[pnpgm] Game Update #140 - File #552 - Time to go home!

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   HT Aliaver/Player    DS    Character Name    Type    Status/Notes  Sex
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   R1.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid  .Normal/Alfar .. Ma
   --.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe
   R3.Mark Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma
   R1.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human  ..Ma
   JH Hooten............YN..Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human....Ma
   W4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human  ..Fe
   R1 John.Stowman......YN..Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
   R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human  ..Fe
   -- Npc...............YY..Etain.............Teacher.Normal/Elf......Ma
      Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell, Wolf - Will

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      Game Update #140 in sequence (file #552)
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      [Recap]

        From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
           The GOD has spoken....

           Z'leyra decides that she should go to Ticasi, use her magic to
           find out what caused the fire that killed her father and
           perhaps see what caused other interference with his plans.
           Should facts require it she will attempt to see that justice
           is done. She will then wish to visit her family in the Kameran.

            She will ask the party  to join her. She plans to practice a
            lot of magic.
        GM: Ack.  Wise God sounds to me!  So only one vote?  No 2nd or 3rd??
            Ok.  Well we have a majority then.  Looks like it will be
            your adventure.  With 4 votes.  But Wout you can still vote
            for formal sakes if you wish.  In the next few days I'll try
            to determine the IBT time then.  But I gotta review the
            background and cultures a bit.  Since it is winter it might
            not be till spring.  We shall see.  But keep in mind pushing
            Akasha to EL12 may not give the results you want.  But a EL0
            might.  Power means little to me.  I personally endorse the
            underdogs better than the demi-gods.  Not on purpose but by
            my own leaning to them.  You might have a 200% chance for doing
            something but in my universe there is always a critical failure
            or fumble.  Hold a knife to a throat easy kill eh?  Well maybe
            your hand slips and you lose your balance makins
            g the knife go
            down and away.  Your easy kill is not a struggle.  But on the
            other side a critical win could just be a MM of the knife scraps
            skin and hits that one kink and kills the man with the least
            amount of blood in human history.  Never know. :)  As to doing
            a lot of magic makes me more inclined to do shorter IBTS.  :)
            But at this point the adventure isn't known yet so it may not
            be a factor to call for help on it till the end of IBT..

        From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
          Arawn stroked the wolf's fur, wishing for the time needed to allow

          "Perhaps once the others are settled in Marentia I can return and
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          The mysterious elf's appearance intrigued Arawn and he greatly

          "Does anyone know where he went?"

          The call to uncover mystery tore into the druid and he ...

          Do you know anything about this elf?"
        GM: Ack.   The wolf would probably regenerate in a few days easy.
            But if you come back to him that means I'd have to get a details
            IBT form John.  I don't think he has the time to do so in order
            to match up locations.  :<  but we can try.


        From Kiet: [Re: Definitions]
          In my work world, GOD is the Graphics Organizational
          Director... .heehee
        GM: Ack. In my universe which BTW is the only universe of
            any merit God is Games Operational Director.  Me. The
            big poo-bah.   Bow and grovel.

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      [New Stuff]

          [Octagi 5th, 1634TH]
          [Donara Capital City Streets - West side of town]

          [Time: 8:34:18 pm - Donara City]

            Arawn stroked the wolf's fur, wishing for the time needed to
          allow his divine magick to replenish the canie's strength, but
          with the news of Will's imminent departure realizing that such
          might not be. As with Raban Arawn expressed a heartfelt goodbye.
          Though he had been a quiet man Will was a woodsman and had a
          kinship with animals that the Alfar admired.

            "Perhaps once the others are settled in Marentia I can return
          and see to restoring your wolf-kin's strength through prayer,"
          he offered. And, at the least, I would like to visit at least
          once to check if it pleases you."

            Arawn hears Will talk about the mysterious elf.  Course Arawn
          knows that Will had things on his mind so warning them now could
          be forgiven.

            The mysterious elf's appearance intrigued Arawn and he greatly
          wished that he had been informed of him earlier. Why had he
          appeared  was it Varange or the artifact that he had been
          tracking? Or was it something else that drove him?  The Alfar
          could attempt to track him but would it be worth and was it
          already too late?

            "Does anyone know where he went?"

            Fremea seems to glare briefly at Arawn.  The Alfar seems to
          be so fascinated by everything

            Kell shrugs, "he may be chasing Varange.  Which is a good
          thing for us.  Rather not have them chasing us.  I just got
          this new pair of underwear and don't want to mess them up.
          I suspect Varange has diverted them away though he could
          be sending them back to us any second."

            The call to uncover mystery tore into the druid and he
          wondered... hoped that whatever it was Fremea wished to discuss
          would illuminate the elvish enigma. Giving her a surreptitious
          glance he waited till the others were distracted before
          whispering to her.

            "Do you know anything about this elf?"

            Fremea perks up at news that she hasn't considered.  If the
          Elves return they could have some dangerous stuff to answer or
          deal with.  So she claps her hands and moves forward.  She
          tells everyone it is time to leave.

            Arawn sighs and looks around one last.  As the others gather
          he hopes Will can get away.  But it is dark and he should be
          fine.  Will seems unconcerned since if the Elf wanted him
          dead he would've been dead by now.

            The group of 9, Squirt and Corona gather close by.  The
          party suddenly realizes the humans are outnumbered.  Wit
          only 3 humans thee are 2 Elves, 1 Half=Elf and 3 Faerry
          now.  Things have changed so much since the days of Clima
          when it was all human.

            Arawn casts his spell and the group translocates to the
          roof of the Library in Sivas.  The nearby bird cages are suddenly
          a flutter of bird noises startled by the sudden arrival.  The
          group takes a deep gasp due to the lose of air from the large
          distance teleported.  But the party all except thew new Fae
          are used to it.

