Character Name Type Player tex 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 ..Ix..............Shaman..Rachelle.Gauthier..Fe..Human ..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Me..Human/Magician ..Maelorna........Dancer..Don.Kerr...........Fe..Human/Seductress ..Mournath........Sailor..Gibert.Isla........Ma..Human/Navigator ..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human ..Raddok..........Miner...Bess Hadley........Ma..Human ..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden ..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate ..Barbasa.........Warror..Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast ..Brutto..........Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #1 ..Finn............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #2 ..Ardrackle.......Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #3 ..Zepp............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #4 Corona..........Eagle...Npc................Ma..Companion to Z'leyra .Zol.Zim.........Wolf....Npc................Ma..Zehani Wolf/Ix's Friend 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 #44 sequence (file #417) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Pyan: [Re: Actions] Pyan grins and volunteers a dwarf, "Barbosa here seems .... Pyan nods at the eagles sagely remark. "Indeed we do.... GM: ACk. From Pyan: [Re: Future of Pyan] I was planning on Pyan leaving the party at the end of the last adventure with the shifters as it seemed like the logical thing to do with Pyan joining the party looking for a way back home and them being so close to it, but I had grown toofond of Pyan and didn't want to put Scott on the spot to come up with a replacement. We'll say Pyan had gotten use to his new companions and wanted to get some books to share with his tribesmen. Anyways Pyan is becoming to uber powerful to be fun. :P I have a character concept I'm itching to play so I think we should work on finding a suitable ending to Pyan's journeys with the party. GM: Ack. IT will be sad to see Pyan leave but if you wish to do so that's your choice. I did read the emails and other option for a new pc. I will try to email you on that later when I have time. We'll have to figure out a way to get Pyan back home. I have ideas. But to simply walk away in Tilal would be dangerous since its hostile per se. So will relay those ideas to you later. Post from Raddok: [Re: Training] 4/11 - 4/16 on board sailing ship Raddok discusses learning the basics of Dagger training with Kiet, & schedules time with him. If Kiet suggests it, he will also spend some days with Unali after Kiet feels he's taught enough to get Raddok started. After watching the styles of the two fighters, he knows he has a lot to learn, & he doesn't want to confuse his training with two teachers until Kiet says it's time. He knows he mainly wants to be able to handle his new dagger with some efficiency, & be able to use it if caught without his other weapons & the fighting is in close. He continues to use his newly- learned Marentian, as well as his Dwarf Elder in various conversations aboard the ship. He enjoys the generally good weather at sea. When they reach port on the 16th, Raddok will again grab some time learning swimming for a day, taking a brief break from Dagger training. GM: Ack. Assume once in Tilal will do the week doing Swimming. From Dorhak: [Re: Actions] The Captain (of all things to be called!) is glad that ... "Alright everyone, settle down! I want to discuss our... GM: Ack. A god seeking revenge. Thanks for the great evil idea. I may consider that. :) Post from Kiet: [Re: Actions] After listening to the ugly dwarf, Kiet thought that ... "I have something to say too, if I may, Captain." ... GM: Ack. Don't forget the boots! :) From Raddok: [Re: Religion] Raddok is surprised by Arawn's question, & blushes lightly. "I haven't discussed religion much on a .... GM: Ack. Just a note you replied to Arawn's email in a public post. This is why I don't post Arawn's speech below since it was for email. Since it was done here I included it. But keep in mind Usually Reply to All means public. Reply can be private or public depending on the To field like the list or a person. Its not a big deal since this isn't a secret post . ------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Apris 10th, 1636TH] [Time: 2:25 pm] While Fremea and mermaids head to the village Arawn prepares to dive to the sea giant body. First he casts a peace spell Then he dives into the water. He casts a water breathing spell which prevents him using any oxygen now so he submerges. Arawn then casts a shape change into a large fat fish. Once the size of a large marlin Arawn dives deep toward the giant body. Takes about 10 seconds for him to get to the floor then another few seconds to find the body. Up ahead there are at least 4 sharks circling among the rising blood. Soon the body is found and is face up with back to the ocean floor. Arawn begins to look around the body to search for treasure. But being a big fat fish isn't too easy to search the clothing rather than human hands could do. But Arawn tries the best he can. As Arawn dived the sharks tried to come close but were turned away by