From wright@insane.apana.org.au Sun Jan 15 05:49:52 1995 Received: from [203.0.9.19] (wright.slip.dialup [203.0.9.19]) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id QAA13427; Sun, 15 Jan 1995 16:11:17 +1100 Message-Id: <199501150511.QAA13427@insane.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 15:50:06 +1000 To: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, The Dragon Lord , wright@insane.apana.org.au From: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Subject: ATG : Turn 140 Status: OR [We can work out the rest of the treasure later. I guess that Juniors tie-in may make the whole thing a bit pointless :-) . Anyway, here's the next turn!] You all decide to distribute the treasure amongst you according to who can carry what for the moment. It's important to carry as much as possible after all! Your eyes hurt with the brightness of the day once you are outside. The desert is just as barren as you went in. You set out back to the valley in which you came out into this hell from, skirting around the mountain ranges. After an hour's journey through the dusty haze the ground begins to tremble. Slight vibrations build to a deep thrumming and then suddenly stop. All is quiet but the air is full of tension. Slowly the vibrations start again. This time they are different. Lighter, slower and all around, Something is out there in the mist and it is closing in on you. Wishing that this haze would lift for just a moment you stare around. There is movement ahead and hundreds of grey clad figures are slowly emerging. Sixty feet from you, all but twelve stop. These twelve ride towards you with grim expressions on their faces. They halt and the eldest of the riders almost spits these words at you. "Defilers, ye have trod where none but Hek may go. Angered are the gods, the ways and the riches disturbed. For this ye outsiders shall die". He stares coldly at you, waiting for your answer. Slowly, the riders begin to turn their mounts as though to depart. Michael. Michael Wright. "That's touching." wright@insane.apana.org.au "Yeah - REALLY TOUCHING... Like touching the back of your throat... Ren and Stimpy ----> Hherrrrrghhhhh!" From LowKyu@aol.com Mon Jan 16 01:47:17 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA19253; Sun, 15 Jan 1995 19:43:06 -0500 Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 19:43:06 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950115194305_2187763@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: >They halt and the eldest of the riders almost spits these words at >you. "Defilers, ye have trod where none but Hek may go. Angered are >the gods, the ways and the riches disturbed. For this ye outsiders >shall die". He stares coldly at you, waiting for your answer. >Slowly, the riders begin to turn their mounts as though to depart. OOC: This is in common!? or Suloise? Junior didn't know what to say at first. The last thing he wanted was bad relations with the natives. It would make recover of the treasures much more difficult. "Now hold on a second." Junior said loud enough for all to hear. "We defiled nothing! We took great care to make sure nothing was disturbed. That is a monument of the past that needs to be preserved! If the Gods are angry, then I want to know what I need to do to set things right! If it's just men who are angry, then we need to talk first, because I'm prepared to compensate for any misbehavior we may have accidentally perpetrated." Junior wondered if the man was going to stop and give him some more information to work on. He wished he knew a bit more about the magical items they had recovered. Joe Carl PS. I haven't heard from Te-rasti, or Torgan with a bid yet. Which I guess is a bid of zero? Should I wait or distribute? From gt6441c@cc.gatech.edu Mon Jan 16 16:35:50 1995 Received: from lennon (root@lennon.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.9.20]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA12225; Mon, 16 Jan 1995 10:24:36 -0500 Received: (from gt6441c@localhost) by lennon.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA02933; Mon, 16 Jan 1995 10:16:58 -0500 From: gt6441c@cc.gatech.edu (Jonathan R Edwards) Message-Id: <199501161516.KAA02933@lennon.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: ATG: Junior To: LowKyu@aol.com Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 10:16:57 -0500 (EST) Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu In-Reply-To: <950115194305_2187763@aol.com> from "LowKyu@aol.com" at Jan 15, 95 07:43:06 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 585 Status: OR > "We defiled nothing! We took great care to make sure nothing was > disturbed. That is a monument of the past that needs to be > preserved! If the Gods are angry, then I want to know what I need > to do to set things right! If it's just men who are angry, then we > need to talk first, because I'm prepared to compensate for any > misbehavior we may have accidentally perpetrated." Elhmo whispers to Junior and the rest of the group, "Maybe I should take them the vial after all..." He pulls it from his pack (or whoever has it) and waits for the groups permission. Jon From wright@insane.apana.org.au Tue Jan 17 06:02:02 1995 Received: (from wright@localhost) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA10448; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 10:44:13 +1100 From: Michael Wright Message-Id: <199501162344.KAA10448@insane.apana.org.au> Subject: ATG turn ?? To: alex (Alex), vjg@cbcosmos.att.com (Brevan), gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu (Elhmo), jcarl@jabba.ess.harris.com (Junior), sinari@snakemail.hut.fi (Taufee), IO01108@maine.maine.edu (Te-rasti), guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr (Torgan), wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 10:44:12 +1100 (EST) Cc: LowKyu@aol.