[pnpgm] Game Update #111 - File #431 - Allies and Flames
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HT Aliaver/Player DS Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
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R1.John Haight.......HY..Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar .. Ma
--.Tobie Bonahoom....YY..Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe
R3.Mark Murtha.......HN..Kell..............Trader..Normal/Human....Ma
R1.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma
R4.J H Hooten........YN..Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human....Ma
W4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe
R1 John.Stowman......YN..Will..............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe
-- Npc...............YY..Etain.............Teacher.Normal/Elf......Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Squirt (Ferret) Kell, Wolf - Will
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[Recap]
To Arawn: [Re: Email questions]
OOC:
1. Just in case it matters later, who is Tamas, the Alfar
mentioned by the general?
2. Are the white owl and white fox attributed to anything
special simple fae/sidhe or perhaps a particular deity?
I'm curious if these are normally attributed to Payan (as he
appears as an albino elf) or perhaps another being?
3. What does Read Mana reveal regarding the compass? Does he
recognize the bird or anything else special surrounding it?
4. And not sure how far ahead in time the next post will push
but Arawn will definitely perform a blessing for the elves
before heading out. If time and location (for the appropriate
spells) permit (and dependent on which spells the elves wish
performed) Arawn can cast Bless or Ceremony. And for the
divination, Wisdom or Divine Vision. Both would be done after
a proper Purification ritual along with use of the wand.
GM: Ack. Sorry didn't get to this email so figure I'll answer
here. 1. Not an Alfar or so it is implied. He never said
he was an Alfar just that he came from the Upper World. So
likely a Elf from the court. In that case though you have
no clue. Alfars you know but this name eludes you. 2. Not
in particular. Human myths and legends speak of White X
from snakes to dragons. Humans tend to believe white is
special and thus an omen. Like the White Bison from our
own Indian legends. So this could be related to any
human thing out there. Most humans note them as Omens
or such. But then again you saw white owls before in the
Pavassa forest near the lake where the Vong brain was found.
3. Relative power is mid level and it is magical. Magical
compasses are somewhat common though from sailors to hunters
to bounty hunters. Been around as long as magic has been
around. As to bird do not recognize it. But then again
there are millions of animals in this world you have no clue
about. You do sense from the bird the life energy is low
compared to say Corona or other birds. This usually mean
the bird has a limited lifespan. As for 4 we'll do the
blessing next time. I don't know which time frame the
spells will take but I suspect the group would want only
a few minutes thing rather than a 30 min blessing. If
you need to finish up with the tavern let me know. If
not I'll move you out and back toward the others via
the tavern with Etain then back to find the group. So
for comments or the actual blessing let me know the
details (word wise).
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[New Stuff]
[Sepes 29th, 1634TH]
[Location: City of Samma, Donara]
[Kiet/Unali/Kell/Fremea/Raban Group]
[Time: 12:23:16 am - Samma city, Donara]
Grosis finishes and waits for Fremea to reply. He raises
his tied hands. "So free me and I can give you a rough map
of this estate's location. Then we are done with the deal?"
Fremea shrugs and walks over to cut the rope with her dagger.
She smirks at the fat slug and nods to the ground.
Grosis was hoping to get paper but it seems not. He quickly
jots down a rough dirt map of the area. "This is the northwest
city road. It heads this way." He uses his fingers to jot
some things on the ground. "The best landmark is the large
green barn here 2 miles outside the city walls. Can't miss it
for miles. From here go northwest off the road another 2 miles
and the estate is there. There is no road here but light woods.
Apparently he enjoys his out of the way estate here. So its
basically 4 miles this way out of the city. You can use the
northwest gate. Can't miss it."
Grosis stands and Fremea eyes the rough map and hopes the man
is not lying. From her time here she has heard of this green
barn. It could hold 3 normal sized barns and enough horses
for a small army. But she never went there. Grosis tries to
step away and then stumbles on his feet rope bindings.