the spell it seems. But as he tries to recast it he doesn't realize it fails. Three sharks charge Arawn in fish form. Arawn's swift form allows him to dodge two of them. But the third takes a bit out of his lower left area doing 5 points of damage. Arawn quickly recasts the peace spell and the sharks are once again repelled. Arawn inspects the body and as best he can the clothing. He finds the hip bag and it contains as best Arawn can see (bag is pitch dark) dead fish, seaweed and as far as he can tell that's it. Fremea did mention there was something on his back a bag of some sort but it seems to be gone now by the waves or crushed under him. Arawn finds the chest where the elusive heart is located. He estimates its a good 2.5 feet inside his chest. It would take time to carve that hide and chest to get to the boy and then what? Would a heart survive long as tissue? Arawn surfaces and waits for the second shape change spell to wear off and then surfaces. He climbs the ropes tat are lowered but the sharks do not both him. His wound is lucky not severe in a important organ but just above his hip. Z'leyra helps to treat the wound. Dorhak shakes his head in dismay. [Apris 10th, 1636TH] [Time: 6:30 pm] Arawn asks for any volunteers to join him if they so desire for the treasure hunt. Pyan grins and volunteers a dwarf, "Barbosa here seems to have taking a liking to the water, I'm sure he wouldn't mind joining you on your little trip under the waves." Barbosa waits for a good translation as he doesn't quiet believe his ears. Then he glares at the hunter. "I barely bath much less swim. ...that..earlier was a exception to the rule as the humans say. No thanks. I'll stay here I need to ...keep watch in the nest. It was my duty The mermaids wait for Arawn. Arawn dives into the mermaids. He places the tourmaline into his mouth and casts a shape change back into a fish. Arawn figures maybe the part could sell the giant spear but not sure if its worth it. Arawn follows the mermaids to a area and they point straight down then leave. Arawn dives toward that area. Soon it is clear where the lair is a cave inside a shelf of rock. Arawn swims inside and stops when he finds the cave is in a air pocket. He waits for the spell to end then is changed back into a naked Arawn. He climbs over the side of the ledge and enters the cave. He holds the tourmaline in his hand and extends his senses. The cave seems to be a natural limestone cave. The cave is about 60 feet tall and there are lichen on the sides that seem to glow a pale green giving some light. The cave is a L shape cave of sorts. Directly in front is a area about 50 feet away. At the edge of this area is a pile of bones. Human, Mermaid, Merman and lots of large fish bones. There are maybe 30 human skulls of any size form children to adults. Turning right Arawn steps into a semi round inner cave that is 80 feet around and 70 feet or so high. Arawn sees signs of a sleeping bed of seaweed and hides it seems. for that already." In this other cave there are plenty of other bones of various animals and fish strewn about. Then Arawn spots what he is looking for a old style sea chest. Arawn approaches and finds the chest very rusty and probably a few decades old? Arawn opens it and it creaks with age. Inside he doesn't see piles of loot but does find some things. Wooden Statue - Small, Wood, Value - 4.5 SC Statue of Some man. 30 Eating utensils - Wood, value - 30 BB Large broken barrel - empty 13 Yards of Silk, Weight - 1.3, Value - 13 CC 8 Yards of Bhamotin Spider silk, Weight - 0.5, Value - 24 CC Coins, 69 SC Coins, 48 GC Gem, Medium, Minimal Flaws, Fine Clarity, Topaz, 10 SC Throwing Dagger Two 4 man tents - 8 CC each (16 CC value) Arawn lifts the dagger and it looks non human. Upon closer inspection he has seen such symbols and style of metal work. Back en route to Donara. This dagger seems to be made by goblins. Arawn checks around the dirt and garbage and finds a few more coins and adds it to the total above. Finally doing one last search he finds nothing else of value. He then translocates the chest and himself back up to the ship. Later Dorhak examines the statue and gives it value. But has no clue who the man is probably some figure in history. It looks like a naval uniform of some sort he wears. Finn sighs upon seeing the chest contents, "not much for the effort. But guess giants don't keep much treasure?." [Time: 9:43 pm] Arawn finds Raddok and asks him on his views in the world like religion. Raddok is surprised by Arawn's question, & blushes slightly. "I haven't discussed religion much on a personal level, although I've both listened to & participated in small discussions of various gods and the alignments in general." He paused briefly, looking out over the sea. "My heritage from Donara is a mixed one - many of us have contrary opinions and beliefs from our neighbors a hundred miles away, and we have l earned to live together anyway under one general ruling government. If we disagree, we often keep it to ourselves." "I was raised to the beliefs of the Law alignment, Ashur and Enki, and I believe in their stands for truth and justice and knowledge. But, in my own personal experience, getting to know and befriend the