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 R1.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma W4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe ...Julian.Draven.........Zabyra............Dancer..Normal/Human....Hu R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe -- Npc...............YY..Etain.............Teacher.Normal/Elf......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 #-13 in sequence (file #29) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: Unali's IBT ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] [None] ------------------------------------------------------------ [New Stuff] [Octagi 5th, 1634TH] [Sivas, Marentia] Once back on the roof of the library Unali feels the weight of the last week hitting her. She realizes it is late and has a long trip to get to Maren city and home. She quickly tells all that she will be in Maren city to her own manor to get things done. She then gets with Z'leyra and asks if the Shaman can teach her Armorer skill. Z'leyra agrees and they decided about 35 days unless something comes up. Since both have things to do on their own. Unali leaves quickly and uses a carriage to get to the docks. She asks if any ships could get to Maren by morning. Most say no that it might take 2-3 days. But one ship captain who owns a small personal sailboat says he could get her there using a magical speed device. Unali understand that as the party has used that in the past. Both agree on a price at 5 Silver but if things go well Unali will pay him a full gold. They set out just after 9pm. Unali goes down stairs in a cabin to rest as the ship makes quick sail. The Captain has to strap himself into a chair as the speed is very fast. Most sleek sailboats might get a few miles on a calm day an hour. But this magical item increases the normal speed by 4. So 140 or so miles to get to Maren might take 3.5 days on good winds. But this boat with the magical boost takes a 3rd or so of that. [Octagi 6th] Unali is woken by the sudden jolt of the magic stopping. This causes the boat to lurch and rock as it coasts into Maren port. Unali can see light and gets her stuff to head topside. The captain explains it is almost noon. Unali is impressed by the speed and asks if the Captain could ever do other trips? "Sorry. I'm heading west at the other side of the Sea of Tears. I paid a lot of gold for this item so I can skip the pirates entirely." The Captain explains. Impressed Unali hands over 2 gold for the speedy service. She could've had Arawn or someone else teleport her but they have their own plans. Unali catches a carriage to her manor. By a bit past noon she arrives at her own manor She finds the housekeeper still there cleaning. She asks for the staff to return as she will be spending maybe a month or more at home. An hour later the cook arrives and starts lunch as Unali unpacks and gets to any letters or reports in her office. After lunch she asks the staff to get the place ready for parties to come up. Then she returns to her study to begin some in-depth research and study. She has improved her physical being for a long time but now she wants to improve her mind. Thanks to Kaylle she already has many books on history, science and other subjects to study. [Octagi 7] In the morning Unali asks the housekeeper to get her damaged and worn clothing to be fixed. After breakfast she checks on her stable of horses. The war-horse looks bored so she asks one guard to give it a bit of exercise. She then takes her riding horse into town. From previous shopping and exploration she has a good idea of good shops and markets in town. The first stop is she finds a jeweler shop. After talking to the owner she asks to get her new toadstone cut and set into a bracelet and combine that with her Chalcedony and Diamond which are both set into their own bracelets to make into one bracelet. Unali had checked out the owner a long time ago with nobles in town. He seems trustworthy. They set a price and the owner gets to work. The clerk will also have to get the toadstone enhanced to bring out its magical value. Unali then heads to a clothing set of stores and buys some black water proof winter clothing. Unali then finds the moneylender she has dealt with before. It is even said King Maros has some accounts here. She arranges for him to store a large sum of gold. She will have it sent by her guards later today. She then heads to a messenger stand and sends out some dispatches to various people including Duke Aren. Just before 9 Unali encounters 4 patrolmen on the street fighting. Unali looks around and sees little traffic on this street. She listens for a bit and realizes two are fighting the other 2 over it seems some love. It soon goes into a fist fight drawn out brawl. Unali weighs her options. She could intervene and knock them all out or at least most. She could pretend to be a noble and demand they cease. But likely it won't stop it after she is gone. Then she recalls that even Farseeker can find love in the military. She strides forward and shows her regal bearing. She demands they cease now. Being gentlemen they stop to see what is going on. Unali demands an explanation. It seems one guard started to date