[pnpgm] Game update #81 - File #322 - Creature from black lagoon
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Fri Oct 5 08:23:26 CEST 2007
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HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R1 John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma
?? 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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Game Update #81 in sequence (file #322)
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[Recap]
From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar loudly curses the murky lake and seethes at his
inability to help. He grabs his bow and arrows and stands at
the edge of the water, straining to see anything out in the
darkness.
Ben'Dar yells to Thig and Unali, "What is it? What do you
see?"
Once he figures out that it is some sort of huge water
creature, he rushes to Z'leyra and says in a low voice,
"The claw. It may be their only chance. I know how to
use it. No time to explain now...I know there's a risk,
but if I don't take it, Strie'bog and his mom will likely
die." He holds out his hand for the claw.
GM: Ack.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Wordlessly Z'leyra takes the Claw from her satchel and hands
it to Ben'Dar.
She signs to Chion that Ben'Dar may need a teleport to the
raft.
[She thinks to herself that she is really tired of the problem
with her voice.]
Someday she is going to have to learn to swim....
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Decalis 16th, 107th day since left Marentia, 42nd day of
Adventure #3 of the 1633rd year [TH].]
[Location: Pavassa Forest - Lake Oca/Deep Forest]
[Weather - Overcast, 56 Degrees]
[Time - 7:30pm]
[Darkness shines throughout the forest making a inky blackness
against the starlit skies like sheer cliffs of black shadows.
By now the moon is low on the horizon but not seen now
by the thick forest trees. Many stars are out by now.
Other than the campfire behind the party in the clearing
and 3 torches held by the party and the 1 torch held
by Strie'bog there is no other light.]
[Deep in the forest to the left of the party Arawn is
doing his prayer to his parents or other gods for
help in this situation. Thig has been hovering over
the lake some distance away to keep track and stand
as a in-between source of information.]
[Chion watches the scene with some fascination. To him
the use of magic is something to strive to. A whole
new set of magics to learn. If only there was enough
time to learn everything...]
[Though Farseeker sees nothing in the darkness he
watches the flicker of the distant torch in the
center of the lake. Curious as to what she is trying to
do about the problem. As usual he is weary of this
magic stuff and rather have something simple to kill.]
[As the magic on the lake starts Trembyl comments.]
Trembyl: "What do we do with the staves and those orb
things? Bury them with the bodies?"
[By now all but 3 bodies are buried, one of those being
the female killed in the forest.]
[As the lake magic starts Unali doesn't pay much attention
to the lake but watches the Vassa. She is interested
by their reaction and quiet whispering. Being around
powerful people like Arawn (son of gods), Z'leyra,
Farseeker and Chion, she is used to the level of power
around her. But its fascinating to see how the common
person handles worship and hero watch. The way these
Vassa treat and defer to Bohusara is something to learn
from and use later. You never know when you have to
defer yourself to a more powerful being. The Vassa
seem utterly fascinated by Bohusara, Arawn, Thig and
the others. Fascinated by the Green Lady's power and
will but yet familiar with her as if she was a trusted
friend and companion. They defer to her but treat
her as friends. a strange paradox of feelings and
actions by these Vassa. Whereas Miklav was treated
as a powerful being outright but not a close companion.
Its clear Miklav is more secluded to the people than
Bohusara seems to be. Power to Unali is interesting in
its absolutes. Working with Duke Aren in Marentia she
has learned a bit of Marentian society and knows first
hand Katai society (though it has been a long time).
New concepts like diplomacy through Jordi and strong
hand tactics by secret missions to foreign lands are
also parts of power. The person behind this whole
situation must be a power greedy soul. In Katai with
millions of people that person could blend in like
a Elf in the forest. Maybe by studying how folks defer
to others like the Vassa she can learn later how to
observe and notice the unnoticeable in Katai.]
[Z'leyra sighs and wishes she could use her voice again.
