[pnpgm] Game update #120 - File #458 - Ritual Combat Ends
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Sat Oct 7 05:49:49 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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[Recap]
From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Well, I guess Ben'Dar hangs out at the altar. At least
he's got a good view...of the fight... He'll continue to
try to free himself.
He shouts out, "Stay back from the altar. There's some
foul magic at work here!" If anyone approaches, he will
tell them, "Don't touch the altar. I am stuck to it!"
If Ben'Dar can get free, he'll stay near the altar and use
his bow on the priestess or any other enemies he can spot.
GM: Ack. Just happened to be the first to get there. Sorry!
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Z'leyra, recognizing the futility of trying to break thru
an Energy Shield with her dagger, sheathes the dagger and
swings her drum up to be held between her body and her
shield arm as she backs out of the slime away from the
priestess. (Her Immunity vs Chaos should protect her boots
from the Slime.) She asks Thig to point out or tell her
where Purifications and Wards are.
Plan:
The next phase she drums and casts Orient Self EL3. (This
should speed the following spells up to only take 1 phase
each). Then she readies her Staff for spell casting. She
hopes that her Staff and Ring should assist her enough to
prevent abysmal failures. If Thig pointed out a Purification
in the area Z'leyra will cast a Sh Dispell/Banish Chaos EL3
through her staff to dispel any Purification vs. Elder. (To
negate the likely penalty vs casting Elder magic in the area).
[Possibly interrupt the following spell list to dispel any
Slime or other damaging spell that a party member is caught
in.] Next she will cast Sh Dispell/Banish Chaos EL3 through
her staff to dispel the Energy Shield on the priestess
(presuming she still lives and the Energy Shield is still up).
Then she will cast Sh Dispell/Banish Chaos EL3 through her
staff to dispel the expected Purification for Chaos Spells
that would be in this area. (This should reduce the success
chance of any spell cast by the priestess or wards.)
She will cast Sh Dispell/Banish Chaos EL3 through her staff
to dispel each ward pointed out by Thig. She will cast Sh
Dispell/Banish Chaos EL3 through her staff to dispel the
spell holding Ben'dar to the altar if Thig has been able
to describe the spell enough to allow her to direct the
Dispell at the spell/enchantment. Finally she will cast Sh
Dispell/Banish Chaos EL3 through her staff to dispel each
Slime, starting with the ones most damaging to party
members and their gear. Presuming the priestess has been
dealt with she will then help wash off any remaining Slime
and patch and heal any party members that were hurt.
[If she had learned Dispell/Banish Chaos to EL4 she will
instead cast Orient Self at EL5 and cast her Dispell/Banish
Chaos spells at EL4.]
GM: Ack. Plans change sometimes.
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From Chion: [Re: Actions]
Chion starts allocating mana for sleep touch. He knows he
cannot harm her physically, but it does seem he can touch
her so that is the route he is going. He will say aloud,
"Be careful, I'm going to try something on her to dispell
the shield, don't attack her." He figures this way he also
won't break the astral web holding her in place (if she
isn't harmed it'll stay up - win win). With any luck
casting through the staff will help his chances in this
room (and she will think its a negate chaos or some such
spell which it isn't).
If she falls asleep at his touch he will say "There. Now
what else do we have to deal with in this room, she will
be fine for now. How is Balrog doing?"
Otherwise it'll be a "Damn you witch!" in Chosai. Followed b
y "Let's jsut keep attacking her, she will be immobile until
her spell fails then she will be dead!" Which ought to
prompt some fast spell casting on her part...
GM: Ack.
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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]
[Turn 2: Phase 1]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Chion, Thig, Z'leyra, Trembyl and Priestess all
allocates mana for magic.]
[Missile Fire -] [None]
[Magic Effect -]
[A gurgling noise is heard again and the party looks
down. The one to see it is Z'leyras as more slime
forms around her boots. As before it attempts to
climb but her magical boots deflect the spell and
causes it to run off harmlessly and pool around her.]
[Thig speaks a few words to try to dispell the slime
ward but it fails.]
[Trembyl casts a levitate spell to float up 10 feet
into the ground. This should avoid any Slime affecting
him.]
[Chion raises his hand with sai in palm so a finger
can touch the female. In other hand he holds his
staff for power. He casts a quick spell.]
GM: Technically the words needed for the spell couldn't
be said with the words above :) Not in 1 phase at least.
