[pnpgm] Game Update #163 - File #1220 - Forest Giant Combat Phase 1+2
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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 #163 sequence (file #1220)
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[Recap]
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
?Kiet contemplates what is being
said in plans to attack the giants.
"With my rings, when they work,
I can seriously damage even a
GM: Ack.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Z'leyra grimaces and replies "Earth Giants are reputed to be
GM: Ack.
_ From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
As the others study the tree-gated cave entrance, and all of
Raddok says, “Since our rings seem to be active again, I can
GM: Ack.
From Kiet: [Re: Actions]
"Also...I can cast a strong
Tumble spell on them to slow them down.
GM: Ack.
From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Fremea hears many plans, and
just doesn't know which is best. "I can
GM: Ack.
From Dorhak: [Re: Actions]
"This all sounds good. Keep in
mind if the wind changes and blows
GM: Ack.
From Z'lyera: [Re: Actions]
Remembering how hard a giant can
hit and what a hit would likely
GM: Ack.
damage with her Great Sword.
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
Raddok speaks to Kiet quickly,
before they all start moving. “Kiet,
GM: Ack.
From Opus: [Re: Actions]
Opus says
“ I’ll Stand back as far as I
can and still get a shot on the
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn's face contorted as he
studied the clearing ahead. It seemed
"I think we might have to work
hard to get the giants to come to
GM: Ack.
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
Hearing Arawn's suggestion,
Raddok ventures, “You have an idea
GM: Ack.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions]
Z'leyra expresses strong
disapproval of the idea of lighting fire
GM: Ack. Sounded like a druid. :)
From Raddok: [Re: Forest fire]
"No, no! Not the forest!"
exclaims Raddok. "I was thinking of
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn nodded vigorously. "It
would be. The entire forest could
GM: Ack.
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
“Such a fortress to protect that
space,� Raddok muses, thinking
[thanks for the very timely
advice, John - lol - Raddok's feeling rather
antsy since his mace will not be of much use
until those giant are on the ground]
GM: Ack.
From Z'leyra: [Re: Quarrels]
"Quarrels, eh?" Z'leyra says. "Yes, I know it, but only at
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn gave the man a smile,
appreciating his change of... "Let's
OOC: You could always smash
their toes and leave them hopping around on one foot, lol
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Quarrels]
“That's a pity," the alfar
sighed, referring to her skill level
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn gave Kiet an odd look and a smile. "Don't you recall,
GM: Ack. So Kiet's post I may have
missed. Checking. So many last minute posts
came in so may have missed it. Not on archives so
it never go to list based on the quote it must've
been private email. David if sent other stuff
privately hope it wasn't vital since I never got
a CC. :) I'll add his stuff via quote from you.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
OOC: From Update #160 -
[Time: 2:20 pm MW time]
Arawn notices as they walk
everyone ? mostly but especially the magic
users ? aura is fully flashing.. It seems the
mana has returned to the party.
OOC: I'm basing Arawn's
response on this. Scott, can you clarify things
so we know what's going on with magic/mana right now?
GM: Ack. Correct. Mana has
returned. But the full stored casting ability is
gone its 0. OH!!! I see what kiet is saying. He
is correct. Mana would not return 100%. But for
the mana regen for THAT day. Sorry that is
correct. So instead of 'fully' it should be
partially. So yes you are all limited based on
the mana regen. If you cast magic 'yesterday'
you'd not have the Rest amount but just the
normal daily regen. But mana batts can be used
with that 1 mana cost penalty David found.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Been digging through the other
posts and found the answer. David, you're
correct, Casting Ability was also set to 0. I
thought it was just casting for the day. Knowing
this now, Arawn would instead have said,
"Don't you recall, I had
mentioned that our magic has returned. We should
have at least some of our magic available."
GM: Ack. Yeah the Aby Failure
destroyed ALL mana personally so not stored in
items, etc. if had 200 casting ability but daily
limit is 130 and regen is 12+10 you'd be at
10. That 200 is gone. So this DOES make magic
more critical now. That was my bad I should've realized the mistake.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Catching Fremea roll her eyes
the alfar gave her an annoyed look.
