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 #253 in sequence (file #1502] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] [None] -------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Augado 10th, 1634TH] [Location: Middle Katai Plains] [ Mountains west of Pamau] [Time: around 3:20:00pm] The women let a gasp of shock run out of their mouths at the downed Flyer. Children as young as 3 or 4 begin to cry. But their parents or now fellow villagers grab them and usher them toward the forest edge out of danger. Strie'bog runs toward Zhou and kneels to check the Dark Lander. The back of the man is a mass of shattered coral and rock. It seems the antler-horn-weapon thing from the flyer shattered and broke off on impact. Zhou's back is riddled with the coral, dust and rock. Strie'bog begins to wipe the mass off to check him. Then Strie'bog finds no pulse on his neck. He looks up to the strangers and the others. "Anyone a Healer?" --------------- [Time: 3:19:38pm - Unali's group] Again Arawn tries to check his leg for the possible poison. But as would be expected for a non-expert in Voxyen he just can't determine if the green saliva is normal or poison. If he had a live Shaper he might be able to ask but just looking at the wound gives no information. It just looks like any dog style bite with a bit of slobber. He doesn't feel different but poisons could take minutes or hours or days. So to just look at a wound one can't tell infection till a bit later. Maybe when there is time he could ask Z'leyra but right now he feels fine other than the bite pain which is now ebbing away. Arawn tries to catch up to the two new wizards as the party walk toward the cave entrance. With a smile on his face Arawn steps between the wizard and the Outcast, his body serving as a shield while trying to determine if the man was raising a hand in greeting or magical threat. He looked to the one called Gan, recalling his confusion regarding the surroundings, the Alfar surmising he had arrived in response to the magic of the coin. As Arawn led the outcast to join the others outside he asked, "What's your name?" The Outcast follows a bit wary of the party, especially the warriors. Even in this strange culture they seem to be very mean and brash. If the Outcast had hair on his gray large skull he'd brush his fingers through it in frustration. It seems he is being led to the Supreme Overlord. This can't be good at all. He considers protesting or just running away. But hat winged creature might catch him. She looks a bit too fast. Nonetheless, the outcast decides he can just hide as the fools rush to their doom. The Outcast realizes he was just asked a question. he turns to the strange one with the ears. "N'efilli." Introducing himself in turn he guided the Vong to where Unali and the others had gathered, intent on updating the group on what the Outcast had just shared with him. Knowing time was of the essence he spoke quickly as the party prepared to head out. "Our ally says the control lies around the neck of the leader, Shimara, and that he is waiting to meet us." He turned to the Vong Outcast and asked, "Can you lead us to him? What can we expect?" Farseeker grunts at the word ally. The things they have done to humans including children slaughtered en masse below in the pit. They deserve only a quick death. All of them. But like Lin maybe he'll serve only a temporary alliance. then after that he knows they can be dealt with. The Outcast shrugs. "Not allowed in the Throne Room. Only certain Shapers. Probably Shapers and his elite guard. They are all tough and well armed and protected more than the normal warriors." He points to the dead warriors nearby. Farseeker grunts again. Great the scum doesn't even know what to expect. Disgusted he runs toward the entrance. "He's an ally," he said, indicating the Outcast with a nod. "I'll explain while we move." With that he began to follow after Unali and the others, speaking quickly as he sought to update the wizards to the situation. He chose his words carefully, trying to keep be concise while expressing the immediate threat of the Brain and Vong to the world and the party's need to acquire the failsafe, the Outcast Vong and their desire to return to a more peaceful life, and the magical resistance of the Vong. Arawn slows the group down as it takes him about 3 minutes to explain the situation to the new wizards. Finally the group at the bottom of the stairs some 100 feet below wait for them to arrive. Grumbling Arawn notices the other group with them. [Time: 3:23:13pm] As Unali's group meets up with Raban's they notice that Kell seems a bit