HT Player DS Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FH.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar .. Ma --.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe W3.Mark Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma W2.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma R4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe ...Kevin Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma R3.Fukishtu.NEwsome......Npc...............Chief...Normal/Human....Ma R3.Lucria.Cegra..........Npc...............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra 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 #86 sequence (file #577) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Kiet: [Re: Actions] Yes, Kiet will protect his Ma Siwang! That horse is valuable. Assuming both Kiet and Ma live, Kiet will use what husbandry skills he knows to help heal the horse and use one dose of darbha grass for the horse. After the hyenas are dispensed with. Also, if someone offers to heal the horse, Kiet won't say no. It might be difficult to ride a wounded horse. May as well forget about the javelins. They are more for use before things get this close and personal. GM: Ack. Yeah they are swift beasts at MR16. They can easily outrun a human. From Unali: [Re: Actions] Unali as she exits the tent sees Arawn and Pyan near the horses on one side and Kell surrounded by hyenas on the other. She guesses the horses have sufficient defenders and Kell needs help. She moves towards Kell to help defend him from the mob circling him. GM: Ack. From Kell: [Re: Actions] [ The Fight ] Discarding his plan to use an Illusion because half of the beasts are already wounded or dead, Ha'Kell will shout loudly to try and scare those around him as he attacks the hyenas attacking him. [In the past, Jan 21, after Knowledge works!! ] ... [ Food and water ] Kell will happily share his food and anything else needed to keep everyone strong. Food, water, or more. He knows Kiet's secret and thinks it is amazing!! Lamb shanks, yes please. GM: Ack. I will complete the Ebony info nd send it to you soon. I started the Ebony document. It may not be ready till next week. Stay tuned. ------------------------------------------------------------ [New Stuff] [Janaq 21st, 1635TH] [Zen'da Central Plains] [Time: 8:05 pm] Ha'Kell is nearly stunned with the knowledge. Finally, oh to use it now. The half elf just bounces around the camp that night, not able to sleep and planning things. He stays up late into the night, trying to talk Kiet's ear off with his excitement. If only they had something strong to drink! ------ ------------- [Janaq 26th, 1635TH] [Zen'da Central Plains] [Time: 1:33:06 am] [Phase 3] As Fremea moves north she casts a spell on her quiver. Reaching the north she fires at the 3 beasts who have not charged yet. Two arrows are fired, one breaking off from the original magically, and hits #17 doing enough to kill the beast. The horses are now fully aware and awake. All 8 in some fashion to defend or attack the 3 Hyena in their area. Five are able to strike with 2 doing severe damage. The Fay Horse and Kell's try to trample Hyena #7 doing 3 points each. This is enough to knock the animal out. Kiet's wounded horse and Unali's attack #8 doing 2 points each. This is enough to kill the Hyena. Pyan's horse though not a combat mount bucks and kicks Hyena #9 doing 3 more points to the wounded animal. Corona dives again and tries to fire on another beast north of Kell's postion. But the fire blast hits the ground near him missing the beast. Hyena #1 turns from Kell an attacks Z'leyra. It bites her on the left leg doing only 1 point of damage. Hyena #2 leaps toward Kell and slams into his shield sliding off. Hyena #3 and #4 attack Kell again. But both fail to make any contact with the trader. Hyena #9 sees 2 of his pals die and backs away. He turns to leave but sees Kiet there so charges him. Kiet pulls up his shield and the beast hits it sliding off. Hyena #15 and #16 recovers from Arawn's noise and charges toward Dorhak. Dorhak sees both coming and raises his shield forcing them to the side making them impact the shield hard and slide off. Unali moves forward and comes along side Z'leyra. She stabs #1 with both daggers and the magical dagger hits killing the beast. Arawn turns to the horses and see looks like one maybe two left? its hard to see in the mass of horse