[pnpgm] Game Update #54 - File #233 -Gargoyle Combat T1:P3+4
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Tue Jul 1 03:39:46 CEST 2008
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HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R1 John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma
?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
R1 Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma
W2 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma
-- Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....NormalFaerry Fe
Do David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma
R? J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
W4 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe
R4 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Boyzdar [Wolf] (Strie'bog),
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[Recap]
From Chion: [Re: Actions]
Repeat. Except for the missing part... lol
GM: Ack.
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From Raban: [Re: Actions]
<I like how Raban's actions have been done so far ;) I see no
reason to change anything. As long as they try to assault the
ladies, Raban will fight.>
GM: Ack.
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From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Fremea will repeat same actions (redo inviso spell same EL).
Otherwise, she will attack using the clouds to cover her as much
as possible and dive in and out.
No map really needed on this one I say.
GM: Ack.
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From Unali: [Re: Actions]
Repeat. No map until they are grounded.
GM: Ack.
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From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
No changes to Ben'Dar's strategy. He'll continue to use his long
pike to try to snag the flying gargoyles out of the air, then
finish them off on the ground.
No map necessary - as you said, the fight is so chaotic and
the enemies so mobile that a map probably won't help much.
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 2nd, 1633TH. 5th Day of Adventure #4.
[Location: Chaos domain, Dark Lands, 9 Miles down]
[Time: 9:29am]
[As the party struggle to survive 9 miles below Sven Redhand looks
left and right, up and down, horse to horse patient and waiting.
He sighs and then gathers up the horse reigns and looks to the
horse known as Tef'wo.]
Sven: "Well I guess they made it somewhere. I hear no screams
from falling people. I stay down and guard you horses from
nasty creatures and people while they have fun. Likely based on
their luck, Ben'dar has found the tavern in the castle and is on
his third ale by now. Let's go..."
[He pulls the horses double file toward the clearing to relieve
them of some of their gear load and to allow them some grazing and
rest time. He continues to grumble in his native Djani at the luck
of the party. Still doesn't suspect its a castle though he
believes it to be a hold to the upper world. Some hot warm beach
likely. As Sven walks the horses he looks up through the trees
into the cloudy sky. Squinting to see more.]
Sven: "I see nothing but clouds. You see anything?"
[As Sven asks almost jokingly Tef'wo seems to look a bit up and
shakes his head ever so slightly.]
Sven: "Me neither. Flying castles...sure!"
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[Location: Chaos domain, Dark Lands, 9 Miles up]
[Time: 9:29am]
[Turn 1: Phase 3]
[Mana Allocation - ]
[Arawn begins to allocate mana energy for a new spell. He knows
the spell he is planning on use is powerful and a link to the
gods themselves. He has never used such a spell before. He
concentrates and taps into the universal mind and his training
to get the specifics of the spell.]
[Fremea knows that to cast a spell she has to be on the ground
in the open or hovering with little movement. Both up here has
its own risk. Hoping the clouds cover her for the few seconds
needed. She also knows the gargoyle she just hurt is likely
out for her. So this might be her only chance. She begins to
hover and allocate mana.]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - ]
[Fremea quickly re-casts her invisibility spell on herself by
speaking the words and waving her left hand. In a flash she
disappears and senses the spell has worked this time. Now she
knows being invisible will give her a edge against these foul
creatures of the air.]
[Arawn speaks the arcane words of his spell. With fingers
twirling and eyes closed he gestures with his right hand. As
he does this he becomes nervous of the spell. He has never
used it before and he knows its a direct link to the god's
themselves. Some god out there will see and he'll see what
is needed through this magic. One of the few spells that has
some direct connection to a god. He wonders if the god will
know Arawn and if so will relay news to his parents. Then
again maybe his parents knew he'd use this spell one time.
