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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 Fe<br>
R3 Scott
Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human Ma<br>
W2 Alex
Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe<br>
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 #73 in sequence (file #274]<br>
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[Recap]<br>
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From Ben'dar: [Re:
Actions]<br>
Yes, Ben'Dar shows
Z'leyra all the loot taken from the rider<br>
and splits it with
her. He would like to donate his portion<br>
to the village,
seeing that they have just been attacked and<br>
taken damage, but
he knows that gold is useless to the Zen'Da.<br>
If he sees that it
could be of value to some in the village<br>
(for making
jewelry or for barter with another country or<br>
something like
that, he will offer it up to the people who<br>
need it more than
he does.<br>
<br>
He listens to Thig
and Trembyl's discussion of the claw's<br>
control over
animals and the elements and he shakes his head,<br>
"The
influence of the claw, whatever it may be, does not seem<br>
to be all that
powerful. If all it can do is cause wolves to<br>
attack men and
small birds to attack an eagle...that is not<br>
too far from how
those creatures act on their own, given the<br>
right
circumstances. I do not think in itself the claw is<br>
something to be
worried about. However, if it is just one<br>
item among many
like it, then we could have some trouble.<br>
Perhaps these
grave robbers are collecting various artifacts<br>
to construct some
item of great magical power."<br>
GM: Ack. The Gold could
be yours alone unless you want ot share<br>
the bars with the
party. Zaka doesn't need the gold. but<br>
he'll be happy to
take the horses of the enemy riders (2)<br>
and those riders
that were killed in the village (their hroses).<br>
That's a landslide
of "income" to them. At least 3 of the<br>
horses can be used
for many years.<br>
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From Strie'bog: [Re:
Actions[<br>
After coming out
of the Tipi, Strie'bog thanks Balrog and<br>
Trembyl for
standing guard. "It took longer than expected,"<br>
he says as he
staggers slightly. "The Lords of Life it seems<br>
wanted the lore of
these people remembered. It will take me<br>
a while to
understand all that they have said. But there is<br>
one thing that
floods to the top of my mind. A name. Vong.<br>
Have any of you
heard this name?"<br>
<br>
In dealing with
the situation at hand. "I wonder how many<br>
animals the
wielder of this item can control? The danger is<br>
not that it
controls one wolf or dog, but that it could<br>
control
many. Imagine an entire tribe of the Zen'da betrayed<br>
by their
horses. As for animals, it may be best if we can<br>
keep them away
from the fight, but I do have the ability to<br>
calm animals with
song. Of couse, we do not know if my songs<br>
will affect
animals under such wrongful control. Still, if<br>
my songs do calm
the influence, it would allow you to deal<br>
with their
controller."<br>
<br>
"As for
Caladan and the others, I also have been gifted by my<br>
mother with
the ability to travel far distances in the blink<br>
of an
eye. I have rarely used this power, as I am not yet<br>
worldly
enough to know where to go. If needed, I could try<br>
to find
their location and take people there if they need<br>
aid."<br>
GM: Ack. Teleport at the
lowest level only is 2 miles. It<br>
would take about
50 trips to get to where they are at<br>
the very least
:) Trembyl and Balrog offer water a you<br>
gulp it down
seeing as your hungry and thirsty. <br>
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[New Stuff]<br>
<br>
Octaqi 17, in the 163rd Year
[TH]<br>
[Meanwhile somewhere in the
mountains to the east of<br>
Woundenal's Cabin, At
the Castle Time: c. 1:30pm]<br>
<br>
[Chion quickly explains things
to Farseeker. Hearing this<br>
Farseeker gets concerned
that at any second a team of horses<br>
could exit the
castle. Once outside it would be hard to<br>
hide all these
boxes. Farseeker decides to go get the others.<br>
He explains though it'll
take some time. Without a second's<br>
thought he throws the
female body off his horse and it<br>
slams to the
ground. He then turns and gallops away to<br>
find the others.
