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 ..Gnorf...........Npc........................MA..Dwarf/Normal..Fighter ..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 ..Tsia.Phan.......Thief...Don.Ker............Fe..Human/Thief ..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden ..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate ..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast 2 Horses for pack animals 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 #125 sequence (file #946) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: Roster updated with Gnorf. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] After healing folks Z'leyra went over to the horses and consoled … ...next encounter... Arming herself with her staff, Z'leyra casts Sleep Mist (EL0) through her staff at the center of the hyena pack as it approaches. After that she fights defensively. GM: Ack. From Raddok: [Re: Actions[ Raddok, on Sentry duty, is at the southeast corner of his … GM: Ack. needs a hand & ready for war. From Kiet: [Re: Actions[ Kiet will prepare shield and draw tulwar, while moving to about J16, fire on his left and between horses and Barbosa. Keep the little buggers of the horses. GM: Ack. Fire I assume rings. :) From Dorhak: [Re: Actions] Dorhak hears his kinsman and reacts immediately. He grabs his … GM: Ack. From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Fremea, still awake since she likes the dark more anyway, hears … GM: Ack. From Dorhak: [Re: Actions] To the Dark One, Unali, the Captain responds "I’ll never understand … GM: Ack. From Tsia: [Re: Actions] Tsia calms down once she's healed up, looking at the wound she … If allowed to keep the throwing daggers and her own, she will reattach the sheaths back into their familiar location on her person. The throwing daggers she will take her time and inspect them, attempting to appraise them with what she knows of daggers, their weight and strength. GM: Ack. Not sure if you keep the daggers from Z or not. From Arawn: [Re: Skins] In case it makes a difference, Arawn wouldn't have translocated the wolves away until after you were done skinning them. GM: Ack. I offered that option. Since no one wanted skins (per posts) and I took that as a offer to do it for others not herself I figured Z didn't take a skin. But I gave the chance. From Arawn: [Re: Actions] [Ma 5th, 1636TH] [8:34 pm] Arawn listened in rapt attention as Gnorf shared information about … OOC: Not sure what we might learn but if you want to give us an overview that would be cool:) [9:01:00 pm] The druid rose to his feet, his eyes locked on the hyena charging … GM: Ack. From Tsia: [Re: Actions] Tsia doesn't see the animals as normal, she readies herself to pay … GM: Ack. -------------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Ma 5th, 1636TH] [Time: 5:55 am] After the Blood Wolf combat, Z'leyra watches the aftermath. After healing folks Z'leyra went over to the horses and consoled them while thinking To the Dark One, Unali, the Captain responds "I’ll never understand you humans. So quick to forgive." But even then, the group is obviously willing to forget about the heinous thefts. That would never happen in Dorhak’s old warren. That thought just brought on some bitter memories. Turning to Z’leyra, he says, "Fine! Do as you will with her. Keep in mind that you are still responsible for her. If we end up having a situation with her, you'll both wish she had never been born." Even as he says it, there's no steel in his voice. Barbosa comes close to Dorhak and whisper, “does she get sentry duty?” Tsia calms down once she's healed up, looking at the wound she gives a mental shrug "Just yet another scar to ignore. T.. thank you, yet again I owe you and will repay you as best I can," she offers while looking at Z'leyra. -------------------- [Ma 5th, 1636TH] [Time: 8:34 pm] Arawn listened in rapt attention as Gnorf shared information about his country and its neighbors. The inquisitive alfar politely asked questions, eager to discover more of this new continent, in particular stories of the elves, from dark to sea to those of the forest, as well as legends of the land. He made mental notes as the besamer spoke, committing them to memory as was the way of druids. Gnorf shrugs, “I'm not an expert. The elders and those in the know in Bes Kirl may have some info. Our land is mostly hills and mountains so not many great forests for your kind. If they exist I've not heard of it. The Sea elves are recluses who prefer water to forest. I've only heard stories they are just as fierce as humans who sail the sea.” He continues to speak of what he has heard but its unclear if its legends or rumors. [Time: 9:01:00 pm] [Turn 1: Phase 1] Z'leyra casts her sleep spell which is about 10 feet around her. She notices the horse near her suddenly yawns and collapses. She realizes that wasn't part of the plan. She stabs her staff on the ground in frustration as the sist falls around her and hopes the Hyenas come close enough since too far to reach them now. Fremea, still awake since she likes the dark more anyway, hears the shout and quickly pulls her dagger and will take on whatever it is again, only this time they will die quicker. As Fremea flies toward Barbosa she sees the plain dogs – the Hyenas which she has fought before. She draws her dagger and dives toward one in front but misses as she swoops back up to avoid a counterstrike. Hyenas #1, 4 and 5 break formation and charge right past Barbosa heading toward the campfire. They have that evil cackle as they run – are they actually laughing at the horse fallen? Hyena #2 also ignores