"Then you should've clarified that you were going to do more
GM: Ack. I love the role playing even
if its a fight! I'm sure its not personal but good characterization.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
That said the alfar gave the faerry a nod.
"But your plan is sound. So, I say, go for it."
GM: Ack.
From Fremea: [Re: Actions]
Fremea throws her hands up, just
slightly. Muttering under her
She will cast invis, when
everyone else is ready to go, and fly up high
enough so that the giants will not catch her
scent. Then if she has enough mana left yet, she
will cast multi shot and shoot from the other
side of the clearing that will lead them away from the entrance.
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
Arawn will use his Forest
Survival skill to get the party to the range
Indicated by Dorhak without drawing the giants attention.
He'll use Hide in Forest to keep hidden.
Once Fremea starts the ambush
he'll use Translocation to teleport the boulders
into the air 90 feet above the giants head so the boulders drop on them.
GM: Ack. Can't do 1st without serious
coordination of signals and such and not all in
party know such skills. Plus in order to use
Dorhak's first order to fire party has to do at
initial spot. So difficult to do entire party
plus with the trees that do exist it is hard to
see each other. I know its not on map but theres
enough cover for most to spread out.
From Raddok: [Re: Actions]
[Hopefully there will be a
warning to stay back from giants (i.e. don't
charge early) until those boulders drop! Folks
all need to keep their eyes open.]
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
LoL. The idea is that this will
happen if everyone is staying 70+ feet away as
Dorhak mentioned. I'll pay IC later to clarify:)
GM: Ack.
From Arawn: [Re: Actions]
"Assuming I get close enough to see them I'll try and
OOC: Scott, if Arawn isn't
able to do this for some reason he'll focus on
trying to Fascinate one of the Forest Giants (max
EL, Sidh Tongue and Empathy boost) and get it to battle the other.
GM: Ack. That does give me
ideas. Seeing the objects. Past a 6-7 foot tree wall. ;)
From Pyan: [Re: Actions]
Pyan spit takes when hears
someone talk about setting the forest on fire
after meets the Vily that owns this forest. He
thinks back to that encounter, "Didn't she tell
us to tread lightly thou her forest?" he thinks to hmself
GM: Ack. I add here. But was about
to post so unsure where to put this now. So put
here. Vily is in south forest. She has no
control in this one after you crossed the large plains. :)
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[New Stuff]
[Ma 10th, 1636TH]
[Time: 6:46 pm MW time]
Kiet contemplates what is being said
in plans to attack the giants. He has an idea.
"With my rings, when they work, I can
seriously damage even a giant. Maybe kill one if
lucky. I can hit them at 60’. The nice part is
there’s no smoke to give us away to others."
"Z’leyra, you are a Balance
wizard. Any chance you have the astral fire
spell? You could hide, I and Fremea could draw
them in, then they burn. Between the damage we
cause and that spell, the giants might not be much trouble."
"After that, I’ve heard that if you
can get behind them, you can cut the tendon at
the ankle then they can’t walk or stand. While
still dangerous, they at least are more vulnerable when on our level.”
Z'leyra grimaces and replies, "Earth
Giants are reputed to be immune to Astral Fire,
further any who have strong enough resistance to
magical attacks can cause the caster to be
consumed by the Astral Fire. Not a spell I will
cast except in an emergency unless I am sure that
that outcome will not happen. I may use a Fire Dart if charged by a giant."
As the others study the tree-gated
cave entrance, and all of them continue to study
the complicated lay of the land around them,
Raddok listens to the plans being hatched. This
group's varied gifts means that planning ahead
makes the best use of everyone's talents, and
Raddok is always learning something new about them.
Raddok says, “Since our rings seem to
be active again, I can contribute one or two
twin-fire bolts to our large adversaries. Where
do you recommend I aim – mid-body, or low to
disable their legs? And I feel that using only
one charge now would be better for us, in case
the ring should be needed again later today.
Whatever '˜today' turns out to be for us.”
Barbosa shrugs, “eyes maybe? A Blind giant is less effective.”
After waiting to hear the response
from the group to his question, Raddok then
observes. “I don't like the look of that cave –
who knows what's in there; we need to be careful.