flesh. But it seems Kiet is handling it. So Arawn moves north to help Kell. He thrusts at Hyena #4 but fails to hit. As he moves he continues to yell like a banshee. Kell smiles at seeing his friends helping him. He thrusts his spear at #2 but fails to hit. Z'leyra tries to bash #3 but also fails to hit. Fuk thrusts his sword at #4 and hits doing 2 points of damage to the beast. Lucria charges to help Fuk and thrusts his own sword at #4 doing 4 more points to the beast. Kiet sees the fleeing beast trying to escape the horses and stabs it with his tulwar killing it. Dorhak swings on one of the two beasts near him but fails to make any contact. [Time: 1:33:09 am] [Phase 4] Fremea hovers as she doesn't see a good target to fire on without hitting friends. She takes the chance to look around the plains for nay more but doesn't seem to find anymore. The horses all calm down now as thee are no beasts near them. Just that annoying noise from that Elf guy. Hyena #2 and #3 try to attack Kell again but fail to hit or deflected by his shield. Hyena #4 decides it is time to flee and bays out to the others but the noise from Arawn blocks this. The beast runs north into the darkness. Hyena #15 and #16 attack Dorhak again. #15 does get a nice bite in on his left arm doing 6 points of damage. The other one fails to hit. Unali moves toward #3 and strikes it killing the wounded beast. Arawn realizes the fleeing beast must be the Alpha Male. But he can't commune with it now since his noise is still distracting. He moves toward the north to help Dorhak but fails to strike one of the beasts. Kell spears Hyena #2 and kills him in one blow. Z'leyra hits #4 with her staff and finally kills it. Fuk and Lucria move to help Dorhak and kill one of the beasts as a team. Dorhak swings his mace on the last beast and hits killing the younger hyena. [Time: 1:33:12 am] [Phase 5] The last Hyena the Alpha Male runs north. But Fremea flies over head and chases it. Arawn feels sorry for the beast but his noise prevents him from trying to persuade her. She fires 2 arrows, one hitting the beast but it continues to flee. [Time: 1:33:15 am] [Phase 6] Fremea fires another arrow and it hits killing the beast. [Time: 1:34 am] Arawn tries to shut his mouth as the spell will continue for another couple minutes probably. But even so the hum he creates is loud. Kiet checks his horse and finds nothing serious so that's good. The entire combat lasted maybe 15 seconds and the party did well to wake up and deal with it fast. Some did get hurt but not major damage. The party soon realizes of the 18 Hyena half are young cubs. That means the pack must've been on a hunting cycle desperate to get food and teach the young cubs. They realize that a possible entire tribe of Hyeana is now wiped out. Lucria bends down and draws his knife. he begins to slice off one of the beast's skin. "I hear they can be valuable. Anyone know how to treat it from decay until we get back?" he continues to slice off the skin grossed out by the smell. For the first couple of minutes, Arawn steps back and knows he can help the wounded but getting close and saying something might burst ear drums. So he let's Z'leyra check the wounded. Z'leyra finds most of the wounds light with nothing serious aside from scratches and bites. Maybe it is time to practice her Healing Mist has she ahs a diverse group of wounded including the horse. Kiet examines his horse and uses his own skills as a horse husbander and teamster. On his second pass he realizes the horse took more damage than figured almost half of what he might take. He hopes that Z'leyra can heal him. Fuk stops Lucria, "wait a bit. If we just slice these animals up it'll draw more things. Give it a couple hours and then we can do it before sunrise." Lucira nods and stops and helps the others to ensure all are dead. Some indeed are breathing but not dead so they are dispatched. The Hyena bodies are stacked so as to make things easier. Z'leyra and Arawn treat the wounded by cleaning wounds from dirt and debris. Stopping bleeding. Then explains she'll cast a Mist spell to heal everyone. They'll be in a short coma as it heals. She directs the others to pull the healed ones away as it would stop the spell when one is healed. So as people are healed they will be taken out of the mist quickly to stop it from ending. She explains to the horse what she intends to do and calms it. Kiet asks