HT Aliaver/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe R3.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 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 Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell Game Web Site - http:/nrgcomputers.com/pbem/ Public posts/actions to pnpgm@list.powersandperils.org (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm@comcast.net Game Update #17 in sequence (file #50) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Alex: [Re: Z'leyra's death] Hmmm....Well the odds do catch up with you even when you do what you can to maximise the odds of good and minimise the odds of bad. So what kind of character do you want my next one to be? I am thinking perhaps a Dwarf and hopefully Runelord (maybe even natural Magician!...Yeah, fat chance). More into fighting, less into casting. Other folks seem to be decent healers, so not major need for that as there was when I created Z'leyra. GM: Ack. :< :< From Kiet: [Re: Z'leyra's death] And you guys wonder why Kiet is hesitant to fight! I call dibs on the manor house!!! GM: Ack. Gee such lovely sentiments. :) From Kell: [Re: Z'lerya's death] Bummer on that. You sure she's didn't stage it and is hiding out to enjoy life somewhere? Dwarven tanks are always excellent. That would be fun. GM: Ack. From David: [Re: Death aftermath] Gee...whoever finds her first will make themselves rich looting the body... GM: Ack. Maybe it will be Jensen :) From Wout: [Re: Z'leyra's death] Sorry to see her go. Z'leyra was a walking fortress with all her items, but a central figure in the power play style this group has developed. We will see what kind of character returns and what new playing style we will adopt over time. we have lost our military strategist to castle duty and our healer saviour to a RE. A dwarf runemaster would be fun (although, with my current sideline addiction to dwarf fortress the definition of dwarven fun is not what you expect.) GM: Ack. That darn RE monster! THe most vile well aside from the dwarves that work for me. -------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Insert some bland stuff here] Actions? Comments? Next Update....Next email! GM: Ok. Blame the Dwarves. They said it was 4/1 some odd holiday like that green day with the good luck charms and such. They whined and demanded a good joke. So I tried. :) No. Z'leyra didn't do. Came close at least twice but her luck worked. Sigh. I'll try next time. At least one person got the idea it was joke right away (saw your email to Alex). At least one in chat also figured it was a joke so I'l give you half credit. But looks like two were fooled. Blame the dwarves! GM: The next 3 Updates are part A-C of Z'leyra's IBT. When you see it you will realize how long it took and why its in 3 parts. I split it up into IBT1, IBT2 and IBT3. Yes she basically did 3x the IBT of everyone else. In fact she cast well over 700 spells which is about twice as much as Arawn did. But in her defense the number of spells could've been higher. I actually expected at least 300 more. On a IBT to IBT time actually Arawn and Z'leyra had the same number of spells for the period. But she did 3 IBTs so it helped. Now the next 3 posts are huge. The file was 3400 lines. So I did it roughly in one thousand chunks. It takes about 2 hours to read the full iBT so skip the updates until you can at least devote 2 hours to it. Just a warning. GM: Next plans - Are to post this last IBT. Then edit Alex's sheet with him online. It will probably take 2-3 hours doing it. So it may take a few nights of work. Then we are done with IBT time. I'll work on a final outline of adventure and that may take another week. Then hopefully in a week or 10 days we can begin the adventure! Sorry it took this long. I had estimated over weeks ago but did not work. GM: Encounters - Monsters are easy. But when it comes to Humans I use two charts. Book 4 city encounters to figure out location like Main Road or Tavern and then roll to figure out who. I then roll on the motivation chart that Burton or someone did. That helps me flash out the encounter very quickly. A guard wishing to avoid would do just that, etc. For the other events like in the hills I use the gm screen encounter tables. To figure out the number and then roll depending on day/night to figure out who then do the motivation stuff again. Sometimes it might say Character which is generally a PC but why not a npc. So in this case I rolled up Jensen which if you see the pbem pc file on the site will have a bit of info on him. I simply randomly figured out who based on who is in Marentia. GM: When you read the IBT pay attention to the Earth Giant, Sith and Scorpion encounters. She came very close to dying on the Giant and Sith battles. The only reason she lived in the Giant is because of her mistake. She flew with eagles that also flew in the area. When you see it, the encounter will make a bit more sense. The sith was a mistake on dice which saved her. If that mistake didn't happen she would be dead now. The sith was the first for the entire party as no one has encountered them at all. Now enjoy!