[pnpgm] Game Update #176 - File #1281 - Party reacts to threat
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Character Name Type Player Sex Notes
..Arawn...........Druid...John.Haight........Ma..Alfar/Backup Navigator
..Dorhak..........Warrior.Kevin.Newaropenofficek.......Ma..Captain/Leader/Dwarf
..Fremea..........Sidh....Tobie.Bonahoom.....Fe..Faerry/Archer/Magician
..Kiet............Acrobat.David.Sanders......Ma..Human/Magician
..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
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Game Update #176 sequence (file #1281)
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Admin Notes: Removed Barbosa/Bes from roster.
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[Recap]
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Speaking in Elf Sidh, Z'leyra
says to the party (hoping that one of the
ambushers will fall for the trick) "Great! He can
have the cursed item and take
GM: Ack.
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
As Raddok moves through the
portal to the Middle World Pyan is
[OOC: this thought of the ring
only applies if it’s been long enough since he last tried to use it.]
GM: Ack. Based on hair growth it could be on ring use.
From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]
Dorhak isn’t some weak-willed,
bleeding heart human. He's Elder,
"Kiet! Kill them both!"
GM: Ack.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Hearing the command to kill
Z'leyra charges the enemy she can see,
GM: Ack.
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
When Z’leyra bursts past him,
Raddok swears & quickly turns to
GM: Ack.
From Upus: [Re: Actions]
Upus ducks down and motion to
kimis to get Down and looks to see
GM: Ack.
From Unali: [Re: Actions form email not public]
If the plate is closer to the
man or the tree line she would base her actions
on that. She could walk towards the plate,
rummage in her bag as if looking for the ink well
and if she gets closer to him that way she would
rush towards him and attempt to kill, bringing
the protection from sidh magic amulet out of her
bag instead. If that brings her closer to the
tree line she would go for the tree and meld in the shadows there.
Now that chaos is about to ensue
given Dorhaks command, all that is off the table.
She will grab her shield and try to dodge the
arrows that come her way as best as possible.
Dash for cover and the treeline and then disappear between the trees.
GM: Ack. Actually that would've been
a good plan! Might've worked. Sorry its
unclear. Plate is about 30 feet away from
party. Tree line and human is 30 feet (30-35)
feet beyond that so 60-65 feet from party. So
its half way between each groups. So figured I'd
post it here so could get better image.
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[New Stuff]
[Ma ??, 1636?TH]
[Time: ?:?? pm]
Speaking in Elf Sidh, Z'leyra says to
the party (hoping that one of the ambushers will
fall for the trick) "Great! He can have the
cursed item and take the curse with it. We will
be free of the curse and those fools will be the ones dying from the curse."
The man leans into the females ears
and whispers but is not heard by the others in
the party, “she said they would do this. Noting personal dear.”
The female begins to whimper.
As Raddok moves through the portal to
the Middle World Pyan is just ahead of him &
Unali is close behind, all three of them alert,
as they don't know what or quite where they are coming through or approaching.
As it becomes apparent they were
expected, and had walked into a trap, Raddok
finds himself having to control his usually-easy
temper. How dare these people expect to just take
for themselves such powers beyond their
understanding, & that they will certainly misuse
to the detriment of the world around them! How selfish & cruel.
However, all he can do at the moment
is glare at them, since he cannot use his ring to
help without endangering both the hostage & his
friends. He relaxes slightly to a half-guard
position, and watches & listens for his party
members responses, ready to either fight or drop
his weapons. He eyes the cubes, but doubts what
effect his ring might have on one, even if he
could hit it with a beam fast enough to keep it from triggering.
Dorhak isn’t some weak-willed,
bleeding heart human. He's Elder, by gods! He's
a Dwarf, by Dvallin! Dwarves understand the
difference between a bargain and when they are
being robbed. It’s all a matter of
perspective. The magic items are
valuable. Humans, especially ones we don’t know,
have multiplied like bunnies on this world. It’s
not like there is a shortage. Add to that the
fact she is unknown to any of us, and could
literally be with this enemy as a fake hostage, makes this an easy decision.
"Kiet! Kill them both!"
Arawn quickly glances at Dorhak in disgust and starts to argue.
Hearing the command to kill Z'leyra
charges the enemy she can see, but in a zig zag
to hopefully reduce the likelihood of stepping
into some preset trap. Still having her shield on
her back and greatsword in hand she is defensive
until in melee range then back to offensive.