After all they did show him the basics on it long ago. Nothing
in life seems to be coincidence it seems. He silently prays
that the god he'll access is in a good mood today. Likely
some lower god on the chain of command. As he quickly completes
the words he hopes he said them right. Either way no one would
understand him. As he blinks and opens his eyes he concentrates
on the clouds and suddenly they disappear around him in a 10
foot area. Beyond this cone of vision he still sees clouds.
Not quite the distance he was hoping for but it will at least
give him some warning of attack first. The God's Eye spell
seems to work well. But the distance being so short he'll not
be able to research that overbearing magic he senses all
around him.]
[Z'leyra's Astral Web spell attempts to grab Female #4 and #6
but the spell doesn't seem to take effect this time.]
[Kiet quickly glances to the male gargoyle (M#3) and with a
finger he does a twirl motion. The rope on the arm of the
gargoyle suddenly begins to tighten and slink toward the other
arm. The magically enhanced rope curls around the forearm and
tighten. The Gargoyle looks down in surprise and growls as
both arms pull together and the rope tightens as Kiet pushes
two fingers together. The Gargoyle struggles to break free
but the rope is too tight it seems.]
[Melee & Movement -]
[Corona bursts out of the clouds and dives toward female #11
standing near Kiet. Two small red lances of fire burst from
his eyes and hits the gargoyle on the right arm sizzling skin
and tissue. The creature howls in pain.]
[Invisible Fremea flies stealthily through the clouds adjusting
her buoyancy to the winds. She sees F#6 leaving just above
Z'leyra and dives behind it. Reaching out she attempts to stab
the creature from the rear. The dagger goes in deep in the back
of the female in the lower right area where a human kidney might
be. The dagger slices tissue and organs just below the wing
area and does a massive amount of damage. As she pulls out the
dagger she hits bone and feels the dagger chink likely taking
some damage itself. As she pulls out the gargoyle doesn't even
give a howl as it suddenly goes limp and falls to the ground.]
[At the same instant all the male gargoyles react.]
[M#1 hurt by Fremea flies in circles looking for the winged flyer
but doesn't seem to find her.]
[M#2 thrusts his sword at Chion face to face and the sword knicks
past Chion's chainmail on his upper left arm doing one point of
damage only though.]
[M#3 with no weapon continues to try to escape from the rope
but his concentration is on the rope and doesn't realize it
could fly away.]
[Three new male gargoyles come onto the scene. Male #4 dives
toward Arawn and lands behind him. The creature swings his
sword behind Arawn landing the blade in the lower right back
but Arawn's normally magical and magically enhanced armor
deflects the blow entirely.]
[M#5 dives toward Caladan with a sword in hand and wildly swings
it at Caladan's direction but the wild swing fails to hit.]
[M#6 with another sword lands behind Chion and thrusts his
sword at the big man but fails to hit in the wild swing.]
[The firesnake flies toward F#7 and tries to bite it but the
small snake is eluded by the big creature.]
[Next all female gargoyles react at the same time at least those
flying.]
[F#1 and F#5 change targets from Unali and Caladan to dive this
time toward Ben'dar. F#1 flies past and tries to claw at Ben'dar
but fails to attack. F#5 does the same but from the side
and her claw hits Ben'dar's neck but the dragon hide protects
him from any damage.]
[F#3 having attacked Arawn last time flies up and circles back
down toward a new target - Raban. But her attack is sloppy and
the female misses the bulky man.]
[F#4 dives toward Z'leyra but her luck ring gives her the edge
and the gargoyle fails in its strike.]
[F#5 dives toward the surrounded Chion but as she gets close a
gust of wind hits her 7 feet up and she tumbles out of control
into the mist.]
[F#7 dives toward Arawn and tries to knock him down to the
ground but her buffet wing and leg attack fails as he is able
to move aside just in time.]
[F#8 hurt by Ben'dar previously remembers and tries to dive
toward him again but fails to make contact as his magical
pike seems to help in that regard.]
