[pnpgm] Game Update #211 - File #1374 - Initial Ambush attacks
Scott Adams
longshotgm at netzero.com
Tue Feb 28 09:11:23 CET 2012
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 #211 in sequence (file #1374)
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[Recap]
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
While Ben'Dar attacks the Vong from in front, Z'leyra will
surprise strike the Vong from the flank using her staff
offensively.
As soon as the Vong is slain she will If needed patch and
heal wounds cast Speed on Ben'dar, then herself touch Ben'Dar
and cast Invisibility at Max EL then off to check and clear
the other buildings
(Going to finish the F row, then the G row, H row then I row
alternating going west and east. She is trying to keep out of
sight of the towers, recasting invisibility when necessary.)
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Augado 10th, 1634TH]
[Location: Middle Katai Plains]
[ Mountains west of Pamau]
[Time: 2:25:10 pm]
The chariot dives toward the field of flyers moving at over 40
feet per second. He draws back and fires his bow at one of two
Vong warriors near flyer #2 (C33) hitting doing minor damage but
the magic of the arrow doesn't affect him.
Fremea on top of one flyer (E33) looks over to the right and
sees two Brigaders just 25 feet away (E35). She turns and
raises her bow firing. He aims at both of the men who are
next to each other. The first arrow flies out and the magic
of the spell copies it into 5 more. One arrow misses entirely
hitting the flyer. Two arrows hit the first man in the right
arm and left shoulder the first does 7 points to his arm but
the second does 12 to shoulder killing him. The other three
hit the second man with two hits and one deadly wound. The
first two arrows hits the man squarely in his face piercing
left eye and cheek. This is enough to kill the man instantly
even before the 3rd arrow hits him.
Ben'dar releases Z'leyra's grip even though she warned him not
to do so. But he is a stubborn barbarian. But he also has to
fight with two hands as well as Z'leyra with two hands if using
her staff. Ben'dar rushes toward the stunned Vong who is trying
to quickly grab his amphistaff. Ben'dar plunges his spear toward
the Vong who is titled a bit and impales him on his lower left
abdomen just above his waist.
Z'leyra does a side step and grips her magical staff in her hands
and while invisible swings at the Vong warrior. but he raises
his right hand trying to deflect Ben'dar's spear. In the process
the staff cracks right smack in the middle of his arm, breaking
his right arm and causing severe instant trauma. The Vong goes
flying backward and slumps. Just as the body hits the ground,
Z'leyra becomes visible.
Inside the tunnel Will has seen Ben'dar leave likely with Z'leyra.
He decides it is time to act. He waddles toward the side cave where
the hole is. But he finds the new 90 pound armor is like dragging
a full sized woman around. He huffs and puffs.
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[Time: 2:25:13 pm]
The chariot dives up and down again firing on the same lone
Warrior already hit. The arrow hits but does light damage.
Fremea leaps to the air and notices 5 Vong moving among the
two north west (C32). All five are clumped so decides to attack
them from flyer nearby (D33). The six arrows fly toward the
Vong but four of them miss any of them by inches. One arrow
hits one warrior in the chest doing a minor wound. Another arrow
hits another warrior in the left shoulder digging deeply.
Ben'dar easily impales the Vong warrior to ensure it is dead.
Z'leyra bends down to inspect the body but finds nothing around
of merit.
Raban sees Will struggler and decides to pick him up like a sack
of apples. The giant hauls the woodsman toward the side cave holding
him in his right arm like a basket. He gives a slight grin down
at the woodsman.
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[Time: 2:25:16 pm]
The Merkabah fires again at the wounded Vong but the arrow
impacts on the ground as he dodges back and forth.
Fremea targets the five warriors again. Three of the arrows
fail to hit the warriors as they dodge. Three hit #3 and #4
of that group doing 3 minor wounds.
Z'leyra casts a speed spell upon herself again.
Raban ends up near the hole and plants Will on his feet. He pats
the woodsman and looks up to the hole to decide how best to
move on since the group is leaving some behind. He worries
about Fremea.
Captain Lin having seen Raban haul fast toward the hole runs
and catches up. "Take me with you!" He knows the giant can
fly and Lin figures he'll do just that. After he saw the giant
fly in the pit cave he is worried about the man's magic but needs
to help the others fast.
