[pnpgm] Game Update #168 - File #1247 - Choices and Regrets
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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......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
..Barbosa.........Warrior.Npc................Ma..Dwarf/Outcast
..Bes (2).........Warrior.npc................Mo..Bes..............
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Game Update #168 sequence (file #1247)
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[Recap]
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
Raddok is surprised at
Fremea’s return. Hadn’t she gone ahead
[OOC: hopefully, the cave
entrance group picked up everything in the cave except the furniture – lol]
GM: Ack. Sorry she did not go into
the 2 passages but back through the winding
tunnel to the cave entrance. But was teleported
away. Sorry if that was a bit confusing.
From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Fremea sees the bats and just waits a sec before flying
"Quickly, stay as a group. Going
solo through the caves is not good
GM: Ack.
From Upus: [Re: Actions]
Upus adjust and cleans up his
gear and makes sure Kimis is alright by asking
her, “Are you ok  , I’m alright?
.
GM: Ack.
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 10th, 1636TH]
[Time: 7:23 pm LW time]
Fremea sees the bats and just waits a sec before flying inside.
AND of course, the oversized human has to take a
swing at her. Gods they are annoying! Then she
realizes there is another giant on the ground, at least they could handle it.
"Quickly, stay as a group. Going solo
through the caves is not good for your health,
unless you like scaling mountains. It will take a
least two members of the coalition to pass the
runes. Luckily, for you and me, I can fly."
Getting through the cave seemed
better this time, since she could be ahead of
them. Once there, she could see that Dorhak was
annoyed, good! A slight smile comes across her
face and then falls in with the group for which ever direction is chosen.
Raddok is surprised at Fremea's
return. Hadn't she gone ahead of them & now she's
coming from the other direction? “Fremea!” he
calls. “What happened? How did you get back here
from the other way?” He's afraid that even though
time passing was not good for the humans here,
they couldn't afford to rush into a mistake at
this point, in this shadowy world. He sees the
others coming from the entrance to join them &
time was seeming to run out for them all.
Then Raddok realizes he realized she
had gone back through the winding cave passage to
the front of the cave and not ahead. Thats what
you get for studying the rocks and mine too much get confused.
Upus adjust and cleans up his gear
and makes sure Kimis is alright by asking her, “Are you ok, I'm alright?”
Kimis nods, “a worthy
scratch. Fighting and taking a giant down is
worth the minor bruises and sores.”
Upus then says to group, “What do we do now?”
Dorhak raises his sword and shield
and grunts its time to move on. Why couldn't the
mages use some mumbo jumbo magic to figure out
best of the 2 passages but oh well.
The left passage goes straight about
30 feet then inclines about 10 degrees for a few
yards. Levels out to be a long tunnel about 120
feet long. Arawn tries to keep a look out for
more hidden runes or wards. But the single torch casts long shadows.
The tunnel then slopes about 30
degrees for a few yards then levels out. The
tunnel goes on for about 50 feet and widens out
to about 100 feet and as high as 80-90 feet. So
the dim torch light does not show much details but shadows.
The temperature seems to lower 10-15
degrees. The damp air seems to glisten scalp and
hair. But there is no sign of water or moisture.
A odd tingle seems to form on the
skins of each person. It may just be the
atmosphere change. But it is hard to pinpoint
what is going on. There is no massive source of mana and its just dead quiet.
Suddenly Fremea sees her eyes flicker
with each wing flap. Time seems to slow down and
flicker. She blinks her eyes to clear her eyes
and fins herself in a large room. She is sitting
on a throne and standing in front of her is Etain
in chains and Varange smirking. Varange says,
“as ordered the royals have been disposed of. No
loose ends remain. Aside from your demand to
jail Kaylle and not kill him. Love has no place
here. The war goes bad. You must decide what to
do. This place is not big enough for him and your lover. Decide!”
Fremea stares confused and
shocked. How did she get here? It almost looks
like Avalon from the windows of outside.
Kiet steps forward over a rock and
almost falls over a large rock and regains his
balance as he looks up to the sky? Wait. There
is no sky in the cave? He finds himself on top of
a hill with a elemental rock altar nearby. Dark
storm clouds hang over head. A crackle of thunder
draws him to look left to see a large angry cloud
elemental is hovering nearby and booms that “you
have failed the pact for the last time!” Kiet's
armor speaks in his mind, 'can you remove me before you die?'
As thunder and lightning bolts start
to pepper the ground forcing Kiet to run and stumble down the hill.
Pyan has been bored with this cave
and doesn't like this enclosed places. His mind
wanders to the forest. In that split second his
right food lands on a limb and cracks it. He
finds himself in a large forest. Where are the
others? He turns around to see some of his
people staring at him about 100 feet away
silently. As Pyan starts to speak he hears
growls. He turns around again and sees a couple
of bears, mountain lions and wolves. Where did
they come from? Suddenly the animals charge and
Pyan is now the prey as they chase him in the
forest. Pyan slips and stumbles over a log
as the animals close in for the kill.
Raddok likes the cold damp of the
cave. It brings back memories of good mines. He
sneezes on the dust and looks up to see himself
in a light wood. Oddly he spots a home with a
large porch. Raddok notices hes on the threshold
of a mine cave. There is a woman on the
porch. She turns and his heart sinks as he spots
his girlfriend! As Raddok tries to move out of
the cave it seems to take forever. HE watches
the woman glares. Then a tall man joins her on
the porch and kisses her. Just as he does this a
rumble is heard and a large rock cave in knocks
Raddok off his feet as the entrance to the cave
closes. Darkness falls over Raddok.