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 314 Status: OR Hi everybody. This is just a quick note on behalf of Michael, to apologise for not sending a turn out in the last few days. We have moved house over the weekend, and the computer has not been moved yet, however you will get a turn on Wednesday. I hope this is okay. Thanks! Georgia (Raven in the new game!!) From LowKyu@aol.com Wed Jan 18 05:35:36 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA11906; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 23:30:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 23:30:40 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950117202703_4503228@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Bidding results Status: OR Here are the results: I don't expect to hear from Torgan's player, I very rarely do. It usually bounces from his site as well. I quite trying to resend, the problem is so persistant. The bidding went as follows: It seemed that most of the time what people wanted they got. An usually they were close in the bidding war. There were some exceptions. Namely all of Juniors bidding :) Elhmo did well, and got some steals on the gems! Bids Item Juniors Elhmo Brevan Taufee Te-rasti Decanter of endless water: 1500 2000 Magical Plate mail : 2000 Medium Shield : Medium Shield if magical : 700 Staff : Staff if magical : 1 6000 Plain gold ring magical : 100 4000 3500 Gold ring set with star ruby : 1500 1400 1 jewelled ivory scroll cases : 1200 1 jewelled ivory scroll cases : 1200 1 jewelled ivory scroll cases : 1200 Scrolls 'cratle' : 5 Scrolls picture : 5 Scrolls protection from undead: 800 200 Jewelled ivory box : 7900 20 Red incense sticks : 10 Platinum box : 6000 11 Leather bag (bag of holding) : 2000 7500 Jewelled platinum necklace : 12000 11 4 Gems (1000gp) : 4500 10 Gems (500gp) : 5500 50 Gems (100gp) : 11 100 Gems (10gp) : 11 Jade panther headed man : 3600 11 3500 Silver brooch with gems : 3600 11 Gem encrusted gold chalice : 5000 11 The winners are: 2000 Decanter of endless water: Taufee 2000 Magical Plate mail : Brevan 700 Medium Shield if magical : Brevan 6000 Staff if magical : Taufee 4000 Plain gold ring magical : Taufee 1500 Gold ring set with star ruby : Junior 3600 jewelled ivory scroll cases x3 : Junior 5 Scrolls 'cratle' : Junior 5 Scrolls picture : Junior 800 Scrolls protection from undead: Brevan 7900 Jewelled ivory box : Junior 10 20 Red incense sticks : Junior 6000 Platinum box : Junior 7500 Leather bag (bag of holding) : Te-rasti 12000 Jewelled platinum necklace : Junior 4500 Gems x4 (1000gp) : Elhmo 5500 Gems x10 (500gp) : Elhmo 11 Gems x50 (100gp) : Elhmo 11 Gems x100 (10gp) : Elhmo 3600 Jade panther headed man : Junior 3600 Silver brooch with gems : Junior 5000 Gem encrusted gold chalice : Junior Total value 76,242 6 people includeing Torgan: Each gets 12,707 The Debt Junior owes 30,513! and has the following: Gold ring with star ruby carved and jewelled ivory scroll cases x3 scroll cratle scroll picture Jewelled ivory box Red incense sticks Platinum box Jewelled Platinum necklace Jade statue of a panther headed man Silver brooch with gems Gem encrusted gold chalice Brevan is due: 9,207 gp and has the following: Magical Plate mail Magical Shield Protection from Undead scroll Taufee is due: 700 gp and has the following: Decanter of endless water magical staff magical Plain gold ring Elhmo is due: 2,685 gp and has the following: Gems x4 (1000gp) Gems x10 (500gp) Gems x50 (100gp) Gems x100 (10gp) Te-Rasti is due: 5207 gp and has the following: Leather bag (bag of holding) Torgan is due: 12,707 gp The coins have not been distributed yet. Take care, Joe Carl From LowKyu@aol.com Wed Jan 18 05:35:37 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA11978; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 23:30:58 -0500 Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 23:30:58 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950117202717_4503487@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: OOC: Before leaving the temple and meeting the riders. Junior tallied the bids and did a lot of calculations. His smile of pleasure at doing this kind of mental work faded slowly to a frown, then a grimace. He finished the tally, and heavy sigh he stood up. "Well I've completed the bidding, and it appears I've got myself into trouble again." He told everyone what they were due. OOC: See the bid results email in a seperate file. "As you can see I owe everyone quite a bit of money. It appears no one has a taste for the arts as I do." Which caused him more than a little concern, as that reflected poorly on the potential success level of his future museum. "If you'll be patient enough to get back to civilization before I try to find the funds to pay you all back." he said with a swallow. OOC: Back to outside being surrounded >Elhmo whispers to Junior and the rest of the group, "Maybe I should >take them the vial after all..." He pulls it from his pack and >waits for the groups permission. OOC: decanter of endless water went to Taufee. Junior whispered back, "but we don't know the magic words yet. Someone would have to spend some time here and research it. As I understand it, special components are needed for that kind of a spell. I don't think we have them." Joe Carl From sinari@snakemail.hut.fi Wed Jan 18 10:25:47 1995 Received: from lk-hp-6.hut.fi (lk-hp-6.hut.fi [130.233.244.37]) by vinkku.hut.fi (8.6.9/8.6.7) with ESMTP id LAA00733; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 11:24:58 +0200 From: Jukka Sinisalo Received: (sinari@localhost) by lk-hp-6.hut.fi (8.6.8.1/8.6.7) id LAA10540; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 11:24:57 +0200 Message-Id: <199501180924.LAA10540@lk-hp-6.hut.fi> Subject: ATG: Taufee To: LowKyu@aol.com Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 11:24:57 +0200 (EET) Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu In-Reply-To: <950117202717_4503487@aol.com> from "LowKyu@aol.com" at Jan 17, 95 11:30:58 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1247 Status: OR OOC: Taufee suggested that we'd identify some of the stuff before we leave... if we took our time getting out of there, she certainly would have identified the things she got (ring & staff)??? OOC2: I looked through the old notes, and managed to find out that she bid (the time before this) on a wand (I think this is the 'Abrasee' -wand, so she didn't get it lightweight ring scroll of mage spells If memory serves me right, she got the two last mentioned items... I've just forgotten what's on them: maybe you Michael could help me out on that? > OOC: Back to outside being surrounded > >Elhmo whispers to Junior and the rest of the group, "Maybe I should > >take them the vial after all..." He pulls it from his pack and > >waits for the groups permission. > OOC: decanter of endless water went to Taufee. Taufee: "Go ahead, but I assume this means I won't have to pay the 2 grand for it, either". > Junior whispered back, "but we don't know the magic words yet. Someone > would have to spend some time here and research it. As I understand > it, special components are needed for that kind of a spell. I don't > think we have them." "I don't think we have the time. Let's try the word we found in the parchment." Sinari From LowKyu@aol.com Thu Jan 19 02:17:51 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA15909; Wed, 18 Jan 1995 20:12:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 20:12:43 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950118193327_5633220@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: >"I don't think we have the time. Let's try the word we found in >the parchment." "The word is Cratle, but properly spoken in Suliose it would be pronounced kraw-till" Junior commented as he watch what the mounted riders were doing. Joe Carl From LowKyu@aol.com Fri Jan 20 00:19:24 1995 Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA05479; Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:19:25 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:19:25 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950119181922_6853134@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: >They stride back quickly and demand to see the 'riches'. Taufee >hands over the decanter and the flow of water immediately stops. A >frown crosses the chief's face... Junior smiled, "From your reaction, I'd assume the gods wanted us to recover something for you. We can determine more of it's secrets, unless of course you still insist we must die." Junior watched the chief for an indication of what was to happen next. Joe From wright@insane.apana.org.au Thu Jan 19 14:32:48 1995 Received: (from wright@localhost) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id AAA03806; Sat, 21 Jan 1995 00:25:43 +1100 From: Michael Wright Message-Id: <199501201325.AAA03806@insane.apana.org.au> Subject: ATG : Turn 141 To: alex (Alex), vjg@cbcosmos.att.com (Brevan), gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu (Elhmo), LowKyu@aol.com (Junior), sinari@snakemail.hut.fi (Taufee), IO01108@maine.maine.edu (Te-rasti), guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr (Torgan), wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 00:25:42 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 530 Status: OR Seeing the predicament that the group is in, Taufee pulls out the decanter adn holds it before her. With a little hesitation, she speaks softly, "Cratle". Water immediately begins gushing from the neck of the bottle. It is cool and clean. The leaders of the Hek tribes hear the gasps of amazement from the warriers surrounding the group and turn. They stride back quickly and demand to see the 'riches'. Taufee hands over the decanter and the flow of water immediately stops. A frown crosses the chief's face... Michael From wright@insane.apana.org.au Tue Jan 24 12:20:41 1995 Received: (from wright@localhost) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id WAA08275; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 22:19:42 +1100 From: Michael Wright Message-Id: <199501241119.WAA08275@insane.apana.org.au> Subject: My email address To: alex (Alex), vjg@cbcosmos.att.com (Brevan), gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu (Elhmo), LowKyu@aol.com (Junior), sinari@snakemail.hut.fi (Taufee), IO01108@maine.maine.edu (Te-rasti), guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr (Torgan), wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 22:19:41 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 595 Status: OR I've been having problems getting anything to work at the moment. I think that I've found the problem. Our service provider is being changed in the next month or so, meaning that this machine needs a new name. The new email address that will work is : wright@netspace.net.au This is currently up and running. I think that the old email address may encounter some problems, but I'm not sure. If you've been having problems reaching me, try this new address. You may as well include it in your aliases files, since this will be my new email address and it is currently working! Michael From wright@insane.apana.org.au Tue Jan 24 22:30:31 1995 Received: (from wright@localhost) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id IAA03650; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 08:29:46 +1100 From: Michael Wright Message-Id: <199501242129.IAA03650@insane.apana.org.au> Subject: ATG : Turn 142 To: alex (Alex), vjg@cbcosmos.att.com (Brevan), gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu (Elhmo), LowKyu@aol.com (Junior), sinari@snakemail.hut.fi (Taufee), IO01108@maine.maine.edu (Te-rasti), guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr (Torgan), wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 08:29:46 +1100 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1546 Status: OR The leader of the assembled Hek tribes raises the decanter over his head and utters the word of power. The water instantly begins to flow again from the bottle to the accompaniment of cries of jubilation from the Hek. "You may leave" says the leader. He gestures and a passage opens up through the army that faces you. You move out and follow the mountain ranges again, hoping to find the passage that leads out of this desert. The Hek fade into the haze after only a few minutes of travel. All that surrounds you again is the unbearable heat that surrounds you all. With a grimace, you all realise that nobody took the time to refill their water bags with the decanter while they had the chance. Taufee's magic will be required again, and soon. After another days travel, thankfully uneventful, you find the passage back to the tunnels under the ground. You enter, and make your way back down through the ground. The passages are cool and dark, a very relaxing atmosphere considering the way in which you have been living for the past few days. The memories of the Hek still fill your minds, but not so much as to push out the dreams of the riches that you will bring back to civilization! You eagerly make your way back through the passages to what must be the Hall of Departure. The plaster has fallen to the floor revealing bare walls here. The hoop that you must jump through is intact, but the flame to one side of the hoop has ceased to burn. You can see the remains of some incense on the silver platform. Michael From sinari@snakemail.hut.fi Wed Jan 25 09:26:58 1995 Received: from lk-hp-6.hut.fi (lk-hp-6.hut.fi [130.233.244.37]) by vinkku.hut.fi (8.6.9/8.6.7) with ESMTP id KAA20423; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 10:25:11 +0200 From: Jukka Sinisalo Received: (sinari@localhost) by lk-hp-6.hut.fi (8.6.8.1/8.6.7) id KAA02730; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 10:25:11 +0200 Message-Id: <199501250825.KAA02730@lk-hp-6.hut.fi> Subject: Re: ATG : Turn 142 (Taufee) To: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 10:25:11 +0200 (EET) Cc: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, wright@insane.apana.org.au In-Reply-To: <199501242129.IAA03650@insane.apana.org.au> from "Michael Wright" at Jan 25, 95 08:29:46 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 851 Status: OR > The passages are cool and dark, a very relaxing atmosphere considering > the way in which you have been living for the past few days. The memories > of the Hek still fill your minds, but not so much as to push out the > dreams of the riches that you will bring back to civilization! You > eagerly make your way back through the passages to what must be the Hall > of Departure. Taufee: "I sure am happy to leave that desert. No more sweating, at least for a while! > The plaster has fallen to the floor revealing bare walls here. The hoop > that you must jump through is intact, but the flame to one side of the > hoop has ceased to burn. You can see the remains of some incense on the > silver platform. "If memory serves me right, we found some incence when we were still on the other side of the passage. Who has it?" Sinari From vjg@cbcosmos.att.com Wed Jan 25 15:57:41 1995 Received: from cbcosmos.UUCP by ig1.att.att.com id AA29268; Wed, 25 Jan 95 09:49:13 EST Message-Id: <9501251449.AA29268@ig1.att.att.com> From: vjg@cbcosmos.att.com Cc: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr Received: from deneb by cbcosmos with SMTP (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA14051; Wed, 25 Jan 95 09:48:26 -0500 Received: by deneb (4.1/16.2) id AA02747; Wed, 25 Jan 95 09:44:19 EST Date: Wed, 25 Jan 95 09:44:19 EST Original-From: cbcosmos!vjg To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi Subject: Re: ATG : Turn 142 (Taufee) Original-Cc: alex@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at, vjg, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr Status: OR Hey, I didn't get turn 142 yet! Can someone send it to me? -Vince From ghecko@cc.gatech.edu Wed Jan 25 18:47:14 1995 Received: from felix.cc.gatech.edu (ghecko@felix.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.107.11]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA26407; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 12:42:51 -0500 Received: (from ghecko@localhost) by felix.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA00885; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 12:40:26 -0500 From: ghecko@cc.gatech.edu (Jonathan R. Edwards) Message-Id: <199501251740.MAA00885@felix.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: ATG : Turn 142 (Elhmo) To: sinari@snakemail.hut.fi (Jukka Sinisalo) Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 12:40:26 -0500 (EST) Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr In-Reply-To: <199501250825.KAA02730@lk-hp-6.hut.fi> from "Jukka Sinisalo" at Jan 25, 95 10:25:11 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 347 Status: OR > Taufee: "I sure am happy to leave that desert. No more sweating, at least > for a while! Elhmo is trying to scrub off the waxy smelly substance on his skin. "Guess we don't need this stuff anymore..." > "If memory serves me right, we found some incence when we were still on > the other side of the passage. Who has it?" "Not me." Jon From LowKyu@aol.com Thu Jan 26 03:11:11 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.37.109.11/16.2) id AA146655887; Wed, 25 Jan 1995 21:04:48 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 21:04:48 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950125205446_6886227@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: >>"You may leave" says the leader. He gestures and a passage opens up >>through the army that faces you. You move out and follow the >>mountain ranges again, hoping to find the passage that leads out of >>this desert. Junior bowed, and continued on through the open passage the men gave them. As he passed beyond their hearing, "Why do I get the feeling we just created a very rich man. We'll have to trust the gods that we gave that item to a man with morals. Otherwise there may be some strife in this land as they fight over who should keep that item." >Taufee: "I sure am happy to leave that desert. No more sweating, >at least for a while! Junior chuckled. "I'll be thankful to just get this smelly crap off our skins. It's been on so long you've forgotten it stinks!" >>The plaster has fallen to the floor revealing bare walls here. The >>hoop that you must jump through is intact, but the flame to one side >>of the hoop has ceased to burn. You can see the remains of some >>incense on the silver platform. >Taufee: "If memory serves me right, we found some incense when we >were still on the other side of the passage. Who has it?" "I own them now. I really hate using them when I have the temporary gate to activate. But the wizard that gave it to me said not to activate it near anything highly magical." Junior frowned, "I guess that classifies as highly magical, and I'm not sure how far away we should be either. I'd say at least 2 days walk." Junior started rummaging through his backpack, and the familiar phrase "Now where did I put them" and then he found what he was looking for. A set of incense sticks came out and he laid one on the silver platter as the picture he now owns indicated. "Some one go ahead and light it. Let's hope this works." Joe PS. Mike Please send me the exact nature of all magical items the party has recovered. I'll need it as I become the next GM. Thanks. From ghecko@cc.gatech.edu Thu Jan 26 15:39:41 1995 Received: from felix.cc.gatech.edu (ghecko@felix.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.107.11]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA04601; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 09:37:03 -0500 Received: (from ghecko@localhost) by felix.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id JAA24977; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 09:37:00 -0500 From: ghecko@cc.gatech.edu (Jonathan R. Edwards) Message-Id: <199501261437.JAA24977@felix.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: ATG: Junior To: LowKyu@aol.com Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 09:37:00 -0500 (EST) Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu In-Reply-To: <950125205446_6886227@aol.com> from "LowKyu@aol.com" at Jan 25, 95 09:04:48 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 784 Status: OR > Junior bowed, and continued on through the open passage the men gave > them. As he passed beyond their hearing, "Why do I get the feeling > we just created a very rich man. We'll have to trust the gods that > we gave that item to a man with morals. Otherwise there may be some > strife in this land as they fight over who should keep that item." Elhmo eyes Junior with a sort of respect. "I'd never thought of that Junior. You may be right. > "I own them now. I really hate using them when I have the temporary > gate to activate. But the wizard that gave it to me said not to > activate it near anything highly magical." To the side, Elhmo says "I'd like to meet this wizard." > "Some one go ahead and light it. Let's hope this works." "I'll do it." From LowKyu@aol.com Fri Jan 27 02:55:37 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.37.109.11/16.2) id AA226831428; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 20:50:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 20:50:28 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950126205028_8194463@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: >To the side, Elhmo says "I'd like to meet this wizard." Junior nodded his head. "I'll introduce you to him when we make it back. He'll probably oversee the setting up of a more durable gate when we arrive." Joe Carl From wright@insane.apana.org.au Mon Jan 30 14:00:45 1995 Received: from [203.3.127.81] (dialup-1.insane.apana.org.au [203.3.127.81]) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA29290; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 23:51:41 +1100 Message-Id: <199501301251.XAA29290@insane.