[pnpgm] Game Update #17 - File #202 - Kiet talks to dragon

John Stowman johnstowman at gmail.com
Wed Jun 24 19:17:43 CEST 2009


Will is impressed "GOOD distraction"

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Scott Adams <longshot at darktech.org> wrote:

>
>   HT Alias/Player          Character Name    Type    Status/Notes  Sex
>  -- -----------------------------------------------------------------
>  R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid  .Normal/Alfar  Ma
>  ??.Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human  Ma
>  R4.Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard  Normal/Human  Ma
>  W2.Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human  Ma
>  W3.Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human  Ma
>  --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe
>  R2.Mark Murtha...........Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human..Ma
>  Do.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human  Ma
>  R4.J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
>  W2.Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
>  R1 NPC...................Shu.Yeoh..........Wizard..Normal/Human..Fe
>  W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human  Fe
>  Do John.Stowman..........Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human..Ma
>  R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human  Fe
>  R1 NPC...................Zhou Kiwat........Noble...Normal/Human..Ma
>     Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar, 2 Donkeys
>
>  Cover Story Info:
>     Caladan    aka Ca Lu as Guard/Archer
>     Farseeker  aka Fu Sa as Guard
>     Fremea               as Noble child    [Disguised]
>     Kell       aka Swan  as Trader
>     Unali                as Zhou's wife
>
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>     Game Update #17 in sequence (file #202)
>     ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     Admin Notes: None.
>     -----------------------------------------------------------------
>     [Recap]
>
>        From Kiet: [Re: Dragon Miracle]
>          If it works...awesome...if not, then I can at least console
>          myself with the thought that I saved a donkey's life....
>        GM: Ack. :)  Good plan though.
>
>     -----------------------------------------------------------------
>     [New Stuff]
>
>        [Apris 15th, 1634TH]
>        [Location: High Elder's Citadel, after meeting with High Elder]
>
>            Z'leyra buys from the market cheap damaged weapons for practice
>        of skills on board the ship.  Including two great swords, two
>        hand axes and two war staves.
>
>            Soon after the meeting, Z'leyra hears Raban making an open
>        offer for folks to scan him for magic.  "Okay if I cast some
>        basic detection spells?"
>
>            Raban nods and Z'leyra begins the process.  She first eners
>        her shamanic trance with her drum.  Then casts a detection
>        spell with her staff.  While in the trance she reports the
>        same things that Arawn and Fremea previously reported.  Soon
>        she casts another spell.  It takes almost 30 seconds for her to
>        watch Raban. At one point she looks away and Raban notices
>        a slight blush on her face.
>
>            Z'leyra later welcomes both Shu Yeoh and Zhou Kiwat to the
>        group.
>
>
>                        ----------------------
>
>
>        [Apris 17th, 1634TH]
>        [Location: Eastern Shadow Domain, Port for ship]
>
>            Z'leyra thanks thanks those like Kiet that repay her advance
>        of funds for ship fees.
>
>            Z'leyra also mentions to Arawn that she does know Time Powers,
>        but not sure when she will have time to teach them. Also, that the
>        Time Travel spell requires FAR more care than most spells in
>        deciding if and how to cast.
>
>                        ----------------------
>
>
>        [Apris 19th, 1634TH]
>        [Location: Eastern Ocean, Sailing to Katai]
>
>            Z'leyra shares her complete Foyson biscuit material during
>        the trip for anyone who wishes to eat it.  It is plenty of
>        food for 20 days for a normal man.  Arawn and Fremea has seen
>        these type of things in the Sidh Hill back at the Vassa forest.
>
>
>                        ----------------------
>
>
>        [Ma 3rd, 1634TH]
>        [Location: Eastern Ocean, Heading S/SE, 490 miles south of DL]
>        [Weather: Patchy Clouds, Temperatures 70-80s as highs.]
