[pnpgm] Game Update #29a - File #299 - Visitar recap
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Character Name Type Player Sex Notes
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..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup Navigator
..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newark.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf
..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magicina
..Ix..............Shaman..Rachelle.Gauthier..Fe..Human
..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Me..Human/Magician
..Maelorna........Dancer..Don.Kerr...........Fe..Human/Seductress
..Mournath........Sailor..Gibert.Isla........Ma..Human/Navigator
..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human
..Raddok..........Miner...Bess Hadley........Ma..Human
..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Kopas weri....Fe..Fe..Human/Shman/1st Mate
..Barbasa.........Warror..Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast
..Brutto..........Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #1
..Finn............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #2
..Ardrackle.......Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #3
..Zepp............Sailor..Npc................Ma..Sailor #4
..Corona..........Eagle...Npc................Ma..Companion
to Z'leyra [First Mate]
..Zol.Zim.........Wolf....Npc................Ma..Zehani Wolf/Ix's Friend
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Game Update #29a sequence (file #299)
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[Recap]
From Fremea; [Re: Actions]
<old stuff first>
<OOC going to put some stuff in for before they left, I
apologize for not getting it done a sooner, been running a
lot>
After Arawn 'talks' to her, she understands that he really
does not like not knowing everything. Having spent a lot of
her life not knowing much at all, she can understand, but she
was also trained to take care of what needed to be done now and
deal with everything after. She knows that some of these sailors
may have children and that it will be hard to have them taken
care of. "Yes, here is some gold to help in whatever way you see
fit." She hands Arawn 4 gold pieces.
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After the ship disembarks, she works to find a good place to
sleep (mostly during the day, though that will not always be
the case). There really isn't any good places, so she just
picks the hold, since there is an easy way out. She also makes
sure that her two bows are in good places to get to one of them
in case of attacks, along with a full quiver in each spot and
secured. She will finally learn the seaman skill too, just
since this is the second time she will be on a ship and at
this point, who the hells know if she won't be again.
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At their first port of call, she will disguise herself, since
she does not know how this populous will be towards her kind
and disembarks to get some fresh fruits and vegetables. Once
the necklace is available (first availability) she will learn
the Bhamotin from either Kiet or Z.
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When she hears the yell of something coming aboard, she will
grab her bow and quiver as she flies out of the hold and
assess the situation. If there is something fire at she will
(closest enemy to her), then seeing that she could hit one of
her crew, she will use her daggers to fight close quarters,
using her wings to keep her balanced.
GM: Ack. Hold as in front hold or hidden smugler's hold
in back? Regular hold has 2 exits (stairs and cargo
shaft to top deck that is closed when raining). Smuggler
has a hidden hatch but is much hotter. However being
smaller person you could probably handle the heat far
more than humans. You do have those nice built in fans
on your back. :) Seaman - You can learn it but as
you fly you aren't affected by the loss in power. It
is only when your standing on deck. You could probably
fly upside down firing bows and using daggers with
ease so if you don't wan seaman let me know. You learn
Bhamotin on Apris 5th (future from now). You are probably
the best speaker so far in it.
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
Game Update #28 - File #285 - Raddok always armed
[OOC: I thought the months were only 30 days long & posts had
Marqi with 31 days. As per the posted schedule (with the extra
day), I have selected the weapon(s) Raddok would have for this
day (Apris 4).
[IC] Raddok has received not just a fighting dagger, but a
throwing one from Z'leyra. He secretly hopes to pay her back
for at least some of the cost, but is very grateful that his
few coins are still intact. After learning about the loss of
fighting skills on board ship, has asked Z'leyra if he could
focus on learning Seamanship for the first two weeks at sea,
then explains to Kiet that he had decided to delay learning
dagger skills until they were on dry land. He has spent every
day learning Seamanship.
Raddok is taking advantage of the offer to learn swimming while
in port, and spends a bare hour in the water, learning how to
float and the basic strokes. He feels fatigue (after all, he is
learning seamanship as well) after that, so knows this will be
a slow process - but at least he can keep his head above water
along the wharf.
