[pnpgm] Game Update #189 - File #1276 - Turn 2: Ph2 Pit combat
Scott Adams
longshotgm at netzero.com
Tue Oct 4 08:53:54 CEST 2011
HT Aliaver/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
R1.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
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
NPC...................Captain.Lin.......Warrior.Normal/Human..Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Tef'wo (Horse) Ben'dar,
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Game Update #189 in sequence (file #1276)
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[Recap]
From Kell: [Re: Actions]
[ First and most importantly - this is very sad news about John.
He was always a smart and nice guy and had great perspective. I
will miss him a lot, hopefully his family is doing better now.
I also wondered about his absence, hoping it was better news.
In our emails he mentioned ongoing health issues also.
I want to say more but frankly, don't know what to say. John
will be missed. ]
[ On to less important items than real life. That vong archer
with the razor bugs is scary. Don't like him at all. Where is
he on the map? What number is he?]
Knowing Raban and Will are now badly outnumbered and needing help,
Kell leaves the spear impaling the shaper, ignoring the bat-
eagles, and rushes around the edge of the pit to help his
friends. Taking his second spear in hand, the half-elf moves
nimbly and quickly.
Rounding the edge of the pit, transitioning from running west to
south, he raises his shield and lowers his spear running at full
speed towards the back of the Vong, he takes careful aim for a
weak spot. Skewering an unaware Vong at full speed in the rear
(he he) could do massive damage and give more payback for his
arm, and now his other friends taking beatings too. Charging
into the back of the Vong that is hopefully unaware of his
impending skewering and subsequent quick death, Kell aims and ....
[Hopefully he hits. If not, well, then, he gets a do-over, or
divine intervention, or it is a plain old miss... Kell is
aiming to skewer and kill. He is also aiming so the Vong is
thrown towards the pit, and Kell is angling away from it. If
there is anyone falling into the pit, hopefully not one of us.
So he leads with spear and shield rather like a mounted charge,
spear hovering over his shield.
If Kell hits - remove spear and join the battle. If the spear
cannot be removed easily he'll leave it and draw his tulwar to
join the melee. Ha'Kell will try to maneuver to a Vong's back
first, flanking attack second, and if he must he'll go head on
with them. If head-on, Kell will circle around as possible,
keeping away from the pit, or attempting to trip vong into the
pit. ]
GM: Ack. I too will miss him. He was a good guy it seemed and
a active player who did the game very well. I'm too nervous
yet to give his (if its real) sister to confirm the thing.
Might seem too creepy. Archer was spotted in the "perch"
inner caves during Fremea's scouting. The @ symbol on the
map on rows R and T on left and right side. A bit higher
than the ground level and two Vong in each location. You've
not seen the archer personally.
From Kell: ]Re: Actions]
Can you send out mana/health/exp also? I'm curious since
Ha'Kell has been kicking butt... ;-)
GM: Ack Already done. Can't update it as often as can but when
I do it will be updated.
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[New Stuff]
[Augado 10th, 1634TH]
[Location: Middle Katai Plains]
[ Mountains west of Pamau]
[Time: 1:25:19 pm - Turn 2: Phase 2]
Will decides that being a target is fun but can also distract
the Vong. Though he knows he could die if the action fails he
gathers up magical energy for a spell.
Fremea repositions her bow and fires to the side and above
Vong #12 attacking Will. The arrow hits him in the middle
left chest at ribs. It does penetrate doing a minor 4 point
wound through his crab armor.
Strie'bog reloads and fires at Vong #5 attacking Farseeker.
The arrow flies but misses a few behind the gray creature.
Will casts his spell and loses physical form slightly becoming
insubstantial.
Raban sees a flicker of change in Will and figures the woodsman
is doing something strange. The giant glances to the line of
4 Vong near him. Then his brain gets an idea. He sidesteps to
the rear and right a few feet. With arms outstretched and ignoring
the dog-beast he growls as hard as he can. With as much strength
as he can muster he pushes Vong #11 on his left arm and shoves.