to be with him during it and help out. Z'leyra tells the horse to stand firm so it doesn't fall during the coma. Z'leyra then starts the healing spell. The Mist heals Z'leyra's wound first and she is pulled away by Arawn and Fuk. Next to heal is Pyan and he is dragged away. Then Lucria and Dorhak at the same time and they are dragged away quickly. Finally Kell is healed by the Mist. This leaves the horse who is still repairing skin and tissue. The Mist ends as the horse is finally healed completely. ------ ------------- [Janaq 27th, 1635TH] [Zen'da Central Plains] [Time: 5:13 am] Arawn wakes up again early due to a dream. He exits the tent and feels the cold wind on his body. But the cold wind seems different as if more to it than a simple temperature. For a couple weeks he can recall weird wild dreams. But as soon as he wakes up he forgets them. Tonight though he seems to recall one. This one is of two powerful forces that has to be gods and another force he can't recognize or understand. It is only flashes as if reading cave wall paintings. But deep down in his gut he fears that something big and vital is coming. But why isn't his parents helping out to give him clues. Is this a lesson of their own? For the next couple hours he prays and thinks. [Time: 10:31 am] For most of the day it is sun and bright. But occasionally a rogue cloud will roll in as if the elementals I the clouds wish to be mean and cause clouds to follow the group. The temperatures today range from 49-66 degrees. But at this hour a rain storm falls as if making some cloud elemental jovial at the party's expense. The rain lasts almost a full hour forcing the group to stop and make a tarp and paviliono for the group and horses. [Time: 4:49 pm] The day is bright and clear and then another cloud seems to appear. It causes rain to fall for another hour drenching party and horses. [Time: 5:15 pm] A large village is spotted by Z'leyra and the group diverts that way. As they near they find it with about 200 villagers making it a very large unusual village for the Zen'da. They even have a decent amount of 30-40 warriors. The temperatures now seem to plunge 20 or so degrees as the late afternoon starts its descent. [Time: 5:15 pm] Arawn and Z'leyra, now in human form, ride toward the village as the others wait. They present their pass to be on the plains. The Shaman who seems to be a shaman of beavers based on his pelts and bones on his belt greets the two. The man in his early 70s which is very old for a Zen'da explains the river is about 12 miles west of them. While most of the village is leery and wary of the party the Beaver Shaman welcomes the party to eat and stay the night. They have some nice fresh food from fish to antelope. Fremea has to dress again in her dress to avoid stares but for the most part the party is watched but not mistreated. The Shaman named Naib Shu explains the party can cross the river easily. The beavers up stream have created a dam making river not that high in most places. This is their mating season and will allow the party to cross with ease. A warrior will guide the party to the crossing point tomorrow. [Time: 5:34 pm] As the party warms up and fills out on food it begins to snow. It is light snow but lasts about 3 hours which is only about a half inch of snow. ------------------ ------ ------------- [Janaq 28th, 1635TH] [Zen'da Western Plains] [Time: 10:36 am] The party arrives at the river. The day is mostly bright and clear. With temperatures the entire day ranging from 45-64. Indeed the river is now more a stream as its only a few inches at this point with the dam a couple miles north of them. The party has no issue crossing and the warrior guide departs back to his village. Some dozen or so miles north of the party they can see distant hills in a blue haze. [Time: 4:12 pm] Another rogue rain storm hits the party for almost a full hour drenching everyone yet again. ------------------ ------ ------------- [Janaq 29th, 1635TH] [Zen'da Western Plains] [Time: 3:08 am] Tonight at this time Z'leyra and Unali are on patrol and sentry. Corona soon reports there are a pack of 8 Hyena in the area. He was able to scare them away with his eye blasts. But they should be wary. Since half of the 8 seem to be cubs the adult Hyena must finally get some sense and do not attack this time. [Time: 7:02 am] The party sets out on their last leg maybe only 120 miles to go. The