[pnpgm] Game Update #128 - File #479 - Enemy Charges forward
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Wed Oct 25 08:47:26 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 #128 in sequence (file #479)
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Admin notes: None.
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[Recap]
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
As Z'leyra struggles to cast Dispel Chaos on the Weaken spell
she is impressed that the priestess managed to get her with
the spell. It overcame considerable defenses and affected
her strongly despite the weakening it must have had from her
EL3 immunity to chaos.
To weaken her so much it must have been cast at an effective
EL8+, 20 or mana in two phases...very fast. Perhaps she used
a supernatural tongue...in any case the priestess is either
really skilled, really lucky or some of each.
Her strength gone, her armor weakened, Zleyra is in no
condition to fight. She won't object to someone towing her
out of the battle.
If she does dispel the Weaken spell she will head out into
battle, drawing her dagger as she goes.
GM: Ack. Sometimes toys are good and high MDV is great but
there might always be someone with a better MEL/EL. Some
folks might have special attributes, innate abilities or
other supernatural things that can break through even
the most powerful magic defenses. In the case of this
priestess she was purely random with all her numbers.
She just got extremely lucky and with a 01 for her spell
attack she did well.
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From Strie'bog: [Re: Actions]
Strie'bog will do what he can for Z'leyra, including using
a blessing on Strength and Constitution if others think it
will help (that is if they can not get the spell off her).
As for cleaning this place out, Strie'bog is all for it (and
for finding out more about Ezam).
After dispatching the priestess and guards (if he can, he
will use an exploding arrow to try to harm a lot at the same
time), he will recommend, "let's go through this office to
see if we can find out what he was up to."
As for Theed, "can anyone tell if he was ensorcerelled?"
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 4: Phase 2]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Trembyl allocate mana]
[Missile Fire -] None
[Magic Effect -]
[Trembyl speaks his quick words and waves his right
hand in front of him. Suddenly about 28 feet down
from Trembyl down the hall a wall of flames erupts
from wall to wall. The flames kick up and engulf
from ground to ceiling.]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Thig senses the magic of the weaken spell. It seems
a bit more powerful than Z'leyra's magical dagger.
His chance of dispelling it is slim and without the
big fighters in the hallway this new threat is more
critical. He hears Xian's voice so figures he is
taking care of her. Thig flies down the hall about
30 feet to line up with Strie'bog. He gains about
3 feet and is now 8 feet in the air. He grabs his
repeating crossbow which was already loaded.]
[Hearing Thig's yell Farseeker heads for the door.]
[Trembyl glances back at the party and nods.
[Ben'dar runs for the door after picking up his Pike.]
[Unali stands and draws her daggers. She sees the fire
and then it goes away as she realizes it is an illusion.
She moves south. She glances at Balrog who is leaning
back with hands over his eyes from the glare. She
whispers that it is an illusion since Balrog seems to
believe its real.]
[Balrog glances over and hears Unali speak. He glances
back at the fire wall and then realizes there is no
smoke coming from it. He blinks his eyes and the
spell fades and disappears.]
[Z'leyra struggles to breath. She tries to speak a
few words but its all she can do to breath much
less speak. She can only stare at the ceiling as she
feels Xian's hands over her chest and abdomen seeming
to hold her armor up from crushing her further.]
[Kasha runs for the door still inside the office.]
[Strie'bog sees the fire and blinks. It goes away as
he realizes its an illusion. But it should hold the
enemy off for a few crucial seconds. He shoulders his
bow and turns toward Z'leyra. From the gasps she is
giving its clear she is in danger. From the looks of
fallen gear and arms dangling its clear she is paralyzed
or has no strength. He knows to bless and help her
he will have to touch her so he walks and joins Xian
to the head of Z'leyra.]
[Xian sees Strie'bog come up and back to the fire doesn't
see the enemy or the illusion yet.]
Xian: "She doesn't seem to have any strength. Her
chest is moving just a bit."