Getting into the cave is only the start,” and
looking around at all the barriers & shrubbery
around them, Raddok continues, “we need to work
around all these logs carefully. I'd rather not
have all the piles either roll over on us, or be
tossed by the giants at us. I don't want to waste
a ring shot on wood piles. I am game to try to
hit these giants when they're down, but getting
kicked by one is not on my list of favorite
activities for today.” He grins sympathetically.
The Bes guard looks at his King. “Something wrong?”
The King shrugs, “you don't see
those over there?” He nods to the giants. “We've
dealt with giants. But no...Last of my
markers...the blue and red bright colored rocks I
found in the cave. I ran out a half mile
away. The other Bes can hopefully track them
with ease unless a nasty crow picks them up. Its
that if we fail here I hate to risk the Bes
coming here. They'd be slaughtered if alone.”
Barbosa frowns and shakes his
head. Same person who allowed two Bes to die to
cave in the shaft is now worried about them?
"Also...I can cast a strong Tumble
spell on them to slow them down. If they start
falling over their own feet, do not approach them
until I blow a whistle letting you know the spell
is ending...about half a minute. Stay back at
least 50'. If you start to feel dizzy, back away
from them quickly. I will cast that first, if you agree."
Fremea hears many plans, and just
doesn't know which is best. "I can go invis and
use my bow with multi arrows to completely
confuse them as I fire from different positions
in the air. That would give all of you a better
time to hit them from surprise. I can also go
over to the cave and look in if you want, you
know, being invisible and flying." She shakes her
head, wondering if they all forget what she can really do.
"This all sounds good. Keep in mind
if the wind changes and blows from us to them, the gig will be up."
"Let’s see if we can get to the edge
of their woods, keeping them between us and the
mountain. Then we sweep up toward them. Those
with ranged weapons use at long range...maybe
70-100’. Make them come to us. Kiet, do your
thing. Same with Fremea. Unali, try to flank
them without being seen and attack if you think
they are vulnerable. Arawn and Z’leyra, do what
you can too. Those without magic need to be
especially careful. Barbosa and Tsia Phan stay
back and help protect the King. Remember...he must get through."
To the king, he says "Please, your Majesty, do not join this fray."
Though he would like to use his mace
but it’s not necessarily the best choice in this
matter. He draws, instead, his enchanted sword. "Let’s go get 'em!"
Remembering how hard a giant can hit
and what a hit would likely do to her buckler
Z'leyra changes her plan on fighting the giants.
First trigger her boot's speed. After missile
fire (bow or sling) and Fire Dart as the giants
close, she will use her Great Sword and triggered
clairvoyance taking the foremost position against
the giant's as she can take the most punishment
due to her armor as well as likely avoid most
blows due to luck, clairvoyance and fighting
defensively. Not to mention that even fighting
defensively she may well do a lot of damage with her Great Sword.
The King looks to Dorhak and
considers the request for a few long moments then
nods. “I will defer to you. We are a peaceful
group but we know how to defend ourselves and,”
he glances at the giants then back to the dwarf, “them.”
Kimis glances at Opus who frowns a
bit. She can read him. Speaking in their native
tongue, “your ideas were good. IF they don't
choose to use them it makes things harder. The
ugly one seems to like magic more than
might. But I say we get a few good licks in!”
Raddok speaks to Kiet quickly, before
they all start moving. “Kiet, if you aim at one
giant with your ring, then I should make my shot
toward the other. I’d better aim mid-body, to do
as much damage as possible with my ring's split
action. I want to save my 2nd shot if possible.
Unless there's an unforeseen emergency, I’ll hold
my shot until the 2nd giant is within 60 feet.
This mace of mine will be practically useless
until they’re down.” He looks up & around for
Fremea again, noting that since she disappears a
lot, he tends to forget she’s there - & he
doesn’t want to do that in these circumstances.
Opus nods, “I’ll Stand back as far as
I can and still get a shot on the giant and
hopefully find some kind of cover let me know
when I should launch an arrow at the nearest
giant. I assume the last time I shot an arrow I
could not kill the creature due to not having
magic arrows. I suppose if I hit my mark I can do
my damage. I hate killing things but I learned
long ago somethings are required to save others.”