day is overcast most of the day but the temperature falls to bone cold -7 at one point and only as warm as 47. [Time: 8:21 am] Sleet begins to fall and causes the party to stop and build shelter. This is when the coldest point comes to where Kiet has to use his rings to burn a wet and decayed log for warmth. People and horses huddle together for warmth as the cold just pulls out any body heat. By far this is the coldest the party has seen yet. The sleet lasts about 39 minutes and finally ends. [Time: 12:31 pm] A storm arrives with normal rain and thunder causing more delays for the group. It lasts about half an hour before it ends. [Time: 3:12 pm] A village is found and it is small with only about 50 people in it. They offer a hot soup to warm the party up for a dinner. But Z'leyra knows they can't stay as it might endanger this small group. Plus they have 3 or so more hours of riding. But at least the party is given a warm soup and bread for their stomachs. ------------------ ------ ------------- [Janaq 30th, 1635TH] [Zen'da Western Plains] [Time: 6:42 am] The day is cloudy but at least it warms up from the previous day with temperatures from 21 to a warm 69 degrees. [Time: 12:02 pm] As the party rests the horses and eat lunch a storm comes and breaks out. But it only lasts about 7 minutes barely time to even prepare. The rain is enough to drench the party but not be a factor. ------------------ ------ ------------- [Janaq 31st, 1635TH] [Zen'da Western Plains] [Time: 6:12 am] The day is overcast all day with temperatures keeping the same as the day before ranging from 21-61 degrees. [Time: 8:21 am] Another small rain storm hits the area lasting 24 or so minutes. At this point some are getting a bit annoyed at the cold and wet. Fuk and Pyan are starting to give signs of sniffles from possible colds. [Time: 3:41 pm] Snow falls lightly for about 25 minutes for a half inch of snow. [Time: 5:51 pm] As the party sets up their tents a storm rolls in. But it only lasts about 13 minutes but at least folks can get inside shelter. It is also getting tougher and tougher to collect dry fire wood these last week or so. ------------------ ------ ------------- [Febris 1st, 1635TH] [Zen'da Western Plains] [Time: 6:33 am] The day is a bit better with clear and sunny skies for most of the day. It also warms up to 53-73 degrees. [Time: 8:21 am] A village is found and there is no shaman. So the head warrior is wary. The most hostile meeting so far occurs. But Arawn is able to talk his way through the time and calm the tribe down. It is a small tribe with only maybe 30 people and a few warriors only. The tribe explains the Kamaeran border is about 12 or so miles north of here at the edge of the hills. The party can spare some water but at this point can't spare food. [Time: 3:20 pm] It become to snow but only for about 10 minutes so its not a great deal. [Time: 5:42 pm] As the sun starts to set the party hears from the aerial recon the hills and the border is only about 2 miles. Z'leyra considers moving at night to the border but knows it might lead to encounters with hill beasts. Plus the party needs to collect fire wood before sun goes down completely. ------------------ ------ ------------- [Febris 2nd, 1635TH] [Zen'da Western Plains] [Time: 6:41 am] As the party packs up he asks. "So we are here at the border. What is the plan now?" Actions? Comments? Next Update..Monday?? GM: A short update but I wanted to move us along and lucky aside from 8 Hyena that avoided party no encounters. So the party is now at the border. Z'leyra will need to decide on a path. Through the hills or the forest. I work Monday so doing a Monday update will be more difficult. So I may do bulk of it Saturday and get the math done (so get spells or such by then). GM: Mana Report updated with experience but not the Magic spells. I'll do that later so mana and spells not updated. Congrats to Fremea +1 CEL and some EL boosts for some see Mana report! GM: Will update player map. GM: At this point are now officially 75% done with the adventure. I will now collect IBT points and spend them as allocated. Those who did not allocate IBT too late. I'll assume Horsemanship or such if not listed. I'll figure out Food and such at this point I will also update all mana and spells at this point. Results soon. At this point will assume no more spells cast. If you do give me those details ASAP before next week.