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R3 Balrog................Balrog............Warrior.Normal/Human
Ma<br>
?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human
Ma<br>
R4 Tom Crockett..........Caladan...........Wizard..Normal/Human
Ma<br>
R1 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human
Ma<br>
W3 Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human
Ma<br>
W2 Sergi Sallent.........Jordi.............Wizard..Normal/Elf
Ma<br>
R4 Tim Falkenberg........Malradh ben Kasha.Merc....Normal/Human
Ma<br>
R3 Wayne Richardson/Uji..Thig..............Sidh MU.Normal/Faerry
Ma<br>
Do Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Artist..Normal/Human
Ma<br>
R3 Orion (Paul Broman)...Trembyl...........Wizard..Normal/Human
Ma<br>
W3 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human
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R3 Scott Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human
Ma<br>
W2 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human
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Animals: Ventrius/Pogo Thig's dogs, Firesnake of Caladan's,<br>
Z'Leyra's Eagle, 2 Draft Horses, Wolf - Boyzdar<br>
6 Captured Zen'da Horses<br>
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Game Update #66 in sequence (file #257]<br>
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[Recap]<br>
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]<br>
"Hold up!"<br>
Z'leyra gets off and tells her horse to follow Ben'Dar.
She<br>
tells the eagle and Ben'Dar that the eagle will fly after
the<br>
hawk, Ben'Dar will deal with the rider on the ground and<br>
Z'leyra will teleport ahead of the hawk, strip and try to<br>
get above the hawk in her eagle form.<br>
<br>
Hopefully the eagles can win the aerial dogfight and
bring<br>
the hawk down...injured or if necessary dead.<br>
<br>
(Use Staff to cast Invisibility, Insubstantiability and<br>
Teleport all at EL0).<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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From Chion: [Re: Actions]<br>
Chion will attempt to explain in more detail his plan.
"Look.<br>
They are no doubt expecting these riders. They are also<br>
prone to thinking men are less valuable than women.
Foreigners<br>
are worth even less. In fact, if I had to guess, I would
be<br>
worthless in their eyes. If I came bearing no weapons and<br>
looking harmless I expect I could easily knock on the
door<br>
as no threat would be percieved. Once thusly
"captured" I<br>
could make the inquiries as to what we need to know. And
then<br>
it is a simple matter for me to escape via whichever means
I<br>
choose. I see no real reason we need to storm the castle,
as<br>
there is no waiting army of the oposition to retake it it<br>
would serve no real purpose to do so.<br>
<br>
Regarding the moat and what not, if they prove openly
hostile,<br>
I will change my tactics as needed." He'll pause a minute
and<br>
add, "I've seen L'P'nth take prisoners from all
neighboring<br>
lands. They are not particular to who they capture to
kill<br>
and that is their weakness when it comes to infiltrating<br>
their ranks, as well as their lands. Additionally, they
are<br>
not likely to outright kill me. That is not their way.<br>
<br>
They would more likely march me to the anual celebration
to<br>
be sacrificed in the capital. Or risk offending the Queen<br>
(Princess) of L/P/nth. I mean, they are not barbarians
after<br>
all."<br>
<br>
Additionally he will add, "I have had occassion to
travel<br>
through L'P'nth before as a slave, and it is not all that<br>
bad. They feed you alright, and make sure to protect you.<br>
Not like the Climan barbarian witches at all. With any
luck<br>
I will even be able to convince them to use their own
magic<br>
to communicate with me, thus making my escape all the
easier."<br>
<br>
Then he will murmor something about "Now what exactly are
we<br>
doing here again..." as his voice trails off...<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]<br>
Ben'Dar also calls out (in Zen'Dan), "You there!
