[pnpgm] Game Update #111- File #838 - A compromise given
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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
..Unali...........Ninja...Wout.Broere........Fe..Human/Dagger Maiden
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate
..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast
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Game Update #111 sequence (file #838)
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Admin Notes: None.
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[Recap]
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]
I'm beting horses don't know the
diffrence between snakes and snake headed gorillas
GM: Ack. Very good point. To me most
game horses are experienced to know snakes. If
they are just sit on farm all day no. But if
they travel then yes. They know the signs. Experience.
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]
Pyan is betting that that horses
don't know the difference to and will say
something about it. I'm a bit mentaly exhasted
from having some truble programing. Scott make something some. :P
FYI:https://github.com/DrAlta/PBC/blob/master/HowCanYouPayMana.py
is
<https://github.com/DrAlta/PBC/blob/master/HowCanYouPayMana.py%C3%82%C2%A0is>
what I've been working on the bast 4 days.
ended up writing a script to write the program for me.
GM: Ack. Looks like fun project. I
miss coding at home. :< Barely have time to do
pbem much less coding. Good luck!
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
[OOC: If this doesn't fit,
remove it, or any parts - condense it - lol. But I felt...]...
Raddok has about reached the
limit of his ability to be passive
[I know this is a lot of
monologue, so shorten or interrupt it if
necessary to fit the story (sigh – lol)]
{Happy 2020, everyone!]
GM: Ack. No! That was great role
playing. That is exactly what we need. You did a great job.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
After looking around per
Rakkok's request, Z'leyra will go to guard the
entrance. She switches to sword and shield and if
fighting starts will initially be defensive in her fighting.
GM: Ack.
From Bess: [Re: Actions]
[OOC: After you read all that I
wrote in the update I just sent, one or more of
your characters might naturally interrupt or
silence Raddok's outburst. If you do so, with
GM's agreement, my nose will NOT be out of joint
- lol. I understand - he just has to try to defend his friends. ;)]
GM: Ack. No worries. Never doubt yourself.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
"Personally, I'd like to get to
know the besamer and this land.
GM: Ack.
From Bess: [Re: Win Upgrades]
Totally understand - I got my
Win10 in late November for necessary reasons -
needing the internet & Win7 losing support. The
machine I got has some glitches, but good memory
& works with my RPGMMOs so happy enuff. AND I've
yet to move some stuff from the old machine, even
after six weeks or more on this one – lol.
Good luck!
GM: Ack. Minor issues with old email
program and trillian but think I got them figured
out. Still gotta tweak fonts and colors. Open
office as I type this is a bit dim so I actually
turn Bold on to type this :) So gotta do tweaks like that but about 95% done.
From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]
Dorhak is about ready to throttle this moronic, beardless
GM: Ack.
From Panthera (Pyan): [Re: OOC Stuff]
Hello everyone.If I remember
Scott encourages to have a life and is OK with non game related discussions.
[Rest removed since not really game stuff]
GM: Ack. Good luck. Things that make
you happy is good for soul and mind. Others are
free to help ya out in email or facebook. But I
may have a idea for all of us that I thought of before I saw this. See below.
From Panthera: [Re: Don returning]
I say let him join back in. We
can always kill off his char to make the
situation more dramatic. :P But seriously Mea was
like my 2nd or 3rd favorite chars.
GM: Ack. Thanks for vote.
From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]
So.
I don’t want to fight these
people but I don’t want to surrender to them either.
suggestions?
GM: Ack. No harm in asking. Kudos.
From Pyan: [Re: Suggestions]
Have Arawn transmute some stones
into ale and have a drinking contest.
GM: Ack. Heh :)
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
That could prove interesting!
GM: Ack. Indeed..
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
[OOC: This is all being offered
as possible approaches to action, and is
presented as a tumble of thoughts & feelings
going through Raddok's head, even as he tries to
explain why & how his party was dragged into the
situation.] That's why Raddok protested & started
talking so fast. He won't mind being interrupted
if someone comes up with something to do/say, but
has a legitimate (to him) protest concerning
being unarmed amongst strangers with
spider-headed monsters about. His suggesting
being allowed to each carry their own weapons
seemed a reasonable compromise to him, although
it's possible that one of his new friends could
pull some very unlikely rabbits out of his or her
hat(s), & were undeniably dangerous if provoked.
