowned? He speaks up to Dorhak's<br>
comments.
"I believe that was a Sea Giant in the river we<br>
never see
them. I'm glad we stay mostly on the river with<br>
Damon's
ships."<br><br>
Z'leyra flutters her eyes open and begins to feel<br>
her chest.
Her clothing is blood soaked but she doesn't<br>
seem to find any
wounds. Arawn helps her sit up but<br>
that is a bit of a
chore as she is still bruised which<br>
healer can't
really help to cure. She glances at Arawn.<br><br>
Z'leyra says, "Thank you! I am indebted to you for saving<br>
my
life."<br><br>
Ardrackle at the steering wheel lightly speaks so the<br>
first mate can
hear. "Most captains..like Dorhak....do not<br>
like lying down
while others work." He grins wildly.<br><br>
Raddok moves to get his shield. He then realizes<br>
Unali had a
grappling hook and rope on her back. Now that<br>
he glances over no
longer does. Wait. That was his hook from<br>
his
locker!<br><br>
Greatly relieved at seeing Z'leyra slowly come around, and<br>
not having
been bashed himself by the giant, Raddok pauses &<br>
relaxes enough to
finally notice that the kidnapped sailor,<br>
maybe more?
(he wasn't really watching after Z'leyra fell)<br>
has been rescued -
& by the dwarf among others, no less -<br>
very brave! The
crew & the others had apparently worked<br>
very efficiently
together - admirable, indeed!<br><br>
He is
rather surprised at first, but ends up grinning at<br>
Dorhak's complaint
of people lying around on the job. He feels<br>
the dwarf is
releasing his worry by making everyone re-focus<br>
on what now
"is" as opposed to "was" just a minute or so
ago,<br>
and wants that
subject /worry changed & gone. Raddok retrieves<br>
his shield &
Healing Kit when Arawn & anyone else who needs it<br>
are finished with
it. He carefully checks to see that the tools<br>
from the kit are
retrieved, so he can clean them & boil them<br>
in water, before
restoring them, wrapped in a clean, small<br>
cloth, to the kit.
He also compares the remaining supplies with<br>
the list posted on
the inside of the Kit's lid flap to note what<br>
will need to be
replaced at the next port. When the tools are<br>
leaned, he will
restore the kit to his locker on deck, with<br>
relief that having
it there was so useful, and add his needed<br>
replacement
supplies to the posted supplies list, adding his<br>
name, & a
request to be notified of any billing cost to him.<br><br>
Z'leyra stands as Arawn gathers the supplies from the<br>
kit back into the
container. She waves Raddok over<br>
to talk to both of
them.<br><br>
"I would like to show my appreciation in a useful form. As<br>
one of the
premiere human enchanters and metalworkers that I<br>
know of, I can
craft a useful item and imbue it with magic.<br>
While I do not
know the Dwarven and Elven secrets of metal I<br>
DO know Kameri
weapon making secrets and can make and enchant<br>
excellent weapons.
I also can make and enchant leather or iron<br>
based armors. The
armor I made for myself has helped keep me<br>
alive a number of
times<br><br>
"So if you have an item that you would like for me to
make,<br>
let me know. While
there are more spells that I do not know t<br>
han I do know, I
have a fairly broad selection of spells I can<br>
ensorcel into
objects. Most are at minimal levels of effecti<br>
veness, but some
are moderate and a few are exemplary. For i<br>
nstance for weapon
and armor enhancements I know of few equals<br>
and even fewer
that exceed my skill. I can make wands and<br>
staves of
considerable power. with a staff I can have it<br>
double, as mine
does, as a warstaff. Cap the ends with bronze,<br>
copper, silver or
even gold and one doesn't have to worry about<br>
coming into casual
contact with iron. I would make it artistic,<br>
perhaps weaving
symbols of power into the design. I could even<br>
dedicate the item
to your or your family lines' exclusive use..<br>
.but advise
against it since your necessary saliva or blood<br>
impregnated into
the object could possibly be used to direct<br>
an evil spell
against you if the item was stolen by an<br>
evildoer"<br><br>
"To create these items does take considerable time. Days,<br>
weeks or for upper
end armor, months. Add perhaps a day to a<br>
week to
imbue the object with the magical powers one desires.<br>
Add in that
even I cannot guarantee that the fickle winds of<br>
fate won't
interfere with the enchantments. Sometimes<br>
enchantments
don't work and one has to start over from<br>
scratch. So
think about it. Talk with me to see if I have the<br>
necessary
knowledge for the item you want."<br><br>
Barbasa stands from his wobbly legs after venturing overboard.<br>
he cocks his head
hearing Z'leyra and comments after she<br>
is done.
