[pnpgm] Game Update #15 - File #66 - Vassa Village encountered
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Fri Jan 26 21:47:15 CET 2007
HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
W2 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma
W3 Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
R3 Wayne Richardson/Uji..Thig..............Sidh MU.Normal/Faerry Ma
W2 Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard ..Normal/Human Ma
R3 Orion (Paul Broman)...Trembyl...........Wizard..Normal/Human Ma
W4 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe
R3 Scott Adams...........Xian..............Wizard..Normal/Human Ma
R4 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Boyzdar [Wolf] (Strie'bog),
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[Recap]
From Chion: [Re: Actions]
[...Thig gives introduction on Chion...]
Chion raises an eyebrow and smiles slightly at the comment.
He ponders the situation. An Alfar, ambushed by two giants.
They must have snuck up on him. His smile broadens. Perhaps
Arawn has no protective spells for such an occasion. Perhaps
Arawn is not a mage at all. Curious. His eyebrow comes back
down and his face returns to the task at hand.
[..Thig talks about Chion's Teleport ability...]
Chion will nod to Arawn to see if anything crosses Arawn's
face regarding this description.
He will comment to Tef'wo when they get him to his feet, "You
are quite a warrior."
GM: Ack.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Z'leyra suggests that Ben'dar take and have Tef'wo wear the
chain barding when Tef'wo is better.
When morning comes Z'leyra suggests "Since the forest giants
are unlikely to have had any treasure lets just head to our
goal. Arawn, if you wish to join us, we are off on a mission
to try and heal a forest.
If you don't wish to join us, I am honored to have met you and
wish you good fortune in your travels." <First in Elf Sidh then
in Marentian and Zen'da for the rest of the party>
GM: Ack.
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From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar wrinkles his nose at the chain barding. "The People
do not use metal armor like this. But I don't know if Tef'wo
would like it..." He'll wait until morning to see how Tef'wo
is feeling. If it seems that the horse is feeling up to it,
Ben'Dar will take the chain barding over to Tef'wo and check
it for size and try to get a feel for whether or not Tef'wo
likes it or not by trying it on him. If he likes it, Ben'Dar
will keep it but not make Tef'wo wear it until he is fully
healed. If Tef'wo doesn't seem to like it, Ben'Dar will return
the chain barding to whomever wants it and he'll keep his eyes
open for a replacement set of leather barding.
Once people start translating Arawn's words into Marentian and/or
Z'endali, Ben'Dar will introduce himself formally to the elf,
"Greetings to you, friend Arawn. I am Ben'Dar of the Fel'oros
people. I have only met one other elf in my life, and he is an
honorable man and a good friend." Ben'Dar smiles and offers a
handclasp to Arawn. He continues, "I have some skill with
horses, perhaps I could help you find yours...if the giants
have not killed her?"
If Arawn agrees, Ben'Dar will help him track down his horse.
As to looting the giants and finding their lair, Ben'Dar
wouldn't mind spending some time determining whether or not
there is a lair and/or treasure to be found.
OOC: Experience-wise, did Ben'Dar also earn some horsemanship
expertise during that fight? (Maybe split the EP between spear
and horsemanship or add Tef'wo's damage EP to horsemanship?)
GM: Ack. Yes. You did get 8 Expertise for the charge. Sorry.
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From Strie'bog: [Re: Actions]
After Tef'wo goes to sleep, Strie'bog will look to Ben'dar
and Z'lerya: "I could ask a blessing of Cernunnos to strengthen
Tef'wo's inner strength. It is not a magical healing, but will
help him to heal faster."
If OK, he will cast Bless (EL 3) to enhance Tef'wo's constitution.
"There is something I must first do, but then I will come back
and play. Music can help to calm Tef'wo, and all of us, so
that we can rest easier."
Strie'bog is getting more anxious as he approaches home, so he
will go over to one of the older trees nearby. He reaches his
hand out and touches the tree. He becomes peaceful, and when
he opens his eys, they are silver. In 'Tongue of the Wood'
he gives thanks to Cernunnos, and then initiates FOREST TALK.
He asks the tree about the state of the pavassa forest and
the spirit of the forest (his hope is that the tree spirits
may know if there is a problem with the forest, especially the
heart). If the tree can not help, he will then use FOREST SAGE
to find out what is happening. If there is a native bird that
is known to have a long range in the forest, he will use FOREST
TALK to ask the bird if it has seen any danger in the forest.
(I will hold off reactions until I find out if there is an answer).
To help peoople rest, he will play for a while.
GM: Ack.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Z'leyra will talk with Ben'dar about the possibility of
learning horse husbandry from him. If he agrees she will use
her riding horse as the example used for training. One thing
she would like is to train the horse to accept barding.
GM: Ack. It will accept leather no problem. But Chain its
not physically trained or adept at chain as its heavy.