Dorhak waves the party on. He does
not see Fremea or Unali. They must've already
left to get closer. With her black clothing in
this dim light takes good eyes to spot her – she is almost invisible.
Arawn's face contorted as he studied
the clearing ahead. It seemed the giants were
left there as guards and had prepared defenses so
they weren't likely to leave the clearing unless forced to.
“I think we might have to work hard
to get the giants to come to us." He pointed to
the boulders lying near one of the giants. "Even
with a Tumble spell in effect they'll likely be
lobbing those at us while taking cover behind the
ramparts. So even closing in could be dangerous.
Until they run out of ammunition or feel
threatened by our missile fire they could hunker down and wait us out.
We need to either neutralize their
missiles, close in undetected, or get them to
turn on each other. I've got a couple of ideas
but which method do we want to take?"
Hearing Arawn's suggestion, Raddok
ventures, “You have an idea to fool them into
attacking each other? That could be very useful –
any distraction can help us get to better
positions. Do you think maybe I should use my
ring's fire bolt to try to start some of those
tree walls or weapons burning instead of hitting
a giant? How do they react to fire? Of course,
firing the trees could be as bad for us as the giants.”
Z'leyra expresses strong disapproval
of the idea of lighting fire to the forest. "NO!
Do not light the forest on fire. It not only is
wrong, but will have the defenders of the forest seeking our destruction."
"No, no! Not the forest!" exclaims
Raddok. "I was thinking of those tree piles the
giants have ready to be used as spears or clubs -
I don't want to hurt the living trees!" Raddok
shakes his head. "I guess it is too dangerous overall anyway."
The King shakes his head, “those are
not spears. They are walls of trees. I suppose
they could be used as spears. But I suspect they
wanted simple animals and more fierce beasts out
of their camp. Look around I suspect they took
the cave the Coalition formed in ancient times as
their own. Not even that they probably stole it
from Mountain or Hill giants. Those other giants
would probably return. A 6-7 foot wall of trees
at least gives them time to react. They are
stupid but in a sense not so stupid unless they
stole the walls from a smarter giant?”
Arawn nodded vigorously. "It would
be. The entire forest could become ablaze,
destroying a lot of innocent life, both animal
and plant. And it could be a danger to us as well."
"As to the ideas, it depends on what
we want to focus on. If we try to remove their
boulders, if anyone has magic to Slow Missiles
that might work if potent enough. Or we can try
and encase or teleport the boulders.
Moving in quickly or undetected...
Invisibility, if the wind is with us or
Translocation to get the jump on them, although I
understand concerns about going into melee with
giants. As for distractions so we can move in
and attack, there are a couple of options. I
believe Z'leyra knows the Quarrel spell and if
it's strong enough it could turn them against
each other. We could also use an illusion to
distract them and buy us time. Or we can summon
or create something to appear and battle them,
elemental or shadow warriors for example, or even
transmuting a log or boulder into a threatening looking creature."
“Such a fortress to protect that
space,” Raddok muses, thinking over Arawn's
suggestions & having decided his own original
target of a giant to be the wiser choice after
all. "Something very interesting has to be hidden
there. Okay, Arawn.” Raddok says, “I'll aim for
the giant that Kiet doesn't hit, and I'll wait
until you or Dorhak, or whoever is designated,
says to fire – and I'll be very careful to avoid all wood of any kind.”
"Quarrels, eh?" Z'leyra says. "Yes, I
know it, but only at an apprentice's level of
skill. Those with more resistance to magic than
simple bandits may not be affected. I can try to
approach closely enough from downwind in a
stealthy manner and try to cast it...it may work,
it may not. Also stealth is not my best skill.
Maybe I have recovered enough magic to be invisible for the time needed."
Arawn gave Raddok a smile,
appreciating his change of plan. "Let's hope
that something interesting is the gate. And maybe some answers."
Arawn turns to Z'leyra to respond.
"That's a pity," the alfar sighed,
referring to her skill level with the spell. "So,
let's put that option aside for now. Giants tend
to have some resistance to magic and might prove
a bit much for the enchantment. And I'd rather not put you at risk doing so."
