HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1 John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma ?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma R1 Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma W2 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma -- Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....NormalFaerry Fe Do David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma R? J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W4 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe R4 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Boyzdar [Wolf] (Strie'bog), Game Web Site - http://www.funport.com/longshot/pbem Public posts/actions to pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to longshot@darktech.org Game Update #50b in sequence (file #209) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin notes: Part 2 of 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] [None - previous Update] ----------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Ma 1st, 1633TH. 4th Day of Adventure #4. Location: Apprentice Ye Kemu's Balance Domain, Dark Lands [Time: 2:21pm] [A few brief seconds before the first Giant growl. Chion wonders out loud...] Chion: "Given our previous experience, should we perhaps attempt to communicate or subdue rather than slay these tallfolk? After all, we are in their domain, and not vice versa." [Smiling at the serendipitous nature of having the chance at two challenges on his first week home. No wonder he doesn't visit as often.] "Also, couldn't killing them lead to a challenge if they are someone's pets?" [Chion grins as just a few days before he learned the Giant tongue from Arawn in exchange. Fate has dealt him a good card today. He isn't fluent in the language and tries to form the word he needs from the basic alphabet. In the Kotothi tongue he speaks a single word.] Chion: "Halt!" [To some it sounds like a sneeze.] [Arawn and Fremea glance at Chion and seem to shake their heads. They know full well once these 2 sidh are seen no matter how well the persuasion they'll likely kill the entire group just to get to the sidh. Sven pulls his battle axe from a sling on the back of his horse and twirls it.] Sven: "These beasts be no pets! We kill in self defense! If they were pets they'd likely be with a caretaker." [Then the Giant breaks its head through the trees and growls.] [Chion raises a hand and repeats his halt command to the open forest to the west. Now directed at the giant.] [Ben'dar grabs his pike and levels it ready for a charge. He growls back eager for combat. But then he recalls the last time he fought giants when the Elf came. Tef'wo was hit in the side by a tree. Both Tef'wo and Ben'dar were thrown several feet and hurt. Tef'wo seems to notice and grunts in displeasure. Ben'dar taps the side of the neck with his left arm to calm him.] [Raban dismounts off his large horse. ] Raban: "I can handle a forest giant without killing it if that is what you want. Fighting me would keep it away from the others, but if the second one joins in, I could have trouble handling both of them. Of course, softening them up a little first will help a lot." [Arawn slips quietly backwards and seems to fold into the forest itself and disappear. Fremea continues to hover and waits for Chion to try to parlay. Unali walks sideways toward a bunch of shrubs. She speaks softly.] Unali: "I will be near." [She ducks inside the shrubs and seems to disappear as well.] [Kiet moans as the party seems to talk in Marentian forgetting that he doesn't know the language. He knows he should learn the language soon or Katai will be the only common tongue.] [Kiet quickly dismounts and grabs the large amount of rope on the horse's pack and wraps it around his shoulders.] [Still no second giant is heard. The wind moves east to west which isn't good for the party. must be a good ocean breeze.] [The Giant blinks its large bulbous eyes in confusion at hearing the halt command. The Giant looks around the party of humans. He wrinkles his nose as he sniffs the air. Fremea who continues to hover waiting for combat or discussion knows hiding might not work well at this late situation. The large nose of the giants would've picked up her scent or Arawn's.] [The Giant shoves a tree to the left making a animal of some sort scurry away in fear. The Giant steps his large tree like legs a couple feet forward over the shrubs. He continues to sniff and then finally sees Fremea. He growls again.] Giant: "Winged one!" [At least it sounds like that to Chion might be wounded one? Arawn hears it as Winged