[pnpgm] Game Update #122- File #916 - Turn 1: Phase 2+3 Wolf Combat
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Character Name Type Player Sex Notes
..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup Navigator
..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newark.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf
..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magician
..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Me..Human/Magician
..Mournath........Sailor..Gibert.Isla........Ma..Human/Navigator
..Pyandalgor......Hunter..Panthera...........Ma..Human/Hunter
..Raddok..........Miner...Bess.Hadley........Ma..Human/Miner
..Tsia.Phan.......Thief...Don.Ker............Fe..Human/Thief
..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate
..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast
3 Horses for pack animals
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[Recap]
Post from Raddok: [Re: Actions]
[Brr! on reading this till got
to date - then Boo! You had me again, Scott -
lmao & thanks for breaking the suspense this
time. I remembered this in February, bu the times distract my memory lol.]
(((Background on the way Raddok uses his tent: -----
1) due to night blindness
occurring when facing a campfire, Raddok pitches
his 2-man tent with the door AWAY from the
campfire - in this case the tent would be facing
north or a bit NW - this will be as it is, unless
you had already planned otherwise, GM. -----
2) Since sharing the tent & his
tentmate uses daggers, he will have asked Unali's
ok ((the party would already be aware of Raddok's
tent habits if I had thought to mention them
earlier - sorry 'bout that...)) that Raddok
prefers to sleep on the left side (left side when
facing tent door flap from outside the tent), so
that his shield can rest on edge against the
front tent pole, ready to his left arm, and mace
by his side edge of tent, ready to his right arm,
when he is rising to exit tent - he sleeps with
head toward entry & in emergency rolls to his
hands & knees so shield by left hand & mace by
the right. His covers are easily thrown aside
toward the edge or rear of the tent. Sometimes he
turns shield a bit to half-block the entry,
especially if sleeping during day; usually it's
perpendicular to the front of the tent, if not in the way of tent-partner-----
3) He has a way of tying a slipknot
on the rear stake of the tent, so that if pulled,
the rope comes loose & that tent pole can fall
inward to the center of the tent, partially
collapsing it - this he does so that he can see
past the tent, & so that it's less likely an
enemy will hide in the tent when empty -----my
apologies - a long written explanation for a
simple set-up, but trying to be clear.)))
OOC: If GM has allowed for this tent
set-up as explained, & Raddok is able to wake up
for this next phase, he will sit up quickly in
the tent, throwing off covers toward tent wall,
and grab shield to place it on arm, then grab
mace & toss flap aside (if shut) to look outside
& scramble out if ground ahead is clear (figure
light at about 60%?) Horses & campfire are behind
him as he's facing NNW. He may or may not see the
wolves #1 & 9 - depends on how close tents are,
but he can see movement on both sides of his
tent, and possibly the scream of a horse (?)
His adrenaline will be up - since
Unali will be right next to him,
[If this is muddy to you,
movement-wise, please send me an email, but I
know situation currently rather fluid - lol. He
will move between his tent & Z's, dodging the
campfire site, looking south, west & east for
anything moving that shouldn't be there - or even not moving]
GM: Ack. Glad enjoyed joke. As to
tent stuff a bit over thinking. Its appreciated.
But in heat of battle I hope I can remember all
the details. ;) I do appreciate your work
though. Since it was random in the end who may
share a tent is not critical either. I just
didn't have time to say ok who has tent and who
has 2 an who has 1? Who goes where..etc. So to
speed things it was random. Thanks good post and was fun reading the details.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Hoping that her shield will protect her adequately Z'leyra
GM: Ack.
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]
Pyan keeps closer to the rear of
the group than normal to keep
.
Pyan will be surprised by the size of the wolves. He thinks
GM: Ack.
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]
Pyan will buy quilted
armor(unless her was wearing it under his
chainmail(he has elven chain mail if I remember
correctly) I don't have my char sheet handy) at
the village if they have it in his size and so he
can do his SOP of sleeping in it for warmth when it gets cold.
GM: Ack. You still have quilted, ring
and chain. I'll allow sleeping in quilted but
would not be good to sleep in ring or chain just uncomfy. So you're good.
From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Having a wolf almost tag her,
which both gets her senses pumping
GM: Ack.
From Kiet: [Re: Actions[
No...I want to reserve those for
emergencies. A retro action, if allowed, would
be to tap his shield three times and draw his
tulwar, while shouting "Alarm! Alarm!" Hes a fast thinker, he is.
