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Type
Player
Sex Notes
..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup Navigator
..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newaropenofficek.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf
..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magician
..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Ma..Human/Magician
..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human/Hunter
..Raddok..........Miner...Bess.Hadley........Ma..Human/Miner
..Tsia.Phan.......Thief...Don.Ker............Fe..Human/Thief
..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden
..Upus............Warrior.Gerald.Ford........Ma..Normal/Barbarian
Warrior
..Kimis...........Warrior.NPC................Fe..Normal/Diumgi Companion
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate
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Update #176 sequence (file #1281)
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Notes: Removed Barbosa/Bes from roster.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
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</x-tab>Speaking in Elf
Sidh, Z'leyra says to the party (hoping that one of the ambushers will
fall for the trick) "Great! He can have the cursed item and take …
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GM: Ack.
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From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
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</x-tab>As Raddok moves
through the portal to the Middle World Pyan is …
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</x-tab>[OOC: this
thought of the ring only applies if it’s been long enough since he last
tried to use it.]
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GM: Ack. Based on hair growth it could be on ring use.
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From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]
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weak-willed, bleeding heart human. He's Elder, …
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</x-tab>"Kiet!
Kill them both!"
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GM: Ack.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
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</x-tab>Hearing the
command to kill Z'leyra charges the enemy she can see, …
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GM: Ack.
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From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
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</x-tab>When Z’leyra
bursts past him, Raddok swears & quickly turns to …
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GM: Ack.
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From Upus: [Re: Actions]
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</x-tab>Upus ducks down
and motion to kimis to get Down and looks to see …
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GM: Ack.
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From Unali: [Re: Actions form email not public]
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</x-tab>If the plate is
closer to the man or the tree line she would base her actions on that.
She could walk towards the plate, rummage in her bag as if looking for
the ink well and if she gets closer to him that way she would rush
towards him and attempt to kill, bringing the protection from sidh magic
amulet out of her bag instead. If that brings her closer to the tree line
she would go for the tree and meld in the shadows there.
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</x-tab>Now that chaos is
about to ensue given Dorhaks command, all that is off the table. She will
grab her shield and try to dodge the arrows that come her way as best as
possible. Dash for cover and the treeline and then disappear between the
trees.
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GM: Ack. Actually that would've been a good plan! Might've
worked. Sorry its unclear. Plate is about 30 feet away from
party. Tree line and human is 30 feet (30-35) feet beyond that so
60-65 feet from party. So its half way between each groups.
So figured I'd post it here so could get better image.
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Speaking in Elf Sidh, Z'leyra says to the party (hoping that
one of the ambushers will fall for the trick) "Great! He can have
the cursed item and take the curse with it. We will be free of the curse
and those fools will be the ones dying from the curse."
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The man leans into the females ears and whispers but is not
heard by the others in the party, “she said they would do this.
Noting personal dear.”
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The female begins to whimper.
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As Raddok moves through the portal to the Middle World Pyan
is just ahead of him & Unali is close behind, all three of them
alert, as they don't know what or quite where they are coming through or
approaching.
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As it becomes apparent they were expected, and had walked
into a trap, Raddok finds himself having to control his usually-easy
temper. How dare these people expect to just take for themselves such
powers beyond their understanding, & that they will certainly misuse
to the detriment of the world around them! How selfish & cruel.
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However, all he can do at the moment is glare at them, since
he cannot use his ring to help without endangering both the hostage &
his friends. He relaxes slightly to a half-guard position, and watches
& listens for his party members responses, ready to either fight or
drop his weapons. He eyes the cubes, but doubts what effect his ring
might have on one, even if he could hit it with a beam fast enough to
keep it from triggering.
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Dorhak isn’t some weak-willed, bleeding heart human.
He's Elder, by gods! He's a Dwarf, by Dvallin! Dwarves
understand the difference between a bargain and when they are being
robbed. It’s all a matter of perspective. The magic items are
valuable. Humans, especially ones we don’t know, have multiplied
like bunnies on this world. It’s not like there is a
shortage. Add to that the fact she is unknown to any of us, and
could literally be with this enemy as a fake hostage, makes this an easy
decision.
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"Kiet! Kill them both!"
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Arawn quickly glances at Dorhak in disgust and starts to
argue.
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Hearing the command to kill Z'leyra charges the enemy she
can see, but in a zig zag to hopefully reduce the likelihood of stepping
into some preset trap. Still having her shield on her back and greatsword
in hand she is defensive until in melee range then back to offensive.
