[pnpgm] Game Update #73 - File #295 - Lake Oca Balls!
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Tue Sep 4 08:36:33 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 #73 in sequence (file #295)
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[Recap]
From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar glances over at the female and his eyes narrow angrily
as he sees Arawn being held captive. He glances around and
sees that Thig is hidden from view. Perhaps the little Faerry
can pull something off. He decides to stall for time and see
what Thig can come up with.
Ben'Dar halts Tef'wo's advance on the doomed warrior. He
lowers his pike and makes a show of folding his arms. He
stares at the female with a look that says clearly, "Well,
it's your move now." Pretending with his body language to
address the woman, he calmly says aloud, in Marentian, "Thig,
take out that female with your magic."
Ben'Dar will wait to see what the female and/or Thig do next.
If the female either releases or kills Arawn, Ben'Dar kicks
Tef'wo forward and he lunges with his pike at the warrior by
the tree.
Oh yeah. I've got the keg ready. See you guys on Monday!
GM: Ack. I failed to get my FedEx Airplane tickets to your
place? :<
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From Chion: [Re: Actions]
Go East young man....
GM: Ack.
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From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
In those few precious seconds as Arawn found himself stuck fast
to the strange substance on the forest floor the stranger
landed on the ground behind him. Quickly realizing the danger
he began to call upon the mystical power that was his birthright,
the energy quickly welling up inside of him, as he prepared to
to teleport himself away from his sticky predicament. Alas, it
was not quick enough apparently as the strange figure slipped
in behind him, pressing the point of a dagger against Arawn's
throat. As the bony point pressed into his skin the creature
barked out in it's strange language and Arawn could not help
but roll his eyes. Beneath his head wrap his face lips pursed
and his face contorted into what would have appeared to be a
look of extreme annoyance, his rolling eyes the only indicator
of this to those who unable to see what was happening underneath
the light grey cloth. His eyes continued this look for a moment
or two before once again taking in the scene for tactical
purposes. Once this was done the same look once again crossed
his face, though to a lesser degree.
His captor's apparent command did not go unnoticed as Ben'dar
made his attempt to stall the creature. Arawn was unsure if
Thig or the others would be able to get him out of this
situation but he could see potential possibilities to take
advantage of the situation, depending on the decisions made
by both parties. Still, he decided it might be best to prepare
considering the current situation.
GM: Ack. Actions changed and appended to from ICQ and Emails.
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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]
[Time - 4:01pm]
[Weather - Overcast, 60 Degrees]
[At the clearing Xian and the four Vassa get to collect the
bodies. Xian tries to check for a pulse on the neck, wrist
and head of the warriors with hesitation to touch these
strange creatures. But he never finds an active one.
With blankets from horses the staves are collected and
piled in one area. The Vassa hunters gather the strange
bone "daggers". Xian doesn't want to take any chances
these creatures regenerate and come back to life with
weapons. The Vassa whisper among themselves quietly
in two pairs. Xian ignores them not knowing the language.
It has been a fast few days he hasn't had time to study
even the basic dirty words. After a few minutes Xian
sits by one warrior and studies him from head to boot
with his eyes. He examines the strange crab like armor
and can't figure out how it works or how to even remove
it if it can be. He wonders if Kaylle or Woundeanl could
study the armor but doesn't seem to be a way to take it
off. Clearly it seems to be a piece of equipment rather
than part of the warrior's body.]
[Unali drinks from her water skin and looks to the forest
to the west where Ben'dar and others have gone. She
wonders if they are going into a trap. She glances
back and to the east and wonders where Bohusara has
gone and how she could stop the fright of a forest. She
clearly doesn't understand such things or wants to.
She knows Bohusara saved her from a certain death.
She sighs at the thought of dishonor to a simple staff's
poison. Those strange staff weapons that can convert from
a spear head point to a head that separates and forms
into a snake to lunge, bite and spit. To a simple staff
to use as a knock stick and from what others have said
a whip. Strange piece of equipment. While it is not
unheard of weapons, even a staff or spear, to have poison
on its head tip its strange to be 4 things in one. She
has seen her Katai fellow warriors use staffs with poison.
There is said to be a cult or society that does nothing
but use poison on their weapons. She considers all this
as she works on her ruined chainmail.]