          [Time: 8:35:00 pm - Donara City]

            Saya and Anorlic look around and see different lights all
          over the place.  The stars are pretty much the same but
          seem slightly shifted every so slightly that only keen eyes
          will figure out like those of the Fae.

            Kell raises a hand to them, "welcome to Sivas, Marentia."

            Saya sniffs the air, "it certainly smells different.  Is it
          safe for us here?"

            Kell nods, "Sidh are known here.  Not in great numbers.  The
          fae may be one in a 5,000 or the Elves maybe 1 in 3,000 if I
          were to guess.  There is the usual bias but people are more
          open to our kind.  I'm sure Fremea will let you know of places
          to go and avoid here in the city."

            Kell yawns, "well I think I will find a nice place for the
          night.  Shall we maybe meet soon to figure out our treasure
          assortments?  Maybe Cholan's tavern.  Now...how do I get down
          from here..."

          Actions?  Comments?

          Next update...Friday...maybe...

          GM: Adventure #6 - "Legacy" is over.  I hope one can understand
              the title now. :)  I said I'd teleport folks Monday.  But
              tomorrow (doing this Saturday) is 5/1.  I'm weird but I
              like nice round dates.  So 6/1 not 6/2.  So I went and
              got this out tonight.  So don't expect a update Monday.
              Adventure #7 website will be replacing the current one
              soon.  This game lasted 18 months which in pbem terms is
              fast.  Thanks Tobie!  Hope you guys had fun.  It was
              more a rp thing than a combat like the Vong stuff.  I
              try to change it up.  I have a LOT of stuff behind the
              scenes to work on.  So while there may not be updates for
              many days or week or two I am working on things.  I'll try
              to get updates on the well updates.    This was

              This adventure was 140 updates with 552 files.  The last
              one was 270 updates and 1571 files taking 3 years and 8
              months compared to 18 months.

              Course we had more players.  It is sad to see John/Raban
              die on us.  That was a great loss.  Mark/Kells just went
              missing.  Floyd wow he was in the game  Just realized that
              base don roster.  I get now tons of bounces of his email
              account.  I need to remove him from game list now.  He just
              went missing.  Robert/Strie'bog got like John S super busy
              with his job.  These are things a GM has to deal with.  If
              you sign up to a pbem it could be 18 months or 3 years.  You
              do not need to post daily or even once a month.  But it does
              help.  But we've lost some good folks.  Now with John S too
              busy to play maybe he can return later.  This is only a game
              so we have to let real life stuff take the lead.  One of my
              favorite D3 podcasts one of the main hosts just left due
              to real life stuff.  Sometimes its sad but it happens.

              Those for all those who have stuck to it.  Above all just
              have fun.  I do.  I may complain about the time taking
              away from my own free time but its a major stress relief.

          GM: Next adventure - With Alex's vote I guess we have a majority.
              I know David wanted group to ride up there.  But we'll see.
              IBT will begin Octagi 6.  But do not plan anything detailed.
              You can do rough outlines.  But I need to decide on things
              before I figure out if its a day of IBT or a year.

              I will be making some changes as well to rules.  As we
              progress in these adventures I've added more rules and
              restrictions to decrease the godly factor of the pcs.
              For example I may restrict IBT magic to common sense
              magic.  Doing say Resurrection practice 30 times a day
              will not be possible.  You'd have to kill someone first.
              I will be taking into account the gods for this later.
              Testing a simple Fire Dart is one thing.  But doing 20
              Death Power spells may not be good.  Bottom line is
              the use of common sense.  If you go and destroy crops and
              then use spells to save those crops the gods might see
              that as annoying.  Going to a hospital and healing every
              patient might make some gods happy but it would draw the
              attention of others.

              I touched on the Reputation factor before long ago.
              Each person will have a rep for the gods, for the people and
              maybe one for bad guys.  Think of it like the old Star
              Wars Dark Side Points.  Use too many dark side powers and
              you turn sith and your character is npc.  Not that drastic
              but it means more attention is paid by the gods.  These
              figures will always be private for me only   Someone
              like Raban would have a high rep mainly as a giant for
              the people but low for the gods and enemy.  So he can
              get away with more magic but may not get as much away
              by the populace.  Keep this in mind for IBT.  Those who
              seek glory in fighting arenas for 3 months straight might
              get a rep factor for the populace but a wizard who casts
              Fire darts to become EL20 might get a different rep but
              if he uses death powers to kill little dogs then he would
              get a bad rep by the law gods and may be on the list to
              take out some day while the Chaos gods might ant to recruit
              him for their own needs.  That sort of thing.  I may get
              more on this later on in the next weeks.  So stay tuned...

              Oh dear.  Just noticed the Adventure Timeline file is
              not updated in ages.  Ugh.  This will take some doing
              to update.  Dang!  That's around 3 months of time to
              flesh out in a summary form.  That alone will take time.

          GM: My schedule -

              * CP Processing - Already done and emails sent.
              * Character sheet updates and then send them out.
              * Wait for final votes to decide IBT time and next adventure.
              * Finalize notes/loot
              * Finalize some scenes I typed up not seen in updates.
              * Start research on map makers and stuff for next adventure
              * Clean this old computer off of pnp and move to new computer
              * Start on IBT time events
              * Start working on Adventure Outline

              So a ton to do.  But I suspect IBT will last till end of Summer
              so we have time for down time.


          GM: Character Sheet Updates -

                Player         Sheet updated      Sheet sent
              Arawn             In Progress         Not Yet
              Fremea            In Progress         Not Yet
              Kell              In Progress         Not Yet
              Kiet              In Progress         Not Yet
              Raban             In Progress         Not Yet
              Unali             In Progress         Not Yet
              Will              In Progress         Not Yet








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