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......Me..Human/Magician ..Mournath........Sailor..Gibert.Isla........Ma..Human/Navigator ..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human/Hunter ..Raddok..........Miner...Bess Hadley........Ma..Human/Miner ..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden ..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate ..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast 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 #108 sequence (file #807) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Kiet hears his language spoken and makes a quick decision. He … If any of them make hostile moves, Kiet will throw EL2 Abandons on them. Ring fire if an emergency, then tulwar. GM: Ack. From Pyan: [Re: Actions] Nods silently and follows behind him, looking ahead to see where … GM: Ack. From Raddok: [Re: Actions] Raddok, prepared to stay near Dorhak as ordered, & preparing in ... (His personal preference, & own personal immediate action, is to have the party (the obvious members), gather behind Dorhak, so the dwarf is clearly visible to the outside dwarves, but have party members turned partially toward the cave residents, to protect themselves & show less possible risk to the dwarves outside. But also be prepared for a 2-sided fight, if necessary. What these dwarves want, & what the cave residents have supposedly done, none of the adventurers' party know yet.) [My new Win10 is working great, but having Office download problems (outdated & need an alternative to save my stories, etc) so still directly responding by email. Have excellent IT friend & relative both available to help, though - by email & Discord chat – lol] GM: Ack. From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] Z'leyra, holding her staff casts Clairvoyance on herself at max EL. GM: Ack From Dorhak: [Re: Actions[ The Captain reaches out to Raddok and says "Translate for the others." GM: Ack. From Dorhak: [Re: Actions] Dorhak realizes that the people in the cave, whether or not they … GM: Ack. From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Fremea hears strange sounds of yelling outside, it seems familiar, … GM: Ack. From Arawn: [Re: Actions] OOC: Arawn will quietly translate the conversation to the party if Raddok/Kiet are busy/too far away as he speaks both Dwarf Elder and Lemasan. IC: Arawn watched as Raddok joined Dorhak near the entrance and Kiet … OOC: If a fight seems like it's about to happen he'll cast Battle Mind at max EL (boost with supernatural tongue) and include anyone who doesn't explicitly say they wish to be left out of the spell. He'll start with those closest but will not include Z'leyra as he should recognize her Clairvoyance spell and doesn't want to risk the two spells interacting poorly. GM: Ack. I'll try to remember spell. :) From Raddok: [Re: Actions] As Dorhak's order, Raddok immediately starts a translation of what he heard to his companions, from the unknown party outside the cave. He knows he will be heard, but - what the hey ? - everyone who could be awakened was probably awake by now. He's just relieved he can pass this conversation along. He remains alert for action. GM: Ack. -------------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Ma 3rd, 1636TH] [Time: ?:?? am – Unknown] Kiet hears his language spoken and makes a quick decision. He reaches over to Pyandalgor and taps him on the shoulder. "Come with me!" He says quietly. He moves toward the source of the Lemasan language he heard. When he gets close enough to start talking to them, he calls out (a loud whisper in Lemasan) "Quiet, you fools! They'll hear you! Quiet!" Pyan nods silently and follows behind Kiet, looking ahead to see where Kiet is leading him still unsure of what he has planned. Raddok, prepared to stay near Dorhak as ordered, & preparing in his mind which of the sleepers might be the best target, is shocked by the sudden call from outside - Dwarves!? Here?! This is a conundrum. Do they now have one enemy or two? Hopefully, the human party are thieves or trespassers & the dwarves have a legitimate agenda, but in any case, the party was not connected with either those in front of or behind them, outside. Preparing his mace & shield, since the horses seem to be quiet enough, Raddok looks to Dorhak for a clue on what to do. The Captain reaches out to Raddok and says, "Translate for the others." Dorhak realizes that the people in the cave, whether or not they are the people we were following, probably are plenty awake and aware now. Just great. Is nothing simple anymore? He quickly chides himself, however, on not leaving watch at the mouth of the cave. Stupid. He walks out toward the cave entrance, purposely letting them see him, but keeping his shield ready and mace in hand. He yells out, in Dwarf Elder "Cease your silly bellyaching! We were just trying to find someplace dry. Besides, by Goibnu's mug how the hell are we supposed to know it’s you land? I thought it was Kotothi land, by the gods, with the evidence we saw. You allow snake headed gorillas on your land? Are ye daft?" Dorhak finally gets a