[pnpgm] Game Update #21 - A gift of destiny
pnpgm
pnpgm at comcast.net
Thu Jun 7 21:32:44 CEST 2018
HT Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
FH.John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar... Ma
[Backup Navigator]
...Kevin Newark..........Dorhak............Warrior.Normal/Dwarf....Ma
[Captain/Leader]
--.Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....Normal/Faerry.. Fe
--.Rachelle.Gauthier ... Ix........... ??????..Normal/Human ..Fe
W2.David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human ..Ma
...Don.Kerr..............Maelorna..........Dancer..Normal/Human....Fe
...Gilbert.Isla..........Mournath..........Sailor..Normal/Human....Ma
[Navigator]
R3 Panthera..............Pyandalgor........Hunter..Normal/Human....Ma
--.Bess.Hadley...........Raddok............Miner...Normal/Human ..Ma
R4.Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human ..Fe
R4.Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human ..Fe
[First Mate]
..Npc....................Barbasa...........Dwarf...Fighter.........Ma
Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Zol Zim (Wolf) - Ix
Game Web Site - http:/nrgcomputers.com/pbem/
Public posts/actions to pnpgm at list.powersandperils.org (mailing list)
Private emails (not public actions) to pnpgm at comcast.net
Game Update #21 sequence (file #249)
----------------------------------------------------------------
Admin Notes: None.
----------------------------------------------------------------
[Recap]
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
Raddok, happy that he can get his errands done with Kiet,....
GM: Ack.
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
Well, it seems everyone seems to take the orders and suggestions
for tasks without too much trouble. A nice bonus indeed.
"Aye. I'll take him, Elder. Hopefully his problems back....
Dorhak will help arm this dwarf, though finding suitable armor
might prove difficult. But he will buy a strong shield,
helmet, available armor (less than chain mail) and up to three
weapons...preferably a strong hand to hand weapon, a dagger,
and ranged weapon if he is capable.
Before they head out and shop, Dorhak asks the unwanted kin to
join him as he takes care of his place and things. Dorhak
starts by gathering his money, which visibly impresses his kin,
then goes to visit his artist friends. He asks the one older
lady sculptor to kindly watch his place while he's gone. He
looks rather different to her as he is more dressed for war
than artistry. But Dorhak offers her 5 pieces of silver to
watch his place and his tools.
Both dwarves then go back to Dorhak's hovel and gather up all of
his belongings except tools (stonework and jewelers) and the '
worthless' gems. They split up the gear and head out.
First of all, they go to find anything the new dwarf can use to
fight with. Afterwards, they head out to find a moneylender
that Kiet mentioned for the majority of Dorhak's wealth. Dorhak
will deposit a full 100gc (minus money paid for gear) with the
moneylender. He keeps the rest with him.
Then, it's time to go back to the boat. Dorhak will deposit
his stuff in 'his' cabin.
GM: Ack. For moneylenders they use your $ to their profit.
Just like a modern bank. So you can either do No interest
but average risk, Low, Medium or High Risk. Risk involves
public economy disasters - I mean a moneylender could be
robbed or city depression and lose some or all money. But
this is super rare. The risk though has a benefit in
interest paid out. None-0%, Low-1-3%, Medium 4-6% and
High 7%+. Based on monthly intervals. Let me know how
much risk you want to take.
From Mae: [Re: Actions]
Maelorna smiles watching as the dwarf leaves. Looking ....
For supplies, she runs through a mental check list and wonders
just how much another besides herself might need. As for food,
that wasn't an issue, with the spell, as long as it succeeded,
she could use any trash or creature, such as any rats,
considering every ship had them, or so she had overheard, those
she managed to catch and feed upon she could use the remains
and change them for food if needed. No, it was water she had to
worry about. 'Pity having never found a spell or item that
created water,' she grouses.
On a whim, she stops by the brothel before heading ...
GM: Ack. I don't see the rent or expenses paid on sheet.
I see where a moneylender deposit was made. I may have
done this only for IBT but not listed on sheet. So I'll
cover this below. Let me know how long you want to pay
for your 'room'.
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
Before Kiet leaves to gather supplies and hammocks, he ...
Kiet intends to head home and gather some things. Some he will
leave at his own manor, the rest he will take to the "Bank of
Z'leyra"
OOC: I will post my list of purchases and stowage to Scott after
a while. It's a long list. And I want to make sure I am not
carrying too much.