one.] [The Giant turns and tears a large barrel diameter limb off the tree ripping it off the tree. he growls in anger.] [Chion realizes parlay will be futile at this point.] [The rest of the party having dealt with Giants know talk is short but combat is longer. They prepare for combat.] Turn 1: Phase 1 [Mana Allocation -] [Chion begins to build mana for casting the Gnarish's staff internal spell.] [Fremea casts mana for a spell.] [Arawn casts mana for a spell.] [Caladan casts mana for a spell.] [Missile Fire - ] [Raban now on the ground and having his bow strung raises the bow at the giant and fires the larger than normal bow. He knows he must protect the women in the group as his duty is clear. The arrow flies and hits the giant in the left shoulder. From this distance it looks like a bee sting on a large man. But red is seen dripping. The giant roars in anger.] [At the same time Caladan raises his Composite bow from while still mounted and fires. But the arrow flies wild and misses the giant entirely.] [Z'leyra raises her sling and knows the distance is long but fires at the visible giant. The stone goes flying by its right side missing.] [Magic Effect - ] [Fremea quickly finishes the word for her luck spell and casts it. She hopes it went off well.] [Raban decides to bless himself to give him a slight edge in the defense of the females. He begins to cast the spell which will take a few seconds.] [Somewhere in the forest Arawn quietly casts his spell to repel evil forces. He hopes the spell works as there is no visible signs unless Fremea looks for an aura.] [Caladan stares at the giant and finishes his own spell words and moves his right hand up and down and in a fist as if gathering energy. He then pulls back the hand and quickly snaps it forward directly at the giant. A large white bolt of lightning streaks from Caladan's hands and seems to sparkle the air with electrical energy. The lightning bolt hits the giant square in the chest doing massive damage. A large smoking hole is seen in the giant's chest and it seems smoke boils organs. The giant looks down shocked and then collapses backwards losing his balance. He topples to the ground onto his back. The party knows Caladan is more used to Fire magic but in a forest its not so wise. This is only the second time the party that knows Caladan has seen him use lightning. It seems his skills have improved since his death.] [Chion smirks and continues to chant the words to invoke the spell in the staff but knows it takes a few seconds.] [Melee and Movement - ] [Corona dives down high from the sky and in between a small clearing in the trees toward the giant on the ground. A lance of fire like a fire dart shoots from his eyes and hits the giant in another part of his chest and sizzles more skin and ribs. The party only sees the red lance of fire but doesn't see Corona from their angle.] [Tef'wo charges forward at the urging of Ben'dar The horse seems to recover its courage and charge 80 feet north west through the trees and then turns toward the giant. but the horse ends up 30 feet to the giant.] [Fremea has never seen a giant before up close only in the legends. But she knows forest giants hate sidh. With a seemingly battle instinct she flies west toward the giant and ends up about 20 feet behind Ben'dar about 10 feet above the ground.] [Caladan's firesnake lifts off the horse and hovers and circles above Caladan.] [Somewhere north of the group in the dark forest Unali moves westward. She pulls out her magical dagger and waits for any warning from it.] [The Giant growls and roars in anger. The echo of it seems to ripple throughout the forest and makes it seem like he is all around. The wounded giant rolls on his side and tries to get to his knees. He checks his chest and looks toward the incoming horse of Tef'wo. he tries to grasp his tree club ready for attack but seems too wounded to stand.] [The second giant now makes himself obvious coming out behind the trees at M24 and runs north-east toward the party in a furious roar. Chion is surprised to see him coming right seemingly toward him. The giant must've been able to get closer without being seen till now. The giant ends up about 20 feet from Chion.] [Ben'dar gives a battle howl of the Zen'da warriors.] [Arawn finds the forest is light here and hiding among it is more difficult even for a Elf. He slinks past Sven and his horse and toward the now second giant. He stealthy raises his magical sword and goes for an attack. He swings the sword at the back of the Giant but amazingly fails to strike the target.] [Chion sees the giant rushing