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 Fake-Kell/Raki........Npc...............Normal..Normal/Shaper...?? Z'layha ..............Npc...............Normal..Normal/Shaman...Fe 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 #130 sequence (file #910) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] Seeing that the enemies are down and the lava is increasing its flow Z'leyra calls out "Time to leave!", grabs Pyan in... GM: Ack. ------------------------------------------------------------ [New Stuff] [Febris 9th, 1635TH] [Time: 5:01 pm] [Phase 5] Arawn glances behind him and sees Pyan down being helped by Z'layha. His gut is to run to help but he knows his job is here and now. He reads the runes and grabs his wand in one hand and cryx in the other. He begins to speak the words to dispel the ward. He can't believe it is just that easy. The Alfar can feel the magic soar from him but he looks around for any change. The runes are still glowing. The projection flickers and smiles. "Sorry try again." Arawn feels his stomach rolling. Could even a mere mortal stop magic from the gods themselves? Is it even possible? Even if the High Elder was here could he helps do it? A low god would equal one High Elders in power. Arawn sighs and considers his options. Fremea flies forward raising her bow at the captured shifter in the hands of Raki. If she fires she could hit Raki. A simple arrow would not stop him regardless. But se flies forward but Raki raises a hand to block her. Mae flies forward as well and stops when she sees the winged Fae stop. She wants a new pet. Why aren't they getting closer? Unali twirls her daggers like a professional and holsters them. She pulls a bag from her shoulder as she approaches Pyan and Z'layha. She digs in her bag for the healing talisman and pulls it out. Arawn glances behind and sees Unali by Pyan. He feels a bit of regret and hope he doesn't disappoint the others. But if Unali is here then the shifters must've been dealt with so he should have plenty of time. The two shifters on the slope writhe and squirm in the lava. As their bodies peel, burn and disassemble. Raki releases the captured shifter and pulls his arms back. As he does he turns. "It is too late. They are coming. Run now!" With that Raki runs past Fremea and Mae. With a sudden burst of speed he rounds the corner. Seeing that the enemies are down and the lava is increasing its flow Z'leyra calls out "Time to leave!", grabs Pyan in a way that she can both apply pressure to reduce or stop the bleeding and carry or help carry the wounded friend to safety. Once set she heads up past the wards trusting Arawn to have done what needed to be done for us to pass the wards safely. But Unali grabs Z'leyra's hands to wait. Kiet watches the shifters die in agony and feels little. The power these beings have just to abuse them is such a waste. Dorhak however scowls. Something is off here. He can feel the tremble under his feet. Sure the lava is now about half leg height but this is more. He scans the slope, the walls and passage behind him. Something is not right. He has seen this before. [Phase 6] Arawn tries to rack his mind on the meaning of the runes. It could mean at least three different things. Why must the gods be so cryptic? He glances to the projection and opens his mouth to ask. "Yes." The projection answers before he can ask it. "That which is you." Unali places the talisman onto Pyan. She hopes the new healing will not do much but her gut tells her there is less risk. The green magical energy leaves the talisman and swarms over the latest wound by the shifters. It begins to heal a bit more than halfway. Fremea sees shadows at the rock 'window'. Shadows that seems to be closer. If the shifter has used some subsonic call, Raki must be correct. There is no use fighting hundreds if not thousands of them. She places her bow back on her shoulder and turns to fly after Raki. Raki flies down the passage and ends up at the bottom of the slope hovering. Below his feet he sees the lava now tumbling out like a small river. A pool of a foot or so is at the bottom with what looks like the remains of the two dead shifters. He glances up and figures he has maybe 5 feet flight above the lava but if the heat affects him he could fall into it. "It's too late!" He yells to those at the top of the slope. Mae watches the two pass but her heart pounds. She can feel the throb of her neck vein as she can sense the life from the shifter only 50 or so feet away. It would only take a few seconds to fly and take a snack or take a pet. What harm can a simple snack do? But then the first of four shifters emerge from the rock 'window' the group was at before. In various forms of humanoid and aerial style configurations. They stare at the half demon and begin to move her way. With that she turns and flies after the Fremea and Raki. Arawn hears Raki yell that is too late. Arawn raises the wand and Cryx once more ready to try again. Z'leyra feels Pyan's pulse and feels it strong. He is still moderately wounded but not fatal. She tries to wake the hunter up. Pyan rouses within a second or two and looks around. Kiet watches Kell aka Raki look worried for the first time since meeting him. If it is too late there is little they can do. The acrobat glances at Arawn still kneeling by the wards wondering what is taking so long. Dorhak watches the shadows of the floor and notice shadows are forming shadows. Only a keen dwarf would probably notice this. This means the floor and walls are now forming fissures. They are very minute at this point but a trained undergrounder like himself has seen it before. He has heard stories by the great dwarf engineers before. How when some of the earth shifts it can diminish the strength of the earth elsewhere. He quickly figures out the lava exit may have de-stabilized the chamber below their very feet. A chamber full of lava. [Phase 7] Arawn realizes that to give a sacrifice means to give a part of himself. Some might consider that just magical energy or something innately from within. But to him this can only mean one thing. A part of his being - his spirit. Realizing this he wonders if that is the flaw of the shifters. Do they have spirit? Could this be their main waakness to take