HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R3 Balrog................Balrog............Warrior.Normal/Human Ma ?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma R4 Tom Crockett..........Caladan...........Wizard..Normal/Human Ma R1 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma W3 Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma W2 Sergi Sallent.........Jordi.............Wizard..Normal/Elf Ma R4 Tim Falkenberg........Malradh ben Kasha.Merc....Normal/Human Ma R3 Wayne Richardson/Uji..Thig..............Sidh MU.Normal/Faerry Ma Do Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Artist..Normal/Human Ma R3 Orion (Paul Broman)...Trembyl...........Wizard..Normal/Human Ma W3 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe R3 Scott Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human Ma W2 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe Animals: Ventrius/Pogo Thig's dogs, Firesnake of Caladan's, Z'Leyra's Eagle, 2 Draft Horses, Wolf - Boyzdar 6 Captured Zen'da Horses Game Web Site - For updates, files, links, etc. http://users.cybermax.net/~longshot/pbem/index.htm Public posts/actions to pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm@softhome.net Game Update #37 in sequence (file #145] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin notes: This hurricane is America's Tsunami. We helped the world for that and many things. I hope the world helps us to show us our true friends. No one is saying it but I'm sure its going to be thousands dead in New Orleans. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Unali: [Re: Actions] Unali readies her daggers and exits the tent. She will use her skills to get away from the fire and around the giant, so she can approach it from the back. Then she will attack with both daggers, hoping to surprise the giant from behind. GM: All ok. Ack. From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions] So...are we trying to subdue this giant or kill him? GM: Seems it hasn't been decided. But the Giant is likely out to kill you guys. :) From Jordi: [Re: Actions] OOC: Ben'dar knows Jordi well enough to know that he will try to kill the giant, unless it fall unconscious and the rest of the party decides to capture it. Jordi dislikes giants. Jordi concentrates, and moves to the SW; then, he moves the fog, so it engulfs the giant, trying to place the giant in the center of it, so no matter where does it moves, it remains in the center of the fog... "Balrog, move to your right; Thig, call the dogs!!!" In the meanwhile, Jordi will fire to the Giant, unless, of course, someone is in his LOS, and there is a risk of hitting him. Jordi's idea is to atract the Giant to his position (the Giant will know from where the arrows that are hitting him come), and then distract him enough time to give the party time to regroup and reorganize. GM: Actually most Elfs dislike Giants. Especially your people in the Wild Forest where Forest Giants cause constant problems. Call the dogs forward or away? :) Ack. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] Octaqi 14, in the 163rd Year [TH] Location: River Sch (E) Riverbank, Zen'da Plains, 306 Miles North of Asichi City, Heading East from River [2:14am] [Turn 1: Phase 4] [Mana Allocation] [Caladan, Strie'bog and Xian allocates some more mana.] [Missile Fire] [Thig underestimated the speed of the giant. He wanted to get a face shot but is behind the giant now. He fires his magical repeating crossbow at the Giant and hits for 9 points of damage past the tough skin as the dart penetrates muscle.] [Strie'bog aims at the tall giant only seen in the dim outline of the torch on the ground and fires. The arrow flies right over the invisible Z'leyra who Strie'bog does not see and flies toward the giant. It hits but bounces off the giant. Only did 2 points and his natural hide armor is 2. There was no spark of fire so Strie'bog suspects the Fire Arrow spell failed. :<] GM: If you wish to recast FA it will take 2 more phases. [Jordi at point blank range with his longbow fires at the Giant. While Thig hits in the back Jordi hits in the right upper arm (which is huge enough for a leg of a human). The arrow penetrates thick muscle and does 13 points of damage to the giant who roars in anger.] [Magic Effect] [Chion raises his staff toward the Giant and hopes the spell works...] [Xian stands up and casts a quick spell. He steps over the edge and levitates. He then lowers himself dwon the chasm toward Trembyl.] [Caladan now with a good line of sight finishes his spell and extends both hands in a outward cup fashion. Out shoots a tiny sphere of fire that expands and moves at 20 feet per second toward the giant. It grows into a fireball that is 5 feet in diameter. Caladan not seeing the invisible Z'leyra only 10 feet away and to the right. The fireball just passes within 1.5 feet of Z'leyra. She feels the heat, it burns soem of her hand and dries out her mouth quickly as the gush of hot air hits her and passes her. The fireball arcs upward as Caladan planed to go the height of the giant not straight up. Caladan just hopes the FB doesn't pass the giant. But it doesn't and hits the upper chest/shoulders of the giant's back. It does a massive 25 points of damage to the Giant's back and tears/rips/burns the skin. Those close can smell the scent of burnt flesh as the Giant roars in anger.] GM: The dogs were only 3 feet off ground so not hit. The mist however some of it was hit by the edge of the FB and burnt off but only about 2 square feet of it. It should rebellow out to full length though soon. GM: Wow! The damage is enough to throw the giant swaying back and forth. 