Wait!"<br>
He kicks Tef'wo into a gallop in the direction of the<br>
remaining rider.<br>
GM: Ack. <br>
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[Info - For reminder to me and you]<br>
Group 1 - Balrog, Kasha, Thig, Strie'bog, Trembyl, Unali, Zaka
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Group 2 - Caladan, Chion, Xian, Jordi, Farseeker<br>
Group 3 - Z'leyra, Ben'dar<br>
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[New Stuff]<br>
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Octaqi 17, in the 163rd Year [TH]<br>
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[Meanwhile somewhere in the open plains - Location 7 miles<br>
south-east of Caladan's village. Roughly 2.5 hour ride.<br>
Time: Roughly 12:22pm]<br>
<br>
[Map Information - Current Location <br>
- is 8 Miles SE of Caladan's village (2.6 hour ride)<br>
- is 3.5 Miles E of 2nd Gravesite (1.6 hour ride)<br>
- is 5 Miles E of Elder's Village (2.1 hour ride
roughly)<br>
[Stats on distance are tracking time. +1 mile since last
update]<br>
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[Z'leyra calls out to Ben'dar and quickly lets her know
what's<br>
going on. Ben'dar circles as he listens eager for the
chase.<br>
As Z'leyra dismounts Ben'dar circle backs and gallops
forward.<br>
Z'leyra grabs her staff and quickly tells her horse to<br>
follow Tef'wo. Her horse soon catches up to Tef'wo.
Z'leyra<br>
scans the skies for the hawk and finds it against the
gray<br>
skies. She then feels already naked without her drum and<br>
other gear. She instinctively grabs for her drum but
stops.<br>
She begins to speak a few quick magic words. She then
becomes<br>
invisible. A few more words again she becomes
insubstantial.<br>
Finally a few more words later she teleports eastward.<br>
<br>
She then looks up. The sun is midway in the sky but
westward<br>
she finds the hawk flying this way. Nearby a prarie dog<br>
climbs out its hole and sniffs the air. Z'leyra gently<br>
drops her staff to the ground as it becomes visible.
This<br>
startles the small animal. It almost skitters away but<br>
is curious. Z'leyra begins to strip off all her clothing<br>
and drop it to the ground. it becomes visible as well.<br>
Z'leyra happensto notice this and grins but quickly<br>
regains her purpose. The prarie dog goes underground.<br>
<br>
She then concentrates and her body transforms into that<br>
of a eagle as her insubstantial spell wears off. She
checks<br>
her leather anklets and feels them tight. With a great<br>
lift she takes to the air still invisible.<br>
<br>
Meanwhile Ben'dar yells to the rider to stop. But the<br>
rider continues a good head start. Tef'wo begins to<br>
cough in excitement of the chase. Suddenly Ben'dar<br>
notices the rider moves an arm then the other. He<br>
is doing something...Ben'dar notices then a Bow is<br>
quickly setup. In the blink of an eye the rider's<br>
horse turns and the rider stands in the saddle. Clearly<br>
an expert rider! The rider aims his bow and fires before<br>
Ben'dar can react. But the arrow clearly misses and<br>
ends in the ground 20 feet ahead of Tef'wo. Ben'dar<br>
then realizes this was no accident. It is a Zen'da<br>
custom to fire a warning shot to a worthy enemy. Ben'dar<br>
smiles and grips the reigns. The rider fires again.<br>
<br>
The Rider fires twice more arrows. One almost hits near<br>
Tef'wo but misses by 2 feet. The other misses due to<br>
the long range. Tef'wo then begins to zig and zag its<br>
movement. Something Ben'dar didn't train him or knew<br>
he knew. Tef'wo continues to surprise Ben'dar. The<br>
erratic maneuver makes hitting harder. The rider
continues<br>
to fire even sopping his horse. A total of 8 more shots<br>
are fired but all miss. Finally ben'dar closes the gap.<br>
At 200 feet the rider decides to throw down the bow. He<br>
raises a fist in a clear Zen'da battle challenge.
Ben'dar<br>
grins as his hair flies in the cold breeze. The Rider<br>
pulls a long spear from a leather holding strap on the
horse.<br>
The rider holds it high above his hand as he sits in the<br>
saddle. Ben'dar grabs his own and readies for battle.<br>
<br>
Ben'dar should take the man captive but a challenge has<br>
been made. His blood and heritage calls for return
favor.<br>
Twf'wo steadies into a straight line for the Rider.<br>
the Rider glances over his shoulder at the Hawk and then<br>
back at Ben'dar. Seconds pass as the two riders close<br>
in to each other. As the distance gets within sight of<br>
each other's eye's Ben'dar sees determination in the
other<br>
rider to kill Ben'dar. Ben'dar finally gets within a few<br>
feet and then lurches forward. Both riders come at each<br>
other on their right sides. Ben'dar's spear hits the<br>
Rider in the right abdomen and does a minor wound. The<br>
Rider does the same to Ben'dar but his dragon hide
protects<br>
most of the blow. The spear tip just penetrates and does<br>
1 point of damage to Ben'dar.<br>
<br>
Both men separate and gallop a few feet then turn and go<br>
back at it again. Ben'dar comes around and charges.
