Post from Fremea on actions.. Fremea sees the bats and just waits a sec before flying inside. AND of course, the oversized human has to take a swing at her. Gods they are annoying! Then she realizes there is another giant on the ground, at least they could handle it. "Quickly, stay as a group. Going solo through the caves is not good for your health, unless you like scaling mountains. It will take a least two members of the coalition to pass the runes. Luckily, for you and me, I can fly." Getting through the cave seemed better this time, since she could be ahead of them. Once there, she could see that Dorhak was annoyed, good! A slight smile comes across her face and then falls in with the group for which ever direction is chosen. Sent from Outlook From: pnpgm on behalf of pnpgm Sent: Monday, February 15, 2021 11:11 PM To: pnpgm@list.powersandperils.org Subject: [pnpgm] Game Update #167 - File #1243 - Coin and fate 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 #167 sequence (file #1243) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Kiet is getting annoyed at the bats and their mess. If they are … GM: Ack. From Upus [Re: Actions] Upus hopes to Continue to attack this creature at his ankles. He hopes to Avoid getting stepped on. GM: Ack. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Ma 10th, 1636TH] [Time: 7:18:03 pm LW time] [Phase 3] Kiet is getting annoyed at the bats and their mess. If they are hanging upside down when they poop, how do they not get it all over themselves? Ewwww! Maybe the do get it all over themselves. Gross! But then the Bes guard notice the bush hiding something. Kiet, being well versed in plant lore, should have noticed something off about that. Not a lot of bushes can survive this deep in a cave. Hmmm, the chair is interesting but he can’t make out what else is in there Kiet clearly hears him say 'Giant!' however. Kiet grabs his tulwar and shield and activates his hopefully not ruined boots for speed, the runs as fast as he can to get to the tunnel entrance (even if the speed doesn’t work). [Time: 7:18:03 pm LW time] [Phase 3] The Giant turns to stab Upus with his spear but misses. With his free hand he shoves Kimis to the side but the blow is light enough she takes no damage. Upus swings his battle axe but fails to hit. Kimis also fails to hit the beast with her battle axe. The King raises a hand and yells to Barbosa, “wait. I have an idea!” He reaches inside his pouch and grabs 2 stones. He begins to bang the 2 stones together. [Time: 7:18:06 pm LW time] [Phase 4] Kiet arrives outside to see another giant fighting the Diumagi. He uses his acrobat skills and speed to move to the side of the giant and slices his leg doing 6 points of damage. The Giant turns to stab at Kimis but fails to hit. He tries to bash with his free hand Upus but he moves away in time. Upus hits giant in leg for another 2 points with his axe. Kimis swings her own battle axe hitting the giant in leg for another 9 points. [Time: 7:18:09 pm LW time] [Phase 5] Moments earlier the strange metal inside the rocks the King bangs creates a subsonic sound that irritates the bats. En masse they figure it it time to go feed or flee from this annoying sound. They fly toward the entrance and reaches the threshold seconds later flying at chest height to the giant. The bats about 61 of them hit the giant as hundreds of others dodge him. Most avoid full contact as they fly away at last second. But dozens hit him doing 6 points. Kiet slices with his tulwar and does the final damage to kill the giant. The giant starts to teeter backwards and falls fast before Upus can jump away he lands on Upus. Upus takes another 3 points as Kimis and Kiet rush to help move the giant off the Diumagi. The three reenter the cave and the Diumagi take sentry again. Kimis helps to treat Upus's bruises as best she can without medical supplies. Kiet returns to send Barbosa back as sentry and he heads to scan the treasure. Activating his bracer he does find magical items. There seems to be 19 items. A scroll of some kind. A broken wine glass bottle. A landscape painting that is about 16 square feet rolled up and dusty. Some dozens of green fine cloth. A tin plate A red satin chair. A iron goblet. A broken nightstand style table. A wooden chest of assorted coins. Small worthless gem. A small Jet jewel. A cooper bracelet. A nickel necklace. A magical talisman. A elixir of grey liquid in a metal flask detects as magical. A magical sword. A 13 inch magical wand. A magical amulet. Finally a magical bracelet. [Time: 7:22 pm LW time] Dorhak begins to pace back and forth as the anger builds waiting for Fremea to return. Where is she? Did she get lost or find some shiny thing to play with? Barbosa asks Kiet, “we can carry all but the furniture. Wonder why its here. But what should we do with it?” King shrugs, “giants do like to raid human homes so maybe there? Maybe a random wagon raided? But more likely the Coalition here left it. Maybe once long ago it has more furniture and more a oasis than a dusty