[pnpgm] Game Update #215 - File #1386 - Brigade ambush
Scott Adams
pnpgm at comcast.net
Fri Mar 16 05:53:26 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 #215 in sequence (file #1386)
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[Recap]
From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Fremea will take out the guards in the tower first. She will
not recast multi arrow at this time. When the guards are down,
she will cast a heal (EL1) on Will. Unless another threat
comes near.
GM: Ack.
From Will: [Re: Actions]
Will has lots he would like to say... but since he's
unconscious he'll just be quiet.
GM: Ack. In the mind one can yell all he wants. What no
telepathic link setup to yell at some party member? :)
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[New Stuff]
[Augado 10th, 1634TH]
[Location: Middle Katai Plains]
[ Mountains west of Pamau]
[Time: 2:26:19 pm]
Fremea decides Will is on brink of death or near death.
She will have to do a healing treatment on him though it
would be better for Z'leyra or Arawn to do it. But if
the Vong use more of those bug pistol things in the tower
she could be caught off guard. She glances to the north
west to see the swarm of bugs flying over one of the
flyers likely searching for her. But they are a good
distance away and she is no danger. She leaps off the
ground and flies 30 feet to the tower. Hovering over
a spot is far better than using some flight spell she
knows for sure. She aims at both Vong who are peering
over the edge to see their fallen comrade, trying to
figure out what is going on. Slightly behind and to
the left she fires inside the tower at the guards.
Being only about 8 feet away the six arrows fly fast
before they can even react. Five of the arrows hit
the first Vong and one hits the other one further
away from her. The one arrow that hits the second
Vong hits him in the left ribs at a angle going from
from his spine to his arm. But the arrow fails to
penetrate his crab armor and the arrow bounces to the
wooden floor. The other Vong is hit by 5 arrows on
his right rear shoulder, rear left ribs, left and
right arm and left leg. The arrows in the shoulder
and ribs bounce off his crab armor. But the ones
in right, left arm and leg do some damage. The
wounds are doing 4, 3 and 2 points each. Since
Will had badly wounded this one Vong he falls to
the ground likely dead.
Ben'dar shakes his head seeing Raban spill out of the
cracked flyer. He figures the giant could deal with
whatever he is doing and closes the door to let Z'leyra
get back to work patching him up.
Raban dusts himself off and climbs to his feet. So Ben'dar
is in that whatever it is and so that must be where Z'leyra
is also located. He figures the two are having fun exploring
or something. He wipes his bloody hands on his leather
and runs a few feet northward and leaps to the air. He
flies north toward Lin and the other tower.
Farseeker is unsure on the rock beasts nearby but decides
the trader is playing again. He hopes the things don't
attack him or he'd have to feed Squirt to the merchant
inch by inch by force. "We need to clear the field."
He speaks to no one in particular but loud enough to
be heard by even the Alfar who is moving away. Farseeker
slips eastward and passes the flyer to his left and looks
left and right to see no one. Then he spots the Vong
moving this way. He heads in their direction and notices
the swarm of bugs that seem to be in that direction as well?
Arawn runs further west toward the homes alone. As he moves
the sense of the odd dread comes back to him. He finally then
realizes that the 'whatever' it is more westward than eastward.
Kell runs eastward and joins a few feet behind the towering
elementals who have cracked open one of the flyers. Kell
realizes that Farseeker must be seeing something and orders
the elementals eastward.
Lin moves the north as fast as he can.
The rock elementals move eastward ignoring the cracked open
flyer and to the next flyer in line eastward.
The four Vong notice the towering rocks about 60 feet
away. But their training through torture and discipline
makes them not afraid. They just hope they will get
some reinforcements soon. They see Farseeker nearby and
is now about 30 feet away from him.
In the tower the last Vong turns to see his comrade
fall by arrows. He whips his amphistaff in the air and
swipes at nothing. He begins to back away to the other
side of the tower to reach for the Orb. He knows the
Shapers must be prepared for this vile threat.
Caladan runs forward and joins along side Farseeker.
