` HT Player DS Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- FH.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Al.. Ma ...Kevin Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....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 ...Don.Kerr..............Maelorna..........Dancer..Normal/Human....Fe ...Gilbert.Isla..........Mournath..........Sailor..Normal/Human....Ma R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe 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 #96 sequence (file #680) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] If Z'leyra can see the tree that the vines come from she will cast a Firedart at it from her helmet. She will try to interpose her shield between the clone Pyan and Pyan. Beyond patching and protecting him Z'leyra will try to determine if Pyan will survive till morning without magical healing. If he will she will hold off doing magical healing till morning. She wraps a bandage to hold the wand in Pyan's hand. She slips an artistic ring off her finger onto one of Pyan's fingers to improve his luck. If she determines that his needs to have magical healing immediately, that he won't survive even a minute without healing she will ask Arawn to cast a healing. If he will survive at least a minute but not till morning she will get or have fetched her drum, Orient Self herself EL0 and then cast a Max EL shamanic Healing spell. GM: Ack. Actions are fine but I would assume saving Pyan is #1. Taking time to glance at tree to fire a dart would take at least 2-3 seconds. Then you might hit 5 of the others in the way so I'll assume you do not. Same with shield moving that would mean taking hands away from chest compressions and that would be very risky. From Fremea: [Re: Ambushing a tree] Yes, keep her firing on the tree. She is unhappy at herself for fumbling and then missing a tree. Seriously, a TREE. Maybe she just is to used to missing them when she flys around them. GM: Ack. Yeah we'll use that excuse :). During the Vong War you slaughtered dozens even moving targets. But a simple tree....well this is my fumble rules. Can have a 200% chance of success but if get that fumble # then its all over. :< From Mae: [Re: Actions] Maelorna watches the fight and finds it hard to not... GM: Ack. Just can't cast other magic while summoning. Can do other stuff (can cast and should Banish to rid it). From Kiet: [Re: Actions] If Kiet is close enough to naked Pyan to immediately attack with Tulwar, then do so. If not, use ring to flame the tree. The tree is obviously dangerous...and deadly. The Pyan double probably came from it...and I don't know why...(OOC...I REALLY DO)...but I also don't know how many of these things it may create. Stop them while we can. GM: Ack. One low price of a tree! We'll throw in vines and a naked dude but wait..there's more! For one down payment of your soul you get a Naked Pyan, vines and ... From Mournath: [Re: Actions] Seeing as he seems to be frozen in space, unable to move, Mournath's unblinking eyes stare grimly at the death that awaits him. GM: Ack. Sorry but you are probably aware the howl did it. Unless you have some affliction to fighting for over a minute? :) From Dorhak: [Re: Actions] The dwarf will change his tRget to the new 'naked' Pyan. And bash naked Pyan with his mace. I hope he doesn't get in the way of anybody else! GM: Ack. But its good to sing while you kill! From Pyan: [Re: Actions] No soulless body only working Pyan moans, "Brains..." Otherwise he seems quite busy bleeding out and holding on to Kell's stick, that is until the howl breaks his concentration then he just lays there peacefully. I'm fine with using magic twice in one day to heal him. GM: Ack. Glad you finally posted. I was worried. Down to the deadline literally. :) Again its nothing personal just random numbers. ------------------------------------------------------------ [New Stuff] [Febris 4th, 1635TH] [Kameran Lands - Forest South of Kameran capital] [Time: 4:05:21 am] [Phase 7] Fremea raises her bow and knows her magical fire arrow spell will fade soon. She hopes she doesn't fail again or she'll have to be like Kaylle sitting in a boring library. She fires the arrow that flares up and impacts against the tree. The thick tree bark is parted from the impact and the arrow does half of its damage doing 6 points to the tree. The summoned beast lunges for Naked Pyan but the duplicate is too agile and the creature fails to make contact. Unali looks up to see Fremea firing on a tree and figures with the