When Z'leyra bursts past him, Raddok
swears & quickly turns to fire his ring at the
white box – the heck with it all – and turns
with shield up to try to protect himself from
what might happen there first, then he will turn
to follow Z'leyra, shield still up to protect &
mace ready to use. He knows arrows might come
from the woods & he's trying to look in all directions as he follows her.
Moments before....
Kiet doesn't really care if the woman
lives or dies. We also have no idea if this
knife-wielding person is telling the truth. The
woman could easily be in on this.
Kiet starts whispering to Windwall
using The Elder. "Windwall!...can you do
something to defend us all? Like a powerful Wind
spell or, better, a Lightning Swarm to protect us from the arrows?"
Kiet refuses to be extorted.
Upus ducks down and motion to kimis
to get Down and looks to see what happens.--
Unali was already considering some
actions. The command from Dorhak ensures she will
not give up the items. She was not considering to do so anyway.
Under normal circumstances, she would
check the distance to the man holding the
hostage. Not entirely clear from the post how far
from Unali he is. Or how far the plate is from
him or the tree line. Is there any kind of cover
or are we completely out in the open in a clearing.
Kiet's Armor tugs in his mind, “if I
could I would need to know direction of the arrows. I am sorry.”
Z'leyra charges forward and this sets off combat.
[Tun 0: Phase 1]
Kiet raises a hand and enacts his
first ring at the captor. The spell hits the
hostage and she begins to burn to a crisp and
screams. Sadly the captor is just out side of the range about 63-64 feet away.
Fremea a moment before reaches for
her bag and digs inside. But when she sees the
hostage die she re-attaches the bag to her belt and sighs.
Unali runs forward like Z'leyra and heads for the captor.
Z'leyra runs as well and ends up at the plate area with Unali.
Raddok notices the cubes left, back and right start to glow purple.
The captor sighs and shakes his head
after he releases the woman. He taps his chest and disappears.
[Phase 2]
Six arrows fly toward Z'leyra and for
some reason the party is ignored. Three hit her
shield even as she zigs and zags but the arrows
are guided. One goes wild and misses. One hits
in her left and one in her right legs. The right
leg only does 4 points but the left leg does a
massive 29 points. Z'leyra falls as the arrow
penetrates a massive artery and she falls to the ground.
Unali gets to the tree line and
disappears into the shadows. She was lucky to
glance where the arrows came from toward the
south west or to the party’s left at about 10
o'clock maybe 100 or 150 feet that area. But the archers are well hidden.
Fremea takes to the air.
A voice is heard to the north, the
party glances there to see the captor about
110-120 feet away or to the right of party (if
facing west to trees) “I had hoped to do this
easy.” He whistles. He nods as if to show
something behind his right shoulder. A man
appears about 150 feet behind him or about
260-270 feet from party. The man is holding a
young girl of about 10. The girl is struggling.
“Give the items now or she dies. You have about 5
seconds before the cubes act.” Which is now about 3 seconds or one phase.
The cubes do seem to be glowing more
and more purple as they sensed Kiet's magical rings.
Unali did not waste the time. She
does not see the captor but goes south to find the archers in the darkness.
Z'leyra tries to put pressure on her
leg but finds it bleeding badly and may lose consciousness soon.
GM: Actions? Comments?
Next Update....Saturday (40%) or Tues (100%)
GM: Wow you guys have turned cold. :) A
lawful group reacting chaotic like. :)
Interesting twist. From the captors expression
its clear this is his last warning. Yet
desperation is in his face. The arrows on Z were
random Unali or Z. If no one had run forward it'd
be on party. Lucky leg shot. Course if the
others had hit she'd probably be well dead. I
noticed goofed and added a bit in last update
some notes but oh well it was there. No
biggie. Votes for new game system are coming in
well – Upus, Fremea, Kiet and Raddok. So about
half or so. Feel free to study the wiki pages if
need more info. No rush. If you guys need a map let me know.
Hostage – girl – 250-260 feet right/north of party
Captor – First man – Now 110-120 feet right/north of party
ZL – 30 feet in front of party and 30 feet away from tree line at plate.
Party – 60-65 feet away from tree line in west/front.
Unali – In trees – Moving south – 30 or so feet south of last seen spot.
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