[pnpgm] Game Update #84 - File #866 - UFO Combat p39-40

Scott Adams longshot at cybermax.net
Thu Apr 1 09:09:37 CEST 2010


AFJ               
  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
  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
  W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human  Fe
  ...Thomas.Magann.........Whitney...........Scholar.Normal/Human..Ma
  R1 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, 

  Cover Story Info: [HD- House member, F-Foreigner, N-native non house]
     Arawn      aka Arawn         as Teacher to daughter [F]
     Ben'dar    aka Bu Da         as Horse expert        [F]
     Caladan    aka Ca Lu         as Guard/Archer        [N]
     Chion      aka Capt. Chu Mai as Sailor Trustee      [HD]
     Farseeker  aka Fu Sa         as Guard               [F]
     Fremea     aka Lin Mong      as Noble child         [HD] [Disguised]
     Kell       aka Swan          as Trader              [F]
     Kiet       aka Kiet Sunan    as Zhou's servant      [F]
     Raban      aka Toban Nu      as Entertainer/Guard   [F] 
     Strie'bog  aka Sun Zhu       as Entertainer         [N]
     Unali      aka Tun Au        as Zhou's wife         [HD]
     Whitney    aka Whitney       as Herbalist/Tailor    [F]
     Will       aka Sun Tzu       as hunt master         [F]
     Z'leyra    aka Kakita Junami as Healer              [F]
     Zhou       aka Zhou Wa       as Baron Noble         [HD]

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     Game Update #84 in sequence (file #686)      
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     [Recap]

        From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
          Upon feeling the first rumble of the craft, Fremea will move
          towards the entrance. Once it starts to shake a lot, she yells
          to Raban, "Get out now!" and flies quickly out fo the craft to
          make sure he can run out and not trample her. Once outside, she
          will move a little bit away and land, then cast healing (max EL)
          on herself. After that she will make sure Raban is safe and ok.
          If everyone seems to be good, she will start to fly towards the
          barn, bow ready.
        GM: Ack.

        From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
          Ben'Dar stumbles in pain over to Tef'wo and retrieves a length
          of heavy rope.  He tosses one end to Farseeker as he jogs back
          over to the shaking UFO.  "Let's tie it down in case it tries to
          fly again!"
        GM: Ack. 

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     [New Stuff]

         [Julis 26th, 1634TH]
         [Location: Middle Katai Plains, Shantou Province]
         [          20 Miles south of Shantou City       ]
         [          Old Shantou Carnival Grounds         ]


         [Time: 2:27:57pm - 2:28:03pm]


           On the ground Fremea yells, "Get out now!"  She lunges to the
         opening but bumps up against the giant and is thrown back a foot
         or two.

           Outside the flyer begins to shake violently and begins to break
         apart.  Cracks form all over the rock shell.  As Raban begins to
         back up he has to do it slowly as he is stooped over.

           But outside the grey spots begin to eat the very flyer they
         are attached to.  Large chunks begin to get sucked into the vortex
         of sucking energy.

           Ben'dar runs to tie a rope up against the only thing he can
         find the antlers above it.  With a quick lasso he attaches the
         rope and tightens it.

           Within one second the forward and rear 2 foot sections of the
         flyer are just gone.  Within another second the next 4 feet
         are sucked in.  As Raban steps out his feet to the ground he
         pulls at what he believes to be Fremea.

           Raban grabs her arm but the next section of Flyer is sucked into
         the two grey spots.  Suddenly Fremea feels herself being yanked to
         the rear spot.  Leaning against the forward lip of the hole Raban
         is caught off guard when it soon shifts under his weight.  Raban
         is pulled forward and Fremea backwards.

           Above the barn the swarm move quickly toward Z'leyra.  She
         begins to cast her insubstantial spell but it fails!  Either
         the gods are playing some foul joke on her or the swarm have some
         anti magic effect?

           The swarm surge toward her and pelt her.  As they do they take
         bites and do collision damage. Of the remaining bugs, 58, 36
         hit her.  Each does mostly 1 point of damage but some do 2 points.
         For a total of 37 points.  She immediately goes unconscious but
         does not fall thanks to her levitate down into the barn itself.
         But the swarm flies outward and prepares for a second assault.

           Will raises his arrow at the Vong fighting Arawn and fires but
         the arrow zips past hitting a cabinet to the left.  

           Below on the barn floor Arawn punches again at the Vong and
         hits doing a minor wound.

           The shadow creature fails to hit the Vong he is fighting.

           The Vong swings on the shadow creature but fails to hit.
         Weak and in desperation the other Vong grabs his staff with his
         wounded arms.  Going on sheer adrenaline he thrusts up and
         outwards.  The blow goes more up than out.  In fact the spear
         tip impales Arawn in the throat doing massive damage.  The
         Alfar now visible and solid falls to the barn floor knocked out
         or dead?

           Back on the ground the fast moving sucking vortex draws in
         the last bits of the flyer itself.  The Vong pilot is sucked
         in and just winks out.  But Fremea is sucked to the rear vortex
         and winks out getting smaller and smaller as she is sucked in.
         Raban is sucked to the forward one but as his large frame hits
         the grey spot it pops.  A thunderclap like pop is heard as the
         flyer in total is winked out and sucked in.

