[pnpgm] Game Update #56 - File #246 - T2:P3/4, T3:P1+2 G.Com
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Tue Jul 8 02:26:00 CEST 2008
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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Game Update #56 in sequence (file #246)
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[Recap]
From Kiet: [Re: Warning Raban]
(in Katai)
"Raban! I've got your back! Don't be surprised if we have a
little unexpected help!"
GM: Ack.
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From Raban: [Re: Actions]
<Raban actions have been quite fun so far, no changes are
needed. Except relative to Kiet, if Raban sees how hurt he is,
Raban may need to change tactics a little to better protect
him. He is a fellow entertainer.>
After Kiet calls out "Raban! I've got your back! Don't be
surprised if we have a little unexpected help!" <was in a
personal email so may not have been on this list?>
Raban replies, "Thanks, any assistance is appreciated,
fortunately these fiends don't seem very skilled but they make
up for it in quantity. With my goddesses protection, I am sure
I will outlast them, and the ones I can find will not hurt
anyone else."
<That may be spread over a few phases since it was a long reply,
or chopped a bit as situation warrants>
GM: Ack.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Reply to Arawn]
Z'leyra says to Arawn "Lets sidle over to help Unali and
Caladan. Oh, and gargoyles are afflicted by light same as the
sidh, but I suggest not using light spells unless our sidh
friends are out of range."
GM: Ack.
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From Arawn: [Re: Reply to Z'leyra]
"I'm with you," as they move he adds, "As for light, some
magic is keeping them from turning to stone right now."
GM: Ack.
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From Chion: [Re: Actions]
"Well, we were facing worse odds when we found you in Clima.
This is nice welcoming committee though. Let's go help the
others finish up." Chion says relatively flippantly, smiling,
to Ben'Dar, raising two fingers and then looking to the side
quickly for his next target. Chion will get out his Crossbow,
since the battle looks like it will be over soon and he doesn't
want to let any scragglers get away. He will wait to see if any
are trying to escape and attempt to down them if needed. (If
attacked, he will use his feet, as he does sometimes, to
kill/kick them).
GM: Ack. Got this after I actually finished the combat. :<
I added this at last instant tonight.
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 2nd, 1633TH. 5th Day of Adventure #4.
[Location: Chaos domain, Dark Lands, 9 Miles up]
[Time: 9:29am]
[Turn 2: Phase 3]
[Mana Allocation - ]
[Arawn begins to collect energy for mana reading.]
[Missile Fire - ]
[Arawn considers using his bow on the remaining flying
creatures but his new sigh is limited to only about 10 feet.
It would be like firing into smoke and hard to hit good
targets.]
[Magic Effect - ]
[Arawn begins to concentrate to try to figure out the sense of
power that seems to be protecting the creatures from turning
into stone and dust in daylight. Sure the clouds are eluding
the direct sunlight but they should be affected somehow? Arawn
reaches out with his mana reading senses and begins to send
out ethereal like fingers of energy in all directions about 70
feet around him. He detects it seems Arawn can detect three
or maybe four spells around this flying area. His
concentration draws to the protection spell. But it seems
to be not isolated to one area but all around as a overbearing
energy. He detects it to be a Chaos oriented spell of ancient
and terrifying power. At least that is his first impression.
The purpose is as he guessed some form of protection for the
creatures here. A energy barrier that seems to filter the
sun out and twist it. After all if a castle were to be used
as a base what better use of defense would creatures have than
be able to move about all times of the day? Sadly Arawn can't
pinpoint the exact location of the spell as it seems all around
him. It may be a area effect ward on the flying "island".
Arawn senses that it is a ancient power.]
[Melee & Movement - ]
[Corona flies low to the ground only a couple feet off the wet
ground and swiftly flies toward F#7 who the firesnake
previously had bitten and bites the easy target again. With
her previous pain and damage the one point needed to kill the
creature finally ends its pitiful life. He releases his claws
and flies back up to the mists.]
[Fremea dives toward F#5 but a gust of wind knocks her slightly
off course and her dagger misses the left wing by a good foot
in her attack.]
[Male #4 seemingly oblivious to his comrades dying around him
dives again toward Unali and swings his sword but fails to hit
the clairvoyant dagger mistress.]
[The Firesnake sees no target so flies toward the middle area
and hovers equi-distance from Caladan and Kiet. Watching both
as they fight.]