[F#10 shifts from Caladan toward Arawn and her claw attack fails
the second after the F#7's failed attempt.]
[F#13 dives toward Unali's back but her dagger warns her at the
last second and she ducks as the claws miss her by inches.]
[F#14 dives toward the acrobat on the ground playing fingers
with the male gargoyle. She eyes his chest but he doesn't see
her till the last second and her sharp claws slash against his
leather causing 3 points of damage. Kiet jerks back surprised
by the attack.]
[F#15 dives toward Z'leyra's right side to grab her staff but
her luck holds and the creature fails to grip the weapon away.]
[F#16 dives toward Raban's right side and with a outstretched
hand claws the tall man's neck doing a massive cut across his
neck doing 5 points of damage. Raban growls hoping the claw
doesn't have some nasty disease.]
[F#9 and F#17 dive both toward Ben'dar in coordinated attacks
from two sides. The first fails to strike but the other hits
Ben'dar in the left shoulder but his Dragon armor protects
from damage penetration.]
[F#18 dives after the others leave toward Chion but fails to
hit as well.]
[Raban twists in anger toward F#16 who just hurt him and sees
it fleeing the area trying to gain height but is now only
about 4 feet up. Raban completes his twist and with amazing
speed plods through the wet ground with squish squish noises.
With adrenaline pumping he seems to jump higher than a normal
man can do. He grabs the right wing of the female and gravity
pulls him down. Both human and gargoyle land with a soft thud
on the ground. Raban rolls to try to punch the creature but
the creature also rolls in her fall and he misses.]
[Unali recovers from her duck, looks to the left to see Caladan
seems okay for now and turns to eye the fleeing F#13 who just
dived towards her. She runs toward it and swings toward the
creature. The magical dagger slices through one lowered right
wing, right leg and does a massive 13 points in total to the
creature. The female spirals down and splats to the ground.]
[Ben'dar's adrenaline flows as he knows the tactic being used
here is simply to overwhelm the party with enemy creatures.
For him in the last 3 seconds five of the creatures tried to
attack him. Ben'dar quickly figures out the weakest is F#8
he previously hurt and swings his pike at her as she passes
upward. The pike slices her neck tissue and kills her. She
impacts onto the wet ground a few feet away.]
[Arawn is amazed at the clarity of the spell's vision. He saw
F#7 dive toward him but not F#10. But he finds F#7 is in the
immediate area and reachable. Knowing it is a threat to him
he charges with his sword but fails to hit.]
[Chion also feels swarmed but knows the females seem little threat
to him for now. Its this grounded male with sword that seems to
be biggest threat. Chion brings up his left hand in effort to
distract the gargoyle. Chion then ducks down slightly and then
thrusts up and hits the creature in the lower left with his
right hand's sai doing 7 points of damage.]
[Caladan swings his long staff toward M#5 who just tried to
attack him but fails to hit just out of reach of the rising
creature.]
[Upset that the creature would try to take her weapon away,
Z'leyra swings her staff at the fleeing gargoyle as she turns
around to take to the sky. Z'leyra smacks F#15 on the neck and
does a crushing 6 points of damage.]
[Kiet finds that being on the ground is not a good place to be,
especially surrounded by a few of these odd looking creatures.
Kiet rolls and while doing so pulls out his dagger. Getting to
his knees he ducks one female and stands. He charges toward the
male gargoyle who is tied up in his magically enhanced rope.
Using his skills as acrobat he dodges another female and charges
toward the male gargoyle. Just as the creature looks up to see
the human Kiet twists and brings up his left hand to touch the
back of the creature's neck. With his right hand he thrusts the
dagger into the creature's left eye socket. The eye explodes
outward in liquid and blood as Kiet executes the creature.
Lucky for Kiet none of the gore got on him as he positioned
himself to the side. As Kiet pulls back the dagger the creature
groans slightly and falls face down on the ground. Not looking
back Kiet rushes toward the bulking dark frame of Raban. Kiet
stands near and to the back of Raban to cover his back.]
