[pnpgm] Game Update #59 - File #450 - Fuk/Lucria's IBT
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HT 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
W2R2.David Sanders.....HN..Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma
R4.Wout Broere.......YY..Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe
R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
W3R4.Alex Koponen......YY..Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe
--.Fukishtu.NEwsome......Npc...............Chief...Normal/Human....Ma
--.Lucria.Cegra..........Npc...............Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra
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Game Update #59 sequence (file #450)
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[Recap]
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[New Stuff]
[Decalis 24th, 1634TH]
[Fuk's IBT]
[Morning just after teleport and entering Manor]
Fuk and Lucria ask for a quiet talk with Z'leyra in
her study. Once there Fuk stands and glances over the
bookcases. "You know your freedom as tenuous. It
was obviously arranged by the powers that be." He waves
a hand of dismissal before she speaks. Then turns to the
Shaman to look her in eye. "We are here for one goal to
find the true killer. The murder of a councilman like
your father should never be allowed. For Ticasi this
is the only such murder in several hundred years. As you
may surmise we are here to watch you carefully. But
realistically we can't be with you all the time. So
here is our deal."
"Each morning we or you will give us a password.
This will ensure who you are. Not this ...duplicate
or your sister. Since it is possible to be taken in
the middle of the night we will do one just before
bed and confirm that day's word. If you refuse then
we will have no choice but to shadow you everywhere."
"This password will not be shared outside us three."
Lucria from his seat waits as well as Fuk for an answer.
[Afternoon - Z'leyra's Manor]
For the rest of the day both men lounge and relax. They
get a lay of the manor, including its defenses and exits
and get to know the guards.
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[Decalis 25th, 1634TH]
[Morning - Cholan's Tavern]
The breakfast is done with the full group now all in
Sivas. The group goes and talks about options for
travel to the Kameran lands.
Fuk sits back and listens intently but does not say
much. He studies every person including mannerisms
and facial ticks. The man is clearly a keen observer
of a person. Without staring though he has the most
trouble with Fremea. She seems to comfound him. Not
having seen any Fae in his life. She has very few
facial ticks and even less body language.
Fuk then studies how Cholan and others seem to keep
the party in good standing. He realizes he has joined
a experienced group.
[Afternoon - Sivas]
Both Fuk and Lucria depart the tavern and explore the
city. Lucria actually came once but Fuk never has been.
Both men go up and down the various streets in shops and
markets. Both men were assigned this task by Ticasi
forces due to their language skills in Marentian. So
they have little difficulty studying folks going about
their business.
Fuk returns to the manor just before nightfall and informs
Z'leyra that Lucria will take a room in town. Both men
will take different turns in the room the manor. Since Ticasi
is paying their expenses it is best to at least use it for
public rooms and expenses.
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[Decalis 26th, 1634TH]
[Afternoon - Z'leyra Manor]
Fuk spends the day with the guards not on duty. Fuk
shows what skills he has including Broadsword, Hand to
Hand, Dagger and Sword. He practices with one guard
most of the day with his broadsword.
In a rest period one guard asks what other things he
does. Fuk explains he makes arrows but laughs when he
says he does not use any missile related weapons. He
explains his cousins made arrows for their hunting so
learned it from them.
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[Decalis 27th, 1634TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas, Marentia]
Fuk spends most of the day getting his supplies. First
he gets info from Kiet on that ranch and sees about
getting a horse. But he finds that is mostly city
horses. So he finds a small market in the east that
sells mustangs and steppe horse. The owner says
they are even some from the plains. But others in the
same market say they are generally from the hills around
Sivas.
Fuk pays for a nice black mustang with a white stripe
running down his rear left leg and a very brown tail.
Fuk falls in love for the young horse. He then goes
to buy saddle, blankets and other needed riding gear.
Then for the rest of the day he buys a two man tent
for him and Lucria. He buys a nice large water skin
for enough for him of water for maybe just over 2 weeks
of water. He wonders how the others will survive on
less water on this long trip. He then buys rations as he
can live on those as he has in the past.
Fuk spends the rest of the day getting various other
supplies including winter clothing, parchments and
quills as well as other personal items.