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When Z'leyra bursts past him, Raddok swears & quickly
turns to fire his ring at the white box – the heck with it all –
and turns with shield up to try to protect himself from what might happen
there first, then he will turn to follow Z'leyra, shield still up to
protect & mace ready to use. He knows arrows might come from the
woods & he's trying to look in all directions as he follows her.
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Moments before....
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Kiet doesn't really care if the woman lives or dies.
We also have no idea if this knife-wielding person is telling the
truth. The woman could easily be in on this.
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Kiet starts whispering to Windwall using The Elder.
"Windwall!...can you do something to defend us all? Like a
powerful Wind spell or, better, a Lightning Swarm to protect us from the
arrows?"
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Kiet refuses to be extorted.
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Upus ducks down and motion to kimis to get Down and looks to
see what happens.--
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Unali was already considering some actions. The command from Dorhak
ensures she will not give up the items. She was not considering to do so
anyway.
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Under normal circumstances, she would check the distance to
the man holding the hostage. Not entirely clear from the post how far
from Unali he is. Or how far the plate is from him or the tree line. Is
there any kind of cover or are we completely out in the open in a
clearing.
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Kiet's Armor tugs in his mind, “if I could I would need to
know direction of the arrows. I am sorry.”
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Z'leyra charges forward and this sets off combat.
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Phase 1]
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Kiet raises a hand and enacts his first ring at the
captor. The spell hits the hostage and she begins to burn to a
crisp and screams. Sadly the captor is just out side of the range
about 63-64 feet away.
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Fremea a moment before reaches for her bag and digs
inside. But when she sees the hostage die she re-attaches the bag
to her belt and sighs.
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Unali runs forward like Z'leyra and heads for the captor.
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Z'leyra runs as well and ends up at the plate area with
Unali.
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Raddok notices the cubes left, back and right start to glow
purple.
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The captor sighs and shakes his head after he releases the
woman. He taps his chest and disappears.
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[Phase 2]
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Six arrows fly toward Z'leyra and for some reason the party
is ignored. Three hit her shield even as she zigs and zags but the arrows
are guided. One goes wild and misses. One hits in her left
and one in her right legs. The right leg only does 4 points but the left
leg does a massive 29 points. Z'leyra falls as the arrow penetrates
a massive artery and she falls to the ground.
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Unali gets to the tree line and disappears into the shadows.
She was lucky to glance where the arrows came from toward the south west
or to the party’s left at about 10 o'clock maybe 100 or 150 feet that
area. But the archers are well hidden.
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Fremea takes to the air.
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A voice is heard to the north, the party glances there to
see the captor about 110-120 feet away or to the right of party (if
facing west to trees) “I had hoped to do this easy.” He whistles.
He nods as if to show something behind his right shoulder. A man
appears about 150 feet behind him or about 260-270 feet from
party. The man is holding a young girl of about 10. The
girl is struggling. “Give the items now or she dies. You have about 5
seconds before the cubes act.” Which is now about 3 seconds or one
phase.
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The cubes do seem to be glowing more and more purple as they
sensed Kiet's magical rings.
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Unali did not waste the time. She does not see the
captor but goes south to find the archers in the darkness.
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Z'leyra tries to put pressure on her leg but finds it
bleeding badly and may lose consciousness soon.
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Actions? Comments?
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Next Update....Saturday (40%) or Tues (100%)
<x-tab> </x-tab>GM: Wow
you guys have turned cold. :) A lawful group reacting chaotic like. :)
Interesting twist. From the captors expression its clear this is
his last warning. Yet desperation is in his face. The arrows
on Z were random Unali or Z. If no one had run forward it'd be on
party. Lucky leg shot. Course if the others had hit she'd
probably be well dead. I noticed goofed and added a bit in last update
some notes but oh well it was there. No biggie. Votes for new
game system are coming in well – Upus, Fremea, Kiet and Raddok. So about
half or so. Feel free to study the wiki pages if need more
info. No rush. If you guys need a map let me know.
Hostage – girl – 250-260 feet right/north of party
Captor – First man – Now 110-120 feet right/north of party
ZL – 30 feet in front of party and 30 feet away from tree line at plate.
Party – 60-65 feet away from tree line in west/front.
Unali – In trees – Moving south – 30 or so feet south of last seen spot.
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