Z'leyra notices Kiet still absently hitting Mavac as Fremea
reaches in her bag briefly. Then stands placing the bag to
the side. She bends and cuts the food bindings. But as she
stands she slices a bit of skin off the man's left leg above
his ankle. "Ow!"
Fremea shrugs and just steps back and points to the door.
The slug deserves far more pain but a simple cut will have
to do for now.
Grosis rushes to the door and opens it. He sees Raban at
the side of the workshop and rushes out. Grosis begins to
run as fast as he can.
Fremea and Z'leyra watch the slaver run. Then as predicted
Raban sees this. The giant glances back toward the shop and
sees the smith working and takes to the air. "Oh no you
don't!" He lands and grabs the slaver.
"We made a deal! She said I could go!"
Raban looks back and sees Fremea nod with grim determination.
Raban looks surprised but smiles. Could she have learned to
forgive and let him truly live? He smiles at the happy
thought of her changing. He lets the man go and he runs as
fast as his body can handle.
Back inside the barn Kiet smiles at Mavac. But then his
smile fades. This session was quite useful. The man's
legs are virtually useless and he will not likely walk again
without some major magical healing. Kiet stops the beating
and begins to speak the words. He draws on his bracer's
energy and waves it over the hurt man.
Z'leyra glances back and sees gestures she has used herself.
Some of the words seem to be known. Then she realizes
the acrobat is casting a spell like Abandon or maybe itself.
Could the man actually be making the man's pain go away
before the killing blow?
As Fremea turns back toward Kiet she acrobat does another
spell which she also recognized. She saw it used before.
Before she could speak the man's clothing engulfs in flame.
Rather a smokeless flame. She had wanted to make it clear
his allies killed him but this will have to do.
In just 5 seconds Mavac expires from the flames and it
soon dies down.
Fremea reflects on this death. She just knew this guy
for a short while. But she feels nothing for him. Maybe
in a different light he might have been a good guy. But
now he is just a burnt husk.
Kiet looks up with grim eyes, "So what do we do with his body?"
By now Raban has joined the others at the door of the barn.
He places a hand on her shoulder. But Fremea flinches and
walks toward the map. "Where is...oh." The giant sees the
body of Mavac. "So did we learn anything useful?"
[Time: 12:27:36 am - Samma city, Donara]
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[Kell/Unali's Group - En route to Tavern]
[Time: 12:14:11 pm - Samma city, Donara]
Unali glances down at Kell and notices he is still breathing.
If it was a death dart there would be signs. So maybe she
has some time to act. This time it is three to one but
she is unsure if others are hiding.
From Duke Aren's training by the Palace secret guard she
takes in the scene in only 3 seconds. First to find targets.
Second second to assess distance and threats. The last second
to figure out best solutions. They say if one can't figure
out a plan in just 3 seconds then you can't handle the situation.
Suddenly a screech is heard from behind and overhead? Then
a red beam seems to shoot at the feet of the two swordsmen.
Unali uses this distraction to crouch and then roll to the
side into the tree line. She can hear Corona screeching and
flapping overhead. She wonders how long the eagle has been
shadowing them. Getting back up with acrobatic ease she
moves through the bushes toward the man using the blowpipe.
From the corner of her eye she can see the two men with the
swords move backwards from the edge of the road into the cover
of the trees. From forward she gets a quick glimpse of a dart
flying toward where she was just at.
The blow pipe guy reaches into his pouch for another dart
but Unali is too fast. She moves behind him and uses both
daggers to strike the back of his head. The man falls to the
grass not moving.
Unali speaks out, "then start talking. Now."
Corona takes another dive and cinges the grass near the two
men in the bushes trying to hide. Unali figures the bird must
be trying to scare them off or not wanting to hurt them.
"We saw..." One of the men starts as he tries to move from
the red beam in a yelp. "..you taking Mavac....we followed."
"He's coming back!" The other man tries to point to the sky.