47 points of damage in one phase so far without melee damage. Rolling for balance he fails that simple task. Now to see where hr falls. Good hex side #4 so he falls down. He is facing hex side 6 to the NW. So he falls to the back and left. Where no one is there luckilly to be fallen on. If he fell on the dogs (certain death), horse (possible death) or balrog (maybe death) it could've been worse. Dang good damage you guys I was hoping he'd get in at least one good blow :) You know GM has too cherr for the bad guys SOMETIMES! :) [Melee & Movement] [Ben'dar charges toward the Giant with pike and stops at the Giant. He swings down nad slices some Giant chest doing 9 points of damage. The giant slumps to the ground and doesn't move.] [Map at end of combat] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__%%%%%%% \__/ \__/ \__/ A \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ %%%%%%%__/ \__/ \__/ \ B / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__%%%J%%% \__/ \__/ \__/ C \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ %%%%%%%__/ \__/ \__/ \ D / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ R\__/ %%%%/ \__C \__/ \__/ E \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_G/D \__/ \__Z \__U \__/ \_ F / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ GB__/ \__/ \ _/ \S_/ \__/ G \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_G/ \__/ T\__ X _ H / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ Q I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/F \__/ \__/ \__/ \_ J / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ HH__N \__/ K \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \HHH \__/ \_ L / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ K\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ M \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_ N / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ O \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_ P Player ID Loc Notes Balrog R [E39] [On Horse] Ben'dar B [G40] [On Horse] Caladan C [E55] [with firesnake] Chion N [K61] [Over Blanket] Farseeker F [J47] [On horse] Jordi J [C46] [On foot, Mist 15 feet around [%-mist]] Kasha K [M39] [On horse] Thig T [H48] [In air-180 feet] Dogs D [F41] [Thig's dogs] Strie'bog S [G59] [Near his tent] [with wolf] Trembyl Q [I59] [In Chasm - 32 feet below] Unali U [F58] Xian X [H59] Z'leyra Z [F52] H = Each H is a horse with blanket over it for warmth. Normally not kept this close to people due to smell and other falling debris from them but the cool night has made it better to stay at least reasonably close to the campfire. G = G39 [Facing NW] ------------------------------ [Combat Time - 1 Turn - 4 phases - 12 seconds - fast combat] [Experience - ] Player CEP MEP Expertise Notes Jordi - 4 2 Concealing Mist Max EL Jordi 117 - 18 Longbox x1 13 Damage CDF 9! Thig - 4 4 EL0 Invisibie spell Thig 81 - 18 Repeating Crossbow 9 damage CDF 9! Xian - 8 8 EL0 Invisibie spell Z'leyra - 6 4 ELMax Invisible spell Z'leyra - 9 2 ELMax Orient Self Z'leyra - 5 2 ELMax Dark Sight Strie'bog - 5 2 ELMax Blessing on Ben'dar Strie'bog - - 1 Fire Arrow Failure Caladan - 98 28 Fireball EL5 MDV 14 Ben'dar 27 - 18 Pike 3 Damage Combat MVP - Jordi with the most damage from non-magic (13) Magic MVP - Caladan with magical damage (25) Congratulations to Ben'dar +1 EL in Spear - Fight (Pike) [Ammo Use - ] Player Ammo Used Jordi -1 Arrow Thig -1 Dart Strie'bog -1 Arrow [Player Damage - ] Player Damage Status Kasha 9 32% Down - Moderate Trembyl 9 27% Down - Moderate Balrog 7 46% Down - Heavy Jordi 1 4$ Down - Light ----------------------- GM: Since no one mentioned healing the previous hippogriff combat folks (Jordi/Kasha) will handle that now. I was waiting to allow some to get experience. Guess will let Jordi heal naturally 2 hours before this combat after midnight. Jordi does heal and heals to 100% For Kasha after the hippogriff combat Xian will heal him and uses a spell. In doing so he heals 8 of the 9 points. Then with Jordi he heals naturally the 1 point back before the Giant combat. This leaves Balrog and Trembyl for the Giant combat. Inspected afterwards Balrog has a sprained foot but not