[pnpgm] Game Update #95 - File #516 - Arawn talks to the Wind
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Tue Dec 9 19:47:26 CET 2008
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
R1 Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma
W2 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma
-- Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....NormalFaerry Fe
Do David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma
R? J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
W4 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe
R4 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Boyzdar [Wolf] (Strie'bog),
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Game Update #95 in sequence (file #516)
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[Recap]
From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar eyes the lion-headed creature, thinking how much more
impressive a lion mane headdress would look than the wolf one he
currently wears...
He is standing directly behind Chion, so he leans forward and
shouts, "This place is falling! Let's leave these strange
creatures, get back to Z'leyra and Kiet, and you can magic us
out of this place!" If hostilities break out, Ben'Dar will
backtrack, past Unali, and around the south balcony overlooking
the windy courtyard. He will try to get to the windy man.
GM: Ack.
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From Raban: [Re: Actions]
Seeing a female in trouble draws Raban like a moth to a fire, but
they did not appear to be hurting her very much. So Raban pauses,
briefly, to check with Arawn, maybe his way still has a chance
here.
Raban (to Arawn): "She may be hurt? Is this Lion someone you need
to talk to?"
<Raban is not charging into battle? Did he just make a huge
mistake? Are we falling from the sky to go SPLUTT any second.
Stay tuned for the next Fabulous episode of....>
GM: Ack.
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From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
"I don't know. This place is powered by trapped air elementals
which I promised to free while in spiritual communion. The two
are elementals but the lion-headed one I don't know."
Unsure how the situation would play itself out Arawn called out
to loudly for all three strangers to hear, man, woman, and lion.
"Elementals! I am Arawn and I have made a pact with the sky
spirits to bring this place down. We are not your enemies. Let
me know what I can do to help you and all I ask is to safely see
me and my allies from here."
[***Raban's stuf deleted - see above ***]
GM: Ack.
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From Chion: [Re: Actions]
Chion remembers a poem from his youth:
I climbed the stairs yesterday
and met a man who wasn't there.
I climbed them again today
man I wish that man would go away.
He thinks how ridiculous it seems that a man with a lion's head
would somehow be "trapped" in a place like this and attempts to
double-check his reason. He thinks about Lo Pan and his wind
demons for a second and shakes off that thought. Smiling he
voices, "I'm free. I let me take a guess now. A curse of some
kind was upon this place. Probably because it is indeed aligned
to chaos. If this place was the start of the war, and the only
one to survive, it's inhabitants may have been cursed to roam
forever until they died. These elemental forces are going to be
quite upset and probably destroy this place. We should probably
leave and find a safe place we can view it striking the ground."
That's Chion's two seconds of verbage. He will see what the
others think(besides Ben'dar and the female defender who no doubt
is already attacking something). He feels confident that his
little protection versus elements will not save him from the
ravages these beings can dish out.
GM: Ack. Good poem :) Funny.
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From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
In addition to the stuff posted below-
Arawn yelled out his greeting to the elementals in Katai and
Elder but knew that they would likely not be able to understand
him. After his call he alerted the party to this.
"The elementals speak their own language, that of the Wind. If
any here can speak it please translate for me. If not then I will
resort to using magic in hopes of reasoning with them."
GM: Ack.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Disturbed by the bump Z'leyra starts gathering the scrolls and
books while keeping an eye on Kiet and the prisoners.
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 2nd, 1633TH. 5th Day of Adventure #4.
[Location: Chaos domain, Dark Lands, 9 Miles up, Flying Island]
[Time: 11:57am]
[Outside in the courtyard area the party realize the place may be
falling. The sky seems higher in terms of the storm but clouds do
get lower. Those who have been in mountain country can recall
seeing clouds go down mountain sides into valley areas. But most
don't recall seeing them rise. During hot periods it is possible
for some to rise but at this cold height could the storm be rising
or the island falling? There is no evidence on a fall but some
begin to panic but don't show it. Now the new darker cloud appears
high above and the new windy man. What could this mean? What
could the lion man mean?]
[Ben'dar glances over at the Lion headed man and growls. He
considers a new headdress might be in order if it weren't for the
fact of Caladan's warning. Ben'dar glances at the others who seem
not to be in a state of panic. What do they know he doesn't? With
the shield down the cold has flooded the area greatly and all seem
to be affected by it except Arawn in his cold clothing. Even
breathing from the nose or mouth brings puffs of cold fog. The
noise also seems to have increased he figures the shield must
dampen the noise. He wonders if someone just doesn't push the
button to raise it again? He leans forward to Chion and yells a
bit over the wind that seems to be in the east.]
