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 #108 in sequence (file #602) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] Z'leyra triggers the Speed enchantment on her boots while drawing her greatsword and charges to attack those fighting Sven. If it doesn't delay her she will engage the enemy to put them between her and Sven. She will allocate her EL towards defense as she is down to about 3HP. The Clairvoyance from the sheath should also assist her in the fight. If threatened by missiles she will trigger the Concealing Mist. GM: Ack. --------------------- From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions] Ben'Dar wishes the treasure to be divided equally, so if some take powerful magic that is worth a lot, he expects they will get a smaller share of the mundane treasure. He will leave the portal to help load up treasure. He will help Kiet and the others to direct the barbarian prisoners to help in loading / moving the loot. He punches Chion in the shoulder, "Hey, wake up! Let's get out of here." GM: Ack. You realize method 2 - you'd have no ranch by now. :) Just a side comment. Since old method 1 was used. :) --------------------- From Raban: [Re: Actions] Raban finally makes up his mind, "Fremea, I am sorry but I feel it is best I stay here to guard you. I do not know what is occurring but something could show up here and cause grief for everyone. We will just have to wait for news of what happened, but be ready for whatever may come." Raban sighs, not so happy with what she says. "Fremea, if you are really sure you are safe here, I will do as you request. I am not so sure others do not know of this place as the followers of the involved gods may have been told at need. I am fairly sure the gods cannot directly cause us grief but they can send their followers and some of those would be bad enough. Maybe this place is protected enough and you are right, but I still do not like leaving you here." GM: Ack. --------------------- From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Kiet agrees wholeheartedly with the barbarian...that's a pun, considering Kiet's wounds... [***Ben'dar's post deleted***] GM: Ack. --------------------- From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Fremea hovers near the Seker, awaiting the conversation to come to an end and then the Glyph turns and speaks to her. She listens intently and those in the room see her nod slightly, and say, "Thank you Master Elemental, I shall do that to the best of my ability." She then watches the Glyph leave. "Raban, I do appreciate that you want to stay here, however with your strength and great agility, you might be able to help load things faster and that will protect me as well. Once we are done here, I will get the kin released and this island will be no more. I will be safe then. And as for getting the Seker out of here, I can do that myself. Like you, I have other gifts that many do not know about as of yet. I was trained to do much harm, however I can see very clearly now that some of those pieces I can use for great good too. However, if you do chose to stay, I have no problem with that, though it may seem I am quiet as I talk to the Seker. What would also be important to me, is that Z knows our wishes on leaving the animal parts behind on the island. I know that Arawn stated he would tell her, though I just wish to make sure right now. I will be safe until your return, as only people who have ever been here to the island and probably have ever realy been in the graces of Akril, would know about this spot." GM: Ack. Saw the goodbye to the Glyph but didn't cover it below. --------------------- From Raban: [Re: Reply to Fremea] Raban sighs and his eyes sparkle as he says, "Fremea, I know it has been hard for you to accept my protections. I have never met such women, who need my help so little but I am so drawn to protect. But I follow my heart in such manners and it or my goddess's influence says I am needed and that need is dire indeed. Never has such taken me so far from home, to places I had not even heard of. For that I am greatful, for experience is the Soul of a Bard. How else would I be inspired by such Beauty, such Courage in the face of so much adversity. None of us were unhurt by this mission, some came very close to dying, but the cause appears to be one quite noble. To rescue those long unjustly imprisoned and to save the balance of the world! But I fear we are not finished, there are forces at work that will not take kindly to our interference in their games. If they can manage to send others to stop us we can yet fail. We must be prepared for that and right now you are the key to stopping us and thus the one who must be protected above all others. I can but pray I am up to the task as badly injured as I am." GM: Ack. --------------------- From Chion: [Re: Actions] Chion votes for method #2 since that is what the party has been doing since Clima. A few exceptions have been made, but mostly this is what we've been doing. Chion remarks to Ben'Dar, "What, nobody wants to talk to the water elementals where we are dumping this for an hour?" with a smile/slight smirk on his face. He then gets his staff and will get ready to teleport out with everyone. He'll teleport to where Sven was when ready. GM: Ack. Thanks. --------------------- From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Before she sits down to have a private conversation with the Seker, "Raban, I am pleased that you want to make sure my safety is taken care of. I can only ask for you to do things. I let you decide at this point, Gods I did not think about, nor do I really care about them, as they seem to play too much in our world already. Do what you feel is the best at this time, I will be busy talking to the Seker." [*** Raban's duplicate post deleted ***] GM: Ack. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Ma 2nd, 1633TH. 5th Day of Adventure #4. [Location: Chaos domain, Dark Lands, ? Miles up, Flying Island] [Time: 12:40 pm] [Inside the cave the humans are starting to get distracted and worried about events outside. It is clear the discussion and important things have ended here. The group starts to stroll toward the portal to exit and help the others. Before the group leaves the Seker broadcasts a message to all in the cave.] Seker: "Thank you for your help. It will not be forgotten. I apologize for any reading of private thoughts. Those secrets will be kept to myself. This collar I wear amplifies my mind powers ten fold. Surface thoughts are as common as hearing is to you. Good luck to your futures." [The first to leave is Ben'dar who notices Chion still standing, as if guarding, near the portal. He smiles and punches Chion in the shoulder lightly.] Ben'dar: "Hey, wake up! Let's get out of here." [Chion smiles and replies quickly making his almost frozen stance finally into something more normal.] Chion: "What, nobody wants to talk to the water Elementals where we are dumping this for an hour?" [Chion does a double take and seems to come out of his thoughts. Day-dreaming of using this place as a power base is one thing but missing the fun in the cave he doesn't know what Ben'dar means by leaving. What has happened? He also wonders just how much the High Elder knows of this place and if they were just sent here as a casual errand. Chion shrugs and rejoins the others in the Navigation room to form treasure parties.] [Unali is next to leave and she sheathes her daggers. She also would love to see this place used for good. A nation like Katai or Marentia could hold entire armies here and invade a place quickly with little resistance. Yet that shift of balance would cause more harm than good. She gets the basics of what has just happened but the supernatural stuff and the strategies of the gods seem to be too much to think about. Life is hard enough at the hilt end of a dagger much less to worry about troublesome gods who play with humans like a game.] [Raban begins to head around the corner to the portal when his thoughts get to him. Fremea alone here might be unwise. What if another death or monster came about? Maybe he should stay and protect her. He stops with his mind made up. He turns to raise his voice a bit toward Fremea in the distance.] Raban: "Fremea, I am sorry but I feel it is best I stay here to guard you. I do not know what is occurring but something could show up here and cause grief for everyone. We will just have to wait for news of what happened, but be ready for whatever may come." [Raban places a left hand to his neck wound and finds a few drops of blood. He'll have to get it rebandaged. He waits for Fremea to reply. She turns around around and smiles. Her form is dim in the green and red colors of the cave. An almost disturbing sight of her and the Seker in the odd colors of the lichen. Almost unnatural looking. Fremea: "Raban, I do appreciate that you want to stay here, however with your strength and great agility, you might be able to help load things faster and that will protect me as well. Once we are done here, I will get the kin released and this island will be no more. I will be safe then. And as for getting the Seker out of here, I can do that myself. Like you, I have other gifts that many do not know about as of yet. I was trained to do much harm, however I can see very clearly now that some of those pieces I can use for great good too. However, if you do chose to stay, I have no problem with that, though it may seem I am quiet as I talk to the Seker. What would also be important to me, is that Z knows our wishes on leaving the animal parts behind on the island. I know that Arawn stated he would tell her, though I just wish to make sure right now. I will be safe until your return, as only people who have ever been here to the island and probably have ever really been in the graces of A'kril, would know about this spot." [Raban nods and sighs, not so pleased with her words. Kin? That giant thing is her kin? Let's see Arawn is kind to the other Elf thing and she is kin to the Seker? He needs to take notes on this confusing day. But Raban is perceptive to know she seems to want to talk privately with the Seker to learn more or just get