[pnpgm] Game update #119 - File #454 - Phase 3/4 Ritual Combat
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Wed Oct 4 06:46:14 CEST 2006
HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R3 Balrog................Balrog............Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
R4 Tom Crockett..........Caladan...........Wizard..Normal/Human Ma
R1 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma
W3 Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
W2 Sergi Sallent.........Jordi.............Wizard..Normal/Elf Ma
R4 Tim Falkenberg........Malradh ben Kasha.Merc....Normal/Human Ma
R3 Wayne Richardson/Uji..Thig..............Sidh MU.Normal/Faerry Ma
Do Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Artist..Normal/Human Ma
R3 Orion (Paul Broman)...Trembyl...........Wizard..Normal/Human Ma
W3 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe
R3 Scott Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human Ma
W2 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe
Animals: Ventrius/Pogo Thig's dogs, Firesnake of Caladan's,
Z'Leyra's Eagle, 2 Draft Horses, Wolf - Boyzdar
6 Captured Zen'da Horses
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Game Update #119 in sequence (file #454)
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[Recap]
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Z'leyra will move and attack the lady (to kill since casting
Slime is potentially a lethal attack) from the opposite side
from Farseeker. Buckler defensive, dagger offensive. Spell
effects as per spell.
Glancing at the Slime she thinks it looks like an EL2-3
Slime. Unali being a strong woman can likely get out of
it...though she likely will need new boots. As soon as
the lady goes down Z'leyra will ready her waterskin to
wash the slime off Unali...unless Unali is caught, in
which case she will get ready to cast a Dispell/Banish
Chaos thru her staff at the Slime.
GM: Ack.
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From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar rushes to the girl on the altar. He will make
sure she is ok and will protect her from any harm for the
remainder of this fight. If it looks like she is alright
and there is no threat to her from anyone else but the
priestess, he will go after the priestess and help take
her out, being careful to always keep himself in between
the priestess and the altar.
GM: Ack. Since you wanted your pike thrown last update
but was in danger. She being alone now I'll do it
this update. Hope that's acceptable.
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From Chion: [Re: Actions]
When Chion hears the yell to stop he starts allocating
mana for his staff's main power (Astral Web EL bookoo).
This should take care of most things on the way to the
priestess (He should get about half or 3/4 of the room).
GM: Ack. I got this email though tonight. After last
night's update. The yell occurred phase 1. Since
I didn't get this action till now it'll be done now.
Sorry. Since you didn't say to use the spell on the
altar girl I'll assume you don't :). On second thought
looking at the high cost and casting speed. I'll be
generous and compromise. I'll say you start phase 2
not 1 and 3. It'll take 3 phases so won't be castable
till phase 4. Means you'll have to stand still.
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[New Stuff]
Octaqi 30, in the 163rd Year [TH]
[Meanwhile in Caladan's Village]
[Day 60 of Trip]
[Time: 5:43am]
GM: Reality change. Because Chion would be allocating
spell via staff he would not be able to move last phase.
So he is moving back to last position. Back to J12.
[Turn 1: Phase 3]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Thig is overwhelmed. He knows the magics in the
room are numerous at least 3 wards he can sense.
Theres no time to tell the party as he considers
dispelling them but he's not powerful enough. The
spells themselves are too powerful. He considers
a mind spell against the priestess but suspects
her magic defense to be high. He also considers
using his amulet but comes to the same conclusion.
Feeling useless he fails to allocate mana and
concentrate on finding the exact source of the wards.]
[Trembyl considers allocating mana for a spell. There
is something familiar about this scene. Something
itching at the dark corners of his mind. Unfournately
no spells come to mind to cast.]
[Chion pulls his staff up off the ground not only to
concentrate better but to avoid slime. He allocates
more mana he started last phase to through the staff
and his body. The 4.5 foot brown staff seems to shake
slightly as the power builds through it.]
[Strie'bog allocates mana for a bow spell. He begins
to speak the words.]