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR [Turn 4: Phase 2]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 1 1 Column = 5 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 2 1 Row = 5 Feet
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 3 1 Hex =10 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 4 % = Rock Wall
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 5 [North End / Top - Open]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 6 [South End / Bottom - Open]
%%%%__/ \_ZS \_% 7 [ = Door to Previous Combat Vampire Office
%%%% Q__/ X\__/ % 8 /
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 9 / R = Balrog [P12]
%%%% \__/T \__/ [<10 T = Thig [K10] [8 feet up/Hovering]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 11 S = Strie'bog [M7]
%%%% \__/ \U_R % 12 Q = Trembyl [G8]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 13 U = Unali [O5]
%%%%#############% 14 X = Xian [L8] [Invisible]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 15 Z = Z'leyra [L7] [Hovering 3 feet up face up]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 16 B = Ben'dar [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 17 F = Farseeker [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 18 K = Kasha [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 19 E = Teed [Not Shown]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 20
% \__/ \__/ \_% 21 1-8 = Guards [Row 23]
%__/ \__/ \__/ % 22 F = Female
% 1_2/3 78_4 5\6% 23
%__/ \__/ \__/ % 24 ## = Fire Illusion
% \__/ F__/ \_% 25
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[Turn 4: Phase 3]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Strie'bog allocates mana for a spell.]
[Missile Fire -] None
[Magic Effect -]
[Strie'bog places his hands on Z'leyra's forehead and
shoulder since she is levitating 3 feet off the ground
and laying down. He speaks the quick blessing words
and casts the spell. ]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Thig flies another 10 feet south and liens up with
Unali and Balrog. He sees the fire as an illusion.
He holds his crossbow at the ready.]
[Farseeker continues toward the door.]
[Trembyl grabs and loads his Arbalest.]
[Ben'dar continues toward the door.]
[Unali knows if she walks through the illusion it will
disbelieve the enemy. Clearly this is a stall tactic
till Z'leyra and the othesr warriors can help. She stands
ready in case someone brave enters the fire.]
[Balrog grabs and waits with short sword as well.]
[Z'leyra feels some strength though minor ebb back into
her body. She concentrates and tries to pool that
magical strength boost into her chest so she can
breath and maybe dispel the spell. She wills her body
to do this and her arms continue to dangle. Her
next inhale is strong and fills her lungs fully.
Anger builds now as she is ready to kill the priestess
in some form of revenge. She can breath now and
hopefully speak.]
[Kasha continues to the door.]
[The Priestess cowers and shields her eyes from the
flame wall's glare. She scowls and talks quickly
to her troops in L'p'nth.]
[Guard #4 blinks and sees the flame wall go away.
But clearly the other 7 seem to think its real.
He looks back and sees the priestess think its
real as well. He barks out that its fake to the
others.]
[Strie'bog turns his head to the south and knows its
probably up to Z'leyra now to help herself. She
can breath now so he nods down at her. He heads
20 feet to the SW and readies his bow.]
[Xian feels Z'leyra's chest gain strength and releases
the armor as a test. It sags and she seems to be
able to support it and breath.]
Xian: "More enemy are coming Can you dispel it?"
[The rest of the guards stand and hear Guard #4 but
don't trust his judgement as they can feel the heat
and the glare. Even the priestess seems to believe
its real. So they stand their ground.]