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[Time: 2:25:19 pm]
Will casts a invisibility spell upon himself going invisible.
The chariot dives again at the one Vong he is chasing through
the twists and turns of the flyers. He hits and does another
light wound to his back.
Fremea fires again her slew of arrows at the Vong trying to
figure out who is firing at them. Three arrows hit the ground.
But 3 hit, one hitting the heavily wounded one making him
a bit dizzy. Vong #2 is hit for another light wound. Another
arrow hits the 5th Vong wounding him in the arm. Now all 5
are wounded.
Z'leyra grabs Ben'dar and casts another Speed upon him. Then
both turn to head out the door once again using the inside button
Vong device to open it.
Raban reaches for Will knowing the man will have trouble
climbing the incline without help. Raban then turns to Lin.
Raban nods and grabs the military Katai man in a bear hug.
This one is so light he doesn't even seem to feel the weight.
Then Raban runs up the ramp and leaps into the air. Raban
quickly places Will onto the ground and ruffles his invisible
hair. Raban does a quick look around and then flies toward the
west where the homes are. He hopes Fremea is n that group but
can't see the winged Faerry anywhere.
Farseeker and Caladan run after Raban and Lin. Both seem to
have the idea to help the others, while leaving others behind.
They reach the ramp at the hole and look back. With Will and
Z'leyra gone they are without magic to be stealthy. Both shrug
and both run up the ramp.
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[Time: 2:25:22 pm]
Will looks east and west. He believes Z'leyra went west but
he wants to head toward the flyers. He fought one before at
the carnival grounds so it might help again. Though with 30
or more he can see it might be a bit of a challenge. He quickly
casts a teleport spell and looks east toward the south east
tower for his target spot. In a second he flickers out of spot
and lands invisible about 10 feet away from the south east
tower (H42).
The chariot dives yet again at this one Vong trying to outrun
the flying beasts. The Merkabah hits the warrior again in the
side but only another minor wound.
Fremea notices the Vong may be getting smart and about to
divide up. He fires once more at them. One arrow hits the
flyer breaking. But five hit four of the Vong. One arrow kills
the one heavily wounded Vong. Three hit Vong #3, #4 twice and
#5 each with a light wound for every arrow.
Z'leyra and Ben'dar rushing forward moving at 23 feet per second
cross the 20 feet to the last home in this row. A second later
the door is opened and they are inside starting at a Human standing
looking at the now open door but not seeing anyone. He has a sword
to his hip which denotes him likely as a Brigader an ally to the
Vong not a human prisoner.
Raban continues flying westward with Lin.
Farseeker and Caladan decide to move toward the flyers running
as fast as they can go.
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[Time: 2:25:25 pm]
Will quickly notices the chariot flying back and forth but
doesn't seem to having much luck. He wonders how this so called
super supernatural creature is so bad? But the Vong resistance
is very high. Will knows that he can't do much jogging so
decides to cast a new flight spell to get him aloft. Within
a second or two he is lifting off the ground.
The Merkabah roars in rage as he chases the one Vong warrior
again who seems to be moving toward a open flyer. He fires
again hitting the creature on the back but yet the arrows do
not fell the creature!
Fremea changes to another Flyer and fires at the last 4 of
the Vong trying to find her. One arrow hits the ground. But
five hit their target. Three hit Vong #2 and 3 hit #3. Vong
#2 takes two light wounds. Three arrows hit the other Vong
doing 1 serious wound to his back together with 2 light wounds.
At this point two of the others are hurt bad.
Ben'dar sidesteps and plunges his spear making himself visible
again toward the shocked Brigader. In a half kneeling postion
he impales the spear upward toward the Brigader's left chest
near his heart. The wound is deep and kills the human instantly.
Z'leyra with her heightened speed checks the body of the dead
male who is in his 20s. But she finds nothing of value other
than the normal looking sword on his hip. Not even coins or
other items in the Vong home aside from some dishware and a
extra set of clothing.
Raban points to the south west tower and tells Lin he is going
to take it down. Lin is unsure if he means with his sheer strength
or by other means.
Farseeker and Caladan continue to run eastward.
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[Time: 2:25:28 pm]
The charior dives toward another Vong warriot on the far
east side of the north row (C39). He fires but the arrow
impacts onto the dirt missing.