another's sister. But it seems the guard in question has a bad reputation for dating and leaving women. After almost 25 minutes Unali is able to settle the argument by seeing if they could double date. That way the brother of the sister can see how she is really treated. This seems to be a good resolution for now. Unali drops the name of Commander Farseeker and says she doesn't to report them so they best behave. Then Unali leaves the scene with the guards calm. Unali returns just after 11 to her manor to get back to her in depth studies. Mid-afternoon she meets with her staff and arranges a set of parties for friends and court dignitaries. She laughs that she was born into such low station but now she can spend time in Court. Course much of that is from her past deeds for the King and Duke Aren Unali helped to wipe out Vong and Climan spy networks in the province. But she has no idea how long the King will accept her. But for the others she has to keep up appearances. Just like Fremea she hates to wear dresses and gowns. But she has a role to play. Unali also gets a bit of a kick out inviting Ben'dar who is nearby at his ranch to be among the other nobles. It is like a town drunk meeting with royals. But he is a friend and in the end doesn't care what the others think. Unali returns to her studies till late that night. She gets word by messenger Aren can meet her in a couple days. Unali takes time to do expense reports and is happy to recall she has paid for manor expenses including staff till the end of the year. So she will just have to pay for food and drink for the parties. [Octagi 8 - 10] Unali takes to the streets to do a bit of more shopping and returns home for long days of study. During break times she tours her grounds. She ensures the groundskeeper is doing a good job. She also notices that she will eventually need to add a workshop for blacksmithy with a full forge. Course not many tame nobles have such. So she will have to disguise it as a different thing. Would not be good for courtiers to spread that she is sweating over a forge. So unlady like to do so! She could build a small workshop in the backyard by removing one tree. Might give her some space for a structure. She makes a note to see about getting a architect out to give estimates. [Octagi 8] Unali takes a break from her studies and heads to a local market for some lunch. As she nears she encounters 7 merchants yelling and screaming at one merchant. It seems she is attracting arguments this week. She listens and finds the one lone merchant is trying to salvage his reputation. The others are claiming he is under cutting them by much lower prices forcing them to lower theirs. They demand he leave the market even though he has paid his week's rental fees. The arguments increase in intensity - where is a patrol when you need them. She sees the lone merchant is selling fruits and vegetables. She not one for winter kawa fruits as they are too tangy. But she approaches and buys one forcing the other merchants to back off. She pretends to look at the other items and tells the merchant he should be to the north gate market. These food items sell better there. She is unsure if the man is cheating others or not but doesn't want to break up another fight. The merchant has his farm in the south so never went to the north markets so thanks her for the info and decides to leave after packing up. Another tip from Kell seems to pay off for stopping bloodshed. [Octagi 11] Unali heads to Duke Aren's small Maren apartment. A small place he has for in town duties while he is away from his castle. They talk about Donara and how the slavery operation has been handled. Duke Aren beams and pours them a very expensive glass of wine to celebrate. "Great news. I will have to share that with the King." He then makes some notes on some of the info. Sitting behind his desk he continues, "I will see if I can contact this Roerick. Give some of our support in form of intelligence at least. I have one man in Sivas and one in the capital." Duke Aren and Unali talk for a long while privately on old and new subjects. They continue to talk for a few hours and have a nice dinner at a tavern that has some of the best entertainers in the province. [Octagi 12] The first of Unali's parties happens today. She invites Ben'dar and some close friends. Ben'dar does arrive in some nice clothing fit for a rancher. Unali's friend who helped to train her near Caladan's forest place comes as well. Ben'dar finds the group of spies to be fascinating. Unali did invite the other party members but being 150 or smiles away she did not expect any to show up. Ben'dar says that Caladan is away somewhere and that he is slowing down a bit due to winter. He even had to turn down a military contract since his private services were to busy. Ben'dar catches up on party gossip and details. During the party one of the rich merchants seems to avoid Ben'dar. Unali notices then and asks him why. "He is..a barbarian brute that likes horses....way to much if you ask me." Unali stares in anger and has seen this before in the court. Bigots and snobs abound in the palace. The man is no noble but was invited since he Unali due to helping Damon with some past