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR [Turn 4: Phase 3]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 1 1 Column = 5 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 2 1 Row = 5 Feet
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 3 1 Hex =10 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 4 % = Rock Wall
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 5 [North End / Top - Open]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 6 [South End / Bottom - Open]
%%%%__/ \_Z/ \_% 7 [ = Door to Previous Combat Vampire Office
%%%% Q__/ X\__/ % 8 /
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 9 / R = Balrog [P12]
%%%% \_S/ \__/ [<10 T = Thig [K12] [8 feet up/Hovering]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 11 S = Strie'bog [L20]
%%%% \__/T \U_R % 12 Q = Trembyl [G8]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 13 U = Unali [O5]
%%%%#############% 14 X = Xian [L8] [Invisible]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 15 Z = Z'leyra [L7] [Hovering 3 feet up face up]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 16 B = Ben'dar [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 17 F = Farseeker [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%% \__/ 4\__/ % 18 K = Kasha [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 19 E = Teed [Not Shown]
%%%%1 23_/ \_56 % 20
% \__/ \__/ \_% 21 1-8 = Guards [Row 23]
%__/ \__7 8__/ % 22 F = Female
% \__/ \_F/ \_% 23
%__/ \__/ \__/ % 24 ## = Fire Illusion
% \__/ \__/ \_% 25
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[Turn 4: Phase 4]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Z'leyra allocates mana for a spell.]
[Missile Fire -] None
[Magic Effect -] None
[Melee & Movement-]
[Thig readies his crossbow and waits for a cue to fire.]
[Farseeker continues for the door.]
[Trembyl continues to load his arbalest]
[Ben'dar continues for the door.]
[Unali waits as well glancing over her shoulder.]
[Balrog waits as well.]
[Z'leyra wills her strength to move her head slightly
and she sees the fire and then blinks and it fades
away.]
[Priestess hears Guard #4 but seems confused. She
issues some orders for the troops to move forward.]
[Kasha continues for the door.]
[Guard #4 moves forward and reaches the flame wall.
To prove to the others he places his arm in and then
pulls it out and shows theres no fire.]
[Strie'bog sees this and clearly knows the stall tactic
is about over. He strings his bow and prepares to
fire.]
[The other guards now realize the truth and move
forward.]
[Xian turns as Z'leyra seems ok for now and plans
his next move.]
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR [Turn 4: Phase 4]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 1 1 Column = 5 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 2 1 Row = 5 Feet
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 3 1 Hex =10 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 4 % = Rock Wall
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 5 [North End / Top - Open]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 6 [South End / Bottom - Open]
%%%%__/ \_Z/ \_% 7 [ = Door to Previous Combat Vampire Office
%%%% Q__/ X\__/ % 8 /
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 9 / R = Balrog [P12]
%%%% \_S/ \__/ [<10 T = Thig [K12] [8 feet up/Hovering]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 11 S = Strie'bog [L20]
%%%% \__/T \U_R % 12 Q = Trembyl [G8]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 13 U = Unali [O5]
%%%%#############% 14 X = Xian [L8] [Invisible]
%%%%__/ \_4/ \_% 15 Z = Z'leyra [L7] [Hovering 3 feet up face up]
%%%%1 23_/7 8_56 % 16 B = Ben'dar [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \_F/ \_% 17 F = Farseeker [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 18 K = Kasha [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 19 E = Teed [Not Shown]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 20
% \__/ \__/ \_% 21 1-8 = Guards [Row 23]
%__/ \__/ \__/ % 22 F = Female
% \__/ \__/ \_% 23
%__/ \__/ \__/ % 24 ## = Fire Illusion
% \__/ \__/ \_% 25
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[Turn 5: Phase 1]
[Mana Allocation -]
[Z'leyra allocates her final mana.]
[Strie'bog allocates mana for a arrow spell.]
[Missile Fire -]
[Thig realizes the time is now. The warriors
aren't here but the enemy clearly are not fooled
now. He raises his repeating crossbow and aims.
He aims for the Priestess and fires. But it misses.]
[Strie'bog aims at the Priestess and fires while
casting a arrow spell. She fires and the arrow flies
through the illusion. It hits the Priestess in
the lower abdomen and does 14 points of damage. Then
the exploding arrow spell explodes and does an additional
7 points of damage. The arrow penetrates an internal
organ and the fire damage causes more internal damage
and explodes the spleen. She screams and collapses on
the ground. Strie'bog smiles to himself then quickly
fades it as he recalls its not good to take life unless
in self defense...which this is..]
[Magic Effect -]
[Z'leyra speaks her dispel spell and concentrates.
