[pnpgm] Game Update #143 - File #1073 - The Forest Reveals
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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
..Upus............Warrior.Gerald.Ford........Ma..Normal/Barbarian Warrior
..Kimis...........Warrior.NPC................Fe..Normal/Diumgi Companion
..Z'leyra.........Healer..Alex Koponen.......Fe..Human/Shaman/1st Mate
..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast
..Bes (3).........Warrior.npc................Mo..Bes..............
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Game Update #143 sequence (file #1073)
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 9th, 1636TH]
[Time: 2:06 pm]
The party reforms into the skirmish
line setup by Dorhak. The silence of the party
is overwhelmed by the sounds of the
forest. Birds, insects and a few other larger
animals are heard occasionally. Now that the
party has been outside in the forest the cool air
is nice about low 60s but not freezing. The sky
seems to have that odd twilight still as if its a
constant eclipse or the time is so off here its a long sunset?
The forest seems so much different
than a normal middle world forest. It doesn't
see to be some Sacred Forest which the party
visited – with the Green Lady and Forestal – it
does seem a ancient forest. Also there seems to
be a more vibrant living entity than other
forests. Maybe this is the Elder force influence
down here. But with a living forest it is not
all seeing or all knowing. There are limits to
the influence here by the forest.
[Time: 2:26 pm]
Unali adjusts her tri-bracelet to
make it more comfortable as her wrists itch from the bracelet material.
Shortly later and about two miles
later the party has made good time. While the
forest is thick with underbrush, the party moves
fast knowing time is critical.
On the far right a bes guard gestures
to the king. The king frowns and moves off their
set course more to the right and north east. As
the side group separates Barbosa notices this and nudges Unali.
Another 70 feet or so and the King
kneels down and inspects a bunch of the
ground. A minute later a Bes guard whistles to the others.
Barbosa directs Unali to their
location and yells a low yell to get attention of the others.
Z'leyra does a low bird call and draws Dorhak's attention.
Dorhak grumbles and moves eastward.
He squints and sees the King kneeling over a bush
and grunts why can't these people avoid pretty flowers?
By now the other groups follow and
the party as a whole near the King.
As they do they see a Bes body.
The King stands and frowns. The Bes
has a spear lying near with blood on it showing
he must've got some strike in. But mid way in
his chest a single large slash shows a blade was
used and it was obviously a quick death.
As Pyan nears his senses awake. It
seems to show him the light of a hunter – the
gift hunters to see what is not seen by
others. He moves away to the north west and
about 10 feet away spots a spot where two sets of
feet were. The Bes are wearing light
sandals. But the other Pyan can tell wore
boots. Pyan can see a scuffle with both moving
back and forth in a dance of death.
Pyan returns to the body and more or
less ignores it looking for more clues. Then he
spots a blood trial. It is literally a couple
drops only and no one else seems to spot it. He
explains what he found and points.
The King says, “my orders were to
avoid conflict. Just to find a bit of
civilization or way out of here. To fight...he must've had no choice.”
Pyan spots a 3rd set of foot
impressions in the ground and does not report
this right away. The impressions are very light
almost impossible to see. Maybe a being like a
small rabbit but based on size of impression it
looks to be boots for a person or being weighing
like a small child? He is in his depth and
considers telling the party this info but waves
them forward as he tracks the blood.
Another 30 feet north east and Pyan
circles another area. This time others notice
bits of cloths. Z'leyra and other healers can
tell the clothes which are showing signs of blood
show that a person or being stopped
here. Probably to bandage his or her or its
wounds. A intelligent response so not an animal.
Pyan picks up the trail again. The
child boots though seem to disappear and he is
not sure what that is about. He waves the party
and the King says. “Should we take the body?” He
turns to a guard. “Can you carry him back to the cave?” The guard nods.
Dorhak is about to order Pyan to stop
when Z'leyra to the left suddenly jumps
back. Tsia draws her dagger and growls.
Unali sees ahead of her about 9 feet
something that suddenly appears. It almost looks
like a tiny farm silo. Kiet has a silo stricture
on his estate but this is smaller like only a few
feet around. She then sees it goes from the
ground and up. And up. And up.. The tube or
silo thing seems to ascend to the canopy and beyond. Maybe over 100 feet high?
Then Unali realizes her bracelet
kicked in – it ended this illusion of a forest
tree to show this shaft tube thing.
Pyan stares around but loses the trail.
As everyone stares at this silo shaft
thing Unali pulls her daggers and feels something
wrong. She looks around. Moments ago she had
spotted a gray/black wolf in the trees move and
she figured it was just a forest creature moving
away. But now in the distance in the north about
50 feet she spots the wolf again but has turned
and stares at the party. A wolf would not stay if it knew it was a risk.
Kimis sniffs the air and moves
slightly forward and Opus moves with her around
the silo to see what is on the other side of this
shaft. As she rounds the bush that is near it
she spots a mass of pink-reddish smoking
powder. She grunts and calls for Opus to inspect
and as he reaches to touch she slaps his
hands. Not wanting to have him touch the stuff.