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 23:51:40 +1000 To: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, The Dragon Lord , wright@insane.apana.org.au From: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Subject: ATG : Turn 143 Status: OR You pull out the incense that you found on the other side of the mountains in the tunnels and gingerly put one of the sticks onto the silver tray. Brevan lights a piece of wood with his flint and steel and you all watch as he lights the incense. The smell of the incense is still present fairly strongly. Apart from smoking, it does not seem to have any effect. Michael P.S. This isn't the last turn, but it's _damn_ close! Michael Wright. "That's touching." wright@insane.apana.org.au "Yeah - REALLY TOUCHING... Like touching the back of your throat... Ren and Stimpy ----> Hherrrrrghhhhh!" From LowKyu@aol.com Tue Jan 31 04:36:55 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.37.109.11/16.2) id AA218323092; Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:31:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:31:33 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950130223054_5584988@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: >You pull out the incense that you found on the other side of the >mountains in the tunnels and gingerly put one of the sticks onto the >silver tray. Brevan lights a piece of wood with his flint and steel >and you all watch as he lights the incense. >The smell of the incense is still present fairly strongly. Apart >from smoking, it does not seem to have any effect. Junior was confused, "That should have worked," he said as if magic were a predictable entity. He rummaged through his backpack and produced the parchment bearing a picture of the underground tunnel. The incense were burning on the flat platform in the hoop that they had just jumped through when they first arrived. "Hmmm, Let's try burning some incense there instead." "If that doesn't work, we need to search this place extensively!" "As a last resort we can trek back out into the desert and hope we are far enough away from a magical source and activate my gate. But only as a last resort, we all know how magical the ancient Suliose were. No telling what else is buried out here in these desert sands." Junior got out another stick of incense and placed it on the platform as the picture indicated. "Elhmo, if you please." he said indicating the incense to light. Joe From ghecko@cc.gatech.edu Tue Jan 31 18:53:03 1995 Received: from felix.cc.gatech.edu (ghecko@felix.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.107.11]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id MAA07541; Tue, 31 Jan 1995 12:46:18 -0500 Received: (from ghecko@localhost) by felix.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id MAA12676; Tue, 31 Jan 1995 12:45:50 -0500 From: ghecko@cc.gatech.edu (Jonathan R. Edwards) Message-Id: <199501311745.MAA12676@felix.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: ATG: Junior To: LowKyu@aol.com Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 12:45:50 -0500 (EST) Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu In-Reply-To: <950130223054_5584988@aol.com> from "LowKyu@aol.com" at Jan 30, 95 10:31:33 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 602 Status: OR > Junior got out another stick of incense and placed it on the platform > as the picture indicated. > > "Elhmo, if you please." he said indicating the incense to light. He looks up, a little startled. "Uhh, yeah, sorry." He then slips a large red gem back into his pouch and moves to the incense. With a slight movement of his hand and a soft muttering incantation, a little flame appears on the end of his finger. "This was the first trick Master Fellwar taught me," he says with a grin. After he lights the incense he blows out his finger and steps back. "Let's hope this works..." Jon From vjg@cbcosmos.att.com Tue Jan 31 21:28:05 1995 Received: from cbcosmos.UUCP by ig1.att.att.com id AA27574; Tue, 31 Jan 95 15:27:48 EST Message-Id: <9501312027.AA27574@ig1.att.att.com> From: vjg@cbcosmos.att.com Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg%deneb@ig1.att.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Received: from deneb by cbcosmos with SMTP (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA12069; Tue, 31 Jan 95 15:27:12 -0500 Received: by deneb (4.1/16.2) id AA00677; Tue, 31 Jan 95 15:23:03 EST Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 15:23:03 EST Original-From: cbcosmos!vjg To: LowKyu@aol.com, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu Subject: Re: ATG: Junior Original-Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@deneb, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Status: OR > After he lights the incense he blows out his finger and steps back. > > "Let's hope this works..." Brevan says, "Yes, let's hope it works. I don't want to live out my days with the Hek." -Vince From wright@insane.apana.org.au Wed Feb 1 13:55:02 1995 Received: from [203.3.127.86] (dialup-6.insane.apana.org.au [203.3.127.86]) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA28692; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 23:56:14 +1100 Message-Id: <199502011256.XAA28692@insane.