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 #264 in sequence (file #1543] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Fremea will take a shot at the flying creature, hopefully before it gets out over the lava. GM: Ack. From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Scott, What you did with Kiet was just fine. If he had the time he'd try a quick SF on the flyer, but it's probably out of range anyway. Kiet was too distracted by the Vong in front of him to notice the flyer. If the excrement strikes the rotating air displacement device, Kiet will cast his flight spell to get out of there and grab Kell to gowith. GM: Ack. Yeah too late for the SF :< Wasn't seeing behind you. From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] Z'leyra brings her staff to hand as she considers what to do about Will. Oblivion him for later attention? Fine if his spirit hasn't left his body...not so great if his spirit has already left? Let his spirit continue on its journey after death? Or try to bring him back and if so, how? She considers using the bezoar if a death poison was involved, but she doubts it. The Castor d'fay would make him immune to acid, but the acid already seems to have done its damage. The Unicorn Horn would not help any more than her casting of a Healing spell would. Someone casting a blessing to boost his constitution would help, but she doesn't know the spell. Same with the spell to bring the dead back to life...but maybe it isn't needed yet. So as she uses a bandage to clear the acid she readies her spells: Orient Self EL0 Purification EL2 Healing EL3 Then she tries to get his blood moving and tries to force a breath of air into his lungs. GM: Ack. Your talking at least 4-5 phases more. The spells, bandage and first aid. That could be another 15 seconds without pulse. From Unali: [Re: Actions] With the last Vong down, Unali is seen to draw a deep... If he seems truly dead and his armor harmless, she starts to search his body for the brain control device. While looking around his neck for a talisman, gloves, strange headdress and then in pockets. If needed she cuts away the armor from his body with a dagger. During this she says out loud: "We need to control the Brain. Time is running out.... GM: Ack. From Kell: [Re: Actions] Kell sighs wearily, happily grabbing Kiet's shoulder and giving him a weary grin. "That was the easy part," ... GM: Ack. From Arawn: [Re: From email] If not then he was prepared to Translocate the Outcast to the ledge should he fall from the sky or transport the party to the entrace of the Brain Chamber before it was too late. OOC: Elvish Empathy and will try to take advantage of his Rhetoric and Influence Chance to convince Omini to help/trust Arawn and the party. If he is shot out of the sky Arawn is prepared to cast Translocation to (hopefully) bring him safely to the passage between the Throne Room and the ledge where Arawn and Fremea are located GM: Ack. -------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Augado 10th, 1634TH] [Location: Middle Katai Plains] [ Mountains west of Pamau] [Time: 3:27:02pm - 2:27:17pm] Z'leyra finds no pulse on the woodsman. Who would have thought recently the man was trumping through the woods hunting with his home made buckskins. Now he is dead on the ground in a once extinct volcano now grumbling and choking as if waking up from a magical sleep. After years of study and plenty of endless patients the Healer figures that Will has maybe 30-50% chance on average maybe a 40% chance of survival with more magical healing. This would be his third treatment and if that fails his chance would increase another 10% or so. It is always impossible to determine odds. Someone like Raban or Farseeker could probably take dozens of healings with their massive constitutions. But someone like Xian or Lin might not take but a couple at most. Her teacher always said time is critical. It has been maybe a dozen seconds, she admits to losing track of time, when he fell. but a human can survive in a ice river for minutes and still survive. But if they are weak already then that decreases their survival time. Her instinct is to heal Will fast without waiting. But she knows with his low chance of survival that first aid will only help. Who knows it might even increase his survival chance by 10 or 20%. Z'leyra opens her satchel and quickly brings out her bandages and begins work on the acid wound in Will's chest. She finds the action cumbersome as the jagged armor, though in reality is transmuted, could slice her own hand to shreds. Meanwhile at the stairs Fremea hops onto the railing and fires a quick shot at the fleeing flyer. The arrow goes toward it but at the last instant the creature dips ever so slightly down and the arrow goes to the left of the outcast. With the last Vong down, Unali is seen to draw a deep breath and then quickly glance around to see who is surviving. All, except maybe Will? Seeing Z'leyra tend to Will, she jumps up and sprints towards where Shimara was killed. Unali first stops at Raban to check him. She can tell he is bleeding from the back badly but he is still conscious. The giant could be hit by a mountain probably and still live. She pats the giant on the chest and gives a quick smile of confidence. Then moves onto Shimara. Unali keeps a dagger ready when she turns the body over, wary of any last surprises he or his armor may have left. With magical dagger in hand she cuts the leather off the leader. She ignores the mess that was once the head. She knows who to call when needing to grind grapes for wine. She takes a second to look at the crab armor it seems dead. But she slices upward toward his throat and then the dagger flashes a warning. She withdraws and the antenna of the crab armor head flinches side to side. A couple of its small pinchers try to nip her but she quickly takes diced crab of the beast. Then she continues to cut the leather away. As she cuts Unali speaks out loud, "We need to control the Brain. Time is running out. Where is that thing." Then she spots it. It is tucked into the leather on his left upper ribs. A simple leather strap hands from his neck but is easily hidden by all the thick leather. She eases the item out and taps it just in case it has some surprise. But it seems dormant. With a gloves hand she yanks the talisman away from the body breaking the leather strap. Unali raises the talisman eye level and