[M#2 thrusts at Chion and stabs at Chion's right arm but his
chainmail protects in the blow.]
[Female #11 tries to clod after Kiet but he is too fast and she
fails to catch up. She takes to the air as the male dies
nearby.]
[Female #12 takes to the air after Kiet leaves the area.]
[By now Ben'dar and Chion are covering each other's back pretty
much. Raban and Kiet are together. Unali and Caladan are
covering each other as well. This leaves Z'leyra, Arawn and
Fremea alone for now.]
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[Turn 1: Phase 4]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement - ]
[Corona sees M#6 take to the air after landing behind Chion. The
mysterious eagle fires red lances of fire from its eyes but they
miss by a few feet the dodging creature.]
[Fremea flies overhead not knowing the full extent of swarming by
some. She tries to find another target. She finds F#10 flying
up from below and flies toward her this time from the underside
of the creature She stabs upward and hits the creature's right
shoulder doing only 4 points though.]
[M#1 suddenly falls from the clouds onto the ground having bled
to death from Fremea's previous massive stab.]
[All three flying males react next. M#4 dives with sword toward
Unali but her dagger gives her notice and she easily shifts to
the side missing the strike.]
[M#5 dives and swings at Z'leyra's left arm and hits but her
magical chainmail armor protects her from the strike.]
[M#6 dives toward Kiet with sword but he is able to dodge out of
range at the last instant.]
[The Firesnake continues its chase of F#7 but its bite is just
short of attack in defense of Arawn's attacker.]
[All females react next and dive toward random targets.]
[Three F#4, F#5, F#18 do coordinated attacks on Ben'dar. F#4
hits but his dragon armor protects from her claws. F#5 is
deflected by the pike's magic and the last one fails to hit
entirely.]
[F#14 dives toward Caladan and hits him in the head but his
helmet protects against the claw.]
[F#10 and F#17 dive toward Chion at the same time. But fail to
strike by inches.]
[Three swarm toward Kiet F#1, F#3 and F#11 in consecutive attacks.
Kiet is able to dodge the first but the second claws Kiet in the
lower middle right chest under his heart and draws more blood
in a 4 point strike. The other one fail to hit entirely.]
[F#9 dives toward Raban but fails to hit the big man.]
[F#7 and F#12 dive toward Z'leyra. F#7 claws at her middle
right chest but Z'leyra's magical chainmail protects her
entirely. The other creature fails to hit.]
[Raban gets to his knees and then dives toward the grounded
F#16. With a pulled back fist he punches the female directly
in the face. His face crushes nose and bone. the creature
falls back to the ground limp. Of course Raban doesn't know
he just punched out a female of the species! If only he knew.]
[Unali relieved that she is lucky to not be swarmed this time
and charges toward M#4 who just dived at her. She leaps a few
feet up and stabs the creature on the underside lower right
abdomen doing 5 points.]
[Ben'dar tries to swing on F#5 but fails to hit the fast
flying creature.]
[Arawn notices he isn't attacked this bad this time and looks
around. His new vision is clear but short distance. He can't
see much beyond the clouds that his spell doesn't affect. He
notices Z'leyra is alone and goes to cover her back.]
[Chion thrusts his sai again at M#2 but fails to hit the agile
creature.]
[Caladan swings on F#14 but fails to hit with staff.]
[Z'leyra swings staff at M#5 but also fails to hit the swift
creature as it flies away. Z'leyra notices Arawn nearby
covering her back.]
[Kiet reacts to M#6 with his dagger but fails to hit the quick
moving male creature.]
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[Meanwhile in Ki'ama's Citadel in the personal chamber of the
High Elder someone enters the room carrying a tray of warm
bread and honey.]
Oby: "Your morning bread..." [He stops in mid-stride and looks
to the corner shadows where a dark figure is standing. Goldish
red eyes flicker back at him like mencing stars. Oby gulps
and then gathers himself to cover the room distance to Ki'ama.
