HT Aliaver/Player DS Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar .. Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe R3.Mark Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma W2R2.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma R4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe W2.Julian.Draven.........Zabyra............Dancer..Normal/Human....Hu R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma W3R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe R3 Npc...............YY..Trihs.Der.........Warrior.Normal/Human....Ma R3 Npc...............YY..Reddof Nonnac.....Warrior.Normal/Human....Ma 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 #12 sequence (file #111) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Actually, looking at the map, there are too many people between me and the bad guys. I would like to work my around enough to still get at them. As soon as they are dispatched, look around to see if they do, indeed, have reinforcements that have been called. GM: Ack. I'm glad you can read the maps now. :) From Kiet: [Re: Actions] So, why does Pyan keep saying, "My hovercraft is full of eels... Eels." GM: Ack. Hah. Don't tease him he might get scared and leave the game. But this is oddly something he might just say for the next big encounter. :) Think of that later. From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Kiet will quite happily charge right thru the 'bandits'. You others might be a little disturbed by the joyous expression he has as he does so. Fight to kill, not subdue. Charge to trample. Then, if any remain, move to within melee range and fight from horseback. Gives horse a chance to fight too. GM: Ack. From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] Z'leyra continues to melee with and strike to subdue the bandits. Given a choice she concentrates on those that yelled orders or showed other signs of leadership. She continues till they are all subdued or dead. She plans to question the survivors. GM: Ack. From Arawn: [Re: Actions] Novehas 16 9:17pm Arawn gave Zabyra a comforting look in the ... "Or, if culture dictates, you may have mine all ... Novehas 17 (Battle) Arawn's brow furrowed as the old man, most likely the admiral, fell. He had hoped the man would have been able to hold out long enough to sort the mess but it was now too late. However there was still a chance to save the others. Arawn instinctively moved to provide cover to the woman and her companion as they slipped in behind him. GM: Ack. Still unsure if Zabyra stays away from his tent. Based on her after comment to it I assume she will stays in his tent. ------------------------------------------------------------ [New Stuff] [Western Marentia - Plains] [Novehas 16th, 1634TH] [Time: 9:17 pm] Kiet reacts to Zabyra on her bypassing his tent. Arawn gave Zabyra a comforting look in the aftermath of Kiet's reaction to her declination, hoping to ease any tension and allow her to know that was still more than welcome. As Kell moved in to offer his own tent as shelter the druid chimed in. "Or, if culture dictates, you may have mine all to yourself and I shall seek shelter with one of the others," he offered to the dancer. "Whichever you prefer." ------------------------ [Western Marentia - Plains] [Novehas 17th, 1634TH] [Time: 9:22:18 am] [Phase 7] Z'leyra swings her sword at Bandit #11 which is right in front of Pyan. She intends to subdue but the side of the blade is so forceful it does enough damage to kill the already wounded man. Corona climbs and does another dive toward Bandit #1 firing his fire dart like magical eyes. The blade of hot energy hits the bandit in the right leg for 3 points. In an attempt to help Kell, Fremea flies toward the bandit who just wounded him. But at the last second the bandit ducks and she misses her chance to hit. Kell turns the horse to the south and moves south to check his wound. He keeps an eye out on the bandits so they don't charge toward him. Pyan sees the man fall near him by Z'leyra and moves a couple feet toward Bandit #8 but in thrusting his spear he fails to hit the bandit. Kiet gallops toward the remaining bandits. He rounds to the left side of Red Shirt and ends up a few feet from the nearest bandit. Arawn glances back to check the female and last male survivor. It looks like they are both well. Glancing at the bandits near he figures at least one is knocked out but the others are not moving at all. They seem to be down for the count. Arawn moves forward toward the bandits on foot and prepares for a spell. Seeing the bandits driven off as a group and the female save at >least, Unali stays near her to make sure there re no surprise >outbreaks of the bandits towards the survivors. She decides that >the fight is already over. Unali calls her horse over and mounts it. She sheathes her normal dagger and turns around to ensure the female and male survivor are safe. Looks like both have minor wounds that a simple first aid will fix. Zabyra gallops forward toward the bandits and circles around to the north behind Kiet. She ends up to the west side to ensure they are surrounded. But does not end up in range to make a strike. Both Red Shirt and Fodder move the 8 or so feet toward Bandit Acting as a strange set of twins with one mind they step the same way and react the same way. Red Shirt swings high but the bandit ducks down missing the blade. But at that same instant Fodder knows the man would have done that and swings at what once was mid chest now is his head. The sword slices through his neck sending the bandit's head flying south toward Pyan's horse. Blood gushes in every direction and splashes onto Z'leyra's horse and some of Z'leyra's pants. A second later the body collapses. The