[pnpgm] Game Update #30 - File #219 - Great Spider Combat phase 1+2
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HT Aliaver/Player DS Character Name Type Status/N;;tes 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
W2R2.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma
R4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe
W2.Julian.Draven.........Zabyra............Dancer..Normal/Human....Hu
R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
W3R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe
R3 Npc...............YY..Trihs.Der.........Warrior.Normal/Human....Ma
R3 Npc...............YY..Reddof Nonnac.....Warrior.Dead../Human....Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra
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Game Update #30 sequence (file #219)
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Admin Notes: Updated Roster to include Reddof's status. :<
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[Recap]
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
Kiet yells out "SPIDERS!!", activates the Earth Strength of
his shield, then grabs the dagger sheathed in the shield.
Kiet is pretty certain that trying to draw his tulwar would
be futile.
Stab with dagger, but use the dagger expertise defensively.
If still alive after next round(s), use Smokeless Flame from
rings on any spiders, the one on top of me first! And ASAP!
OOC...gee mister spider....I'm not that kinda guy!
GM: Ack. BTW what is your activation for the shield? Just for
notes in future. Thanks to your CDF comments the spiders
are tougher. Everyone thank Kiet. :)
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Hearing the shout Z'leyra orders "Save Kiet!" and triggers the
Speed enchantment in her boots to run towards his yell...
readying her shield and sword as she goes.
GM: Ack.
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
Hopefully Kiet won't be taking a long nap here...nor a
permanent one!
Kiet isn't doing this, but it would be fun to activate his own
boots for speed and fire trail...then start kicking!
GM: Ack. A basic fire trail they are gangly enough to avoid that
but if you were to try to kick that might sort of work The
power is meant as a fire trail but IF fast enough and
good Martial Arts skill it could work.
From Unali: [Re: Actions]
If Unali hears the yell from Kiet and notices the fear in his
voice, she will grab her daggers and run towards that sound.
Once she sees they are giant spiders she will attack to kill.
Once the fight is over and if Kiet is not sleeping/dead, she
will extend a hand to help him up, saying "You are not afraid
of the local wildlife, isn't it?"
GM: Ack. :)
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn doesn't want to leave the horses and camp unguarded. If
there are less than 3 characters left guarding the horses/camp
then Arawn will remain in camp, making sure his buckler and
elvish blade are on hand.
His first action, if he's not forced into combat, will be to
Sense Evil at max EL in hopes of detecting any other giant
spiders that might hiding nearby. If he senses any he'll
alert the party to their presence.
If he doesn't sense any he'll warn the horses to be on guard
for danger and will keep an eye out, using his ability to
Hide in Forest to disappear from sight.
If combat begins then he'll try to maintain distance, using
Purifying Lance at max EL on the spiders. If forced into melee
he'll use his buckler and sword EL defensively.
GM: Ack. Most spiders avoid horses my guess. Kill the
threat (man) then maybe the horses.
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[New Stuff]
[Northern Zarun - Forest]
[Decalis 7th, 1634TH]
[Time: 6:39:00 pm]
[Phase 1]
Kiet looks up at the towering spider over him and knows
the second attack will come soon. Some 30-40 feet away
the others are nice and warm around the fire talking about
something like tanning in Sivas compared to Ba'ru.
Kiet yells out, "SPIDERS!!" With his shield in hand he
activates the spell inside. It will take a few seconds to
fully activate and he knows if he loses contact with the
ground he is out for a couple days. With his other hand
he reaches up and activates his Smokeless Flame ring at
the towering spider over him. A second after he realizes
if that beast lands on him it could be bad. The spider
over Kiet's chest begins to squirm as he is blasted by 16
points of smokeless flame. But the spider remains in position
just now a bit upset at the meat bag below. The spider
tilts his head to look right at Kiet. Kiet wonders if
spiders can have expressions since thin one seems to say
your dead meat.
The spider above Kiet uses two legs to try to slash at
Kiet but he is able to shift his face and shoulders just
in time to miss the strikes. The Spider lunges downward
eager to bite the meat bag but Kiet brings up his shield
again and it blocks the attack.
Spider #2 to the left of Kiet moves forward to help his
companion. He thrashes out with two of his legs. The
first leg hits Kiet's shield but the second hits him
in the chest but his chainmail blocks the attack.
Spider #3 having moved earlier with his buddies through
the trees leaps down from the tree (S18) right to the left
of Kell. Kell just heard Kiet's warning only a second before
and now he is being attacked. The spider topples Kell to
the side and lunges down onto his left ribs. The creature
bites and Kell convulses for a second as the poison runs through
his body.