cave.” --------------------------- [Earlier with Fremea...] Fremea disappears.... Then reappears in brightness. The Faerry's eyes blink as she tries to adjust to being now back outside. A brisk cool wind blows all over her from south to north. Fremea finds herself standing on a solid stone surface. She glances around and sees mountains and forests. She moans and lifts off for a better view. As she hovers about 15 feet up she glances down to ensure no gear is lost. Then notices some pictographs and possible runes on the surface. The stone platform seems to be on top of a mountain with forests all around below in every direction. The surface of stone is a pale white about 50 x 50 feet. It is too flat and uniform to be naturally made. Fremea concentrates on the writing/runes. She is no super reader of such things. But Arawn did give her some pointers. As well as Etain claiming that she may need to know that stuff as ruler. Which just made her mad. But Etain was persistent. From what she gathers and she fears she is not 100% accurate it seems to say she was sent here from the cave. She knows this already. Something about to be effective in – it doesn’t say cave but more like place of origin? A group must be done. A single person can risk exposure or damage if she reads it correctly. It seems to imply covertly that 2 or more of the alliance needs to be explorers. She recalls the King saying something about a Coalition? She only vaguely remembers being bored at the time she heard it. So Bes, Dwarf and Elves? So does this mean to move about a Elf should be with Bes or Beds and Dwarf? Maybe that's why she was teleported away? She was moving alone in the cave. Fremea goes up higher a few hundred feet to get a better view and scans for the Eagle Rock. She spots the plain to the south and shes a dozen or so miles north so she isn't too far away. She spots on the plain the watering hole the party found earlier. So that would place Eagle Rock slightly north east from there. She heads that way. Shaking her head, and talking to herself out loud, "good thing it was me being put up here. No one else really could just get down quickly. Haha" She really hopes that when she gets back there, the groups that are left will be able to go through the runes. Guess she will have to do a better job of studying such things later, with Kaylle. A smile crosses her face when she thinks of him. It will be good to get out of these underground places. Damn, they just cramp her style. She forces herself to fly just a tad faster, in case something else is waiting to spring out. [Time: 7:24 pm LW time] Fremea spots a large group of bugs fly up into the sky. Then she realizes they are not bugs but bats. They seem to circle for a few minutes then dive back down. Could they be the same bats? Suddenly the bats realize it is day not night return to the cave hoping the awful rock noise has stopped. Hundreds swoop down and into the cave. The Diumagi and Barbosa duck heads and cover heads as the bats fly overhead only a few feet above them. They return to their rock roosts and perch back into place as the smell of them returns to Kiet and the Bes. Suddenly Fremea dives into the cave and Kimis swings her axe but realizes what demon or rather person this is and holds her blow. Fremea pants a bit and tells them to come hurry. Barbosa yells, “weren't you in the cave that way?” But she flies fast and seems to ignore him. Barbosa waves for the others to join and the trio try to job behind the Faerry. Fremea slows down when she enters the bat area and wrinkles her nose again. Kiet glances up and is confused to see Fremea back out this way. She waves for everyone to follow. Dorhak throws up his hands in frustration. He begins to head back toward the winding tunnel. But Arawn stops him. After some consideration the clues seem to be falling into place. The druid says to give her a bit more time. Maybe the wards are used against 2 or more members of the coalition so a lone dwarf would be bad off. Kiet grumbles and tells the Bes to carry as much as they can he asks Barbosa to help out carry stuff. Fremea leads the party further into the cave and into the winding tunnel. Soon she leads the group to the rest of the party. Arawn and Z'leyra notice Upus has new wounds? They wonder what happened. /Dorhak eager to move on flips a coin and fate decides the left tunnel is the one they will go. He raises up his shield and moves into the cave tunnel. GM: Actions? Comments? Next update....Fri/SaT? GM: Had a minor ftp/website issue but Tobie fixed it. Above is what Fremea saw and reacted to. I assume all loot except furniture? Is taken? Anything to do before entering tunnel as a full party? GM: Player Damage - Player Damage Kimis -6 Upus -11 GM: Experience Player CEP Expertise Notes Upus 120 36 Battle Axe x3 +1 EL, +1 CEL Kimis 102 24 Battle Axe x2 Kiet 36 12 Tulwar x1 _______________________________________________ pnpgm mailing list pnpgm@list.powersandperils.org http://www.powersandperils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnpgm