Post from Fremea on actions... From: Tobie Bonahoom To: Scott Adams , Subject: RE: [pnpgm] To bridge the gap or not... Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:46:32 -0600 > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:46:41 -0400 > To: pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl > From: longshotgm@netzero.com > Subject: [pnpgm] To bridge the gap or not... > > > Well I've not had time to start the update. Lots of good > posts have come in. I've just not had time. But this > side issue of the Bridge or no Bridge will delay the update. > > I can't do the next update if it involves a possible encounter > if those folks who go off to the bridge are captured or killed. > > So I will have to delay the next update till this matter is > resolved. > > I believe its Will, Fremea, Kell who have set this side > mission up. Kell seems to have wavered. But I still > need to know if you three will go off. > > You've seen Zhou's comments basically a no its a waste of > time comment. You've now seen Unali's as need to weigh > the benefit to the risk but up to you to decide comment. > > As to Chion he won't take you there as it is too much a risk > to the party, mission and himself. So you'll have to get > there by horse or Will's teleport. > > As GM I don't care if you go or not. Only that I know which > in order to progress to the bridge and hold off the other > stuff (travel on road) or move on to the travel stuff. Can't > do both for possible paradox in the time / space thing (just > never know who could be killed). > > i will reiterate one thing. This bridge is a major bridge. > In modern terms it would be the Brooklyn or Golden Gate > bridge in terms of activity. In any given day there are > hundreds passing over and under the bridge. The river is used > with heavy traffic by boats and might have 30-50 boats a any > one time under the bridge in any given hour. This is the major > land bridge for many many miles via the highway. There are > several points where rafts and boats taxi folks across but as > this is the major highway north-south from Shantou to the > south this is the main bridge for the province. > > This is under and on the bridge. At the road there could be > many others and on the shore maybe a half dozen more folks > fishing and relaxing. > > So it would be like sneaking onto a bridge like golden gate > in a chicken suit and hoping not to be seen. Of course > if invisibility is used then it will improve odds. But as > has been warned by High Elder how common is invisibility to > a normal magic user apprentice? It might be so common that > would be one of the things they detect for (as previously > warned by the High Elder). > > Don't take these as warnings or suggestion not to do it. I'm > only doing a clarification of what the river is like in terms > of traffic. At night it goes down drastically. At night > there might be 1-5 boats at any one hour and as the night goes > longer less people. If I were to guess traffic might go down > to a dozen or so at any one hour as farmers and other travelers > move north mainly at night (most wouldn't go south at night). > > Will pause the next update and delay it till Monday. You three > discuss this and let me know what you decide. It seems no one > else is interested in joining but I may be wrong. > > If you do go I can work up a quick map and details and you need > to let me know if via horse or teleport. If by horse it is 3 > miles so might take some time (1-2 hour depending no who has > the slowest horse). Then time back and to catch up to the > others. > > I will await your answers. discuss it in email if you wish > or list and let me know result. Thanks. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pnpgm mailing list > pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl > http://abroere.xs4all.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnpgm The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Get started.