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 23:55:04 +1000 To: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, The Dragon Lord , wright@insane.apana.org.au From: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Subject: ATG : Turn 144 Status: OR Elhmo lights another stick of the incense you found on the other side of the mountain. The effects are similar. The incense doesn't seem to do anything. Junior pulls out his wand and says 'Abrasee' over the sticks. They do not glow with magic. Michael Michael Wright. "That's touching." wright@insane.apana.org.au "Yeah - REALLY TOUCHING... Like touching the back of your throat... Ren and Stimpy ----> Hherrrrrghhhhh!" From LowKyu@aol.com Thu Feb 2 03:08:45 1995 Received: by mail04.mail.aol.com (1.37.109.11/16.2) id AA080700621; Wed, 1 Feb 1995 21:03:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 21:03:42 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950201205027_10477431@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior Status: OR Junior: >Elhmo lights another stick of the incense you found on the other >side of the mountain. The effects are similar. The incense doesn't >seem to do anything. Junior pulls out his wand and says 'Abrasee' >over the sticks. They do not glow with magic. Junior put his sticks away. "Looks like we got the wrong incense sticks." "I didn't think to bring any of the other sticks with us. Did anyone else?" Joe OOC: I have no idea what to do. Unless someone else can think of something? OOC: If we fail to get out of here, I can still take over the GM job from here :) Just let me know when I'm on :) From ghecko@cc.gatech.edu Fri Feb 3 17:28:39 1995 Received: from felix (root@felix.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.107.11]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id LAA15509 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 1995 11:28:11 -0500 Received: (from ghecko@localhost) by felix.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA12052; Fri, 3 Feb 1995 10:53:59 -0500 From: ghecko@cc.gatech.edu (Jonathan R. Edwards) Message-Id: <199502031553.KAA12052@felix.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: ATG: Junior To: LowKyu@aol.com Date: Fri, 3 Feb 1995 10:53:59 -0500 (EST) Cc: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu In-Reply-To: <950201205027_10477431@aol.com> from "LowKyu@aol.com" at Feb 1, 95 09:03:42 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 454 Status: OR > "I didn't think to bring any of the other sticks with us. Did > anyone else?" Elhmo's self amusement with the fire-finger trick quickly ends when the incense is shown to be non-magical. "Great... Unless there is something around here that we missed, we will have to use your Gate. Let's check out the area first though. How did we find these at the other portal?" He then wanders over to the mosaic(?) on the wall to take a closer look. Jon From ghecko@cc.gatech.edu Tue Feb 7 22:18:48 1995 Received: from felix.cc.gatech.edu (ghecko@felix.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.107.11]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA20147; Tue, 7 Feb 1995 16:18:06 -0500 Received: (from ghecko@localhost) by felix.cc.gatech.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id QAA28983; Tue, 7 Feb 1995 16:18:00 -0500 From: ghecko@cc.gatech.edu (Jonathan R. Edwards) Message-Id: <199502072118.QAA28983@felix.cc.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: ATG : Last chance! To: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 16:18:00 -0500 (EST) Cc: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, thedm@leland.stanford.edu, wright@insane.apana.org.au In-Reply-To: <199502072115.IAA12113@insane.apana.org.au> from "Michael Wright" at Feb 8, 95 08:11:56 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 195 Status: OR Maybe this didn't get out last time: Elhmo is trying to remember the exact details of our last use of the portals while he searches the room and the walls... Other than that, no idea! Jon From wright@insane.apana.org.au Tue Feb 7 22:10:29 1995 Received: from [203.3.127.83] (dialup-3.insane.apana.org.au [203.3.127.83]) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA12113; Wed, 8 Feb 1995 08:15:55 +1100 Message-Id: <199502072115.IAA12113@insane.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 08:11:56 +1000 To: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, The Dragon Lord , wright@insane.apana.org.au From: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Subject: ATG : Last chance! Status: OR You've got 24 hours to come up with another solution. If not, Joe takes up the campaign with you all stuck in the desert, hoping that Juniors teleporter will work! I'll be conducting a post mortem on the game over the next week or so. I'll also type out the proluge to the game (just where did the map come from?) I must say that you've all done pretty well so far with the problem solving, getting past some of the riddles way before I thought you would. I'm loathe to give out any hints to the puzzle that you now face, but I'd like to see this work. If you're not the hint type, just stop reading here. I promise it wont' be a big hint! Incense _is_ required... Michael Wright. "That's touching." wright@insane.apana.org.au "Yeah - REALLY TOUCHING... Like touching the back of your throat... Ren and Stimpy ----> Hherrrrrghhhhh!" From wright@insane.apana.org.au Thu Feb 9 23:02:58 1995 Received: from [203.3.127.93] (dialup-11.insane.apana.org.au [203.3.127.93]) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA19045; Fri, 10 Feb 1995 07:28:03 +1100 Message-Id: <199502092028.HAA19045@insane.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 07:23:20 +1000 To: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, gt6441c@prism.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, The Dragon Lord , wright@insane.apana.org.au From: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Subject: ATG : Last turn! [take it away Joe] Status: OR It seems as if nothing that you will do will relight the flame to the tunnels. Tired, hungry and dirty, you feel more than a little depressed. Nevertheless you did discover the riches of the ancient race of the Suloise, and perhaps have gained some evidence that disputes the common historical beliefs about this ancient race. It seems funny that something such as water, so little valued in the other world that you left behind, could be such a valued commodity in another place. These priceless items that you have brought out of the desert are practically worthless here, simple trinkets. It seems that all that glitters is not gold... "Cheer up," says Junior. "I can still activate my portal. We just need to get a couple of days away from here, in case the tunnels provide interference. Hopefully we'll be able to hold out until then, and we'll find ourselves in the centre of high civilization! I wonder if we can convince a Hek tribesman to come back with us, sort of a 'living exhibit'..." "Well, I guess that I got what I came here for," says Brevan. "My family home is safe again. I'll be travelling back there soon. What do the rest of you plan to do?" You all talk for a while about what awaits you on 'the other side of the mountains' while making your way further South, away from both the Hek and the tunnels. Who knows now what the future holds? THE END [That's it for ATG! I'll be doing my post-mortem and prologue etc on the weekend. The