Moving toward the horses, to help protect them,
he also speaks some nearly indecipherable words
(to most, anyway)in The Elder
"Windwall! Elemental pact, please!" Perhaps a
lightning bolt or two will dissuade them.
GM: Ack.
From Tsia: [Re: Actions]
<<Apologies for the delay in
responding/posting. I've had to deal with
scrambling to find a place to live since I was
forced to sign a lease release form and a
roommate who seems to have stopped taking her
meds. That and dealing with working from home,>>
Tsia regards the youth as he
steps up and states his name. She
Having little choice with a
flame log or her daggers. Tsia tries to make a
run for it to get to her daggers. Â
GM: Ack.
From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]
Dorhak will attempt to wake
ASAP. He will get on his helmet, then mace and
shield. Then get out and see what he can smash.
this is why we set up sentries.
GM: Ack. Yes if need to setup Watch
schedule you can but otherwise its random. ;)
From Bess: [Re Dinner]
Tonight's dinner:
GM: Ack. Interesting post. I'm not
fan of mixed food. Hash and Rice for example
should be kept separate! Chikcen/Rice
separate. Just weird. But hope it was a good meal. :)
From Don: [Re: Meal]
Well you have Tsia stumped. Her
hatred of the living abated as she ponder the
delicious food filing both the void of her hunger
of the stomach as well of those living and warm.
I personally am cooking mac/cheese withvtuna.
GM: Ack. Well had to act so figure a
burnt log is good enough. If Z tosses you the
daggers you can fight as they are in her tent. Or Tsia can go fetch them.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Assuming Arawn wakes up his
first action will be to tend to the horses. If he
can grab his wand or buckler without slowing
himself down he'll do so (I imagine he sleeps
with these next to him) otherwise he'll go as is.
He'll use Translocation on the wolves attacking
the horses and, if possible, to include those
ganging up on Tsia (so wolves 3, 4, 5, and 10).
Ideally this will be to send
them several miles back the way the party came,
somewhere where they'll be unable to reach the party or any innocents.
He'll then make his way to the
wounded horse. If he sees any wolves making their
way to him he'll cast Force Shield at max EL on
himself. He'll defend using Martial Arts
defensively as he makes his way to the horses. If
the horse seems in immediate need of healing and
the wolves are still a threat he'll use Healing
Hand at max EL on it. If the wolves have been
dealt with he'll use Healing Mist at max EL (Sidh Tongue and Empathy boost).
GM: Ack. Sadly got this almost done
with update so had to rewrite stuff. I had
assumed people were #1 then horses #2. Having
seen Tsia hurt badly but we'll go with above. :)
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 4th, 1636TH]
[Back at the human village.]
Tsia regards the youth as he steps up
and states his name. She tries to follow him and
nods, "Tsia works please, my full name is more of
an insult than I care to deal with. I thank you
for your name," she offers. Her eye still
betrays her constant mood either baleful anger to nervous fear.
The one who offers to allow her to
keep her daggers she regards for a moment and her
eye moves to any obvious weapons he might
hold. "I... thank you," she offers in Marentian.
Upon hearing Z'leyra she tries to
give a smile that isn't forced which still comes
out more like a rictus grin for a cadaver, "I am
comfortable with both. My learning of the
barbarian tongue the Marentians was due to the
necessity for working for my employer and
passion," she sighs as she regards her bonds, "I
do not like being bound, even by contract but
it's a hazard of my choices. I use daggers, my
daggers, those that," she gives a snort of
derision as she regards the villager who gave his
opinion about her daggers, "he has proven to me
that he knows little about weapons. If able I
would gladly sell him weapons that I would
purchase from weaponsmith apprentices that were
first learning how to craft their first blades
and would feel no remorse knowing he would perish
by using such. My daggers, they both have a
history, they are still better than any modern
blade. They belonged to a great general from
Katai that led several successful charges against
the enemies of the Emperor. Other weapons failed
him but they withstood his enemies. Ultimately he
failed in one way or another and had to commit
ritual suicide with the elder dagger T'cugi, her
sister Miru, was used to end his life before he
cried out. They had been buried with him but my
employer found them and rewarded me for a
successful job," she offers as she looks at the daggers lovingly.
"Sadly though, I have had only a need
to speak Katai and Marentian but I have had
little reason to learn more than Marentian as my
job doesn't require more than that," she gives a
rueful smile, "it doesn't mean I'm not willing to learn other languages,"
As the party leaves village introductions are made all around.
