y HT Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ FH.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar... Ma ...Kevin Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe --.Rachelle.Gauthier ... Ix........... ??????..Normal/Human ..Fe W2.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma ...Don.Kerr..............Maelorna..........Dancer..Normal/Human....Fe ...Gilbert.Isla..........Mournath..........Sailor..Normal/Human....Ma R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma --.Bess.Hadley...........Raddok............Miner...Normal/Human ..Ma R4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Zol Zim (Wolf) - Ix 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 #14 sequence (file #143) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: Added Wolf to Roster. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Mae: [Re: Actions] Maelorna looks down at the man and can't hide the look... GM: Ack. From Ix: [Re: Actions] Ix was unable to discern the item until Mournath started... "We have just lost any chance at questioning our dead captain..." OOC: First official public post. Hi all :) GM: Ack. Welcome to game you did fine. I actually did not get the post myself. This is a issue wiht list it will randomly not send posts. This is as GM I check the Archives to ensure I didn't miss posts. Pyan's posts when he does them often doesn't come to me. Go figure. Unsure why. Welcome to game! From Unali: [Re: Actions] OOC: Welcome to the game. When Unali hear the remark from Ix, she wonders what the she meant and at the first opportunity will ask her "What was ... GM: Ack. From Bess: [Re: Actions] Also sending copy to GM mail. If don't need to send to both, won't do in future. GM: Ack. Yes best to send it as text in email so folks can read it. Not everyone can look at attachments as some email servers delete them. :) Sorry about the prank on you. It is a Rite of Passage everyone here goes through. :) From Arawn: [Re: Actions] "I would save all that I can. I don't know who's .... ************ As he moved on to the next downed sailor Arawn undid... "Please let them know we'll see to their needs shortly." ************* Arawn shared a genuinely warm smile that was reflected.... "Arawn," he said, indicating his name, "Thank you but .... ************** Arawn had ignored the arrival of the guard, his effort.... *************** Ix/Rachel: Welcome to the game! Sorry for my slow/poor postings lately but I'm juggling a bit too much at the moment. But I am looking forward to interacting with all the new players! *************** "Is it? I guess that depends on the individual," he ... GM: Ack. From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] As quickly as possible Z'leyra extracts the shrapnel from Raddoks head and casts her best healing spell on him thru her staff hoping to keep him alive though he may be known as Raddok On-Eye thereafter. GM: Ack. This was for Joke post so Null/Void. Thanks for playing along. But you really don't have a good tool to remove shrapnel. To me a Healing Knife is NOT a scalpel. To me they are used for larger slices like cutting off fingers and such. From Bess: [Re: Actions] sorry - guess I was using wrong email address - trying again Game #8 - response to Update 13 OOC: I've tried twice to send email asking to have Raddok resurrected, but they do not seem to have gone through - I can't find a record of them in my Sent mail file. (Aaarrgh!) Anyway, yes! try to resurrect Raddok - if it makes story sense. I think it can make sense, because he was the first (& therefore unsuspecting) target of the sniper. He might very well know something he doesn't currently remember having heard (or over heard) - or perhaps he will remember a pin or other ' Company' symbol that the man wore. If these strangers go to this trouble, they would have definitely felt there was a need to try, after all the death that was already on that ship. Note to GM: If resurrection unsuccessful for any reason, I need to know asap, so I can find another PC that might work for the story out of my overflowing PC binder (all newborn/unplayed), or roll another new one (yikes - rolls have to be good to make interesting). If you can send a couple clues as to what might work in the story, please do (such as a language, being from a certain country, or skills that would be useful. Otherwise I'll look to see what PCs I have from Marentia, altho getting into the story that way will take some creative thought - GM: Ack. Again best way to ensure posts go out is check the Archives (I've explained how to find those already). If post went out it'll be there within seconds. UNLESS the list is down which happens. My site doesn't update until I manually add stuff so that may take 1-4 days. As to private emails. You can always do a RRQ but I generally if its a actions for updates post it here but if not I'll try to Ack the email to folks. So it is seen by me. Also if unsure I got a email send a msg in Facebook and I'll reply yes or not. This is one reason I have chat contacts.:) From Arawn: [Re: Actions] Arawn's eyes widened as he saw Raddok's neck erupt in a torrent of blood, the bolt a grotesque accoutrement that found camarederie among the peppered men strewn across deck. In that moment he croaked out a few words, incantations that would hopefully secure his safety so that he could safely see to Raddok, the wolf and Ix. [Energy Shield, max EL on himself and will then move to assist Z'leyra with Raddok or any others in immediate danger of dying.] GM: Ack. Voided for Joke post. Thanks for playing along. :) From Dorhak: [Re: Actions] Well, with the captain dead and gone, as well as the soldiers and