GM: Ack. The whole idea of gear is to mainly prevent the "oh I
pull out my sapphire magical super doper ring and zap the
bad guy out of my pocket." situation. For mundane gear
like books or clothing I mostly don't care. Its things
that are plot integral that could change the entire
current situation. That's why I ask. I mean folks have
plenty of room on ship to bring stuff. Its not matter
of space. Its matter of what is left behind that you
can't pull up your sleeve. :) For those with animals it
is critical to pay whoever is feeding/storing them.
From Ix: [Re: Actions]
Ix finds herself not of much use in preparing the ship for its
voyage, other than attempting to locate herbs that would help
with the smell in the hold.
Once she leaves with Arawn and the dwarves, she follows....
Upon finally reaching Kaz's house, she was happy to see...
----------
Ix's description
Ix is somewhat short, standing at 5'2". Her slender form moves
with grace despite her apparent handicap, this gracefulness is
only accentuated whenever she dances or performs any form of
acrobatics.
Her raven black hair is kept fairly long, reaching just beneath
her shoulder blades. There are random beads and feathers tied
up in her hair. When her eyes aren't covered by a blindfold or
her cloak, they are pure white with a shimmer of silver where
her iris and pupil should be. Her skin is slightly tanned
with a clear complexion. Although they are usually covered by
either her hair or the hood of her cloak, her ears are pointed.
Her manner of dress would be considered wild and primitive to
most, but for her, it's comfort and convenience. Her clothes
are mostly fur with brief hints of cloth and leather, even her
shoes are fur. Upon her shoulders rests the pelt of a large j
aguar, an absolute giant of its kind, and likely labeled a man
killer in its lifetime purely due to its size and advanced
age. The graying around its muzzle and head show that the beast
was quite old and either died of natural causes or had to be
put down because he became a danger to the people nearby. The
beast's extremities are still attached but are tied up to not
drag the ground when walking. The pelt is large enough and
crafted in such a way that it can be untied for her to cover
up with as a large blanket, or even literally wear the beast's
skin as a full suit for extra protection against the cold.
She often wears the head up over her own as a hood, the
oversized head sinking down and covering her eyes, not that
it would affect her vision in any way. As with such cloaks, the
lower jaw is missing, the teeth from the missing jaw have been
crafted into a necklace that she wears around her neck.
(OOC: Sorry for the lack of emails :( I'll try to stay on top
of it. If anyone needs to get in touch with me, I have skype and
discord.)
Skype: Inunekoyoukai
Discord: Inuneko#2410
GM: Ack. No worry on posts. Folks post to just make posts. Which
isn't needed. No need to filler stuff unless you want. I'll
add your info to the pc looks file. Did you want me to add
that skype/discord to it? or I can add that to the Contact
info file which I have up as well as a link.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
While secreted away in the bowels of the ship, Arawn...
"Unali, when you were in the captain's hold you....
GM: Ack. Technically here Unali only had a side glance. You
on the other hand saw none of this if I recall. So how
you can use this info is kinda IC/OOC stuff. :) Borderline
issue of it being OOC player only info.
-------------------------------------------------------------
[New Stuff]
[Marqi Frisda 23rd, 1636TH; Sivas, Marentia]
[Time: 12:30 pm]
While secreted away in the bowels of the ship, Arawn's
divination forced him to plumb his mind for recent memories. His
eyes shone with curious intensity and thereafter he made his
way to the deck. He made sure that Damon and his crew were not
present while he addressed his concern.
"Unali, when you were in the captain's hold you noticed
Damon secreting something in his pocket after rifling through
the captain's corpse. Did you ever find out what he
discovered?
In addition, did we ever get confirmation on who killed the
man you had tied up in the hold?"
[Time: 12:42 pm]
The Dwarf elder offers a new recruit to Dorhak.
Dorhak listens to the Elder (as any respectable Dwarf
should). It's something unusual to be asked such a request.
And disturbing. Still, he is the Elder. Decorum demands he
acquiesce.
"Aye. I'll take him, Elder. Hopefully his problems back home
won't cause problems for this trip. Also, he is insurance that
I will keep my word about disposing of this boat and sharing
the proceeds."
Dorhak motions the new recruit over to join them. He looks
around to make sure no one else (non-dwarf, anyway) is listening
and says in Dvallin "Before I allow you to join us, by the
words of Dvallin, you will tell me exactly what trouble keeps
you from going home. I swear that it shall go no further to
these others unless a life is in danger." Dorhak awaits the
answer.