Kiet runs forward to follow Kell. But before he joins
the trader he peeks inside the cracked flyer. He finds
no Vong inside that one. Then he rushes forward to join
the very happy trader.
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[Time: 2:26:22 pm]
Fremea shifts her hovering about 10 feet to the south and
fires at the side of the Vong left in the tower. The arrow
hits the warrior in the right upper chest piercing ribs doing
about 13 points of damage. But there is only one arrow so
she realizes her archery spell has ended. But a couple more
good shots like that should finish the Vong off.
Raban dives toward Lin and grabs him with his large arms.
"Need a lift?" He smiles and continues northward.
Farsseker charges the four Vong heading his way and chooses
a target. He thrusts his great sword but fails to hit.
Arawn continues westward as fast as he can.
Kell runs behind the elementals and notices movement near
Farseker and a bit of gray. He orders the elementals to
attack that area beyond the flyer standing in front of them.
The lumbering rock elementals move in unison around the
flyer and heads toward Farseeker. The stone creatures move
toward the Vong but don't get to them yet.
One of the four Vong who was just attacked by Farseeker
returns the action and thrusts his amphistaff at him. He
impales the warrior deep on his lower left abdomen lucky
for him below his ribs but doing a massive 13 points of
damage. Farseeker grits his teeth at the new pain.
The three other Vong charge one of the smaller elementals.
They know the stone will be hard to destroy but they try.
One fails to hit even the creature. But two do hit but
their weapons have no effect.
The one Vong in the tower takes a new stance with his
amphistaff as the Orb opens up to a face that looks like
another male. It begins to bark orders to the Vong in
his own language.
Caladan rushes forward and joins Farseeker swinging his
war staff at the Vong hitting him in the lower abdomen
doing a few points only.
Kiet joins along side Kell but looks left and right as
it seems the others are ignoring the great cover the
flyers give.
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[Time: 2:26:25 pm]
Suddenly one of the flyers lifts up and makes a wide arcing
circle. It seems the flyer (D31) has a pilot still in it and
must have just gotten his orders. The pilot listens to the orb
on the flyer's console and realizes that sleeping on duty is
not a way to survive life. The flyer turns westward and flies
in that direction. The pilot sees Arawn running about 100 feet
south of him and knows he is not a threat yet.
The Vong in the tower throws his amphistaff right toward
Fremea hoping to find the mark. But the spear goes past
her and lands on the ground far below, missing her by about
4 feet.
Fremea is surprised the Vong can use the amphistaff as a
throwing spear like that. She knows now the warrior is only
wearing a coufee. She gets a few feet closer and raises her
bow at the warrior. The arrow only 4 feet away hits the
creature in his upper left chest piercing his lung and
killing the warrior.
Raban continues flying toward the tower and notices the
ladder thing going up to the caves is now only about 20 feet
away. But the towers need to be dealt with first.
Farseeker swings at the Vong warrior in front of him hitting
him in the lower right abdomen doing 6 points of damage.
Arawn continues to run eastward knowing that the flyer is now
behind him. He knows the flyer could fire on him but maybe the
pilot has no time to prepare a shot? The pilot could just fire
him running eastward at any time.
Kell rounds the elementals and the flyer and joins Farseeker
and Caladan. He attacks the one warrior both are attacking so
not to get in the way of the rock creatures. Kell stabs forward
with his spear and hits him in the upper right shoulder doing
a minor wound.
Lin is surprised by being lifted off his feet by Raban but
at this point in this crazy day he realizes it isn't a big
deal. Lin looks up and the stone like ladder that leads up
to the caves He can see faint shadows above that must be
others but he can't tell from this angle if they are coming
or going.
The three living earth divide up and each decides to take
one of the other three Vong warriors. The first rock takes
on Vong #2 swinging his large tree like "arm" at the Vong
knocking the warrior to the ground doing 9 points of damage.
The second rock elemental punches Vong #3 in the upper left
chest. The warrior was already wounded previously by Fremea
and now the wound kills the warrior. The last elemental raises
his arm which has no real fist but bashes down onto the skull
of the warrior. The skull is pulverized and destroyed in the 15
point strike. Normally it would not kill the warrior but a being
with no real head left is certainly dead.