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[Decalis 28-30th, 1634TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas, Marentia]
For the next couple days Fuk practices sand improves
his broadsword skills. In the late morning on the
last day he gets the blade in good shape with a nice
treatment ready for combat.
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[Decalis 31st, 1634TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas, Marentia]
Fuk heard about a water festival today and decides
to head to the shore at the lake to watch. There
for several hours decorated boats and craft of all
types and sizes float by. Locals believe this will
help their new year with good harvest of fish and
fun in the water for the upcoming year.
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[Janaqa 1st, 1635TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas, Marentia]
For the last few days Fuk has obtained as much as he
could on the party. Using this information he spends
the day asking locals and friends of the party about
them. But he uses his investigative skills to do it
as quietly and not so obvious.
Fuk learns some interesting things and odd things about
Chion of all people. To Fuk the man seems to be the
most hard to read. Fuk doesn't like men like him that
cover everything up. At least Fremea hides herself well
but Chion just ebbs confusion. He hopes that chion
will not join the party.
Above all he learns about Z'leyra and her deeds with
healing and the like. Her desire to run a school who
even the Royal Healer has taken notice - not so kindly
it seems. Fuk is amazed to know that the party has
such high influential friends as Duke Valnon and Duke
Aren, even the king himself. He realizes this might
actually hinder things if push comes to shove.
That night in a tavern alone with Lucira they share what
they have learned.
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[Janaqa 2nd, 1635TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas, Marentia]
Fuk is visited by the Sivas chief constable as well.
He learns about Fuk's presence and decides to learn
and exchange tactic and knowledge.
Both Chiefs enjoy a long lunch at a tavern with a nice
singer. Fuk learns that Sivas mostly deals with visitors
like sailors and smugglers while Fuk deals with simple
crimes mostly.
For the rest of the day both Chiefs practice at a park
their dagger parry skills.
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[Janaqa 3rd-7th, 1635TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas, Marentia]
For the next series of days Fuk practices his Broadsword
either at the manor or a local park by himself. He
gets help from one of Z'leyra's guards on a local Bhamotin
sword technique and tries to practice it.
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[Decalis 24th, 1634TH]
[Lucria's IBT]
[Morning after teleport of first group]
Lucria has been to several lands before so he is not wide
eyed like a tourist. But he is not used to the strong
breezes the hills create in this city. Sure he is used
to the smell of the sea but not the wind. The first thing
he does is buy some nice winter clothing.
Lucria then finds the nearest garrison and enters to find
the stack of bounties and wanted posters. He knows he has
to learn the streets here but a bounty is easy to track with
some good coin sharing. He asks the guards the rule on
local bounties for foreign hunters like him.
He then selects several good possible bounties and
takes notes. The worst is a Vahear merc who in a rage
killed two innocent farmers when they refused to give
him food for the day. The merc even hurt a kid badly.
This kind of scum needs to be stopped. Last report was
that the man was seen in the warehouse district with
a tendency to buy Golan a spice plant mix that is a strong
drug. But the guards say they don't have enough men to
watch every place.
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[Decalis 25-27th, 1634TH]
[Lucria's IBT]
[Afternoon - Sivas]
After the boring breakfast with the people who could
not decide fast enough on logistics, Lucria enters the
city to shop. He buys a small mustang horse as well
for the travel. He has no eye for horses so just buys
the first tan mustang he saw. He spends the next couple
days buying food, water, clothing and other related
camping supplies.
At the manor he shows the guards his skills using
a whip in one hand and dagger in the other. A guard
asks why he uses a whip.
"Grew up on a farm with a uncle that used a whip
for his animals. I saw it a bit mean to the animals
but was fascinated by such a weird weapon. It can do
so much. It can attract or repel enemy. It can hurt
or just hinder a person. It can do various tasks from
gathering things to use for movement. I have several
whips actually. Some are simple whips. But I have one
that has holes in the leather that causes welts. I have
one that is flayed like a 3 way tongue that does massive
damage if done well. This one was given to me by a
client....it does stuff. Anyone idiot can use a sword
but it is few people who can use whips..at least well."