But it might be hours before the failure lifts from her
body. She thinks back to the claw perception attempts
to try to learn its nature. These items must have
a strong magical defense or the gods themselves don't
want her to learn of the things. If that's the case
why would they hide such information? Or better yet
could it be they don't know the information. if that's
even possible that scares Z'leyra even more.]
[At the time of the splash and creature attack the
party gets into action.]
Ben'dar: "What is it? What do you see?"
[As Thig starts to fly toward the Raft he yells over his
shoulder.]
Thig: "Something from the water is attacking the raft
and taken Bohusara!"
[Arawn hears Thig yell and runs from the forest into
the clearing and comes to the lake edge to view what
is going on. He missed the initial light fireworks
of magic and only sees the torch on the raft itself.
It looks to his night vision that Strie'bog is lying
on the raft while Bohusara is nowhere to be seen.]
[Xian considers teleporting out to the raft with someone
but knows he can't swim so would be quite dangerous
especially for him.]
[Farseeker draws his sword and turns to Trembyl.]
Farseeker: "You can swim take me to the raft."
[Trembyl draws his own scimitar and prepares to cast the
spell. Unali hands the spyglass to Ben'dar to view
the scene. he sees tentacles thrashing about and
a struggling Bohusara in and out of the water. He
sees Strie'bog clawing on the raft to gain some hold
and attempt to grab his axe. Ben'dar hands the
spyglass back to Unali and rushes to Ben'dar.]
Ben'dar [in a low voice] "The claw. It may be their only
chance. I know how to use it. No time to explain now...
I know there's a risk, but if I don't take it, Strie'bog
and his mom will likely die." [He holds out his hand for
the claw.]
[Z'leyra looks at Ben'dar in the flicker of a torch Xian
is holding nearby and studies Ben'dar's face. How can
he know how to use it. Just a little while ago Thig
mentioned the Claw is likely a tool the creatures made
or use. She has seen what that can backfire to by
losing her voice. When did he have time to use the
Claw? Z'leyra looks into the eyes of Ben'dar and sees
understanding and desperation. Desperation could lead
to making mistakes with a powerful item as the Claw.
Z'leyra glances over his shoulder and sees Arawn thinking
about him and the snake hood and that risk. She nods
and runs to the horse to get her satchel. Running back
with the claw she hands it to Ben'dar. She signs to
Chion that he may need to be teleported to the raft
but Ben'dar didn't ask for that.]
[Xian sees Ben'dar insert his fingers into the claw and
walks forward recalling Thig's warnings about the device
back on the plains.]
Xian: "What are you doing?"
[Ben'dar ignores him recalling what Bohusara said earlier
about things he could do if only he could control the
lakeside animals. This may be their only chance. He
begins to concentrate his senses.]
[Farseeker and Trembyl teleport onto the raft making
it sink just slightly to the new weight. Trembyl
holds a torch and scimitar as Farseeker steadies himself
with his great sword.]
[In the water 3 feet out Bohusara is trying to use her
wings to gain height but the 3 tentacles are pulling
her up and down. Its clear she is losing strength
from her small strength. On the raft Strie'bog has
falling to his chest and is reaching for his axe and
the torch to the side as one tentacle pulls him toward
the water's edge. He doesn't see the two newcomers
to the raft. Farseeker strides the few feet to the
edge of the raft and brings down his sword in a chop
and cuts off the tentacle's middle section. One part
sinks to the water as the other thrashes on the raft.
Trembyl goes to the other side and swings his torch
at the creature's tentacles but it doesn't seem to
be affected.]
[Suddenly Bohusara is pulled down into the water.
Trembyl curses and drops the torch to the raft and
drops his robes. Now only wearing pants and a thin
jerkin shirt he drops his scimitar. He pulls out
his dagger and dives into the murky black water.]
[Bohusara is pulled feet down into the water and she
starts to lose air and panics. Strie'bog screams
for his mother and finally grabs his axe. He gets
to his knees and crawls to the edge of the water.
