[pnpgm] Game Update #76 - File #633 - A bird or a marble?
Scott Adams
longshot at cybermax.net
Fri Mar 5 06:56:07 CET 2010
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
R1 NPC...................Shu.Yeoh..........Wizard..Normal/Human..Fe
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]
Shu aka Shu as Niece [HD]
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 #76 in sequence (file #533)
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Admin Notes: Part 2 of 2 parts.
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[Recap]
[None]
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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: 2:24pm]
After Zhou yells he repeats it once more. But the sound only
echoes off the buildings. Aside from startled birds there doesn't
seem to be any sign of life.
Zhou places hands on hips and looks around. "All right. Since
no one has a better suggestion let's move toward the buildings
in the west. Those with the chimney are likely the caretaker
homes. They could be tied up and can't hear us if busy or
hanging about."
Zhou then shrugs and reenters the wagon. "Kiet drive us
west, toward those three clumps of buildings." He then turns to
the others. "Keep eyes open." He then climbs back into the
wagon.
Those off horses remount up and the wagon is soon off again.
The wagon goes due west a bit over a mile (6,400 feet). It then
turns south west and another 600 feet.
Caladan comments, "this place gives me the creeps. You'd
figure there'd be homeless or bandits here."
Farseeker shrugs, "we are safe still though even in this open
area. We are still more than half a mile from the buildings and
no weapon could touch us. Once we near the building then we should
be wary."
From his horse Arawn continues to scan the ground for tracks.
But as with the road the tracks are so faded and old it is hard
to tell. In this middle ground it is hard to tell more recent
tracks likely until the party nears the building.
A faint noise is heard in the wind to the west. It draws the
attention of those with keen ears like Arawn and Kell. But
those directly near the wagon can't hear it by the chink chink
of the wagon team harness and such. Those with keen ears glance
west but see nothing. It was fast and almost inaudible. It
could have been a simple bird.
As the wagon continues a large bird rockets from behind the
stable angling for the sky. This draws the attention of several
almost immediately. The bird is rather large and is up over
the height of the stable and just heads right into the angle
of the sun making good views of it hard to see.
The black bird swoops up and up. Then for several seconds it
angles and dives all the while keeping the sun to its back
blinding the party, especially the sun-shy. The bird then
moves east just out of the rays of the sun finally giving
the party a decent view.
The bird is a strange ball like object. Then those on the
ground notice it has no wings? Now the party figures it to
be some kind of object rather than a bird. It suddenly turns
and heads at the party's direction. As it turns vision begins
to concentrate on the object.
The object looks to be as large as a fat elephant maybe 1500
or so pounds. Based on its banking and turns it looks to be
about 5 feet tall and around 12-15 feet long. It is one fat
blob with no sign of appendage or wings.
As it gets closer though the front is seen. It looks knobby
and bumpy like marble stone. It is reddish brown in color.
There is some odd looking black-gray thing in front at the lower
area. As vision stares at the object the left and right sides
seem to show some form of minor horn like appendage. It is about
2-3 feet up the side and toward the front. As the object swiftly
moves forward toward the party the horn like appendages seem to
grow slightly in front and expand. There seems to be no legs,
no wings, no head or tail just one odd looking body of some
strange mass.
With the back of the wagon pointing to the north east and
front to the south west, Whitney begins to stare at the
object from his nice seat in the back. As the object gets
swiftly within 100 feet of the party, Farseeker yells to
scatter. As the horses begin to go in random directions this
leaves the wagon hard to dodge. As Whitney stares at the object
heading almost in his direction the horn like structures suddenly
glow red and instantly a fiery object shoots out from each
horn like structure. The plasma-fireball like objects shoot
down in a long arc toward the wagon.
Strie'bog's horse swiftly gallops away but a plasma-fire ball
hits the ground just behind him and explodes in a fiery mess
into the grass. But it just misses the horse and doesn't seem
to affect him.
At the same time Whitney sees the other object heading toward
the back of the wagon. He quickly draws up his buckler and brings
his form down. The plasma-fire ball lands a foot just behind
his feet and splatters onto the grass catching it on fire. But
some of it splatters upwards and impacts the buckler. The
fragments bounce off the shield but several pelt the back of the
wagon and begin to smolder on the dry wood.
The object as it fires the plasma-fireball like things turns
and roars upwards and back toward the general direction of the
horse corral. It swiftly zooms over the corral and begins to
bank back toward the party. It seems to be faster than a griffon,
slower than a roc but as fast a hippogriff based on those in
the party which have encountered such. Based on its movement
it could return over the party in 80-90 seconds. It is about
55 feet off the ground.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update...Monday...
GM: No one got the bonus homework question. :< Well this is a
quick and easy update. Its funny too many posts delay me
and are great. Too few and I am limited on what to do.
Can't win huh? :) But I can play the evil GM role and
have fun with those large open gaps.
GM: Object is noted on the map below as well as current wagon
position. Zhou, Fremea, Unali are inside wagon. On Wagon
are Kiet, Z'leyra, Whitney.
GM: Player map of Carnival area
* Carnival Grounds layout
Scale - 1 Column - 200 feet /I\ North
1 Row - 200 feet
Grounds shown below - 3,300' x 3,200'
1 2 3 4 5 6
12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345
A _________O < Airborn object
B | | In air about 55' up
C | C | F
D | | `
E |___/____|
F /-----Wagon-Path-------------#.............
G [A] / /|\
H [A] / ` X ` Initial Wagon
I # Position
J E /|\
K Current Wagon ____/_____
L G Position | |
M H* B ` | D |
N I | |
O |________|
P
X - Symbolic center of Carnival grounds
` = Tent area boundary
. = Dirt road going east to main Highway (2.5 miles to highway)
* = Small structure ground up a few feet
A - Building - 300' x ??? x 22' feet high
B - Building - 50' x ???
C - Area -1600' x 800'
D - Area -1600' x 800'
E - Building - 200' x ???
F - Building - 50' x ???
G - Building - 65' x ??? x 22' feet high
H = Building - 60' x ???
I = Building - 45' x ???
Building scale may be off actual scale slightly due to rounding.
Notes: There are small foot dirt paths that lead from building to
building. There are signs of holes in the ground likely where
torch stands have been at one point.
Distance between actual buildings -
A to E - 150 feet space
E to G - 250 feet space
G to H - 310 feet space
H to I - 200 feet space
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