[The Vassa while they work to gather the bodies and gear
wonder about the strange lake. They were sent here to
investigate the matter. To find the Green Lady here is
such an honor. The hunter leader only a 5 year veteran
hunter has never seen her much less the other 3. They
whisper in awe at the encounter. Maybe they could ask her
of a blessing for their hunts in the future if she is
willing but with her anger at the last few minutes that
may be a bad thing to ask. They whisper among themselves
at the strange creatures and their weapons. They have
not seen them in their other modes but only as a spear
weapon so not so interested in the weapons as they are
in the bodies themselves. They continue to whisper
constantly among themselves talking about the party
and why they are here. But with Bohusara here they
do not question it. They wonder if they will be the
only ones from their village to have even met the
Green Lady in the last 100 seasons?]
[The horses mingle among themselves and eat the low
amount of grass at the clearing. They stay in the
middle as they seem wary to near the forest due to
the strange creatures. With Z'leyra's warning not
to drink from the lake so they avoid it but clearly show
they are wanting some of it.]
[Meanwhile at the same time....]
[Trembyl and Strie'bog head north-north-west around the
lake. Taking the path started by Ben'dar minutes earlier
when he was attacked. Trembyl keeps glancing at the
quiet Strie'bog and wonders why he has been so quiet of
late. Concerned eyes wonder if he is hurt and does look
hurt. But maybe something more mentally happened?
As they walk they break off to examine the area where
Ben'dar was attacked. its not hard to find as there are
two warrior bodies here. They will have to be dragged
back to the clearing soon.]
Trembyl: "Strange creatures. I've not seen anything like
them at all. If it weren't so disgusting it would be
nice to take a head back to someone to study. Maybe
someone in the party can draw their picture. Maybe
Thig? Look at the blood there. Must be where Tef'wo
was hurt."
[Strie'bog seems still distracted as he glances at the
forest. He hasn't seen his mother that upset since
he was a little boy and that didn't end well. He hopes
the forest and his vision doesn't come true. He tries
to shake the odd feeling from his brain and clear his
thoughts.]
[After a minute or two they get back into the path that
leads around the lake. In most places the lake has
a 2-8 foot path around the lake of just grass with no
trees or bushes. It is clearly for tides or well used
areas of humans and animals. They return to the path
and continue north. After about 2 more minutes Strie'bog
who has been watching the forest and Trembyl the lake
stops. He studies the tree line and nudges Trembyl.
Trembyl looks over to the forest and squints into the
setting sun. It looks like some structure in the forest.]
Trembyl: "It could be a hunters blind. I've heard of
those things. But I didn't think Vassa would use
them, no offense. Let's check it out."
[The two head into the forest again now about 300 yards
north of the clearing As they approach they see it
as browns and greens. It appears to be a makeshift
structure standing 5 feet and about 6 feet wide on each
of the 4 sides. With weapons drawn they sneak up to it
and circle it. They examine the forest to ensure no one
is here but realize Bohusara would've likely been
informed, they hope. They find it has no windows or
slits. But in the front appears to be some leather skin
or animal skin over the front about 3 feet wide. Most
of the sides are made of wooden limbs and trees. After
a few seconds they decide to flank the structure and
pull the flap up. Nothing happens so they come around
to the front and look inside to the dark structure.
Inside both find no creatures but several items. Lying
on the grass are several long staves. Both squint and
eyes adjust to the darkness. The staves look to be
just like the warrior's weapons. There may be about
25 or 30 of them. Trembyl reaches in with a gloved
hand and pulls one out. But as he does he hears
hissing as the head turns into a wriggling snake and
Trembyl lets go. Only that one staff converts but
both men stare as it doesn't move. The bottom of the
staff appears to still be a solid pole but only the
top 2 feet are a snake.]
Trembyl: "That proves they can live without warriors.
But at least they can't move or seem to in state.
But let's not risk it."
[On the other side of the structure appears to be
about 10 round lumpy objects sitting on the grass.
They look gray but in the darkness its hard to tell.
Trembyl doesn't approach them. Both do not crawl
further into the small structure which must be
some sort of miniature warehouse.]
Trembyl: "We'll need to tell the others about this."
[Meanwhile at the same time....]
[While Trembyl and Strie'bog choose to walk, Chion and
Z'leyra take horses to speed things up. It looks
like the lake is a good 3 or 4 or more miles around.
by the time one walks it could be dark. As they ride
Z'leyra barely breathes. Her obvious spell failure
back at the clearing has shocked her. Not only to
anger Bohusara but to freak the woods out is another
thing. At least it is not like Jordi's failure in
the Climan fortress. Where anything he did walking
or breathing was increased in volume 20 fold. Her
effect seems to be in speech only not breathing.
