[pnpgm] Game Update #78 - File #311 - Party returns back to camp
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Fri Sep 21 08:40:42 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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[Recap]
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Z'leyra shakes her head to Trembyl's question. She keeps an
eye on Chion as she signs to Trembyl about the staff plants
and Chion's paralysis. As she is doing this she recovers her
satchel and other gear. Signing, she asks Trembyl if he can
cure paralysis, if not to stand watch while she does what she
can for Chion.
[She no longer needs to send her horse to fetch the party.]
Once she is sure Chion is stabilized she will have a discussion
via signing with Trembyl about the best way to destroy the
staff plants. Likely she will proceed with the plan to jury
rig a polearm and destroy them from a distance.
She will stroke both the horse and Corona to indicate her
approval of their actions.
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, 58 Degrees]
[Time - 4:05pm]
[Meanwhile in the deep forest to the west...]
[Ben'dar and Farseeker guide Arawn's horse with
Arawn slumped over the horse in a dead man's ride.
Thig flies above the tree line to get bearings
while Ben'dar re-traces their path to this point.]
Farseeker: "The female looked like some possible leader?
But its hard to say. She seemed to bark an order
but maybe she was just trying to talk."
[As Arawn rides paralyzed he gives into the almost
annoying ride. Occasionally having to be shifted
back into place by one of the others. He re-thinks
back to the images he saw. He is uncertain what was
real, imaginary or just some vision. He has seen
the Lower World in some of its places and nothing
like the visions fit what he has heard of it or
seen. Same with the Upper World. Yes, there are
the Lava Plains of Osat or the jelly like grasslands
of the Churen or even the Shadowlands of the Girt.
But none of those places or others he knows or has
seen personally has that unusual sky color and that
moon or planet or whatever it was in the sky.
As he rides he thinks deeply on all these last few
minutes and the bonding...]
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[Meanwhile in the deep forest to the west...]
[Trembyl folds his arms across his chest and smirks
at Z'leyra after giving his comment. Even
Strie'bog seems to give a quick smirk at the funny
remark. Trembyl gives a quick laugh and then
approaches the Z'leyra and Chion.]
[Z'leyra shakes her head to the remark and seems to
ignore it entirely. With her back toward Trembyl
she continues to check over Chion. It seems he
has the one bite mark and that's it. She
raises a hand to Trembyl and explains via sign
language the situation.]
Trembyl: "Whoa there. I don't know sign language.
Slow down let me see if I can understand."
[He looks at Strie'bog to see if he understands the
hang signals but he shrugs a negative.]
[Z'leyra turns and looks up. She tries to mouth
and use simple hand gestures to explain the situation.
As she does this she grabs her satchel off the
horse and continues to explain. This takes a good
five minutes before Trembyl seems to understand.]
[Trembyl finally grasps some of the concepts Z'leyra
is trying to convey. Based on seeing one staff
with no head piece and the one dead snake body Corona
dropped on shore and the bite wound on Chion he
finally seems to understand. Recalling the battle
and that of Unali he comments.]
Trembyl: "No. I can't cure him. Should we destroy the
staff things?"
[Z'leyra nods and tries to remind him of the snakes and
their attack.]
[Trembyl studies the situation for some minutes and
finally nods his head.]
Trembyl: "We found more like these and those things."
[He points to the orbs] on the other side of the
lake in a small hutt. I doubt Chion killed the
snake if he was immediately paralyzed. So it
would seem in his fall he killed the snake. But
again that's unlikely based on the size of the
snake that could easily escape the area. So my
guess is the water killed it. Likely it could not
swim. Maybe those creatures have to harvest the
staffs once they get to a point and then only use
them on land? Strie'bog has a axe that could probably
swipe one of the rods in one full direct hit. But
getting close is dangerous. So if water seems to
be bad for them I have an idea."
[Trembyl knows using magic against the staffs might not
be wise based on the combat, when magic seemed to
not work. So he stands on shore a good 20 feet from
the staff grove. He begins to raise both arms and
speak some magical words. He begins to concentrate
on the center of the grove. Suddenly a rumble is
found around the shore and bubbles begin to erupt
from the lake. Waves start to move outward from the
staff grove. Suddenly the staffs begin to shake
and wiggle back and forth. But as the four watch
from the shore the staffs begin to sink. First a
foot then two. Z'leyra stands to watch the scene
as the staffs sink even faster below the water. As
soon as the staff heads bottom hits the water line
the heads transform into snakes. Still attached to
the rods though they can't escape as they continue
to move lower and lower. Soon within seconds only
the tips of the heads and last ditch lunges from the
snakes are only seen. A total of about 4 seconds
and the staffs are under the water. Massive bubbles
and waves circle out from the area.]
[Trembyl begins to breath heavy and then lowers his
arms for a few seconds. Then he raises them again
and seems to speak the same words. This time the
rumble is heard again. Within a few seconds the
staffs raise up higher into the water. But as son
as most get about 3 feet above the water line they
fall into the water splashing into the water. As
they emerge from the water, the top of the snake
head points are now limp and not solid. They dangle
down and obviously appear to be dead snakes. All
of the rods fall to the ground and float.]
