HT Aliaver/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma ??.Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma R4.Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma W2.Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma W3.Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe R2.Mark Murtha...........Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human..Ma R1.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma R4.J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W2.Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe R1 John.Stowman..........Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human..Ma R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe R1 NPC...................Zhou Kiwat........Noble...Normal/Human..Ma NPC...................Captain.Lin.......Warrior.Normal/Human..Ma Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar, Game Web Site - http:/nrgcomputers.com/pbem/ Public posts/actions to pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm@comcast.net Game Update #212 in sequence (file #1377) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Kell: [Re: Actions] Sighing deeply at the lost stealth, Kell joins the attack. He' ll get anyone possible to join him and once up in the open will head to the East. To everyone left in the tunnel, "Come on, lets go! Time for chaos as our ally. Lets head to one side and find the brain or portal. " Hoping everyone in the tunnel comes. His goal is still to stop the World Brain and the Portal. Preferrably both. [wow. Crappy post. Sorry. I've been rather stressed out.] GM: Ack. I understand the stress. So just chill. As always I'm open to vacation for me by holding the game if folks need to get things settled in life. :) From Arawn: [Re: Actions] Arawn shook his head as the party lost the benefit of stealth. Breathing deep and hoping that the party wouldn't be overwhelmed once the Vong had a chance to recover from the initial surprise he looked to the remaining members still in the tunnel: Unali, Kell, Kiet, and Chion. "Let's head east and to the ladders," he said. "Capture any .. Arawn will head out, doing his best to keep an eye out for any humans or Outcasts along the way. If he finds them he'll assist and question them regarding what lies ahead/how to end the threat/ help the Outcasts if they are prisoners/outcasts. He'll attempt to use cover when possible but is willing to cast Invisibility if the other PC's indicate they would like him to do so. If he encounters Peace Brigaders he'll attempt to use Fascination to gain information regarding the Vong plans/World Brain (or Compulsion if you feel Fascination wouldn't allow for this). If these methods fail then Arawn will try Eye of Mystery if the brigader can be held/bound for the spell to be used. GM: Ack. -------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Augado 10th, 1634TH] [Location: Middle Katai Plains] [ Mountains west of Pamau] [Time: 2:25:40 pm] The Vong seem to finally overcome their surprise of being attacked in their own base. The towers are active with some Vong shouting orders while the one sentry with the Orb issues other orders. Inside the flyers, those that are occupied, the pilots hear those orders through their own Orb attached to the coral like dashboard. The flyers from years of training react and tighten the opening so it can't be entered. Then those who can fly don their flight hoods. In seconds three Flyers rise up above the ground, twist and hurl upwards. Three of the flyers are now in the air (E39, F35, H333). The one closest to Fremea surprises her and realizes that some of the flyers must be occupied. Two of the flyers don't hesitate to zoom upward straight up to the fake Vong roof, likely after the chariot that has gone missing. The third flyer circles the airfield twice and then zooms westward toward the home area. Those on the ground assume they are doing a recon to see what they are up against. The flyer ends up directly above Farseeker and Caladan. Will circles the SE tower again in a wide arc using his flight spell. He reloads his bow and fires when he is in sight of the three Vong inside. The arrow flies fast and hits the second Vong right in the neck doing 3 points of more damage to his body. The Vong falls back toward one side of the tower from the sudden damage to his neck. One of the Vong in the SW tower aims almost right under him with his bug weapon toward Raban. The 5 flying razor bugs shoot out fast toward the giant but the angle of the strike seems to confuse the bugs or something. All five bugs impact against the dirt ground below them. Fremea twirls around to notice the three flyers take off. She hope they don't sense here like the one did at the carnival grounds. But then she notices they move away from her not toward her. She turns back to the Vong on ground. She knows she is low on arrows with only a half dozen elven and regular arrows left. She recalls all those arrows in the treasure room but didn't fill up. She glances over to Caladan who has a quiver packed with so many arrows it would take him almost 10 minutes firing all those arrows. She decides to fly