Spider #4 steps over the bushes north of the horses and
Trihs moving south.
Spider #5 in the south west moves toward the camp and ends
up about 10 feet behind Kell's location.
Spider #6 also moves from the south west to join his ally
Spider #5.
Spider #7 leaps from the tree (F34) and lands on the
ground facing the horses and camp.
Spider #8 leaps from tree (R25) behind Unali and Zabyra
and looks for new targets. The Spider moves toward Unali
which is only feet away and who is just now warned a second
before. The spider slashes two legs toward her. The first
on her back is blocked by her armor. But the second one
hits squarely on the back of her head and neck causing 7
points of damage. Startled Unali remains awake at least
for now.
Fremea hears Kiet yell in the west and sees darkness form
her angle. She walks a few feet forward and grabs her
daggers and takes to the air. As she does she sees Unali
being and Kell being attacked as well at least one other
spider north of the horses. They are huge spiders this time.
[Time: 6:39:03 pm]
[Phase 2]
Arawn casts a spell to try to detect any evil in the group.
But this is the first use of the spell so its weak. Arawn
can see the one in the north of the horses. He scans around
with his eyes but the spell detects nothing within the 40
feet around him.
Z'leyra activates her speed boots before standing.
Corona takes to the air and circles the camp briefly
in a half circle. He sees Kell and Unali being attacked.
It seems Unali has 2 others nearby but Kell does not
so dives toward the spider. The eagle fires a blast from
his magical eyes but hit hits the tree instead.
Fremea hovering in the air sees Unali and Kell also being
attacked. It looks like Kell is already down either dead
or knocked out. Unali is still alive but looks dazed but
her skill and armor should protect her. But even if Arawn
and Z'leyra move fast they might not reach Kiet in time. So
she decides to go save Kiet. She flies fast and ends up
about 15 feet away from Kiet and his pet spiders. Now in
the darkness away from the campfire she sees the two large
towering beasts clearer.
Unali rolls forward and using a acrobatic tumble she kicks
forward and upward to her feet. Once up she reaches for
both daggers. Upon drawing the magical dagger she feels the
ping of the dagger in her mind that should help her. She
charges the few feet and slashes to kill to help protect
Zabyra. The normal dagger slices off one leg doing 9 points
and the magical dagger hits the bottom of the abdomen base
doing a massive 30 points of damage. The spider falls dead
upon itself straight down onto the grass.
Arawn looks south just in time to see Unali kill one. He
sees Kell on the ground but figures Unali can help. To
the north west he sees the horse squirm and neigh seeing
the spider north of them. He moves that way and gets
past Trihs to almost protect the warrior. He ends up about
5 feet from the spider.
Zabyra stands startled by the sudden attack. Did they
just say spiders. This barely registers in her mind when
she attack on Unali starts and ends so swiftly. She admires
the quick way the woman works. She sees to the left Kell
fall being eaten or something by the spider. But she is
wary of approaching alone. She waits for at least Unali.
Hearing the shout Z'leyra orders. "Save Kiet!" She
reaches for her shield and small sword standing. She rushes
toward Kiet's yell. She just saw Kell fall but if he is
already dead or knocked out the spiders will probably leave
him alone. But Kiet could be surrounded by spiders and who
knows even snakes! She passes Fremea and finds Kiet after a
second of looking. She sees the crouching spider over the
acrobat and wonders if they should be left alone to play.
But decides to stab it instead doing 12 points with her
sword in its upper abdomen, since it was lower to the
ground. The spider begins to sway slightly and Kiet
hopes he doesn't die from a spider falling on his
head it would be a bit embarrassing. But instead it
falls to the south east. It slams to the ground but
some of its furry legs lands on Kiet's leg.
Pyan stands and grabs his spear just as Unali kills
the spider only 5 feet away. If that was him he might
not be here now. He glances around now aware of what
is going on. He sees Kell fall but is unsure if he
should attack or not. He moves closer but ends up about
12 feet from Kell's spider.
Kiet rolls away from the spider and toward the downed
one. Rolling to his knees he quickly stands raising
his shield to block any attack and nods toward Z'leyra
for helping. He lowers his shield though to reveal
his other unused ring to blast the spider.
Red Shirt draws his sword and charges. The last
few days with the death of his cousin a new renewal
for revenge and blood lust soaks his body. His sword
hits high doing 9 points to his lower abdomen.