Barbosa and runs toward the campfire ending north of it. Hyena #3 charges right for Tsia but ends up a few feet away. Hyena #6 also ignores Barbosa and charges toward Arawn but seems to avoid him with eyes on Pyan but ends up only a few feet away. Gnorf sees Hyena #7 ignore Pyan and charge him. He dives to the ground and rolls to his shield. Just as the beast arrives for a attack. Gnorf uses his legs and grasps the shield with his knees and kicks out deflecting the toothy jaw with his shield. Raddok notices this and is amazed by that trick. Unali draws her magical daggers and moves to intercept the 3 nearby beasts. She can tell based on their eyes they have targeted the horses. She swings daggers at #4 and #5 both hitting for 16 and 13 points hitting in left shoulder and back left leg just above the leg. Killing both beasts instantly. The druid rose to his feet, his eyes locked on the hyena charging his way. There was a split second where he shook his head, wondering why these wild animals constantly risked themselves against a large group of healthy individuals. Was local prey scarce? Pulling his elven dagger free he raised his bucklered arm to deflect the charge, ready to strike with the blade in the process. Oddly, the one charging him moves over to Gnorf. But #6 passes by for Pyan Arawn stabs out and hits the beast in the upper back near left rear leg doing 7 points of damage. The sound of barking laughter brings Tsia out of whatever thoughts she might have looking out in the distance as she readies herself for a fight. Tsia doesn't see the animals as normal, she readies herself to pay the price the Yokai demanded of her. She yells out in Katai, "Come for me then, I will pay the price!" she takes a ragged breath, her shoulder still feeling the wound even if it was healed. Is this them testing her? Do the Kami want her dead and fulfill the contract? Tsia only has to turn to face #3 hitting with both daggers in left back just above rear leg and neck doing 3 and 6 points each. Kiet raises arm to fire his rings but finds others could be hurt now that the beasts are close. Then he spots 1 and 2 rounding the campfire. He draws up shield and tulwar and moves to engage #2. He swings at the beast but it shifts in time to be missed. Mournath moves to help Unali stepping over the 2 dead beasts and stabs his spear at #1 but fails to hit. Z'leyra watches as the horse nearby falls asleep. Not quite the plan. She'll have to move away from the second horse to prevent that as well as others. Pyan steps a few feet over toward #6 and stabs him in the left side chest doing the final damage to kill him. Raddok, on Sentry duty, is at the southeast corner of his clockwise walk around the camp, fully geared, when he hears Barbosa (his fellow sentry tonight) call out a yell of warning. ‘Great!,’ he grumbles to himself, even as he quickly gives another visual scan around him as he starts running back toward the campfire, and the horses, which are on his side of the campfire. “first I wake up with a slathering wolf standing over me, then I’m at the far end of camp & again of little use.” These thoughts tumble at the edge of his awareness, but he is straining to see whatever Barbosa has encountered, well beyond where he can currently see. The hair on the back of his neck rises as he tries to look out into the dark for movement in all directions as he races back to the horses & to defend whoever might need help. He has no throwing or projectile weapon, but his mace is a trusty strength in his hand, and his shield is ready to smash into anything that gets in the way of his friends’ safety. He turns his mild annoyance about being out of range to give immediate help, to focus on the fight ahead. He avoids giving out a yell, afraid he will distract attention away from whatever Barbosa was dealing with. (He is not sure if he sees any movement out of the dark to the north or any other direction.) He knows that Barbosa is at the far end of the Sentry’ circle, so he continues to run toward the center of the camp, looking to see if anyone needs a hand & ready for war. Raddok sees Gnorf do a odd tumble/block thing. Then in horror sees the horse fall! Is there an invisible beast? He runs to help and defend the horses. He enters the sleep mist near Z'leyra and starts to yawn. But lucky for him strives on and ends up next to the horses . Dorhak hears his kinsman and reacts immediately. He grabs his mace and shield and moves as fast as he can toward his fellow dwarf. he's not sure about what the problem is, but he rather hopes it’s something that has a head he can bust. That was the plan, to move to Barbosa but the beasts all bypass him. He sees 2 slain by Unali and figures they are plain dogs or such. He moves to help Mournath against #1. He swings on the beast hitting in the side of his chest doing 17 points killing the beast. Gnorf reaches for his mace and swings wildly at #7 but misses. Barbosa drops his jaw shocked the beasts avoided him and then curses to himself. He runs to help Tsia to attack #3 but fails to hit. [Time: 9:01:04 pm] [Turn 1: Phase 2] Hyena #2 begins to change his tone in barks and gets more hysterical. Fremea flies back to camp toward #3 she tries not to hit Tsia or Barbosa but fails to hit the beast. Suddenly the 3 remaining Hyena turn and run. Hyena #2 and #3 move northwest the way they came and #7 moves north. Their mission a failure. Unali gives chase and end up about 10 feet away form #2. Arawn drops his dagger and watches as nearby #7 flees into the darkness. He glances west and sees 2 more fleeing. Tsia sees 2 flee just out of her range but sees in corner of her eye # fleeing. She