Ben'dar: "This place is falling! Let's leave these strange
creatures, get back to Z'leyra and Kiet, and you can magic us out
of this place!"
[Raban's blood begins to boil as he sees a female possibly in
danger. What could they be doing to her in that room? She could
be dead by the time he gets to her. So this place is falling he
can fly away and still have time to save her. He considers this
but wonders if flying this high in the cold could affect him.
Should he run off to help her or guard the others like the
wee-winged one who could be blown against a wall and crushed like
when Raban sneezes and throws soup outward like deadly missiles of
meat. Raban glances at Arawn to see what he might be planning.
No doubt he'll want to talk to the newcomers. But is there time
to talk during this new crisis. Could all become friends and
suddenly end in one big splat? He raises his voice to Arawn.]
Raban: "She may be hurt? Is this Lion someone you need to talk to?"
[Raban knows if he has to he could fly over and rescue the female
if things go bad but he wonders if time will be a major problem.
Has he made a mistake in putting Arawn in charge of this tense
situation? Yet he notices Arawn's face seems stern with intent
and confidence. Arawn's voice is loud but lower than others as
he seems to concentrate his memories. He doesn't seem to realize
the wind noise is picking up.]
Arawn: "I don't know. This place is powered by trapped air
Elementals which I promised to free while in spiritual communion.
The two are Elementals but the lion-headed one I don't know."
[As these new events come to pass Chion smiles and recalls a poem
to his head. Times like this weird things can come to his mind.
But that is how Correl taught him to mediate and remain calm. No
need to panic in situations like these. He has been in too many
to count. Chion knows the Elementals are a clear part of all
this. But the lion-man can't be. He hasn't seen such a creature
before. Half-breeds animal or otherwise he has read about and
heard about. It could just be a creature released or another pet,
this one tamed and in house for A'kril? He looks east toward the
wind vortexes and raises his voice loud to no one in particular.]
Chion: "I'm free. I let me take a guess now. A curse of some kind
was upon this place. Probably because it is indeed aligned to
chaos. If this place was the start of the war, and the only one
to survive, it's inhabitants may have been cursed to roam forever
until they died. These Elemental forces are going to be quite
upset and probably destroy this place. We should probably leave
and find a safe place we can view it striking the ground."
[As Chion speaks this the wind vortex continue their dive down to
the deck of the second floor. Now they can be seen as debris
flies in every direction. The one in the water collection room
seems to remain in place and stone, water, sand and pipe is seen
flying in all directions. The one in the courtyard moves west and
seems to stand still for a few seconds in the fountain. This sprays
water out in all directions and a water spout is seen from the wind
elemental. As Chion speaks the cold gets to him quickly yet oddly
his right hand is warm. Then he realizes the staff has warmed up.
He figures the jamming here must have dropped. Could that be the
shield or the border magic Arawn saw when teleported up? Could
the border magic be down and that hold the elementals in place?]
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[Time: 11:57am]
[As Chion speaks Z'leyra hears the bump against some wall in the
north. Z'leyra begins to be concerned at the noise thinking
something isn't right or someone is sneaking about. The two
barbarian prisoners who were sitting in chairs at the fireplace
to warm up suddenly stood at the noise. Kiet glances over and
watches them carefully. They aren't tied up as they seem to
be friendly but they seem nervous. Could they know what is
going on? Then one of the men looks down at the couch and
suddenly begins speaking quietly in his native language which
both don't understand. The guard who has now woken up begins
to fiddle with his ropes but finds them tight. Kiet glances
back and gives a warning shake of his head and a raised dagger
in his hands warning. The guard silences up as Kiet turns
back to the couch and notices smoke. Kiet stands and tries
to get Z'leyra's attention.]
[Z'leyra who has started to stuff books and scrolls as best she
can back into the bags stands and notices the smoke at the couch.
She immediately worries about the sleeping Corona and begins to
step forward when Corona peeks his head up and looks around.
Eagles have little expression they can convey but a shaman of
them can tell things at times. Z'leyra stops and seems to notice
Corona's eyes are different. They seem empty of expression.
Z'leyra stops and looks at the two barbarians to see if they did
something.]