issues and to find out maybe if he has been plagued by possible thieves aka Climan spies. But to be so rude in front of others! Unali asks the stewart of the manor to accidentally spill wine on his very expensive tunic happy that it can't be taken out without magic. This is done and Unali pretends to be sorry but escorts the man to the front of the manor. Outside of ear shot she slams the man against the wall and gives the man a few choice words about friends. She then claims that Duke Aren will see to it that the military no longer uses his shipping company. Course this is a idle threat but if she asked he might comply since Ben'dar was slightly part of saving him in Clima. Unali then shows him to the front door. She accidentally slams him nose first into the door. The man yelps and a crack is heard. But Unali then kicks him out of the house and tells the guards to ensure he leaves. She returns to the party all calm again and enjoys hearing Ben'dar tell how he saved a very sick noble's personal horse, to a small audience of middle aged women who seem to swoon. [Octagi 14] Second party is at night. Unali places a large banquet with some tents. She does not have a place to fit a hundred in one room like the Palace. But maybe 4 dozen people can fit nicely if not cramped. But she tends to keep it down to only 2 dozen. She invites some of the courtiers that may help the party or hinder them. She knows that the royal healer has been finding Z'leyra's school proposal to be moving in his sphere of influence even in Sivas so she tries to carouse with him to learn things about the man. [Octagi 18] Another party this time several high nobles come including Duke Aren, Duke Valest, Baron Modeff and Count Masiv. Unali does not like the Baron as he is a blow hard but he hears about things in the south that is good intelligence for future situations. A late comer is Marta Valon who arrived today from Sivas. She says she encountered Fremea a few days before. Then learned of this party. Marta quietly asks about Xian as well but Unali has no clue. Maybe Unali should use Aren's contacts to find the elusive wizard. Unali is nervous having these many nobles in her place as it is not a castle and her 'party' area is a bit crowded. Having moved furniture out for just chairs. She is surprised when Duke Aren summons a man in uniform. Aren announces that the man is hereby promoted to Commander in Fort Nylee which is in the western border regions. The man is surprised as he has been doing garrison duty for years. But on behalf of King Maros who is busy dealing with a flood of Bhamotin religious fanatics in his southern border he could not be there to do it himself. As the party ends the guests leave late that night. But Unali is alerted by the guards that a lone horse has come near the manor. It has a saddle but no brand. The horse seems in good shape but is clearly lost. There are no marking or papers on it. She decides to stable the horse and seek Fremea in the morning or Arawn. Maybe Fremea can ask the horse who he belongs to so they can return it. [Octagi 19 - Movehas 6] Unali continues her month long training in various studies. She uses the time to actually speak with the Royal Scholar at the palace as he has those very boring and dry lectures by visiting scholars. Unali helps to give quite but private lectures to a few select listeners. She discusses the culture of Katai and all the aspects it entails. Then the month ends and Unali's brain is exhausted. Who knows maybe she can even talk Cosmolgy with Arawn, modern medical techniques with Z'leyra, the art of trade deals with Kell and even poetry with Raban. [Octagi 20] Unali is walking from a shopping spree for some manor supplies when she sees 6 peasants rushing forward. They suddenly surround Unali and begin to touch her. Unali reacts by instinct and drops the bag of supplies. She rolls to the ground and away from the crowd. She draws a dagger from her belt and glares. The startled peasants explain that they just want to touch her because she was so famous. She demands an explanation and soon learns that they claim her to be a Katai Duon who is as she knows a high ranking religious leader who can command thousands. Confused she demands to know who told her this. One peasant points down the street to a side road. She tells the peasants she is not this person. Upset she makes toward the street to find the man who told them. She is confused as to how they or this man knows she is a Katai native. She doesn't dress or act Katai. Her face is slightly like them but many foreigners here are the same. She nears the street about 100 feet and stops when a horse with a man rounds the corner. Then she sees him the rich shipping merchant she kicked out of her place. The man smiles and salutes. Before Unali can run the man rides off fast in the other direction. Unali fumes and knows she has a new enemy. She has taken down a Vong civilization and Climan spy networks. A simple merchant will be easy to deal with - but another day. [Octagi 30] Unali is riding her horse home from a day at the palace. Seemed one of Aren's spies had a possible report on a Climan operative in a nearby town. All such things have now been given alerts to