[pnpgm] Game update #124 - File #474 - Combat continues...
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Thu Oct 19 05:47:50 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 edit lent.........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 #125 in sequence (file #474)
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[Recap]
From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar will continue fighting Teed until he goes down.
His next target will be the statue, which he will attempt to
destroy with his pike. After that, he will circle around
behind the desk and attack Ezam from behind.
GM: Ack.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Hearing the demand from the woman and seeing the spears aimed
at her Z'leyra knows she must keep the claw away from them.
Though she would like to use Astral Fire, Quarrells or some
other offensive spell or even just engage in combat she
calculates that casting Insubstantiability on herself gives
the best chance of keeping the Claw from falling into their
hands. She knows any spears thrown may potentially interrupt
her spell if it damages her. Her armor is good, but not
impervious.
Hopefully she will be lucky. At least any spears thrown will
leave the spearman having to ready another weapon.
Mentally bracing to complete the spell even if injured she
casts Insubstantiability EL2 on herself. This is the highest
EL she can cast it in one phase. Casting it on herself allows
her MDV to help the casting, which should overcome any
Purifications against Balance magics.
By the time they can melee her she should be insubstantial.
Casting the spell she twists her body for emphasis to her
words, to allow her buckler to sweep around to her left and
to throw off the accuracy of any spears thrown.
Z'leyra's default tongue for casting spells is: Kameri for
casting Shamanic and Elder/Sidh spells. Salaqi for casting
Balance spells. Marentian for casting Law spells.
If she casts using a different tongue I will mention it.
If she gets the Insubstantiability spell off she will next
cast Levitate (at highest EL she can cast in 1 phase) and
zoom up through the ceiling.
If the spell is interrupted she will cast Quarrells EL2 (w
Tongue of Sidh) through her staff. Then cast Invisibility
on herself followed by dropping the staff she will draw
her dagger and fight, attempting to avoid getting attacked
and attacking first the female then the rest from behind...
GM: Ack.
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From Chion: [Re: Actions]
Chion will attempt to defend himself while observing Ezam's
next move. Obviously Ezam thinks himself some form of equal
or superior. The question is, of course, whether that is
magical or not. He will ask Ezam, "What did you think, that
I would just turn on those who gave me a home and made me
feel part of their family? For power? Ha! I have power enough
as it is. I don't need your curruption nor your directions. My
days as a lacky are quite a bit over. I am a free man!
How can you not understand that means more to me than anything
you could possibly give me?"
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: 6:03am]
[Turn 1: Phase 4]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Thig allocates mana for a spell.]
[Missile Fire -]
[Strie'bog looks at Ezam has a good shot but could
hit Farseeker. too risky.]
[Magic Effect -]
[Having seen the last few seconds of combat and the
futile attacks Thig knows the room has been likely
Purified. He attempts to dispell it by casting
a quick dispell spell.]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Farseeker swings his greatsword with both hands at
Ezam and almost fumbles it. The magic in the room
must be greatly affecting combat.]
[Teed has 4 targets to choose from. He turns to the left
and thrusts his spear at Unali and hits her in her upper
right arm doing 3 points of damage. A bad wound for
a arm.]
GM: Random D4 here.
[Trembyl thrusts his scimitar at Teed. But the scimitar
seems to go to the right and almost hits Ben'dar!]
GM: Rolled a 100 plus for the ward! Wow!
[Ben'dar sees the scimitar out the corner of his eye
and wonders if Trembyl is trying to kill him now.
But he twirls the pike in his hand vertically so not
to hit Trembyl and Unali. Then slices a downward
thrust at Teed. Ben'dar also misses.]
[Unali tries to subdue Teed. She swings one dagger but
fails to hit. The other hits him in the chest and
does damage but doesn't knock him out.]
[Ezam stares at Chion and thrusts two hands at Farseeker.
His hands are a blur in speed and agility as his hands
come under and above Farseeker's sword. One fist
hits Farseeker directly in the chest and knocks Farseeker
back a foot doing damage to his ribs.]
[Balrog becomes unsettled waiting while his friends
battle the two. He sees Z'leyra go somewhere and
no one seems to want to find her. Of course there
is a fight going on. He glances at Xian and then
the hallway..]
[Chion stands put studying Ezam. To study a enemy is
to learn him. He gives the speech above which will
last the 2 phases.]
[Kasha swings mace at Teed's back but misses...]
[Strie'bog comes forward and ends up near the chairs
in front of the desk.]
[Xian is also unsure what to do at this point but stands
guard in case there is a rear attack.]
[Map end of Phase 4]
1 2 3 4
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/ \______________________________________/ 1 Column = 5 feet
\__I````@@@@```````__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IA 1 Row = 5 feet
/ I__/ @@@@/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__IB 1 Hex =10 feet
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ *IC __ I = Walls
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__T \__/ \__/ \_*ID
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IE ` = Shelf
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__Q K__/ \__IF @ = Wooden cabinet
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \BM/ \__/ IG / = Door [I4]
/ IR_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ U\+_####__IH $ = Bookcase
\_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__S+ ##_/ II + = Chair
/ IX_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__##+\L_IJ ## = Wooden desk
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/+ ####F IK ** = Table of food/water
/ I$_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ C__IL
\__I$ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IM
/ I$_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__IN
\__I$ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IO
/ I$_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__IP
\__I$ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IQ
/ I______________________________________IR
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_
L = Ezam [J41] M = Teed [G33] R = Balrog [H5]
B = Ben'dar [G32] C = Chion [L40] F = Farseeker [J33]
K = Kasha [H28] S = Strie'bog [I34] Q = Trembyl [F31]
U = Unali [H33] *X = Xian [J5] Z = Z'leyra [??]