Raddok has worn a weapon every day, whether on board ship or
not. [OOC: I'm keeping a calendar/schedule] As Raddok has come
along on this trip offering his fighting skills, as well as
mining, he feels an obligation to use those skills, so is always
wearing a weapon, in its belt sling (both mace & sword have belt
slings), even while undergoing seamanship training. He rotates
the weapons he carries daily, and is wearing his mace on Apris
4th (the day of the attack). He is not wearing armor, due to
the heat, but since he's got the mace, he also has his shield
out, sitting on top of his weapons locker nearby, covered by
his quilted armor to keep the sun from heating it up too much
to handle. His leather armor is in the locker with his sword
today.
When Raddok (top deck, midship) perceives the first invaders,
he leap to a stand, draws his mace and scrambles for his shield,
which is on top of the locker nearby (also top deck, midship).
If a merman is within reach, he will strike at the merman first,
then head for the shield. He will avoid turning his back on the
attackers, and will move at a sideways scramble toward the
shield. He will also give out a very loud yell for attention.
[OOC- I figure this uses up the 2 phases, if only 6 seconds
long. I figure he won't reach the shield to slip it in place
until the 3rd phase (or 4th, if delayed by mermen) - another
6 seconds? --This is only if his plan is not forced to be
changed by whatever is going to happen next. If I'm off on
figuring the time, let me know & add more as per what I've
already written here.]
GM: Ack. Even though I'm using Burton's calendar system I still
use the core days for my sanity. Marqi=March = 31 days. So
on. Granted it would be easier for 30 days. But for just
ease of records I use our total days. Here's the thing on
wearing said weapons. As GM I have to go with data I already
have. If it wasn't posted up to this point I can only assume
what is practical and normal. When I had Raddok on ship
at stat he only had book and apple. No weapons. As a mere
passenger it'd be suggested to store gear. I mean what if
wave hits and someone stumbles and falls on your mace in your
belt? Since this is the first I heard about worn weapons
this is a hard situation for me. Its like in a month X
monster attacks. Player comes up that day 'I wear my X
monster killing amulet that day' yet to this point never did.
For me as GM this is a proactive for a active situation. If I
had known this stuff below I'd have no issue. But since
you are new and I don't know your SOP like I do some of the
old players I'm stumped. To me if you are doing chores for
the ship carrying around a mace and shield in both hands
is just silly to carry/move stuff. Sure one can put on back
or belt. But it seems silly to me. Its like Z wearing her
great sword even in a sheath on belt seems a bit overboard.
But holding a third hand-her staff is kind of normal for
her as a caster. Same with Unali with daggers she would
feel naked without her daggers. That sop I've learned.
So I've talked it over with a fellow GM. Our best options
are to have in locker nearby than the room or on you but
need time to move/don it. I've rolled d100 and based each
option 50/50. It came up to be locker. So you'll have to
move to locker and get it. I hope you understand. Now in
future if you want to wear all your weapons please say so.
I'll allow it. Just let me know. I think this solution is
better than moving down stairs to get gear. :) Hope you
understand. Tell you what! I'm a nice GM....sorry had
to go bea t down my dwarf staff they were snickering. I'll
do it not in locker but as you say on top of locker. That
would make more sense. So its at reach if needed but not
worn as you work. So it will take time to get and don.
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]
[Marqi 27th]
Pyan reaffirms(If I remember correctly I Agree to it before)
to Arawn's Battlemind magic, after all he already trusted magic
to put a language in his head and that seems to a much more
invasive operation than choreographing ones movements.
[Marqi 29th]
Pyan doesn't let the failure of the necklace get him down, He
inquires with Z'leyra and Arawn about giving him lessons. After
he rechecks with Z'leyra that the necklace works with bird
languages he reserves the next available day (Mar 30th?) and
continues trying with the necklace until he learns to speak
Eagle thou he lets other have first take on the necklace if
they have a language to learn. He keeps an eye out for any
other eagles besides Corona that the party may happen across
to try out his skills with.