           The only thing to remain are the grey spots and they shiver
         and then wink out as if having eaten themselves.  Raban is
         thrown back and is lucky to avoid being sucked in by a half
         second or maybe his sheer frame saved him?

           The rope tied to Tef'wo as the flyer disintegrates is pulled
         by the vortex forcing Tef'wo forward.  Tef'wo tries to fight
         back but the force seems strong.  At the final surge of
         sucking power occurs the rope is jerked forward and forces
         Tef'wo off his feet.  He rams into Ben'dar sending him down
         the ground and falls shoulder and head first on the ground.
         One of Tef'wo's right front leg is broken and the horse gives
         a horse yell in pain.

           The others around the Flyer only watch in horror as in just
         seconds the flyer is destroyed and now Fremea is missing?

           Suddenly a second and third flyer exits the rear of the barn
         and zooms upwards.  It quickly takes to the sky and then starts
         a direct course for those on the ground.  Both flyers fire
         their fireballs and two of the plasma balls hit Strie'bog in
         the left chest burning a massive hole in his chest.  He is
         thrown to the ground.

           The two flyers had lift off seconds ago.  Kell tried to warn
         the party but the thunderclap and sucking noise was just too
         loud.  But now they zoom past and fire their weapons at the
         party.

           The third flyer's plasma balls streak toward the wagon.
         The blind Whitney has no idea what is going on.  Kiet leaps
         to try to pull him off but as he does one plasma ball hits the
         luggage rack and a massive fire erupts.  The second ball
         hits Whitney in the back just as Kiet pulls him off and does
         a massive wound burning him.  his clothes erupt in flames just
         as Kiet gets him to the ground.

         Actions? Comments?

         Next Update...Sooner than you think...

         GM: Wow.  Ok.  I wasn't expecting these dice rolls.  Not good.
             Not good.  So I only did 2 phases.  I wanted to halt it
             so folks can react.  Man this was sorta planned for but
             not this massive amount of lucky damage and hits.  I will
             have to figure out a way to save folks.  Due to some
             problems here had to work on update early so a day early.

         GM: Heading to Barn or UFO:

             To Barn - All Facing West
                Chion, Kell, Strie'bog, Unali

             To UFO - Facing North more or less
                Ben'dar, Fremea, Raban, Z'leyra, Kiet, Farseeker, Caladan 

             At Barn -
                Will    - ground floor of barn 
                Arawn   - 2nd floor
                Z'leyra - Above 100' roof


         GM: Current position details -

             Horseback - Caladan, Chion, Kell, Strie'bog, Unali
             In Wagon  - Zhou
             On Ground - Fremea, Raban, Fremea, Farseeker, Ben'dar, Kiet
             On Wagon  - Whitney
             In Air    - Z'leyra [100 feet up]
                       - Will    [above first floor barn]
             Sole Horse- Raban, Z'leyra's following behind
             In Barn   - Arawn  [2nd floor]

             Barn to Kell     -   690 feet         6-7
             Barn to Wagon    - 1,400 feet         5   
                                               
                                                 
         GM: Player map of Carnival area

             Below is only a rough estimate of position.  Since each
             space is a 40 footx40 foot area the exact point is misleading
             on the map.  
                                            
             Zoomed in area Map               
             1 Row    = 40 feet                     
             1 Column = 40 feet                 
                              

                1         2         3         4         5         6
       123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
                                                                   H
                                                                   I
       ______                                                      J
      [     ]                                                      K
      [ B   ]                                                      L
      [ A   ]                            Wagon>#@<- UFO, Raban     M
      [ R   ]            Kell>K    PP               Fremea         N
      [ N   ]                     Party             Ben'dar        O
      [    W]                                       Caldan         P
      [_____]                                       Farseeker      Q
                                                                   R


         # - Wagon   [N41]    K - Kell    [N34]    @ - UFO   [M42]
         B - Ben'dar [M42]    F - Fremea  [M42]    R - Raban [M42]
         W - Will    [Barn]   Z - Z'leyra [Barn]
         P - Party   [N34-351 - In that area]

         Chion, Strie'bog, Unali are all between Kell and the wagon.
         Not placed on map


         GM: Barn Map - 300 feet by 300 feet x 22 feet high

             1 Column = 10 feet
             1 Row    = 10 feet

             [Bottom level]

            [Roof Level]

                        1         2         3
               123456789012345678901234567890
               ______________________________
             !I                              I                     
             BI                              I  1 = Vong #1         
             CI    2                         I  2 = Vong #2       
             DI                              I  W = Will [Generic location
             E[              o               ]      has to move about or
             F[      ....                    ]      levitte ends so a square
             GI    ..     ...           W..  I      around the Vong]
             HI        Z                ...  I  o - Hole Arawn made
             II      .     ..           ... 1I  Z - Z'leyra 100' up       
             JI       ..                     I      invisible
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             . = Swarm of insect/bugs and where the Hole is partially
                 represented.

            [Top level]

                        1         2         3
               123456789012345678901234567890
               ______________________________
             !I                              I  [, [ = Loft Window
             BI  ###########  #############  I  ``   = Stairs down
             CI                              I  ##   = Cabinets
             DI``                            I  @@   = Pully/wench
             E[             VA               ]  
             F[                   WV         ]  V = Vong Warrior
             GI@                            @I  A = Arawn [Insub]
             HI                              I  W = Shadow Warrior 
             II                              I
             JI                              I
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