But he stops and turns again. He comes<br>
back and hands Chion his
staff.]<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "You may need
this. I'll be back as soon as I can."<br>
<br>
[He then gallops off
fast. After 20 minutes of fast riding<br>
through winding cnayon
walls he finds the uprise to the<br>
top side and otherside
of the canyon. After anohter 15<br>
minutes he finds the
others who found a small cave but did<br>
not cover some of their
tracks well (especially the blood<br>
trail from one
body). Farseeker explains that chion is<br>
back and has decided to
return to the plains. After a quick<br>
chat they decide to
return. Slower with the 2 bodies on the<br>
horses they eventually
return.]<br>
<br>
[By now a bit over an hour has
passed. But it couldn't be<br>
helped. Chion has
watched the Castle and nothing has stirred.<br>
Now even a cry of
alert. If they haven't discovered the guard's<br>
death by now it has to
be soon. Chion paces and waits for<br>
the others who
eventually ride back. Placing the 3 bodies they<br>
carried and laying them
against a rock wall they dismount the<br>
horses and let them
be. To take the horses would take another<br>
600-800 pounds and
wouldn't be possible without 2 trips. Xian,<br>
Farseeker and Jordi
weave in between the tent covering and<br>
try to touch Chion or
his staff as he prepares his teleport spell.]<br>
<br>
Caladan: "You can carry
all this and us back to the plains?<br>
Your power is
amazing!"<br>
<br>
Xian: "But I know that
power as well. If the spell fails.<br>
We could be a mile
in the sky or off on the ground away<br>
from our target
and suddenly all these crates fall from<br>
the sky on
us. Not fun. I DO hope you don't fail."<br>
<br>
Farseeker: "I don't like
this...but we better leave now.."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "The bodies will
be found likely on their next<br>
patrol.
Another incentive to leave."<br>
<br>
[As Chion grins wrly at the
comments he gets serious and<br>
speaks the magical
rites. Raising his staff for power<br>
as he is drained from
energy. He doesn't say that if he<br>
does fail they may be
here for the next 16 hours at least<br>
until his energy
reserves build back up. After almost<br>
2 minutes of magical
words the crates, boxes and people<br>
begin to dissolve and a
pop is heard as they disappear.<br>
A pop of sudden air
compression. The blue hue of the spell<br>
is also seen lightly but
only by the dead bodies and horses<br>
who skitter a bit.
The spell teleports the group hundreds<br>
of miles to the
north. As before when they reappear in the<br>
prepared circle Chion
left just hours earlier when they<br>
arrive gasps of air are
made. Lungs have to be filled as<br>
if the travel is hard on
their systems. The party separates<br>
from each other and
regains their bearings. Back on the<br>
plains and in Caladan's
village.]<br>
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Time: 2:45pm - Caladan's
Village.<br>
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GM: Ok. This would have
changed some dialogue about Chion<br>
being
missing. Chion arrives back with the others AFTER<br>
the village combat
so couldn't help there. Upon hearing<br>
of the return
everyone could easilly go back to Caladan's<br>
village for a
reunion. Strie'bog could have done his<br>
thing in that
village that night. We flash forward...<br>
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Octaqi 18, in the 163rd Year
[TH]<br>
[Meanwhile at Zaka's village -
Location 6 miles south-east<br>
of Caladan's village.
Roughly 2.5 hour ride.<br>
Time: Roughly
9:50am]<br>
<br>
GM: At this point the next day
has passed. Everyone has<br>
talked and shared
all events that have occured in the<br>
past
updates. If there is something NOT shared please<br>
let me know.