good look at the person he thinks used the dwarf's own language. "My name is Captain Dorhak. And just who might you be?" A short pause (pun intended) then he says "and what the hells are you? By Dvallin's plaited hair! Your face is naked! Have you no sense of decency or modesty?" Fremea hears strange sounds of yelling outside, it seems familiar, yet does not place it. She thinks that it would be best if she makes sure the others will not wake up and continues on her way to put another one to sleep. She will use her wings slightly to move with her levitation to the next one, quickly paralyzing the next one. Arawn watched as Raddok joined Dorhak near the entrance and Kiet took Pyan in the opposite direction. Pressing up against the wall or moved to hide amidst the horses, whichever afforded the most cover and as his training dictated, he considered the possibility of battle. Hoping that diplomacy or stealth would prevent this he still decided it would be best to prepare for the worst. "I'll join us in a Battle Mind if a fight seems inevitable," he whispered to those still present. Kiet and Pyan round the corner to see a dark set of forms One seems motionless as the rest start to stir. Pyan feels a breeze past him and wonders if that is Fremea? Fremea levitating pulled her bag to her chest and grabbed the flask of paralytic poison. With one hand holding flash and other her dagger she dips the dagger in flask. Then levitates over to the stirring forms. One sits up on his elbows and looks around, “what is going on?” Then suddenly before Fremea gets to him the man is knocked to the ground unmoving. Fremea wonders if Unali is here but the darkness is deep and no time to investigate. Another does the same now sitting up on his butt looks around and hears the outside folks. “They caught us!” He moves to wake another but Fremea swipes her dagger against his arm deep enough to cause a gash and the man falls back unable to move. Outside the spokesperson waves his torch, “it is late do we have to do this ? Fine. We'll do the routine! I am Gnorf Knarlfinger and you are in the territory of Besam! You know this already and are trespassers. You know the routine surrender, leave your weapons. We'll take you into custody. Go to our nearby village. Then in morning start the usual deportation process! To make things simple for you humans we'll kick your butts out of our lands. Surrender now and it'll be peaceful as usual. Deny us and we'll take you by force – that means lethal force which is granted to us! Listen you are surrounded by overwhelming forces and in a cave we know only has one exit. It is late and I have rum getting warm! Let's get this done!” Dorhak stares at the unbearded man-dwarf? Did he say Besam? As in Besamar long cousins of the dwarves? He has never seen one. From outside a figure speaks to the leader in a language not known but Dorhak turns to check and no one knows it could it be the Besam native language? The leader steps forward 5 paces and squints at the entrance. “Captain you are a dwarf? You are helping these Harn ...pond scum?” Then a figure to Dorhak's left and Gnorf's right approaches. Another dwarf with no beard. He whispers to Gnorf waving to where the party came from. Gnorf does hand signals to the hidden dwarves. “This has become serious! We found a dead human nearby! Now we will need to investigate this and my rum will get too warm tonight! Surrender now and we'll not smoke you out.” Arawn hears this and knows these people from his studies. Not everything but in a generic sense. Is this the Eastern Lands? That would mean they have indeed ended up thousands of miles away. That would explain the darkness. But then Arawn sees it. The book! By the first guard paralyzed. Just behind the lantern. Could they have tried to read it? It is just collecting dust now. He bends down and dusts it off. It seems in good shape. By now all the Lemasans are paralyzed or knocked out. Kiet, Pyan and Fremea return to main cave. Course that means they can't alibi their story. Everyone looks at Dorhak for orders now. Dorhak hears rustling outside but it is hard to tell numbers. GM: Actions? Comments? Next update...Wednesday? GM: A good spot to end for now. Was going to do larger update but stuff got in way. Tuesday is last tue/thur of doc visits so after 6 months will have a bit more free time. (doc visits for mom) So I can try to do update Wednesday and maybe Saturday if we push it. Then Xmas is week after. Then maybe 28t? So can try 2-3 more updates before end of year. Then after that it'll be 5 day work weeks :< for 8 months so that'll give a chance for 2 updates a week again. We can hope. :) People.txt updated to note Gnorf's name. Well that was the plan above. This is a PS. I had update DONE saturday then staff quit on me early So could not distrubite. Can't fire them. Can't beat them. What can you do! Sorry for delay. So new schedule? I can try to do a update Saturday? Next week being Xmas will be busy so maybe 1226? Or that saturday? Will try. Sorry GM: Damage Player Damage Barbosa 16+4+1+5 [Unclear fully, Revived] Unali 6 Raddok 1 [1 Healing] Arawn 5 Z'leyra 4