Arawn with his keen ears notices the
forest sounds have stopped. Raddok stares at the
shaft. It is a green and brown metal as if to
blind in. Could it be a chimney? No too high. A
air shaft to a mine? Possible but its too high why so high?
Raddok studies the terrain and
realizes the ground is less cluttered as if
cleared by animals or people. The forest isn't
overrun here at least on the ground. Looking up
he scans the terrain. Then he sees the wolf as
well. But he also notices that the ground dirt
seems alleviated by the wolf. It may only be a
few inches. But a miner notices these
things. Could there be a hole or cave there?
Unali watches as the wolf looks left
and right away from the party. Does it see other
wolves? No. Wolves would show themselves. They
aren’t as stealthy as tigers.
Unali's magical dagger vibrates in
her wrist not literally but in her mind. A crack
is heard from behind. She twirls around and
spots figures in the forest moving this way.
Arawn hears it as well. Subtle
things like movement by creatures
or...people. Then his keen eyes glance and spots
figures as well. Not wolves but figures – humanoid.
Opus looks at the smoking pile of
powder that is about 5 feet long. He notices a
sword nearby with blood on it. He spots a ring
in the powder and what looks to be a half
destroyed – by some unknown method –
boot. Another boot is lying nearby but not destroyed.
Arawn, Raddok and Unali all speak up
on what they say at the same time. The others
seem to be staring at this shaft and do not seem to notice.
Pyan notice the wolf seem to rear up
and change – into a female human. The nude female
reaches for something in the nearby bush and
stands not caring about her modesty. She holds two daggers.
Those who see the forms spot females
all seem to be of the same age maybe
20-30. Aside from the nude female the females
are wearing green and brown clothing that makes
them blend in well to the forest. They are
moving around and toward the party fast. The closest are about 50 feet away.
Unali sees the females emerge from
the forest hidden or already lying in wait. To
the dagger maiden there is something oddly familiar about them.
GM: Actions? Comments
Next update...Wed/Thur?
GM: I had really hope to get this out
Thursday since had a small work window to do it.
But 2 hours later that was ruined. If had
could've done 2 update next week. But now this
delay causes weird schedule. So if this is seen
Saturday and there is a holiday some may be out
of town. So no time to reply by monday. So will
see about Wed/Thur next week assuming get a good
start. For those who I gave info above assume
only you know these things until you
disclose. IF this goes to combat Opus I do 2
phases per update. So plan for 2 phases. Keep
in mind this is 6 seconds so no big speeches can
be done. :) If you guys decide to fight I'll add
info below. But if one stalls that could be
risky as well. In case forgot from old update
folks have no personal mana. But can cast via
batteries and magic items still work. Innates
work as well since not mana. For map below if
its messes up see website as it tends to keep it
aligned properly. Its a primitive map not super
graphical because I frankly have 0 art skill and
little time to draw such. So this bare bones map
is best. It seems cluttered now. But If folks
are killed I remove off map. I use lower/upper
case letters due to number of units. If this goes
to combat 1 phase typically takes 3 hours for me
to process. With 30 plus units on map it maybe 4 dunno yet.
For the females they wear green and
brown forest clothing that makes them blend in
well. All seem to have daggers. Some have
scimitars. It is hard to tell of any missile
weapons but no obvious bows/quivers or large crossbows at least.
GM: Groups-
Kiet/Dorhak 1
Raddok/Mournath 2
Fremea
Unali/Barbosa 3
Z'leyra/Tsia 4
Arawn/Opus/Kimis/Pyan 5
King/2 Bes 6
5 2 1 4 3 6 – Spread out skirmish line.
GM: Map
/I\ = North
1 Hex = 10 feet 1 Column = 5 feet 1 Row = 5 feet
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
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(*) = Shaft? [K33]
~ = Poweder [H33]
A = Arawn [N34]
D = Dorhak [N37]
K = Kiet [P35]
M = Mournath [P36]
P = Pyan [K38]
R = Raddok [K39]
T = Tsia [L36]
U = Unali [L37]
I = Kimis [I33]
O = Opus [I32]
Z = Z'leyra [L32]
B = Barbosa [L29]
S = King [M38]
C = Bes #1 [M39]
D = Bes #2 [M40]
Females
1 = Nude Female [A36] ex-wolf
2 = #2 [A30] 3 - #3 [A31] 4 - #4 [A32]
5 = #5 [W33] 6 - #6 [W34] 6 - #7 [W35]
8 = #8 [A42] 9 - #9 [A43] a - #10 [A44]
b = #11 [W42] c = #12 [W43] d - #13 [W44]
e = #14 [J18] f = #15 [K18] g - #16 [L18]
h = #17 [J56] I = #18 [K56] j = #19 [L56]
BTW assume there are trees and bushes all
around. Typical forest. But for map clutter its not shown for now.
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