He's a bit angry at being considered one of the
thieves & being treated as such, even though, in
the back of his mind he kinda understands the
fellow's cautions. He also wonders where their
knife-throwing friends are hiding, since he
doesn't see the entire party gathered.
He will go along with the
majority of the group that's present, most
likely. He doesn't want to fight the
friendly-seeming stranger's group, but doesn't
want to be their prisoner either. He gave Dorhak
the information their Captain wanted, and hopes
that might help settle the matter - somehow, for
the better. He's half-ready to drop his weapons,
& will if Dorhak says to. He will not, however,
be willing to carry any of the 'sleeping'
thieves; that betokens being a part of that
unsavory group. He's rather kick them to their feet.
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 3rd, 1636TH]
[Time: 4:38 am – Besam, Eastern Lands]
Raddok has about reached the limit of
his ability to be passive and let events unfold
as they will. He knows that Gnorff seems to
understand/speak Dwarf Elder, even if he is not
quite a dwarf, so he wants to throw out a quick
summary of what, in his own mind, has been going
on around him - not so diplomatic, perhaps, but
frank and open anyway, without Dorhak's angry sense of injustice.
Raddok had intentionally spoken out
about what he had discovered about the so-called
'raiders' being miners, not warriors, in Dwarf
Elder as well as Marentian. After all, he wanted
the visitor/native - Gnorff - to know what he was
saying, both about his discovery & about what he
was saying to his companions. Then, showing
Gnorff back to where the sleepers were, he had
noticed that the dwarf-appearing man seemed
direct enough, not the cruel type, planning to
have his people just kill these trouble-makers
now unconscious around them. He had found himself kinda liking him.
But Gnorff's apparent belief that
some of his party, & friends, were complicit in
whatever had been happening, was very disturbing
to the miner. He blurted out without thinking, in
Dwarf Elder, “But we don't even know where we
are! We were only chasing an evil man who was
responsible for enslaving & killing many dwarves
back in Marentia, for some unknown secret he
wanted. We finally catch up to him & he creates a
- portal - and escapes through it, so we chased
after him, and found ourselves suddenly in the
middle of the night in a rainstorm - here!” And
he spread out his arms, lifting them up slightly
& looking about, indicating the general area
around them. "And then we were attacked by those
snake-headed spiders! I don't know about the
others, but I have no idea where we are now.
Those 'raiders of yours killed the man we were
chasing - so we were worried - who were these
horsemen? So we followed them here."
He looked beseechingly at Gnorff.
"Don't you see, asking us to give up our weapons
to strangers - even kind strangers - is very
threatening to our sense of safety right now.
Can't you compromise & just ask us to put the
weapons away. I'll gladly put my shield & mace
back in their holding loops. But I want to be
able to protect myself from any more snake-headed
spider monsters or other unknown beasts out there
- not to mention what seems to be an invisible
snake in here around the horses. How can I trust
an unknown number of strangers - who seem to
think this is our fault, not these sleepers, or
that we are part of whatever the gods know is
going on around here?!" He took a deep breath to
calm down. "Do you understand? We don't know
these people - or you. All the thieves are only
asleep - not dead. My friends are all awake; and
we killed no one. We have stolen nothing - we
only sought the one responsible for the death of many dwarves."
Raddok shuts up, a bit afraid he's
maybe said too much, although he mentioned no
'treasure.' He hopes Fremea & maybe another
member of the party have successfully hidden themselves - just in case.
Gnorff stops at threshold of cave and
turns around hearing Raddok. He notices Z'leyra
moving and drawing her large shiny sword. Then
glances at Dorhak and Arawn. Before back at
Raddok. “What is Marentia? You are in land of
Beam – land of dwarf in what some outside call
the Eastern Lands. I like your spunk for a
human. But the reason I ask for weapons is
safety of our village. Would you bring well
armed...” he glances at Z'leyra and others. “To
a village with our wives and children? We might
as well allow Kotothi beasts to eat us as we lay on ground not fighting back!”
"Personally, I'd like to get to know
the Besmear and this land. The portal must have
connected here for some reason we've yet to
understand, something I think it wise to discover
as well. I'm comfortable disarming myself and
accompanying them. After all, with our without
weapons, this group is quite capable of taking
care of itself," Arawn whispered to Dorhak while
Raddok called out and Bergen explored the cave.