>        [Wind: Low speed]
>
>        [Time: 1:43:30 pm] to [Time: 1:43:45 pm]
>
>            In the next 15 seconds, Kiet flies fast toward the dragon
>        going at 20 feet per second and the dragon about same give or
>        take a foot.  Meanwhile the dragon in the rear continues to
>        lose ground as the ship's new speed, thanks to Chion, continues
>        to widen the distance between each.
>
>            At best the rear dragon is a good 2,300 feet behind the ship
>        and the one in the forward is around 850 feet.  When Kiet left
>        the ship it was actually closer at around 700 feet.  But the
>        Captain and first mate saw their chance to act.  They changed
>        course yet again to widen their own distance from that dragon.
>        They had seen the dragon clearly changed course for its free
>        food coming to it.  So another 150 feet was made away from the
>        two.
>
>            As Kiet nears the dragon more detail is seen.  Those looking
>        on deck with spyglasses like Unali, Fremea or sailors will see
>        the same detail.  The black wet skin is full of thick plate
>        scales that look like it should be land based than water based.
>        There is a lighter black color to the dragon's under neck and under
>        belly that is only seen briefly at times.  Kiet sees their wings
> like
>        their cousins that fly are gone and replaced by large fins like that
>        of the whale.  But these jut out the side about 8 or so feet and
>        could probably bat most people in the water easily.  A long sleek
>        tail, almost leftover from their cousins, trails behind.  Kiet isn't
>        clear if it is used for navigation, as a weapon or a useless limb
>        at this point.  It seems to wag and move in random directions.  Kiet
>        figures it must be the easiest part to cut off in a fight if one
>        dared to get that close.
>
>            The dark black as coal tapered body is slick and long at about
>        24 feet.  It is hard to tell how tall it is or how much it might
>        weigh since most of it is in the water.  In the water deep it
>        must be a nightmare to track in dark water.  No gills are seen but
>        Kiet figures they surface for air when needed but the stories tell
>        they do not breath fire.  Land dragons are said to breath fire
>        due to sacs of mysterious things and air that allows them to do
> this.
>        While others believe they eat certain materials that work like flint
>        and steel to mix the flames.  If these are left over from their
>        land cousins it must be the sacs here allow them to breath long
>        periods of time in the water making them able to drag their prey,
>        in this case Kiet, down deep.  Kiet plans to stay well out of reach.
>
>            Kiet figures it could be as heavy as most dragons but shorter
>        since water grows length more than height.  He figures it to be
>        5-6 feet at the shoulder.  The shoulder to neck is another 3 feet
>        making it possible to lean over most ships to do their havoc work.
>        So it probably stands 7-8 feet by his guess.
>
>            The dragon's ears are drawn back prepared for battle or a
>        quick snack before it takes more snacks on the ship.  The jaw
>        is as huge Fremea is.  Fremea could probably be swallowed whole
>        with little effort.  A man due to his length might take two
>        bites.  Raban likely three, the lucky guy might be able to
>        get a swing out of it before fully eaten - the lucky guy Kiet
>        thinks to himself.
>
>            The teeth make the frightened shark's teeth look like
>        human baby teeth.  They are long 3-4 inches in some places and
>        large canine like fangs are almost twice that.  They look
>        sharp as any sword and as numerous as a hundred daggers in one
>        mouth.  Kiet notices his nostrils flare with anger and loathing.
>        Then Kiet notices the eyes as large as a Giant's eyes but
>        about twice the size of a human eye.  They gleam in the sun
>        shining down from almost straight up at Kiet's back down into
>        the Dragon's eyes.  Kiet realizes this gives him a slight
>        advantage as he is coming from the brighter side of this fight.
>        But the ship would have no such advantage as the sun would not
>        be a factor.  Kiet stares at the eyes full of anger as well
>        showing more emotion, and Kiet fears yet respects, intelligence.
>        Kiet swears he sees some faint red in the creature's eyes but
>        it could be the sun or his own eyes playing tricks.
>
>            Kiet quickly says as he flies near a prayer for success.