"I may not understand this language you use as<br>
well as
others. That necklace thing helped. But did I<br>
hear you say
correctly 'dwarf secrets'?" He frowns and a fist<br>
is forming on his
right hand. "No humans are allowed to<br>
learn such
knowledge!"<br><br>
As
Dorhak called out to have the ship distance itself from<br>
the dead
giant's current location Arawn looked up to address<br>
the
captain.<br><br>
"Give it a moment if you will. The giant might have some<br>
worthwhile
treasure on him or a lair nearby with the same. I'd<br>
like to summon
some elementals and take a look around for a bit."<br><br>
Dorhak
frowns and Ardrackle looks for orders from the captain.<br><br>
Mournath looks around at the results of the quick combat.<br>
[thoughts to self]
I can't believe it's dead. I can't believe<br>
we killed
it!<br><br>
Mournath stows his weaponry and moves to help any that are in<br>
need of aid,
helping to pull sailors trapped beneath fallen<br>
objects or
to gently move those injured but unable to move to<br>
where aid can
be rendered. Mournath helps where he can,<br>
bandaging and
sewing wounds as directed.<br><br>
When
he hears that others on board wish to go beneath the<br>
waters and look
for the giant's den his interest is peaked.<br>
To see beneath
the waves! A whole new world of exploration<br>
to be penned
about. Alas, it seems that summoned creatures will<br>
be the vanguard of
any such search.<br><br>
Mournath speaks out loud, "where best can I aid?"<br><br>
Dorhak
assigns him to oversee the railing repairs.<br><br>
Pyan
reacts to Arawn's offer.<br><br>
Pyan
says, "I'm fine with the language necklace and the<br>
battlemind, but I
think I'll have to draw the line there....<br>
although being an
otter does sound fun."<br><br>
Fremea
starts to remove her quiver and bow. <br><br>
Fremea
feels a bit winded with helping to get the soggy<br>
human back aboard
the ship, then sees the Z has been hurt very<br>
badly. Though she
would have been glad to help with any of her<br>
magics, it looks
like Arawn had it handled. Then she turns to<br>
the sinking giant
and tries to remember what she has learned<br>
about any of the
supernatural properties about them and what<br>
could be
harvested. It is possible that some of the good stuff<br>
god destroyed with
that explosion of fire, but there still<br>
could be good
stuff.<br><br>
Seeing
the faerry preparing for a plunge Arawn called out.<br><br>
"If you find the body try and mark the spot if you can,"
he<br>
cried to her.
"And if you can claim the heart, all the better.<br>
Their power and
immortality are held within."<br><br>
Fremea
is curious about this heart thing she was more<br>
interested in what
she saw behind the giant's back in that<br>
large
bag.<br><br>
Z'leyra order. "Drop the anchor! Drop and stow the<br>
sails!
"<br><br>
"All right, if some of you are insane enough to go seek the<br>
giant's
treasure we don't want to sail off and leave you<br>
behind. I will
stay on board...anyway I don't swim well and<br>
certainly cannot
hold my breath long enough to get to the<br>
bottom and back. I
suggest that you be wary of any kin that<br>
giant may
have."<br><br>
As
Raddok has not nearly completed his swimming training, he<br>
elects to remain
on board & help haul up any "treasure" etc.<br>
that the others
find. Hopefully, he says, "They should set up a<br>
good
pulley system to haul up whatever is deemed worthy, but<br>
with
equipment that can be left behind or dropped
overboard<br>
in an emergency.
Then again, if our people are using those<br>
ropes to haul
themselves back up, we should be ready to help<br>
them." He
searches out around the ship at the empty ocean<br>
horizon -
hopefully it will stay empty.<br><br>
Fremea
quickly dives to see about getting anything good<br>
before it is all
gone.<br><br>
Zepp
watches the strange winged girl dive into the water<br>
and shakes his
head. "Not a wise thing. According to the<br>
maps this area can
be as deep as 150-250 feet depending.<br>
That thing...will
sink fast. Doesn't give much time to<br>
look around a body
before one drowns and needs to surface."<br><br>
Fremea
uses her wings to navigate but soon due to the<br>
pressure and
weight and simply not using them much under<br>
the water, she
begins to get slower. The giant's body is<br>
now well past the
ship as by time Arawn spoke and ship<br>
moved away they
were a good distance away. She tries to<br>
figure out if the
bubbles rising up from one spot is the<br>
body or not.