Spider #2 looks to Z'leyra and Kiet to decide which is
better to take out. Both have those round block things
that seem to block attacks. But the first one seems less
viable as a threat with that small pointy stick. It
charges Kiet fast. Somehow the charge is so fast and
furious it knocks Kiet back off guard and he falls down
again! The spider tries to lunge downward trying to
bite and paralyze the man but Kiet rolls to the left
just in time.
Spider #3 turns toward Zabyra, Pyan and Unali after it
finished with Kell. It charges Pyan trying to knock
him off his feet but the charge is too light and Pyan
who has seen charging animals braces his feet firmly on
the ground. Instead the spider uses two legs to attack.
The first hits scrapping Pyan in the upper right chest
doing 1 point of damage but the second fails to hit.
Spider #4 looks to Red Shirt and Arawn. The spider can
sense that this creature with the round shield is his
eternal enemy of some kind. Ignoring Red Shirt, the spider
charges Arawn. He tries to also knock down the Alfar but
fails to do so. The first leg impacts against his shield
but the second claws at Arawn's middle left ribs doing
6 points of damage drawing blood.
Spider #5 moves through the bushes climbing and stepping
over the bushes to get near Kell. It looks around and
sees one companion at Pyan and heads that way but moving
through the bushes slowed it down and only gets within 5
feet from Pyan.
Spider #6 sees his companions move into the camp but he
sees one attacking Arawn. It seems that one looks more
captivating and the spider feels a threat. It charges
Arawn as well. It charges at the same time that the
other does. This causes a conflict with collision and
the spider fails to throw Arawn down. It flails two
arms but both miss entirely to hit.
Spider #7 moves ssouth into the camp only glancing at the
horses briefly and moves toward Pyan, Unali and Zabyra.
But it ends up about 10 feet from the campfire and 20
feet from the humans.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update.....Friday...
GM: A fun combat eh? This is a GREAT chance to get experience.
The CDF of these things is so much that even a few good
hits can earn some nice experience combat wise. I will
do 2 more phases for next update. You may notice phase 1
didn't include much? This is because Kiet on the movement
cycle moves near the end. So by time he warned folks
it only meant that he, spiders and Fremea (walking not
flying) move last. Thus a small phase. Once it was
done all in phase 2 could act. I will start next update
Thursday at least noon EST. I'm off that day so can work
on it better then and hope to be done by night time.
Keep in mind this update took around 9-9.5 hours or so.
Each combat phase lasts upwards of 3 hours. So I hope
to start promptly early on Thursday to be done by night.
Since there was no warning via magical (sleep spell)
the spiders got close. No sentry at this hour per se
since just got into camp. For placement of players
and spiders I did it randomly. For players around
the campfire in a 4 or so hex area. For the spiders
a area of 100 hexes (10x10) for random placement
and then moved from there. This is why the one
with Unali was so close got lucky.
GM: Arawn - Short range for the Evil thing sorry. So next
phase I assume use the Purifying lance? But now
you have 2 spiders next to you and they seem to
sense your their mortal alignment.
Fremea - Now its 2 vs 1 left spider by Kiet. Do you
continue to help Kiet or go back to help others?
Kiet - Knocked down again at least not on top of a snake.
At least not paralyzed :) Darn Shields. They suck.
I mean for the bad guys that is. Yes. For them.
I assume use other ring on the last Spider and then
still defend with dagger - not attack?
Unali - Now got 3 in your area. May want to do some
back to back fighting. I guess I'll select one that
is closest to attack unless stated otherwise.
Zabyra - Since no post I wasn't sure if you wanted to
try to attack or defend? I do not know you and
Pyan enough to figure it out. But at this point
it might be too late not to act. So I will assume
you fight one unless stated otherwise. Hope all
is well been quiet.
Pyan - Same with Zabyra. I halted you before attacking
since I had no clue what you wanted to do. Now it
will be little choice but to defend yourself. You
don't have to post during combat you can role play
as well. :)
Z'leyra - Assume finish the one over by you and Kiet
and rush back to probably help Arawn since closet
but if you prefer the Pyan group let me know.
GM: Spells -
Player Spell Start End
Kiet Earth Strength 6:39:06 6:49:06
Z'leyra Speed (Boots) 6:28:03 6:31:21
GM: Treasure
Goblin - Not sold yet
Goblin King Magical Sword - 1 [Who Wants?]