[F#18 senses Arawn is distracted and dives toward the Elf and s
wipes at his face but a gust of wind seems to pull her just out
of reach at the last second and misses.]
[F#1 dives toward Ben'dar. With rock in hand she tries to hit
the man and claw at him but his magical pike seems to help him
and the creature fails to make her mark.]
[F#4 and F#17 dive this time toward Chion in coordinated
attacking dives Both dive in opposite sides of Chion and
claw or try to bash him with wings. One wing hits Chion in
the front chest doing bruising damage even beyond his chainmail
of 2 points. Chion's breath is almost knocked out of him.
The second one at the same time scrapes her claws against his
left arm drawing 3 points of bloody damage beyond his armor.]
[F#9 dives toward Kiet but her claws go wild and misses the
acrobat completely.]
[F#15 dives toward Raban, her claws clanking against his right
arm and gauntlets doing this time no damage.]
[F#5 and F#14 dive toward Z'leyra. The first fails to hit the
Shaman entirely and her luck rings helps her out on the second
attack avoiding contact by half a inch.]
[Raban looks up and sees Kiet seems a bit disoriented maybe from
damage? Raban gets to his feet and looks to see the flying
F#15. Raban leaps up after the creature but she is too swift.
Raban lands and then jogs the few feet toward Kiet to help and
protect him.]
[Unali has been attacked by this one male creature for the last
6 or 8 seconds it seems. She has learned its pattern and her
magical dagger keeps her alert. That information allows her
to duck and then leap as the creature flies past and away from
her. As she leaps up she stabs in a half leap, half-fall
lunge attack and stabs the creature in the left middle chest
area doing 5 points of damage with her magical dagger. As
gravity pulls her down the dagger cuts into more flesh and
does 2 more points as it comes out of the creature. Unali
lands with a skillful thud on both legs.]
[Ben'dar jogs a few feet and swings his pike at F#1 which just
attacked him. The pike hits the female in the left shoulder
starting at the top and going down through tissue and wings
doing a massive 14 points of damage. Half the wing seems to
be cut off and the female is killed instantly, falling to the
ground below.]
[Arawn's senses pull back as he detects movement near him of
F#18 and defends himself. He swings his sword in defense but
fails to hit the creature moving away.]
[Chion twists and attacks the nearest creature F#17, Chion
jumps up to the creature and slashes her in the left arm and
part of her left wing doing a massive 14 points of damage with
his sai. The creature drops to the ground dead. He smiles
finding these females much easier than those males and their
swords.]
[Caladan finally free of attackers glances around. He sees
the firesnake behind him and gives him a few quick hand
signals to protect anyone that seems hurt.]
[Z'leyra swings her staff at F#5 but finds the creature has
flown just out of reach of the long staff. She glances to
Arawn and speaks quickly.]
Z'leyra: "Lets sidle over to help Unali and Caladan. Oh, and
gargoyles are afflicted by light same as--"
[Kiet ducks and uses his dagger toward F#9 but fails to hit
the swift moving creature. An idea comes to his mind and he
yells over his shoulder quickly to Raban.]
Kiet: "Raban! I've got your back! Don't be surprised if we
have a little unexpected help!"
GM: Five attempts average of 3.5 seconds. So I'll say it could
be said in one phase. :)
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[Turn 2: Phase 4]
[Mana Allocation - ]
[Kiet begins to collect mana for a new spell.]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - ]
[Kiet gestures with his right hand, still holding his dagger,
toward an area forward and right of him. He speaks the words
of the spell and uses words mixed with the Elder language that
some seem to recognize. To the ground about 5 feet in front
of him, Sven Redhand appears. He is holding a smaller axe
and large metal looking shield. He is wearing his full armor
and helmet and looks eager to
fight.]
[Melee & Movement - ]
[Corona dives toward F#18 and fires a small lance of fire from
his eyes hitting the female in the back of the neck scorching
hair and skin for 3 points of damage.]
[Fremea flies past one female and turns to follow it coming
along the side and trying to slice her left wing. But instead
the dagger stabs her left shoulder doing 3 points of damage
only.]
[The Fire Snake flies around Kiet as Caladan requested and
notices F#4 coming toward the acrobat. The snake diverts its
flight path and comes up, under and then down onto the
creature's right shoulder biting doing 7 points of damage.