last four bandits are shocked at the loss of two more of their comrades. They know the battle is over but desperation and shock does strange things. Bandit #1 turns to see the strange turbaned woman ride toward him. He raises his sword and swings but the horse is just out of range. Bandit #8 seeing a head go right past him swings at Pyan with wobbly arms and misses. The other two bandits hold as they watch Kell escape and Kiet approaching unsure if they should surrender or not. They are trying to figure out who is leader now as the last two were just killed. [Time: 9:22:21 am] [Phase 8] Now in range Arawn hopes to end this and quickly builds mana for a spell. A spell he has not used before. But hopes the mechanics are sound. Speaking in the tongue of his parents he casts the spell and points toward the bandits while he holds his elven metal sword in one hand feeling the cold of the blade. Suddenly a sphere forms around the last 4 bandits. It is faint for a heart beat then begins to solidify into a gray solid mass. The sphere encircling the four bandits a second later becomes a 10 foot diameter sphere that is all gray. The four bandits disappear from the group. Pyan's horse who is next to this sudden rears and bucks and Pyan has to pull tight and right to avoid the sphere itself. Those around like Zabyra, Red Shirt, Z'leyra, Reddof, Fremea and Kell watch the sphere encase the bandits. A second later the bandits are screaming and trying to bang on the sphere. [Time: 9:22:24 am] [Phase 9] Those around the sphere circle around trying to find a way to the bandits. Arawn nods and that's when Zabyra notices this and figures the man must've been part of this. Kiet glances at Z'leyra wondering if she had something to do with this and then Kell. But both look as puzzled as the others. Inside the sphere the bandits begin to bang the hard surface of the sphere. Red Shirt listens to them and translates the screams. "We can't breath!" then "We surrender!" Arawn approaches and asks Red Shirt to translate. They must drop all weapons on the ground and place hands on heads. [Time: 9:22:30 am] [Phase 10-11] As the bandits begin banging some dents are starting to form on the sphere. Not used to the spell Arawn is unsure if they could actually break through. Not without more experience. But if air was removed they will have to be helped soon. Red Shirt begins to yell back and forth trying to convey Arawn's orders. [Time: 9:22:33 am] [Phase 12] Arawn has no clue on how much air could remain but the men are still banging away when they sudden stop and the noise ends. But one of the bandits continues to yell. Red Shirt continues to speak back and forth. [Time: 9:22:36 am] [Phase 13] Finally the bandit inside agrees to all conditions and they demand to be set free or they will die. Red Shirt turns to Arawn and translates the results. Arawn figures they only have a couple more seconds left before the spell ends. So ending it by magic would be a waste of mana. [Time: 9:22:39 am] [Phase 14] The sphere ends and dissolves. Now surrounded by the party the bandits stand with hands on their heads. Their swords on the road. Red Shirt and his cousin gather their weapons and ensure no hidden weapons. But all daggers and swords are on the ground. The four bandits are led to the side and placed on the ground with plenty to guard as they sit. Kell turns to Arawn, "what was that?" But Arawn moves away and back toward the other group. Z'leyra dismounts and checks the other group. All but one is dead. The other is just knocked out. Z'leyra checks the female and male. The female is in fine shape with only a minor slash on her arm that isn't even that deep. The male did take a stab wound but in a non vital section of his abdomen. Both will be fine. The male survivor turns to the female, "Admiral are you okay?" This causes all members of the party to stare as Red Shirt translates this. But the female nods and pats the man on the shoulder. She speaks in Marentian, "I am thanks to you." She looks to the party. She notices the slight shock at a female being an admiral and frowns. "Yes. We females should not be in such positions. But I proved myself on several battles at sea and the Primate saw fit to promote me. Granted it is a position shared by several others." As Kiet and others watch the area for others they soon realize the Bhamotins who yelled out reinforcements must've figured the bandits called reinforcements - the party. "I am Aquita. I was heading to Malnon for some talks with the Marentian navy there for shared war games in the spring. Our ship was attacked by the bandits. They boarded and killed most. We had to beach and flee. We got here and they finally caught up." The admiral explains which details why no horses on the battlee. "You came and I was glad you were not with them." Arawn tends to Kell's wound and finds it will not be life critical. Kell asks, "but who was the old man? We figured.." The Admiral nods, "a aide who is specialized in this area of Marentia. I'm sad to see him gone but they must've assumed as well he was the admiral." She frowns. "We lost...35 in total." The Bhamotin male asks a question and she responds. Then translates to the party, "we'll have to return to the fort and get instructions. My mission has failed but we can at least bury them." At that instant a large bag falls from the sky in the middle of the party. Corona flies over and screeches. Z'leyra and those who speak Eagle realizes the bird found the bag nearby and must've been their gear or loot. Red Shirt looks to the admiral and then Z'leyra. "What about them?" He indicates the bandits. The Admiral shrugs, "I'm sure they were sent to disrupt my efforts. Make a sea 'accident'. War games near our shores