toward the flyer they are next to (F12). Landing on top of the flyer she asks Caladan if she can take some arrows from his quiver. Ben'dar is eager to move on while Z'leyra finishes her quick search of the dead Brigaders. Ben'dar grabs her hand in order to use her spell and drags her outside. Once outside both quickly notice Raban and Captain Lin about 110 feet away to the front and left. Raban seems to be pushing up against the tower's strut while Lin is looking around. Both figure the others have quickly arrived but are clearly not worried about being seen now. Z'leyra turns left to the east and runs to the next home in line. She can see down the aisle to the field. It looks like Farseeker is against one flyer with what could be Caladan but at this distance its hard to tell. Above both though a flyer about 30 feet up seems to be moving this way. Z'leyra makes it to the second home a second later and opens the door. This time she sees 3 more Brigaders. Two are standing while the other is sitting eating something from a bowl. All three look to the open door and see nothing. Raban continues to grunt and push with all his strength at the Se strut that holds the SW tower in place. He can hear cracks and moans to the good wood. Farseeker looks up to hear Fremea but can't see him. He ducks instinctively at the sight of the flyer just 30 feet above their heads. But then glancing north he sees a group of 3 Vongs about 200 feet away. He runs that way to engage them. Inside the tunnel, Arawn shook his head as the party lost the benefit of stealth. Breathing deep and hoping that the party wouldn't be overwhelmed once the Vong had a chance to recover from the initial surprise he looked to the remaining members still in the tunnel: Unali, Kell, Kiet, and Chion. "Let's head east and to the ladders," he said. "Capture any brigaders along the way. They might be able to guide us to the Brain." Inside the tunnel, Kell glances around at the others. Now he notices Farseeker and Caladan have left. They are visible so clearly the stealth is gone. But with big shiny chariot in the air doing its thing hiding invisible seems moot. Once the chariot left the tunnel it was clear something strange was going on and even the Vong can't be that stupid to know this. To everyone left in the tunnel, "Come on, lets go! Time for chaos as our ally. Lets head to one side and find the brain or portal." Hoping everyone in the tunnel comes. Kell moves slowly toward the side tunnel where the hole is urging others to follow. Captain Lin notices one of the homes open up but sees no one step out. From the angle he is standing with sword in hand it looks like a couple of dead bodies? He notices the aperture close and looks around. He can only see the other Vong in the north west tower but no one else yet. So he decides to wait for Raban to do this thing. One Vong warrior runs into view looking south to the tower that is being attacked by Raban. He sees Lin standing there and runs forward as the tower guards yell orders. He emerges from the west end of the row of homes (D9 to F8). Two of the five Vong attacked by Fremea's arrows rush forward toward Farseeker after rounding the flyer. They charge south toward the military man. Caladan looks up to the voice of Fremea. He nods knowing that he has plenty of arrows to spare. He was wise enough to bind the arrows into 10 clumps with easy to tear ribbons. He gives Fremea 4 clumps quickly. Then he turns to move to help Farseeker. One brigader sees Farseeker and rushes from his position (C13) toward Farseeker (D12). ------------------- [Time: 2:25:43 pm] Will does another circle around the tower firing his bow this time from the left side of the tower to make the attack distracting. The arrow flies and hits the tower side wall missing one of the Vong entirely. The Vong flyer above Fremea and Caladan continues westward getting about halfway to the hole below. Ben'dar steps through the home door facing the three Brigaders. Pulling Z'leyra inside and then releasing her hand, he thrusts at one of the three. He hits with his spear at Brigader #2 doing 7 points of damage to his left arm giving him severe damage to that limb. Z'leyra steps to the right and then behind one of the brigaders trying to bash his head. But the Staff goes wild and she fails to hit the man. Raban does one huge grunt of strength and the strut under his huge weight cracks and breaks. Raban pushes forward and shoves the broken strut forward forcing the tower to begin to collapse. The tower moans and creeks now with only 3 of its struts. Raban steps back and pushes Lin to safety. The tower then collapses under the weight and topples. Raban shields Lin from the falling debris of Vong and wood. Behind him the wood falls in a heap only about 4 feet away causing a avalanche of dust. The other three struts rock back and forth but two of them remain in place. One breaks in half and falls to the west wall. Farseeker charges forward with brave courage as he knows he is now facing 3-4 Vong at once. He ends up about 10 feet from the group. Arawn after giving his quick speech turns and runs after Kell toward the hole. Kell