"I think it a good idea to gain their respect and
possible friendship. And if things go south it's
not like I can't whisk us all away from here.
Just remember, we're very far from
home. Possibly beyond my limits to teleport us.
So it might be best for us to work with the besmear to find a safe way home."
Arawn knows he could teleport to
Katai but how far is Katai from here? 100 miles?
700? 1700. Without that info it would be
dangerous. As he states his words he realizes
something. A cave full of dwarf armor opens up
in a land of dwarves? If that isn't a link what is?
Dorhak is about ready to throttle
this moronic, beardless dwarf. It would be
easier, at least, to do so without the hair in
the way. Still, he has to try one more thing.
Speaking in Dvallin, he says to Gnorf
"know ye now that I speak the truth. We were
brought here following the man that was murdered.
He stole from us, so we do not mourn his
loss. We were able to track these bandits to
this cave and recover what was ours. We are not
from around here. The Lemaitre, except for that
one looking for snakes, are all bandits. We
subdued them. These other humans and the elf are
my crew. We mean you and your people no harm."
"May Calling deal with me ever so
severely should I not speak the truth!"
Outside Fremea dashes from tree to
tree and counts a half dozen more beardless small
people. But she spots lights in the
distance. Going above the canopy she spots
possibly a dozen torches moving this way. Must be reinforcements.
Gnorf looks at Dorhak, Arawn and then
Raddok. He sighs and watches Kiet stab at
shadows and bags hoping to kill this elusive
snake. He knew Lemaitre were weird but even thats too weird.
He stands tall and looks at Dorhak,
“you swear? A dwarf has nothing but honor and if
he swears such a thing and knows a curse could
come back to him. Then I can reconsider. Your
friend,” he nods to the miner, “clearly is a
miner. What these raiders use in our land. His
hands show that and the way he looks at the
cave. He pleads a good case. If this story is
indeed true only the elders can help you. By
your honor bearded one I'll do this. Sheath
those weapons. Follow us to our village
nearby. You will not enter with those
weapons. One can represent you to speak to the
elder. But he or her WILL disarm. The elders will decide your fate.”
“One more thing,” he turns to whistle
twice. Two unbearded ones step out of the bush
and move toward cave. “I will inspect your
quivers. If I find you have the colors that
killed that man we may have no deal. You will
submit to this inspection. I saw such arrows on
those in the antechamber. But if they are in
your quivers that can be problematic. Also what
was stolen and retaken by you/”
Arawn cringes that was slipped out and he hoped Gnorf missed it.
Gnorf raises his shield, “You'll have
to carry the others as well for us. What do you say?”
GM: Actions? Comments?
Next update...Monday?
GM: Two days late but its finally
out. Happy new years folks. Great role playing
by Dorhak/Raddok may have saved situation. BTW
the demand is all quivers it would not look good
to have Fremea show up and not inspected. Chances
are slim you guys have same color its the color
and patterns of the arrows that are
distinctive. So at least 5 good votes or neutral
ones on Don returning so guess I'll let him
know. Ensure he doesn’t' get burnt out. We all
get burnt out but it takes dedication and frankly
only 20-40 min per week for you guys. :) Its not
like hours and hours like me. Also the new
player is on the list. He is free to say hi and
such if he wants. Since this is late doing
update on Saturday would be to hard for you
guys. So will delay till Monday. Also a
reminder: Any text in recap section between
From...GM is not spell checked. I figure that is
your post so don't want to edit it. :)
So I was thinking. Who would be
interested in a Discord server for us? For those
of who don't know, Discord is a online resource
where you can post messages, pics and chat
between each other. Think of Skype how it can do
such. I'm in a dozen Discords already but don't
become too busy on some of them. Mainly for
Diabolic 3 and Twitch streamers I’m in. We could
do channels for in game stuff, coo stuff, hobbies
or personal things in or lives. We could share
pics of family or such to become more a family
than some faceless alias. It would be optional
but allow folks to do stuff there not in game
like Pyan’s stuff. Then you also can DM each
person or live chat if needed. There are phone
and browser apps. I use Firefox for discord to
read. But if I listen to chat I use the discord app. What do you guys say?
GM: Damage
Player Damage
Barbosa 16+4+1+5 [Unclear fully, Revived]
Unali 6
Raddok 1 [1 Healing]
Arawn 5
Z'leyra 4
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