This causes Vong #11 to move into Vong #8 which pushed at #9
and #13. With a roar of a insane lion he shoves and pushes. The
startled Vong are forced to pile up and then side step to the east
and the pit. The first Vong tries to fight the massive wall that
has hit him. Raban grins a bit insanely as he knows he is at least
5 times as strong as these poor fools. Raban knows he only has
about 12 feet to the edge. Vong #8 is just 3 feet from the edge.
So he is first to be shoved by the sheer weight and force of
Raban and the other Vong. He is first to go flying over the edge
of the pit landing on his right shoulder with enough force against
a hard boulder to crush his shoulder and upper arm. The crushed
shoulder lodges into his neck and crushes his throat instantly.
Before his feet hit the ground he is dead.
Vong #9 tries to dodge out the way but the surprise and force
of Raban's attack is so fast he is also shoved over the edge
of the pit. The Vong flails his arms and lands onto his chest
into the rocky ground but takes no damage from the fall of 25
feet. Vong #13 is the next to go over the pit edge and dives
with as skill of a water buffalo off a cliff. Though his
fall was hard his armor actually saves him as he takes no damage.
Vong #11 the firs to be shoved actually gets enough time to
grip the floor with his boots which happen to have spikes on them.
The friction and quick reflex allows him to dive south out of
the edge and away from Raban's grasp. He dives and rolls to the
ground to save himself.
Raban completes his maneuver by using the motion to also dive
off the pit edge. To those who see this like Z'leyra or Will
it seems instant. But as the giant becomes below their sight
line he suddenly shoots back up flying like a bear through the
sky. To Will it seems so unnatural for a giant to fly.
Unali figures Ben'dar can finish the last Vong by the door
so takes off running westward to help what looks like Kell.
She notices the strange bat-eagle-bird things and will have
to figure out how to handle them.
Farseeker figures the one he is fighting is a good target for
Strie'bog to target. So he backs up and side steps to the flank
of Vong #4. Thrusting his sword he impales the Vong on the
left upper chest doing 23 points of damage. While the creature
is still standing it coughs up blood.
Chion sees one of the bat-bird things dive at him then back up.
In that instant he throws his sai toward the back of the creature
and it hits doing 6 points of damage. The creature falls to the
ground.
Ben'dar thrusts his spear hitting Vong #16 in the upper left
chest doing 12 points of more damage.
Arawn continues to explore the area taking cautious steps around
the place to ensure traps are not set off or tripped if they
exist. He realizes it will take time to inspect the humans each
one seems to be hungry, wet, scared or some injured.
Kell raises his shield over his head and grabs his spare
spear. Urging Squirt to hang on he moves past Lin and runs
westward. Rounding the corner as he passes Caladan he joins
Z'leyra now standing south toward Will. But then his eyes
seem to glaze over. Just a moment ago he though he saw
Will and Raban surrounded by 5-6 Vong. Now Will seems to
be just standing there and there are only two Vong, one on
his knees. Where did the other Vong run off to? He then
spots Raban in the air going east? Puzzled he isn't what
is going on but something fun just happened and he missed it.
Captain Lin growls as 6 of the flying beasts seem to be
targeting him. Then he notices Kell feet away just run past
him? He tries to swing with his fist at one as he grabs
his sword on the ground. But it is like fighting a swarm of bees.
Vong #4 tries a wide swipe at Farseeker but fails to hit.
Vong #5 thrusts at Farseeker and hits but his chainamail gives
him full protection.
Vong #6 and #7 continue to charge northward. Vong #6 gives
some kind of signal to one Vong in the perch to his left.
Vong #9 and #13 are now in the pit but are stunned by the
sudden turn of events they try to get to their feet to figure
out what they can do.
Vong #11 that escaped Raban's grip stands to his feet and
looks down to the pit. Shaking his head and snaps his amphistaff
to full position on his arm and gets a scan of the situation around
him.
Vong #12 thrusts his amphistaff at Will and impales the hunter
right in the back. The only problem is the weapon goes right
through to the other side.
Vong #16 slices at Ben'dar but fails to make contact.
Z'leyra rushes away from Kell and toward Vong #12 which is
attacking Will. She swings her war staff and hits him in the
right arm doing 5 points of damage.
Caladan knows spells could be hard at this close range so has
to fight the flying things hand to hand. He grabs his warstaff
and swings at the fleeing creature. He hits him in the chest
killing him as he spirals away.