counsel on something.] Raban: "Fremea, if you are really sure you are safe here, I will do as you request. I am not so sure others do not know of this place as the followers of the involved gods may have been told at need. I am fairly sure the gods cannot directly cause us grief but they can send their followers and some of those would be bad enough. Maybe this place is protected enough and you are right, but I still do not like leaving you here." Fremea: "Raban, I am pleased that you want to make sure my safety is taken care of. I can only ask for you to do things. I let you decide at this point, Gods I did not think about, nor do I really care about them, as they seem to play too much in our world already. Do what you feel is the best at this time, I will be busy talking to the Seker." [Raban visibly sighs and his eyes sparkle as he speaks. In his mind he shivers at the thought of saying out loud a person doesn't care about gods. If he said that about his goddess she might get sorely upset. Assuming they are always listening.] Raban: "Fremea, I know it has been hard for you to accept my protections. I have never met such women, who need my help so little but I am so drawn to protect. But I follow my heart in such manners and it or my goddess's influence says I am needed and that need is dire indeed. Never has such taken me so far from home, to places I had not even heard of. For that I am grateful, for experience is the Soul of a Bard. How else would I be inspired by such Beauty, such Courage in the face of so much adversity. None of us were unhurt by this mission, some came very close to dying, but the cause appears to be one quite noble. To rescue those long unjustly imprisoned and to save the balance of the world! But I fear we are not finished, there are forces at work that will not take kindly to our interference in their games. If they can manage to send others to stop us we can yet fail. We must be prepared for that and right now you are the key to stopping us and thus the one who must be protected above all others. I can but pray I am up to the task as badly injured as I am." [Raban shakes his head and after a few more seconds leaves with a bit more grace this time through the portal. Now only Fremea and the Seker are alone with the bodies of the tiny Imps.] Seker: "He is very protective of you. You are bold to claim your courage to the gods. When I came here that would be quite deadly. Now...I have determined through Arawn's surface thoughts the gods no longer are in this world. For that I am quite happy they were...made to no longer interfere. But Raban is correct in that there are still fanatics and Avatars of gods who seek their favor willing to do what they call them to do. One must be careful of such people." [Fremea nods and blushes briefly but in the red light its difficult to see any of it. It is hard for her to acquaint herself with new friends and allies. It is a new experience even now and it will take a long time to get used to it. Fremea glances to ensure they are alone and begins a long private telepathic conversation.] [In the next 15 minutes or so the party forms up and all are caught up on past events. Caladan explains the attack on the woman. Arawn explains the Romati. This immediately concerns Raban as his own words come to haunt him. Could they send others after her? But based on Arawn's explanation the Romati seem to be avenging the Anwora and since Fremea isn't part of that she should be safe. Arawn isn't clear how the Romati got her in the first place but the Anwora forces in the Anwora realm must've pulled major strings to get him here at this place and time. Kiet explains about the floating slab and the others seem elated by that news rather than hauling things down through teleport, flying and such. It should speed things up and be less magic intensive.] [For the remainder of the time groups of two, for safety, are formed to search rooms and empty them. Ben'dar and Kiet get the Ipanza to help out as the castle prisoners are still tied up. The Romati didn't seem to care about them. The bodies and corpses are left as is so the Glyph and other Elementals don't get upset. Raban and Kiet's wounds are checked over again and minor redoing of bandages are done. Soon the castle is full of party members going back and forth carrying things. Raban and Ben'dar help upstairs or in the basement to haul things with their strength. Soon stacks of treasure and loot is placed on the east side of the castle. By now the temperature is increasing and even the grass is starting to dry. No one knows how long it will take Z'leyra to get below and unload but if too long they can send Fremea, Raban or Corona to check on her.] [Time: 12:55 pm] ----------------------- [Time: 12:55 pm] [Two miles below the castle in the forest a fight starts.] Sven: "I could use some help here!" [Z'leyra scans for others in the forest but the woods are too thick to tell. She wonders if she should leave the loot and slab or use the slab. But the width of the forest in this area is too thick to use it effectively. Scan can handle things