He places the tray on a table.]
[Ki'ama smiles knowing how much his companion/friend bothers
Oby Won. Ki'ama sips his tea as Oby stands waiting.]
Ki'ama: "Preparations made?"
Oby: "Yes. Half hour or so you should be able to monitor
the team in Cerulea."
Ki'ama: "Good. I've not gotten information from them in a long
while. Could be they are dead or the talisman is destroyed."
[A few moments of silence is broken when Oby speaks up ignoring
the creature in the corner.]
Oby: "They should be at the castle by now."
Ki'ama: "Yes they should if all goes well. You say our friends
in the forest report they had no incidents other than those
two giants?" [Oby nods] "Good. What of her?"
Oby: "She left and should be home at any time and hasn't altered
those plans from what we can tell."
Ki'ama: "I hope they succeed or we'll have some problems getting
another team there. Is our backup plan setup just in case?"
Oby: "Ready. But I don't trust..." [Glancing at the corner so
subtle its barely detected, but Ki'ama sees it.] "..them.
They are unpredictable and are fond of you."
Ki'ama: "Fondness is not required beyond loyalty. One can be
totally loyal and hate that person. Loyalty can come in
many ways."
Oby: "Your favors one day will not always work."
Ki'ama: "How long have you known me? You know much of my
secrets and yet you doubt me?"
Oby: "No. But one day they will resist."
Ki'ama: "One day. Perhaps. But not today. What of Zing?"
Oby: "He'll be burnt as per his wishes within the next couple
hours. We still can't detect family or friends. There
is rumor of one companion but we've not found her yet."
Ki'ama: "Call in Master Ji Suro. His speciailty is such
he might be able to learn something.. I believe he
is nearby."
[Oby bows and then backs up. Ki'ama notices his hesitation.]
Ki'ama: "What is it?"
Oby: "Did you tell them the full prophecy?"
Ki'ama: "They weren't ready. If they come back from the castle
then I'll give them what they need."
Oby: "So its a test then?
Ki'ama: "Everything is a test son. Life is a test. This small
matter of some ancient castle should be easy to deal with.
By now they are probably picking their treasure to loot.
Let them have their fun for soon the real danger and struggle
begins for them."
Oby: "You'll monitor them soon?"
Ki'ama: "Soon. Go see to my next meeting."
[Oby bows and while raising looks to the corner and then quickly
heads out of the room.]
[A rustling static like noise is heard and Ki'ama nods.]
Ki'ama: "Yes."
Actions? Comments?
Next update...Friday...
Status: Gargoyles - Males - Injured - 2
Killed - 2
Unhurt - 2
Total - 6
Females - Injured - 4
Killed - 5
Unhurt - 9
Total - 18
Total Alive - 17
Allies - Corona [Injured]
Players - Raban [Minor]
Chion [Minor]
Fremea [Minor]
Kiet [Moderate]
* Killed - Can be Knocked out or killed
GM: At this point only Fremea is alone in the skies. Each
group has someone covering their back.
GM: Will take actions or changes. But its not required. if you
want to repeat you can say so or I'll just assume you repeat
your same tactics.
GM: Whew 6 hours to write (and with a eye virus) and probably
6 minutes to read. Go figure! Happy 4th of July for all
those in the USA. No one has said they had vacation plans so
will do a normal update for Friday. Next 2 phases. Its
getting faster to do 2 phases. Now that I'm in a groove and
organized. Not as descriptive as could be but how many times
can one say you fail to strike. :)
GM: Arawn/Fremea should get email later tonight.
GM: I like adding scenes to cause mystery. To me it adds some
spice to the game. A foreshadow or flashback to tie up
loose ends. Characters may not know it but I like to do
this game like a on-going story rather than just some
mechanical game. So hope its enjoyable. :) Happy Independence
Day!
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