Fremea changes to another place in the air and fires at the
four Vong trying to find him n a frenzy. Three of her arrows
misses but 3 hit their targets. All three arrows hit each
in various positions on the chest for Vong #1, 3 and #4. But
all were light wounds.
Z'leyra and Ben'dar now grabbing invisible leave the home
quickly. They turn south and head to the home closest (G9).
It takes both of them a full second to reach the home 100 feet
away. But then turn the corner and enter the home. Upon
opening the door they both see 3 Brigaders turn to see the
open door.
But things happen so fast that Z'leyra only sees for a split
second a Brigader just in front of the door (G9). He is facing
east and looking up at the chariot. Ben'dar uses the chance
to reach up with his free left hand and push the Brigader right
at the door just as Z'leyra opens it. Forcing the Brigader to
enter into the room. At first it takes Z'leyra a full second
to register the 3 inside. But then realizes that Ben'dar pulled
a fourth inside. Now Z'leyra and Ben'dar face four Brigaders
all armed but with weapons not drawn yet except for the one
that was just tossed inside. They are all wearing leather armor.
Will flies upward toward the tower taking about 10 feet around
the edge of it. He draws his bow and fires into the wooden tower
at one of the 3 Vong in there. he can see the three are shocked
by the chariot's actions. One is speaking to the Orb. The orb
is in the face of a Vong likely some other Vong elsewhere. The
other two are looking about when one points eastward likely
toward where Raban and Lin are flying. Will fires the arrow
toward one of the Vong and hits him in the chest. But his
armor protects him from the damage.
Raban and Lin fly over the first and second homes toward the
tower.
Farseeker and Caladan continue to run eastward.
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[Time: 2:25:31 pm]
The Merkabah's mouth spites rage at the failed attempts. He
fires on the same Vong from last time and again the arrow hits
the ground as the warrior weaves out of way just in time.
Will fires again toward the three in the tower. This time the
arrow flies wild and hits the back wall of the tower.
Fremea fires her bow at two of the Vong who have decided to
split up and not be a group of 4. But she notices the arrow
does not copy itself. The arrow hits Vong #3 from that
group and kills him as he falls to the ground.
Ben'dar grins wildly as he senses the door close behind him
and becomes visible to the horror of the four humans. With his
new found super speed he seems to be a ghost whirlwind. He
twists to stab toward the one Brigader shocked with the only
sword out. Instead of using the spear point he twists and uses the
full length of the spear to swipe at the head of the Brigader who
is stopped over from the shuttle of bodies. The spear edge smacks
so hard onto the head of the human bones and skull crack with a
surge of blood from his mouth and nose. He falls dead before the
barbarian pulls back.
Z'leyra looks quickly in her mind's eye the 10 foot by 10 foot
home. With the door closed she hopes those in the tower didn't
see some strange human divert inside like this. But she figures
maybe he was scared of the chariot. The Vong not seeing the two
must've not noticed. Z'leyra sees Ben'dar kill on in front of her
and twists to try to bash another. Z'leyra swings at the human who
tries to grab for his hilt. The staff hits the human on his left
upper chest just below the chest. The blow is heavy enough to
crush upper ribs and kill him before the man can hit the ground.
The two Brigaders still alive draw a sword and one a dagger from
his belt. The dagger user swings at the air toward Z'leyra but
her reach to the shaman is too far. The sword man tries to swing
at Ben'dar but its so wild he fails badly.
Raban and Lin continue toward the tower now only about 70 feet
from the Vong who have now spotted him.
Farseeker and Caladan continue to run eastward.
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[Time: 2:25:34 pm]
The Merkabah roars in anger as he tries to pull another of his
magical arrows out of his quiver. But he finds nothing there. He
is empty. He whips the horses to do a one more pass over the
field. Grunting to himself he directs the horse to speed toward
the homes and see what is there.
Will does another circle around the tower and fires. This time
the arrow hits the Vong talking into the orb in the chest doing
a minor wound as blood is seen.
Fremea chases one of the fleeing Vong trying to duck behind
a nearby Flyer and fires on his back. The arrow impales deeply
and finishes off the wounded creature killing him.
Ben'dar ducks the sword swung at him by the Brigader. As he ducks
he thrusts his spear upward and stabs him in the upper left chest
doing 5 points through his ribs. But this time the man remains
standing for now.