broken and a bruised rear end mainly. If anyone wants to heal him say so if not Xian will do it :) Anyone need experience? ------------------------------------------ [After the battle - Xian levitates down to Trembyl and inspects him. He overs just above so not to shift the dirt and create a landslide. Kasha/Farseeker gather the horses up together again. Caladan lights torches with his fire magic and gets some lights going again. A new campfire will have to be made soon enough. Xian: "Z'leyra can you levitate down here? I'm not sure if Trembyl's neck is broken." Z'leyra: "Yes." Xian: "Then come down. Best not to take ropes as the earth is not too secure. A landslide could bury him and me. Once you inspect him with your healer skills I can then teleport him topside for further treatment." [Z'leyra casts a levitate spell and hovers down to Xian and Trembyl. She bends down and inspects Trembyl as best she can. In the dim light until torches are tossed down. Z'leyra takes a few seconds to inspect him and finds his neck is intact. But his right leg is broke and a small rib section is broke on the left side. Xian asks if there is internal bleeding but as far as Z'leyra can tell there is none. Xian satisfied prepares to lift them up to the topside. Z'leyra decides with both spells active they can levitate all 3 up slowly back up topside without a teleport spell. It takes about 15 seconds to finally get all 3 back up to level ground.] [Z'leyra sets to treating Trembyl both with skill and magic. She places hands on his leg and rib for magic after she treats him for a healing spell. The spell goes over Trembyl's body and heals 8 points of damage. Together with the healer skill the bone is set and rib is fixed. Any internal damage is also fixed. Trembyl is now completely healed.] GM: I'm sure Alex wouldn't mind as he'd do this anyways :) [Trembyl soon wakes up, dazed but confused as to what all happened. He is informed. ] ----------------- [The Giant is inspected and finds that he is a one eyed Giant. A Earth Giant based on the magic he used (earthquake). Caladan approaches the Giant and sighs. Caladan: "Drogo. I didn't realize it was him." Kasha: "You know it...err...him?" Caladan: "Not directly. I was a kid when I first heard of him. He is a giant that caused trouble for many many years on the plains. He would hunt down warriors to eat them. A elder shaman, now dead, negoitated a truce with him. We'd furnish a sheep here...cow there...buffalo there.. when food was scarce as long as he'd leave us alone. It was in his interest to leave us alone. He knew we could easilly mount up and kill him with a band of warriors if we wanted to. He decided he'd take the deal. [He turns to the others] You must remember most shamans hate to take any life including giants...mean giants. While the shaman was laughed at it actually worked out. Word got around to other raiders that a giant roamed the eastern lands and it sorta worked out he protected us. Which wasn't true of course but they didn't know it. Sad to see him go like this in some way but happy in another." Kasha: "if he was at peace why attack us?" Balrog: "Yeah! I was just riding and saw something lift up out of the ground and then started after me." Caladan: "It probably thought the horse was a large cattle type animal. I do know giants get enraged and once in battle mode don't quit. He may have realized his mistake but been in fury mode to stop." Balrog: "So we killed him for no good reason?" Farseeker: "He'd have killed us!" Thig: "He's actually still alive and breathing. Just unconscious. What shall we do?" Balrog: "What about his lair?" Caladan: "No good. This particular giant lives up your way [he looks at Strie'bog] in the forests to the far north. During the winter he migrates south through the plains to the mountains south of the plains to some cave lair there. His lair could be hundreds if not a thousand miles from here. Even if we knew where it was." [The one eyed giant has no shirt but animal skin type leather pants. He wears some studded leather gauntlets and has nothing else on him.] Thig: "These gauntlets are magical." [Being giant sized gauntlets they are 3 times the normal human size for a arm. So any human wearing them would easilly have them slip off.] Actions? Comments? Next update Monday... 1. Anyone want to heal Balrog? 2. What to do with Giant? Kill? Heal and leave? Leave and let die? 3. Time will have to be taken to collect lost gear in the chasm. I will likely work up a supplement update for the next day and the start of the real adventure details of the party entering Caladan's village. If you wish to do anything or say anything let me know. Unsure if supplement or next update will be out tomorrow or monday. We shall see. Oh. Also bottom of the game website has a possible image of what the giant might look like. Two of them. Check it out if interested. Will remove them end of next week.