As she realizes her fate of not speaking for several
hours, maybe even days, she sighs. As they ride
Chion glances over and smirks in his usual manner.
Chion finds it amusing that someone as powerful as
her could have a spell backfire. Not only that but
she can't speak for some time. He wonders if he
should tell some jokes? As they ride they examine
the path, forest and lake itself for clues. As they
go East they find nothing out of the ordinary for
several minutes. The forest is still a buzz with
animals and birds mostly scurrying about due to the
odd voice the entire forest seems to have heard.]
[Z'leyra wonders why her spell would fail. She did
all she could do to prevent it. Chances were good
it would not. Even luck was on her side. She
wonders if the items or the warriors themselves
have some natural protection or worse yet higher
magical defense. If its protection maybe that
protection can be lowered or dampened. But if
its a high MDV not much other than purified grounds
will benefit that. Then she considers the claw and
its effect on perception that also failed. She has
heard that gods know everything. But do they? Would
they know of things they shouldn't? Could even the
gods be dumbfounded? Maybe a question for the priests
back in Marentia if it wasn't so a anti-god question
that would surely anger them.]
[After about a mile the path curves to the north and heads
north, north-east in a winding path. Chion thinks of
the darkness and that they should've lit a torch as
the sun is setting but has awhile to go. Chion becomes
sad thinking of losing his sai to the tough armor.
It has been awhile since he got it and wonders how
much "work" he has done with it.]
[After another half mile they come around some bushes that
lay directly on the lake and suddenly come across a
small grove of bushes in the water that don't seem to
be elsewhere. As they approach they notice right away
these are no ordinary bushes. They slow the horses and
look to the dark forest but see nothing. Both dismount
as so not to let the horse near the water to drink.
Z'leyra thinks to tell the horses to stay but realizes
that might not be wise. Chion ties them up to a bush
with the rope. Both walk to the edge of the shore to
examine the odd growth of bushss. The first patch
looks to be tall single stems going from the water
line up about 5 feet. Like Cat of Nine tails in
swamp areas. Both recognize this patch as they
near it closer and angle away from the direct sun.
They are staves at least ones that seem to be standing
up from the water. They have the long body and the
tip heads seen earlier. Both Chion and Z'leyra look
at each other. Why would they be here as if standing
at attention in the dark brown water. In fact as
Z'leyra looks down at the water it seems darker here
maybe twice as brown as brown back at the clearing.
Both walk to the other patch about 20 feet to the north
of the staves. It looks like there were 50 or 60
staffs growing out but all seem to be non-active in
terms of moving snakes.]
[As both near the other patch of bushes these seem to be
objects low in the water only about 2 feet. They seem
to be fat mushrooms. Nothing unusual there but as they
near the mushrooms don't have the flat bottom. In fact
the objects seem to be solid spheres. In the bright
sun they seem to be gray in color almost lighter
in gray than the warrior's own skin. At the bottom
of the spheres is a thin spear maybe a finger's diameter
going into the water from the sphere. Unlike the
staffs in the water which seem to be not moving at
all these balls seem to be moving back and forth ever
so slightly from the wind and waves as if more loose
in their base. The ball objects count about 20 of them
in all. The Staves are out into the water about 5
feet while the ball objects are about 4 feet from the
shoreline. With the tides that may grow by a foot
or two. The water depth here seems to be only about
1 or 2 feet at the staves and maybe the same for
the ball objects. But its unclear as the bottom can't
be seen in the murky brown water. The ball objects
are as big as a human adult's head in size.]
[Meanwhile at the same time....]
[At the site where Arawn is now held captive the tension
in the air rises. As Thig turns invisible moments ago
by seeing the warrior before Arawn he slipped back
and unseen. The wounded warrior perks his interest and
he turned invisible just as Ben'dar began his slow
charge. He knows flying would make noise with his
wings hitting bushes and give his position away. So
he does the slow walk-half-jog to the south of
Farseeker and then around to the west of him. Thig
circles around to the west of the wounded warrior
near Ben'dar. As the events occur to the left of
Thig when Arawn is captured he tries to study the
warrior with his senses. Earlier in battle he didn't
have much of a chance as it occurred all so fast. As
he fears he can't sense any mana presence from this
warrior or his gear. Nothing of magic. The only
magic is the pike and some gear Ben'dar has. Thig wonders
why he can't even feel a faint aura around these creatures.