A inkish black blob is seen in the distance<br>
and Fremea
realizes that must be the blood from the<br>
giant. She
swims that way then surfaces for a new set<br>
of
breathes.<br><br>
Fremea
kicks and dives deep to the estimated spot and<br>
sees a form but it
is a couple hundred feet below. While<br>
some humans have
been known to dive 900 feet without aid<br>
a Faerry with wet
weighted down wings may not be as lucky.<br>
She seems to reach
at least 200 feet but she can't<br>
really tell
distance at all in this strange environment.<br><br>
She
glimpses the body is on his back face up and the bubbles<br>
of gas that exit
his body, clothing and such seem to<br>
block a lot of the
view. She reaches the chest of the<br>
giant but then
realizes her lungs are killing her. She<br>
kicks to the belt
area to see if she can find that item<br>
she saw but if its
on his back then chances are low. Her<br>
vision begins to
darken as her lungs burn.<br><br>
Just
as she reaches the belt area her mind rebels and<br>
she kicks up and
tries to surface. This time is far more<br>
grueling with her
wet wings. She surfaces and gasps for<br>
air at the lapping
waves.<br><br>
Fremea
can see the ship about 50 feet away seems to be<br>
circling the area
in a long arc.<br><br>
On
board Dorhak hears the word treasure and seems to go<br>
numb as he ignores
the rest of the conservation. Can the<br>
small one get the
treasure or will this become seems odd<br>
quest?<br><br>
As
Fremea treads water, Baraosa on ship points and<br>
yells
"Shark!"<br><br>
Fremea
looks to where he is pointing and finds a fin<br>
about 30 feet away
moving her way. She knows seals<br>
like the size of
herself attract sharks. She shrugs she'll<br>
just fly up to get
to the ship. She flaps and flaps. But<br>
the wings seems to
refuse to work or are too water<br>
logged. She
commands her body to lift up to the sky as<br>
the shark
closes.<br><br>
But
nothing happens. The shark gets within a few feet<br>
and she
pulls her dagger. The shark lunges and bites<br>
Fremea right on
the lower left abdomen doing 8 points of<br>
damage as the
shark rips through her body and takes<br>
a chunk
away.<br><br>
Fremea
stabs her dagger at the passing shark and hits<br>
in his side doing
6 points of damage. As she does this<br>
she gasps through
the pain and speaks a few words.<br><br>
The
shark wounded doesn't look like look like of seals who<br>
fight back
so moves away. Fremea then disappears appearing<br>
back onto the deck
of the ship teleported. She stands<br>
and looks around
and says "Medic" then collapses.<br><br>
Z'leyra rushes to Fremea and sees a large section of<br>
her side tore out
but thank the gods it is below the<br>
ribs and no vital
organs. If it was on her back she<br>
probably lose a
kidney or such. While Arawn helps<br>
to stop the
bleeding Z'leyra casts a healing spell on<br>
her. She
plans for a high level spell so as she speaks<br>
the words -
knowing this isn't critical - she treats the<br>
wound as best she
can with the kit she had at hand.<br><br>
Holding her staff she casts the healing spell and the<br>
green magical
healing energy sweeps through her wound<br>
and quickly closes
the wound. She heals 9 points of<br>
damage and Fremea
is back to normal.<br><br>
Zepp
comments, "more sharks coming. The blood from<br>
the shark and
giant are attracting them. " He glances<br>
at Arawn.
"You expect to dive with those sharks after<br>
you saw what just
happened?"<br><br>
Arawn
considers what Zepp moves as he moves to the<br>
stairs. He
asks Dorhak to keep the ship circling<br>
for a few more
minutes. Then he descends to get his<br>
gear from a cabin
and finds a talisman. He returns<br>
to the top deck
and notices for the first time some<br>
blood from the
giant it seems on the deck.<br><br>
Looking over the side he raises the talisman and speaks<br>
the words to
activate it. He lowers his hands and waits.<br><br>
Ardrackle glares a bit at Arawn as circling a ship<br>
in place is a hard
thing on the upper body.<br><br>
It
seems to take forever and Arawn just about gives<br>
up when two
figures surface out of the water. The<br>
2 female
undines glare up at Arawn. The sailors and<br>
others look on and
are a bit surprised.<br><br>
Finn
comments under his breath, "I'd never figured I'd<br>
live long enough
to see one of those...."<br><br>
Brutto
whispers back, "look at the .." Then realizes<br>
Unali is glaring
at the sailor. "The hair..I mean her<br>
hair."