Tsia does not like enclosed places
like this cave. Suddenly her body weaves up and
down. She smells ...signs of a ocean? Salt
water? She finds herself on a ship in a
cage. Men are all around sharpening up knives
and arguing over what body parts to cut out and eat first.
Unali grips her daggers anxious to be
in this cave. She takes a couple steps more and
loses her daggers. No. They are gone. She
looks down to see her hands in cuffs. She looks
up and sees dozens of folks in the royal throne
room. In front is King Maros who speaks up, “how
do you plead? Death of Duke Aren and Duke Estes
and 312 Marentians is on your hands. The failure
to see the attack is a treasonous act.” She
notices a figure in the audience she
recognizes. Commander Farseeker? Standing there with a long sad face.
Upus and Kimis have their red eyes
seem to gleam in the darkness as they stride
forward. Suddenly both find themselves in a
human city. A place none have been to
before. Confused they look for the others. They
turn the corner into a market the smell of food
draws to their noses. Suddenly kids point and
women shout stuff they don't understand. Are
they saying demons? A mob quickly forms and
starts to chase the red skinned people down the streets with clubs and knives.
Barbosa finds himself back home in a
cave his family uses. But as he settles in his
family and friends turn on him. Saying he is a
failure and he should still be exiled.
Z'leyra adjusts her helmet so she can
see in the darkness but suddenly finds herself in
a large room. There are a dozen beds around her
with half a dozen bodies in various
conditions. Several men and women are moving
quickly about. One Healer says, “snap out of it!
The King needs to be treated over here.” But
others shout at her to help with throat and chest
injuries saying they have to be first. Confused
she spins around unsure who to treat first.
The 2 Bes finds themselves in a new
open cave with torches along the wall. A
flickering image of a elf hovers near them. “You
have bought danger to his sacred place. This
will bring the Wrath of the gods. Your people are doomed!”
Dorhak wrinkles his nose at the dust
not that dust bothers a dwarf. But that it is on
his lips and tastes bad. Suddenly he sniffs the
air and smells....goblins! A battle cry leaves
his mouth as he charges into the approaching
dozen or so goblins. Suddenly Dorhak finds
himself surrounded by another 50..60..no 75
goblins from all sides. Where are the others to
help fight these foul creatures? He tries to
back away but is surrounded as they stab at
spears and knives and throw rocks. They begin to
club him by the dozen. Dorhak goes down and find
himself stabbed by at least a dozen spears. A
knife slices his throat as he blacks out.
Arawn feels the tingle seem to
surround and crawl up his spine. As he balances
his feet to gain his senses he finds himself in a
forest. 'You failed to solve the Dark threat as
well as stop the war.” Arawn turns to see a tall
Elf of extreme age. He looks like a old
teacher? “You expected to return here? Now that
will never happen! Now the Great Threat is loose in the other world.”
Arawn shakes his head. No. This is
not real. This is a trick of some kind. The Elf
teacher continues to scold the Alfar. Arawn
realizes this is a vision or a side effect of
some cave fungus? He builds his mental strength
and will and pushes outward. This is not real!
HE begins to scream it in his mind over and over.
Arawn finds himself in the cave as
others seem to be walking this way and back
confused or scared looks as they move. Arawn
grabs Pyan and shakes him saying it is not
real. Pyan seems to become still as the sweat pours down his face.
Arawn moves from person to person to
awaken them from this weird trance or dream.
But the Elf sees Dorhak gagging and
Arawn rushes to him. He feels the dwarf pulse
ebb then end. IT seems he has believed whatever
he saw and has died. Arawn quickly performs what
he saw of Z'leyra that heart chest beat massage
thing. HE starts a rhythm and breathes life into
Dorhak. The ugly dwarf chokes and coughs.
A voice from down the tunnel booms,
Suddenly Arawn jerks back and is slammed to the
ground by a unseen force. “Who brings this
Alfar? The Alliance can not trust the
Alfar. While Elves were part of our alliance the
Alfar were not keen on helping against the gods
in the war. Before I kill the Alfar who vouches
for him? Why bring him in this place but as a spy!”
As the party seems to recover from
whatever this was- dream, vision or the
future? They hear the voice. It seems to be in
Elven, Dwarf or Bes at the same time. But no
human version is heard. Dorhak sits up and
checks his body as the spear holes are gone?
The voice that seems to echo all
around them continues, “he is too powerful to
exile but I can kill him. But why are allies
with the Alfar? Alfar you may speak and identify
yourself! Only a Alfar of great mental prowess
and will power can break the Trance of
Failure. To break the tests is only what a spy would do.
GM: Actions? Comments?
Next update....Wednesday
GM: WTF was above? Confused? There is
just cause for it. Think of it as a mystical
Dagobah Cave. Since I worked 10.5 hours today
did not get as descriptive as wanted but hope it
makes sense. There is mythos behind it. Also a
easter egg in there or two. :) Will try
Wednesday for new update if get enough
replies. We have one player in hospital with
heart surgery. At least 2 others suffering from
the winter storms with no power. I suspect a 3rd
probably. So we'll see who is still out
there. Each personal situation was seen only by you not others.
Player Damage
Kimis -6
Upus -11
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