In talking about her past, "You are
right to brand me a thief. I have stolen in the
past but it's to survive. My skills however came
to light for my employer and he found it better
if I used them to get where I need to go to drop
off or pick up whatever is needed," she sighs,
"which means that yes, I would have rather
purchased the food and water but the horse was
already comdenation in their eyes," she chuckles.
"As for my family, they are destined
to remain part of a minor military faction in
Katai. The males of my family all follow the
same path military. The females do not, they
however," she stops abruptly and looks fearful.
"I.. please understand I do not mean disrespect
but it would be best if I did not see my family
again," she offers. "I am uncertain of this
land, I traveled from Katai at the behest of my
employer and from there it's been a blur. I had
hoped to see the weapons of this land. Newly
crafted or antiques, it wouldn't matter. I have
never had a chance to learn weaponsmithing,
mostly due to temperament. Though I do know the
beauty of a weapon's form and uses. Granted I
have little practical knowledge of using them
beyond daggers," she brightens up, "But if you're
a weaponsmith, perhaps sometime I might be able to witness your craft?
She will happily talk as much as she
can, trying to introduce herself but her family
she will speak little about as it only causes her to look about fearfully.
For Raddok she is friendly enough,
talking as she can but mostly her knowledge seems
to be more geared towards weapons and their
value. If given a chance she'll appraise each weapon as she can see them.
Pyan keeps closer to the rear of the
group than normal to keep an eye of Tsia still
worried about her deals with the Yokai. once that
pass out of the forest & hills he is familiar
with he lets the others lead and falls farther to
the back to keep a better eye on her.
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[Ma 5th, 1636TH]
[Time: 5:53:06 am]
[Turn 1: Phase 2]
Having a wolf almost tag her, which
both gets her senses pumping and makes her a bit
angry being surprised, Fremea will pull her
daggers out and using the techniques she learned
from her 'Masters', make sure the faster target
is taken down asap. She will blind first,
hamstring second and otherwise just cut the
throat of this one and then help with which ever
is closer after this one is down.
With bow and quiver still on her
back, Fremea hovers about 12 feet off the
ground. She watches the wolves enter camp and is
surprised how fast they move. If the party were
to run they'd be outmatched. She pulls her
dagger and wishes she had the skill to use two at
once like the ambidextrous Unali. But she can
only use one a Elven dagger ironically. She
does a dive toward wolf #9 coming around and from
behind. She is also fast in the air faster
than the wolves but she plans on a precise
hit. She passes over the back of the beat and
reaches its head. She stabs and hit the right eye
of the wolf. Eye gunk spews in all directions
and she can feel her dagger get moist and
slippery. But as she tilts up to flee the hit
wasn't strong because it was from the back of
the head and around a reach around. That the
dagger does not hit the brain. But the wolf
takes 7 points destroying the eye. The wolf
howls in pain and shakes his head back and forth
gushing eye gunk and blood taking 7 points of damage.
Now the wolves all react at the same time.
Wolf #1 lunges for Z'leyra with a
higher intelligence than most wolves. As she
tries to block with shield it feigns to his right
her left and bites down on her left middle
side doing 4 more points. But the heat from the
bite seconds ago adds another 2 points.
Wolf #2 turns toward Kiet and charges
leaping. But the keen reflexes of the acrobat
kicks and he side steps a fraction of a second
quicker forcing the wolf to miss entirely.
Wolf #3 seems unimpressed by the
burning log and lunges for Tsia but she also shifts in time to avoid the lunge.
Wolf #4 and #5 bite at horse #1 and
takes it down it collapses to the ground not moving.
Wolf #6 and #7 move toward Raddok's
tent. They smell the mine rand round the tent to
the entrance. Both wolves enter and lunge for
Raddok but the miner must be in favor of some god
because their wild bites go wild and they miss.
Wolf #8 moves past #3 and Tsia and
sniffs for Pyan entering his tent the beast bites but misses by a inch.
Wolf #9 is stunned as his eye is destroyed like Tsia.
Wolf #10 charges toward Tsia leaping
and bites her in her right shoulder doing a
massive 9 point blow. Tsia screams in pain.
Unali instantly wakes up from Tsias
scream and Kiet's yelling. She sees the two
wolves in her tent and grabs her daggers removing
from sheath which gives her a bit of awareness
now. Then in the darkness strikes a dagger each
at the wolves. Both magical daggers hit both
targets first doing 22 points in #6s right
shoulder and #2 hitting wolf #7 in the neck doing
over 30 points killing both wolves
instantly. Unali knees the sleeping Raddok awake.