Z'leyra swings at the man with the dagger and her reach is far
better than his. The staff breaks the man's left arm causing his
bone to expose outside his arm spurting a smear of blood. The man
falls dead before the crack of his bone echoes through the
shaman's ears.
The last Brigader thrusts at Ben'dar but fails to him.
Raban lands at the base of the tower and lets Lin stand. Raban
growls and reaches out with his hands toward the south west
wooden strut and begins to push.
Lin is transfixed by the sheer power of the giant and watches
without looking around him.
Farseeker and Caladan continue to run eastward.
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[Time: 2:25:37 pm]
The Merkabah decides this is the fate of Balance. To help
or not to help. He could land and kill many. But he decides
this is not his fight. He sends the horses upward toward the
ceiling of the cavern - the fake roof. In seconds he uses his
supernatural magic to pass through the Vong animal covering
and out of sight.
Will does another circle and aims at one of the Vong who is
watching the field. This time the arrow is true and hit the
Vong squarely in his chest doing serious damage around 19 points.
The Vong is not killed but he is clearly upset by this hidden
attack.
Fremea chases one of the other Vong wounded warriors and fires
doing a light wound to his side.
Ben'dar stabs the last brigader in his left shoulder doing the
final damage to kill him.
Z'leyra quickly begins the examination of the bodies. Other
than the good 2 sets of leather (and 2 are now damaged) there
are the four swords and three daggers. She finds 15 gold coins
and 12 silver coins from two of the men. She pockets the coins
so fast that a thief would drool if they saw it. Z'leyra finds
two small jewels on two of the men. The first is nearly flawless
looking but average clarity. It is a Toadstone worth she figures
maybe 6 Silver. The other is a Turquoise, severly flawed with average
clarity but is worthless due to the cloudy nature.
Raban begins to use his shoulder to push the strut that heads from
the ground to the bottom of the tower. He begins to hear cracks
and a bit of wobble but it may take a few more seconds.
Farseeker and Caladan notice the chariot is gone. They are not
sure where it went. Both men duck behind the flyer of due east
of the hole in the middle row (F31). Caladan points to some
confusion going on at the south east tower but can't determine
at this range what it is or see what is making them agitated.
Farseeker peers around and tries to select a course of action.
Captain Lin now looks around and sees up above him one Vong is
yelling down and glances around. He can spot a couple Vong's between
the homes in the north end of the field.
Inside the SW tower that is being attacked by Raban, one of the
Vong speaks into his Orb. Another reaches down and pulls up a
handgun sized weapon. He leans over and fires a series of 5 small
bugs toward Captain Lin. All five though impact onto the ground
next to him missing him by a few feet.
[Time: 2:25:40 pm]
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Friday...
GM: I had wanted to a zoomed in map for the Home Field and the Flyer
field. But a couple issues came up. Mainly that the scale was
huge. When you can place a 100 story skyscraper on its back
north to south its that long. Same for 90 degree version going
west to east. I did come up with a scale like 12 hexes by 20
hexes. But the width was fine but the length of 20 hexes gave a
scale of 50 feet per row. It would still be too hard to read
and figure out exact locations. I suppose the best would've
been a graphical map of 1 pixel = 2 feet. But graphical maps
are time consuming to edit and update (plus no artist). If this
was a table game I'd pull out of the classic game board hex maps
and just use pencil. Those were 30x30 hexes if I recall and would
have been accurate and easy to figure out. So gave up. We'll
try to use the below map. It may be 'tough' to figure out where
things are but you'll have to read the legend for the details. It
is also easier to maintain 1 map rather than 2 and coordinate them
to one synch. The caves above the ground area are all worked up
in hex maps and are easy to use. The scale for those things is
easy to handle. But for the ground floor it will be a bit
harder so will have to just use basic rudimentary map below.
In order to flesh out some data points I'll include positions
for Vong on the below charts.
GM: Last warning - Netzero account will be ending in a day. So
emails will go AWOL. Send to the comcast accounts from now
on. Mana report is updated only from last update not this one.
Will update from this update in a day or two.