The spell glows brown around her body and then
dives into her as brownish sparks emit from her
body evaporating the spell. The Weaken spell ends.]
[Melee & Movement-]
[Thig stays put and waits for the enemy to charge.]
[Farseeker continues toward the door.]
[Trembyl continues to load his Arbalest. He
calculates and realizes he may not have enough
time to finish loading it. ]
[Ben'dar continues for the door.]
[Unali realizes the party is outnumbered until the
others come from the office. If she charges now
she could be surrounded so holds back and waits
for them to charge so she can stand her ground.
But she sees the priestess fall.]
[Balrog waits.]
[Z'leyra feels her strength gain back. She pulls
up her arms and using the magical control of the
levitate spell kneels then stands in full position.
She sees her gear all over the ground. She moves
south toward Balrog since he is the weakest one
at this point. She sees the Priestess on the
ground and feels sorry she didn't take care of her
herself.]
[Guard #1 moves toward Trembyl.]
[Kasha continues for the door.]
[Strie'bog realizes the enemy will be on him any
second now. But he still has one good shot
with the exploding arrow still so holds his
ground with bow.]
GM: one more phase so best not to waste it :)
[Guard #6 moves forward and tries to spear Balrog.
He hits with spear in Balrog's shoulder and
does a massive 14 points. Balrog gives a scream
of shock and collapses to the ground.]
GM: Dang. A lucky shot. He failed his parry/dodge
as well. :<
[Xian sees Balrog fall and rushes to him. He yells
to Unali.]
Xian: "Cover me!"
[Guard #2 charges Strie'bog and thrusts his spear
but fails to hit.]
[Guard #3 charges Thig and tries to hit the hovering
Thig but he's too high and misses.]
[Guard #5 charges Unali and thrusts spear at her
and hits in the left arm doing 3 points of damage.]
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR [Turn 5: Phase 1]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 1 1 Column = 5 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 2 1 Row = 5 Feet
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 3 1 Hex =10 Feet
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 4 % = Rock Wall
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 5 [North End / Top - Open]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 6 [South End / Bottom - Open]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 7 [ = Door to Previous Combat Vampire Office
%%%% Q__/ \__/ % 8 /
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 9 / R = Balrog [P12]
%%%% 1\_S/ \__/ [<10 T = Thig [K12] [8 feet up/Hovering]
%%%%__/ 2\__/ X_% 11 S = Strie'bog [L20]
%%%% \__3T \UZR % 12 Q = Trembyl [G8]
%%%%__/ \__/5 \6% 13 U = Unali [O5]
%%% \__/ \__/ % 14 X = Xian [P11]
%%%%__/ \_4/ \_% 15 Z = Z'leyra [O12] [3 feet up levitating]
%%%% \__/7 8__/ % 16 B = Ben'dar [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \_F/ \_% 17 F = Farseeker [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 18 K = Kasha [Off Map - Ezam's OFfice]
%%%%__/ \__/ \_% 19 E = Teed [Not Shown]
%%%% \__/ \__/ % 20
% \__/ \__/ \_% 21 1-8 = Guards [Row 23]
%__/ \__/ \__/ % 22 F = Female
GM: Enough for now. Good news is Priestess is dead.
Bad news is Balrog may be as well. Xian may try
to heal if he can do it without getting killed first.
Still have 2 phases for Trembyl to load his weapon.
Strie'bog can fire one more exploding arrow at someone
next phase. Unfournately the other warriors won't show
up till Turn 6: Phase 1. So still got 3 phases :<. This
could be a tougher battle. #4, 7 and 8 apparently haven't
realized the Priestess they are guarding is dead.
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GM: Will resolve the Chion stuff next update.
GM: Votes for Express mode First floor 8 for Yes, 0
for No and 1 no vote. So we'll do the first floor
assuming the enemy doesn't slaughter the party :<
Actions? Comments?
Next Update Friday...
GM: Only 15 to bed tonight so releasing it for now and
will work on it again Thursday night around 10pm.
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