[pnpgm] Game update #103 - File #780 - Heads & Hearts
Scott Adams
longshotgm at netzero.com
Fri Jul 9 07:01:16 CEST 2010
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
R4.Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma
W2.Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma
W3.Ryan Torres...........Farseeker.........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma
--.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry Fe
R2.Mark Murtha...........Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human..Ma
Do.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma
R4.J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
W2.Robert Maxwell........Strie'bog.........Bard....Normal/Human..Ma
W4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe
...Thomas.Magann.........Whitney...........Scholar.Normal/Human..Ma
R1 John.Stowman..........Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human..Ma
R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe
R1 NPC...................Zhou Kiwat........Noble...Normal/Human..Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar,
Cover Story Info: [HD- House member, F-Foreigner, N-native non house]
Arawn aka Arawn as Teacher to daughter [F]
Ben'dar aka Bu Da as Horse expert [F]
Caladan aka Ca Lu as Guard/Archer [N]
Chion aka Capt. Chu Mai as Sailor Trustee [HD]
Farseeker aka Fu Sa as Guard [F]
Fremea aka Lin Mong as Noble child [HD] [Disguised]
Kell aka Swan as Trader [F]
Kiet aka Kiet Sunan as Zhou's servant [F]
Raban aka Toban Nu as Entertainer/Guard [F]
Strie'bog aka Sun Zhu as Entertainer [N]
Unali aka Tun Au as Zhou's wife [HD]
Whitney aka Whitney as Herbalist/Tailor [F]
Will aka Sun Tzu as hunt master [F]
Z'leyra aka Kakita Junami as Healer [F]
Zhou aka Zhou Wa as Baron Noble [HD]
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Game Update #103 in sequence (file #780)
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Admin Notes: None.
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[Recap]
From will: [Re: Actions]
Will -
"Well I guess if they all blow up like that the odds of a ....
Will takes a few moments to examine the result of the explosion
looking for anything interesting.
He will then take the Vong head and bury it behind the barn out
of site of the main grounds. Other than that he will assist with
dragging bodies to be burned etc.
GM: Ack.
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
Upon hearing about Rua Kiet shakes his head and says with
little emotion, "That's too bad. I was thinking we could ...
About the leftover bounty hunter, Kiet says "We shouldn't....
"The horses, too, should not be left here...we should do....
GM: Ack.
From Raban: [Re: Actions]
<LOL what an adventure crossing Raban's history would be. We do
have a backstory with unresolved plot complications and villains.
Crimes, Passion, Crimes of Passion? Intrigue and mystery too...
<So why not, I can work with Scott to fill in some details as
needed. Maybe it could turn into some fun for everyone.
<So one vote for Raban
GM: Ack. Yep. Lots of good possible adventures.
From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
"I agree... he needs to disappear... if Chion will oblige?...
Fremea will look around, wonder what these things are and where
they came from. Her expression is stone cold, as if she has seen
this before. She will get her equipment arranged differently this
time too. She will be prepared to hide more when they get to the
next Vong area. Like Unali, she will lay out her "hunting"
clothes for better stealth, so that she can put them on inside
when it is time. If they reach the next town, she will make sure
more arrows are picked up for her, as she will have to be using
a lot of them.
"I would not just leave one Vong, or all of them. Leave a....
When travel starts up again, she will strain her senses as well
to find any of the detection devices.
GM: Ack. Remind me on the arrows. I made a note in char sheet
but may forget over time. Ack on the senses.
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[New Stuff]
[Julis 26th, 1634TH]
[Location: Middle Katai Plains, Shantou Province]
[ 20 Miles south of Shantou City ]
[ Old Shantou Carnival Grounds ]
[Time: 3:23 pm]
Rua's body lay lifeless on the ground and a quietness overtakes
the area. Lucky for the kids those helping to take them inside
shield their eyes from the slaughter and gore. Only the father
notices but he turns a tired eye to it.
Will places hands on hips and shakes his head. "Well I guess if
they all blow up like that the odds of a rebellion by his caste
is not very good... or at least it wouldn't last very long."
Arawn feels exhausted from the day's fight and his own injuries
as well as the heat. But now he feels not only his energy
lessened but his wind seems to leave his lungs. He had wanted
to save Rua but things happened so fast. Arawn just sags to the
ground upon his knees and stares at Rua.
Kiet shakes his head at the sight but speaks with little emotion.
"That's too bad. I was thinking we could just
Caladan looks around as if recalling a memory, "he said there
were pills or something he could've take. We should search the
Shaper to see if such things exist. Poor creature."
Will goes to the front of Rua and examines the broken skull.
He notices the Vong brain is similar to that of humans with
the normal gray matter and those lobe bumpy things. He considers
asking The Professor if he knows about brains but Whitney is
off doing something out of sight. Will considers doing a quick
sketch of the brain but the party is clearly in a mode to leave
and it would take some time. Will considers some mental images
to memorize to sketch on the road. It seems there is a hole the
size of a ale mug bottom at the top of the skull that just seemed
to explode off. As he examine it the skull edges seem to have
been softened somewhat as if by acidic like substances. He
glances deeper inside and notices very small brown blotches
among the gray matter and realizes it must be an external source
likely the shaper's safety measure creature. The blotches are
just ooze but appear to be only blotches of mud with no form.
On the grass a larger mass of brown is seen and it is more
lumpy but seems to have dissolved into a mass of good likely
when it self destructed. Will figures the creature if not given
some chemical or food decides to exit the body at most haste.
That alone is enough to kill most. It is not clear how it was
inserted but must've been much smaller at the time. Other than
the brown ooze there is nothing else of interest to the remains.