subdued. Usually he is so upbeat and would sell a beggar a piece of dirt if he had time. But now he seems a bit sullen. The Outcast points to the stairs. He allows the group to move ahead but leads them down. He explains the Throne Room is another 100 feet below the warrior barrack cave. [Time: 3:23:49pm] The first to get level with the Throne Room cave is Fremea. From outside the stairwell she can see a brightly lit cave. The cave entrance is 25 feet wide and 12 feet high. This makes it likely the largest cave entrance of the caves around the mount. The cave is set as the others 15 feet from the stairwell connected by a 6 foot wide walkway that connects the cave and stairwell proper. There is no railing to the side and on either side it is 250 foot drop to the ground. The party stops 20 feet above the level with the Throne Room cave. The Outcast looks to the group and points to the cave one flight below them. He shows no sign of interest in going below. The group looks to Unali for direction or Farseeker. But then a voice rings out. "You are expected! You will not be harmed. Approach and surrender and behold the presence of Supreme Commander Shimara!" Fremea looks directly to the cave entrance to see a tall Shaper in a flowing gray and white gown. She is holding both hands to her side and 2 warriors are behind her a few feet at the rim of the entrance. [Time: 3:24:05pm] Actions? Comments? Next Update....Monday... GM: It looks like a short update and it is. But I had to do a lot of prep work for this final battle. I assume it will be a battle. Who knows you guys could just all surrender. Maybe you'll be treated ok? Maybe they will actually honor your courage? But just in case I had to prepare and so took a bit of time. Since I gave time to be aware the next post would be this event I gave time to prepare final actions. But since no posts really came in I figure I'd just get to this point. I had to up the time due to Arawn's speech to the wizards. So instead of 30 seconds to climb down it took over 3 minutes. I can still allow SOME retroactive actions. BUT if you say something like "oh I am prepared with a super spell that will kill all the Vong so now do it!" Well that won't happen. That should've been posted in the week and half since last update. But if you need to like drop a bag or shift weapons or something minor like that then that's fine. We are about 95% done with the game with this area and then aftermath to do. The aftermath could take a bit of time to get done. GM: The team has now 2 Wizards and 1 outcast with the party. Five prisoners are free on the other side of the cave far away. I will need to know what you guys do. The mana report is updated and shows what all is left in terms of mana. If you don't understand the chart just ask. Last time the side map below will be shown. Since now everything is known. Once someone actually goes inside the Throne Room cave I'll add that map. You will have 5 days to figure out actions. If no one posts or asks to pause the game then I'll see if a NPC will just walk into the cave. :) It looks like Wout's site may be down. The archives are down. So unsure if the list will send this out. GM: Arawn - Since there was no actual words on the speech on the situation I couldn't count the time to explain. So I had to just assume a flat base of 3 minutes to sum up the last few hours of time. Frankly I could've taken much longer but didn't. As to poison remember I said last post there is just no clear way to ensure if it is poisoned or not with what was posted. Since it was one of those If...then situations I still didn't do the spell. If it was just a Do this post it would've been done. But since even a super smart Alfar can't figure out if you have been poisoned how can you just by looking at it ? :) GM: Spells active Will - Armor Transmutation, Mind Shield Raban - Bless (OCV) Farseeker - Bless (OCV) Arawn - Bless (OCV) Unali - Mind Shield Kell - Whirlwind* 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. Toward North wall with back to south wall. Looking east/west.] 1 2 3 4 5 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 General @= Halfway point/Ladder to roof Fake Vong Ceiling __________________________@_________________________ I#------------------------@----------------------?#IA I# \Balcony/Walkway/ Free / #IB I# Prisoners #IC I# #ID Shaper I# #IE Research IP #IFCave Cave #1-->`# Shaper Research?-->#`G<-#4 I# #IH Warrior #2-> `# Warrior Barracks -> #`I<-#5 Barrcks I# #IJ Cave 3-> `# #`K<-#6 Throne Room/ I# #IL I# #IM I# @ <-Portal (Kotohi) #IN Mount I#T T#IO Ground --?I#]A_A_A_A_A_A_A_A____......._______V__V__V__V__V[#IP I Y