The Vong warrior stabs at Farseeker but he fails to make contact.
The other Vong notices his two comrades killed. One with bits
of brain and skull on his cheek. He knows he can't retreat unless
ordered to do so. But his mind goes back to memories of past
events. He knows he will die here soon but at least he can try
to pick at the rock creature. The amphistaff hits the rock
creature but fails to make any damage against it.
Caladan attacks the Vong in front of him but fails to make
contact missing by a half foot.
Kiet stands behind Farseeker, Kell and Caladan. He could try
to rope the one there but three are already on him and he should
be dead soon. The other Vong is looks like will be dead once
the rock creatures move. So he decides to not waste his time. But
in the time he has he looks left, right and behind him. He can feel
eyes on him but not sure from where.
The four brigaders see their chance when the group come forward
closer to them. They are afraid of the rock creatures but if they
can capture one of them they might force the creatures to back off.
The thought of showing their worth to the Vong is great motivation
especially when it means slaves and coin. The four brigaders
rush around the flyer they were hiding from and charge. Kiet
sees this a split second as they round the corner and realizes
his sense of the eyes watching him was right. They end up about
20 feet from the four party members.
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[Time: 2:26:28 pm]
Kiet sees the charging brigaders and doesn't have time to
warn the others. He flexes his hands and prepares a spell.
He then tosses the rope segment toward one of he brigaders
at about 20 feet away. The rope goes long though and misses
the human. Kiet quickly determines the men will be upon
the group and the rope will be too far to react fast to
capture the man. So he decides to hold the mana for
another try and doesn't cast the spell yet.
The flyer behind Arawn moves eastward and seems to ignore
the druid for now. He ends up about 50 feet in front of the
Alfar.
The swarm of magic detecting bugs sense their target a group
of three magic users below - Kiet, Caladan and Kell. But they
sense that Caladan has the greatest threat. So the swarm drives
toward Caladan. Of the 20 flying insects 5 swarm the Zen'da
magic user and 2 bite through his armor doing a couple points
each. The other bugs either miss or fail to penetrate his
armor. One bug on his shoulder bites hard and does a 6 point
damage to a sensitive nerve.
Fremea enters the tower and places her bow back on her back. She
kicks the Orb which is barking orders. She isn't sure if the Orb
is seeing her but the Orb goes to the ground crumpled up. She
checks the one fallen before and found him knocked out. She uses
her dagger and ends his life. Then she dives over the railing and
lands on the ground so she can check on Will.
Ben'dar sees the patch work over and begins to search the bodies
for any coins or treasure. Z'leyra with her increased speed begins
to pile the items back into her satchel. Three of the brigaders
have some coins in total 24 CC and 21 Silver. On one of the men
he finds a small jacinth bracelet of average quality but Z'leyra
figures it worth about 6 SC. Looks like it must have been given
to some girl or women as a present.
Raban and Lin continue flying northward now ending up about 140
feet from the tower.
Farseker doesn't see the group of 4 humans charging his way
and swings at the Vong in front of him. He slices a bit of
his right shoulder off doing 11 points of damage but the warrior
does not fall at this point.
Arawn continues to run eastward and ends up about 20 feet
north of the hole down to the tunnel. At least if the flyer
decided to fire on him he could dive there.
Kell stabs at the Vong hitting him in the right arm with
his spear for a couple of points.
The three elementals tag up and attack the Vong. The first
fails to hit the agile Vong. But the other two hit his back
and right arm doing enough additional damage to kill the wounded
warrior.
The Vong thrusts at Farseeker hitting him in the chest but
his chainmail blocks the blow.
Caladan swings at the last of the four Vong hitting him in
the side ribs killing the wounded warrior. He ignores the bugs
swarming around for the moment.
The four brigaders charge forward with four targets they
divide up and taking one each. The one on Farseeker swings
his sword but fails to hit. The one on Caladan also misses
by a good two inches. But the one on Kell hits his shield
which blocks the blow from damaging the trader. The one on
Kiet swings but he is so nervous at seeing the towering rock
creatures the sword slips off his hand and falls to the ground.