some employee sailors, Dorhak was thinking that he might just have a solution to paying back his kin. Maybe they could claim the boat as their own! It should provide some gold in reparations. Of course, Dorhak would take his cut to help offset his losses. standing on deck all he thinks is that he and his friend just need to work things out with these guards. Then...deposit the coin! Before the thought becomes voiced, the distinct sound of a crossbow bolt is heard, then 'thwack!' A bolt hits this ships last living human. Right in the neck! That had to hurt. Dorhak isn’t really certain where it came from, but is at least familiar with them. Before he can do much else, though, he hears the sound then feels the second bolt heavily glance off his armor. That'll leave a bruise. He starts looking around for the source and that weird wolf jumps up to take one for the weird human woman! Dorhak moves to hide behind the mast. Pardon, make that "tactically repositions" himself. More bolts come flying in and, damnation!, one of them hits him again! Ugh! Right in the side! He yanks it out and that really hurts! He tosses it aside and brings up his shield. little good that it does him when the freakish crossbow bolts start exploding! This one takes him in the leg and he goes down. As they start going off all around and even his kin get hurt. in other circumstances, Dorhak might like one of these crossbows... no more now! in dwarfish elder he calls for the other dwarfs to "get off the ship! Take cover!" GM: Ack. Great post but voided. :) GM: Below may look like joke update but in fact it has some parts before it diverged into chaos. So this is a unique update. ------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Marqi Frisda 23rd, 1636TH; Sivas, Marentia] [Time: 10:38 am] Raddok comes to help Arawn with the dead and comment son so many dying - before Z'leyra and Kiet arrive. "I would save all that I can. I don't know who's guilty at this point but there are questions to ask," Arawn replied as he tied off a bandage. "And justice reserved for the magistrates to decide." "But if you find it in you to help Raddok," he said, nodding his head in the sailor's direction, "and I tend to the wounded that would be appreciated." The elder speaks of his health as well as the others. As he moved on to the next downed sailor Arawn undid his water skin, offering to the dwarves along with what food he had on him. "Please let them know we'll see to their needs shortly." Arawn tosses the waterskin to the dwarf but doesn't have time now to sort through his bags for food. Not yet. Raddok translates Arawn's words to the dwarves. The elder drinks a good amount but being a good leader stops himself and offers the others portions for now. Arawn listens to the hasty explanation from Raddok on what he knows or doesn't know. Trying to figure out what is going on here. Arawn shared a genuinely warm smile that was reflected in his eyes, though subdued in light of the environment as he waived away Raddok's offer to grab his healing kit, the druid having a nearly fully stocked one already at hand. "Arawn," he said, indicating his name, "Thank you but it's probably best that you stay around for now. I could use the help plus some of the others might be a bit on edge. Who knows how they might react to you surprising them below deck." Arawn whispered a prayer under his breath, liquid words flowing quietly in the ancient Sidh tongue. His jaw set as he listened to surprise attack and what seemed Fremea's arrival. But he said nothing, continuing to focus on the wounded while listening to the rest of Raddok's story. "We don't know yet. We can only speculate. But it seems some of the soldiers attempted to hijack our dwarf friend so the possibility of their being slavers seems high. But when the others are done below hopefully we can form a better picture of things." [Captain's Quarters] Back at the Captain's quarters before Fremea leaves Unali speaks out to the Fae. "When Mournath tried that case some kind of spell went off. Is he OK? What is in there may be important, can you keep it safe?" Ix is there when Unali asks Fremea and wonders if she should explain. [Time: 10:41 am] Maelorna looks down at the man and can't hide the look of disdain as his usefulness as a pet or even a meal is at an end. 'See, the best of intentions, now if the irritant will just leave you be, we can continue helping the ease the suffering of all this food' the voice teases. Maelorna closes her eyes ' Just shut up please, we have enough trouble as it is without you making it worse, I promise, once we finish we'll go hunting but for now please,' she pleads with the voice. She looks at Arawn and sighs, he either didn't notice her or had chosen to ignore her. As for the wolf, she does her best to ignore the canine, it wasn't attacking her from the shadows, growling, nor did it have any friends, at least at the moment she was safe from it. The wolf growls a bit at Mae but doesn't pounce. Maybe it smells the love of cats on her and the dislike of dogs on her and joins in? As Raddok helps Arawn he explains his concerns and wishing to regain his gear. "Is it? I guess that depends on the individual," he sullenly replied. "Don't worry, they'll have someone to translate for you or else I'll do so, if they find reason to accept my offer." "I can explain your desire to translate for the dwarves and retrieve your belongings, though, as this is a crime scene, you might find your efforts hampered." Fremea dons her annoying dress again as she hears the guards top deck. She heads up to the top deck to find the rest of the party here. [Time: 10:42 am] When the guards arrive Maelorna