moves that way and stabs with both daggers but both miss as the beast dodges. Kiet raises both hands and activates his finger rings. His left one doesn't seem to shoot off though? But his right hits #3 and fries the poor beast killing him. Mournath gives chase but #2 is too far away. Z'leyra tries to move south and west to avoid not dosing anyone else but is too far from any action. Pyan helps Tsia and hits the beast for 4 points of damage. Dorhak gives chase but is too far away. Barbosa is closer and runs to get the last fleeing on his side. Barbosa reaches #2 and hits with mace killing the bast. [Time: 9:01:07 pm] [Turn 1: Phase 3] As the last Hyena survivor limps away he is even wounded faster than the humans like Pyan and Tsia. But not fast enough for Fremea. Over the next minute Fremea dives but the beast is agile and avoids her strikes for 5 times. Or maybe Fremea is just playing with the creature? But finally on the 6th dive she hits the beast and does the final damage to kill it. Back in camp, Arawn is inspecting the sleeping horse. The party helps raise him to his feet as sleeping on the ground is hard on them. But when the druid sees Fremea return a frown crosses is face. She chases the last beast down to kill it. Sure it was hurt and a mercy death. But to give no quarter? Not all have the same mindset as the druid though and he realizes this. Barbosa, “should we put 2 on each horse and ride them off a bit? We'll still need to sleep here tonight so attracting predators would not be fun.” The horse wakes up and looks around, “did I fall asleep?” After cleanup the party settles back and sleeping is uneventful. ------------------ [Ma 6th, 1636TH] [Time: 6:04 am] Campis broken after a light breakfast. Today is a overcast day with temperatures ranging form 47 to 78 degrees. [Time: 10:57 pm] Party finds the trail ahead flooded from a nearby stream due to snow melts. It takes a bit of tricky time to find a good place to cross as the sleep slope is dangerous for possible rock slides. [Time: 11:15 am] Gnorf guides the party to the west and explains there is a dwarf village they can visit. When the party arrives Dorhak is happy to see beards! A true dwarf village not besmar. There is about 75-90 dwarves with a couple humans helping out. They are cordial and jovial and ask party to stay for lunch. Dorhak and Barbosa enjoy the other dwarfs, their ale and the stories they share But Gnorf explains they should move on. They are on the last leg of their travel. ------------------ [Ma 7th, 1636TH] [Time: 1:07 am] Gnorf and Kiet are on sentry patrol when a moderate wind storm hits the camp. Coming from the west the winds are constant and strong. Suddenly Z'leyra wakes up given an alert from her brooch. She reaches for her staff. But the winds suddenly hit the tents and blows every single tent from its tetherings. Few of the tents just roll over end over end. Many of the tents simply blow away. Items in the tents go flying if light enough or rolling eastward. With no shelter those who were asleep wake up. No one is asleep when the wind storm hits the party. Gnort and Kiet are blown off their feet. Gnorf tumbles to the ground but Kiet being a acrobat grabs a tree and hangs on for life but the wind is so strong he can’t seem to move. Those trying to stand find it difficult. Z'leyra reaches for her helm but it has blown away when the wind picked it up from the hollow inside and tossed it away. So her amber is gone as well. The campfire blows completely out and ashes fly all over the place. The only one who can seem to stand, though blown away, ks Fremea. She flaps her wings and that alone is able to balance the winds to make her move only at a quarter of her normal speed. That's when Kiet sees it. A flicker in the west very faint. He tries to concentrate and focus into the darkness. It it high up in the air maybe 15-20 feet. There it is again. A flicker. Fireflies? Or distant far off lightning? Above those tiny specks of lightning is static or-discharges above. Then Kiet sees a flicker below maybe 10-15 feet as it reflects from the quarter moon clouded by the clouds. Kiet realizes based on his own experience with magic it can only be one thing. A storm giant has teleported down and is about to charge the camp. He is maybe 50-70 feet away. Yet the party can barely move pinned down by the winds created by the giant. GM: Actions? Comments? Next update...Saturday? Or Mon-Wed. GM: Ok. That was a fast combat. ;) At the end I recall Kiets 'fire' so assume he meant rings. :) I asked Fremea in chat if she chased the last one said yes. She was the only one able to do so. Ok. We have one more combat before Bes Kirl. I'll do that next update. Party will visit briefly a dwarf village next day (lafer this night currently). But to speed up travel won't stay but maybe a hour or two. If you wanna RP any stuff that's fine. Else I'll just move us to the next combat. It will be either Sat or one day next week. Depends on schedule later this week. Mana report updated with experience. Ok. I did more than planned. :) Since didn't get it out last night I figure I'll just get to the next thing. To save time. These winds are blowing stuff away like clothing, tents and light stuff. Heavy stuff like dagger or chain no. But helmets or even leather armor could be thrown away (due to air pockets they create). So aside from Gnorf and Kiet will consider all have no armor on. Weapons that are heavy enough nearby is fine. Some could argue light spears could roll away but I'll be nice. Based on the math and google the movement of all is hindered by a lot. So you guys will be hard pressed to move till its over.