down the wards? Arawn stands and repeats the magical words holding the wand now against the glowing edge of the Cryx. With this imbued extra energy Arawn begins to glow gray-white. Arawn continues and finishes the words. some of the party turn to watch this light shine down the corridor. With a bit of a rumble that if outside might be called thunder - a part of the light that is Arawn divides. It separates from Arawn and slams into the Sidh Ward Runes. The light begins to fade. "A partial lowering enabled. Who shall pass?" the projection asks Arawn. Fremea reaches Raki's position and flies past him toward the top of the slope. Raki reinforces his bottom half from the heat with more mass he can afford. Then he flies toward the top of the slope and lands. As he lands Kiet can see part of his flesh starting to dissolve. Raki forms into Kell again and huffs very exhausted. "Move! Move!" He gasps. Mae rounds the corner and gets halfway toward the bottom of the slope. The other two fliers are just a bit faster than her. But as she gets there 5 shifters round the corner in aerial forms of various birds of prey. Mae glances back and hopes she can get away or she is dead. Suddenly Kell's ghost forms at the bottom of the lava. The magnetic field-plasmatic properties of the lava seem to coalesce into a half seen form. Kell looks past Mae. "Boo!" Z'leyra and Mournath help Pyan stand and the hunter seems able to move. Z'leyra decides with her armor if it is too late she has the best chance of survival. She waves the party toward Arawn. Uncertain Fuk moves toward Arawn who is now n no longer glowing and watches the projection, Arawn and the diamond crystal things. He stops and is uncertain to move forward. Pyan moves slowly down the hall toward Arawn and ends up next to Fuk. Kiet stares at Kell who just played Ghost. A lump in his throat forms and he wants to yell to his friend. To say what he wanted to always say. But the damned Kell that is Raki urges him forward. Dorhak realizes the corridor of stone that is maybe 15-20 feet above the lava pit, based on assumptions of the lava spillage, is likely about to collapse. Should he warn the others or just create havoc? [Phase 8] Arawn raises his wand hand to the projection to say who can pass but the projection stops him with a hand of its own. "Accepted. But the one named Raki?" The projection sends a mental question right toward Arawn. So the projection can read his thoughts. Maybe that was the flash of yellow? Arawn replies back mentally upholding the one called Raki. "Accepted." The projection does this thought process and nods all in the span of a sec. "You have 10 seconds." It voices for everyone to hear. Fremea flies down the hallway toward Arawn. It is 120 feet so will take here even 5-6 seconds. A person walking might take 10-12 seconds. Raki lifts Kiet turns him facing the hall and pushed him toward Arawn. "I'll try to hold them off. Move!" Mae flies toward the wavering ghost that is Kell. She wonders if she could feed from it but there is no time with the shifters on her heels. She flies up toward the top of the slope and gets about halfway there. The shifters move toward Mae and now see Kell. But this time they are confused by this thing that is there but not there. They slow down and as they do a half dozen round the corner. They end up about 30 feet from the Kell-Ghost and stare. Unali places the talisman in the bag and runs down the rock corridor. Arawn waves for the party and yells the ward is down but time is short. Kell's ghost floats right toward the shifters waving his arms. "Ohhhhh!!! Ahhhh!!!" But then disappears as the field-plasmatic thing the lava allowed fades and now becomes unseen. Z'leyra was about to stand guard with her better armor. but when the projection said they only had 10 seconds all bets were off. She invokes her boots and runs. As she does she grabs her sister with both hands and uses the speed of her boots to propel them forward down the hall. Fuk, Pyan and Kiet run toward Arawn. Kiet sees a boost of speed from Z'leyra and does the same thing with his boots. As he does he grabs the dwarf with one hand as he is the lightest and pulls him with him. Dorhak startled by this sudden turn of events was about to warn them and then this smooth-talking acrobat grabs him! He growls as he tries to holds onto his shield in hopes it and his bag don't fall! [Phase 9] [7 Seconds left] Fremea takes the lead and passes the others toward Arawn and ends up only about 60 feet away. The shifters see Kell-Ghost fade and fly forward and up the slope toward Raki. They end up about 10 feet below en masse. Raki realizes even he can't fight this time. He flies toward Arawn in hopes to get out of here alive. Mae sees Raki pass here and flies toward Arawn. If he hasn't lowered the magics this will be a very short flight indeed! At least in death there in no hunger. Unali runs after Mae. Below the slope around the bend dozens of shifters run toward the corner to join their allies. Z'leyra with sister in tow manages to get about as close as Fremea. Fuk and Pyan run toward Arawn. Kiet and a flailing Dorhak run past Fuk. [Phase 10] [4 Seconds left] Actions? Comments? Next Update....Saturday... GM: A short update for now. I normally would've done only 2 phases. But I did move to move us along. At this point though actions could be helpful. I'll work on it Saturday. Below is my estimations of positions. Corridor - 120 feet long. Arawn - End of Hall - Safe Dorhak - Carried by Kiet - 13 feet from Safe Fremea - Near Arawn - 10 feet from Safe Kiet - Running w/boots - 13 feet from safe Mae - Flying - 40 feet from Safe Mournath- Running - 60 feet from Safe * Unali - Running - 55 feet from Safe * Pyan - Running - 50 feet from Safe * Z'leyra - Running w/boots- 15 feet from Safe Fuk - Running - 55 feet from Safe * Raki - Running - 65 feet from Safe * Z'layha - with Z'leyra - 15 feet from Safe * Mournath, Pyan, Unali, Fuk, Raki 1 PMR = 10 feet. Most humans running go 30 feet in 3 seconds or 10 seconds per phase. These folks could be a bit in danger. Any ideas folks on how to help get them closer in the last 4 seconds? :) Above may not match the update section but when I finsihed I did the math again. Based on PMRs and position. This is 98% correct.