means less smuggling and other things for the large underground in our land. They were probably hired. Personally I don't care. Save one for us to question to who hired them if they know. Others kill if you wish." Kiet smiles at the thought of some fun asking these cowards questions. Corona then says something else very high above. He tells the group and Z'leyra translates that there are riders maybe half a dozen around 3 or 4 miles to the east moving fast this way. Kell looks in the distance. The east is flat and easy to see for miles. But all they notice are a cloud of smoke or sand as it seems some are coming this way. "It must be folks from the fort. No. Why would they be coming this way?" The Admiral nods, "we sent one man toward the fort as we distracted the bandits as they came after us. He must've got away. This was late afternoon when we beached. We've been playing hide, fight and hide ever since. Our landed group was a total of 13. Since yesterday we lost at 7." Kell does some mental math. The fort is to the east maybe 17-19 miles away. So the man must've walked for 11 or so hours at least. Even at walking that would be at best 12 or so miles. The man must've found the road and used a horse or wagon to boosted his speed to the fort. At the same time the horses from the fort even with the fast mounts might get 20 miles in half the day. So they must've left at first light which might be 11 or 12 miles. So the man must've reached the fort faster than expected. He stops the math as his head hurts. The party forms a line as they watch the riders close in. The Admiral looks at Kell who thumbs the bag of loot. He looks at a small book. But it is clearly damaged beyond hope as it was in the water. The ink is all ruined and smeared. She notices this, "my journal. I had some notes from the Primate but glad it was damaged so the bad guys can't read our plans." [Time: 9:57 am] Finally the riders get near and it is seen they are wearing Marentian military uniforms. There are about 8 riders and one in normal riding tunics that looks like a healer. The riders led by a private Sorel explains they can help to find the dead Bhamotin. A wagon should be coming soon as they assumed the Bhamotins may need a way back. It might arrive in a hour. Sorel thanks the party for their help and explains they can handle it from there. It is clear the man needs to improve relations to make Marentia look better after giving their ally such a bad welcome. Kell turns to Z'leyra, "shall we move on?" Actions? Comments? Next Update....Friday... GM: A fun update. A new spell! It worked well. Of the 200 spells I made or helped make Richard did this one Ball Powers. So this was new to me. I hope I handled it as he hoped. RIP. I will work on next update Thursday afternoon since I'm off. So if you need to post do it by Noon Thursday EST. We will move I assume. The party may have 30 minutes or so before the fort folks arrive. So if you want to do something. Let me know. Of the loot the party (or Z'leyra) will have to decide to keep or give to the Bhamotins for death benefits. Taking bandit weapons/armor might cause some suspicion in the Marentian Military. GM: Mana Chart updated - For new players this chart keeps track of Mana, Health, Energy for each player. It also makes record of Experience earned, equipment damage and Encounter results (like cel or EL increases). I update this chart after times like this. I do not tend to post it so you will need to consult the link on the website for that info. I do not list NPCs on these charts. Experience has been marked. Who to think Kiet would be the MVP (damage earned wise). :) Keep in mind the actual MANA report at top is not updated. I need to do that in next couple days. So for the MUs you may need to wait a couple days. Sorry. GM: Battle Results - Time: around 30 seconds true battle. Of 12 Bandits 5 remain, 1 Knocked out, 4 Awake with only one of those at 100%. The others are wounded but not life threatening. So only one would likely handle "questioning." Of the 5 Bhamotin 3 are dead. Admiral is 99% and Male has only a minor wound. Loot: 12 Swords, 11 damaged Leathers (1 undamaged Leather armor, 8 daggers. Bag: 15 BB, 43 CC, 4 SC, 2 GC Assorted plates, utensils (low value) 4 gems but based on cuts seem worthless Water drenched journal A naval quality Spyglass 1 Sapphire ring that looks to be around 12 GC? Ship's Brass Bell GM: Arawn - Interesting use of spell! But since you used your elven sword as the base magical material it would be solid and thus no air. If this is used too often I may have to tweak this spell like rules on material and such. But interesting spell. Kiet - Will have maybe 30 minutes if you want to ask the bandits (with permission from Z'leyra). Let me know on details. Or the military can follow up and investigate. Magic Users - I've noticed some recent changes from my own set of magic spells differs from v2 rules. Richard adopted a ton of my 200 spells. But they are slightly different. If you guys want to look at these files let me know. I could post them on site or as a zip file. I need to probably clean and spell check some errors. Otherwise if you want I can show particular spells rather than all of them. These files were made some 3 years ago. So its mainly for personal use. GM: First Leg of Trip Slowest Horse - 22 MR (+25% Road- +6) Speed - 28 MR MPH/day on road Per hour- 2.3 miles/hour To Malnon -200 miles 100 by Plains, 100 by Hills Nov 16 - 1030am-7pm - Plains - 15 16 - 7am-7pm - Plains - 28 17 - 7am-7pm - Plains - 28 18 - 7am-7pm - Plains - 28 19 - 7am-7pm - Hills - 28 20 - 7am-7pm - Hills - 28 21 - 7am-7pm - Hills - 28 22 - 7am-240pm- Hills - 17 ~240-Enter Malnon [Assuming no delays] This is mostly a reminder to me.