>        It is one thing to act brave in front of the others but this thing
>        is a dangerous foe even for someone like Raban or Farseeker
>        or Ben'dar to handle in personal combat.  One word spoken wrong
>        could mean disaster.  This dragon will have its jaws and teeth
>        as its main weapon and no magic - Kiet hopes the stories are true
>        on that regard.  The fins will be useless unless someone gets
>        in the water.
>
>            After 15 seconds of flight Kiet gets within just 40 feet of
>        the dragon.  With him going fast and the dragon coming to meet
>        him it is a quick 700 or so feet jump.  Kiet does one more glance
>        to his right to spot the ship and doesn't see it.  Curious he
>        almost loses concentration and tilts a bit.  Where is the ship?
>        Then he glances left and scans the water.  There it is but it
>        has well passed him and the dragon.  If it continues on he realizes
>        he might not be able to catch up with it.  Kiet forgo to plan for
>        that part.  Even if he talks for a minute or two.  How far would
>        that be?  It looks about 900 feet away now from Kiet.  It could
>        be well over 1000 feet away.  He realizes he could be left behind
>        unless someone realizes he is left behind and the ship circles or
>        comes to get him.  Would the captain risk his ship to come back
>        for him even if the talk goes well?  Kiet frowns and realizes
>        no.  He would not risk it, heck Kiet would not with all the people
>        on board and the high risk.
>
>            Kiet will have to resolve that later or swim really long to
>        Katai.  He will have to figure out possible magic to resolve
>        this new problem later.  He turns back to face the dragon now
>        only 40 feet away.
>
>                                --------------
>
>        [Time: 1:43:45 pm] to [Time: 1:44:22 pm]
>
>            As Kiet finishes the distance he begins to speak in Lemasan
>        loud enough for the dragon to hear him.  He speaks fast and with
>        great dignity, yet clear tension is heard in his voice.  It
>        takes almost 40 seconds to complete his speech.  As he gets
>        to the Dragon he circles it at a height of 15 feet up and
>        in a 10 foot diameter.  He has to circle around the Dragon in
>        a dizzying pace to maintain the spell going.
>
>            At the closest approach the Dragon roars and Kiet can feel
>        the hot and quite rank odor of the Dragon's mouth.  Kiet feels
>        bile form in his stomach but maintains his stance and speech
>        hoping he isn't turning green as he speaks.  The roar itself
>        shakes Kiet to the very base of his skull and backbone.  As
>        if his entire body repels it and wants to flee on its own.
>
>            The dragon stops moving and floats in the water watching
>        the crazed meat source fly about him like some seagull.  If
>        only he came a bit closer!  He growls and flaps his fins in
>        frustration and water splashes in every direction.  Kiet
>        realizes if he gets a lucky jump he might reach him but if
>        he goes higher his speech might show some doubt for the dragon.
>
>            At this distance no one can hear what Kiet says or offers.
>        Simply the distance involved, the language and the winds
>        blowing are too distracting.  Those on board wonders first why
>        this crazed acrobat is even out there offering something for
>        the Dragon.  Second they wonder if he has some love for the
>        Chaos mages and wonders if he has some leaning toward that
>        alignment as well?  Maybe a closer look at this person who seemed
>        to "join" the group by luck just weeks ago.  Was that fate
>        or something else?  Third they wonder what the offer is and
>        if it will be a loss to them.
>
>            Chion looks back with Caladan.  Now both can see the dragon
>        that was in the front now behind the ship to the west.  It
>        is clear the ship has over passed it.  They look at each other
>        and see Kiet.  They heard something about his plan but with the
>        wind didn't get all the words. Now the fool is out there flying
>        around it.  One takes out a flying creature on the flying island
>        and now he thinks himself a dragon killer!  chion shakes his
>        head and moves back to the other dragon.  Now it is little over
>        2,000 feet away.  By now the first chunks of meat has reached
>        his general area and it's clear to Chion the magically
>        created meat seems to be distracting it.  But some of the meat
>        is gone likely have sunken a bit.  If only he could've done
>        feathers they might've floated more.