[He slowly draws his hand toward the still female's
shoulder. Four..three...two inches..then at one inch
resistance is felt. He pushes harder and static seems
to circle his finger. he puts weight on the attack and
uses thrust but still nothing. The shield prevents the
finger from entering her shield. It seems to be around
her at one inch. Chion curses the female.]
[The Priestess looks at Trembyl only 10 feet away and
hovering by the column. She speaks quick words and seems
to curse or spell attack Trembyl. Suddenly a gray mist
shoots at Trembyl and hits him and enters his mouth.
Trembyl staggers back in his hover position and becomes
weak and coughs...]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Z'leyra steps out of the slime and backs away. As she
does she sheaths her dagger. She stops about 22 feet
behind the priestess near the column. She grabs her
drum and prepares for spells.]
[Thig realizes his Mind spell is ruined as she can't
move toward him. The mana was lost. He failed in his
dispell action so he flies toward the female and hovers
above her for a mind spell next phase.]
[Farseeker knows the shield is powerful. He gives up but
then realizes theres no giving up when might is right.
He turns and runs 10 feet then turns on a dime and with
both hands on his greatsword yells and charges the
Priestess. He hits the shield and sparks burst but he
doesn't penetrate it. He yells out in frustration.]
[Trembyl hovering in the air is unsure what just happened.
He feels weaker but no physical damage it seems. He
reaches for his Arbalest but realizes too late he
dropped it on the ground earlier.]
[Ben'dar looks down between his elbow and chest and sees
the fight to the priestess. He struggles to free himself
but the spell is powerful. He gives up his first attempt
as he breathes heavily and almot sags on the girl and
realizes this. For the first time he notices she is
quite pretty. Definitely a good body. Scratch marks on
her neck must be from a struggle. He knows this could
have been him and anger builds up again.]
[Unali finishes up cleaning the boots of her and Strie'bog.
She throws the empty water skin down and thinks of her
next actions. She heads north and then turns west to
avoid the slime pools. Unfournately she has to move
further north to avoid the encroaching slime pools.]
[Balrog moves south and looks both ways past the columns
and see no one else. He turns north to return to the
party area.]
[Kasha was going to try his mace again. But he sees the
Slime under Z'leyra quickly pool and it reaches him. It
begins to climb up his boots quickly. He screams as the
acid like slime does 12 points to his shin and legs. With
the pain the slime climbs 4 inches quickly up his boots.
He is strong enough though he moves out of the slime and
backs away trying to bat his legs at the slime.]
[Strie'bog heads south past the Altar and Ben'dar. Ben'dar
tells him to stay away. Strie'bog tries to avoid the
slime pools and get around them to help the party.]
[Xian hears Kasha scream and prepares to enter the room
still invisible. But before he does he hears noises in
the hall and looks around but sees no one. More rat or
insect noises it seems.]
[The Priestess struggles to free herself but can't.]
[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 \\_/ \__/ \U_/ \__/ \__/I \_F [] = Altar
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ G L = Lady
\__I \O_/ \__/ O.... \__/ O__/I \_H
/ I__/ \__/ \__....._/ \__/ \I_/ I i = Room wall
\__I \__/ \__/ \._.. \__/ \__/I \_J
/ X__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \B[] \I_/ K Z=Z'leyra [U18]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_M T=Thig [J23] [15' up]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ N F=Farseeker [P20]
\__I \O_/ \__/ COM_/ .._/ O__/I \_O M=Trmebyl [O20] [10' up]
/ I__/ \__/ \_.LF \__...\__S \I_/ P B=Ben'dar [K29]
\__I \__/ \__/ ..__/ \../ \__/I \_Q U=Unali [F20]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ R R=Balrog [CC18]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_S C=Chion [O18]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ T K=Kasha [U22]
\__I \O_/ \__/ ZO__K \__/ O__/I \_U S=Strie'bog [P31]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ V X=Xian [K4]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_W L=Lady [P19]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ X .=Slime area
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_Y
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ Z [Thig is off map above lady]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_AA
/ I__/O \__/ \__O \__/ \__O \I_/ BB
\__I \__/ \__/ R\__/ \__/ \__/I \_CC
/ I__/ \__/ \__// \__/ \__/ \I_/ DD
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_EE
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ FF
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_GG
/ I______________________________I_/ HH
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_II
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[Turn 2: Phase 2]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Thig, Trembyl and Z'leyra allocate mana.]