GM: This is my only warning till end of adventure. Keep the mana
percentage used from the mana report. If you need to know the
exact mana used of course you can reverse engineer the % or
ask me. This cavern is the last major battle site. But the
caves that are above the large cavern still have to be
handled. So keep this in mind. For those who went through
the Climan #1 adventure even the super mana users lost mana
at the end. :) If you need current sheets let me know as
well. I don't mind sending them any time.
GM: I did this update 30 seconds. Last one was 45 seconds to get
folks to certain points. BTW if you have standing orders like
to kill all Brigaders on sight I will assume this. If you want
prisoners you will need to state. Some may kill outcasts right
out based on them being Vong. So you will need to state
otherwise. I will assume humans with no weapons and armor
will be considered captives and treated kindly. I will do
only 15 seconds for next update (5 phases). So plan that
wise. If you need to redo spells let me know. Then next
week will likely go down to 3 phases per phase again. This
is due to the large number of people on the battlefield to
coordinate. Right now the Vong have just been surprised.
This point they can only really scramble and not react -
especially since most are invisible. The Vong WILL be over
their initial shock next phase (ambush). They will act next
phase. Some did but without seeing what they were looking
for couldn't do anything. It has been 1 minute and 15
seconds since chariot lifted up. So surprise is over. At
two minutes (2:26:25 if I got it right) I will go ahead and
randomly determine which area you go left or right (home/
flyers). Till then will remain in the tunnel.
GM: Spells active
Z'leyra - Orient Self, Invisibility, Speed
Ben'dar - Speed
Fremea - Invisibility
Will - Armor Transmutation, Flight, Invisibility
Note: Time tick marks are given so folks can calculate
when spells would end based on durations. I have it
all charted out. But don't be surprised if next update
some spells end. I keep the marks there so it can be
tracked if so needed.
GM: Current Positions -
Z'leyra/Ben'dar - Inside Home G9 [Top view], P3 (Side map]
Chariot - Gone/missing/left
Raban/Lin - SW Tower H7 [Top View], P2 [Side map]
Will [30' high] - SE Tower I42 [Top view], O49 [Side view]
Farseeker - Flyer F31 [Top View], P36 [Side map]
Caladan - Flyer F31 [Top View], P36 [Side map]
Fremea [20' up] - Flyer field D33 [Top view]
Arawn, Chion - Tunnel Q26 [Side map] below ground
Kell, Kiet,Unali- Tunnel Q26 [Side map] below ground
Homes/West Side - Z'leyra, Ben'dar, Raban, Lin
Flying Field/East- Fremea, Farseeker, Raban, Caladan
Below ground - Arawn, Chion, Kell, Kiet, Unali
Vong known Positions - Not in homes - nearby D9
Vong known Positions - Not in flyer - nearby
C31(2),C39(3),D31(3),F39(4) (#-Number found)
Brigader Known place - Not in homes - nearby D11,G15,D13
Brigader Known place - Not in flyer - nearby
D34,E37,G35,H39,F39
Vong/Brigade/Party - not marked on map (too cluttered for now)
GM: Info on recon -
Bowl homes - Upside bowls - 10 feet wide, 8 feet tall at zenith
Almost igloo shape.
Overall map - North is top of screen /I\
Scale - 1 Column = 20 feet
1 Row =100 feet
[Top View - from fake ceiling of cavern]
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X = Bowl Homes 10' at zenith height
H = Vong flyers
O = Raised observation post / tower 30' high
U = Rabbit hole below this level is party's tunnel.
' = Vong ladder structure up
Villagers say no caves are on the north and south walls.
The caves starting 300' from this level are mid way or so
on the wall along the ladder structures for entry.
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Mount Side View -
Scale - 1 Column = 15 feet
1 Row = 50 feet North=wall facing screen
[Looking from one wall to the other wall. Toward North
wall with back to south wall. Looking east/west.]
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I = Rock wall, #=Vong ladder structure
` = Entrance to cave [open mostly]
_ = Rock floor (Row P) ground floor
A = Vong Bowl Home (10' high)
V = Vong flyer
T = Vong Tower (30' high)
],[=Base of Vong tower (wooden)
X = Rabbit Hole opening 30' wide below cavern to tunnels
Y = Tunnel of Treasure/Sentry cave (under ground floor)
Z = Pit/Lake caves below elevation of Treasure cave tunnel
1-6= Side caves on east/west walls
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