[Time: 2:26:31 pm - Current/Next phase]]
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Monday...
GM: All right only 4 phases. I was going to do 5 but I figure
a good spot to end and allow folks to react to what is
going on especially the attack by the humans. I will try
to do 5 phases next update since we have a big long going
battle it will speed things up. But if things get hard
will do 3 or less. Mana report mana, health and experience
chart updated as of this update. The zoomed in map may help
those in the battle to decide actions but I did one just
in case if needed perspective. Congrats to Arawn for a EL
change in scimitar skill.
In case one doesn't read the mana report on the website here
is a recap: Five not applicable, 2 at 100%, Two at half
their mana used and six are in 50+% shape. keep in mind that
wands and such don't affect this percentage totally But
wands do count against their mana total used.
Energy all is at 100% except Raban due to using his innate
talent to go through the wall.
Health wise: Five at 100%, 5 damaged at a Light level,
Raban at moderate damage, 3 (Ben'dar, Caladan and Farseker
at Heavy damage. Will is at this point in Fatal levels
only cause of being in his DTV range.
GM: Good news and bad news! Good news is Diablo 3 looks like
will be released 5/14! Bad news is once that comes out
I will likely be addicted. I'll try to get the dwarves
to get things out but they may slack if I don't watch them.
Personally I've not really played a REAL game in years
maybe 5-6 years. So this will be my first real game in
years so I may get a bit bogged down in it. But I'll
whip the dwarves to get things done. So bad news is
we have about 2 months to get the adventure over or that
time to kill everyone off. :)
GM: Situation Report -
Arawn - Running it will take you at least 4 phases to get
to the edge of the homes. So for that last phase let
me know what your plans are.
Fremea - Will do the healing spell next phase. After that
what will you do? Try to attack the tower, help the others
fight the brigade, explore the field or other stuff?
Kell - You 'gave' them the task to attack the flyers and
any gray folks (ie Vong). Having the elementals kill
the humans could confuse them as well you are human
as well so you may have to persuade them only certain
ways. If no Vong they will go to the nearest Flyer unless
you state otherwise.
Kiet - Sorry the rope toss failed. It is about 20 feet
away. You could run to fetch it or use another segment.
But I figured no spell since having the rope inch a foot
away is hard enough but 20 feet from a brigader would be
near impossible unless you have telekinetics. So I
hope it was ok to save the mana. In fact you could cast
now with the saved mana istead of a EL1 entangle you
could do 2 or 3. Only difference is duration mainly.
The human in front of you is swordless and only a foot
away you could do a rope as I assume you will and capture
him or use your own blade. Let me know. Will assume
rope and maybe try to move away?
GM: Spells active
Z'leyra - Orient Self, Invisibility, Speed*
Ben'dar - Speed
Fremea - Invisibility
Will - Armor Transmutation, Invisibility*
Kell - Preparing a spell...
* = Soon to end (next update?]. I may NOT post this
info unless I remember to do so. :)
GM: Current Positions -
Z'leyra/Ben'dar - Inside Home G9 [Top view], P3 (Side map]
Chariot - Gone/missing/left
Raban - E8.60 (Top Map]
Lin - With Raban
Will * - I42 [Top view], O49 [Side view] [KOed]
Farseeker - Flyer F35 [Top View], See large map
Caladan * - Flyer F35 [Top View], See battle map
Fremea - I42 [Top View map] On ground
Arawn - E24 [Top View]
Kell * - Flyer F35 [Top View], See large map
Kiet * - Flyer F35 [Top View], See large mapview
Chion - Tunnel Q26 [Side map] below ground
Unali - Tunnel Q26 [Side map] below ground
* = Not marked on map
Wounded: Ben'dar, Caladan, Farseeker
Homes/West Side - Z'leyra, Ben'dar, Raban, Lin, Arawn
Flying Field/East- Fremea,Farseeker,Caladan,Kell,Kiet
Below ground - Chion, Unali??