him and knows he might not have time to finish his staff spell. he reaches into his robes and grabs a sai. Knowing that fighting from horseback isn't a thing he is used to.] [Caladan notices the second giant and turns toward him.] [Z'leyra also notices the second giant and turns that way.] [Kiet sees the second giant and his first plan seems out of question now so rushes toward and past Chion. He throws down a clump of rope roughly at I36 and runs north toward the tree barely rounding it before the phase ends.] [Sven swings his horse around without using his horses and trots toward the giant and around the tree. he tries to squeeze in between the two and swings his battle axe with great skill toward the giant's chest. The blade hits the giant in the left middle stomach region and does 15 points of damage.] ----------------------- Turn 1: Phase 2 [Mana Allocation -] [Chion finishes pushing mana energy for the staff's spell.] [Raban finishes his final mana allocation.] [Kiet allocates some quick mana for a spell of his own.] [Missile Fire - ] [Caladan raises his bow toward the giant but knows he could hit Raban or Sven so hold's his fire.] [Raban aims his bow at the giant but knows he could also hit the viking so hold's his fire.] [Z'leyra holds her fire as a bad angle and Chion in the way of possible strike.] [Magic Effect - ] [Chion pushes out the spell from the staff and with a magical astral web grabs the first giant. As the staff works Chion must see the targets during the spell preparation. Since he didn't see the second Chion he can't count it in the spell effect sadly. But he holds the first Giant in a magical web grasp.] [Behind the tree Kiet quickly speaks some magical words and twists his hands looking at the ropes on the ground. But nothing seems to happen.] [Raban finishes his blessing and hope it takes effect.] [Melee & Movement -] [Ben'dar charges forward on Tef'wo and stops at the kneeling Giant. the Giant growls but doesn't seem to be able to move. Ben'dar grimaces almost wishing he could fight back. To kill like this without some fight back seems almost shameful...almost....Ben'dar swings the pike toward the Giant's head and easily hits slicing through the neck doing 16 points of damage. The head doesn't come off but blood sprays to the right of Ben'dar just out of his clothing. The Giant rolls his eyes up and falls to the ground slumped onto a bush. Ben'dar sighs wanting more of a fight. What a waste even for this pitiful creature.] [Fremea sees Ben'dar likely kill the Giant and decides she isn't needed here. She whirls and then sees the second giant wondering how it got this close. It must've traveled east while she told the party. She flies toward the Giant. She gets behind the Giant's neck and swings her small dagger at the fleshy skin. But at the last second the Giant seems to shift and her dagger misses by a half inch. She moans in disgust.] [Raban gently drops his bow to the ground and before it hits the ground the large man seems to jump and charge the giant running at a great speed. He sees Sven on horseback and looks like Fremea behind the Giant. his quick thinking knows if he does some things it could hurt them so he pulls back on some of his harsher actions. With no weapon he charges the giant and with a forceful hand martial thrust hits the giant but not in the chest as he planned, the giant shifted at the last second, but in the left arm. The Giant roars as the hit seems to crack something inside the arm.] [Unali scans the distance and see the first giant down. She then sees the others fighting the second. She decides to turn south and run toward the giant rounding one tree.] [The giant has 4 targets to choose from - Arawn, Fremea, Sven and Raban without moving. But Raban seems to have done the most recent damage so in anger he raises his club the size of a large branch the size of a dwarf and swings it left toward the large man. The club hits Raban dead center of his chest and knocks the breath out of him doing a mild 6 point wound. Raban staggers back a foot but seems mostll unaltered.] [Arawn thrusts again at the large giant but suddenly slips on something soft under foot and the sword goes wild in his swing missing.] [Chion puts his staff in the horse sling and quickly dismounts and runs toward the giant. He finds the place around the giant is busy with people but finds a place behind Sven's horse and thrusts at the giant's right side. But the attack fails to hit.] [Z'leyra dismounts and places her sling on the belt. She grabs her greatsword and decides to join in on the fun. She heads toward the surrounded