Fighting Daggers - 8
Clubs - 7
Swords - 29
Bandit - Not sold yet
3 Riding Horse IIIs
Kept for Group
2 2 Man Tents & Gear
1 Gold Ring estimated value 2 gold?
Cooking/Bedding Materials (Blankets, etc)
32 Travel Rations
GM: Third Leg of Travel Thaliba City to Zara City
* Completed Journey
Location/Terrain Miles Day
* Thaliban Camp - Dec 2
* Leave Thaliban Camp - Dec 2 2pm
* Forest (N/NW) 60 Dec 2 2pm - Dec 4 ~11am
* Border into Zarun - Dec 4 ~11 am
* Forest (N/NW) 40 Dec 4 ~11 am - Dec 5
* Forest (West) 80 Dec 5 - Dec 7 ~3am
(63 miles into the 80 miles currently)
Plains (West) 40 Dec 7 ~3 pm - Dec 8
Enter Zara City - Dec 8 or Dec 9
Notice there are no towns/villages/inns between camp
and of Forest. The last 40 miles there might be
a small place.
GM: Great Spider Combat Map
/I\ - North
1 Hex = 10 feet, 1 Column - 5 feet, 1 Row = 5 feet
1 2 3 4
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ A ** - Campfire L/M 24-25
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ B H - Horse tied up
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ %%%%% \__/ \ C
\__/ \S_/ \__/ T%%% \__/ \__/ \__/ B A - Arawn [G21]
/ \__/EZ\__/ %%%%T %%%% \__/ \__/ \ E F - Fremea [F12]
\__/ \__/ F\__/ \__/ \_%%%T\__T \__/ F K - Kell [Paralyzed]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ ASD_/ \__/ \__/ \ G E - Kiet [E 8] on ground
\__/ \__/ \__/ \_S/HHH__/HH\__%%%%__/ H U - Unali [P24]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \HTH HTH/ \%%% \ I B - Zabyra [P23]
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/HHH__/HH\__/ \__/ J P - Pyan [N22]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ %%%%/ \ K Z - Z'leyra [E 9]
\__/ \__/ \__/%%%_S/ **__S \__/ T\__/ L D - Trihs [G23]
/ \__/ \__/ \_T/ \_** \__/ \%%/ \ M C - Corona [Over camp]
\__/ \__/ \__%%%K__SP \__/ \__T \__/ N S - Spider1 [KO?]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/T \__/ \ O S - Spider2 [D 8]
\__/ \__/ \__/%%%__/BU\__/ \__/ \__/ P S - Spider3 [N22]
/ \__/ \__/ \__T \__/ \__/ %%%/ \ Q S - Spider4 [G12]
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/T%T%%/ T%%%%% \__/ R S - Spider5 [L21]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ %%%% \__/ \__/ \ S S - Spider6 [H21]
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ T S - Spider7 [L28]
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ U S - Spider8 [Dead]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ V T - Tree >30'
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ W % - Bush <6'
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ X
Campfire light - 50 feet diameter so maybe column 11 to 38.
But in reality its a circle so there is no corners.
I show where Trees/Bushes are bases on this camp light.
Other hexes may have others but not shown due to darkness.
Map with no hexes - for ease of viewing.
Again see website if can't read update.
/ \__ _/ \__/ \__/ %%%%% \__/ \ C
\__/ S_ T%%% \__/ \__/ \__/ B A - Arawn [G21]
/ \ EZ %%%%T %%%% \__/ \__/ \ E F - Fremea [F12]
\__/ F %%%T T \__/ F K - Kell [Paralyzed]
/ \__/ ASD \__/ \ G E - Kiet [E 8] on ground
\__/ \_ S HHH /HH %%%%__/ H U - Unali [P24]
/ \__/ HTH HTH/ \%%% \ I B - Zabyra [P23]
\__/ \_ HHH HH \__/ J P - Pyan [N22]
/ \__/ %%%%/ \ K Z - Z'leyra [E 9]
\__/ \_ %%% S ** S T\__/ L D - Trihs [G23]
/ \__/ T ** \%%/ \ M C - Corona [Over camp]
\__/ \ %%%K P G \__/ N S - Spider1 [KO?]
/ \__/ T _/ \ O S - Spider2 [D 8]
\__/ \_ %%% BU \__/ P S - Spider3 [N22]
/ \__/ T %%%/ \ Q S - Spider4 [G12]
\__/ \__/ T%T%% T%%%%% \__/ R S - Spider5 [L21]
/ \__/ \__ %%%% __/ \ S S - Spider6 [H21]
\__/ \__/ \_ / T S - Spider7 [L28]
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ U S - Spider8 [Dead]
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ V T - Tree >30'
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ W % - Bush <6'
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