himself surely? He is a warrior-wizard. But what if he is hurt and really needs help? Hesitation sets in as she herself is near death and one good hit, heck one good tree limb on the head, could kill her. She curses at the thought of leaving her helmet back topside. But at least she has her staff, weapons and good armor. She drops her staff and draws her greatsword. As she does this she activates her magical enchanted boots. As she draws the sword to her hands her ears ring briefly with the activation of her Clairvoyance enchantment. She judges the distance to be 50 feet toward Sven and the others. She charges.] [With her speed enhanced boots she crosses the distance in two seconds. She is almost a blur of speed unless used to the sight. She comes to the side and in the rear of the 3rd fighter. She thrusts her great sword and impales the fighter in the lower right back taking the kidney in half, killing the fighter instantly.] [The Second fighter (#2) twists and sees his comrade fall. Fearing this new threat he swings his own sword at Z'leyra but misses as her clairvoyance warns her to back just a half inch away.] [Sven now using his bastard sword sees his chance and side swings toward the second fighter. The blade is so fast and hard it slices through the fighter's left arm severing it in half and plunges deep into the left side of the man. The guard falls dead immediately.] [The last fighter swings his sword at Sven and slices a thin cut through his magical chainmail but drawing only a cut not a deep wound.] [Z'leyra swings toward the last fighter but the blade is too slow and he dodges just in time.] [Sven thrusts toward the figther's chest and digs a deep wound but the guard remains standing.] [The fighter now on the defensive brings up his blade to deflect Z'leyra's own blade at the last second.] [Sven swings at the guard but fails to land a hit.] [The fighter wise to the double team decides its best to run. He turns and runs toward the horses to grab one to flee. But as he nears one to hop on the horse rears up and kicks him flat in the chest. The man goes flying backward into a bush and dies a few seconds later from broken ribs.] [Z'leyra sighs and wonders if the chase with the horse might've been fun. She suspects she might've outrun the horse! She glances over and recognizes Tef'wo snort and land back on his feet. She smiles and turns to Sven who is catching his breath. She glances him over and finds only minor cuts and only one minor wound that might have been a light sword tap. he should live with no problem thanks to his own magical chainmail. She glances around for the first time at the campsite.] [Just three hours after teleporting up Sven seems to have setup at least his own tent likely to avoid the long gone rain. But around the forest in various directions are at least 8 bodies all dressed the same. Swords, leathers, leather helmets, leather belts and pants. Green, brown or tan tunics. After a few more seconds she spots at least 3 others down behind trees and bushes. She quickly calculates and figures Sven must've taken on at least a dozen on his own. But some are, at least 3 it seems have scorch marks on their chests. From the looks of it and what Caladan has done they look like lightning strikes. Sven must've used magic on them.] Sven: "Thanks..." [he gasps and draws in a big breath] "They jumped me about five minutes ago. At times its been a running, standing, jumping fight. " [Sven walks over to one body that seems to be still breathing based on his chest. Suddenly Sven shoves his sword deep into the man's chest killing him. Z'leyra almost leaps to stop him as the Healer in her takes over. But Sven doesn't seem the evil type and must have a reason.] Sven: "They can't identify us. Come here..." [Sven guides Z'leyra behind a tree and there lying on the ground is a nude woman in a white damp robe. Part of the top is open revealing her right chest. Z'leyra figures this must be the visitor Chion sent down. But she sighs when she notices her throat. It is ripped apart as if a knife was stuck in and twisted. Scratch marks show on her neck and some of her chest. Blood pools under her right shoulder. Clearly a wound like that has to be fatal.] Sven: "I tried to warn Chion before he went back up. I recognized her. She is ..was the apprentice to the Domain Wizard here. No I didn't kill her. About two hours ago I checked on her and she was dead. But I've seen those wounds before. I suspect the High Elder's pet familiar was here for some reason. That usually only happens when the Elder is crossed, though rare. But likely to retrieve what was on her. The Ring she wore is no longer here. It must've taken it. It must've been his property. That's not what worries me. The wizard here must've sent these guys to check on her or to watch her progress up thee. There could be more. We should leave this domain as fast as we can. We are at least 12 miles to the domain border. We only have about five hours of daylight left. You should get up there and warn the others to move fast. Speaking of moving fast you mind looking the area over?" [Z'leyra