This<br>
time the spear hits the Rider in the upper middle chest<br>
doing an amazing 27 points of damage! The spear impacts<br>
into the chest and catches there. The Rider looks down
at<br>
the hole in his chest and pulls the spear out. He looks<br>
over at Ben'dar and spits blood. He wheezes as air
escapes<br>
one of his lungs. Ben'dar is amazed. Most would have<br>
died by that blow. The rider takes two bloody hands and<br>
pulls Ben'dar's spear out making more blood rush out.<br>
<br>
The rider then nods at Ben'dar and says "Ku Tam"
which<br>
Ben'dar knows to be a slang Zen'da term for
"victory".<br>
The rider then falls to the left and onto the ground off<br>
his horse. Ben'dar dismounts and comes around the horse<br>
to inspect the body. As Ben'dar does he notices the<br>
Rider pulls a dagger out his robe. Amazig hes still<br>
alive! He throws it though weakily at Ben'dar. Ben'dar<br>
ducks the weak blow and the dagger goes flying. The<br>
rider then coughs more blood and sags to the ground<br>
with a final rush of breath.<br>
<br>
Ben'dar slowly kneels and inspects the body. The man<br>
is knocked out! Still alive but weak. But hes clearly<br>
not going to be doing anything soon.<br>
<br>
Ben'dar goes and takes the rope of the Rider's horse and<br>
then looks to the skies for Z'leyra and the other
birds....<br>
<br>
GM: Ben'dar 96 CEP from the 2 blows. Yep. PC class guy.<br>
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Meanwhile in the sky the Eagle tries to catch up to the<br>
Hawk but with its head start and faster sleeker speed its<br>
difficult. Z'leyra in Eagle form herself flies fast and<br>
hard. The distance between Z'leyra and the Hawk is<br>
about 1,000 feet (1040) by the time she takes to the sky.<br>
Z'leyra plots a intercept course for the Hawk. It<br>
only takes 21 seconds before both birds get into the<br>
immediate area of each other.<br>
<br>
On the ground Ben'dar quickly checks the rider's body<br>
for other weapons and finds none as the rider lays<br>
unconscious. On his body he finds leather armor and<br>
standard riding clothing for most Zen'da. On the horse<br>
theres little to be found. A saddle with full gear,<br>
bedroll, the strap for his spear and a quiver for
arrows..<br>
A sack is found. Ben'dar grabs and unties it. Inside<br>
the sack is rather heavy maybe 20 pounds? Ben'dar's eyes<br>
widen when he opens to find glitter from the sun as it<br>
shines on some silver object. As he opens it further<br>
Ben'dar notices 1...no..2...no..3 Bars of silver!<br>
Ben'dar quickly reviews price for silver since he has had<br>
doen some business with his ranch. He quickly determines<br>
it must be 1800-2000 silver pieces in bar form? Ben'dar
finds<br>
a smaller bag inside. He opens it and find 3 jewels.<br>
One looks to be the color of jade? The other 2 he
doesn't<br>
have any skill to determine what they are. He bags them<br>
back up and wonders why the Rider has silver bars?