The elder waves the younger dwarf forward. The younger
one introduces himself. "I am Barbasa." In the dwarf tongue.
[Time: 12:25 pm]
Maelorna smiles watching as the dwarf leaves. Looking at her
gear and rummages about through the ruck sack and once satisfied
she sighs contentedly, she was hungry fortunately it wasn't the
ever present hunger this time, rather she was in the mood for
something more physically filling. She chuckles softly as she
heads out to one of the inns she had found before for a meal.
[Time: 12:30 pm]
Before Kiet leaves to gather supplies and hammocks, he needs
to know how much of 'special' items to bring, so he asks
"Captain Damon, if we take the'Tuna' way to Vahear, what would
you estimate would be the round trip? (Kiet and a few other
sea hands smile or chuckle over this little joke...since Tuna
is commonly know as The Chicken of the Sea). We should probably
not count on having time to stock up on supplies there. We do
then to have to usually leave places rather quickly."
Damon nods, "Mournath and I looked at the maps briefly.
It all depends on the winds. It could be as short as 8 or
9 days with great winds every single day. But likely as
long as 38-39 days. One way. So let's average that to what
24-25 days? So might as well plan at least a month for one
trip and another month back. This doesn't include time in
Vahear and such. So I'd suggest to my sailor pals who will
come to figure at least three months. There are at least
six or seven cities on the way and those are only a few
days in between. So you could do weekly set of supplies.
but once you round the western edge of Bhamotin I'd plan
for longer as cities and towns will be less. I can work with
Mournath on the specifics and we can jot them down. At least
you won't have to deal with Climan pirates this far east.
But Rogizini or other free lance pirates mainly once you
round the edge to the south - along the western edge of
Bhamotin - may be more frequent. Once you leave the Sea of
Tears to the Great Southern Ocean things get a bit rougher
all around with storms and pirates. This time of year the
winds are moving east to north so going south from Sivas to
the northern edge of Bhamotin may be slowed due to the winds.
But once you head into the Great Ocean the winds move east to
south thanks to that island between the Empire and Bhamotin.
So winds along that coast should be very helpful.
As to any special gear? This ship is built for the Sea of
Tears not the ocean. As such I'd get more ropes and at least
another backup anchor. The one sole anchor could be damaged
or lost. The sails look in good shape but backup cloth and
a person who can sew is always a great help. Once leave the
Sea for the Ocean food and water will be more criitical. I
suspect medical supplies are needed. The biggest thing is
Bhamotin are our friends. So this alone is a major asset to the
ship. But Vahear and the Empire is another story. So if you
get lost and end up in the west at the Rogizini Empire shores then
you better be prepared to fight your way out. They are not
very friendly folks."
[Time: 3:15 pm]
Raddok, happy that he can get his errands done with Kiet, he
quickly places his personal gear in an empty cabin, first
telling Z'leyra where he's placed it, "... so it's out of the
way for now (cabin with 1st door on the right)", then grabs his
horse gear & follows Kiet off the ship.
Barbasa and Dorhak finish up at Dorhak's place. The old
lady refused to watch the house without a hug from Dorhak.
Dorhak grumbles it is a human old lady custom it seems. Then
the pinching of cheeks and rubbing of hair ritual starts.
The old lady is glad to see Dorhak "get a new friend." in the
young dwarf.
As the 2 dwarves head to the money lender, Barbasa begins
to open up. "Aren't you worried carrying so much gold
around these streets? These humans all look sketchy to me.
Feell like I'll be molested any second now." Later on he
adds. "Back home I'm a subject of bad luck. It started when
I was around 8 bringing food to the elder miners in our clan.
The cave suddenly collapsed. Five years later after the 3rd
collapse the elders felt I should not be in any more caves
doing mining at least. After that I spent my time on armor
work. One day was hiking in area looking for possible on
ground minerals with the Rune Master. I told him to avoid
a rock and go right around a tree. He did and fell into a
pit of snakes. Beyond his broken leg and almost dying form
the bites we were able to save him. But again the clan
seemed to blame me."
Dorhak looks around where is that local youth gang that
hangs out. Maybe bad luck will turn him on to the wrong
street? He shakes his head. Luck is just folks being
afraid and ignorant! But he does with glee recall someone
saying they have some magic thing to prevent ship from sinking?
Ship may not sink but being ate by sea monsters is another
story. He shakes his head as these thoughts occur to him.
Barbasa continues, "I am so so with gems and armor now.