nods and with greatsword in hand she zips around the forest in a arc of a half mile. She is a blur as the spell duration continues for a few more seconds. She finds no one else hiding or ready to pounce. She sheathes her sword and returns to notice Sven by the platform. Both her and Sven begin to unload the stuff in a hurry. She does inform Sven she saw a small uncovered wagon in the forest some distance away. The party could use it to take the treasure back with them. It must've been the apprentice's to take her own treasure from the castle.] Sven: "You should return to the castle and we should move out as soon as possible. If we leave now it'll still be dark crossing the border. This is Itom's domain and her ally is darkness. We should be safe crossing the border into the balance domain. She'll have to stop any pursuit there. But it'll still likely be dark crossing the border. So what has gone up there?" [Z'leyra tries to sum up all the events she knows about in the next few minutes giving as much details as she can. She is concerned about not helping the wounded if Sven didn't just kill them. But if a chaos wizard comes after their weak party it could be bad. Time is critical it seems.] Sven: "I missed a lot of the fun then. Oh well. I would say use it to take us across the border but I hope you guys have some plan to destroy it Ipanza warriors you say? I can help them as they are my neighbors in my domain." [Time: 1:10 pm] [Platform unloaded, Z'leyra sits back onto the slab and takes off as Sven heads back to his tent to take it down. Z'leyra gets a faster flight up to the castle not needed to worry about weight.] [During the time the party continue as a full group now amass the treasure and prisoners in one area. Now as a full group it is far quicker. Unali feels the magic items should remain with the group, never knowing when they might be needed later. Unali eyes the magical spyglass that Caladan found and likes it but lets Fremea have it. Unali has no problem with Arawn taking the Elven plate. Its not every day a Elf can wear normal armor so this is good for him. Plus who knows it could be cursed.] [Time: 1:18 pm] Actions? Comments? Next Update...Friday... GM: Treasure Votes Player Method 1 Method 2 Other No Vote N/A Arawn.............X.................................... Unali.............X.................................... Ben'dar......................X......................... Chion........................X......................... Z'leyra......................X......................... Fremea........................................X........ Kiet..........................................X........ Raban................................................X. Caladan..............................................X. Other - Suggested method No Vote - Defaults to this if no vote given N/A - Both, neutral, don't care Method 1- Claims, rest go to party share divided equally Method 2- Total treasure sum, claims paid for out of share remainder, loss, profits out of long term shares All votes are in: Method 1 - 2 votes Method 2 - 3 votes Other - 0 votes No Vote - 2 votes N/A - 2 votes Here is the deal folks. Fremea/Kiet haven't technically placed a vote. If no vote then that counts as Method 1 by default. So if anyone wants to change their vote (including Fremea/Kiet hopefully) do so by Friday. At this point if closed tonight it would be 4 votes for method 1 and 3 for method 2. Five is a majority but none is given here. So 4 beats 3. However if Fremea/Kiet were to vote or others change their vote then a majority could be found. Let me know by Friday so I can work on treasure this weekend. Thanks. GM: At this point the adventure is almost complete. All that is left is move back to Balance domain for party and then the destruction of the castle. In those details I need to know if: 1) Chion will teleport folks from Castle to Balance Domain camp from previous night? If not Fremea and others will have to return manually (30 plus miles likely a day's trip through Chaos territory). 2) Who will remain with Fremea. Fremea has to till the bitter end. It looks like Raban may stay to collect the collar but it can be retrieved by Fremea. If Chion is to teleport then he has to. Arawn has hinted at staying but need to know for sure. 3) Barring luck there shouldn't be any new encounters unless party stalls (like wants to explore forest or go searching for neato plants or something) :). There still could be a chance of a encounter on the retreat to the Balance domain but I've not rolled those numbers yet. Barring no encounter we could be over as soon as next week. I was hoping to finish by a even date (like 2/1 but oh well its a Sunday darnit and that stupid Superbowl thing.:)) GM: At this points its a matter of cleanup for loot and such. The Elder will offer free magic item reveals to save mana. This will help to rebuild up mana in the next days as who knows when the next adventure will begin :) We'll still have minor IBT time to deal with. GM: As of this update the ftp site is down so can't update the website. Stay tuned hopefully by Friday...