As he looks down at the half naked mermaid.<br><br>
"What do you want!" One yells.<br><br>
Arawn
asks for a favor to locate the giant's body and<br>
his lair.<br><br>
The
other undine speaks, "You dare summon us here in<br>
the middle of this
feeding feast?" She glances at<br>
the sharks
nearby. "First you harm our brothers now<br>
you ask a
favor!"<br><br>
Arawn
cringes as he realizes these Undines may know<br>
the mermen in this
area. Arawn tries the best way he<br>
knows to convince
the undine.<br><br>
"For material things? You surely jest!"<br><br>
The
other speaks up, "we can help...to a degree. We ask<br>
help in
return. A local village has been over fishing and<br>
dumping their
garbage in a local bay. This makes our<br>
own food supply
less."<br><br>
The
other undine repels two sharks that near by with her<br>
own
magic.<br><br>
"If you make them agree to stop this ill treatment.<br>
We will show you
the lair and body."<br><br>
Before
Dorhak can protest, Arawn agrees and the dwarf<br>
grumbles.<br><br>
The
undine grin a very toothy grin. "Not you..that one."<br>
She points to
Fremea leaning over the railing. "A good<br>
scare from the
likes of her....would convenience them to stop<br>
over fishing for a
good while. We do not demand they stop<br>
as humans must
eat. But there is a fine balance to the<br>
sea that must be
maintained. Deal or not?"<br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
[Time: 6:21
pm]<br><br>
The
ship is about to be anchored and the passengers prepare<br>
for dinner.
The final day's chores are made and the folks<br>
begin to settle
down and wait for dinner. The sun is low<br>
on the horizon
making the sky ablaze with orange and reds.<br><br>
Kiet
is more than happy to help train the people that want<br>
to learn
dagger. He's unlikely the best user...ahem...Unali..<br>
.but he can certainly
train the uninitiated.<br><br>
Kiet
has an idea about training. And maybe just to break up<br>
the
monotony. Kiet approaches Unali about helping him put<br>
on a
demonstration. "I think it might be instructive for the<br>
others, and maybe
fun for us, if you and I have a knife fight.<br>
Real blades, but
no magic blades. To first blood. Obviously,<br>
the skill involved
would be drawing blood without causing<br>
serious
damage. What do you say?"<br><br>
"We both know you could carve me like a holiday fowl, but<br>
we all have ways
to keep any damage from being permanent." He<br>
looks at her and
smiles. "Or are you afraid..."<br><br>
Unali to Kiet: "It would be good to show that a simple blade<br>
or two can be just
as effective and scary as a blundering idiot<br>
with a
trident." She flinches a bit and glances at Z'leyra<br>
and hopes the
words don't sting. "Tomorrow morning when the<br>
air is still fresh
would seem a nice time. Up for it?"<br><br>
<br>
[Apris 11th,
1636TH]<br>
[Time: 6:13
am]<br><br>
The
ship is waking up from the previous day's events of<br>
the giant's
attack. Night watches end and night duties<br>
and chores are
finished. The sun is rising and creating<br>
a illusionary
appearance of the sun boiling the sea. As<br>
it bathes the sky
in orange and crimson.<br><br>
Upon
hearing about the funny acrobats ridiculous challenge<br>
to the dark human
woman, Unali, he considers disallowing it.<br>
That woman is
pretty scary and anyone would be wise not to mess<br>
with her. If Kiet
wants her to carve her initials in his hide<br>
there are better
ways to go about it. Still, Dorhak knows that<br>
nothing they do to
each other would be permanent. He goes to<br>
the first mate to
discuss it. Z’leyra informs him of the intent<br>
of the two, about
weapons and magic use.<br><br>
Dorhak
frowns upon hearing that Unali intends to use two<br>
daggers. The
challenge is an interesting one and, gods know,<br>
except for giants
walking on water there really is little to<br>
break up the
monotony. He tells Z’leyra "all right then. They<br>
can have their
fun. You will be the referee. No armor for<br>
either of them. No
magic, especially weapons. Have Fremea or<br>
Arawn verify
it! No cheating! Which reminds me. You said<br>
Unali intends to
use two daggers to Kiet’s one? No. Please<br>
inform her this
is to be a fair, um, fight. Even except for<br>
skills. One
dagger each." he thinks for a second and makes a<br>
slight
smile. "Besides, soon after they start she'll probably<br>
have both daggers
anyway. Heh-heh."<br><br>
Arawn
nods and knows he and Fremea can ensure no magic is<br>
used during the
fight.<br><br>
When
Dorhak called for a 'fair fight' between Unali and Kiet<br>
the alfar grinned
and quietly commented, "Don't underestimate<br>
one -handed play.