The acid of its bite begins to increase the pain and the
creature is forced to the ground howling in pain.]
[F#9 dives toward Caladan and her claws spring out to attack
but his clairvoyance warns him in time. He lifts his war
staff to parry the claws and in the process he uses the force
of her own strike to pull her downward just a bit.]
[F#18 dives down and levels out straight toward Chion. She
growls as she now knows her mates are dead. With fangs and
claws stretched out she turns at the last second and digs her
claws into Chion's right shoulder and drags. She draws blood
even through his chainmail doing 3 points of more damage.]
[F#5 and F#14 dive toward Kiet as they randomly choose a new
target. Kiet is able to shift and dodge both attackers and
take no damage as they both miss.]
[F#15 dives toward Unali's back and tries to claw her as well.
But her skill with the daggers allows her to fight and defend
at the same time. She brings up her non-magical dagger as the
magical dagger warns her, to deflect the creature's claws at
the last second.]
[F#3 dives toward Sven from behind and claws the back of the
illusion doing damage to Sven. But it serves its purpose to
draw attention away from Kiet for now.]
[Raban hears Kiet's warning a few seconds earlier and looks
over to see 3 females in the area. Two on Kiet and one on,
Sven? What is Sven doing here? Raban blinks and is confused
to see the Viking up here being attacked. Raban frowns in
confusing but Kiet knew about it? Still he knows he has a
job to do. He needs to protect Kiet from further damage. he
charges and leaps at F#14 who is the closest to him. His leap
is good and he grabs onto the right wing of the leathery
creature and tears a tiny portion of scales off doing 5 points
of damage from his weight and gravity. But the creature shakes
off the attack and wobbles back up to the air though injured.]
[As Unali parries her attacker she brings up the magical dagger
and does a upper slice into the chest of the female. The dagger
hits in the left center and does massive internal damage. The
wounded creature from a previous Z'leyra hit falls to the
ground dead a second later.]
[Seeing Chion attacked Ben'dar swings his pike at F#18 but
the pike goes wild and misses by 2 feet.]
[Arawn nods to Z'leyra and begins to move closer to the party.
As he does he notices Sven standing nearby. He blinks and
then notices the illusion fade away as his mind perceives it
as fake. Arawn smiles and continues toward Caladan moving
over dead gargoyles.]
Arawn: "I'm with you," [as they move he adds,] "As for light,
some magic is--"
[Chion's smile fades as he took damage from F18 and twists to
fight back. His sai whirls so fast its hardly seen. But the
sai slices deep into her left arm doing the last bit of damage
needing to finally kill this beast.]
[Caladan swings back at F#9 and hits her with his magical hard
war staff on her left shoulder doing massive damage enough to
break bone and send the creature spinning to the ground and
breaking more bones. The total damage is enough to kill the
beast in one blow.]
[Z'leyra turns and heads after Arawn further closer to the
group having finally getting a chance to. She continues to
speak as Arawn moves into the clouds ahead of her.]
Z'leyra: "--the sidh, but I suggest not using light spells
unless our sidh friends are out of range."
[Kiet swings back at F#5 but his dagger goes wild and misses.]
[Sven turns around to fight F#3 but his axe goes wild and he
fails to make contact.]
GM: This leaves 4 creatures left, 3 with heavy damage. I might
as well do a 3rd phase and end it instead of wasting another
update on it. Hope acceptable. :)
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[Turn 3: Phase 1]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement - ]
[Corona dives toward F#4 who is on the ground in dire pain from
the fire snake. The eagle lands on the creature's chest and
plants claws into her neck and squeezes. The claws penetrate
and end the painful life of the beast.]
[Fremea flies toward F#14 who attacked Kiet and tries to stab
the wounded creature but a gust of wind forces her to lose
distance and she misses.]
[The firesnake flies toward F#5 who isn't wounded but fails
to catch up to the swift creature.]
[Corona doesn't see F#3 diving toward him. The Creature flies
almost silently up and her claws impact against his back right
side just at the wing bones to the chest doing a massive 5
point tissue damage. The eagle gives a screech of pain but
is still alive.]
[F#5 dives toward Raban but he is able to dodge out of the way
just in the last second and the creature misses.]
[F#14 turns from Raban and flies toward Kiet but Kiet is able
to leap to the side just in time to miss the attack.]