[Missile Fire -] [None]
[Magic Effect -]
[Z'leyra moves her hand from the drum to look around the
column at Kasha in pain. Kasha glances over as she
begins to chant some words. Hopefull she is helping him
he nods as he bats his legs. He points to Kasha and
Kasha disappears. But the slime stays in place and
pools all around where Kasha was.]
GM: Z'leyra's actions changed due to Kasha's emergency.
Did this via ICQ Live.
[Thig casts his mind spell and points to the Priestess.
Her brain is hit with 8 damage to her mental attributes.
One attribute immediately goes to Zero.]
[Trembyl casts a spell on himself.]
[As Unali runs she hears the gurgling noise again and
leaps away just as the slime erupts under her boots.]
[Slime crawls up the Priestess legs but it seems to slide
off the energy shield and pool 2 inches deep around her
boots. Slime begins to near towards Farseeker.]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Farseeker sees the creeping Slime and moves backward
toward the south away from it.]
[Trembyl considers his actions but finds few left.]
[Ben'dar sees Kasha disappear and wonders if he is in
trouble. He turns back to the altar. You know he heard
in cities a thing like this would cost about 3 silver to
get cheap sights & thrills....]
[Unali heads south as she does she notices the slime that
hit her few seconds ago is climbing up the column and seems
to be tearing it to shreds with its acid.]
[Balrog moves north and ends up near Z'leyra. He clears
his throat to show its him so she doesn't kill him with a
spell.]
[Chion sees the pool of slime near the priestess. He knows
it will soon reach him. He backs up. He realizes
something has changed in her eyes. Thig's spell may have
done something.]
[Strie'bog moves south around the slime and nears
west toward the party. Along the way he picks up the
Magical Pike Ben'dar threw at the Priestess before
it becomes destroyed by the Slime.]
[Xian sees Kasha disappear and decides to stay by the door.]
[This time the Priestess doesn't speak. She just stands
there staring at the column.]
[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......._/ O__/I \_H
/ I__/ \__/ \U_........ \__/ \I_/ I i = Room wall
\__I \__/ \__/ \._....._/ \__/I \_J
/ X__/ \__/ \__/...../ \B[] \I_/ K Z=Z'leyra [U18]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_M T=Thig [J23] [15' up]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \_.....__/ \I_/ N F=Farseeker [S22]
\__I \O_/ C__/ .OM_/ .._/ O__/I \_O M=Trmebyl [O20] [10' up]
/ I__/ \__/ \_.L/ \_.....__/ \I_/ P B=Ben'dar [K29]
\__I \__/ \__/ ..__/ ...... \__/I \_Q U=Unali [I12]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__...\__/ \I_/ R R=Balrog [W17]
\__I \__/ \__/ \__F \__/ \__/I \_S C=Chion [O13]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ S__/ \I_/ T K=Kasha [U22]
\__I \O_/ \__/ ZO__K \__/ O__/I \_U S=Strie'bog [T28]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ V X=Xian [K4]
\__I \__/ \__/R \__/ \__/ \__/I \_W L=Lady [P19]
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ X .=Slime area
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/I \_Y
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \I_/ Z [Thig is off map above lady]
\__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
GM: The tide has turned. The slime which went after Z'leyra
is in the area of the Priestess. It is deep and getting bigger.
Making melee contact futile now. The party could wait for the
spell of the shield to end. Here is how I think things would
go. I hope this is acceptable based on how I feel character
actions would go. This will speed up the end of the combat.
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[Turn 2: Phase 3]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Trembyl and Z'leyra allocates mana.]
[Missile Fire -]
[Strie'bog raises his bow at the Female. But Trembyl is
nearby hovering. He could hit him so holds off.
Especially with Slime coming his way only 10 feet away.]
[Magic Effect -]
[The Priestess Will, Eloquence and Empathy reach zero
under Thig's spell. She still has intelligence but
bcomes the thrall of Thig. Thig tells the Priestess
to lower the shield with her magic in Marentian. Hoping
she knows the language.]
[Trembyl sees the slime under him. If his spell ends
he'll land in it. He looks to the doorway and hallway
beyond and teleports into the hallway.]
[Z'leyra beats her drum and enters a trance.]
[Melee & Movement -]
[Farseker heads for the door. Since he can't touch
the Priestess he will avoid the slime wards.]
