Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!okamoto From: okamoto@ucbvax.ARPA (Jeff Okamoto) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Fumbles (Sorry is this is a duplicate) Message-ID: <9683@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 18:50:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9683 Posted: Mon Aug 5 18:50:18 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Aug-85 12:33:46 EDT Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 116 While on the subject of fumbles, I thought it would be amusing to relate this incident that ACTUALLY occurred(sp?) in the Chaosium's house campaign with Sandy Petersen as GM. The situation: I and several others are in the Mari Mountains in Pamaltela. After a meeting with the Cacodaemon (who mostly ignored us), we had heard of a group of oppressed peasants who are systematically robbed of goods. We decided to become fighters for justice. Anyways, we set up a system of guards around one of the villages to watch for these "exigers". I now quote from the Campaign Log*: But on the tenth day of training, Freezeday, Stasis Week, Storm season in the Theyalan calendar, Pamalt-day, 7th week in the Rainy season (winter), tragedy struck. On the evening of that day one of the guards was going up to relieve one of his comrades when he discovered his headless body. His sword had been broken, and only the hilt half remained. We all raced up to investigate. The body showed no signs of torture nor did it bear any fire marks. Tracks were found of a single person wearing armored boots. After a quick discussion, Norac went alone to track the intruder. He followed the tracks for about two hours until he heard the sound of metal on metal. He listened carefully, but he couldn't tell the direction. Suddenly out of the darkness jumped a huge figure, wearing full plate and wielding a bastard sword and a hoplite shield. The design on his shield was a spider, and his helmet also bore a spider. The man swung, but Norac parried with his iron bastard sword. Norac's return swing was an utter failure. Not only did he fail to hit his man, but he hit himself in the stomach, dropped his weapon and lost his next attack and parry![1] On the man's next swing, Norac died. But not for long! Norac called on Orlanth to heal him and put his sword back in his hand. Orlanth granted his request at the cost of three points of POW. The man swung again. Norac mised his parry, and the blow landed on his unprotected body, on his head. He died again. But again the mighty Norac called on Orlanth to heal him, and again Orlanth granted the request for three more points of POW. The man swung, but Norac parried, and the blow failed to connect. Norac stood up instead of trying to swing from the ground. The warriors fought back and forth, Norac parrying with his sword, the man with his shield. For a minute they swung at each other until the man slipped through Norac's guard and thrust his blade into Norac's abdomen. As it withdrew, Norac felt a burning sensation, and he looked down to see a nasty green coloring starting to tinge his body. Norac swung again, but he was so distraught he lost his next attack and parry.[2] While Norac stumbled around, the man stepped back, resting. He said, "Do you surrender to Iul? I have the antidote to the poison!" Norac considered, and shook his head in the negative. Iul swung and despite Norac's parry, wounded his right arm. Norac's return swing bounced off Iul's shield. Now Iul took his sword and pushed it behind his shield. When he withdrew it, Norac could see it was again coated with a nasty green coating. While he did this, Norac con- nected solidly, but it bounced off Iul's armor. _________________________ [1] Fumble #00, roll three more times of table. [2] Fumble, lose next attack and parry. Iul then swung with his newly poisoned blade, but Norac parried the blow and it failed to hit him. Norac's return swing was a dismal failure, and he lost his next attack.[3] But while Norac recovered, Iul stepped back and rested. Then he swung again and connected, despite Norac's parry, and hit him in the head. Norac's return hit again bounced off Iul's shield. Then Norac felt the poison hit him. He successfully resisted the poison[4] but still felt its effect[5]. Iul swung again and hit Norac in the abdomen through Norac's sword. Again he died. And again he called on Orlanth to heal him completely. Orlanth replied that he would bring him back to life and remove the poison that had not taken effect, but not that poison that had already affected him. It cost Norac seven POW for this miracle. Iul again rested, while Norac finally began a spell, Bladesharp 5. It went off while Iul was still resting. Norac then stood up. Iul swung, but Norac parried. Norac tried an aimed blow to the head, but he missed. Iul swung, and Norac blew his parry. He dropped his sword again[6]. This time he didn't wait. He called on Orlanth to bring him back to Mistvale with his sword. Orlanth granted this mira- cle for six POW, thus leaving him with a POW of 2 after starting the combat with 21! While this debacle was going on, the rest of us went back to Mistvale. There we found Norac, looking like some- thing the cat dragged home. _________________________ [3] Another fumble. [4] 16 potency. [5] He took eight points of general hit point damage. [6] His fourth fumble!! *: This log, which I keep from notes taken during the gaming session is now some 200 pages long, single-spaced. How many of you have had days like this? The New Number Who, Jeff Okamoto okamoto@BERKELEY.EDU ..!ucbvax!okamoto