Flyers [In air] - 4 Outside mount somewhere
R9 [Crashed crater]
D22.10 [30' above ground]
Homes Explored: 5 out of 32
Brigaders:
Unknown around homes
Four in battle with Farseeker's group
Vong Warriors:
None others seen yet
Towers: SW Tower - 3 dead / Destroyed
SE Tower - 3 dead
NW Tower - 3 warriors
NE Tower - 3 warriors
Any other enemy not seen or targeted yet.
[These are last known positions for some of them-may have moved
since last seen.]
Note: When a coordinate is given it might say H8.30. The
first letter is the coordinate row and second is column.
If the scale is large I will use a .XX to denote distance
between that row and next (in this case Lin for example
is 30 feet heading north to row G). This way I know where
folks are exactly.
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/Overview map - from fake ceiling of cavern]
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12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
A I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%I
B I%%%%% X X X X %%%%%%%%%I
C I%%%%% O X X X X H H H H H O %%%%%%%I
D I%%%%%% X X X X H H H %%%%%%%I
E I%%%%%%'RX X X X A H H H H '%%%%%%%%I
F I%%%%%% X H X X U h H F H H %%%%%%%I
G I%%%%% X X X X H H H H H T %%%%%%I
H I%%%%% / x X X X H H H H O %%%%%%I
I I%%%%%% X X X X %%%%%%%I
J I%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%I
V
% = Rock wall
/ = Destroyed tower
X = Bowl Homes 10' at zenith height
x = Destroyed Home
H = Vong flyers
h = Cracked/Damaged/Destroyed flyer
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.
F - Farseeker/Caladan/Kell/4 Brigade/3 Elementals
A - Arawn
T - Fremea,Will [SE Tower]
R - Raban/Lin
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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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12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
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I### Fake Vong ceiling ###IA
I# #IB
I# #IC
I# #ID
I# #IE
I# #IFCave
Cave 1-> `# #`G<-#4
I# #IH
Cave 2-> `# #`I<-#5
I# #IJ
Cave 3-> `# #`K<-#6
I# #IL
I# #IM
I# #IN
Mount I#T T#IO
Ground --?I#]A_A_A_A_A_A_A_A__________________V__V__V__V__V[#IP
I Y<X IQ
I Z IR
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
As always if map messed up see website.
* Zoomed in battle map on flyer field
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12345678901234567890123456789012345 /I\ = North
/ \__/ \__/@@\__/ \__/ \__/ \_A 1 Hex = 10 feet
\__/ \__/ \@@/ \__/ \__/ \__/ B 1 Column = 5 feet
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_C 1 Row = 5 feet
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ D
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_E @@ = Flyer (Front facing north)
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ F Flyer #13 A14 - (E35 Overview map)
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_G Flyer #23 U14 - (G35 Overview map)
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ H Flyer #17 K2 - (F33 Overview map)
/ \__/ 1__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_I Flyer #19 K23 - (F37 Overview map)
\__/ \__2F \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ J Hex K14 = Flyer flew off here
/@@\__/ 4KC3/ \__/ \@@/ \__/ \_K F = Farseeker J11 (Facing NE)
\@@/ \__/T \__/ \__/@@\__/ \__/ L C = Caladan K11 (Facing east)
/@@\__/ \__/##\__/ \@@/ \__/ \_M T = Kell L11 (Facing NE)
\__/ ###/ \##/ \__/ \__/ \__/ N K = Kiet K10 (Facing NW)
/ \__###\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_O
\__/ \__/###__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ P 1 = Brigader #1 I10 (Facing SE)
/ \__/ \### \__/ \__/ \__/ \_Q 2 = Brigader #2 J10 (facing SE)
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ R 3 = Brigader #3 K12 (Facing West)
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_S 4 = Brigader #4 K9 (Facing East)
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ T Swarm over Caladan's spot off map
/ \__/ \__/@@\__/ \__/ \__/ \_U ## = Rock elemental
\__/ \__/ \@@/ \__/ \__/ \__/ V Vong bodies not marked on map
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