Arawn wakes up fast and grabs his
shield, wand and sword. He quickly exits the
tent and looks around. Wolves of some kind?
Should be easy enough to handle. But he is sad
when he sees a horse on the ground. But one is
attacking Z'leyra's tent as well as attacking
Tsia. Horses can be replaced but not
people. The Druid moves toward the campfire to
help Tsia and maybe Z'leyra if he can. He forms his next step ready to act.
Tsia grits her teeth angry not having
weapons. She could run but the wolves would
pounce and she is already hurt badly. But a log
against 2 vicious wolves is bad. She glances
back at Z'leyra's tent and memorizes it. Like
the others taught her to do a job with eyes
closed. If she can move backwards to her tent
and not fall on the wolf she'll be lucky. She
steps the 15 feet or so then drops the log so not
to burn the tent and Z'leyra alive. She twists
and kneels to dig for the daggers only inches
from the wolf but can't find them!
Kiet finishes tapping his shield and
draws his tulwar. He can feel the power of the
earth flowing through him electrifying his soul
with immense power he quietly thanks Kell. HE
shouts, "Alarm! Alarm!" Hes a fast thinker, he is.
Moving toward the horses, to help protect them,
he also speaks some nearly indecipherable words
(to most, anyway)in The Elder
"Windwall! Elemental pact, please!" Perhaps a
lightning bolt or two will dissuade them.
But Kiet is stopped by the wolf. He
thrusts with Tulwar at the wolf but misses.
Mournath wakes up with a howling wolf
right outside his tent flap. He grabs his spear
and almost runs into the wolf. He swings his spear but misses at the beast.
Hoping that her shield will protect
her adequately Z'leyra fights the wolf with her
sword and yells to Phan "Got a greatsword holding
up the front of my tent if you prefer two handed
weapons!" But then suddenly Tsia is in the tent
ignoring her great sword probably cause she can't
use it. She realizes what Tsia is after and
grunts and nods her head to the side toward the
daggers under a bag. But it may be too late
now. She stabs at the wolf hitting it in the
right middle chest dong 8 points of damage.
Pyan wakes up sudden with a wolf in
his tent. This is not a surprise for a
hunter. It happens. He remains calm as he grabs
his spear. Pyan will be surprised by the size of
the wolves. He thinks they are umkhombandlela
and takes a moments to double check his eyes to
see if he is really seeing what he thinks he's
seeing. Otherwise. He stabs the wolf in the left
shoulder doing 2 points of damage.
If it werent' for Unali keeping him
Raddok would've slept more. But he wakes up to
the chaos at hand. But suddenly this very large
and bloody beast is on top of him! What is going
on. The beast smells bad and Raddok uses his
entire strength to push the animal away. He
watches as Unali starts to exit the tent and sees
another beast no a wolf nearby. He grabs his
shield and mace and exits the tent.
His adrenaline will be up - since
Unali will be right next to him, he will turn to
help Z'leyra & let Unali handle the other
direction, until he sees what's happening. He
knows the targets could be the horses, especially
when sees the wolves & he will move toward the
horses, moving around his tent, collapsing the
rear pole of the tent by pulling the rear stake,
so the pole will fall toward the center of his
tent, then running south dodging the fire, then
if sees the the 3 wolves to the west & south,
will move that way, if not helping Z & if Unali not under attack.
His armor is still in the tent for
now, although he's wearing his usual garb to stay
warm. He will work his way toward the horses as
fast as he can, but try to help anyone that seems
to need it, using shield and mace, & keeping his
eyes away from the campfire. (As he moves south,
he can raise his shield to block the firelight as
needed, so he can see better around him.)
Emotionally, he's a bit startled to
see WHITE wolves, although in snowy country it
makes sense & growls a bit about foreign-land
surprises, forgetting he wanted adventure & to
explore was one major reason he left home. If his
father could see him & his new friends now...
Raddok avoids the campfire and moves
near Z'leyra's tent and spots Tsia on her knees
inside as well. He spots the wolf inside the
tent as well as the downed horse. It mayhe too
late for horse but he can help Z'leyra. He
swings his mace ad hits wolf in the right rear side doing 6 points of damage.
Barbosa and Dorhak wake to Kiet's
yells. Both grab shield and mace and exit the
tent. They both growl at the wolves but at least its not goblins.
Barbosa and Dorhak head to defend the
horses. Barbosa charges wolf #4 and hits him in
center left chest with mace doing 8
points. Dorhak charges wolf #5 but on his own hit he misses.