rushes forward toward the hole and can hear someone behind him hoping it is more than just one person. Lin coughs at the debris cloud and escapes Raban's light grasp. Turning he charges the debris and finds one of the stunned Vong. He stabs down at the man wounding him in the chest. The Vong warrior watches the tower topple and continues south toward the giant and another human. The three Vong charge toward Farseeker. Two of the other Vong round the corner of the flyer and charge at him as well. All five stab their amphistaves at him. Four of the warriors fail to make contact with the agile human. But the one that does hit does not penetrate his chainmail. Caladan brings up his war staff and runs to help Farseeker. The one Brigader sees Farseeker engaged and charges toward the Vong to help them. The three Brigaders in the home now with swords drawn even in this cramped space lunges for their own attack. Two of them fail to hit Ben'dar. But the third does swipe at the invisible Z'leyra in a wild-hope-to-hit-the-invisible-user manner. The sword swipes against her chest but the blade doesn't penetrate her armor. Fremea places the new clumps of arrows in her own quiver and prepares to help the overwhelmed Farseeker. ------------------- [Time: 2:25:46 pm] The two flyers in the top of the cavern continue to head upwards. The one Flyer in the middle of the field passes over the hole and continues on westward. Two more flyers take to the air (D35 and D37). They circle and head westward. Fremea recasts her multiple arrow spell. After she casts it she can sense the magic upon her bow showing it must've worked. Will tries another attack onto the three Vong in the tower and fires. but the arrow misses the tower and goes against the wall behind the tower shattering. Ben'dar thrusts at the Brigader in the home but fails to make contact as he dodges. Z'leyra also tries to swipe at one Brigader but maybe her speed is so fast it distracts her aim and she also misses. Raban steps onto the debris of wood and picks up one of the stunned Vong guards. He punches the Vong in the upper left chest killing the guard under his large hands due to crushed ribs. Farseeker rushes toward one of the 5 Vong surrounding him. He hopes the other will help soon. He knows he could handle three but 5 will be tough. As he ducks two of the Vong's weapons he swings upwards and chops off one of the Vong warrior's heads. Arawn running toward the hole notices a shadow pass over it then move away very fast. He isn't it is the chariot or something else. But he continues to the hole, ending up about 10 feet to the ramp. Kell runs along side with Arawn and also notices the shadow quickly pass overhead. Squirt on his shoulder begins to hiss a bit and Kell seems to sense he is trying to clear his teeth from the food he just ate. Captain Lin stabs the 3rd Vong in the tower debris and wounds him a bit more. The five Vong surrounding Farseeker thrust, swipe and stab their amphistaves. Four of them badly fail to hit badly. The last one though does hit him in the shoulder but does not penetrate his chainmail. The Vong warrior continues moving south to help those at the tower. Caladan joins Farseeker back to back and swings his war staff but fails to hit the one warrior. The one Brigader watches as the 5 battle the stupid humans. He decides to let them do the work and stands by about 10 feet away. inside the home the one Brigader trying to locate Z'leyra swings again and hits her on the lower chest but her armor protects her. But the news is worse for Ben'dar. Both of his attackers thrust right at the barbarian. Both do massive damage one doing 18 points past his dragon armor in his right shoulder. The other brigader does 5 more points to his left center ribs. Ben'dar gives a roar in anger and pain at the good blows. Ben'dar realizes these two must be more skilled than most. Fremea notices her invisibility spell ends. ------------------- [Time: 2:25:49 pm] Still on top of the Flyer Fremea recasts her invisibility spell upon herself. She becomes invisible again. Will fires again his bow but the arrow misses a guard by a few feet and hits the inside of the tower. The two flyers about 200 feet up continue skyward. The two that just took off continues in that general direction as well. The other Flying going west continues onward, ending up just at the far east side of the home area. Ben'dar realizes he could die here decides to pick up his feet and fight harder. He uses the increased speed to his advantage. Ducking and dodging when he can. But he thrusts at one of the attackers and hits him in the middle of his left chest killing the human instantly. Z'leyra moves to the side to get a better angle but realizes the tight space doesn't yield much. She swings her war staff but fails to hit the small brigader. Raban picks up another of the Vong and slaps him across the chest but does minor damage to him. Farseeker thrusts forward to one of the Vong and impales him in the lower abdomen for 9 points. Arawn climbs the ramp and for the first time looks around the large cavern. He looks west see the flyer that must've caused the shadow. It is