[Suddenly a bolt of red fire flashes from Corona's eyes and
dashes toward the chair where Z'leyra was just sitting a moment
ago. He spreads his wing and lifts off the couch which seems
to be now on fire from another bolt, Z'leyra guesses. Corona
takes flight to the east and quickly turns. He flaps and
moves past Z'leyra straight for Kiet.]
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[Time: 11:58:00 am]
[The Windy Man lowers his right arm and finishes speaking low
but no one seems to understand him or hear him at this distance.]
[Arawn considers his next move as the others stand in place
and consider the new situation. The Windy Man then calls out
tot he sky.]
[Arawn and Chion both smart men realize that Ben'dar may be right.
It could be time to leave. But they also realize that to teleport
everyone out would take time. It might take 3 jumps just to get
the people out of here. That's not including the treasure that
could be lost. Both men realize though that if this place is
cursed as Chion suggests then when A'kril died the curse or
binding may have been disrupted. It doesn't take time to figure
out these elementals are either here as support to keep this place
up or as its power source. If the event that lead the party here
was at his death then that was over 30 minutes ago. That alone
indicates if this place has been falling it has been slowly.
Maybe it is a control fall to ensure such disaters. But how far
have they dropped? How fast? That information is not known. How
long before the impact? While Ben'dar's plan to escape is good
both smart men know that escape would only cause problems. Sure
Chion could teleport folks hundreds of miles away. But what about
the land below? The impact alone would kill Tef'wo and Sven. It
could have a major impact on the forest not just a crater but a
firestorm that could burn the entire Dark Lands if it gets out of
control. Nearby villages and towns could be destroyed. Even if
it is a Chaos Domain who would be too blame? The High Elder or a
chaos wizard who might've done this. War could break out and that
isn't what the High Elder can afford. Chion knows this and Arawn
can guess this as well. No. This place can be escaped from. But
at what cost? Both men know that it has to be stopped before
impact and before disaster breaks out. It must be on the north
end of this floor some control area or
some control person or being.]
[Ben'dar glances at Chion and Arawn wondering why they aren't
fleeing the area to escape. Both men seem confident in
their stance, with Chion even smiling. Ben'dar growls.]
[Suddenly the roof a few feet away from the Wind man comes to a
blasting as the Cloud high above hits the ground with a lightning
bolt. The stone and paint fly in all directions. The Windy Man's
winds blow it away from him and he dives through the hole and
lands now on the second floor.]
Arawn: "Elementals! I am Arawn and I have made a pact with the sky
spirits to bring this place down. We are not your enemies. Let me
know what I can do to help you and all I ask is to safely see me
and my allies from here."
[Arawn begins to say the above in Katai and Elder and finally realizes they only speak in their elemental tongue of the
Wind. He turns to the others. As he does the Cloud begins to
spray lightning down onto the 3rd floor roof and holes begin to
fill various area. Chion's prediction that they might be mad and
want to destroy this place has come true. But that may be
expected if they were slaves here. The water collection vortex
has now moved onto the rest of the room destroying the windows and
the rest of the water structures completely destroying the
masterful plumping. The vortex in the fountain has moved south
and destroyed the mini garden of plants and then moved onto the
statues. Arawn cringes as he speaks in Elder when the first
statue is toppled and slammed to the ground with a wind gust.
Soon the statue of the women is tossed against the wall and
shatters. A great lost work destroyed. Arawn turns to the
others and yells to be heard over the cloud's thunderstorm.]
Arawn: "The Elementals speak their own language, that of the Wind.
If any here can speak it please translate for me. If not then I
will resort to using magic in hopes of reasoning with them."
[The Windy man raises his arms and speaks but is facing south as
if he ignores the party. Meanwhile Unali has been watching the
lion man and notices he seems as confused as the party at what is
going on. It continues to stare at the Windy Man just down the
hall from him. He hasn't made a move yet for some reason.]
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[Time: 11:58:12 am]
[Inside the Main Room Z'leyra ducks as Corona flies over her and
toward Kiet. Kiet also ducks at the last second as a bolt of red
fire flies above him and hits against the wall near the secret
door in the west. It sizzles on impact over the dead guard
bodies. Corona then flies through the open secret door and turns
north. Kiet and Z'leyra look at each other in confusion. Then
both hear another loud thump as some more thing shit walls north
of the room.]
