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 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 Do.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 ...Thomas.Magann.........Whitney...........Scholar.Normal/Human..Ma 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 Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar, Cover Story Info: [HD- House member, F-Foreigner, N-native non house] Arawn aka Arawn as Teacher to daughter [F] Ben'dar aka Bu Da as Horse expert [F] Caladan aka Ca Lu as Guard/Archer [N] Chion aka Capt. Chu Mai as Sailor Trustee [HD] Farseeker aka Fu Sa as Guard [F] Fremea aka Lin Mong as Noble child [HD] [Disguised] Kell aka Swan as Trader [F] Kiet aka Kiet Sunan as Zhou's servant [F] Raban aka Toban Nu as Entertainer/Guard [F] Strie'bog aka Sun Zhu as Entertainer [N] Unali aka Tun Au as Zhou's wife [HD] Whitney aka Whitney as Herbalist/Tailor [F] Will aka Sun Tzu as hunt master [F] Z'leyra aka Kakita Junami as Healer [F] Zhou aka Zhou Wa as Baron Noble [HD] 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@cybermax.net Game Update #79 in sequence (file #658) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: I have removed Shu from the above roster. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] [None] ----------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Julis 26th, 1634TH] [Location: Middle Katai Plains, Shantou Province] [ 20 Miles south of Shantou City ] [ Old Shantou Carnival Grounds ] [Time: 2:27:12pm] Fremea though with aching wings from non-use is a skilled flyer. It is more instinct and her being rather than her will and concentration. Because of this, most Faerry can can cast magic if they fly though the gods may not respect the action as Priests seem to claim the body that does not move is a body given fully to the god's will or some such nonsense. Varange and Thig were two of the lucky Faerry to be able to cast while flying. It didn't always work but it especially helps if the person is hovering. Fremea casts her luck spell upon herself knowing this is the critical time to prepare for action. Meanwhile back south Raban skis to a landing onto the grass. The landing kicks up dust and sand but the landing was actually done well for a person who hasn't flown in a few weeks. As he lands he stills himself and begins to cast his multi-arrow spell in preparation for combat. Arawn stops his horse suddenly and lets other pass him. As he dismounts he yells to the others. "I'm heading for the roof!" [Time: 2:27:15pm] Arawn casts invisibility as he speaks the ancient sidh words. As he does he suddenly becomes invisible. Raban completes the spell upon his bow and arrows. A slight glow the color of brown is at the very tip of some arrows. Raban smiles as this must indicate the spell is active. Whitney hanging on for dear life as he stands on the seat on the back of the wagon uses his free hand and casts a pact with the air elementals. He begins to cast the spell. Ben'dar raises his bow and loaded arrow. The object is well over 400 feet away but he knows Zen'da can do miracles on their horses. He lets the arrow fire at this extreme range. As the arrow flies it goes true and actually strikes the top of the object's front. What exactly is seen isn't sure but it looks like the arrow bounces off and falls somewhere. Ben'dar drops his jaw in surprise at the shot at this distance to actually hit. At the same time Fremea fires her bow as well toward the object. The normal arrow flies toward the object but falls a short distance in front of it missing. Above the roof, levitating and invisible Will loads his bow and aims it down at the target. The arrow flies the short distance but impacts to the right of the target into the wood of the roof. The Wagon seems to ignore the fire of arrows at it and turns slightly toward the wagon. It quickly continues to close the gap by another 90 feet. Excited now Ben'dar howls out to the object and urges Tef'wo forward to the object. Raban runs and takes a running leap back up into the air toward the UFO and wagon. Fremea flies toward the UFO as well and finally gets within some distance, though long, range of it. Unali continues to ride her borrowed horse toward the Barn. As she rides she glances back over her right shoulder to watch the UFO. Kell glances up at the roof as he himself rides. Whitney said something about the roof or barn or target? But he isn't sure how Whitney knows where Will has gone. As he rides he notices a quick blur of something shoot out from above the roof that could have been an arrow? Z'leyra flies via levitating magic toward the UFO. Kiet finally regains his composure after Z'leyra leaves suddenly and causes luggage to go flying. He hears Whitney grumble and yell but doesn't have time to look back to see if he fell off the wagon or what. He continues to push the team toward the barn. Maybe if they can get inside or behind the object will have less aiming target. Of course Kiet also knows a wooden barn, wooden wagon and fire from the UFO don't seem to mix well. [Time: 2:27:18pm] Arawn casts another spell upon himself to improve his own fighting combat prowess. Whitney continues to cast his elemental pact spell. Fremea casts Cold Arrow upon her quiver with her free hand. The aura on the arrows becomes a faint blue showing the spell seems to be active. Ben'dar reloads his bow and fires again at the UFO. This time though the arrow goes to the left of the object and misses entirely. Fremea fires her bow at the UFO but the arrow impacts onto the ground a good 10 feet in front of the object. The grass where it hits suddenly freezes a few feet around it. Flying Raban reloads and fires his bow at the UFO. As soon as the arrow leaves the bow the arrow copies itself and now becomes a group of 6 arrows flying toward the object. But the arrows all impact onto the grass a good 30 feet in front of the UFO. Will fires again at the target but sadly fails to strike again and the arrow lands onto the roof. The Flyer now gets within 350 feet of the Wagon and closes in silently like a hawk on its prey. Ben'dar also closes the gap toward the UFO. Tef'wo gets in within about 270 feet of the UFO. Fremea flies both toward the barn in a generic direction and toward the UFO at the same time. She gets slightly closer to the UFO than Tef'wo about 10 feet. Raban continues to fly toward the object and is now around 600 feet to it and almost 200 feet toward the wagon. Z'leyra also moves closer to the UFO. As Kell rides toward the Barn his spine feels a bit of tingle from somewhere. He isn't sure its the elemental pact or the battle mind spell. He will have to study the situation a bit more to figure out the true purpose. The rest of the party continues toward the barn leaving the Alfar behind slightly still casting spells. Zhou glances out the curtained window briefly and knows the whole thing started just a minute ago but it seems like forever. Actions? Comments? Next Update...Friday... GM: Rules file updated on site. I included 3 minor rule stuff you can read it at your leisure. Nothing critical. Sadly I did it in prompting to a rule Will reminded me about and that was the one thing I forgot ironically so can't add the one rule I wanted to. Grrr. Maybe I'll recall it soon. GM: Read something in the rules that did prompt me to note a mistake. I forgot not all horses can simply drive a wagon. The harness/not harness rules. So the wagon team may be invalid. But its a bit late to fix for now. Let's just work with it and blame the Dwarves for not reminding me. That works. GM: Slight backtrack of one phase to fill in some gaps. Small update but distance is still pretty far but it is closing in. So while the above isn't much the data behind the scenes is still there. Lots of number crunching. I removed the carnival grounds map for now. It might get confusing. Will use the zoomed in map until get a good hex map going. UFO will be in range likely close enough to do a Hex map for more accurate viewing next update. If not then for Monday. Also I'm off early (noon) Thursday. So will likely work on update early then rather than evening. Plan for next 2 phases. It looks like it will take another minute (22 phases or so) before Kell reaches the barn. So a bit few more updates. Gm: Heading to Barn or UFO: To Barn - All Facing West Arawn, Caladan, Chion, Farseeker, Kell, Kiet, Strie'bog, Unali, Whitney To UFO - Facing North Ben'dar, Fremea, Raban, Z'leyra At Barn - Will - Facing East over, down at barn roof GM: Actions - Ben'dar - Continue firing arrows Arawn - Phase 1-Teleport to Barn 2-Then what? Fremea - Fire Cold Arrows at UFO Kell - Continue to barn Kiet - Follow Kell Raban - Fire Multi-arrows at UFO Will - Fire at Target Z'leyra - Fire Sling at UFO at range 0-40' GM: Current position details - Horseback - Ben'dar, Caladan, Chion, Farseeker, Kell, Strie'bog, Unali In Wagon - Zhou On Ground - Arawn On Wagon - Whitney, Kiet In Air - Fremea (50 feet up) - Z'leyra [50 feet up] - Raban [50 feet up] - Will [10 feet over barn roof] Sole Horse- Raban, Z'leyra's following behind Flyer to Wagon - 350 feet Flyer to Ben'dar - 270 feet Flyer to Fremea - 260 feet Raban to Wagon - 190 feet behind wagon Flyer to Z'leyra - 530 feet Barn to Kell - 1,330 feet Barn to Wagon - 1,650 feet GM: Player map of Carnival area Below is only a rough estimate of position. Since each space is a 40 footx40 foot area the exact point is misleading on the map. Zoomed in area Map 1 Row = 40 feet 1 Column = 40 feet 1 2 3 4 5 6 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 A B C UFO D @ E F G Ben'dar H F B I ______ Fremea J [ ] Z K [ B ] Z'leyra L [ A ] M [ R ] Kell K PPP # N [ N ] Party Wagon O [ W] P [_____]_ Q R R S Raban T # - Wagon [N48] K - Kell [N40] @ - UFO [E48] B - Ben'dar [I49] F - Fremea [I43] R - Raban [S48] W - Will [P5 ] Z - Z'leyra [K52] P - Party [N44-N46 - In that area] Arawn, Caladan, Chion, Farseeker, Strie'bog, Unali are all between Kell and the wagon. Not placed on map