[Z'leyra looks to Trembyl for an explanation.]
Trembyl: "A small earthquake big enough to create the
ground to open up about 10 feet down. They sank
in the soft sand and were drowned. I then reversed
it and closed the rift making it move up from
falling sand but only to a point could it be
raised. Looks like they are all dead now."
[Z'leyra returns to Chion and runs some herbs over the
bite mark to prevent any problems.]
Trembyl: "We should get him back to camp. Maybe
Bohusara can cure him."
[Corona glides over the lake area for several more
minutes and finds none of the snakes seem to
lunge. Satisfied they seem to dead he takes a
chance and grabs one rod and climbs. Nothing happens
so he drops it on shore. He repeats the process for
the other staff rods.]
[Trembyl, Z'leyra and Strie'bog help Chion to his
horse and gather up supplies. With Trembyl and
Strie'bog walking, Z'leyra takes it slow in driving
Chion's horse through the winding path back to the
camp.]
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[Meanwhile at the Clearing...]
[As Xian and Unali warm by the fire they wait for any
word on the others. They talk for awhile on the
day and the events in the last few days.]
[Time - 4:39pm]
Xian: "If only we had a Juppa plant to roast. As kids
we'd roast them over fires. Was a big plant head
with a almond type thing inside. Even the plant
was tasty after it roasted...But messy --"
[Suddenly from the east Z'leyra with the other 3 emerge
from the lake path. Xian and Unali see Chion limp
and Xian rushes over. Unali take s bit of a slower
run. Trembyl explains as best he can what happened
since Z'leyra can't speak. The Vassa help Chion
gently to the ground near the warm fire. Trembyl
and the others give what occurred at the small hutt
and the growth of orbs and plants. Z'leyra can't
communicate with anyone here so remains quiet until
Chion and be cured to go over her details.]
[Z'leyra tries to dry her clothes by the fire.
Corona takes to the air when he spots Thig approaching.]
[Time - 5:03pm]
[As the party sees Arawn strewn on the horse they are
saddened by another party member down. But they
soon realize he is also only paralyzed. Farseeker
and Ben'dar explain the situation.]
Xian: "Female creature with a headdress? Strange and
stranger by the minute."
[Time - 5:12pm]
[It has been over an hour since Bohusara has left and
the party went their separate ways. By now the
stories of the attack in the west, the hutt and the
strange growths in the east have been discussed
up and down as best they can and shared among each
of the party. As the party sits around the fire
and the limp forms of Arawn/Chion warm up by the
fire the night gets colder. Another degree or two
seems to drop. By now the sun is not seen as its
only about 10 degrees above the horizon and well
blocked by the forest. Sunset is definitely soon
within the next hour at the very least.]
[As the party are talking they hear flapping of wings
and suddenly see Bohusara zoom back into the camp
and land by the party. She sees the limp bodies
of Chion and Arawn who at this point haven't been
cured still. She frowns but is happy to see all
alive.]
Bohusara: "I finally return. It took longer than I
thought to settle things down after Z'leyra's little
colorful spell effect. Most of the creatures seem
to be normal now. The Protectors have been alerted
and report back there are no more creatures in the
forest other than the two that were chased, and
I assume taken care of from the looks of it.
The Protectors assure me of no more creatures in
this region."
Xian: "Region?"
Bohusara: "I have the ability to sense and communicate
within a full power within about 10 miles around
me. As the range increases my ability decreases.
Though I can sense some minor informatio as far
as 100 mile its vague. The Protectors tend to
relay messages and informations to me. In this
case the region is about a 50 mile radius around
here. Not including the plains which they have
no authority over."
[She sits down tired from flying and raises her hands
to the warm fire.]
Bohusara: "So tell me about the things that have come
to pass? Did you find anything in the chase?
Anything around the lake." [She stops and recalls
the paralyzed folks and stands back up with a
slight look of embarrassment.] "I should cure them
both I suppose first. Move them over there and
I'll do that now. But in the meantime let me
know what has occurred. Do any of you have a
suggestion on how to cure the lake?"
[As Chion and Arawn are move do the side Bohusara
prepares to cure their paralysis.]
Xian: "Looks like we'll be here for the night unless
we decide to teleport back? But fixing the lake
could take some time."
Actions? Comments?
Next update Monday...
GM: Ok. Monday I'll cast the spells to cure Arawn/Chion.
So at that point you guys can talk and interact
as normal. Including telling stories and replies
to comments. Anyone can come up with suggestions
on the lake. So post your ideas and comments.
Once Chion is cured he can translate fully any
comments from Z'leyra.
GM: Basically once follow-up is done with the bodies, the
orbs and staffs (if done so) and the lake we'll
move back to the Sacred forest. At that point
the party can have fun in the Solstice celebration
and this adventure will be over. So the big
issue now is the curing of the lake. So think hard!
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