Even ants have some aura about them. This disturbs
Thig and gives his brain a headache thinking of the
ramifications.
Ben'dar stops Tef'wo and folds his arms. He glances to
the female and speaks in Marentian.]
Ben'dar: "Thig, take out that female with your magic."
[The female hears Ben'dar speak and glances over. She
snarls and frowns her eyebrows though no one sees it.
She shakes her head and tilts it for a split second then
turns back to Arawn and tightens the grip.]
[Thig now moving to the left hears Ben'dar and rolls
his eyes. Faerry are not warriors. Faerry might be
pranksters and can do some damage but to take out
a being like these would take powerful magic. If
Bohusara couldn't do it then he certainly can't.]
[As Thig moves slowly near Arawn, Farseeker looks to
the forest for other enemy but sees nothing beyond
about 20 feet in the dark forest.]
[Arawn's cowl falls back onto his shoulders as his head
is pulled back. As he is forced to look up he sees
the gray face and sunken eyes of the creature looking
down at her. But on top of her head Arawn notices
a headdress of some sort. It is tall and thick
with wriggling snakes! There must be about 15 of
them and only about 3-6 inches in height all moving
back and forth hissing and sticking out tongues. Some
attempt to lunge down at Arawn's face but is clearly
out of range as she is too far away at this point. But
Arawn knows it would only take a second to pull her
head closer and have a snake strike. But oddly he
feels no fear from it. Maybe it could be bravado or
something else he is unsure. With a gulp and the
point of the dagger in his throat he tries to speak
in the Sidh tongue.]
Arawn: "Why did your men attack us?"
[The female glances down and the snakes near the top
of his face. She snarls and stays quiet. Then
she looks around to the left and right of her
glancing around nervously. Arawn knows that a
desperate female like the redhead witch once
cornered can be fatally dangerous. The dagger seems
to break skin or so he thinks as she jerks back and
still looks around.]
[Arawn wonders what Thig has in mind. But as Thig
stands in a thick bush only 8 feet away from
Arawn he studies the female and her strange snake
headdress. He could fire his crossbow but it would
only sting her and he'd be dead. He could use a mind
spell but it would only hurt and she could still
stab his neck. So he decides there is only one
course of action. Thig waves a hand and speaks
quietly some words.]
[Arawn prepares his next statement as he hears the
bushes begin to rustle to his right. He speaks
again in the Sidh tongue.]
Arawn: "If you wish us no harm then let me go and we will talk."
[As he ends the words the female glances over to the right
hearing the rustle. Arawn also glances over and both
suddenly see from the bush emerge a warrior like the
wounded one Ben'dar is near. This one is tall and
towering with a staff weapon. He moves fast toward
the two. Arawn feels the dagger to his throat lessen
ever so slightly. The warrior comes up within 2 feet
of Arawn. Arawn starts to concentrate on allocating
energy for magic. But as he does the female barks
some words and let's go of Arawn. She pushes Arawn
toward the warrior. Arawn grabs for his sword but the
warrior grabs his arm. As the female backs away the
warrior pushes arawn a foot away and brings up his
staff in both hands to strike Arawn.]
[Farseeker sees the new warrior about to attack and
slaps the rope to charge the horse. As this happens
the wounded warrior gives a battle cry and charges
toward Ben'dar and Tef'wo. With the odds now 3 to
3 the enemy seems confident.]
[As Arawn stands and tries to yank his foot away from
the jelly like goo he sees the warrior swing his staff
and ducks. But at the last second the warrior shifts
his foot and swings the other direction and hits the
female in the shoulder knocking her a foot to the side!]
GM: Will go into phasal combat on Friday's update.
Actions? Comments?
Next update Friday...
GM: Chion/Z'leyra - East, Ball/Staff Patch
, Trembyl/Strie'bog - West, Storage structure
Arawn, Thig, Ben'dar, Farseeker - West, Deep forest
Corona - Sky, over lake
Xian, 4 Vassa, Unali - Clearing
Bohusara - East, Unknown
GM: Arawn - Don't forget still wounded and stuck in
right foot. Limits your movements restricted
to arm reach with weapons. But female
is still in range for now.
GM: For those in combat do you guys need a map?
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