"We thought you were on his side..a ally."
Unali stops at the edge of the road. She just needs to cross
the road to get to them. But she can see they are not moving
toward Kell at all. The tactical thing would be to get to him
and use him as a shield or threat. But they are simply using
a tree and bush to avoid the eagle.
The other man yells out. "Call your bird off!"
Unali considers this a bit. It could let the men get to Kell.
But as she considers this the eagle seems to land on a tree branch
on Unali's side of the road. It stares at the area the two men
are hiding. Did he understand them or just wave his own judgement
and stop for now?
"When..." The first continues speaking. "When we heard the
screams we figure it was his allies upset at him. But then
the weird one asked those questions. We could hear form outside
behind the barn. We figure then you were not his ally."
The man considers his next words and then Unali can hear the
drop of a sword hitting grass. The man steps a few feet forward
and steps on the dirt road. "We are a...group of people like
yourselves...well sort of. We despise slavery and have worked
to try to end it. We are a group of farmers, merchants and
many other types. Some of us have training but some do not.
My friend there if you killed him. He is my cousin who had
a sister in law forced into slavery...or as they call it indentured
service due to debt. She died trying to repay that debt. At
the hands of ...several men..." He trails off a bit.
Then he continues, "we do not know the other fat guy you
took inside. But we were hoping...to capture Mavac today
after a month long observation of him. We were hoping to
find others and free them. I will not say more until I know
my cousin is alive and safe. You may be small but we as
a group have numbers. You may need us to take down his
allies."
After a few seconds of silence, "we were wanting to
at least question you. This is why we wanted you alive
and docile. We needed information from you. That is all.
What do you say?"
From the bushes the other man adds, "your friend will wake
in a couple minutes. It is a very light drug."
Unali studies the situation. One man is now unarmed but has
a dagger on his belt. He is only about 3 feet from Kell. He
could reach Kell before Unali could strike. But then there
is Corona who seems to stand guard. Unali would have to cross
the distance of about 8-12 feet depending on the first or
second guy to attack.
Unali then notices from her right back the way they came are
two others carrying blow pipes. But they are a good 30 feet
away and seem to just standing there. They must have heard
their friend speaking and unclear of what to do. Now it is
4 to 2. But the blowmen do not seem to be looking at her
way but looking around toward the woods and road.
[Time: 12:16:21 pm - Samma city, Donara]
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[Arawn/Jordi's Tavern]
[Time: 12:37:55 pm - Samma city, Donara]
Arawn smiles at the Elf general. "A Sidh that's not one for
luck? That's a rarity," Arawn commented, chuckling amiably,
sensing the general's favorance for skill and planning. "Our
kind live off of it, dancing amidst the weave of chance and
fate."
"I am of the ...new age. The old Elves believe in luck
and the spiritual side of things. They believe the Balance
is on their side. They believe things will always be with
them and the fate will not shun them. Some even still look
at rocks in bowls and try to figure out what they will do
that month in their lives. I am one who believes in the
mind, body and what we use." He taps the sword at his hip.
"I don't think the gods ignore us as some but I believe that
our fate is pre-destined. They already know we will fail
or win in this Climan thing. To them it is done. We just
have to play the part."
The General glances over at the other two elves and shrugs.
"I do know that belief in such things are critical. They
can do more damage if ignored. Some here in this world."
He glances every so briefly at Jordi but then looks back at
Arawn. Arawn notices this slight action and shelves it in
his mind. "Have grown to the human ways. Humans tend to
sleep and work. They see the now and here. Elves tend
to seek the future. This is the one thing that separates
us from the humans. We plan long term and hope to seek
the rewards."
Arawn smiles and knows that the Elves are behind the
missing items the party seeks. If could not be destroyed
they hid them knowing that maybe one day they might be
in need or could be destroyed.