[Unali sees the Priestess is not moving and seems to be
dead? She reaches for something but realizes Her previous
plan is changed when she hears Thig order the Priestess to
drop the shield. If she went with the plan it would stop
that action and be less fun. She turns to see slime covering
a large part of the floor now. She heads for the door.]
[Express Mode On Here]
[Turn 2: Phase 4]
[Z'leyra attempts to dispell the Purification. She
casts the spell.]
[The Priestess speaks a few words that seem more a mumble
as her intelligence still works. She dispells the energy
shield on herself. An act that will surely kill her. But
she is no longer under her own control.]
[Farseeker suggest folks leave the room. Its not good to
stay in the room at this point.]
[The slime quickly climbs up the Priestess legs and causes
an immediate 7 points of damage.]
[Turn 3: Phase 1]
[Strie'bog quickly places a arrow in his bow and fires
at the Priestess. He sees the slime will finish her
off but a mercy kill might work as well. The arrow
hits her right in mid back doing enough damage to
finish her off. Her body does not move as the holding
spell keeps her in place still.]
[Z'leyra still in her trance dispells the slime ward or
at least hopes so. The party though notices she does
as there are still 3 people in the room and they aren't
attacked. The ward seems to be gone.]
[Thig senses less wards in the room. He flies over
to Ben'dar and inspects the Altar.]
[Turn 3: Phase 2]
[Thig tries to dispell the Altar ward as he sees Slime
covering the floor en mass. But Ben'dar can't pull
away.]
[Z'leyra attempts to dispell the first of the four slime
pools still around. At this point 80 feet of the floor
is covered in slime. She points to one pool with her
staff and speaks the words. But the slime remains in
place as the spell fails.]
[Turn 3: Phase 3]
[Thig knows Z'leyra is in her trance so talking to her
is useless for some time. He tries again to dispell
the altar ward. He casts the spell again and nods
to Ben'dar.]
[Z'leyra attempts again to dispell the slime. The
first pool disappears with its slime areas it
touched.]
[Ben'dar pulls away from the altar. Happy he looks
back to see the slime only 4 feet away and coming.
He picks up the nude girl and finds she comes away.
He picks her up and crosses to the north and runs for
the door avoiding the slime. Thig flies over the
slime toward the door.]
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[Twelve seconds later Z'leyra finishes getting rid of
the other slime pools. At the end Ben'dar reaches
the west end of the room and puts her down.]
[The party re-enters the room slowly and finds the
wards gone. Thig reports the candle ward which
is harmless is still there but the room is empty of
magic wards. The group sees about 100 feet of the carpet
has been burnt and destroyed by the slime and shows dirt.
Two of the middle columns up to 2 feet has also been
destroyed from bottom up by the acidic slime. The
party gathers around the Priestess.]
Farseeker: "She was tougher."
[The Priestess still stands as if leaning on an invisible
wall head slumped to the right. The arrow finished her
off but 3 feet up her legs she has acid burns and welts
from the slime. The Priestess looks to be about 17
like the nude girl and stands 5'8 and about 140 pounds.
The party search her quilted robes and finds a bag of
60 L'p'nthian coins. A dagger is also found. She
has quilted armor but it would have to be stripped off
her to take as treasure.]
[Unali checks her boots. She was hit by the slime 3
separate attacks. Though she washed it off the first
time the exposure of the three attacks has ruined the
boots If you can imagine boots taking 30 points of
damage in the total attacks. Unali's boots are ruined.]
[Strie'bog's boots took 5 points of damage from the slime.
It could probably be worn but they are not good after
a few hours of use. They will likely be too threadbare
to wear. The water helped but it didn't prevent the
sole damage.]
Farseeker: "I'm sure other boots could be found in the
loot and guards."
Balrog: "Where is Kasha?"
GM: Its still 11:30 so its friday :). So this is the
Friday update. Going to release it at this point.
We still have a few things to resolve (Kasha, the
nude girl, Trembyl). I'll likely do a supplemental
update but if not it'll be in Monday's update. Monday
either way we'll move on to the next "thing".
GM: Good team work helped in that combat. Plans were
changed and not everyone got experience but in
the long run experience in learning to work together
and against this situation is learned. Got super
busy and bogged down in book keeping work of experience
and stats so had to release this almosst a day late.
Actions? Comments?
Next update Monday...
MAy seem like a small update but it was time consuming on
the book work and checking stats due to wards and such. :)
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