moving westward. He glances upward to find the chariot but sees nothing. He does see four flyers moving straight up either to flee the mount or maybe to chase the supernatural chariot? Arawn glances eastward to the flyers. His heart pounds as he can see four Vong and a human attacking Caladan and Farseeker. Before he acts he can feel the tingle on the back of his back grow. It is clear the oppressive feeling of the Kotothi whatever it is all around. In fact there doesn't seem to be a place to pin point it. Arawn turns toward the east and runs for it. Kell also runs up the ramp after Arawn. Kell also notices the influence of whatever the feeling is that Arawn senses. It isn't as strong as what Arawn can feel but it seems like someone is wishing you dead after you dated his daughter. It is that sense of curse or doom that falls upon oneself. Kell doesn't have time to figure what it is but pulls up shield ready to cast some magic. Lin swings upon the guard in front of him who isn't stunned at this point. But the swing goes bad and he fails to hit. The two dazed guards who survived the tower collapse try to attack. One being held by Raban tries to grab his coufee but can't reach it so tries to swing his fist. He hits Raban in the face but Raban just shrugs it off like it was a bug bite. The other Vong swings at Lin but fails to make contact with him. Three of the Vong's attack Farseeker but all fail to hit him. The fourth however turns to Caladan. The Vong Warrior stabs at the Zen'da wizard hitting him in the lower left abdomen just below his rib cage doing a massive 14 points of damage. Caladan unlike Ben'dar gives a scream of pain. Caladan dazed by the blood uses his will power to maintain standing. He swings at one Warrior while he kicks to the right another away from him and toward the Brigader. But the one he swings his war staff on he hits easily. The war staff hits the warrior in the lower left chest doing massive enough damage to kill the wounded warrior. The lone Brigader watching the fight of Caladan and Farseeker gives a yelp of glee at the sudden impaling of Caladan. These puny attackers will be wishing they were dead before they were tortured by the Vong. The two brigaders inside the home swing at Ben'dar and Z'leyra. But both fail to hit them only slicing open air. ------------------- [Time: 2:25:52 pm] Kell clenches the wand in his shield hand and with his free hand begins to pull mana from the surrounding essence of the earth. He begins to chant the language of the Earth as well. The four Vong air ships continue to fly upwards. The 5th flyer zooms over the first three homes and curves slightly as if to head to the fallen tower. Fremea leaps to the air and refills her bow with a new arrow. She swings toward the group fighting Farseeker and Caladan. When she notices Caladan kick one toward the brigade person she sees her angle of attack. Caladan is a few feet away so should not be hit, she hopes. She aims and fires at the Vong warrior just kicked and notices the brigader is in the line of sight as well. Two of the arrows hit the warrior and two hit the brigader. Two arrows go wild and hit the dirt ground. The two that hit the warrior hit in the right arm doing massive damage of 12 points and 2 points in his left arm. This kills the already wounded warrior. The two that hit the brigader hit him in the right arm and upper left chest. Both arrows do enough damage to kill the brigader who is surprised for a split second before he falls to the ground. Now Fremea knows it is a more fair fight 3 to 3. Back at the tower Will fires another arrow at the three in the tower. The arrow hits the one guard who hasn't been wounded yet in his left arm doing minor damage. Ben'dar thrusts his spear toward the brigader in front of him but his state of damage seems to make him clumsy and the spear goes flying away from his moist hands. Z'leyra swings wildly and hits the side of the left chest of the one brigader she is facing. The blow is devastating and kills the human. Raban again slaps the Vong in his hand amused by the light slap he got. In this case the Vong takes about 7 points of damage to his chest. Farseeker thrusts at one Vong and chops a massive slab of left shoulder off the warrior doing 21 points of damage to his left shoulder. Arawn runs forward and now is about 170 feet from Farseeker and Caladan. He notices two of the enemies fall including the one Brigader that would've been nice to question. Captain Lin swings at the Vong warrior in front of him doing a minor wound to his left arm. Vong being slapped by Raban flexes his arm and orders the amphistaff through the telepathic link to react. The staff becomes snake like and flexes upward and towards Raban's neck. Raban grabs his neck with both hands releasing the warrior to remove the snake. The warrior nearby swings at Lin but fails to hit. The three warriors swing at Farseeker and Caladan. Two swinging on Farseeker. One hits but fails to penetrate his chainmail. The one attacking Caladan hits but doesn't penetrate his armor as well. Caladan swings on one at the warrior attacking him but he dodges in time to miss the