Arawn readied himself, his wand and
buckler in hand, while he continued to speak. "I
suggest we either teleport or translocate the
group closer, perhaps with some invisible. Or summon a creature to distract.
Kiet or myself could attempt to
summon an elemental. Or I can call forth a shadow
warrior, which should do well as there's plenty
of shadow in the twilight of the Lower World."
He looked to the party, his eyes
drifting from each before resting on
Dorhak. "Let me know what you want me to do."
Kiet, as he shakes his head "my
skills in Summoning are minimal. However, that
did remind me of some other things I could do. I
could throw lightning about every 6 seconds or
so, or cast an active illusion. The active
illusion, if believed, can be cast out to about 8o feet."
"Keep in mind...I doubt any of us
have much mana available except maybe thru mana storage."
Arawn gave Kiet an odd look and a
smile. "Don't you recall, I had mentioned that
our magic has returned. We should all have full
capability now. And the illusion sounds like a
plan. I can cast invisibility on you so you can
get close enough to cast it into the clearing.
Perhaps something believable in its arrival like
an air or earth elemental? And I can throw in a
shadow giant if you'd like that as well."
Some in the party are starting to get
antsy as plans are discussed. They just want to
get it done. Pyan is nervous about the wind
shifting in the time passing talking about the plans.
Fremea sighs, just a bit louder than
her normal. "I wonder if there is a way to make
it seem like something is coming from the other
side of them, you know, NOT from this side. If
there was only some way to do that quickly and
easily." She shakes her head. "Like I said I can
go invis and shoot them, probably from high up at
first and then swooping down to lower, causing
them to wonder what is going on. And gee, I don't
know, maybe from the side that will move them
away from that entrance. Or something like that." Rolling her eyes at them all.
She is feeling a bit annoyed they are
completely forgetting what she would have
normally done without waiting, but instead she
has chosen to be 'patient', this time.
Catching Fremea roll her eyes the alfar gave her an annoyed look.
"Then you should've clarified that
you were going to do more than 'possibly' go
invisible and 'hamper' them," the alfar said.
"You gave no details so for all we know you were
going to shoot from this direction or wait until
we initiated our attack. We usually never know
what you are doing or going to do.
And, more importantly, save the
attitude. No wants to deal with it. If you want
to add to the conversation, please be respectful."
Barbosa laughs a bit lowly.
The Bes Guard grins, he so rarely
speaks till now, “you two need a room?”
The King sighs, “if we fight they win.”
That said the alfar gave the faerry a
nod. "But your plan is sound. So, I say, go for it."
Fremea throws her hands up, just
slightly. Muttering under her breath, "don't just
run off and do things, tell us what you want to
do, let's make other plans, gah, even the Alfar is annoying."
"Assuming I get close enough to see
them I'll try and translocate as many of the
boulders as I can into the air to drop on the
giants as I can," Arawn informed the party,
making sure Fremea was aware as he didn't want to
accidentally hit her with any of them. "But if
someone would rather I just send them away let me know."
Dorhak taps his boot on the soft
grass waiting for the chit chat to stop. His face says can we get this going?
The party has range for bows already
but need to get in a spot to fire not to hit
other trees or bushes. Lucky for them the giants
love to tear down trees so this is much
easier. But in process less cover for the
party. The party waits and leaves gear not
needed behind. The party waits for the first
arrow to fly as a signal. The area around this
tree fort has been cleared about 80% of trees and
bushes. Compared to other areas only a few dozen
meters away the trees are more dense. But there
is enough left – probably for giant protection – to hide around.
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[Time: 7:02:00 pm LW time]
[Phase 1]
Fremea gets closer flying to a tree
not yet uprooted by the giants. Having cast her
spell she aims and fires her Bow. The arrow
immediately and it separates into 6 more magical
arrows. They fly the 52 or so feet toward giant
#2 with 2 misses. Two hit doing 5 points each in
low chest and middle chest. One hits doing 9
points in right upper leg. One hits in right
upper leg doing 10 points. Two hit in upper left
leg doing 25 and 26 points each! For a total of
61 after natural armor takes some of the damage. But the giant still stands!