smiles at a few of them in recognition, she keeps her arms folded serenely over her silver belt, not even going close to her dagger or crossbow. She can't help but note the Captain and with a soft smile she turns to face him. She tilts her head letting some of her red hair fall over her face, while her emerald green eyes take him in and she gives him a knowing smile, "I have yet to use this weapon other than practice," she offers honestly as she wonders how resilient he might be as a pet. He certainly was handsome enough ' Perhaps once we finish helping the disgusting one, we might see just how much of a pet he might make little one,' the voice giggles with delight. Mae doesn't seem to recognize any of the guards as clients. But then again most have their own private brothels. The captain nods at Mae, "yes I know." Arawn hears Damon speaking to the guards. Arawn had ignored the arrival of the guard, his effort to save as many as he could his dominant concern. However he did manage to meet Damon's eye but the quick yet subtle look made it clear the alfar was not happy with the situation and was leaving any answers to the others to give. He then looked to the wolf, keeping it in sight so he could quickly prevent an unpleasant encounter between the guards and the beast. [Second deck] Ix was unable to discern the item until Mournath started fidgeting with it. When she realized what it was and its function, she tightened her grip on her cane, since she was too late to stop it, "We have just lost any chance at questioning our dead captain..." Being nudged by Fremea caught her attention and she sighed, resigning to the fact that there was nothing she could do. She couldn't bring the man's soul back. She does turn to follow Fremea, leaving Unali and Mournath in the captain's quarters. When Unali hear the remark from Ix, she wonders what the she meant and at the first opportunity will ask her "What was that effect from the Captain's case, you think?" Upon discovering the dwarves, she touches the fae's arm and motions up to let her know she was heading above deck. She carefully makes her way up the stairs and straight to the wolf, ignoring the guards for now. Gently stroking the wolf, he speaks softly to it in her native language, but it was a good guess on anyone's part that she was likely saying 'good boy'. [Time: 10:42 am] Arawn is able to save a few of the sailors but it seems the guards are not able to be saved. The guards watch the wolf intently ready to attack if it attacks. They look to their sarge for why a wolf is on a ship and one with red eyes? Then Ix come son deck and the guards watch her as she crosses to hug the wolf. Raddok feels the hairs on the back of his neck go slightly rigid. He glances around sensing something. But no one seem sot be watching him. To the right he thought he saw a glimpse of metal high on that roof over there but he shakes his head. A bit of mild paranoia creeping in after the slaughter just now. Yet oddly he feels like something walked on his grave. Raddok shivers and goes back to helping Arawn. [Second deck] The two guards enter and notice the open doors to the right and with swords raised move down the hallway. The berths seem to be empty. But at the end they see Mournath and Unali in the office. "You there! Put down those papers and go topside now! By order of the King's Guard!" Unali ignores them as they speak. Mournath begins to move to the door and down the hall obeying the orders. Not even looking up she says, "Who is your commanding officer?" One guard raises his sword. "Sarge Tilo-" Unali waves a hand in dismissal. Showing it doesn't matter who he is. "Can you get him down here. He has to see this. I am Unali, I am sure he knows who I am.". "We'll sort this all out later. For now let's go topside." But the other guard leans in and whispers something. The talking guard's eyes widen then glances at his friend. Then abruptly they both leave. [Top deck] Mournath reaches the top deck and sees the party as well as the dead bodies. He pales at the death and wonders what is going on. Those who see Mournath stare in amazement as he is here? Last time they saw him he was in the Shaper Prison and left thanks to his "test". Both guards go topside and the one who was shocked by his friend speaks. "There is a woman below who demands to see the Sarge." His other friend shakes his head. Just as the Sarge moves forward a bit annoyed at being summoned. The guard says, "Sorry Sarge. This one needs the Captain." The Sarge stops, "I don't care get her up here now!" The guard who stopped the Sarge moves to the Captain and whispers to the Captain. The Captain nods but his expression remains stoic. "I'll go. You two go down below and ensure the bottom is clear." Raddok hears all this Marentian words and has no clue what is going on. Raddok is both relieved and worried when the soldiers come on board. "Now what?" he says softly to (Arawn) the elf he's been helping. "It's good to see the authorities - or is it?" he inquires. He knows he'll have to tell what's a very confusing story to these foreign soldiers. His thoughts are many - 'What language will they understand? Cerulean? Fomorian? Salaqi? I need to talk to the dwarves, but will they let me?' Kiet frowns at the word Fomorian. He turns to his companion. "I need to talk to the dwarves - to find out what's been going on. After all, I never knew they were on board! Will the soldiers let me? Men are dead and these dwarves were apparently to be slaves. This is very bad. I need to help the dwarves - to translate for them, if needed." He starts to move to retrieve his book, keeping his hands obviously empty of weapons. "I'm