[Missile Fire -]
[While Thig considers his option he raises his repeating
crossbow at the Lady. He'll fire easily over Farseeker's
head as he is above the party. He fires and the dart
misses her by 2 feet.]
[Ben'dar shifts to the right looking at the Lady. Now
only 15 feet away. His chance to throw his Pike is
here. As he throws it though he realizes he wasn't
really trained in throwing spears just fighting with
them. Oh well. At 15 feet he has a 50/50 chance
of hitting. But amazingly the spear lands 3 feet
by her onto the carpet missing her.]
[Balrog puts his hand on a dagger as he sees the Lady
move west. But at 35 feet theres slim chance of
hitting the lady. He holds off.]
[Kasha thinks the same thing and grabs a throwing
dagger. He throws it the 10 feet toward the lady
but it lands to the left 3 feet behind her.]
[Strie'bog casting his spell and concentrating strings
his bow and fires the 30 feet toward the lady. The
spell moves perfectly for 10 feet then the connection
with the arrow seems to be lost as it exits his range
of the spell. The arrow flies toward the female and
misses impacting on the ground. Since its carpet
the arrow can be obtained again and not broke so
not counting against inventory.]
[Xian aims his Arbalest at the lady but the pillar,
Trembyl and Farseeker are in the way. There is
about a 4 foot aisle between then but not worth
the risk. He holds off.]
[Magic Effect -]
[Suddenly Strie'bog hears oozing noises under his feet.
He looks down to see Slime covering his boots. As
with Unali it pools around him. The slime begins to
climb up his boots but it seems his magical defense
is strong. The slime stops as it can't get a hold
of him as his magic defense is stronger. It slides
down and pools around his boots just like Unali.]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Z'leyra runs forward and comes behind the Lady again.
With a almost impossible shot to fail she raises her
magical dagger and attempts to stab the female's back.
As the daggers nears the back for some odd unexplainable
reason the dagger seems to miss her back by a hair.
With almost a 75% (at least) of hitting he is shocked
to see she missed. There is something going on more
than skill here.]
[Farseeker charges to the Lady with Great sword. Z'leyra
sees this. If anyone can hit he will. He crosses the
8 feet toward her and thrusts at her left side. and
hits resistance. Z'leyra sees the blade as well. Farseeker
pulls back but is startled when he sees no blood at all
on the blade. but he knows he hit! He felt resistance.]
[Trembyl moves besides Farseeker and thrusts his Scimitar
at the female. He impacts against her robes. But
his good eyes notice the robes didn't move. In fact
there is no blood when he knows he hit. But he also
noticed something else. A slight white spark that
was so subtle he might only detect it. Then his
mind flashes a memory. A day almost 4 months earlier
when the party was in the Climan Mountains fighting
a priestess in an ambush. She had the same style of
spell. In order to take her out he had to use earthquake
to cause her to fall in a ravine. But her spell came
from an amulet this one doesn't seem that way. He
quickly yells out.]
Trembyl: "Magical Shield!"
[Ben'dar runs toward the altar. Now above the naked teen
he inspects her. He then realizes he hasn't been with
a female in some time and seeing her lying there...but
the emotion flees his mind as anger returns. He eyes
her chest..I mean her stomach and sees she is breathing
normal not shallow, deep or fast. A good sign. He
checks her pulse and finds it strong. He tries to nudge
her but she doesn't wake her. He reaches for her other
shoulder and tries to shake her whole body as her body
jiggles she still doesn't wake.]
[Speaking quickly and loudly Unali states.]
Unali : "There is a slime pool here. A ward or something
she cast. Thig, can you make out if there are more wards
here?"
[Being stronger than the Slime Unali lifts her feet off
the building slime pool. She notices Strie'bog near
her is also being attacked by slime. But he isn't
moving his feet. Fearing he may not be strong enough
to move he grabs him and with their combines strength
pull each other out and away.]
[Balrog seeing Farseeker likely able to handle the lady
he moves south. He crosses the next line of pillars
and looks both ways and sees no one.]