It's the empty and available hand that's the<br>
true danger in
battle. It's often ignored while offering more<br>
options."<br><br>
Unali
listens to all of this and wonders how this fun<br>
training got into
a full blown show. But she knows that<br>
sailors get bored
on such trips and they need excitement.<br>
She watches as
several make bets. Maybe next time they<br>
can duel in the
hold alone in private without much of<br>
an audience.
But she will do as requested and show<br>
the others a nice
fight. Silently she moves down stairs<br>
to grab two of her
spare daggers.<br><br>
Coming
on deck now dressed in her regular black clothing<br>
she carries two
daggers. Z'leyra and Dorhak remind her<br>
only 1
dagger. She stares for some time as that would actually<br>
be a bad thing to
do for her. But she can adapt and still win.<br>
She belts one
dagger for her left hand and walks forward. She<br>
presents and bows
to Z'leyra and Dorhak. Arawn and Fremea<br>
examine the
daggers of both and are satisfied.<br><br>
Kiet
stands with feet apart and left fist balled. As he<br>
watches the eyes
on him he frowns a bit. This isn't a realistic<br>
fight per se as
folks will fight dirty in real situations. But<br>
Dorhak commanded
no cheating. Fine. He reaches behind him and<br>
opens his
fist. A faint slew of dust and sawdust falls from<br>
his fist. He
frowns as this will be skill on skill.<br><br>
Both
bow to each other and raise daggers and use other hands<br>
to balance
themselves. Feet apart ready for combat stance<br>
they move forward
and dance around each other testing and<br>
studying each
other.<br><br>
Unali
swings the dagger right at Kiet's chest but he raises<br>
his left arm at
that time and she hits the arm doing 6<br>
points of subdual
and 2 points of actual cutting damage. Unali<br>
stands back and
smiles.<br><br>
"Seriously? That was it?" Zepp complains.<br><br>
Sailors grumble or grin at the bet results<br><br>
Kiet
knows that she will also be faster in her<br>
actions to
his. But he also knows he is far better<br>
acrobat than
her. While she may have 3 to 1 odds<br>
on any hit against
him, he can use guile and cunning.<br>
He ignores the
minor cut on his arm.<br><br>
Kiet
raises the dagger for another duel before coin<br>
is tossed.
Sailors and others quickly make new bets.<br>
But this time he
says to use both daggers. He knows that<br>
concentrating on
one arm is far easier than doing 2. This<br>
distraction allows
him a slight edge..<br><br>
Unali
pulls out her second dagger and nods.<br><br>
This
time both circle dancing and feigning an attack.<br>
But no one strikes
out not wanting to risk exposure to<br>
the other.
Kiet breathes in and knows if he can tire the<br>
woman it will also
help. Unali gives a running commentary<br>
in
Marentian.<br><br>
"One dagger circles to distract and seeks an opening between<br>
the arm and
opponents dagger where neck or belly are exposed.<br>
The other dagger
is held steady and ready to block."<br><br>
"See how his eyes are distracted by the glimmer. A strike<br>
from the other
hand would kill instantly."<br><br>
Unali
thrusts at his upper chest but at the last second<br>
he twists and
steps back using an acrobatic back flip. He<br>
feels the locker
to his back and kicks off with one foot<br>
using the locker
as momentum to move behind Unali.<br><br>
Kiet
strikes at the back of her skull but she ducks and<br>
springs using the
spin to thrust the dagger at his belly.<br>
But the blade goes
wild and misses by a good inch.<br><br>
"You can see the move instants before your opponent is<br>
aware he is going
to make it. His eyes drift, his muscles<br>
tense, and you can
already move your body to block."<br><br>
They
swing and dodge at each blow. This is what Kiet<br>
wanted to be
studied. A good actor can be also a good<br>
fighter if he can
show no emotions.<br><br>
Unali
swings and Kiet leaps sideways. Kiet<br>
tries to thrust at
her chest but she parries with her<br>
other
dagger.<br><br>
Unali
steps back and allows Kiet to feel comfortable.<br>
Kiet uses the
chance to duck and thrust but Unali uses<br>
her dagger deflect
the blow.<br><br>
Unali
pushes forward with her shoulder and daggers<br>
and Kiet rolls to
the ground and tumbles away.<br><br>
"The head makes a wide open target here, left undefended by<br>
the low dagger
guarding the groin. Tempting, but all that bone<br>
can deflect and
blunt a good dagger. A feint to the eyes<br>
followed by an cut
to the soft underbelly is much more<br>
effective. And the
fear of losing parts is so instilled that<br>
most men will go
down from fear alone."<br><br>
As she
speaks Unali swings and stabs. Kiet rolls left<br>
then right.