The horse itself doesn't want chain but you can force it.
It'll take about 15 days to learn the basics of the skill.
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[New Stuff]
[Decalis 7th, 98th day since left Marentia, 33rd day of
Adventure #3 of the 1633rd year [TH].]
[Location: Pavassa Forest, 2 miles inside from south]
[Time: near 4am - minutes after Giant combat]
[After Tef'wo gets to his feet and is checked over by
Ben'dar and Z'leyra, Chion approaches the unique horse.
He pats the horse on the neck so not to touch the
wounded back and side. As Z'leyra and Ben'dar check
the left side of the horse Chion leans in and whispers
tot he horse.]
Chion: "You are quite a warrior."
[As Chion looks into Tef'wos eyes the coal black eyes seem
to flash in acknowledgement or something else. With
his other hand Chion is surprised to find the Staff is
warming again to his touch. The spirit inside the staff
seems agitated or excited. Chion looks back to the horse
and to the other 2 nearby. As he does his eyes dart past
the jeweled collar of Tef'wo around the smallest portion
of his neck. But his eyes seem to fool him as it just
seemed to flash or sparkle. course the jewels have been
known to sparkle in daylight but the flash was brighter?
Chion looks at the camp and the campfire is blocked by
that bush so that's strange. Chion looks back at the
collar and it seems to be normal. Chion shakes his head
probably tired and seeing things he pats the horse one
final time and goes to join the others.]
[After Tef'wo is treated Ben'dar introduces himself through
translated words.]
Ben'dar: "Greetings to you, friend Arawn. I am Ben'Dar of the
Fel'oros people. I have only met one other elf in my life,
and he is an honorable man and a good friend." [Ben'Dar
smiles and offers a handclasp to Arawn. He continues,] "I
have some skill with horses, perhaps I could help you find
yours...if the giants have not killed her?"
Strie'bog: "I could ask a blessing of Cernunnos to strengthen
Tef'wo's inner strength. It is not a magical healing, but
will help him to heal faster."
[Ben'dar leads Tef'wo back to the tree where they were tied
up minutes before. Soon Strie'bog comes to the horse and
gives a quiet prayer and blessing. He speaks a few magical
words and waves his hands over the horse.]
[Either way Arawn's gear might need to be collected. With
torches Ben'dar and others can go west to find his old
camp and get his gear. His horse is well trained and
is simply grazing on some tall grass in the same area. Arawn's
camp is about a mile west of the party's camp. Its clear
where the Giant's came as trees are down in their path.]
[Soon the camp settles down again to sleep....For the rest
of the night Ben'dar and Trembyl keep watch. While the
party is clearly in good territory only one sentry is really
needed but with the Giants its best to keep two. Hours
pass with nothing else going on as the forest begins to
stir on the first lights of dawn.]
Strie'bog: "There is something I must first do, but then I
will come back and play. Music can help to calm Tef'wo,
and all of us, so that we can rest easier."
[Strie'bog enters the dark wood and finds a old tree with
help of a lantern Thig loaned him. This tree looks to
be about 80 feet high so looks old enough. Strie'bog
begins to commune with the tree and surroundings. After
a bit, around 20 minutes, he returns to camp. Strie'bog
will play some music to calm the party down to sleep.]
[Time: Sunrise]
[Having been only a few hours the party wakes up and
prepares breakfast. Some have rations since most
are unsure if its acceptable to hunt in Strie'bog's forest.]
[As camp is being broken down Z'leyra and Ben'dar inspect
Tef'wo. They find no change but that's as expected since
it has been only a few hours.]
[Z'leyra offers the Chain barding for Tef'wo since his
leather barding was destroyed.]
[Ben'Dar wrinkles his nose at the chain barding.]
Ben'dar: "The People do not use metal armor like this.
But I don't know if Tef'wo would like it..."
[Ben'dar and Z'leyra raise the barding over Tef'wo to place
it down. But Tef'wo moves away. Ben'dar and Z'leyra try
again but the horse snorts and moves his head side to side.
Clearly the horse doesn't like the chain barding. Z'leyra
asks Tef'wo if he wants the armor. Tef'wo snorts and shakes
his head in a clear no. Ben'dar nods and Z'leyra takes
the chain barding back to her horse.]
[Later discussion of the lair comes up.]
Z'leyra: "Since the forest giants are unlikely to have had
any treasure lets just head to our goal. Arawn, if you wish
to join us, we are off on a mission to try and heal a forest.
If you don't wish to join us, I am honored to have met you and
wish you good fortune in your travels." <First in Elf Sidh then
in Marentian and Zen'da for the rest of the party>
[As camp tents and other things are packed up Ben'dar takes
the time to borrow Farseeker's horse and with Thig flying
scout go west to see if they can find the lair. But
after 10 minutes in the daylight the trail goes cold.