I suspect if I bring honor back to the clan I can learn
more from the rune master. But it was clear they would
not want me around much. I suspect if I returned they'd
just blame me for them being taken prisoner. But I do
appreciate you taking me along. If I am to prove myself to
my clan then this should help out. I am good with the
mace but not so much with a shield. After that one bear
came into the mine - or so they blamed me - I fought it off
with the mace and work hammer. So I am good with a hammer
in one hand and mace in other. I could also use a dagger.
But I asked that Raddok guy to convey to that strange one
who did healing - Aron? I asked Raddok to ask him if he
could bring a suit of armor back from the tribe. So I
should only need weapons. I can work for it though...."
After the moneylender and the big relief that 100 gold isn't
to be stolen or dropped in some sewer as they both walk by
due to some odd turn of bad luck, the pair find a shop.
There Dorhak finds a mace, nice hammer and dagger for
the lad. It only costs 2 gold so Dorhak pays it.
[Time: 3:59 pm]
At the Dwarves camp in Ba'ru.
Once she leaves with Arawn and the dwarves, she follows along
and is indeed happy when they're reunited with their families.
Unfortunately the language barrier prevents her from expressing
this. She also attempts to provide the fallen with prayers and
honor. Knowing that their stay was wearing thin, she places a
hand on Arawn's arm to reassure him. It wasn't their fault that
the dwarves here were distrustful.
The Elder Dwarf speaks a little bit of Ba'ru being in the
land for so long. But it is a rough tourist style level of
it so its enough to get roughly by. The Elder thinks the
2 for returning the dwarves. The elder fetches a suit of
armor for Barbasa to be taken back.
[Time: 4:12 pm]
On a whim, she stops by the brothel before heading back to the
ship. She speaks with the owner for a bit, trying her best to
ignore the cats if they show up. Her room was still hers for a
few weeks, having paid for them. She wasn't sure, how long this
endeavor with Dorhak might take, but who knew, worse case, she
would return and obtain her old room or a new one that she could
call her own. Listening to the various sounds of love making or
in the case of some males, rutting and grunting before they're
finished. She sighs and heads back to the ship, she'll either
manage or she wont with surviving this trip on a boat,
especially considering the last time.
Pa'mor sits back before Mae leaves and considers the
situation. "You are definitely a nice and worthy set of
ass. A high earner due to that red head and red carpet
below." The crude brothel owner sits back and picks a
piece of corn from her teeth and flicks it away. "How
long will you be gone? The room itself is 2 copper per day.
But you know as well as I do that room can earn as much as
16 on average. For you that could be as much as 30
copper a day. Are you willing to pay that much for what
I'll lose? If not I'll reserve your room for the basic
2 per day or 6 silver per month. That is if you let one of
the other girls use it for services. That way the room can
still bring in some rock hard customers with bags of coin.
What do you say?"
[Time: 5:29 pm]
At Master Kaz's cabin in Ba'ru.
Upon finally reaching Kaz's house, she was happy to see him,
but ashamed as well. When she and Arawn are invited inside,
she removed the jaguar pelt and hung it near the door. However
during their tea, she just stared down at it while she waited
for it to cool, or at least appeared to stare at the cup. "I'm
really sorry, Kaz. I should have told you sooner, I didn't know
if my welcome was worn out and I didn't want to press my luck."
She feels a bit more at ease here at Kaz's cabin, she was
definitely far more relaxed that she was in Marentia. Tilting
her head down to finally take a drink of her tea, some of her
hair fell in her face. When she put her tea down, she brushed
her hair back, tucking the runaway strands behind her ear.
Kaz leans back in his chair as it creaks and pets the
wolf at his feet. "You did give me a fright leaving. I
did look around and used magic. But I finally sensed you
were not in Ba'ru. I figured you left home. Before you
got here I was set in my ways and not fond of people.
You bought back...some of the humanity back to me. For
that I am grateful. You are always welcome here. " He
glances at Arawn and frowns.
"You elves are fond of looking at everything to find
magic and solve the mysteries of life. Seek none of that
here please or of myself. I find it very offensive. "
He softens a bit. "I've had....issues with your find in
the past. But I'm not about to deny you a good tea."