strike. ------------------- [Time: 2:25:55 pm] - Next phase Actions? Comments? Next Update....Monday... GM: Situation Report - Arawn - Moving east. You are 170 feet from Farseeker/ Caladan. At running 30'/phase that'll take 5-6 phases. Ben'dar - Is wounded. Z'leyra - Both still in home with only 1 Brigader left the other 2 are dead. Ben'dar will decide if need healing after combat if he survives. Will use your healing document rules. Caladan - Hurt but unknown of extent. Only Fremea an Farseeker know he is hurt. Chion - Since Marcel posted awhile back he went back into PC mode. I had thought Marcel would post again? I didn't want to do actions for him. Maybe he gave up again? Fremea - Would you prefer to pepper the Vong from a certain height or maybe a top flyers that aren't moving. I assume the order is still Vong first then Brigade. Kell - Took time to get outside. It will take 2 phases to do core spell then another for the big spell. So stay tuned. Your actions are in my email. I have to read up on the spells again. May email you on one thing you posted in the email. If not over the weekend. Kiet - Kell says to drag you with him. I assume that would end at the ramp. So if you want to go up to the ground area let me know. I don't like to do actions from PCs who can decide. Will - Will assume you circle high above the ground pelting the tower guards. Unless stated otherwise. It has been 1.5 minutes since the chariot left. At two minutes I'll randomly choose a path for those who have not left the tunnel (Kiet, Chion, Unali). Either East or West to help out. But from the below if you wish to balance it out you can pick the other direction. Kell plans to go east. That is 6 in the east and 4 in the west so far. Kiet, Chion and Unali not decided yet. Enemy positions. I know its hard to tell from the maps. Let's try to sum it up here: Homes - Unknown inside each home Flyers- Unknown Inside each flyer Towers - NW - Assume 3 still there NE - Assume 3 still there SE - 3, all 3 wounded (2 light, 1 heavy) SW - 2, Both wounded, 1 dead/Tower destroyed Homes Field - at least 1 Warrior going toward SW tower At least 3 Brigaders were seen at one point (exact location not known now). Flyer Field - 3 Warriors at Farseeker spot 4 Warriors on the far right side of field [seen by Fremea] 4 Brigaders in various places around field seen by Fremea at least from the air. Positions hard to say now due to her current position. Ladders/Upper caves - Unknown at this time. The enemy once alerted do move. But I do not post it all above in the update section. It will be only updated once a player sees them. GM: Next update will be 5 phases [15 seconds] plan that way. GM: Spells active Z'leyra - Orient Self, Invisibility, Speed Ben'dar - Speed Fremea - Invisibility, Multi-Arrow Will - Armor Transmutation, Flight, Invisibility Kell - Preparing a spell... GM: Current Positions - Z'leyra/Ben'dar - Inside Home G9 [Top view], P3 (Side map] Chariot - Gone/missing/left Raban/Lin - SW Tower H7 [Top View], P2 [Side map] Will [30' high] - SE Tower I42 [Top view], O49 [Side view] Farseeker - Flyer E30 [Top View], P36 [Side map] Caladan - Flyer E30 [Top View], P36 [Side map] Fremea [20' up] - Flyer field E30 [Top view] Arawn - Field F27 [Top view] Kell - Field U33 [Fop View - At hole] Chion, Kiet - Tunnel Q26 [Side map] below ground Unali - Tunnel Q26 [Side map] below ground Wounded: Ben'dar, Caladan Homes/West Side - Z'leyra, Ben'dar, Raban, Lin Flying Field/East- Fremea, Farseeker, Raban, Caladan, Arawn Below ground - Chion, Kell, Kiet, Unali Flyers [In air] - H28 [360'], I21 [370' high] M23 [180'], M27 [180' feet off ground] O11 [30'] Vong known Positions - Not in homes - nearby E8 Vong known Positions - Not in flyer - nearby E30(3-Farseeker's spot), F39(4) (#-Number found) Brigader Known place - Not in homes - nearby D11,G15,D13 Brigader Known place - Not in flyer - nearby D34,E37,G35,H39,F39 Vong/Brigade/Party - not marked on map (too cluttered for now) [These are last known positions for some of them-may have moved since last seen.] GM: Info on recon - Bowl homes - Upside bowls - 10 feet wide, 8 feet tall at zenith Almost igloo shape. Overall map - North is top of screen /I\ Scale - 1 Column = 20 feet 1 Row =100 feet [Top View - from fake ceiling of cavern] 1 2 3 4 5 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 A I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%I B I%%%%% X X X X %%%%%%%%%I C I%%%%% O X X X X H H H H H O %%%%%%%I D I%%%%%% X X X X H H H %%%%%%%I E I%%%%%%' X X X X FH H H H '%%%%%%%%I F I%%%%%% X H X X U A H H H H %%%%%%%I G I%%%%% X X X X H H H H H %%%%%%I H I%%%%% O X X X X H H H H O %%%%%%I I I%%%%%% X X X X %%%%%%%I J I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%I % = Rock wall X = Bowl Homes 10' at zenith height H = Vong flyers O = Raised observation post / tower 30' high U = Rabbit hole below this level is party's tunnel. ' = Vong ladder structure up Villagers say no caves are on the north and south walls. The caves starting 300' from this level are mid way or so on the wall along the ladder structures for entry. 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