dwarves, and their Bes and Dvallin. Then when I became friends with a couple of shamans and even an elf, I discovered that one shaman and the elf had both had dreams they felt were messages from their elder gods - Morrigan, Mathgen and others. They, we, that is, followed the instructions from those dreams and we accomplished great things I wouldn't have believed. I have even seen a Zehani, who is a messenger of Tehuti, and we all heard the message he brought to our group leaders. I don't even remember the titles of most of these gods, or their interests - but someday I'm gonna do some reading about them. I write down what I can in my personal journal. But - all these strange gods I have heard of in the last few years, and that I really don't know they seem very real and at least a little concerned with how we i've our lives here. I can't dismiss any of it - at all. "So, I have learned a bit out here in the world - mostly about how much I do NOT know." He turned, grinning, to Arawn. "So I prefer to ask for help from wherever it might come & give thanks for staying safe from harm, to whoever out there who might be listening - whether they are of the elder gods, who have been around a lot longer than many of the other gods, and built a pretty decent world, or my own home country's deities that support law over chaos. It can only be a good thing to recognize any 'helpers' we have. I guess I just tend to support any gods I've been told about that support the things I love about Life and the people who are my friends, and am willing to fight those that worship the gods that try to destroy the good things in the world. I don't pray out loud much, except in extreme circumstances, however," and he grinned again, still a little blushed. [Time: 10:08 pm] Corona and Pyan share stories that evening. Pyan replies to Corona. Pyan nods at the eagles sagely remark. "Indeed we do. It is so common among the people where I come from I forget how rare it is among these people." [Apris 14th, 1636TH] [Time: 7:21 pm] The Captain (of all things to be called!) is glad that leg of the trip is over. Dorhak is also somewhat concerned about the return trip. The threat from those fish-men is no laughing matter. Also, what if Mr. giant-who-walks-on-water has friends who want to avenge his death? What then? Creatures like that giant are usually favorites of some god. Will they 'send' trouble? Before landfall, Dorhak asks Z’leyra to gather everyone for the evening meal. He tells her he just wants to talk about staying over in Tilal. Dorhak makes sure the meal is a bit better than normal, or at least more plentiful. He looks around at everyone. In his opinion they look a bit worse for wear, but he thinks all humans look that way. Elves, meh. At least the little faerry seems to be doing fine. "Alright everyone, settle down! I want to discuss our next port." "I don’t know much about the country of this port, Tilal, the navigator tells me. I know it’s Rogizini". Dorhak says the word carefully, as if he is unsure how to say it. "But I know little. I do know that they have slaves. I also know how some of you feel about that," he says with a glance over to Fremea, "but keep to yourself. Don’t mess with the locals or their property. Trading and exploring is fine. But if I hear you are causing trouble you will be on thundermug duty till we get back to Marentia!" He looks around and continues. "Also, because they have slaves they might not be real picky about how they acquire them. Don’t go off by yourselves. Stay with at least one other person. Most of us think we can take care of ourselves but do not test me on this! All it takes is drinking the wrong mug and you’ll be out of the city before we know you are gone." "When we make port, I want to begin by getting supplies ordered. I also want to get a small craft we can use to get to shore when we don't have a port. You never know when we might need that." He thinks for a second then says "It will look suspicious if we anchor near land at Vahear, and they are likely to have constant patrols, so I expect to go to port." In Tilal I want to get repairs to sails and wood and fresh supplies. Repairs might take a few days, so why don’t we spend a week here? I could use some time where the deck doesn’t move under my feet." "Does that sound reasonable to everyone? Again, be careful here. Most of you wouldn’t go quietly, but I don’t want any trouble." "sailors, you will rotate shore leave. If you can convince anyone from our group to take shifts for you, that’s fine and have fun. Report to Z’leyra for shift times and days. Anyone that wants to sleep on the boat to save money may most certainly do so." "And let’s not regale these people with the tale of our killing a water walking giant. You never know what bad attention that might bring us." Finn speaks up, "this city has a small fleet of maybe a dozen ships with 2 or 3 triremes I hear. So it will be fun to avoid patrols. At least we look like a merchant ship." Fremea speaks up and explains according to Kaylle that the city is about 30,000 strong. At one point the city defeated the empire against a 60 thousand army. She begins to blush a bit and turns around briefly as she speaks of what Kaylle says. Once recovered she