"I will accept your blessing." The General smiles and
nods. "While one can depend on body and items, one can
never miss the other...stuff." He waves a hand in the
air as if waving a fly away. "This is not just some Elf
housewife blessing. This is a powerful being who has
the eye of the gods!"
Arawn cringes at the words knowing that if things go
bad he could be blamed but if things go well then the
general or he could be praised. How to do a blessing
without direct relation from the gods but support enough
to show care?
Arawn nods, "But a blessing we shall have!"
Then the door opens to reveal the General's wife entering.
Arawn's head turned suddenly when the tavern stirred into
commotion, his eyes locked on the door. He returned to ease
when the elven female stepped through and into the room. His
took in the view in a flash, in particular scrutinizing the
markings of her pendant, for any hint as to whom she was before
the general established her identity.
Impressed with her bearing his ears perked up when she brought
up the seer and white woodland creatures. When she set the
birdcage upon the table he gazed through the bars, smiling
pleasantly at the bird for a bit before turning his attention
to Callista.
Holding off questions and comments until the lady was done
explaining her presence he then took the compass into his hand,
scrutinizing the item for a bit before engaging the general's
wife.
"I am grateful for these gifts. Thank you."
"It seems the High Courts (the gods) continue to watch over
the affairs of myself and those in my company."
"Lady, I would ask, was anything else mentioned by the seer?
And, should a questor desire it, would you be able to teach the
gift of masking the mind with false thoughts and memories?"
"I do not know of what the gods think. But the seer only
sees the future now their thoughts. If they are looking
out for you, I don't know. As to the technique. " She smiles,
"it is rather simple. If one is seeing through your eyes from
afar then one can do one simple thing. If the person is in
sight then that will be more difficult and other things will have
to be done. There are...jealous men who want to see what their
wives are doing or rather who they are ..." She pauses a bit
then continues, "well spells like that are common. But the
wife can simply cast an illusion to fool the person seeing. One
would need to know if it is being done. If the person believes
the illusion then the one watching from afar will believe it.
This also changes the thoughts of the person. Thoughts can
drift away but mental strength is something one can't teach.
One is strong or weak. So the failure tends to be in not
what is seen but what is thought."
"Sometimes one who can sense magic can detect if this is
being done. This is why magic users tend to do it for the
ones who do not sense magic." Callista pauses and the
continues. "I hope this helps."
At that the door opens quickly again and two large Elves
enter. Though their ears are disguised Arawn can tell they
are Elves.
"I did not know she crossed the river! We will take he
back immediately." One of the Elves said and Arawn can sense
they must be bodyguards or aides.
"Please do now. I do not like her in this land with the...
others all around here." The general frowns in a sign of
mild anger.
"Don't fuss! I'll go. I'll go." Callista turns and kisses
the general and then moves toward the bodyguards.
[Time: 12:41:01 pm - Samma city, Donara]
---Ending Time---
[Current time for each group]
[Time: 12:27:36 am - Samma city, Donara] - Fremea/Raban/Z'leyra/Kiet
[Time: 12:16:21 am - Samma city, Donara] - Kell/Unali
[Time: 12:41:01 pm - Samma city, Donara] - Arawn
Actions? Comments?
Next Update...Friday....
GM: Hope all had a good turkey day for those in US. Time is
flying this season. We only had 12 posts 3 of them mine
last month. But maybe this month will be better. Some
like this was in email. I work the next two Thursdays
so if I do much update work it might have to be mostly
on Wednesday if possible. If not then chances are lower
for a Friday update. So we'll see.
GM: Fremea - If you had a bit more to ask Grosis you can but
after next update will be too late.
Arawn - Next update will move you out. So I assume
you go find the others. It could be the others will
be back in the tavenr by then. But do not know yet.
GM: Tasks to do -
* Find mysterious Mage - Upcoming updates
* Sell loot if possible Upcoming Updates
GM: Teams -
Jordi's Inn - Arawn
Barn - Fremea, Raban, Kell, Kiet, Z'leyra
Inn - Etain, Will
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