In fact the damage seen just hours before seems to be
gone. Near the camp the trees are still down and there
is clear disruption. But as the damage goes west and
after only 500 feet the grass seems to cover up any of
the would be tracks. There is still signs of broken
limbs and fallen trees. But Bushes that should've been
run over by the Giant's weight seem to have suffered
no effects. This is amazed at this. Ben'dar looks
further west and sees a few more fallen trees but in
a forest the size of a province dead trees can be common.
Without footprints the trail goes cold. Both return
to the camp.]
Thig: "Strie'bog this forest doesn't seem to be in danger.
In fact its amazing. The grass and footprints left by
the Giant seems to have been regrown over erasing the
footprints. You mentioned a Sacred Forest if one such
exists in this forest the entire forest is likely to
be warded with powerful magics. If so it seems to be
working which is a good sign! Maybe the forest isn't
in danger!"
[Strie'bog looks around and hears the Faerry's words.]
Xian: "Maybe he's right. The forest looks healthy to me.
Maybe your vision was to be in the distant future.
But we shall know more as we travel we are only on the
fringe of the forest."
[Strie'bog quietly mounts his horse and the party heads
off into the deeper wood. The feeling is that Strie'bog
is leading the party to his home but the forest is his
home. So it must be his actual physical home somewhere
in the forest.]
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[Decalis 8th, 99th day since left Marentia, 34th day of
Adventure #3 of the 1633rd year [TH].]
[Location: Pavassa Forest]
[The party heads North West in the general direction
that Strie'bog knows his home to be. As the party
travels the forest does seem in good shape. Animals
as small as rabbits and foxes and as large as Deer and
bear can occasionally be seen. All seems in good shape
so far. As the day continues from the tree tops the
skies can be seen to be clear and sunny. In fact the
day warms up to high 70s not needing furs for the
midday travel periods. The only weather today is
a light haze in the afternoon that hangs atop the
tree canopy as heat and cold mix. Thig examines the
haze and finds it natural and not some magical haze.]
Farseeker: "So Strie'bog what are the rules here?
If we hunt will the spirits or big men in leathers
jump us? Rations have been rather dull but we can
still eat them if hunting here is not allowed for
outsiders like us."
Xian: "Yeah are there customs we should be aware of here?
I hate to meet a native and sneeze and it means that
I insulted his ancestors or something."
[Strie'bog gets questions like this all day trying to
distract him from the task at hand. Strie'bog knows
its a distraction and is happy to be distracted. He
is clearly anxious on the ride. The vision may have
been false and this whole mission might be a waste of
time. Deep down he hopes so but Life Spirits can have
double meanings in more than one way.]
[Time: 4:47pm]
[As the forest starts to get darker because of the density
of the forest to block out light twilight starts to
descend even though outside it might be solid daylight
for another hour. Corona reports up ahead are plumes of
smoke. Corona is lucky to fly above the tree tops as
Thig flies below for scouting. Strie'bog becomes more
anxious hearing smoke. Fire in a forest can be dangerous.
But as the group gets through a heavy grove of trees they
notices huts in the distance and discover the smoke is
fires from the huts.]
[As the party approaches they see Vassa natives going back
and forth. They don't seem the least bit worried about
the party. Eventually a middle aged lady greets the party.
She welcomes the party to stay the night. This is surprised
by the view of the Vassa on him. Even when he unfolds his
wings no one is shocked. This may indicate the Vassa may
have seen Faerry before. As the party settle in the
villagers offer food and drink. The one lady explains the
Humagi were foolish enough to lose a sheep and hunters
just returned hours ago with it for a good meal when
it entered the forest. The village itself looks about 20
huts and maybe 75 people or 5 to 6 families. There is
no spare huts for sleeping so the party will have to
setup camp around the small campfire.]
[As the hour grows and dinner is finished the village
gets down to story telling. Strie'bog has heard of
most of the stories. But a new one peeks his interest.
It seems to tell of a witch that has been seen on the
eastern edge of the forest and has kidnapped children
and done evil things. When asked one of the female
elders replies to Strie'bog.]
Elder: "It is just a story we tell our children. It
is rumors and not proven. Its like saying the big
Demon in the north kills a virgin every night. It
is said to make our children sleep at night and not
wander off alone in the forest. A simple bed time
story."
[When asked about trouble in the forest the villagers
seem to indicate nothing or heard of anything. When
asked about Strie'bog's mother no one has dealt with
her in a few months so unsure of her current status.]
Actions? Comments?
Next update Monday...
Ran into some computer technical issues last night when
I tried to post this. So had to finish it today. While
in the village any actions to take? Monday I'll move
the party further toward Strie'bog's birth home. No
encounters this day or night other than the village.
Natural healing will occur in the morning.
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