*T = Thig [D25] - 8' feet high [* = Invisible]
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[Turn 2: Phase 1]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Thig allocates mana for another spell.]
[Missile Fire -] - None
[Magic Effect -]
[Thig tries again to dispell the ward he still detects.]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Farseeker finally hits Ezam in the chest with a thrust
of his sword but Ezam continues to stand.]
[Teed tries to stab Unali again but fails to hit.]
[Trembyl fails to hit Teed again.]
[Ben'dar fails to hit Teed as well!]
[Unali with both daggers fails to even come close to Teed.]
[Ezam tries again to punch Farseeker but his fist is blocked
by his sword.]
Ezam: "Free is what I was offering you!" [He continues to
glance at Chion.]
[Kasha fails to hit Teed.]
[Strie'bog recalls his blessing to help his combat
attacks. He pulls his dagger out having shouldered
his bow. He swings his axe down at Teed and hits
and hits him in the left chest for 5 points of damage.]
[Map end of Turn 2: Phase 1]
1 2 3 4
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
/ \______________________________________/ 1 Column = 5 feet
\__I````@@@@```````__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IA 1 Row = 5 feet
/ I__/ @@@@/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__IB 1 Hex =10 feet
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ *IC __ I = Walls
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__T \__/ \__/ \_*ID
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IE ` = Shelf
/ I__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__Q K__/ \__IF @ = Wooden cabinet
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \BMS \__/ IG / = Door [I4]
/ IR_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ U\+_####__IH $ = Bookcase
\_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/+ ##_/ II + = Chair
/ IX_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__##+\L_IJ ## = Wooden desk
\__I \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/+ ####F IK ** = Table of food/water
/ I$_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ C__IL
\__I$ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IM
/ I$_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__IN
\__I$ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IO
/ I$_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__IP
\__I$ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ IQ
/ I______________________________________IR
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_
L = Ezam [J41] M = Teed [G33] R = Balrog [H5]
B = Ben'dar [G32] C = Chion [L40] F = Farseeker [J33]
K = Kasha [H28] S = Strie'bog [G34] Q = Trembyl [F31]
U = Unali [H33] *X = Xian [J5] Z = Z'leyra [??]
*T = Thig [D25] - 8' feet high [* = Invisible]
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GM: Now for Z'leyra. I'm doing a map for my reference only
to stay sane and organized. No walls on this map.
[Turn 0 - Phase 4] - Z'leyra appears in room
[Turn 1 - Phase 1]
[Mana Allocation - ]
[Z'leyra allocates mana for a spell. Female allocates
mana for a spell. Creature eats mana.]
[Missile Fire - ]
[The guards on pre-set orders hears Z'leyra do anything
but surrender. Fearing magic some throw spears...
Four of the guards throw spears.]
[With 60% chance at point blank range 4 spears are
thrown by #4, 5, #6 and #8. Two miss. #5 throws
and misses but almost by a few inches misses #4.
#6 throws and it clearly misses #3. #4 does hit
but her luck improves the blow to a normal blow.
#8 hits but I get a Shield hit.]
GM: Ruling here. In the above she does say she twists
to the left. If she is facing up/north and twists
she COULD in theory have her buckler on her left
arm in that angle. In order to do that she'd have
to twist a full 250-270 degrees to #8 for it to
be a real shield hit. So I will rule it to be
a random factor since at this
[Spear from #4 hits but doesn't penetrate armor in her
chest. Spear #8 hits in left back just past her
large bag but doesn't penetrate her armor as well.]
[Magic Effect - ]
[Z'leyra casts her spell to go non-solid and does.]
[The female speaks her magical words and suddenly
around Z'leyra forms black and gray BB sized
pellets like those in a BB gun. Thousands of
them..they surround her. Even though she has no
mass the magical balls enclose and hit her body
and disappear. She doesn't feel any effects though.]
[Turn 1 - Phase 2]
[Mana Allocation -] - Z'leyra allocates more mana.
[Missile Fire -]
[Seeing her do some magic three more guards throw
their spears. Two would miss normally. The third
from #7 and through her. The spear heads for #2
but misses him by a couple feet.]
[Magic Effect -]
[Z'leyra begins to levitate off the ground and heads
up to the ceiling. She quickly goes through the
ceiling.]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ 1 Column = 5 feet
\__/V \__/ \__/ \__/ \_ 1 Row = 5 feet
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ 1 Hex =10 feet
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_ Z = Z'leyra
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ 1-9 = 8 Guards
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_ F = Female
/ \__/ 1_2_3 \__/ \__/ Room is actually 70'x120' feet but cut some
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_ Rows off for short map.
/ \__/ 4_Z/5 \__/ \__/
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_
/ \__/ 6_7/8 \__/ \__/
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GM: Will do more on Friday...
Actions? Comments?
Next update Friday...
Will work on next update Thursday 11pm or so my time EST.
as I normally do.
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