He looks down into the black water but sees nothing.]
[Farseeker cuts another tentacle from trying to reach
onto the raft. But it stops its approach.]
[Thig continues to fly forward toward the raft as the
others on the beach are helpless. The Vassa are
drawing bows but know the distance is too great to
fire. They demand the party help in panic mode but
Arawn is the only one to understand them.]
[Trembyl tries to dive down and find the creature but the
water is too dark. Confused he can't swipe out without
hitting Bohusara. Suddenly one tentacle grabs onto
Trembyl and pulls him down 5 feet with a jerk.]
[Bubbles begin to rise to the surface as Strie'bog gets
to his feet and almost jumps in. But Farseeker hods
him back with a look that its too dangerous.]
[On the beach Ben'dar feels a warm sensation creep up
his arms. He doesn't know what the creature is or
how to pinpoint it. He concentrates on the lake itself.
Suddenly images flood his mind. Fish, turtles, plants,
and snakes. All in the lake doing their thing. Suddenly
a sensation comes to him of a larger life-force in the
water. He concentrates on it and sees a squid like creature.
He begins to concentrate on it to force it to stop.]
[In the water Trembyl swipes at the tentacle with his dagger
but another grabs his legs. He cuts the tentacle but
the dagger isn't thick enough to slice it. He begins
to lose air and bubbles rise. On top Strie'bog pulls
free of Farseeker and drops his balalaika to the raft
in preparation for diving in. He feels obligated to
help his mother and he knows how to swim.]
[Suddenly Bohusara stops thrashing in the water and
is pulled down now 20 feet deep. Trembyl tries to
struggle free but the one tentacle on his leg is
too hard.]
[Thig finally reaches the raft and hovers over the
area trying to figure out how to help.]
[A strong energy surges through Ben'dar's mind as
he makes some ethereal connection to the creature.
Alien strange thoughts come to Ben'dar's mind but
he can't understand any of it. He seneses it is
in defense mode and only doing as it knows best.
He tries to have the Green Lady released. But the
creature doesn't react. He tries to have the
creature go to sleep or stop moving at all but the
creature still doesn't react. sweat begins to show
on Ben'dar's face even with the cold temperature.
Ben'dar starts to give up when he thinks tot he
creature that another threat to it is on the side
of the lake at the beach. Suddenly the creature
begins to lift up fast.]
[At the raft tentacles emerge from the water. Thig
and the others count maybe 20 of them thrashing
about. In the hold of 4 is Bohusara who is not
moving. At this Strie'bog dives into the water
and swims to her unaware of the danger. The
creature seems to halt and a lump in the center
of the tentacles rises up and bobs there for a few
seconds. it releases Bohusara and Trembyl who is
gasping for air. The creature begins to move toward
the west away from the raft.]
[Strie'bog gets to his mother and grabs her. As
Farseeker and Thig help Trembyl onto the Raft he
coughs up water but seems ok. He plops down his
dagger and he rolls over to gasp for air. The
others help Bohusara onto the raft but finds she
is not breathing. They turn her over and bump her
full on the back with light taps. But no water
comes out. Strange. Strie'bog pleads for her to
wake up.]
[On the shore Ben'dar leads the creature to the west
but then turns it south toward the party. if they
can get it out of the water maybe they can study it
and kill it.]
[Suddenly Bohusara gasps for air and instead of coughing
up water just sits up. Trembyl and Farseeker look to
each other confused why she didn't take water in her
lungs.]
Bohusara: "Where is it?"
Thig: "There about 20 feet away."
[Bohusara stands and stares. A shadow of anger rises in
her and Thig senses a build up of power. She begins
to speak a few quick words. Few seconds later she
waves her hands in a circular motion and then a ball
of sparks forms in her hands. She then reaches back
and throws the ball toward the creature. It skims
the water line and hits the creature mainly in the
tentacles. Sparks and lightning cover the creature.]