Otherwise everything that has been psoted<br>
will be shared
among everyone. I suppose the only<br>
thing not
discussed is the Time Travel stuff with Z'leyra<br>
as that alone
could cause paradox issues. Since chion<br>
arrived hours
before the current time there can be a night<br>
full of discussion
on his exploration including drawn<br>
maps. Though
he may not know the scale of the castle in<br>
great detail he
can guess. From his view outside the white<br>
stone seems to end
at a certain point and meets the rock<br>
mountain
itself. Based on this Chion assumes there are<br>
only 3
levels. He has explored at least 25-40% of the<br>
castle at this
point. After the various facts and stories<br>
are shared the
following discussion is placed the previous<br>
night or early
morning...<br>
<br>
Thig: "Vong? I've
never heard of such. If Kaylle was here<br>
maybe he could
research it."<br>
<br>
Kasha: "I can't believe
you returned with all that equipment.<br>
I can guess
they'll be upset when they find out. Any<br>
idea of surprise
is now lost if we go after the castle."<br>
<br>
Trembyl: "Problem is we
don't know what the castle is there<br>
for or how they
are involved. From what Woundenal says<br>
its a set of new
owners. But we don't know their motive."<br>
<br>
Xian: "Aside from the
prisoners they take and kill?"<br>
<br>
Trembyl: "There is that
yes. But that may be any land out<br>
there where power
and domination is needed by power mad<br>
folks."<br>
<br>
Caladan: "This claw does
sound dangerous. But as Z'leyra<br>
points out they
have a good head start. By now a day's<br>
walk at
least. But I suspect if this person is skilled<br>
they could shape
change into a bird or ride a animal like<br>
a fast moving
plain's animal. Likely a wild horse could<br>
be controlled to
ride. So we can figure the rider is<br>
at least 60-80
miles ...away from here by now."<br>
<br>
GM: At this point we have some
decisions to make. So let's<br>
put it to some
votes...<br>
<br>
1) As a party head
after Claw/Rider<br>
2) As a party head
to Castle to storm it<br>
3) Divide up, Some
go to Claw/Rider others to Castle<br>
4) As a party go
to Claw/Rider later go to Castle<br>
5) As a party go
to Caslte then later Claw/Rider<br>
6) Other, give
your opinion!<br>
<br>
Vote on what you think is
best. Comments/Discussion is welcome.<br>
Chion has set a deadline for noon
today Octagi 18 for those<br>
in the castle. Which is less
than 3 hours. If the castle is<br>
stormed it might take 1-3
hours. That could be 3pm or so. <br>
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GM: Incidently a inventory of
items that Chion came back<br>
with is as
follows: <br>
<br>
Weight Number Total Weight<br>
Crate - Leather
Armor
6 32
192<br>
Crate - Buckler
Shield
4 37
148<br>
Crate - Ring
Mail
8 15
120<br>
Crate -
Chainmail
50
1 50<br>
Plate Mail
70
1 70<br>
<br>
Crate - Throwing Dagger
0.5 116
58<br>
Fighting Dagger 1
132 132 <br>
Crate -
Spears
4
19 76 <br>
Javelin
1.5 37
55 <br>
Crate - Light
Lance
1.5 14
21 <br>
Locker-
Mace
5 63
315<br>
Box - Travel
Rations 1/8
213 27<br>
Rope (Assorted sizes -
- 3<br>
Tents, other gear<br>
1153<br>
<br>
GM: He reports he left a few
heavy lances back<br>
at the castle as their
sole weapon inventory.<br>
<br>
Next update Friday...<br>
<br>
GM: This is a quick update. So its
short. <br>
<br>
I will accept your votes. If
your been busy and can't afford<br>
to play you can elect to stay in the
villages (Jordi, Unali<br>
or others). Otherwise I'll
take your vote and run you as<br>
a NPC based on your previous actions
(aside from Jordi's magic).<br>
Since it is a new day I'll
regenerate the mana and report<br>
on those results later in the week
(next update). Got a few<br>
things on bookkeeping to do as
well. I will tell you though<br>
I shouldn't. This particular
adventure is about 85% done.<br>
The Castle is a big part (or just a
red herring :)) and the<br>
chase is a big part. Once both
or one is done it goes a bit<br>
fast at that point. Sorry for
lack of a big update but<br>
got a few things to do tonight
:)<br>
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Don't even have time to spell check this one :<<br>
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