Unali thanks to Aren. This is a follow-up to the report. The spy determined that the man is from Clima as reported but was a ex-pirate. He was "questioned" by a priest who can learn the truth and he is just a man avoiding other pirates due to a bad deal they had. But now the man is alerted to being watched by the government. It is a bit after 9 and Unali is almost home only a few streets from her manor on a deserted residential street. Suddenly Unali feels a presence and turns just in time to see a flying red eyed demon - a terrestial demon which she has seen before in past travels. It dives at her and touches her in an attempt to possess her. But is suddenly jolted back by Unali's bracelet. It is a good thing she got the new combined bracelet from the jeweler only a week before. She stops the horse and gets off not wanting to damage the horse. She draws both daggers and waits for the beast to attack again. The magical dagger causes the demon to miss in his claw attack. As the demon passes by Unali twirls and uses the demon's own left wing as leverage. She thrusts both daggers forward under the demon's armpit and in front in his left chest just under his shoulder. Both hit doing 11 and 15 points of damage and kills the demon instantly ` Unali kicks the demon and looks around for others. But after a couple minutes none appear. [Movehas 3] Unali is attending a lecture by one of the Marentian Generals on L'p'nth threats in the east. It is mostly attended by military and a few nobles. But the general is trying to trump up more coin for the border outposts so have to play politics. As Unali exits the palace she notices a wizard's party moving fast through the halls. The wizard seems obvious the way he is dressed and almost reminds her of a young Z'leyra before she got her magical warehouse of items on her body. The young female wizard is holding a box that glows a dull purple. She is escorted by it looks like 4 of her friends and surrounded by a dozen palace guards. They move toward the wing with the vault. She asks Aren a couple days later about it but he does not tell her details which makes her more intrigued. But she figured not just her own party must be out there collecting items and saving the world. [Movehas 7 - Novehas 9] Unali books passage on a ship heading to Sivas. She finds the ship also has a military instructor. She asks him to help improve some dagger skills. She does not know it but he has said he learned of some Rogizini blade fighting ways and she would like to learn. [Movehas 10 - Novehas 14] In Sivas Unali spends time with Z'leyra. She notices Kiet is still staying there as well. She teases the man that there are places he can buy. Z'leyra repairs her armor and uses this time to demonstrate the basic armorer skills. Unali knows that it could take 2 or even 3 months to learn the skill. So she will have to go back and forth from home as needed. [Novehas 11] In Sivas Unali spends a lunch break at a nearby park. She notices a group of 7 peasant pilgrims chanting and spouting some religious texts. Curious she hears them pray that a lunar eclipse will not happen. In Ticasi they would know it as more natural but for these people they seem it as a bad omen from the gods. She feels bad for them being a bit too ignorant. [Movehas 12] Unali learns of Damon's party of some sort in a few days time. She has given Damon some intel on river pirates so help end their operations. But she has not spent time with the sailor in some time She is glad she took some nice clothing for the party. Actions? Comments? Next update...Monday? Maybe when next IBT done?? GM: A quick and simple IBT again. Kind I like :). So far of the 3? IBTs she is the only one to have a serious encounter. Some can die from IBT encounters. Sadly Triest was such an example. A simple stupid gambling street game. Got out of hand and no one was around to help him. It was one of those cases I had no choice but to end it that way. I could've fudged and skipped the encounter but as npc things happen. So i followed through. So now we only have Z'leyra's and Arawn's IBT then we can begin. I understand Alex has been busy with work and computer crashes so got behind on his IBT. John has a ton of real life stuff. So whoever gets it in first is next. :) Update was out a few days ago on site. But I had email issues so could not send it out. They are fixed now. So now I just wait for Arawn/Z'leyra to finish IBT. GM: Unali's Expenses Expense Result Ship Captain - 2 GC Mend Clothing - 5 SC Jeweler Bracelets- 1 GC 9 SC Winter Clothing - 7 SC Ship to Sivas - 4 SC Dagger tutor - 3 SC Manor expenses - 5 GC 8 SC Total - 8 GC 36 SC GM: Unali's Skills: Skill Applied Int Training - +7 Dagger - Fight - 16 +1 EL Armorer - 10 Learning Rhetoric - 10 CEP: 75 GM: My schedule - * Finalize Kiet's post IBT character sheet * Start on Fremea's IBT * Start on Unali's IBT * Clean this old computer off of pnp and move to new computer * Start on IBT time events * Start working on Adventure Outline GM: IBT Process Player IBT Sent in IBT Processed Arawn No Fremea Yes Done (#2) Kell Yes Done (#3) Kiet Yes Done (#1) Unali Yes Done (#4) Zabyra Yes Done Z'leyra No GM: Old Treasure Gemstones added to sheets and profits as well.