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[Time: 5:53:09 am]
[Turn 1: Phase 3]
Arawn knows what he has to do. He
raises his voice and begins to chant the magical
words to cast a spell. He glances around at the
6 targets he chooses. The issue is he can't just
randomly send them away. He has to know where
the terrain is and been there. He could do send
them almost 2 thousand miles away. To toss them
to the sea is cruel. He targets 1, 3, 4, 5, 8 and
10. He casts the spell and 3 of the wolves
disappear to go miles away 1, 4 and 8. The
other 3 resisted the spell or it failed on them.
But now half of wolves are down.
Fremea dives to toward #9 and swipes
her dagger toward his rear left leg doing 6
points causing massive tendon damage.
Now the wolves react.
Wolf #2 bites at Kiet and takes a
chuck out of his left center ribs doing 6 points
after his chainmail protects him some.
Wolf #3 sniffs the air and turns to
the tent to charge into eating Pyan.
He doesn't notice his pal just poof away. He tries to bite but fails to hit.
Wolf #5 turns to face Dorhak and
tries to attack but Dorhak bashes him with his shield away.
Wolf #9 now no longer stunned gets
mad and stands on 3 legs. With his one good eye
he spots Fremea who hasn't gained enough
height. The wolf leaps upwards and takes a bit
of her left wing off doing 5 points of damage.
Wolf #10 picks a target and charges
Mournath. He bites at him but the sailor blocks him with this shield.
Unali now outside tent looks around
and sees 9 and 10 nearby. But 9 seems near death
so she moves toward #10. She stabs twice both
daggers doing 12 and then over 30 points of damage killing the wolf.
Arawn sees Dorhak fighting one wolf
by horses and goes to help. As he nears he can
tell the downed horse is probably beyond hope but
he other 2 horses seem in good shape. He thrusts at Wolf #5 but fails to hit.
Tsia finds her daggers and grabs them
and turns to see..a missing wolf. Where did it
go? She exits the tent and runs to help Mournath
and Unali. She swings at wolf #9 but misses.
Kiet swipes his tulwar hitting Wolf
#2 in its front left leg doing 5 points of damage.
Mournath spears #9 doing another 3 points to his left side.
Z'leyra finally exits the tent and
looks around. She spots #3 attacking Pyan's tent
and goes to help. She stabs into his back doing 9 points of damage.
Pyan spears Wolf #3 doing 5 points
and forcing him back and allowing Pyan to finally leave his tent.
Barbosa moves to help Raddok and
bashes Wolf #5 doing 5 more points.
Dorhak bashes Wolf #5 on his back
doing a massive 16 points of damage.
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[Time: 5:53:12 am]
[Turn 1: Phase 4]
GM: Actions? Comments?
Next update...Fri/Sat?
GM: A bit of a rough combat for
some. But tide has turned. Issue now as a pack
they can't decide to flee since not in
groups. But we'll see next update. Unsure if
working all day Friday so will try for Fri/Sat
update. Had hoped to be out earlier but last
minute posts and had to rewrite some parts of
update due to that. When I rolled wake up time
Raddok two phases but figure with a big wolf on
top of him he woke up faster :).
Wolves left : 5 (3 near death)
Players hurt: 5 (see below)
GM: Notes:
Arawn: Dang got rid of 3 good
wolves. Guess I'll have to throw 3x as many bad
guys next time. :) Good plan though. Do you
continue to take out #5 or deal with horse. But
looks like based on no movement horse is likely dead.
GM: Player damage:
Player Damage
Barbosa 9+1 [Moderate]
Z'leyra 6+6+2
Tsia 10
Horse #1 17?
Kiet 6
Fremea 5
GM: Camp Map
Top of Map North
! Hex = 10 feet 1 Column = 5 feet 1 Row = 5 feet
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Players
A Arawn [L17]
B Barbosa [M17]
K Kiet [F28] On foot patrol, Armored
F Fremea [F8 ] - Hovering 8' up
M Mournath [E6 ] -
P Pyan [K13]
R Raddok [K17]
T Tsia [G8 ]
U Unali [F5 ]
D - Dorhak [L19]
Z Z'leyra [I14]
H Horses [K18-K20]
Wolves -
1 [Gone] 6 - Dead
2 G29 7 - Dead
3 J13 8 [Gone]
4 [Gone] 9 - F7
5 L18 @ - Dead
Campfire light 100% at 1.5 hexes, 75% - 1.5-2, 50%-2-3, 25%-5-6 hexes
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