[Raban reaches up with his large arms to grab F#5 but fails
to grab the swift creature.]
[Unali turns from the scene of bodies and heads toward the more
center of the group slowly through the clouds. She nears to
the left of Caladan and right of Arawn. As she moves he places
her left hand on her back to check out that wound. She finds
it damp but doesn't seem to be gushing blood which is good for
now. That area of the body could be a dangerous spot for
damage.]
[Ben'dar heads near Raban and the others but doesn't find a
target to attack.]
[Arawn swings wildly at F#14 who passes near him but fails to
strike the swift creature. As he moves the spell to let him
see through the mist fades and the clouds move back into a
few feet around him. The spell ends to normal vision.]
Arawn [to Z'leyra] "-keeping them from turning to stone right
now."
[Chion follows Ben'dar toward the others and finds no target.]
[Caladan follows Unali and passes Corona who just gave a painful
yelp. Caladan looks over to see a fleeing creature and swings
his staff. He hits the female in the left shoulder and does
the final 1 point of damage needed to kill it.]
[Z'leyra comes near Kiet to help but finds no targets.]
[Kiet swings wildly at F#14 but fails to hit the creature as it
moves away fast. He yells out as his wounds start to take some
toll on him.]
Kiet: "Kiet is hurt and needs healing help if anybody can
spare the time!"
[Sven swings his illusionary axe toward F#14 and hits for one
more point of damage.]
GM: Well shoot. So close. One more :)
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[Turn 3: Phase 2]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - None]
[Melee & Movement - ]
[Corona limps to the ground and checks out his wounds.]
[Fremea sees F#14 fly up away from Sven and Kiet and swings
her dagger. But even the light damage of her attack on her
left shoulder does the final point to kill the wounded
creature. The gargoyle lands a few feet away from Caladan.]
[The firesnake circles around but finds no target.]
[Chion walks with Ben'dar to the area where the others are.
He speaks up in reply after some though. He turns to
reply to Ben'dar as the others finish up the combat.]
Chion: "Well, we were facing worse odds when we found you in
Clima. This is a nice welcoming committee though. Let's go help
the others finish up." [Chion says relatively flippantly,
smiling, to Ben'Dar, raising two fingers and then looking to the
side quickly for his next target. Chion will get out his
Crossbow, since the battle looks like it will be over soon and
he doesn't want to let any stragglers get away. He will wait to
see if any are trying to escape and attempt to down them if
needed.]
[But as Chion pulls his crossbow out he notices the enemy seems
all dead around him.]
[Caladan comes forward and looks around in the mists.]
Caladan: "What a mess. It almost rained gargoyles."
[Z'leyra approaches the party and tries to quickly assess who seems
worst off. But as she nears Kiet her necklace stone automatically
dispels the illusion of Sven cast by Kiet. He disappears.]
[Z'leyra figures the worst are Kiet and Unali. But after a quick
check of Unali's back blow its not as bad as it could've been. So
she has Unali apply pressure to stop the bleeding for now. When
she sees Corona waddle hurt emotion fills her body. Memories of
Fisherking's murder on Clima and her tonah being attacked. Corona
fought bravely but looks hurt especially on his back wounds.
Blood can be seen on his snow white body. Z'leyra becomes angry
at the creatures and then sad for the bird and her companion. She
begins to decide which needs her attention first Kiet or Corona.]
Caladan: "What now? We should move on before more come about."
[Now that the party can breath and relax after their fall and
attack they notice the ground is indeed soft and squishy. All
around them are gargoyle bodies. Some of the males have swords
and that might be some treasure out of this. But it is doubtful
the others have any form of treasure on them. As adrenaline begins
to ebb though likely not to go away due to high tension the party
notices their clothing is damp from the clouds and moisture in
the air. Breathing at this height seems labored but the party
figured it was from combat. Now that it is over the party
realizes its as if climbing a mountain 2 miles up. For those
who live among mountains like Kiet and Unali they can make
that comparison. There seems to be something that is allowing
the party to breath much better than one would expect at this
height. As heat of the body fades from motion and combat the
party also realizes the temperature here is in the 30s and
40s. Much warmer than would be expected as well at this height.