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[Decalis 28th, 1634TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas]
Two bounties are now completed. They were easy for
him only taking a few hours each. Easy targets but
not high rewards. Just enough experience to get
a feel for contacts and the streets. Today though he
has learned from a beggar of a Golan dealer that has
just shut down by force two of his rivals. This means
he is the sole dealer in the docks. Using this info
he scouts the dealer's shop which is a front for a
pottery place.
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[Decalis 29-30th, 1634TH]
[Afternoon - Sivas]
For the next two days on top of a roof over looking
the dealer's place, Lucria practices his sword techniques
with shadows. He does not use the sword much but the
whip makes too much noise.
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[Decalis 31st, 1634TH]
[Morning]
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The third day waiting for the merc pans out. While
the festival is out in the water the merc uses the
crowded streets to enter the dealer's place. From the
description of the man there is no doubt.
From the street the bounty hunter follows the man
through winding streets and finally to a alley
where the merc smokes the drug.
Lucria approaches and demands his surrender. The
merc draws a dagger. Lucria uses the whip and snatches
the dagger out of his hand and approaches.
The merc grabs a empty crate and throws it at
Lucria who uses the whip to smash it aside. But
the merc is on the move running away and leaping
over a fence.
Giving chase Lucria uses the whip to pull himself
up and over the fence using a tree as leverage. The
merc draws a second dagger and throws it at Lucria
who is almost hit as it grazes his ear.
Drawing his own dagger Lucria snaps the whip
as he chases the man. Using the whip he trips the
man and he falls. Lucria tackles and binds him
with binders the garrison gave him. He hauls the
man to his feet and marches to the garrison for the
reward of 3 gold.
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[Janaq 1st-7th, 1634TH]
Over the next week Lucria spends time riding his
horse to get use to it and getting supplies.
For that time he practices his whip and dagger skills
showing the guards and others who might be interested.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Friday?....
GM: Not much of an update for today. For the last couple week
been starting 3-4 hours later than I had hoped so that's
serious loss time. So I rushed this one out for tonight.
I believe next major IBT is Kell's. So I shall begin that
now. So next major update will have his results but I
doubt I'll have time to finish it this week if I lose
lot of time this week. We shall see.
As a reminder let me know if you do or do not want
posted:
* Full IBT Details
* Gear Purchases/Expenses
* Skill points earned
* Magic experience earned
I will send the details to you first for approval as
normal before you confirm it for posting for edits.
GM: IBT Details: [Dec 25 - Jan 7 (Leave Jan 8)]
Player IBT Sent in Processed
Arawn Yes [#4] -
Fremea No -
Kell Yes [#1] Ready to start
Kiet Yes? [#2] -Pending, Waiting on logistics
Unali No -
Pyan No -
Z'leyra Yes [#3] -
Chief Yes Yes
lucria Yes Yes
GM: Distances: (to remind myself later)
Sivas to Village by Land:
Path Hexes Distance
Sivas to Maren [Road] 12 240 miles
Maren to Cholchara [Road] 9 180 miles
Road to Marentia Fort 3.5 70 miles
Option-to Ba'ru City 3 60 miles
Fort to Village [Plain] 21 420 miles
Option: Ba'ru to Village 23 460 miles
Total: 910-950Miles depending on Ba'ru visit
Sivas to Village by water
River to Village 31 620 miles
River to Village 5 100 miles
Total: 720 Miles
Village to Kameran border (roughly)
Zen'da Plains to Border 43 860 miles
These are rough estimates and I may be off a few
hexes. These are various options.
So let's say ship wagon/horses by barge up river.
So let's assume a simple barge doing 10-20 miles
per day. Might even do more with good winds. Let's
assume 15 on average. That's 40 days. Ok. So shipping
ahead of time may not be a good option. :)
How about going to Ba'ru and getting supplies there?
Wagons? Horses? That is the closest large city to
the village. If prepare is done at start of IBT and
say a person ships those items (wagon/horses from Ba'ru)
to village then would need only cross 460 miles.
At 25 per day would be 19 days. Almost in the IBT
time period.
As GM I'm only trying to cover options. You guys have
to do some serious logistics to decide. Mainly the
horses and/or wagon/food. To fit within the 2 weeks.
Above there are some option as well. Chion if in town
could be swayed to help as he could probably teleport
2-3 wagons in one jump.
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