Then kicks outward with his boots and kicks<br>
Unali away giving
him to rise to his feet.<br><br>
Kiet
looks like he has had enough and leaps on one of the<br>
lockers.
Unali rushes forward and thrusts but Kiet blocks<br>
the strike with
his own dagger. That one was real close to his<br>
pride and joy
region.<br><br>
"Use the second dagger to block his. Move closer and look<br>
into his eyes. two
daggers at equal strength and skill cancel<br>
each other put.
Here the second dagger is your price. Bring<br>
it around to his
back and pull in."<br><br>
Kiet
runs away from Unali and sailors groan. Why is he<br>
running?
Unali stands back and watches recovering her breath<br>
from the kick to
her chest.<br><br>
"Well fought, but it is the dagger you should focus on, not<br>
my body behind it.
You were distracted."<br><br>
Kiet
nods and raises his dagger. Then stops and now about<br>
15 feet away on
the lockers which is about 4.5 feet above<br>
the deck he
squares his shoulders. Then charges.<br><br>
Unali stands
ready as she has seen such a tactic to charge<br>
and do one
forceful attack of desperation. Like when<br>
Cholan's tavern
was attacked during her birthday party the<br>
enemy attacked
from the stairs. But then she sees Kiet<br>
smile and realizes
this is a feignt.<br><br>
Kiet
does a very hard acrobatic leap and tumble in mid<br>
air. As he
folds his legs and arms together he leaps<br>
over Unali's
head. Unali swings and tries to parry with<br>
one dagger and the
other fails to hit the wild acrobat.<br><br>
At the
last second Kiet reaches out and taps with dagger<br>
hilt onto the back
of Unali's head and hits doing 7 subdual<br>
and 3 points of
actual damage. <br><br>
Dagger
staggers back just as Kiet lands behind her and<br>
reaches out to
catch the knocked out Unali. She slides<br>
into his arms and
he smiles.<br><br>
All
around some begin to applaud and cheer. This time<br>
it wasn't pure
strength and combat it was skill of how<br>
to use the
body. Coins are exchanged with Kiet the victor<br>
this
time.<br><br>
Z'leyra rushes to inspect Unali's head and finds it a light<br>
bruise with a
small cut but there is indeed blood. But<br>
it isn't bleeding
badly. She treats the wound.<br><br>
Soon
Unali wakes and Kiet stand over her with a apple<br>
in a hand.
He grins and mumbles that sometimes like a apple<br>
worm there can be
surprises all around you. He then helps<br>
her up.<br><br>
Unali
reaches into her pouch and pulls a gold coin. She hands<br>
it to Kiet.
"Here, You win. Well Fought."<br><br>
Actions?
Comments?<br><br>
Next
Update...Monday...<br><br>
GM: That was
fun! No. I did not fudge any numbers on the<br>
dice. First combat was a very quick one. Before Kiet<br>
could even react. Second one Kiet used the distraction<br>
of the 'teaching' talk and her own body against her.<br>
Kiet is the better acrobatic while Unali is better for<br>
sure combat wise. So Kiet had to use his skill in<br>
that area. I think it was a fun combat. I had hoped<br>
to detail it more word-image but run out of time today<br>
with an hour left.<br><br>
As to the mermaids. Fremea do you accept? This was<br>
a simple random encounter so trying to make this as<br>
quick as possible to not delay things. I had hoped<br>
to move us to next encounter/port but alas. :<<br><br>
Sorry for delays I had hoped to finish this Monday<br>
but staff felt they wanted sleep more and so was<br>
delayed by 13-14 hours starting late :<<br><br>
Dorhak do you allow Z and Unali to learn Dwarf language?<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, Barbasa<br><br>
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