He turns back to Ix. "Before you came I was a hermit
and closed off. I liked that way. There are three types
of magic users who grow old as I do. Those who teach and
take students until they die. Those that simply fade from
society and are possible legends. Then those like myself
who are tired of the needs and wants of society to do
this and that for them. For when they themselves are
not willing to do it the old fashioned way with great
work and hands on brain power. This is why I stayed
here for years. You ...taught me to go back to the
city and find old friends. I'm sure I will die here
alone. That is fine with me. I've lived a long and
good life. But let's not get too sad here. Let's hear
about your future! I knew you were in store for great
things." He glances down at the wolf. "He would not be
here if you were just some girl who is blind living on
society begging. He is what binds you to the gods and
to the fates. They are very rare for pets." he looks up.
"He senses great things for you as well.
Kaz stands and shuffles to a box and he removed the box
to uncover a trap door in the table. He lifts it up and
removes a small bag. He digs in the bag and pulls a item
out then places the bag back in the secret hole and covers
it back up. He walks to Ix. "Ix give me your arm." He
places a silver bracelet onto Ix's right arm.
Ix raises her arm to her eyes. Of course the fine detail
is gone but she touches it with her other hand. Kaz
continues, "I was going to give this to you before you
would leave. I knew some day you would leave. Being
here with a old man is not fun for a girl of your age.
I know it is bad to toss out a girl with your issues
to society but it was going to happen...eventually.
This bracelet allows you to protect yourself form old
dirty men like me." He glances briefly at Arawn then back
at Ix. "Or young men who wish to see how agile your body
is at times. It will send out pulses of lightning. The
range is up to 90 feet away. But with your eyes...I hmm..
suggest making sure the target is first. On average it
will kill any man. At the best it could take down a giant.
It should be active maybe twice a day. I forget how many
times a day. Been awhile...It is yours to keep. I hope
you use it wisely and not kill the wolf." He smiles and
shuffles back to his chair.
[Time: 7:12 pm]
For the last few hours Z'leyra has been in her basement,
and in her shop working on the language necklace. She gives
orders to fix dinner while the staff collect supplies but
tells them not to disturb her.
Those who wish to stay at the manor are allowed entry the
guards. A late meal is made and some of it is kept warm
for those who may come later.
One such visitor is Unali who enters carrying several large
bags. She is offered a meal and she eats lightly. But before
she eats a messenger had been waiting for her for 2 hours.
He gives a pass phrase - "The horse ate the grape." Then
Unali recognizes the Sivas code for this month and gives the
designated reply back. The messenger gives her a parchment
and departs. She reads it and frowns.
Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Saturday?
GM: Did a lot of behind scenes stuff with emails and character
sheets. So this may be a small update it took a few days.
I still have no info on these "supplies" that are being
bought for. Asked about this many updates ago. I need
exact details as supplies is generic. "Oh I paid for
a oil lantern for every person." You did? Where. So
unless its given in a actual list no supplies will be
obtained. Once I get the supply info and finish gear
details we can move on and leave Sivas. I also need
to know who is paying for such supplies. Some are
getting supplies privately like rations which his fine.
But if you need to eat or drink water it might be wise
to actually BUY supplies. :) Let me know on these details
and gear stuff as soon as can. I posted in great
detail on the Vahear Trip details link/file the trip
length (estimated). The time between cities and such.
One may not need the entire trip supplies but just
from city to city. But I mainly need to know what
is got and who pays for it.
Assuming no big major new stuff next update will just
be a tiny gear/hopefully supply list update update. :)
GM: Pclooks file with Ix's description added online.
I think all players added to it but Mae? But I thought
Mae sent in a description? Did I misplace it? Don?
GM: Language necklace: Just a reminder v1 rules Language learned
was at Max EL. But in v2 it is Starting Level which is
if I recall Empathy/2. So using the language necklace
will be based on this so it won't be poof and you know
the langauge. Keep this in mind.
GM: Gear finals
Player Notes
Ix Completed
Raddok Completed
Unali Completed
Mournath Completed
Pyan Completed
Dorhak Completed
Arawn ----
Fremea Assume take all gear?
Kiet -----
Mae Assume take all gear?
Z'leyra -----
I've marked top ones as completed only because some already
have all the gear they need on ship already (Ix, Mournath,
Raddok). Unali sent info in email on what she is taking.
Pyan has so little gear that I figure will take it all.
If there are corrections let me know!
Once I mark complete for all I'll send sheets if
needed and we can move on. So half of party is ready
it seems. Others not heard from or confirm status.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.powersandperils.org/pipermail/pnpgm/attachments/20180607/2594e28c/attachment.htm>
More information about the pnpgm
mailing list