>
>            Those at the forward part of the ship with bows move now
>        to the west starboard side.  They watch as Kiet seems to have
>        started his strange talk with the Dragon.  Then they realize
>        Kiet is being left behind and hope he can teleport back.
>
>            All those on board know their bows are almost 3 times out
>        of normal range.  They lower them and wait for Kiet's sign.
>        Kell considers a few actions but then realizes it could foul
>        up Kiet's plan.  Ben'dar did warn to give the man a chance.
>        Will in the rear considers his own plans but realizes quickly
>        the one in the rear is too far to even catch up if the ship
>        went at half speed.  He gives up and heads toward the others
>        and prepares his bow.  Like the others he will fire if things
>        go bad.  Arawn had considered coming out with him flying along
>        with Kiet to the dragon.  But it was clear Kiet did not want help.
>        Of course more distractions to the dragon might ruin some of Kiet's
>        own plans.  Arawn prepares new actions in his mind in case things
>        go bad as well.
>
>            Fremea lowers her spyglass and wonders why did Kiet display
>        his arms to the dragon?
>
>
>                                --------------
>
>        [Time: 1:44:22 pm] to [Time: 1:44:30 pm]
>
>            Kiet finishes his speech and waits for the results.  But
>        he realizes his flight spell duration might be over soon
>        and recasts it.  As he starts the magical words he realizes
>        if he fails he is surely dead.  He might have two bites,
>        some 2 or 3 seconds to curse himself.  This was another
>        thing he didn't think of before he flew off.  Failure would
>        be bad here.
>
>            On board ship Arawn casts a quiet spell and watches
>        with a careful eye to his own inner eye.  He sighs and fears
>        the result.
>
>            Kiet looks down as he circles the dragon and waits for his
>        answer.  When the Dragon glances at the fleeing ship and back
>        at Kiet it quickly roars again.  Kiet groans and realizes
>        that the dragon is not nodding his agreement.  Kiet glances
>        back at the ship.   He realizes the ship is now almost 1,300
>        feet away.  His slow flight might not catch up in time unless
>        the ship circled back.
>
>            Chion smiles as he notices the original rear dragon gobble
>        up the first chunk of meat that has reached it.
>
>            Zhou is finally dragged on deck from below.  All the while
>        protesting and eating a roll in his mouth.  As the sailor
>        closes the hatch to the stairs, Kell pulls Zhou to the side.
>        Zhou protests and spits chunks of bread at Kell as he claims
>        he should remain below to protect it.  Then Kell raises a finger
>        to silence him and points to the water.  Zhou for the first time
>        sees the dragon.  Zhou's face goes pale and half the chunk of
>        bread falls to the deck as he chokes on the other half as it
>        goes down his throat quickly.  In that same instant he twirls
>        around and heads back to the stairs.  But Kell reaches out to
>        grab his shoulder to stop him.  Kell frowns this is the party's
>        fearless leader in Katai?
>
>            Unali and Fremea see Kiet's face go pale or is that a bit
>        of green too?  He glances back at the ship and frowns.
>        The captain also with his own spyglass watches as Kiet shakes
>        his head.
>
>            "It didn't work!" The Captain shouts.
>
>            Arawn nods having seen it in the future Kiet being chased
>        by a angry dragon.
>
>
>                                --------------
>
>        [Time: 1:44:30 pm]
>
>        Actions? Comments?
>
>        Next Update...Friday...maybe
>
>        GM: Dragon A [Was the original Rear one] is now 2,100 feet
>                     behind the ship.
>            Dragon B [One near Kiet] is now 1,270 feet away from
>                     ship but only 10-15 feet away from Kiet.  Kiet
>                     is also the same distance away 1,270 (plus or
>                     minus the circle 10-15 feet he is making).
>            The ship has actually moved past both dragons now.  Going
>            back to the clock perspective.  Ship is facing 4 o'clock
>            or south-east.  Dragon A is 11 o'clock (north-west of
>            the rear of the ship).  Dragon B is more 10 o'clock or
>            west-north-west a bit.  I was going to do a map but
>            at these distance it is hard for a hex map.  Would be
>            well over 1200 hexes.