vines disabled at the base the new threat is against Pyan. She never saw Naked Pyan pass but when she glances to the side and sees the group around some naked person this must be a new threat. She moves that way. She shouts, "Anyone got an axe. Cut down that tree. Now." Unali passes Dorhak who is singing some odd thing. Why is he singing drawing others this way? She glances at Fuk who is looking for targets. She passes Mournath who seems to be just standing there not moving for some reason. Maybe the sailor is not used to such fights? Then she rounds Kell and comes directly behind Naked Pyan. Both magical daggers stab Naked Pyan in his back doing 15 and 18 points of damage each killing the duplicate. Unali looks at the beast with the red eyes and wonders if she should kill it now? Arawn wishes they had bandages but there is no time to get them. He finally says in Marentian, "fetch her satchel." so they can get some bandages. Ripping Pyan's ruined tunic he wraps the wand and hand so the wand remains in place as Z'leyra does chest compressions. Arawn knows this is very bad with little chance to do much good. Mournath who had turned to face Naked Pyan sees the copy fall to Unali's daggers. He makes a mental note to not make her upset. Too bad he can't speak or he'd whistle. Then he feels his hands lessen up and his shield and spear fall to the ground as muscle tension fades. That might actually alert others of his situation or they'll think he is crazy. Kell watches Naked Pyan fall and kicks him to ensure the man is dead. He remarks at how little body fat is on the hunter's rear end and guess hunting is a good way to exercise. Z'leyra sees on her forward side vision Pyan #2 fall. She is unsure how a second could be here as there is no time to even consider it. She glances to the side hearing Unali talk about cutting down a tree. So the tree in the distance near Fremea is the source? She considers blasting it with her helmet but could hit Fuk, Dorhak, Mournath and Fremea in the process. Her assessment is bad and figures Pyan will not last seconds once she stops forcing his heart form pumping by compressions. So there is no choice. She tells Arawn to heal him now. She stops her work and removes her luck ring and places it on Pyan's finger and holds the Wand in his hand. If Arawn fails in the next 3-5 seconds to heal him Pyan will not make it. Fuk looks around and sees Mournath drop his shield and spear? Is the sailor that weak of heart? Then he hears Arawn yell to get the satchel. It must be that thing the Shaman carries. It should be in her tent. The constable sheathes his sword and runs toward the tent. As he does he yells to Lucria, "get up you lazy bum!" Lucria grunts and rolls over. Did he just hear his name? That howl was loud and he realizes that it must not be a dream. He jerks up and sits up in his tent. What is going on? Kiet nods to Unali for her good work. So there is a tree that is being mean. He steps toward the east to get a better look. His new magical vision shows Fremea firing on a tree. It is that bad to fire a arrow into a tree? Maybe some fire can help warm up the cold of the night. Mae frowns at seeing Naked Pyan killed before her beast could do much to it. Then she hears the comments on the tree and glances to the darkness to the right. But she can only see darkness in that area but that is where the dagger maiden came from? So should she have the beast attack the tree? Hounds do mark trees but how does one get a hound to attack a tree? Dorhak frowns at seeing a new target fall to Unali. He continues to sing, "Even though they line our pockets with brass, We'd sooner suck ale..." Sure he has a axe but they are for battle not dulling on a cutting a tree. How could a tree be THAT bad? [Time: 4:05:24 am] [Phase 8] Fremea fires her bow this time with no fire magic on it and hits the tree but it bounces off the thick hide. At least the arrow is not destroyed. Kiet raises his hand at the tree having a good line of sight and casts his magical ring on his left hand. Only Fremea is in the way but she is too far up to likely be hit - hopefully. The magical flame shoots form his ring and slams into the tree doing 28 points of damage. The tree erupts into flame and begins to blaze like a fresh torch. Kiet grins that'll teach that tree not to mess with them again! Arawn makes his gestures and casts a healing spell upon Pyan. He figures the man has a 50/50 chance of death from it. He casts his priestly healing upon the hunter. The green healing energy enters