<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div><span><br></span></div><div> <br> <div>----- Original Message -----<br> From: Kitsune <kitsunefx@netzero.net><br> To: The Tao of Cow Rifts PBEM <taocowpbem@zork.net><br> Cc: <br> Sent: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 3:45 AM<br> Subject: Re: [Taocow PBEM] [Alex and Vesper] Book 3 - Chapter X - The Quest For Louissa<br> <br>[Alex]<br>Alex asks on the radio, "Vesper, can you keep it busy while I try for a <br>dagger strike"<br>She will try getting close to make a solid dagger strike on the creature <br>/ girl.<br>[/Alex]<br><br>[Vesper]<br>"Yep."on the radio.<br>He had his familiar keep the thing focused on the spear while he tried to distract the creature.<br>First a carpet of adhesion below it to keep it in place. An energy field to prevent direct attacks on himself he<br>threw up. "Yes we are the ones with Ted, Why are you
doing all of this ?" He gestured at the carnage.<br>"Shouldn't you be helping cure Ted ?" The telekineticly wielded spear he had his familiar work in flanking the thing<br>with Alex.<br>[/Vesper]<br><br>On 01/02/2013 16:00, Aaron Clausen wrote:<br>> OOC: Oops, sent under wrong subject, resending...<br>><br>>>> [GM]<br>>>> Alex feels her dagger quiver as the monster approaches. Combat seems<br>>>> inevitable as the tentacled horror raises itself up...<br>>>><br>>>> And then there's a blinding flash of light and a great cloud of smoke.<br>>>> As Alex and Vesper's senses return, standing there is the little girl<br>>>> that had been with them when they came to New Camelot; the little girl<br>>>> that Ted had insisted on bringing from the dwarf cave.<br>>>><br>>>> "You are Ted Smythe's companions." the girl says in a child's voice.<br>>>> "We
must find him and continue on. You will help."<br>>>><br>>>> The village men get over their astonishment, and then raise their<br>>>> weapons. "This is no girl." one man says. "Kill this thing. It has<br>>>> murdered old folk, women and children."<br>>>><br>>>> The cries go up. "Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!"<br>>>><br>>>> Alex's dagger still quivers.<br>>>> [/GM]<br>>> [Vesper]<br>>> Vesper knows the creature is still the same using illusions or<br>>> shapeshifting to fool their minds.<br>>><br>>> He had almost forgotten till then that he had an entire rod of cold<br>>> iron for use in dispelling illusions. Still he had planned for the spear<br>>> head which was ready. He threw the spear knowing that even if he missed<br>>> his familiar would use telekinesis to have the spear strike from behind.<br>>><br>>>
Vesper engaged his forcefield belt.<br>>> [/Vesper]<br>>> [Alex]<br>>> Telepathically, Alex will ask her dagger, /What is going on?/<br>>> [/Alex]<br>> [GM]<br>> Alex's dagger replies in her mind /An ancient evil. I hunger for its<br>> potent soul, though it may be too strong./<br>><br>> As Alex's dagger communicates with her, Vesper's spear races to the<br>> little girl. A combination of Vesper's lack of skill and the less than<br>> perfect spear itself means he goes wide of the mark. Vesper's familiar<br>> then takes over, using its telekinetic power to seize the spear and<br>> jam it into the creature [Strike: 11].<br>><br>> The girl leaps out of the way of the spear [Dodge: 15], raises her<br>> hand and cries something in something that sounds like<br>> "Kzzzkrakpulkurzak!" and a net of glowing fibers appears [Strike: 16],<br>> which Vesper easily dodges [Dodge: 21].<br>><br>>
In the distance they hear a laser weapon fire, and the man near the<br>> stables' gun is blown away. Moments later he falls to the ground.<br>> [/GM]<br>_______________________________________________<br>Taocowpbem mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net" href="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net">Taocowpbem@zork.net</a><br><a href="http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem" target="_blank">http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem</a><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>