[Apris 4th]
Pyan is trying to find the coolest place on the ship out of
the sun, when the attack begins. The only weapon he has on
him is a knife or fork left over from lunch. If he
survives this he will be sure to always keep a dagger on
him.
GM: Ack. Thanks. Nice post. Your longest to date! Good job.
Arawn will have to remind me who he includes in his BM spell
as I'll probably forget. Besides IBT listed below do you
want to learn anything else or just Eagle? I like that
ending funny visually fighting with a fork against a trident
welding merman. ;)
From Z'leyra: [RE: Actions]
Casting through her staff Z'leyra casts Astral Web to catch
any enemies near her in its web. She calls "Don't hurt the
webbed ones!"
Note that she will be defensive...using her skill with a
warstaff to reduce the chance of a foe injuring her.
Next she triggers the Speed spell on her boots and goes to hit
any mermen that look likely to hurt party or crew.
GM: Ack. Don't hurt them? Hmmm. No EL l so assume EL0.
From Kiet: [Re: Scroll]
During the first leg of trip, or whenever suits Scott's
story
In the rush to get under weigh, Kiet actually forgets about
the coded scroll until he goes rummaging in his locker for the
battle horns. After taking the horns topside and securing them
at various points fore, aft, and amidship (middle), Kiet goes
below back to his locker. He takes out the scroll and
contemplates it a bit. Obviously coded...but is there anything
else...?
Kiet, being the paranoid guy he is, er, being the cautious man
he is around other people's magic, decides to cast first a Max
EL Detection of magical traps, then a max EL detection of Ward,
then a max EL detection of curse, then max EL Detection of
Ensorcellment that attacks the reader/user...booby traps, in
other words.
After this, Kiet will cast a max EL Decode and see if it is a
language he can read. If not, he will take the scroll around
and ask the other party members...not the borrowed crew.
GM: Ack. This will be fun!
From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]
Dorhak, as a dwarf, doesn’t really understand what a ship's
captain really does. From the looks of things, he just gives
orders for other people to make them do things. He's wondering
why these humans think it’s such a difficult task.
during his own 'self' time there is little to do for training
himself. He offers up 4 hours a day to anyone wanting to train
in mace or shield. Speaking of mace, he tends to keep it with him
always, sort of like a baton of authority, tucked in his belt.
His shield is usually left in his quarters, and it’s been far too
warm to wear armor. After all, we've come this far without
serious problems. What could go wrong? (His other spare time
not spent asleep can be spent doin 4hours of miscellaneous
captain things, and eight hours learning seamanship. )
Besides, Dorhak can’t swim or even float too well. Wearing
armor seem like wearing an anchor around his neck
Dorhak, while he can’t read, can see a map and understand what
is what. He's studying a chart wanting to make sure of the
route. Avoiding the ports that several have said might be wise
to avoid seemed like good council. It also seems a more direct
route.
Dorhak is hoping that he sees movement in his windows from the
maurading creatures. Either way, when the alarm sounds our
fearless Captain Dorhak shall grab mace and shield and head
immediately toward the thick of the battle.
is that enough detail Scott?
GM: Ack. So 4 hrs teaching, 8 learning Seamanship, 8 sleeping
and 4 hours captain duties. Sounds fine! I figure you
stand on deck laughing at the silly humans trying to
swim in the odd water knowing sharks are nearby. You
probably grumble fools alot? :) But this is a good post.
From Mournath: [Re: Actions]
[to GM] actually the 'fishing' was being done with my spear, so
I was hoping that would count as spear(throwing) practice during
my downtime? If not, no sweat and I'll pick up a fishing skill.
Mournath prepares for the attackers by grabbing his shield and
spear and tries to keep the invaders from coming onto the boat in
the first place by using the spear's length to push them off
before they can board.