As Will stands he heads to the wagon to climb it and get the
Vong head in the bag. He knows there is risk in taking the
head but he had hoped to examine it later. But he also suspects
if the future is any indication he'll have plenty of chances.
Kiet goes to join Zhou and Unali near the wagon. He glances
over to the Katai prisoner on the wagon buckseat. "We shouldn't
really leave him alive, but shouldn't kill him and leave him
here. As an magic bounty hunter, he is probably revered by many
in Katai. His demise here would taint the great victory won here
this day. I think it best if he simply disappears and joins the
others."
Looking at the horses Kiet adds, "The horses, too, should not
be left here...we should do something with them...or possibly the
same taint may follow them onto whomever ends up near them."
Fremea now in dress disguise again looks to the kids as they
enter the house. The girl looks so small in Raban's arm as
if he is carrying a rag doll. She then glances and replies to
Kiet almost absently. "I agree... he needs to disappear... if
Chion will oblige? One other thing I think a few of us should
pay a visit to the bridge and remove a certain item."
Chion crosses his arms. He says he'll teleport the man to his
friends but the horses would require extra jumps and a lot of
effort. So he declines to do that. He simply suggests to
strip them of gear for our benefit and let them loose on the
plains. He suggests Arawn, Tef'wo and Z'leyra can convince
them by talking to them to flee as fast as they can into the
mountains to the west.
Zhou shakes his head. "It is three miles back to the bridge.
Even if we rode on Tef'wo and another fast horse it would
take some time to get there and find it then get back to the
others. We have less than 3 hours likely before nightfall.
We can't risk it. Good idea though." .
Fremea watches the Vong bodies pile up like lumber. "I would
not just leave one Vong, or all of them. Leave a couple to make it
look like they are tough, though they can be taken down. Also for
the Katai prisoner, you could kill him near a Vong and have it
look like he helped to take them down. He will be buried with a
hero's honor then, but I know he is a fellow Katai to Unali and
Chion, so really I say they get to decide on that."
Some look to Fremea aghast at the thought of a murder of
this kind. Her anger at the Vong and the kid's torture must
be surely affecting her. But then again some have the same
thoughts. Just from the faerry it seems stranger than the
humans.
Caladan hears this and nods. "A good idea. Chion take the
Vong with you. If you are going back to the same place you
are going to use a powerful spell. I was considering burning
them or letting Kiet burn them with his smokeless flame. My
flame would cause those at the highway to come and see. Kiet's
spell would not do so but might take time to burn all the bodies."
Chion nods and says he can do that.
As the party begins to gather Vong bodies and some gather
up gear ready to leave, Will jogs to the barn. There he
finds a shovel inside and heads to the quiet back. he begins
to make a hole in a few minutes just big enough for the bag
and head. The bag itself is ruined now with gore and minor bits
of gummy blood. It would draw flies for sure if used later. As
he begins to dig he nears the final few digs when he notices
a shadow looming over him. He drops his shovel and draws his
dagger to twirl in time to see his attacker. But the man in
front of him simply blocks him with an axe and says, "whoa there."
Farseeker borrowed Strie'bog's axe and came here to check
something. "Hold off and open the bag I want to check something."
As the bag is opened Farseeker places the head just a way and
does one quick chop. Gore and skull fly away from the men.
Farseeker then uses the axe to shift the head to view inside.
He notices nothing but gray matter. "Just as I thought. The
warriors caste has none of that brown stuff. So they must
be trusted not to rebel. Thanks." He stands up and cleans
the axe with a cloth found elsewhere. He begins to walk away
and grins over his shoulder. "You may finish."
Back at the wagon Zhou sighs. "We will have no choice but
to take the baronness. We will need to experiment on her.
If we have to we can disguise here. It will be even more
risk but we have no choice unless you wish to leave her here
to her fate?" He glances over at Unali. "Maybe the healers
can figure out a cure."
Inside Raban drags the body of the shaper outside and to
join the others. He left the snake hood inside in case it
tries to strike him while dead like some snakes do. He can't
help but to inspect the body for unusal things. He is amazed
to find the same anatomy of the female body that humans do.
He searches the robe and finds a leather belt with a bag.
Opening it carefully and away from his body nothing happens.
He finally discovers orange like pills about a dozen or so.
He wonders if this is the pills Rua mentioned. She has a coufee
bone dagger and nothing else on her. He wonders if other items
could be in the buildings but it would take some time to explain
each in depth. He brings the bag and body outside.
Zhou turns to Arawn and Z'leyra. "Will you ride outside the
wagon or inside to watch over the baroness?"
[Time: 3:35 pm]
Actions? Comments?
Next Update...Monday...
GM: Should have seen the post by now. But the vote for the
5th adventure is on the website. Vote when you can at
your leisure. Raban, Kiet and Z'leyra have already voted
and noted in the file. I have to clarify some others via
email (Fremea will get to your email soon). You can vote
for one or up to top 5 if you want. Likely at some point
I'll let you know when the deadline approaches but not for
some time.
GM: Ran out of time for this update but its a quick one rather
than none at all.
GM: We should go ahead and move on. Unali will get back to us
and what she wants to do with the horses and anything else.
Next update I'll have Chion teleport the Vong he can and
the Katai prisoner away. Some likely will remain. As
one suggested they might be good to warn the Katai of the
threat to come. So next update I'll move the party on
back to the highway and travel. I'll then post likely
a schedule of how long and things for skills and any such
things you may need or want to do. I was going to work
on that for this update but ran out of time. So will
work on it when I can. So stay tuned. So if you have
anything to do final wise here at the fair grounds let
me know.
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