[Kasha comes up alongside the Female's right side
and swings his mace. He hits but when he pulls
back the mace he sees no hole in her robes? He
knows he hit.]
[Strie'bog tries to flick his boots and get rid of
the slime as he nods to Unali in thanks. He wasn't
strong enough to flee it himself.]
[The female seems to turn her head and eye Trembyl
when he said shield in Marentian. That would imply
she knows Marentian. With a sigh of anger she
realizes he may know the magic. She moves away
breaking between Farseeker and Z'leyra.]
[Enlarged Map]
1 2 3
12345678901234567890123456789012345678
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ A 1 Column = 5 feet
\__/_______________________________ \_B 1 Row = 5 feet
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \i_/ C 1 Hex =10 feet
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/i \_D / = Door
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ E O = Column (4 feet around)
\__I \\_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_F [] = Altar
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ G L = Lady
\__I \O_/ \__/ O.... SU_/ O__/I \_H
/ I__/ \__/ \__....._/ \__/ \I_/ I i = Room wall
\__I \__/ CT__/ \._.. \__/ \__/I \_J
/ X__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \B[] \I_/ K Z=Z'leyra [P25]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_M T=Thig [J23] [15' up]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \_M/ \__/ \I_/ N F=Farseeker [O24]
\__I \O_/ \__/ O__/ F\K_/ O__/I \_O M=Trmebyl [N24]
/ I__/ \__/ \__L \__Z \__/ \I_/ P B=Ben'dar [K29]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_Q U=Unali [H25]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ R R=Balrog [V18]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_S C=Chion [J12]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ T K=Kasha [O26]
\__I \O_/ \__/ O__/ \__/ O__/I \_U S=Strie'bog [H26]
/ I__/ \__/ \_R/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ V X=Xian [K4]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_W L=Lady [P19]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ X .=Slime area
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_Y
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ Z
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_AA
/ I__/O \__/ \__O \__/ \__O \I_/ BB
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_CC
/ I__/ \__/ \__// \__/ \__/ \I_/ DD
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_EE
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ FF
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_GG
/ I______________________________I_/ HH
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_II
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[Turn 1: Phase 4]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Thig hears the words magical shield. He realizes the
wards Unali mentions are powerful but if she has a
shield that could be stronger. He knows he can't
stop the wards. They are too strong. But maybe he
can destroy the female's mind. That should get through
her spell maybe? He allocates mana. If he plots her
course she should be going to the door and within just
enough range (5 feet) of the spell. He hopes.]
[Chion allocates his last bit of mana through the staff.]
[Missile Fire -]
[Xian invisible in the doorway aims his Arbalest and
fires the Female now that he has a clear shot. The
quarrel flies the 50 feet and hits! But then bounces
off her?]
[Magic Effect -]
[The Slime magic launches again. This time Z'leyra
hears the noise under her foot. Luckily she has
magical boots on. As the slime builds and pools
around her boots the slime also seems to stop its
ascent as her high magic defense and magical boots
and protections seem to repel the slime.]
[Chion pulls his staff up and looks at the female as
he chants the final words to invoke the staff's
spell. With a negative -5 roll the spell holds
her in place even her magical defense and the
room's purified ground doesn't prevent the spell.
Luckily the female moves closer just in range
of the staff. Astral tentacles and web wraps
around the female in a magical stranglehold.]
[Melee & Movement
[Z'leyra again moves toward the female and again
behind her. This time the dagger hits the female's
shoulder but the blade doenn't penetrate the female's
magical shield. It seems to stop a inch from her body.]
[Farseeker rushes the female again and thrusts again.
The blade hits but again it stops a inch from her
body and doesn't go past her magical shield. He
growls in frustration.]
[Trembyl moves toward the female and besides the Pillar.
He thrusts but fails to hit the female.]