Zen'da<br>
doesn't deal with coins at all. Ben'dar eyes the skies.<br>
As his eyes lift up he notices this dark cloud shifting.<br>
No wait...its moving?...upwards...diagonally...toward<br>
the birds....Ben'dar squints and tries to figure out<br>
what is going on.<br>
<br>
Z'leyra still invisible looks westward and sees the<br>
Eagle. But then suddenly something whizzes by the<br>
Eagle. Then something else. Z'leyra confused turns<br>
slightly to get a better view. Then all of a sudden<br>
the eagle tumbles in the air as something hits the<br>
eagle. Z'leyra then notices what it is. Its<br>
Birds! There must be dozens of them flying straight<br>
at the Eagle as if airborne missiles.<br>
<br>
From the ground Ben'dar realizes then what the cloud<br>
is dozens of birds of all types that had apparently<br>
lifted from the ground and went straight for the birds.<br>
They seem to be flying fast and swift almost too fast<br>
to trace in the cloud.<br>
<br>
The Eagle squawks as oen small bird hits its wing and<br>
clips the Eagle. It tumbles confused in the air.<br>
<br>
Z'leyra sees the Hawk now at only 100 feet away. Should<br>
only be 5-10 seconds of more flying to reach the Hawk.<br>
But the Eagle is in trouble. Z'leyra still invisible<br>
is unsure of the situation then she notices something<br>
out of the corner of her eye. Looks like more birds<br>
in a group coming in her general way...or maybe toward<br>
the eagle's way. Soon the Eagle could be swarmed in the<br>
air by itself.<br>
<br>
The Hawk continues to fly east mostly in a straight line<br>
but alters every few seconds. The hawk seems calm for<br>
a bird being chased....<br>
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GM: Actions? Comments? The Eagle is about 200 feet from<br>
Z'leyra.<br>
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[Meanwhile somewhere in the mountains to the east of<br>
Woundenal's Cabin Time: c. 10:20am]<br>
<br>
[Everyone listens to Chion's plan and considers it for a<br>
few seconds.]<br>
<br>
Xian: "Sounds dangerous."<br>
Caladan: "Sounds bold."<br>
Farseeker: "Its stupid, bold, dangerous, foolhardy,<br>
crazy, risky...and did i say crazy? But hey! It<br>
might just work" [He grins and leans against a rock<br>
on the ground resting] "Glad your doing it. We'll<br>
just stay here. Let you do all the hard work." <br>
Xian: "Excuse me you said you were a slave?"<br>
<br>
Caladan: "The plan might just work. With your
teleport<br>
abilities you should be able to easilly escape."<br>
Farseeker: "Assuming they don't kill you
outright."<br>
Xian: "Or have magic to prevent other magic."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "Woundenal wouldn't have sent us here if it
was<br>
a futile attempt. I suspect he knows more of what is<br>
going on. He has always been one to make me work for<br>
answers. That's his way of educating others."<br>
<br>
Xian: "So its a plan then? Chion will go right
in."<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "The only problem is if we lose him it'll
be<br>
a long ride back. Course now we have three
horses."<br>
Xian: "Yes. I could teleport but it would be a bunch
of<br>
attempts."<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "You speak L'p'nth as well?"<br>
<br>
Caladan: "All right. Let's go over the
details..."<br>
<br>
GM: Ok. Chion some details.<br>
1. Do you ride on the a horse or walk up to the castle?<br>
2. What do you take with you just a small weapon than<br>
the staff and other stuff? Staff is obviously<br>
a wizard's staff due to the runes so might be a
beacon<br>
your a wizard.<br>
3. If they try to capture you do you go willing or at<br>
least fake af ight?<br>
4. Any other details you can think of?<br>
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[Meanwhile at Zaka's village - Location 6 miles south-east<br>
of Caladan's village. Roughly 2.5 hour ride.<br>
Time: Roughly 11:00am]<br>
<br>
GM: Need to know of actions for this group. As a reminder<br>
on the stats its reprinted below. See last update for<br>
more details. <br>
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Dead - 4 Male Warriors<br>
8 Male enemy warriors<br>
1 Elder [Laku]<br>
3 Villagers (Adult female, female teenager, young
boy]<br>
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Party Status:<br>
Player Damage Mana Status<br>
Unali -1 / - 3% -- Minor Wound from previous
action<br>
Kasha -7 / -25% -- Moderate Wound from village
combat<br>
Balrog -5 / -33% -- Moderate Wound from village
combat<br>
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Villager Status [Survivors]<br>
2 Male Warriors [Still knocked out but wounded]<br>
1 Elderly women [Moderate damage]<br>
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Next update Friday...<br>
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For Group 1 - Actions? Comments? Questions?<br>
For Group 2 - Actions? Comments? Questions?<br>
For Group 3 - Actions? Comments? Questions?<br>
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