[Ben'dar suddenly jerks back and begins to stumble
and shake as if in shock. Z'leyra and Xian rush
to him to grab him as he gets to his knee. Xian
pulls the Claw free and Ben'dar's eyes roll in his
head. He collapses to the ground.]
[As smoke rises above the lake the creature begins to
submerge under the water.]
Thig: "Did you kill it?"
Bohusara: "Doubt it. I wanted to get its attention."
Farseeker: "To come back here?!"
Bohusara: "No. To give that time to do its thing."
[She points to the east to a glowing orb on the water.
It looks like the thing she was forming before the
attack. The glowing red and green hue of the magical
creation seems to shimmer. It looks to be 10 feet
in diameter. It begins to shimmer again and gets
larger as if growing. With some confusion and
awe those on the raft watch as the creature grows
to a size of 30 feet. It then separates into two
parts. One part goes to the east and another to
the west. The one going to the west seems to shimmer
more. It begins to pulse blue and shifts its movement
toward the creature. It quickly overtakes the slow
moving creature and seems to float over it. It pulses
more heavily in blue and a smell of ozone or some
chemical seems to fill the air near the raft.]
Thig: "What is that?"
Bohusara: "We should return to shore. It..they need
to do their work. I'll explain then."
[Bohusara and Thig take ropes and fly toward the
lake edge slowing moving the raft forward as Farseeker
helps with a small oar in the back.]
[On the beach Z'leyra checks Ben'dar but finds no
obvious problem.]
Xian: "What's wrong?"
[Z'leyra shakes her head and thinks about speaking to
create a magic spell as Chion mentions the others
are returning. She stops from speaking and hopes
Bohusara may be able to help.]
[As the raft moves to the south shore Arawn leans down
and checks Ben'dar. He touches his neck and finds
a strong pulse. As Arawn pulls back his fingers
suddenly Ben'dar wakes and sits up. He rubs his
head and wipes the sweat.]
Xian: "Arawn what did you do?"
[Arawn shakes his head having not even said a word or
cast a spell of any kind. Confused he shrugs. He
then looks to the forest as a wind picks up and blows
his hair about wondering if his prayer helped?]
[Thig yells from the raft that all is ok and within
about 5 minutes the raft gets to the lake and all
get onto the beach.]
[Ben'dar stands and looks to the others happy to see
them safe.]
Xian: "What happened there?"
Bohusara: "I formed a creature a creation to cleanse
the lake. It can grow to a certain size and then
divide. Eventually in a few hours it might cover
the entire lake and cleanse the poison. Thanks
to the Hyachinthus stone." [She turns to Z'leyra]
"I'm sorry the stone will likely be gone forever
but of great use." [She turns back to the party]
"The stone will help cleanse the poison. then
that odd creature attacked us. It was strange
as I was under the water I was gasping for air
but wasn't panicked. In fact I felt content for
some reason. Something or someone was helping me
but I can't explain what." [She pauses and looks
at the water] "The Creation should be able to
cleanse or attack the creature. I doubt it is
dead but it may be weakened. We'll have to keep
watch and look for it. In the daylight we can
look for it again."
Farseeker: "Ben'dar? What's wrong?"
Bohusara: "Someone helped us with the creature. That
I don't understand." [She turns to the party] "Did
someone here help out with magic?"
[Bohusara looks down at the sand and notices the claw.]
Bohusara: "What is that?"
Actions? Comments?
Next update Monday...
GM: This encounter wasn't a planned one. But I wanted
to make a lesson on reading clues. I tend not to
post stuff just for fun of it. Some things are
clues for current, past or future situations.
Things link to all things. Next adventure may
or may not have some intricate puzzles or situations
to solve. So its important to understand the
updates. No need to take notes just as long as
you can pick up on the clues :) The claw in this
situation was the major clue. Just one of those
object lesson things. :)
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