game is now handed over to Joe Carl. I suppose that he won't be using the ATG: format, but I think that we'll all be able to cope with the change. Joe, she's all yours!] Michael Wright. "That's touching." wright@insane.apana.org.au "Yeah - REALLY TOUCHING... Like touching the back of your throat... Ren and Stimpy ----> Hherrrrrghhhhh!" From LowKyu@aol.com Fri Feb 10 04:40:15 1995 Received: by mail02.mail.aol.com (1.38.193.5/16.2) id AA12744; Thu, 9 Feb 1995 22:40:19 -0500 Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 22:40:19 -0500 From: LowKyu@aol.com Message-Id: <950209215141_17497208@aol.com> To: wright@insane.apana.org.au, alex, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, sinari@vinkku.hut.fi, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, guedos@mr.insa-tlse.fr, thedm@leland.stanford.edu Subject: ATG: Junior -> desperate attempt Status: OR Junior: Junior was getting frustrated. "Let's review this okay, It's been a while since we jumped through that portal, and my memory isn't all that great at times." He cleared his throat. "We arrived here by stepping through a loop right?" "To enable that to happen we had lit some incense on a flat platform and the portal opened." He shook his head as if he wasn't sure if he remembered that right. "When we arrived, we were on this side of the hoop." "So if the incense were burning on the other side then we could go through the hoop?" "Noooo, we could come here, but it's a one way gate." Junior took the still burning incense and tossed the stick through the hoop. He was getting desperate to find the trick. A puzzle that he couldn't defeat was intolerable! He lit stick after stick and placed them in various places in the room hoping to activate the gate. He pushed and pulled objects in the room hoping he'd stubble across the proper trigger. He even took out the picture of the process they had found on the treasure room, and waved it around in various places in the room. OOC: That's I can think of to try. If nothing works, then I'll take over. OOC: Don't forget to give me a list of the magical items and what they really are. Joe From wright@insane.apana.org.au Mon Feb 13 13:56:22 1995 Received: from [203.3.127.98] (dialup-14.insane.apana.org.au [203.3.127.98]) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA06187; Tue, 14 Feb 1995 00:02:10 +1100 Message-Id: <199502131302.AAA06187@insane.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 23:57:09 +1000 To: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, The Dragon Lord , wright@insane.apana.org.au From: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Subject: ATG : Post mortem : Proluge Status: OR Here's the proluge to the adventure. This may give you a few ideas to some of the mysteries of the adventure. If you don't like spoiling the mystery then STOP READING NOW. I will follow with the answers to a few more 'mysteries' like why that Fire Giant helped you out... Tikul's saga Beneath the twisted branches of a tropical tree a skeleton lies grinning at the clear blue sky. Vines twine through its ribs and ants crawl over its skull. These sun bleached bones are all that remain of the sorcerer Tikul, a man who went in search of a dream but found only death. Our story begins a year and a half ago in a library far from the jungle. While researching into ancient and dusty tomes, Tikul came across references to the Suloise, a wealthy civilisation lying to the west of the impassable Hellfurnaces. His imagination fired by descriptions of mighty magics and majestic domed cities, he vowed to visit this land and see for himself its glittering wonders. Greatest and most intriguing of these were the passages built deep underground by the dark arch mage Kahoatep. These allowed travellers to ride the wind from one side of the mountains to the other, and they would be Tikul's access to the lands of the Kepta. Delving further, he discovered that two trading posts existed, one at each end of the passages - Windgate to the west and Terabar to the east. According to Tikul's calculations, Terabar lay at the source of the Utdoo River deep in the Amedio Jungle. Eager to be under way, Tikul collected a trusty band of associates. He instructed his apprentice to follow the clues that he would leave and then set out for Port Elizabeth. From there he journeyed up river to the trading settlement at Kett's Rapids where friendly Mallata natives warned him of the warlike Atem tribes living above White Tooth Water. Undaunted the adventurers entered the jungle. Drenched with sweat and plagued by mosquitoes, they hacked their way to White Tooth Water. Unmistakable signs of the Atem hung from the trees - skulls and bones clacked rhythmically together and brightly coloured feathers danced lightly in the breeze. They continued on, ignoring the warnings but prepared for any attack. Their trek brought them to a fork in the river, where twin waterfalls emptied into the Utdoo. Looming high above the falls was Mount Gegesti, its black smoke smudging the clear sky - a sight for which Tikul was unprepared, for nowhere was a volcano mentioned in the ancient writings. With low spirits he realised that Terabar lay under the hardened lava. Bitterly disappointed, Tikul saw no alternative but to turn back. Just as the explorers were leaving, a concealed entrance was discovered. They entered the tunnel beyond expecting to reach the fabled passages. Instead it brought them to a narrow valley blocked by a great stone dam and an Atem shrine. Fresh hope grew when Tikul calculated that another entrance to the passages lay ahead - an entrance not to Terabar but to one of several maintenance stations that served the tunnels. Following a fight with the Atem and a perilous chase through the bog beyond the dam, the depleted and weary group finally arrived at their destination. Strangely, a fire giant gladly showed them the entrance they were seeking and they descended deep into the earth. Dark, foul beasts now dwelt in the abandoned passages. Fearing attack at any moment, the companions explored until they found the magical gates at the eastern end of the passages. As soon as Tikul had tapped the source of ancient magic, the enchanted wind swept them west to Windgate. Windgate was in ruins and the wind blew no more towards the east. Searching for a means of escape Tikul discovered a flight of stairs and a few pieces of red incense which he realised would allow travel back to Terabar. However, the lure of the Suel's wealth drew him like a magnet and he led the way up the stairs. Tikul and his companions were unprepared for what lay at the top - a parched land covered by a thick dust cloud, where twisted mountains thrust starkly upwards. The rich land beyond the mountains was no more; it had been