>                              I.....A.....I Original Rear Dragon
>                              I.......... I
>                              I...B.......I Original Forward/Kiet
>                              I...........I Ship
>                              I.......S...I
>            That is a rough sketch.  No scale for it though.
>
>        GM: Posted actions -
>
>            Arawn    - Bow ready.
>            Ben'dar  - Bow ready.
>            Fremea   - Bow ready.    Multiarrow Max EL, Medium-Long Range
>            Will     - Bow ready.
>            Chion    - Bow ready.
>            Raban    - Bow ready.    Prepare ELmax Multi-arrow, Fire @ 300'
>            Strie'bog- Bow ready.    Fire at long range.
>            Unali    - Sling ready.
>            Z'leyra  - Sling ready.  at 50' Sh Invisibility EL2
>            Kell     - Tulwar/Shield/Spear ready.
>                       If talk go bad summon Cloud elemental
>
>        GM: Sorry Kiet.  Great plan.  I took into account all the
>            factors.  Actor, rhetoric and such.  Sadly after all
>            the modifiers it was only a 12% chance of going off
>            in this case.  Things that might've changed that might
>            have been a blessing for eloquence or some other magic
>            spell.  But it WAS a good plan.  I like the role playing
>            aspect of it.
>
>        GM: It has been 7 minutes since the dragons were first seen
>            or soon.  In that time the rear one has yet to catch
>            up at any good distance and likely will not.  The
>            one in front was distracted enough by Kiet now that
>            unless the ship circles back it may not catch up (good
>            chance).  So by the very fact of the ship's speed there
>            likely will not be any combat at all unless something
>            changes like someone orders the ship to circle back or
>            circle in place for Kiet to catch up.  The captain looks
>            like he has no plans to risk the ship going back.  Unless
>            someone orders it and even then it would have to be
>            a good reason for him to do so.
>
>        GM: Primary concern.  How does Kiet get back to the ship?
>            All other actions may be an aside.  For example what Kell
>            had planned might still work and do some damage if he wanted
>            to as it would drift back away from the ship.  Other actions
>            like bow obviously is too far away to do anything.  If Kiet
>            can return to the ship safely then the chance of combat
>            will go down to nothing.  The ship can simply out run both
>            dragons at the increased speed due to Chion's extra spell,
>            the distance and the magic talisman  If Kiet hadn't gone
>            out to distract the dragon away there clearly would have
>            been some melee combat by now.  So in one aspect Kiet's
>            plan worked to get the dragon away from the ship.  Both
>            dragons are now behind the ship.  I have saved actions
>            from Arawn, Kell and Will among those posted above in the
>            posted actions section.  I will keep those in mind.  Will
>            likely do Kell and Arawn's since those If...then conditions
>            have been met (talk failures).  If you want to modify those
>            actions let me know or cancel them.
>
>        GM: For mechanics - Ship is going MR 27, Dragons 24-25 depending
>            on currents.  Some like Fremea can actually fly faster than
>            that.
>
>        GM: Sorry for not coming out earlier with this.  Weekend was
>            a weekend with little computer time.  Home A/C (central
>            heat) died.  So with florida going Fri/Sat of temps of
>            100 degrees (heat index of 112) it was 94 degrees at night
>            in the house.  So it was no time to sit at a home computer
>            and work!  It was down only saturday and fixed on sunday
>            afternoon (some battery at the outside unit died of all
>            things - go figure!).  Its normal now.  Then last night
>            had a thunderstorm so couldn't work with the heavy
>            lightning.  So it comes out 2 days later.  Oh well.
>            Depending on actions and time I may do a update Friday
>            if not will do one Monday.
>
>        GM: Will inform Z'leyra of Raban's scan privately for her to
>            email or post public here if Raban wants that. Old actions
>            that were in the IBT for Z'leyra rather than posted then
>            so including now as i work on it.
>
>
>
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