Its probably some other form of magic keeping the cold at bay
but not all of it. Gusts of wind lowers that temperature to
a chilling teens or singer digits at brief times though. The
party realizes they should not camp here or stay in one place
for long as frostbite could set in. Moving is probably the
best action after healing. Gusts of wind are as low as a normal
day's breeze at sea level to a level 3 hurricane depending
on your height. Fremea discovered flying overhead at about
50 feet it becomes the worst and hard to fly even for her. Gusts
of wind up here can mean the difference from one standing or
hitting a target or falling and missing.]
[In the span of the quick battle the party doesn't realize
where they are. Now they look around but visibility continues
to be as little as 2 feet to no more than 5 feet at best.
Only shadows from the light and bodies seem to help locate
people from other people. Arawn's quick pinpoint detection
of the area finds ancient magic and likely fits what Ki'ama
has said of this place. But the party doesn't know where on
this "island" they could be. The party figures they'll have
to watch their step, even though in combat they didn't do so.]
Caladan: "We should probably travel in a tight group just within
range of a staff, five or six feet of each other. We also
need the point people to be careful. We don't know where the
edge of this place is. Hate to fall off. We'll also have
to move slowly. The ground here seems solid. But we don't
know where it could be thin or worse. I know some would
like to scout ahead but that could be risky with possible
more dangers and creatures out there. We should travel
as a group and be cautious. But it is only a suggestion."
Actions? Comments?
Next update...Friday...
GM: Combat is over! Total time: 10 phases or 30 seconds. A long
combat but if you replay it in your head it was fast paced.
How many times can one describe a miss or hit. Sometimes just
saying it is easiest. Being visual and descriptive is nice but
coming up with new adjectives is hard. :) Old players are used
to this style but for new players this is how I do combats.
At times I just HAVE to do it phasal and in segments. Simply
for the sheer bookkeeping and records of it. In this combat
there were 35 or so people and creatures on the battlefield.
A lot of data to handle. In smaller situations it'll be a
more visual/descriptive combat. Hope everyone was okay with
final actions. I just ended the combat rather than wasting
another update since it was so close.
GM: Website Update -
* Adventure Timeline - Link file has been updated with more
timeline information. Its just for reference and for
campaign record keeping but could be used for player
reference if needed. In the links section around the
middle or so.
* Damage - Curious how I do the below damage levels like "light
or moderate"? This file explains. I also give some
subjective information on hit locations, item damage and
other tidbits that you might find useful for gee whiz
purposes only. Should be at bottom of the links section.
GM: End of Combat Status -
Player/Ally Status Percentage Notes
Arawn None 0% --
Ben'dar None 0% --
Z'leyra None 0% --
Unali Light 8% 3 wounds
Caladan Light 16% 1 wound
Raban Light 20% 3 wounds
Chion Light 21% 5 wounds
Fremea Light 23% 1 wound
Corona Moderate 45% 2 wounds
Kiet Heavy 57% 3 wounds
Percentage - % of damage from total Hit points. Where 0% is
at full/max/100%.
GM: Looks like Chion took the brute of the wounds with 5 wounds
mostly scratches though. Congratulations :)
GM: End of combat reminder. Arawn's Armor spell is still active
and could last another 30 seconds or so. Fremea's invisibility
is still active and could last another 45-60 seconds. The
illusion of Sven is now gone.
GM: Healing - Many have some form of Healer skill though some are
limited to a certain race or animal. The best two human healers
would be Chion/Z'leyra (Chion having learned it this last winter
with Cetric). Healing spell wise the best might be Z'leyra.
So if you decide you want to be healed let me know who you wish
to do your healing from. Z'leyra always offers to heal anyone
but this is good chance to give experience to others who wish
it. Keep in mind the healing per day formula. We all know it
so you can figure out how many healings you can take in a day.
I've had some characters that could take 8 or 9 healings a
day without even thinking of danger. Others might only take
1. There are PLENTY of healing kits and materials spread
throughout the party. Keep in mind as well that healing now
may affect plans later. Never know what will happen in the
near future :) Healing is optional and can wait. But
let me know who you heal from. First come first serve in
regards if multiple healers offer. So you choose.
GM: May include Experience chart next update. I may hold it
off for a few updates. I'll have to decide.
GM: Next update will heal folks if so needed. If no twists
from player actions will move the onward in exploring.
GM: Some final comments. Using missile weapons with only a few
feet visibility might be hard to do (reminder). Also 7/10
and 7/11 will be my last 2 12 hour days. So 7/11's update
could be short :)
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