giant.] [Kiet from behind the tree watches the giant surround and plans to retry his spell.] [Sven still on horseback swings again at the Giant and the battle axe hits dead center in the chest slicing ribs and tissue doing a massive 31 points of damage. Blood and tissue spray outward and just past Raban.] [The Giant staggers and his eyes roll up.. He begins to stagger and those around him wonder where he'll fall. Suddenly he pitches to the right and back straight for Chion. Chion sees this a half second before and leaps straight to the left missing Arawn by inches and rolls to the ground just as the giant falls to the ground dead. Sven's horse missing the huge body by inches seems to thrust forward a few feet.] [The body lands with a loud thump sending up grass and sand.] Sven: "That was easy enough1" [He grins as he pulls out a rag and cleans his battle axe.] Sven: "Tend to your wounds Raban. Then we must move on." [He notices Arawn's face and figures the Druid would want to do something like bury the giants.] Sven: "If we bury these creatures it would take hours. How many of us have a shovel? Its around 2:30 or so now. If we spend those hours digging a grave for these pitiful creatures we'd have to camp here. I say leave them tot the forest scavengers. I rather not be here at camp with scavengers sniffing the blood on the ground all night. Not my idea of fun. We'll need to move on we still have some land to cross." [After Raban checks out his wounds the party gathers up any lost gear and soon heads up. The party is happy the battle ended faster than the last time and with far less damage in the party.] [The party of ten ride east through the Chaos lands further into the evening setting sun. Six or seven hours later the party finally makes camp and sets up the normal watches. Dinner is made and the party plans the next day's events.] Sven: "Rest well tonight. For tomorrow if all goes well we'll be at our destination. We've been lucky thus far without much hindrance. Unless its moved, and based on my last scan it doesn't seem to have, you will need your rest and energy." [That night there are no encounters...] Actions? Comments? Next update...Friday... GM: Kiet - The rope bought was 150'. Never was declared it was in strips. So its all one length of rope. After this combat if you want you can make strips. Meant to email you on this but forgot. GM: As reminder if no EL was given for spells. I always assume EL0. GM: Ammo Information Z'leyra - -1 Sling Stone Caladan - -1 Arrow Raban - -1 Arrow [Items removed off sheet.] GM: Experience - Player CEP MEP Expertise Skill Arawn - 4 4 Repel Evil Ben'dar 20 - 10 Pike/Spear Caladan - 84 12 Lightning Fremea - - 1 Luck [Failure] Kiet - - 1 Entangle [Failure] Raban 45 - 10 Longbow Raban - 5 2 Bless Raban 35 - 10 Hand to Hand No EL changes for anyone. But Congratulations to Raban! Now +1 MEL and all the benefits therein. Remember for new players the above is added to sheets now. But I do not do CPs until the end of the adventure. Its just easier that way to handle formulae changes all at once. Some experience not shown here for NPCs. GM: Player Damage - Player Damage Notes Raban 6 Club from Giant (Scratch, bruise) Let me know who you wish to heal or heal yourself. The best healers are Z'leyra, Arawn and Chion I believe. GM: Only 2 phases from 6 for the last Giant combat 3x shorter and twice as many giants. Go figure. Maybe I should make it 50 giants next time? Yeah. For some that posted actions sorry if they didn't go through. I tried to handle it as quickly as it could. Some simply couldn't be done due to the short time. If you have problems or questions on the not acted on actions or such let me know. Arawn the spell cast for repel was assumed EL0 so that's touch. You'd have to touch them to repel them. I tried to even do that with some of the combat but didn't work out. Some rolls were just base like Arawn's, Fremea's and Chion's attacks. Arawn did have a fumble (thus the slip). For new players in my universe there is ALWAYS a chance for a fumble or failure or super failure or critical success. Even if a spell with toys and such gives you 110% chance of success there is always a slight chance of failure. For the mythos this is the Gods feeling that ego and toys may not to be taken for granted. :) Next update we'll move onto the destination. Let me know any final actions. Any retro actions that could affect the castle situation will be ignored. For example, you find that you could use that certain item to save the party. Darn forgot it. :) Any actions for the teleport to the castle location let me know. Thanks.