stands. The item looks like a horse hove with a very circular shape with a bit of ellipse bottom jutting slightly off the main circle. It is brown and red in color that almost looks like a baby organ for some animal. It almost looks like a goat stomach in some regards. There are veins and tissue all over it. In the center is a raised object he size of a copper coin, circular in shape. It almost looks like a eye but the "eye" is opaque like a pearl. On the back it is completely level with more of its animal like texture. with the veins and tissue. A bit of muscle looking section is also seen on the back. Caladan watches Unali dangle the talisman and it does seem to be like The Claw buried with the dead Vong on the Zen'da plains and now at the Dark Lands citadel. Now that it is found how to use it? His math skills aren't that great but if he can judge the party only has a couple minutes at max to get back to the brain cave. If only some wizard could come up with a time tracking spell. Place it in a wrist device he could make a lot of gold. Kell sighs wearily, happily grabbing Kiet's shoulder and giving him a weary grin. "That was the easy part," he quips. He orders Rocky up out of the ground and ask Kiet, "I'm exhausted, can you send him back for me?" pointing at the Elemental. Kiet looks up at the towering rock and wonders what might happen if he failed to send that request? Hearing Unali he shakes his head, knowing the adrenaline is leaving him and he's getting weaker and less sharp. "Yes we do," as he quickly ambles over to help Unali search for the control device. Knowing that Arawn has a special connection but not knowing where he is, he calls out, "Arawn! We need you here!" Lin sheathes his sword and looks around the carnage. He shakes his head. Just yesterday he was hunting the scum that use magic. Now these scum - these people - have done a great thing. But what to do now. His dusty is clear but his honor is as well. Then he turns to see the unnamed wizard staring at him. The unnamed wizard raises a hand and begins to mouth a word. But Farseeker grips his hand and lowers it. "What are you doing?" "He is wearing the colors of the military that hunt us down. His kind killed many friends. Now it my time to return the favor." The unnamed wizard glares at Farseeker. "What's your name son?" Farseeker asks. "Kai Cawti." He looks back at Captain Lin. "He helped us. So for now settle or my friend there will ensure your comfort." Farseeker nods to Kiet who is places a used rope onto his rope. Kai shakes his head in disgust but continues to stare. He realizes that they still have ot escape this place. Maybe then he can deal with him. Ben'dar watches Kai with amusement. Raban looks up at Unali and the talisman. So far so good. But now maybe a bit of sleep. He shuts his eyes. Chion ignores the confrontation and walks toward the pit. He sees Will being worked on. Maybe his skills may be needed but resurrection takes much more time. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his special stone. Maybe he should finally use that for Will? Z'leyra casts the healing spell onto Will. The green energy begins to wind down to the great wound and fill it with the healing magical aura. Tissue begins to reform and the bond begins to mend. Z'leyra can see the body was healed by 2/3rd or more of its damage. But Z'leyra places her staff back down and begins to do chess compressions and gives q quick breath of air to see if Will will return to his brain. Chion claps his hands. He knows it will take too long to run to the brain cave. "Ready for a quick jump to the cave as he looks at Unali. Jump aboard!" Arawn could hear Kell call out even as he watched the flyer whizz away from him bearing the odd Outcast. Lacking the time to discover Kell's dilemma he rushed to the railing even as Fremea lifted her bow. His mind raced to find a way to secure the Failsafe and to save both worlds, one from physical destruction and the other from downward spiritual and cultural destruction. Spells flitted through his mind, the Alfar wondering which would prove most useful, whether to move one or another through space, to take control, or to save a falling Vong should the sharp-eyed faerry take out the flyer. But as each raced through his thoughts he finally opted for something simpler, hoping for once that it might be enough. Calling upon the empathic abilities which had been blessed to Alfar and Elf he reached out to the Vong Outcast, hoping to allow the Vong to sense his own sincerity in helping both worlds as he called out. "The Outcast Rebels contacted us! Please, stop! For your people, for Rua Nup'wang who died for peace! Help us... please." Arawn could only hope that the Outcast would believe him or recognize the dead Outcast's name. Omini can hear the strange creature behind him. He then hears Rua's name. His heart flutters as he recalls the outcast. He risks his own life to get him water when Shimara beat him badly when he just laughed at some failure the Shapers had done. For a second Omini even considers turning back. But he knows that time is running out. If he is to flee he has to make the portal. It is his only chance off this doomed world. Now the flyer is about halfway to the otherside and still moving toward the brain cave. Fremea knows no arrow will reach that far over 400 feet away. A third breath of air and Z'leyra slaps Will again to see if he will respond. Still nothing. She begins to feel despair as it may have been too late. She gives another quick chest compression and a fourth breath of air. As her lips lock she feels Will's own lips respond and a tongue flicks out. Will blinks his eyes and reaches up to grab Z'leyra's arm wondering what angel or demons from the abyss has decided to kiss him. Actions? Comments? Next Update....Friday... GM: I'm told the last update didn't get out via the list? It had the CPs earned by all. If so you can view it on the site. This was a quick update. So what is the plan now? More healing? IF so who wants to be healed? Who will return to the brain cave? Other actions? GM: Spells active Will - Armor Transmutation, Mind Shield Raban - Bless (OCV) Farseeker - Bless (OCV) Arawn - Bless (OCV) Unali - Mind Shield Kell - Elemental Powers/Pact, Summoning? Fremea - Mind Shield, Invisibility Z'leyra - Mind Shield, Bless (Con), Clairvoyance * = Soon to end (next update?]. I may NOT post this info unless I remember to do so. :)