Arawn fires his bow at Giant #1 and
hits in left middle chest doing 6 points of damage.
Pyan fires his bow at Giant #2
hitting him in left hip but it bounces off from his tough hide.
Kiet closing in toward the tree fort
invokes his boots Tumble spell and aims it the
ground under Giant #2. The ground under the
giant rolls and rocks and the giant loses his
balance stumbling and trying to get back up. He
takes minor damage from the fall as he tries to recover.
Arawn releases the bow in his hand
and finishes his own spell translocating the pile
of boulders as best he can. Since he can't see
the boulders he has to rely on info from Fremea's
recon. So chances are they will not be the entire
pile but the biggest pieces. HE grabs the pieces
with his mind and they are now at 50
feet. Gravity takes over and the large human
head size of rocks fall onto the giant. They
smash onto the back and shoulders of the giant
doing 5 more points to the beast as they fall around him.
Unali bored by the talk moved already
forward toward the fort dressed in her all black
clothing as usual. Once 15 feet away she begins
to crawl so not to have her scent picked up on
the east side of the fort. The wall is 6-7 feet
high her so its easy to crawl and not be
seen. She gets to the edge of the mountain as it
inclines upwards. Then she can spot arrows from
the west and boulders fall from the sky. Hoping
the other giant is distracted she scales the rock
wall deftly with her acrobatic skills. She lands
on the other side with a very light thump muffled
by the impact of boulders on the ground far
away. She draws her two daggers as she sees
Giant #1 drop his cracked skull of meat-brains
and looked confused at seeing Giant #2 drunk. He
begins to stand just as Unali charges and leaps
on his back. Learning from past giant combats
she places one dagger in mouth and grabs her
grappling hook from her belt and slams in through
the thick animal hides the giant is wearing to
anchor herself just as the giant rises to its feet.
Giant #1 scans the area and spots
Kimis as she darts behind a tree. The giant
growls and swings his club – large tree limb size
of a elephant leg and 6 feet long – in the
air. He moves to the makeshift half barrier that
is the tree 'gate'. While the side walls are
solid the front barrier that serves to let them
out is only 2 tree logs at 3 and 6 feet high. So
it is not solid. The giant begins to lift the first log off at the top half.
The rest of the party move forward to engage the giants.
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[Time: 7:02:03 pm LW time]
[Phase 2]
Fremea fires her bow again at Giant
#2 who is still trying to stand as he tumbles in
his mind. Two arrows miss. Three arrows hit in
right high chest, left low chest and right hip
doing 12 more points. The last arrow hits in
upper left leg doing 20 points of damage. The giant stops moving.
Arawn fires his second arrow at Giant
#1 hits in middle chest but it bounces off his chest.
Pyan fires his bow but it goes wild and he misses.
Kiet and Raddok raise hands to fire
their rings off. But nothing happens or the magic fails or is resisted?
Unali is trying to get to the giants
neck so can stab it but she is having trouble
staying stable. With daggers in hand she tries
to climb further upwards . She is surprised she
isn't detected by giant yet. About 2 feet from
neck she holds onto something like a animal hide
collar and suddenly slides down. Its a stand
alone item like a animal hide string or such
around his neck. IF its a necklace she slides
down the back about 6 feet. The giant grabs his
throat and detects this sudden attack. The
grappling hook is a good 4 feet away and she
tries to reach for it. In order to slow her
descent she stabs a dagger into his back doing 13
points and stops sliding down. Her surprise
attack is over. But is the giant wearing a necklace? Maybe bones as a trophy?
Arawn moves closer to the fort now
about 25-26 feet which may be close enough soon
for a fascinate spell. He hides behind a tall bush about 5 feet tall.
Kiet gets closer for a better angle for his rings.
Tsia moves further north to right side of the fort.
The Giant reaches for the tree
makeshift gate and grabs first tree. With his
knee he kicks the bottom tree off but also to go
upwards and he grabs it. Now with the long tree
limbs in both arms he uses both. He tries to
claw toward his back with tree to knock Unali
off. The long limb slams into Unali doing 2
points as it tries to knock her off. But she
grips the animal hides in a power fist to remain
in place for now. With his other tree limb in
his other hand he props it against his body. But
now the fort is open for entry/exit.