Pyan's body and heals him slightly giving him some life. Fremea figures the tree is dead or soon will be based on the amount of fire damage it just took as bark, limbs, and nearby bushes around it are burning. She circles back to hover over the group. Z'leyra checks Pyan and feels a steady heartbeat. She looks up to see if anyone got her satchel and then finally takes in the scene. The tree is burning which gives plenty of light for about 80 feet around. She notices Fuk half way inside her tent? Maybe he went to get her satchel. She figures Pyan should live but needs to get this bleeding stopped soon. It is mostly blotted but needs cleaning and dressing. Lucria exits his tent and notices the burning tree and gaps in confusion. Then he sees the party over Pyan and rushes to see what he missed. Mae looks around but sees no other threats for now. That must mean time to get rid of the beast before it attacks her. Fuk exits Z'leyra's tent and runs toward Z'leyra with her satchel but does not get there yet. Dorhak continues to sing, "...through a nappy ol' blanket, Than thimbles of wine from a glass!" Kiet, Dorhak and Kell then see something strange. From the burning tree a cloud of blackness emerges. It seems to engulf the tree blotting out the fire so it can't be seen. It emerges from or moves through the tree. It hovers for a few seconds then moves toward the party. Dorhak blinks as he sees this circle of darkness about 18 feet in diameter moving toward the party. Is this a cloud of smoke? The summoned beast turns toward the cloud of darkness and growls. [Time: 4:05:27 am] [Phase 9] Actions? Comments? Next Update..Monday... GM: Now the tough part begins. Critical actions will be needed or this will be very bad and messy. I did not plan this so don't blame me it was just a random encounter. :) How does one fight a cloud? I will work on update Monday afternoon I hope. I have a thing that afternoon so hope to get it done by evening (8pm) Monday. There is only the cloud as a threat now. Pyan is stable for now and will live as long as not touched. We still have a couple others who are wounded or frozen. This is not good. :< All will see the cloud eventually (1-3 seconds) except Mournath who is facing west (back to cloud). Just as a warning the cloud will move first. Then after that the summoned beast and others. Just a FYI. Mark I see your post but I finished update so could not add it. Sorry. I got a email from John/Arawn so hes still reading and lurking. :) But not able to return yet. GM: Spells Duration end Spell Kiet Phase 13 Iron Skin Maw Phase 10 Summoning GM: Necklace Use Feb 4 - Z'leyra Dwarven Feb 5 - Kell Kameran Feb 6 - Kiet Kameran Feb 7 - ??? Based on walking not riding there will be more travel time so Feb 7 should allow 2 more slots to use the language necklace. Sign up! GM: Battle Map /I\ = North 1 Hex = 10 Feet 1 Column = 5 feet 1 Row = 5 feet 40 1 2 3 1234567890123456789012345678901234 / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ A [*] = Campfire \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ B Light 3 hex radis / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ C HHH = Horses under pavalion \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ D / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ E U [H23] = Unali \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ F B [J25] = Mournath Facing West/Frozne / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ G N [N21] = Mae facing north \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/U \__/ \__/ H A [K22] = Arawn Facing NE / \__/ \__/ \__F \ G/ K\%_/ \ I F [I19] - Fremea 10' up hovering \__/ \__/ \_@@ \__/PTB__/%##__/ J K [I27] = Kiet facing East / \__/ \__/ \_@@ CAZ_/ D\%## \ K D [K27] = Dorhak facing east \__/ \__/ @@@_/ \N_/ \__/ \__/ L T [J24] - Kell Facing North / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ M N [L20] - Fuk Facing North \__/ \__@@@\__/ \_M/ \__/ \__/ N C [K22] = Lucria facing NE / \__/ \_@@ \__/ \__/ @@__/ \ O ## = Burning Tree \__/ \__/ \_ / [*]_/ \__/ \__/ P @@ = Trees / \__/ \@@/ \__/ \__/ \@@/ \ Q Z [K23] = Z'leyra kneeling north \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \@@/ \__/ R P [J23] = Pyan / \__/ \_@@ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ S \__/ \__/ \__/HHH__/ \__/ \__/ T G [I24] -Summoned Creature Facing / \__/ \_@@@ \HHH \_@@ \__/ \ U West \__/ \__/ \__/ \_@@ \__/ \__/ V % [I29] - Cloud of Darkness / \__/ \__/ \__/ \@@@ \__/ \ W [J29/K29] \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ X