[pnpgm] Game Update #81 - File #400 - Fate plays Trump Card
Scott Adams
longshot at darktech.org
Thu Oct 2 05:31:04 CEST 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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[Recap]
From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Fremea stands there with a very sour look on her face. Staring
at the elf over Arawn and him being down on the ground, really
tips her anger fully. She casts a spell in the Sidh language.
GM: Ack.
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From Ben'dar: [Re: Actions]
Ben'Dar glares at the metal man. Clearly it is heavier and
stroner than him. He will have no chance at overpowering it
through brute force. But there is one in the party who might
have a better chance. He howls to Raban, "Raban, Help me take
this metal man!" He stops fooling around with the metal man
and spins his pike to use the butt- end of the shaft to smash
into the metal man's face. Perhaps blunt- trauma will work on
the thing! If that doesn't seem to have any effect, his next
action will be to swing his pike viciously to his left, at the
guard standing next to him. He'll stay close to Z'leyra for the
rest of the fight, attempting to defend his seriously injured
friend.
GM: Ack.
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From Raban: [Re: Actions]
<Nasty turn of Fate, but dice love to play tricks. Such a
confused mess with different people trying to surrender, but I
did not expect it to occur once the fight started, too hard to
break it back up in one instant without someone else getting hit.
Raban is definitely regretting not being healed before this.>
[For a moment Raban was happier, he final could get back to the
ladies as his opponents were all down. Then a swish from behind
instinctively dodged, tells him he is not done here yet. As he
quickly turns around to face the new threat he gets a quick scan
of the room and things are not what he expected. Where is
everyone? Worse that Metal man appears to be threatening Z'leyra
and Ben'Dar is trying to help her. But first this guard must be
dealt with and quickly...
<I was going to add more thoughts for flavor but his Intelligence
and Eloquence are really too low for a lot of that in combat, so
that will have to wait.>
<Options: Try to get rid of the new guard by knocking out of the
way. But I suspect that does not work well in PnP and he would
cause more trouble later. So it will be as usual, take the man
down with punch or kicks and then try to do something about the
Metal Man. Thats were the arm damage will truly HURT>
GM: Ack. Yes. Fate can be fun in these games. Some events were
set in motion by other cause and effect actions. Once A'kril
died than other things happened for example. Some planned and
some not. Just one of those things how one event can cause 18
others good or bad.
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From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Seeing Arawn in desperate straights Z'leyra defends herself
while using her Firestone to hit the dark elf with an innate
fire dart. As she does so she speaks in Younger Chaos to the
fire "Flame! Shrink to torch size!" She will then finish off
the guard attacking her (fighting defensively), kick A'kril's
corpse away from the fire and be calling out in Marentian "Block
the metal man's vision!".
Afterward she plans to back off from the metal man, grab her
staff and ready a spell.
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: 10:19am]
[Turn 2: Phase 3]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Around the room magical energies are built up.]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - ]
[The Dark Elf's ears twitch back and forth...]
[Fremea stands in the shadow of the room and glares at the dark
elf. Who is this being that could attack and betray Arawn?
Her anger gets the better of her and she speaks the words of
a spell through the sidh tongue. She raises her hand and
points at the Dark Elf...]
[The Dark Elf jerks his head left straight at Fremea and grins.
It gives Fremea the creeps and based on the look on his face
she guesses the spell failed. But she is not sure why could
be range, magical defense or something else. The Dark Elf
shakes his head.]
[Kiet casts a Abandon spell onto Guard 12 (P) but it seems
to do nothing.]
[The flame wall fades and shrinks back into the fire place
and soon disappears all together.]
[Melee & Movement- ]
[Raban turns around for a split second he was happy to take
on 3 targets at once and win. Now he turns around to see
another guard attacking him. He doesn't see Fremea, Arawn,
Caladan right away and sees someone to his right in front of
the fireplace. But at this angle its hard to tell. At this
point Raban doesn't realize that some like Z'leyra and Arawn
are in desperate trouble. Simply can't see them. With his
weakened right arm he sees the man with the sword as a new
threat. He decides to kick the man in the center left of the
chest. The man staggers back from the blow and gasps for air
but doesn't seem to fall.]
[Unali stabs forward with a undercut toward the man in front
of her and the magical dagger impales deep in the man's lower
left abdomen doing the final damage to kill the man.]
[The Dark Elf turns back to Arawn and walks around to the front
of Arawn. With boot near Arawn's head he kneels down and
stares into Arawn's eyes for a few seconds. He stares at
Arawn for a second and reaches out with his hand and taps the
air. A blue shimmer of energy sparkles at his touch and the
dark Elf raises a eyebrow at the energy shield.]
Dark Elf: "Clever." [He says in Elf Sidh.]
[Ben'dar takes his pike and twists it around and raises it
up. He begins to smash with the hilt of the pike against
the metal man's head but the hilt just seems to clink and
clink against the metal with no sign of result. Ben'dar
realizes that Raban might be the only one to take this thing
out so yells for help.]
Ben'dar: "Raban, Help me take this metal man!"
[Arawn stares up at the Dark Elf with eyes of confusion and
betrayal. He finds it difficult to understand what has just
transpired. Why his parents never mentioned these other
Elves. He has heard humans have, what was the term, "black
sheep" in the family. Maybe this species of Elf is one of
those strange niches even the gods of the Elves wouldn't want
to be seen or heard. Arawn struggles to move from the
paralysis but fails as his strength is just too low for the
spell.]
[Guards 9 - 12 move now at the same time. They attack their
various targets...
Guard 9 (L) thrusts at Caladan and hits digging deep in the
lower right abdomen area doing a good sized wound.
Guard 10 (Q) swings at Z'leyra but fails to hit.
Guard 11 (O) thrusts his sword at Raban and hits him in the
lower right abdomen for 3 points.
Guard 12 (P) thrusts at Kiet. Kiet tries to dodge the blow
and avoid it but the strike is too swift and the dodge fails.
The sword impales deep into Kiet's upper left chest. But
it goes so deep it seems to impale the heart itself. Kiet
takes a devastating 12 point strike. Kiet jerks at the
blow and slides off the blade as it is pulled out and hits
the ground on his back reeling from the damage.]
[Z'leyra knows if she had let her fire dart out now it would
only have killed the guard in front of her or worse yet surely
would've killed Ben'dar just a foot away. The risk in that
was too great. She decides to hold back as both men have at
least 6 and 8 inches taller than she does and the flame dart
would just hit their heads. She notices, or rather feels,
the flame wall die. She was going to talk to it and convince
it to do so but since it fades there is no need for that now.
She moves four feet to the west toward A'krill's body. But
as she does the flame on his body seems to not be as intense.
She doesn't notice Kiet fall but twists and using her long
reaching staff decides to smack the guard attacking her. The
staff hits the back of the man and does minor damage. As she
does this she yells out in Marentian. As she yells she sees
now Kiet on the ground holding his chest and massive blood
pouring out near his heard area.]
Z'leyra: "Block the metal man's vision!".
[Z'leyra glances right and sees Arawn as well but the Dark
Elf doesn't seem to be killing Arawn for some reason.]
[Caladan smacks the guard 9 (L) on the left shoulder and
crushes shoulder bone doing 11 points of damage but the
man continues to stand. As he does he yells out.]
Caladan: "Fremea. Cold arrow. Metal Man!"
[Kiet gasps for air and puts pressure on the massive damage
done to his chest with his left hand. He knows he may only
have a few seconds to live. He just hopes that someone can
get to him to save him. With his right hand he tries to pull
a dagger up but the weight is too much as his strength drains
as the heart begins to go into emergency mode. The dagger
hits the carpet with a soft thud and Kiet wonders if he
should've risks staying with the folks in the Citadel. Black
spots begin to fill his vision and he fears he could lose
consciousness in a few seconds.]
[The metal man sees Z'leyra is some distance away and turns
to throw punches at Ben'dar but fails to strike as his
pike's magic seems to help.]
[A'kril's body suddenly shifts in form. Within the span
of this phase the face of A'krl ages and his body does
as well. Skin fades to pale white. Then hair falls off
to turn to dust. Face sinks in and eyes dissolve. Bones
and muscles fade and shrink to dust. In the span of this
phase it is as if the man is released from some ancient
sleeping spell of time and he ages in a lifetime in the
span of seconds. At the end there is nothing of the body
but dust. His clothing also seems to rot to shreds but
remains scraps of itself. A'kril's armor, sword and 2
daggers fall to the ground into the dust pile.]
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GM: Wow. Ok. Unfortunately Alex hasn't been in ICQ for a month
or two now. Those times when we could discuss things like
this live seem to be over. To get a shift in plans. If
he was here now I could go on a backup plan to save Kiet.
So as a GM I must figure out what characters would do to
help a fellow person. I have the benefit of knowing what
is planned and can alter some plans but go on what was
previously planned. So I hope the below works out.
[Turn 2: Phase 4]
[Mana Allocation - None]
[Now that Z'leyra has a good line of sight she builds up
life force energy for channeling.]
[Missile Fire - None]
[Magic Effect - ]
[Z'leyra channels the life force energy into her Firestone.
She decides in the flash to fire on the Dark Elf who seems
to be staring at Arawn and doing nothing to him or the man
over Kiet or the metal man. Her instinct kicks in to save
a life. She knows Kiet would only have a few seconds at best.
Arawn has only a light wound. The fire might do nothing to
the metal man. Sure Fremea could attack the man but she
could miss and he could kill Kiet beyond hope. Her oath
as Healer kicks in and she aims her head and helmet toward
the man over Kiet and her angle is good. She releases
the built up fire energy. She knows this man is a human
and the Dark Elf seems to be like Arawn. If that is the
case the Elf might've simply detected the magic attack
and moved away. So her attack might not have done anything.
The flame dart fires and sizzles past the guard she just
smacked and over the chair, past the couch and toward the
man. The hit is good and the flame splats directly on the
left cheek of the man. Instantly eyes, cheek and brains
fry to shreds. The man is dead before his brain could
detect the damage. His head basically explodes and shatters
from the flame into burning shards flying in every directions.
Making the room a gory mess of wet and steamed blood, brains
and tissue. The headless human falls forward and rolls to
the left (east) of Kiet and tumbles.]
GM: Wow. Hit location was head. 60 points to a head!
[The flying statue looks for a target as its stone ball is
now glowing yellow again. All targets like Caladan, Raban,
Ben'dar, Kiet and Arawn are either down or engaged. So
it decides that Z'leyra is the only target in the open.
It flings the magical ball of energy toward her. It
flies past the Dark Elf and hits Z'leyra but splashes
off doing nothing as her magical defense prevents it.]
[At the same time the fire dart goes off suddenly the Dark
Elf begins to scream as he bursts into flame. He begins
to stand and fall back trying to bat out the flames.]
[Melee & Movement- ]
[Raban who is staring at the man who just stabbed Kiet sees
this strange flame beam hit the man in the head and his head
exploding. Raban cringes at the sight and has seen many
things but nothing like that. He is unsure who did it or
where it came from. He sees Kiet on the ground but is unsure
if Kiet is bad off or not. He can see Kiet flinch so seems
alive. But Ben'dar is also in desperate danger. Raban
knows Fremea is near Kiet and maybe she can get to him to
heal him. So that leaves the metal man who likely he will
be the only one to take him out. Raban roars in anger and
decides enough is enough. He crouches and uses his strong
right shoulder and rams the guard in front of him. With
his good left arm he pushes the guard to the left and
turns his body to the left. Glancing fast he sees the back
of the metal man and runs forward, pushing the startled
guard with him. The guard is pushed into the back of the
metal man and hits hard. The man's head clanks on the
metal head and the man's eyes cross and he is smashed into
a sandwich by Raban. The blow knocks the man out and
moves the metal man forward a couple feet.]
[Unali moves down the hallway to get a better view.]
[Ben'dar sees Raban on the scene now and turns to handle the
guard attacking Z'leyra. But now he sees Z'leyra a few feet
away and the guard free for attack. He swings on the guard
and hits slicing through the center right part of his chest
doing 11 points of damage.]
[Guard 9 (L) weak from a crushed side collar bone raises the
sword with his only good arm and swings it and hits Caladan
doing a minor cut of 1 point to his right chest area.]
[Guard 10 (Q) swings back against Ben'dar and hits as the
sword thrusts toward his lower left abdomen but the blade
doesn't penetrate past his armor.]
[Z'leyra looks at Arawn and Kiet. She sees Arawn only has
a light wound and little blood it seems. But Kiet seems to
be gushing blood and from the location of it looks to be a
critical mortal heart wound. She moves past the guard who
attacked her, Ben'dar and toward Kiet. She kneels down to
inspect him and her quick assessment is correct. A heard cut
that seems to have knicked the heart. She figures he has 10
seconds to die at best.]
[Caladan swings his staff at guard 9 (L) and hits him in the
side ribs doing enough damage to finally kill the guard.]
[Kiet looks up at Z'leyra with desperate hope for help. He
begins to feel cold numbness of his fingers from the wound
and can only move slightly from the adrenaline.]
[The Metal Man turns around surprised that something could
move it. It glances only briefly at the knocked out man
below its abdomen and looks up at the giant in front of him.