GM: Ack. Good point on the fish spearing. Would need a very
study rope/line as if you get a agile fast fish you could
lose the spear so best NOT to use the magical ones if
you have any.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn accepted respectfully, knowing that it was a...
"Thank you. I think it will go far, for their families...
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Battle Mind:
Cool. I'll put you on my list of pre-approved PC's for the
spell. Currently it looks like it's just you and Raddok but that
works. Arawn usually gives a hand signal or rattles on his
buckler before casting to alert players that he's going to cast
it (if we're already in the middle of combat, as talking to alert
you eats up combat phases).
[Marqi 29th]
Arawn gives Pyan a warm smile when the hunter...
"I'd be happy to, though it might be slow going...
GM: Ack. Could say "Going to do a BM!" No. Maybe they
think need latrine? Nevermind.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
OOC:
Assuming Kiet doesn't figure the scroll out on his own,
if it reaches Arawn he'll cast Code/Decode at max EL using
the wand (rerolling any failures). He'll then translate as best
he can for Kiet.
GM: Ack.
From Ix: [Re: Actions]
[Apris 4th, 1636TH]
[Time: 12:18 pm]
Ix had spent all morning on deck, having found a safe...
OOC: Yahoo started sending the pnp emails to my spam
flder. ost from Arawn on actions...
GM: Ack. Opps deleted top section on not speaking. Don't
worry about interruptions. Ship life is VERY boring
with a good 12+ hours of boredom at a time. So convo
is very rel ieving. Sword? Thought you were doing only Dance?
So you are doing Sword and Dance? Let me know so I can update
the chart. As to Yahoo that happens quite often as does gmail.
Those are to me IMHO the worst emails out there for such heavy
email traffic. I get bounces all the time from those but never
from more ISPcentric emails like comcast or such. So I
always recommend using your ISP's email if able to.
From Unali: [Re: Actions]
When Unali sees the two mermen (18,19) climbing the side, she
will draw her daggers and try to cut the ropes they use to scae
the ship. If they make it onto deck she will attack to kill
them. She has seen these monsters before and they were intent
on killing then, so she ill not try to subdue, but kill instead.
She will start using two daggers offensively.
GM: Ack. I figured. :)
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
IC: In the few seconds that Raddok's heading for his shield,
with his mace in hand, he will be quickly scanning the deck to
see who else is on deck to meet these invaders & will see Ix, if
the lockers are not blocking his sight of her. He does not know
much about her, but he shouts out an alarm to get the crew's
attention & to be sure she is also aware of trouble.
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Marqi 23rd, 1636TH]
[Sivas, Marentia - Shortly after ship battle]
After Arawn 'talks' to her, she understands that he really
does not like not knowing everything. Having spent a lot of
her life not knowing much at all, she can understand, but she
was also trained to take care of what needed to be done now and
deal with everything after. She knows that some of these sailors
may have children and that it will be hard to have them taken
care of. "Yes, here is some gold to help in whatever way you
see fit." She hands Arawn 4 gold pieces.
Arawn palms the coins and knows that that gold could
pay 2 months of a sailor's life.
Arawn accepted respectfully, knowing that it was a
significant thing for the former slave to do such a thing. He
gave her a compassionate smile as he added them to his own
offering to be given to Damon to deliver.
"Thank you. I think it will go far, for their families but
also for you, in the eyes of the gods. I'll offer prayers for
you and, when we return to Sivas, physically substantial
offerings to your orphanage."
[Marqi 25th, 1636TH]
Kiet remembers the strange scroll found in his locker
in his room. Kiet pulls the scroll out and examines it.
It is indeed coded magically. First he casts a detect
ward on it to ensure nothing will happen.
As the spell finishes Kiet jumps as he swore he heard
a half snicker. He turns around but no one is there.
Kiet checks the hallway but no one is there. Is this
ship haunted? Finally Kiet returns to the scroll
and detects no ward or just the detect fails and he doesn't
know it failed.