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[Time: 11:58:15 am]
[Arawn immediately begins to drawn energy into his chest and heart.
He then mediatates his Alfar ways and centers his mind. He begins
to ignore the outside world. First the noise and then the views.
His vision becomes focused on the Glyph. He tries his Elven
empathic ability toward him and suddenly the energy drawn inward
drains away.]
[The Glyph walks to the edge of the wall and looks out into the
courtyard. As he does the vortex in the water room breaks through
the top of the wall and enters the courtyard area. The two
vortexes begin to move toward the second balcony area. The Glyph
points to one of the struts that holds the balcony in place and a
bolt of lightning hits it. At the same time the cloud shoots
another bolt toward the south end and destroys part of th
ebalcony's roof. The wind vortex begins to shake the balcony as
best they can shaking the railing intently.]
[Suddenly the Glyph turns toward Arawn as if for the first time
he notices him. The eyes blaze withe lectricity and Arawn
senses the Elementals intent. But even without empathy the
group can tell his intent is destruction. Arawn becomes concerned
as he tries to speak a quick communicate spell. Arawn casts
the spell and repeats his words above once more to the man.]
[The Glyph stares for two seconds then speaks.]
Glyph: "Where is the one that bound us here! Show him now or die!"
[The Glyph raises a hand toward the party. But Arawn knows if
his empathic connection works he'll not be attacked. OF course
that doesn't mean the others won't. Suddenly the cloud above
shoots another bolt this time at the south end of the balcony
and it begins to creak from the blast and wind. Debris from
the south end of the balcony fly down into the courtyard.]
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[Time: 11:58:25 am]
[Inside the main room both Kiet and Z'leyra realize the new booms
are lightning strikes on the roof nearby. The storm must be
getting stronger or at the same level as the castle. But Z'leyra
worries about Corona and what has happened to him and where he just
went to. Kiet glances at the guards and the barbarians and wonders
what to do as well...]
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[Time: 11:58:26 am]
[Outside the party realize now the Windy Man seems to have noticed
them or just now choose to. So far it hasn't threatened the
party but just the castle itself. Now he raises a hand at the
group and that might not be such a good move.]
[Caladan knows the ways of the storm and knows there is little
that can stand such forces.]
Caladan: "We may need to retreat..."
[Arawn listens to those words and wonders now what to do. Should
they escape this and destroy the ground below. Stop these
Elementals or bargain with them and risk impact? What does
the Lion man have in all this. The destruction of this place
could be a major loss of information.]
Actions? Comments?
Next Update...Friday...
GM: Notice the time marks have seconds on them.
GM: The map below is changed slightly with the Wind (2/3) and
Glyph moved. The Windy Man is now on the second floor. No
one else has moved. The cloud itself is high above the center
of the castle (courtyard).
GM: The introspections/thoughts above I post as would come to
mind - especially for those with high intelligence. Most
in the party won't know what Chion and Arawn has figured
out so they'll be a bit out of the loop unless informed.
GM: Was going to be a bigger update but some didn't post yet. So
want to give some reaction time if they need to post. I figure
most are waiting for Arawn to respond. Of course so far the
party has seen the result earlier. Oh well maybe this is the
calm before the storm (pardon the pun). I only work Friday
2 hours so not up late Thursday night. So will work on
the next update a bit Wednesday night/Thursday afternoon (off
both days). Heck. If I had enough posts I could do it
a day earlier. :) Also for those who were in the Climan
adventure Trembyl - Elementalist - would have talked about
these beings. So knowledge of them is known to those
folks (Raban, Arawn and Kiet were not).
Map Legend -
1 - Windy Man - L36, second floor
2 - Wind - V38, hard to pinpoint center
3 - Wind - E38, hard to pinpoint center
4 - Lion Head - K5, on the second floor level with party
5 - Female? - Somewhere in Room X
A - Arawn - P17, on second floor, in covered balcony
B - Ben'dar - T17, on second floor, in covered balcony
C - Caladan - R17, on second floor, in covered balcony
H - Chion - S16, on second floor, in covered balcony
F - Fremea - O16, on second floor, in covered balcony
Kiet - Main Foyer, 1st floor
R - Raban - Q16, on second floor, in covered balcony
U - Unali - U16, on second floor, in covered balcony
Z'leyra - Main Foyer, 1st floor
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~~ = Pull lever
I = Stone wall
$ = Bed
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