Character Name Type Player Sex Notes ..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup Navigator ..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newark.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf ..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magician ..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Ma..Human/Magician ..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human/Hunter ..Raddok..........Miner...Bess.Hadley........Ma..Human/Miner ..Tsia.Phan.......Thief...Don.Ker............Fe..Human/Thief ..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden ..Upus............Warrior.Gerald.Ford........Ma..Normal/Barbarian Warrior ..Kimis...........Warrior.NPC................Fe..Normal/Diumgi Companion ..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate ..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast ..Bes (2).........Warrior.npc................Mo..Bes.............. Game Web Site - http:/nrgcomputers.com/pbem/ Public posts/actions to pnpgm@list.powersandperils.org (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm@comcast.net Game Update #160 sequence (file #1171) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Z'leyra: [Re: Necklace] Z'leyra will ask our fearless leader if she may learn Dwarf Elder by use of the necklace. If granted she will ask him to speak in Dwarf Elder while she uses the necklace to learn to speak that language. GM: Ack. No uses today but next 'day' when that is down here. From Dorhak: [Re: Actions] Dorhak looks back with an expression that’s hard to read. "Aye. … GM: Ack. From Z'leyra [Re: Necklace] Oops, my mistake. I blame my bad memory. Turns out that Z'leyra already knows Dwarf Elder. (speaking, though not reading). So she will assist someone else to learn some language. GM: Ack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Ma 9th, 1636TH] [Time: 10:17 pm MW time] Z'leyra asks Dorhak on using necklace to learn Dwarf. Dorhak looks back with an expression that’s hard to read. "Aye. Of course ye can. It’s not like it’s a secret language. Even Raddok knows it!" Z'leyra uses necklace but nothing happened. Either it failed or ran out of uses for the day. fresh ---------------- [Ma 10th, 1636TH – or is it?] [Time: 6:14 am MW time] Party breaks camp after a breakfast of fresh bird eggs found by Pyan and Fremea and some nice blue berries. Some have simple rations. The party heads out north into the mountains – or at least it is assumed north. This lack of stars or the sun is distressful. It is deep dark but it has been 8 long hours of good sleep so party should be fresh. The odd colorful overhead lights blink on the brown and white plains all around making them a kaleidoscope of shifting waves. Even if its dark visibility is about half a mile so with the open plains it is difficult to impossible to plan a ambush. There are plenty of bushes and trees but most are so sparse its not a good hiding spot. So with this said the party can spread out and a bit more relaxed state. [Time: 10:03 am MW time] After 4 hours the party takes a lunch break. Fremea flies to the watering hole they saw last recon before sleeping before it got dark. A light meal is made and the party rests a bit. Barbosa asks the King, “What is your experience here? Will the other Bes back at the cave find their way here?” The King eats some fruit from his bag. “Most are stories. Before becoming King I came here to do some rituals and ceremonial stuff. Humans would call it a wakl-around or walk abut? As you may guess not many Bes in Lower Regions. I visited the dwarves...” he looks around. “I used our portal ability. We could use that for now. But I suspect it could close if only 1 person entered. Regardless, the dwarves here treated me the same as Dorhak did initially. It took awhile to get them used to me. The dwarves here are old style and set in their ways. So secluded they have no idea of what is going on in middle world. When I went back it was 4.5 months later. Unsure how long I stayed here. Beyond that its mostly stories. In fact I asked around. Our dwarf allies back home rarely venture here. Its not a normal thing unless they have some agenda. As to the Bes. I've been leaving signs as best I can. If they stick to a path due north as we did they should find our camp. I left a tree bark note and we should be leaving plenty of footprints that a blind Bes female could track us!” [Time: 2:20 pm MW time] Finally the first twinges of daylight shines as the colorful lights soon end. It'll take a few more hours of that odd eerie daylight to shine. Arawn notices as they walk everyone – mostly but especially the magic users – aura is fully flashing. It seems the mana has returned to the party. [Time: 5:01 pm MW time] It is getting brighter and so party uses spyglasses to get a better view with the mountains about an hour away now. Unali, Arawn and Fremea use each of their own spyglass (or found from silo) and discuss best places to go. Most guess slightly north east is best place to go so the party shifts in that area. Fremea decides to fly ahead to scout out. GM: Actions? Comments? Next update....Wed/Sat? GM: A short update but no encounters. I will email Tobie the details on his recon once he reaches mountains. I'll have to run the numbers and see how long he has to spend before party arrives at edge of mountains. After that he can give said report for any decisions to be made. As to next week my last 3 days off till September. IF I did a update it'd be Wednesday. If not or feel not in mood will be Saturday. After that we shall see on 2 updates a week but likely once a week if things get hectic. ;) If no update then Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all! I'm sure we'll be glad for 2020 to end. Stay tuned! BTW Monday 12/21 is the Great Conjunction – Jupiter and Saturn so close in sky it will form the “Christmas Star.” An event not seen for 800 years. Google local details as it will vary on times to you or direction. For me its after sunset in SE. But best to google it for an event we'll not see again. To clarify, Mana Regen is back when the spell failed it erased the entire Casting Ability pool. So you regen the normal amount for that day so not much mana but some mana. But only Arawn knows this for now. GM: Groups- [here to remind me of walking groups] 1st Triad – Dorhak, Barbosa, Raddok 2nd Triad – Z'leyra, Tsia, Unali, King, Arawn. 3rd Triad – Pyan, Opus, Kimis, Kiet.