No emotion is seen but he tries a pulled back punch at the
giant and misses.]
Actions? Comments?
Next Update...Monday...I hope...
GM: Wow. What a combat this has turned out to be. It could've
been a lot worse though. :<
GM: Arawn - Your shield is up but looks like you'll have to
wait till duration of paralysis ends unless something
else happens. At least you took out the Dark Elf.
Expect a Email however!
Fremea - Sorry the spell failed. But the Elf detected it.
Kiet - Sorry man. Your abandon spell failed and then so did
the dodge attempt. He just got a very good hit in and
took you out. Bad dice. :<
Raban - Your not at the Metal Man. But with a weak arm you
can still use it just not 100%. So you'll need to
figure things out on how to attack him. Guard 11 is
not on map but is in the same location as you are. He
is knocked out at your feet between you and metal man.
Z'leyra - Your firedart would've been detected by the Dark
Elf. Arawn dodged the firewall A'krill setup and
so could likely the Dark Elf. So would've been
wasted without the change of actions. But now you
have lots of wounded folks.
GM: At this point there are only four targets left:
Guard #10 (Q) near Ben'dar - Wounded
Swordsman #2 (6) near Arawn - On fire but still alive
Metal Man near Raban - 100%
Statue near door - 100%
The Dark Elf could die on his own maybe and Ben'dar will
probably take out the guard in a phase or two. So at
this point the two hard targets are left. Too bad Chion
isn't here to help - wherever he is - dead or alive!
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1 Column = 2 feet
° = Solid wall or earthen rock
/ or \ = Door
,, = Stone Steps
I = Stone wall
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[1st Floor]
[Ceiling here is about 10 feet high.]
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R - Arawn [gg34] [Facing Ceiling, Wounded, on ground ]
B - Ben'dar [cc24] [Facing West] [Fighting Guard 10 ]
C - Caladan [aa16] [Facing S.E.] [Fighting no one now]
F - Fremea [gg35] [Facing East] [Fighting no one now]
K - Kiet [ee31] [Facing Ceiling, Wounded, on ground ]
N - Raban [bb25] [Facing West ] [Fighting Metal Man ]
U - Unali [????] [Off map]
Z - Z'leyra [ee30] [Facing East] [Kneeling, Helping Kiet]
H - Chion [????] [Somewhere in Foyer - Last known spot ]
---* On Map - Current Enemy around **--
Q - Guard 10 [cc25] [Facing East ] [Fighting Ben'dar ]
6 - Swordsman 2 [gg21] [Facing Ceiling] [on Fire, On ground ]
M - Metal-Man [bb24] [Facing East] [Fighting Raban ]
$ - Statue [ii24] [Facing North] [Hovering in air ]
---* Off Map Last Known Body Locations **--
4 - Bowman #2 [Y 32] [Knocked Out, On ground ]
G - Guard 7 [bb32] [Knocked Out, On ground ]
3 - Bowmen #1 [Y 16] [Knocked Out, On Ground ]
O - Guard 11 [bb25] [Knocked Out, On Ground ]
9 - Guard 3 [Y 15] [Knocked Out, Asleep, On ground ]
1 - A'kril [bb21] [Dead, Body now dust On Ground ]
2 - Bodyguard [cc19] [Dead, On Ground ]
5 - Swordsman 1 [dd11] [Dead, On Ground ]
7 - Guard 1 [nn17] [Dead, On Ground ]
A - Guard 4 [Z 16] [Dead, On Ground ]
D - Guard 5 [Z 31] [Dead, On Ground ]
E - Guard 6 [Z 33[ [Dead, On Ground ]
J - Guard 8 [ff34] [Dead, On Ground ]
8 - Guard 2 [ii11] [Dead, On Ground ]
P - Guard 12 [ff30] [Dead, Headless On Ground ]
L - Guard 9 [bb17] [Dead, On Ground ]
GM: All Doors in room are now open as are the 2 secret doors.
GM: Stats -
Total Players - 9
Alive - Wounded - 8
Alive - Fine - 0
Dead - 0??
Unknown - 1 [Chion]
Wounded - Ben'dar [Light ] Arawn [Light ]
Unali [Light ] Fremea [Moderate]
Z'leyra [Heavy ] Caladan [Heavy ]
Raban [Heavy ] Kiet [Heavy ]
Total Enemies - 20
Alive - Wounded - 1
Alive - Fine - 2 [Metal Man, Statue]
Alive - KO - 5
Dead - 11
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