getting my book - it will show what I was doing before this all started. My weapons & kit are in my cabin. It's two doors from the Captain's cabin. I want them if we're made to leave the ship." He turns to the elf, beseechingly. "Please understand - it's all I own in the world - pretty much, anyway." Sarge Tilo look sot Raddok and speaks in Donaran though a bit slower. "We'll get statements soon. Get your book." [Second book] The special elite Captain enters the Captain's quarters and loks at Unali. "Yes?" Once the guard captain is present, Unali will explain that the vessel was suspected to serve as a smuggling ship to smuggle dwarven slaves and when she went to confront the captain (pointing to the body on the ground) he was clearly trying to get rid of the evidence (pointing to the burnt paper). "He attacked me on sight and this sailor (Mournath) stepped in to save me from his sword. I am certain that Aren would be interested in learning what happened here today." "The dwarves that were in the hold seem to have been taken as slaves. It would be good to find out where they were taken and where they were intended to be shipped to. These notes seem to be ruined, but maybe a good navigator can make sense of the maps?" The captain crosses his arms. "Unali. I've heard of you. You cleared a lot of Climan scum from this city. I was there doing your clean up work. I'm not authorized to say you should remain here or not. Technically Sarge Tilo is. I do rather...unique jobs for the crown." Unali looks up and stops her work. She mentions she is friend of Duke Aren's and she needs to contact a Commander Vox. Unali knows this captain and as he said he is for more unique military operations. But Vox is a intelligence man working directly under the Duke for this county. "Vox? You pull strings that are highly connected." He glances around the room and at the dead captain. "Fine. I'll send him here." He turns to leave then turns back. "Just don't...mess with stuff that may be evidence." Just before the captain climbs the stairs the guard from the hold comes up. "The hold has a few bodies. None are alive." Unali hears this and crosses around the desk to the door and asks him to verify the man in binding is dead. "Yes." The guard says. The captain looks at Unali who shows a bit of surprise. But before he can ask Unali slams the door to the office - as best she can as its slightly busted from their forced entry. Unali scowls. The man was alive! her blows to knock folks out are precise that should not kill. This makes no sense. Then she hears the guard's muffled voice speak about 2 dwarves in the galley. Could those 2 have sneaked down below and killed him? Unali curses. The captain comes up on deck. "Sarge Tilo get every one of our men off ship. Post on docks guard for now. No one is to leave. Instead of questions we'll have to delay that. Send 2 men to get food and water for these ..." He sniffs the air. "..these ex-prisoners. If a any are still alive fetch a wagon to get a healer. But it looks like Z'leyra has things in hand. Send word to the garrison we'll need a wagon for the bodies." Sarge Tilo frowns. "But this is not protocol. We need to ask questions before they can change their stories and exchange ideas for a single story." "Do as ordered. You there." He points to one of the guards with crossbows. "Filheck I need you to do something." He walks forward and whispers. "Fetch him and bring him fast. " The man nods and salutes. Still a bit annoyed Sarge Tilo orders his men to the docks. "They will have questions." The special specs captain nods. "I'm sure they will I see the folks staring now." He watches the street. "Just blame it on a rival ship and these people came to help out." "But clearly this isn't the case!" Tilo starts but then shuts up when the Captain mounts his horse as well as the elite military other 2 men. Since one is riding off and one is chasing the officer. The captain ignores Tilo and rides off. [Time: 10:46 am] The party watches as the guards depart or place sentry positions on the deck. Raddok and Ix look confused but a bit more relived. Actions? Comments? Next Update....Saturday...? GM: Hope all enjoyed the Sniper Interruptus Episode. At least Bess hopefully won't try to kill me now. :) So at this point Unali has pulled a "I know big wigs" string. So this will go fast from here instead of the tedious Q&A by the guards. Next update Vox will arrive and you guys can explain what is going on. Remember Dorhak is technically leader so should do a lot of it. ;) Vox will decide on what he under the power of the realm will do based on how you all explain and RP it. Hope this update is coherent as I'm on a period of low sleep lately. :) So brain deadish last 2 days. GM: Alignment - I've noticed some odd alignment fubars in the update. You probably won't notice. But I try to keep the indentation at same column. So will fix I hope for next update. GM: Crossbow - I've heard of wanting that magical crossbow the sniper had. It would be a expensive mana wise item. Magic is Guided Missile (to each arrow adds up mana) though I'd really prefer a DND style way to find target unless archer saw his target - so would need a item but I cheated it for the prank. Naptha and the fire bomb is harder but not too impossible. Thig tried to do some such things. But Naptha is unstable and risky in itself. So could said magical crossbow that adds a bit of extra range for accuracy be done? Technically yes. Would it take a long time to even get say a slew of 10 arrows. Probably. So yes technically its possible but would need major work. When one can use more simple spells like Fire Arrow or such. So a bit inefficient.