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 #247 in sequence (file #1491] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Fremea will use her mana sensing to find the no mana pockets to see if there is anything that might be what the party is looking for. She will do more of a quick scan for about 2 minutes and then move on. Otherwise, while she waits for the party to decide what they are going to do, she will use her spyglass to look out to the other side at the caves to see what is there. GM: Ack. -------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Augado 10th, 1634TH] [Location: Middle Katai Plains] [ Mountains west of Pamau] [Time: 3:10:43pm] Once the battle is over the groups divide and search a bit further the buildings. Those more acute to scholar like tasks do the searching like Arawn, Chion, Fremea, Kell, Kiet, Unali and Z'leyra. The others who tend to use more strength muscle than brain muscle search the outside. Lin is still gathering his thoughts around the fringes of his mind. The images were so fast he is still trying to understand them all. He tries to picture the control device the outcast mentioned. It seems to be a necklace of some sort worn by a person. It almost looks like a animal part like a hand or foot. He adds to the search, "I don't think it will be here. Likely worn like a necklace. Almost claw or hoof like." The bulk of the buildings seem to be research structures rather than living quarters. Mostly tables, shelves and odd bits of things. Everything from candles to round flat objects that hold odd things like fungus or small bugs. Some places have stores of coral implant growths that could be attached to animals and humans. Farseeker whispers to Unali in passing, "the teen girl and the guy we found. We should assign a guard to them. We can't just leave them here and its risky to also take them with us." Fremea scans the cave using her senses to find possible Vong things or people. But she finds nothing out of the ordinary except the pit which is a bit disgusting to even her. Ben'dar and Caladan check the barrels and crates to find water and food. There a couple crates of what looks like basic supplies like candles, nails and such though the Vong seem to not use much human devices other than candles. Z'leyra passes between building #1 and #2 on the north side of the cave when the human prisoner waves to her. "I heard there is a hidden place down there." He points down the aisle between the buildings. The area is about 5-8 feet wide and ends at the north cave wall. Raban nearby hears this and perks up. He runs over to help explore the area. With his keen skills on finding secret doors and traps it should be easy for him. "Another prisoner told me about it." The nervous villager speaks to Raban. At the face of the north wall it seems to be a normal wall. But Raban begins to scan the rock face to see if there is something unusual. Within a few seconds he notices a unnatural groove in the wall to the left. Fremea landing on building #2 looks eagerly on as Raban begins to trace the groove. Then Raban slams his gauntleted arm against the wall and makes a few rocks crumble. Then with his large fingers he prys open a slide wall of rock. Raban halts Z'leyra to ensure there is no Vong traps. Inspecting the rock from all angles there does seem to be a combination of Vong organic stuff and natural rock. The Vong organic stuff seems to glue the rock together to form a 4 foot by 6 foot rock door like threshold. Raban pulls the rock door outward and quickly moves inside. A second later a hand waves Z'leyra it is okay to follow. Inside a smaller cave maybe 20 feet by 10 feet is lined with boxes, crates, shevles and a couple wooden tables. Doing a quick survey of the room there are glass jars of bugs of various types from dormant Razor Bugs to Blue bugs that control minds to even a small cache of those bugs used on the map. All sealed and most of the bugs are in swarms of a dozen to maybe 300 bugs in one jar. It seems the Shapers were forming a colony of resources for their invasion. The tables and shelves also line with coral growths that look like they could breed more growths and be inserted in scores of humans. In one flask Z'leyra finds those pills that seem to counter the coral implants. Maybe enough pills for 300 people. There are experiments of Middle World small animals from insects to lizards with Vong animals. Scores of glass enclosures that have these experiments One glass cage seems to have a fox mixed with a possible Voxyen beast ending up with 6 legs and a longer snout than normal. The small cave could take hours to catalog everything but this is only the quick survey done. Outside in the outer cave Unali is ticking down the seconds. At leas 2 minutes have passed searching. Nothing was found of vital importance and she knows the group may only have 15 minutes left to explore the other 3 caves. [Time: 3:12:43pm - Current/next phase] Actions? Comments? Next Update....Monday... GM: Congrats to Farseeker +1 CEL. Also +1 EL for Arawn in Scimitar (the sheet I sent you doesn't have this update as I just did it). Mana report updated. GM: A very brief update. I gave 2 min to explore but it could take hours to really take a study to things in the science labs. I will move on to cross the 1000' balcony in a fast run for the next update. You can make plans for that if needed. Was going to do a bigger update but got a dvd movie at last minute by brother and had to watch it before tomorrow. GM: Spells active Will - Armor Transmutation, Mind Shield Raban - Bless (OCV) Farseeker - Bless (OCV) Arawn - Bless (OCV) Unali - Mind Shield Fremea - Mind Shield, Invisibility Z'leyra - Mind Shield, Bless (Con) * = Soon to end (next update?]. I may NOT post this info unless I remember to do so. :) GM: Maps ---------------------------- Mount Side View - Scale - 1 Column = 15 feet 1 Row = 50 feet North=wall facing screen [Looking from one wall to the other wall. 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