Next Kiet casts a detection of magic on the scroll
to sense magic. The scroll glows blue but then
he realizes it is magically sealed! So of course he
detects magic. But in his case he tried to detect
a trap. Course traps is a vague term. A trap to
a wolf is different for a blind mole. But Kiet
senses nothing. Then he jumps again! He swears
this time he hears a voice say "seriously?"
Kiet checks the hallway again and pulls his dagger.
This is getting creepy. No one is around. Maybe
Fremea is playing a prank on him! But no! it sounded
like a male voice? He may be cautious but he is also very
curious so Kiet moves on.
Kiet casts a detect of curses and finds nothing. This
time he prepares himself. Sure enough! The voice
in his mind or the room says - "so little faith".
That voice is familiar. Where has he heard it
before? Kiet tries to recall but it doesn't seem
to ring a bell. Finally Kiet casts a detection
of ensorcellment.
He detects nothing but the voice appears again
around him or in him. He isn't sure. "Well duh!
It was magically coded!"
Kiet grins this person is taunting him now. But now
he knows the person. Why would he harm him? he clearly
has no reason to do so.
Finally Kiet casts a decode spell onto the scroll. It
quickly shifts letters and unscrambles. Kiet reads it.
Whoa! It is in his
[Marqi 29th, 1636TH]
Pyan asks Arawn if he could help with learning Eagle tongue.
Arawn gives Pyan a warm smile when the hunter approached
him regarding language lessons.
"I'd be happy to, though it might be slow going as I'm
juggling quite a bit already," the alfar replied jovially. "But
once we're off ship I'd be more than willing to continue to
teach you the language of eagles. Horses as well if you like."
[Marqi 30th, 1636TH]
Pyan tries again to learn Eagle using the necklace
borrowed from Z'leyra. Corona looks interested in the
hunter. A human who hunts birds like him wanting to learn
his language seems so weird to Corona. But after the
spell in the necklace is cast Pyan learns Eagle basics.
In this case it is very basic at a minimal level. It will
take weeks to get to a conversational level other than
Kiet reads the letters and smiles.
[Apris 3rd, 1636TH]
Arawn had hoped to learn Bhamoti the day before but
no one knew it until today. Arawn approaches Kiet
to learn the language from Kiet. He casts Tongues on
himself to learn the Bhamotin tongue. He learns it
as to what Kiet has learned successfully
[Apris 4th, 1636TH]
[Time: 9:41 am]
Next Update....Next e-mail!
GM: I figure I'll do 2 parts for ease of reading.
So part b will have the actual combat stuff.
Sorry took so long factors like starting late,
storms (2-3 a day), and lots of posts and emails.
Emails alone I spent 8-10 hours just replies to.
This is like the 4th day I've worked on update
so I've tried. But the number of stuff just
pilled up. It happens.
I have updated my movement chart which hasn't been
updated in awhile. A couple of you guys went up in
the order due to MR or Agility changes. So when
you see the actual movement order that's updated. Though
the special boots Z and Kiet have kinda skews that.
Remember! If need to change IBT or add to language
necklace use let me know.
GM: Mini IBT [Marqi 24 Present
Player Skills
Dorhak Seamanship *
Fremea Seamanship *
Mournath Spear - Fighting *
IX Dance *
Raddok Swimming * [3/24-4/7], Swimming * [Partial]
Dagger - Fight *
Unali Swimming *, Seaman *
Z'leyra Seamanship *
* Notes that you can find a teacher/master for more points.
GM: Language Necklace Use: Roll W+EM or less
Buff: +Em Mar 24th, +W Mar 29th
Character Date Learning Notes
Raddok Mar 26th Marentian Success
Pyan Mar 29th Eagle from Corona Fail
Pyan Mar 30th Eagle from Corona Success
Kiet Apr 3rd Bhamotin Success
Unall Apr 4th Bhamotin from Kiet Success
Fremea Apr 5th Bhamotin from Kiet Success
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