explains that most do have slaves in the empire and do not like outsiders much or magic. So it best be to avoid culture shock. After listening to the ugly dwarf, Kiet thought that now might as well be as good as any time to let the others know what he found out. "I have something to say too, if I may, Captain." Kiet looks at the rest of the group and continues. "Just after we left Sivas, I found a letter in my gear from that old man we brought the ashes to. Anyway, it took a bit but I figured out what he was telling me. It seems the Fomorians are working against my home island of Lemasa. The 'item' they are looking for is part of their plans. While most of you may not care that much for my island home, it's rather dear to me, even with all its faults." "I guess I'm trying to tell you that what we are doing is important. So lets ™s be careful." Brutto looks to Kiet, "what's this thing with the red hair and your land? Is that some myth or just a weird story?" [Apris 15th, 1636TH] [Time: 10:00 am] A customs ship boards the ship before the ship is boarded. The Rogizini men search the hold and question why a cell cage is there? Before Dorhak can explain Finn states they ship wild animals at times and shows them the animals that feed the wolf and eagle. The man seems to take this as good and moves on. Lucky they do not find the smuggler's hold. The officer checks the manifest, takes names of passengers and paperwork. A naval officer with the customers inspector translates into Bhamotin from Rogizini. "Everything seems in order. How long will you be here?" Dorhak says a week at least to get some rest and some repairs to the ship. "Fine. We suggest sticking to the wharf and nearby districts. Getting further east into town...causes issues. Oh wait. This document on ownership....seems...odd. This may need to be investigated and a possible fine placed..." Dorhak's ire begins to rise but Zepp steps up and whispers. "Its a shakedown. He wants a donation to his favorite charity." Then ends the whisper and steps back. Dorhak mumbles a few words in Dwarf and realizes the Bhamotin didn't do this stuff in the other ports. He wonders if this fine is larger than any bribe he could offer? The Rogzini man waits pretending to flip through his papers as if pondering how long he can wait here before he can go to another ship. Finally he looks up. [Time: 10:08 am] A tug soon arrives after the custom ship leaves. The captain asks which docks he wants. Typically there are tiers of quality. If getting large cargo then need to get the best. If not then a medium or small dock is fine. Based on the level of dock it will be either 11 copper per day, 22 or 33 for the best cargo more secure docks. Dorhak wonders if this is another shakedown but the captain boards his ship waiting for a answer to direct the ship to the best docks. Z'leyra reminds Dorhak that repairs are actually much done. Its more getting supplies. Dorhak nods, "Oh. Wouldn’t want to dally about too long here then." Then change 5 time to three days. Actions? Comments? Next Update...Saturday or Monday if run out of time. GM: Finally! Done. We are now in port. And I resolved the treasure thing finally. So I'll consider the treasure sold for party? Let me know otherwise. Ship will stay in port 4/15 4/16 and 4/17 and leave morning of 4/18. Unless change plans will use pre defined IBT info. For example if learning swimming then will have 3 good days of that. Slight mistake in last update I ended time as 6pm at the very bottom it was 10am when got to port. Mistake from Dwarfs not me! As ordered I will assume folks go in pairs. I will randomly roll 3 days of possible encounters for the next update. If you do NOT wish to go ashore then let me know. Will assume some shopping and exploration is done. Bathing and the like. Even if want a Inn let me know if you want a comfy bed for a change and which level of Inn. Else will assume sleeping on ship. Keep in mind here they speak Donaran 5%, Climan 15%, Marentian 5%, Bhamti 5%. Most wear Scimitars and some daggers if armed. Some may even have bows but not as often. GM: IBT Document online updated for a month since last updated. Fixed and updated stuff. I will fine tune actual things when I get to Vahear and update sheets. Keep in mind if you have selected NO IBT you'll lose out if you need to change IBT let me know now. GM: Arawn - Will update sheet with spells cast later. Treasure collected aside form heart as per email. I forgot to do your transmute idea to hold the body in place. But you may need to decide if that's worth it as once body decays will be hard to anchor in place. Dorhak : 3 days thanks. Who will pay the bribe? Who will pay for 3 days of docking fees? Out of the party treasure? GM: Language Necklace Use: Roll W+EM or less Buff: +Em Mar 24th, +W Mar 29th Character Date Learning Notes Raddok Mar 26th Marentian Success Pyan Mar 29th Eagle from Corona Fail Pyan Mar 30th Eagle from Corona Success Kiet Apr 3rd Bhamotin Success Unali Apr 4th Bhamotin from Kiet Success Fremea Apr 5th Bhamotin from Kiet Success GM: Watch Assignments: First ( 7-10pm) - Dorhak, Raddok, Ix Second (10- 1am) - Arawn, Mae, Pyan Third ( 1- 4am) - Fremea, Z'leyra, Mournath Fourth ( 4- 7am) - Unali, Kiet, Barbasa