Kiet enters the prisoner area after Zhou and steps behind
him to ensure the fool doesn't get himself caught. But the
man is fast and Kiet takes all his acrobatic skills to walk
along.
Thelast shaper runs west and then turns to head northward
to join the other Vong.
Confused the Voxyen was doing so well nibbling on the giant.
Now he is gone. He turns toward Will and charges. As he
bites down the sharp teeth penetrates no skin, clothing or bone.
Zhou directs Kiet to check if there are any critical wounds
on the few humans he sees.
The flying creatures soar up then dive back down into random
piles. Three target Caladan. One nips him in his left arm
doing 2 points but the other 2 fail to hit.
Two of the creatures dive toward Chion. One misses but the
other fails to penetrate his chest chainmail.
Four of the creatures dive toward Captain Lin. One fails
to make contact but three hit in various places including
chest, right arm and shoulder doing a total of 8 points of
more damage to the man.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Friday...
GM: A short update. Wanted to do 2 phases but didn't work out.
With family project and work stuff (end of year stuff
including benefits and projects) been keeping me busy. So
hope to get new update later this week but we'll see
how things go.
GM: Arawn - Will cover the area in more detail when I
can. At this point nothing critical to handle. Just
need to get the time to flesh it out.
GM: Still no website. I do have the info but have to work
on that tomorrow if i get it. Will post teh details asap.
GM: The Abyss Map -
1 Row = 6 feet
1 Column = 3 feet
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Details:
Pit: 50-60 feet deep in most places. Minor lichen allows some light
from below. There are maybe 100-150 bodies. There are three
times that in estimated body parts.
@ - Perch like area, 20 feet off ground, possible wall ladder below
A, B = Possible mini cave areas
C = Possible doorway? '['= Door
% = Rock wall, cave wall
Ceiling = 60-80 feet above pit top.
+ = Torch B38, D18, G45, K5, K45, R46, W18, W39
Torches are about 15 wide light areas so about 3 rows or 6 columns
V = Vong Warrior clearly with weapons, armor
O = Vong outcast? No armor so must be them.
S = Shaper females, gown so no full length armor
H = Humans
` = Voxyen animals I7
Each V,S,O, H is a single Vong or Human on the map
Vong Warrior
V - D43 - #1 - Dead V - F45 - #2 - Dead
V - E18 - #3 - Dead V - J43 - #4 -
V - I44 - #5 - V - R7 - #6 -
V - R8 - #7 - V - N8 - #8 - Dead
V - M10 - #9 - in pit V - M8 - #10- Dead
V - O8 - #11- V - L7 - #12-
V - N11 - #13- in pit V - E19 - #14- Dead?
V - D39 - #15- Dead V - E39 - #16-
V - ??? - #?? - Unknown others
Vong Shapers
S - M6 - #1 - Dead S - I42 - #2 - Dead
S - W11 - #3 - S - E20 - #4 - Dead
Voxyen
+ - M16 - #1 + - - Dead
Vong Bat/Eagle Bird beasts [not on map]
3 attacking Caladan [same hex]
2 attacking Chion [same hex]
9999
Outcasts
O - - #1 - Dead O - E18 - #2 - Dead
O - F19 - #3 - Dead
Humans [Sex/Age estimates] [3 off map now]
H - - #1 [ Male c40s] - Dead H - - I8 [Fenale c20s]
H - - #3 [ Male c20s] H - - #4 [ Male c30s]
Player Positions
A - Arawn [E9 ] B - Ben'dar [E40]
C - Caladan [F13] H - Chion [H10]
F - Farseeker [J42] K - Kell [N11]
E - Kiet [ ] Off map R - Raban [N13]
S - Strie'bog [F43] U - Unali [C31]
W - Will [M7 ] Z - Z'leyra [K7 ]
L - Lin [F19]
O - Zhou [ ] [Off map,
f - Fremea [M7 ] [Off Map, above ground, flying]
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1 Row = 5 feet, 1 Column = 5 feet
# \ Rock wall
% = Slightly artificial rock wall
* = Embrace of pain or stock
Humans = Not on map
5 in Left top section [cells]
2 in bottom left section [cells]
3 in embrace of pain
12 in top right holding areas
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