The party remains in place and
concealed behind trees and bushes waiting for orders to attack.
[Time: 7:02:06 pm LW time]
[Phase 3]
GM: Actions? Comments?
Next update....Saturday or Tue/wed
GM: Sorry for delay. Last week was the
longest I've worked in 20 plus years. Its easy I
put 30+ hours on this update since 1/8 or
so. Just tiresome week so less time to
work. Now I hear you now. All that work above
and you did little? Yes and no. Either the Rings
failed magically or were resisted. I was not
sure who would want to take on the giant first so
left you guys in position ready for next
phase. A good 20 hours was the old stuff
before got to new stuff. Plus prep time for
charts and such. It should be easier
now. Course Fremea may kill giant in 2-3 rounds
and that'll give 0 experience for melee folks. :)
It should be fast from now on. Can try to work on
next 2 phases Fri/Sat if not finish up next week.
Arawn – Believe need to be 2 hexes or
so for a fascinate and need eye to eye contact in most cases.
Dorhak – Give order to attack when ready.
Fremea – You can't see Unali yet so
if you fire on Giant let me know. I will assume
will do so. If you need to get in better spot let me know where.
Kiet/Raddok – Fire rings again?
Pyan – Will assume fire bow again.
Unali – Several options open. Try to
reach neck or just stabby stabby now. Or fall to
ground to do other tactics? Clues out there. :)
Opus – Magic and Bows kill but the
true experience in combat is melee. So if you
wanna charge let em know. You wanted some
encounters before end of adventure. :)
Giant – He knows party is
there. Exactly where is not known. But be ready
for that if he decides to leave the fort. This
giant is out of the Tumble magic. Other giant is not moving.
GM: Map -
/I\ = North top of screen.
1 Hex = 10 feet, 1 Column = 5 feet. 1 Row = 5 feet
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/ \_@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@????@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@__/ A
\__/ \__/= \__/ \__TTTT__/ \=_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_B
/ \__/ \=_2 \__/ \__/ \__/= \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ C
\__/ \__/= \__/ \__/ \__/ \=_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_D
/ \__/ \=_/ \__/ \__/ \__/= \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ E
\__/ \__/= \__/ \__/% \__/ \=_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_F
/ \__/ \=_/ \__/ \__/ \__/= \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ G
\__/ \__/========= 1 ========_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_H
/ \__/ \=_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ I
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_J
/ \__/F \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ K
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_L
/ \__/ \OMK \__/DR\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ M
\__/ \__/ \P_/ \B_/A \__/TZ\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_N
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ O
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_P
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ Q
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_R
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ GS_/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ S
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_T
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ U
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_V
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ W
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \_X
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ Y
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Legend
@@ - Mountain rock walls/side (Row A)
= - Tree rampart, wall – Horizontal trees
stacked. 4-5 ft wide, 6-7 ft tall.
- - Tree blockade/gate? Single tree 4 feet tall ~25 feet wide
? - Possible cave?
T - Trees in front of cave
% - Bones, Boulder/rocks [F13]
1 - Giant #1 [H22] – With Unali on back
2 - Giant #2 [C13] – On ground not moving
A - Arawn [N23] K – Kiet [M13]
D - Dorhak [M20] P – Pyan [N14]
Z - Z'leyra [N30] R – Raddok [M21]
U - Unali [H22] T – Tsia [N29] [Unali on Giant's Back]
O - Opus [M11] M – Kimis [M12]
G - King [S28] S – Bes [S29]
F - Fremea [K 8] – In tree 12 feet up
B - Barbosa [N20]
Trees/Bushes not on map
- L12 Tree 30 feet tall
- L13/L14 Bush – 5 foot bush
- L20 Bush – 5 foot bush
- L31 Tree – Tree 22 foot
- S29/S30 Bushes 8 foot tall
- R28/R29 Bushes 5 foot tall
No tree/Bush around fort within 22-40 feet. So
this will give perspective on hiding places for group.
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