destroyed; for what reasons Tikul could only guess. But destroyed it was. In its place was the inhospitable Sea of Dust, a land where dust hung in the air, a bane to vision and breathing, home to a few desert creatures and the Hek - a strange people descended from survivors of the cataclysm which had torn the soul from the land countless millennia ago. A people to whom wealth is measured not in gold but in drops of water. So great is the Hek lust for 'riches' that certain females can sense its prescence many miles away. When a create water spell was unwittingly cast by a member of Tikul's party, it was as if the very doors of heaven opened for one such woman. In a trance she led the tribe to Tikul's camp where the tribesmen crazed by the sight of 'riches' attacked manically, leaving only Tikul and his cleric companion alive to be taken prisoner. The Hek'Ilj, as the tribe called themselves, were pleased with their catch and treated their captives with respect. In the days that followed, the Hek recited many tales of the Sea of Dust, but the one that most interested Tikul dealt with the 'fabulous temple of Aumata-Perion where all the riches in the world were stored.' Believing that this temple contained the remnants of the Suloise wealth, Tikul convinced the Hek that with his magic they could steal the temple's treasures, little realising that the riches sought by him and the Hek were very different. The warriors were summoned and the assault mounted. Reaching the temple, they entered its confines. Tikul watched in horror as a skeleton warrior appeared and slew his companion and the Hek'Ilj warriors. After casting spells to no avail Tikul knew that all was lost. He fled back to the underground passages leaving the Hek'Ilj to their fate. Crushed with dissapointment and despairing at the fate of his friends, he hardly noticed the return journey through the passages. Weak and wounded he struggled back through the jungle towards Kett's Rapids only to collapse within a day's journey of safety, poisoned by drinking water from a stagnant pool. Broken and delirious his only hope lay in his apprentice, but the apprentice would never come - he had long since fled with his master's wealth and spell books. Alone and far from home Tikul died, his only remaining possesion grasped in his palsied hand - a map showing his journey to the temple of Aumata-Perion The tale does not end there; in many ways it is just beginning. The map was discovered shortly after Tikul's demise by a small archaeologist named Junior... a lure to adventurers to follow Tikul's trail and discover that all that glitters is not gold... Michael Wright. "That's touching." wright@insane.apana.org.au "Yeah - REALLY TOUCHING... Like touching the back of your throat... Ren and Stimpy ----> Hherrrrrghhhhh!" From wright@insane.apana.org.au Tue Feb 14 21:32:50 1995 Received: from [203.3.127.82] (dialup-2.insane.apana.org.au [203.3.127.82]) by insane.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA26365; Wed, 15 Feb 1995 07:39:13 +1100 Message-Id: <199502142039.HAA26365@insane.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 07:34:17 +1000 To: alex, vjg@cbcosmos.att.com, ghecko@cc.gatech.edu, LowKyu@aol.com, sinari@snakemail.hut.fi, IO01108@maine.maine.edu, The Dragon Lord , wright@insane.apana.org.au From: wright@insane.apana.org.au (Michael Wright) Subject: ATG : Post Mortem - Part 1 Status: OR Post Mortem : Part 1 - the jungle Most of your actions in the Jungle were very good. I had a hard time keeping ahead of you, and you all seemed to work out puzzles a bit quicker than I thought you would. Casting your minds back now... The first encounter that you had with the Atem proved very encouraging. Rather than killing the warriors, you decided on a more humane approach. Very good. Of course the solution to not alerting the rest of the tribe was a small matter. The warriors would probably have survived while tied up unless a predatory beast wandered by. To ease your concience, they got back to their village OK. You found the hidden entrance to the tunnel that led to the Atem camp easily. Not alerting the guards to your prescence was another bonus. The really hairy part of the Jungle however was the wall that the fight took place on. I was amazed that you managed to hold onto that wall for so long. The actual plan of the adventure is to force the adventurers into the passageway that leads down. Most of you managed to bypass this by getting down the wall by rope. I must say that Elhmo's use of illusion was excellent in delaying the warriors from ascending the staircases. Abu and Muban were the villages witch doctors. They were the 'panthers' that attacked you. Both were slain if I remember correctly, leaving the Atem village in a vulnerable position relating to rival tribes. If you had returned through the wind tunnels you may have found the tribe waiting there seeking retribution on the way back through! What you missed by bypassing the room however may make you wince. I remember that Junior and Torgan saw the goodies, but may not have realised what they were. There was a long sword +1, 2 large shields + 1, a long sword +1 +4 vs devils in a jewelled scabbard, a suit of human splint mail + 2, a potion of flying, a potion of fire resistance and an ornate golden brooch, decorated with small gemstones (value - 2000gp). To get this stuff you had to defeat the Atem chief and his 3 bodyguards. This was booty that was left behind by Tikul's party after fleeing from this village. The villagers would not enter the bog beyond because of the Hydra. The Hydra proved to become a boring fight fairly quickly, so it was killed off. You probably would have lost a couple of characters, and I didn't want that to happen. Meeting Vanck the Fire Giant was fun! The reason that he didn't kill you on the spot was because he was suffering from Hallucinatory Insanity. Vanck was exiled from his own people in Mt Gegesti and had become very lonely. He actually thought that you were all Fire Giants. The cat was almost out of the bag a couple of times, but you managed OK. I think that it was around the time of the Hydra that we all lost contact with Prometheus. Still, I guess these things happen. After this you managed to make it into the wind walkers passages, but I'll cover that in my next post. Something significant at this point : one of the characters had a secret, which none of the others had picked up on, and indeed never did. I'm not going to give any more clues, but I was mighty suprised that nobody noticed this by this point, let alone through the entire adventure! Michael Wright. "That's touching." wright@insane.apana.org.au "Yeah - REALLY TOUCHING... Like touching the back of your throat... Ren and Stimpy ----> Hherrrrrghhhhh!"