[Ben'dar now knows the female seems to be thinks about
moving her. But best not in case she has other
injuries the healer should look at first. It would've
been a nice time to lift her but he hears the trouble
the others are and stands up...or...wait..he ...
stand...no..confused he pushes away from the female with
his legs...no...tries...what is going on! He remains
in place over her both hands on the altar and his stomach
touching the altar. His legs are free and can move but
its as if his hands and stomach are glued to the Altar!
In anger he tries to force away but can't. Breathing
hard he sinks his head down and touches her chest then
bobs up again and looks behind him to the party in
a plea for help. He growls in anger.]
[Unali pulls a water skin and uncaps it and begins to
pour water on her and Strie'bog's boots. Most of
her boots are slimeless but his since he was stuck
has more and she begins to help him clean the boots
but this take the phase.]
GM: It'll probably take 1 more phase then phase 6
you can probably do something.
[Balrog still concerned there might be others waiting
to ambush around the columns heads south.]
[Chion smiles as his spell hopefully works. At this
point the magic is not seen but he walks toward the
female. With his sai in his left hand he tries to
stab her but the sai fails to hit.]
[Kasha doesn't know this magic stuff but he knows a
hard mace to the head works wonders! he moves
toward the female and to the right of Z'leyra.
He swings but fails to hit the female.]
[Strie'bog drops his back and reaches for his waterskin
as well and tries to dampen the slime away from his
boots.]
[The female now for the first time who seems concerned
turns and moves...or rather..tries to. Her legs and
arms don't seem to move. With a growl she curses
the party.]
[Enlarged Map]
1 2 3
12345678901234567890123456789012345678
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ A 1 Column = 5 feet
\__/_______________________________ \_B 1 Row = 5 feet
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \i_/ C 1 Hex =10 feet
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/i \_D / = Door
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ E O = Column (4 feet around)
\__I \\_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_F [] = Altar
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ G L = Lady
\__I \O_/ \__/ O.... SU_/ O__/I \_H
/ I__/ \__/ \__....._/ \__/ \I_/ I i = Room wall
\__I \__/ T__/ \._.. \__/ \__/I \_J
/ X__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \B[] \I_/ K Z=Z'leyra [Q19]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_M T=Thig [J23] [15' up]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ N F=Farseeker [P20]
\__I \O_/ \__/ COM_/ .._/ O__/I \_O M=Trmebyl [O20]
/ I__/ \__/ \__LF \__...\__/ \I_/ P B=Ben'dar [K29]
\__I \__/ \__/ ZK_/ \../ \__/I \_Q U=Unali [H25]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ R R=Balrog [AA18]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_S C=Chion [O18]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ T K=Kasha [Q20]
\__I \O_/ \__/ O__/ \__/ O__/I \_U S=Strie'bog [H26]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ V X=Xian [K4]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_W L=Lady [P19]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ X .=Slime area
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_Y
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ Z
\__I \__/ \__/ R\__/ \__/ \__/I \_AA
/ I__/O \__/ \__O \__/ \__O \I_/ BB
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_CC
/ I__/ \__/ \__// \__/ \__/ \I_/ DD
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_EE
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ FF
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_GG
/ I______________________________I_/ HH
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_II
Actions? Comments?
Next update Friday...
Ben'dar: You seem to be stuck to the altar. :)
Strie'bog/Unali: Cleanup should be done by phase 5
by phase 6 you can plan actions.
Z'leyra: You have slime on your boots but as with the
others it didn't climb up more than a half inch
or inch in some places. Since its magical boots
you may not be so concerned?
Unali: For phase 6 if you want to go with previous
emailed actions I'll go with that. If you want
to change let me know. I'll have to take into
account the range (about 40 feet). If you do want
to change let me know.
By now the magic casters have likely figured out there
are wards in this room. Being a religious center this
only makes sense. A purification ward likely purifies
the ground and makes actions harder for not "their" kind
of folks. A slime ward may be active though it could
still be a hidden person? But all 3 slimes do seem to
come up from the ground. The altar though no one but
Ben'dar realize this probably has one as well. Then
with the female's shield it seems difficult to penetrate.
With this in mind Friday will be phase 5 and 6 :)
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