tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67595804381038461272024-02-27T01:35:36.634-08:00Asshat PaladinsA blog about RPGs and other thoughts.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.comBlogger1059125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-27672383604555869492018-06-27T14:00:00.000-07:002018-06-27T14:00:00.556-07:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Session 4 The Three-Body Problem<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Session 4: The Three-Body Problem</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Friday, December 8, 2017</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dramatis Personae:</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Captain Ramsey Zook</strong>, played by K</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">General Samuel Zook</strong>, played by K</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bang Buckwheat</strong>, played by BB (absent)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Prospero Jones</strong>, played by R</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">John Havelock</strong>, played by A</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dr. Winston Stuart</strong>, played by H</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Taras Maksim Yan (Sidorov)</strong>, played by N</li>
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Zook and the rest of the crew were noticibly disturbed by this, since the devices were still recording and recording them.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Suddenly, the devices started to move on their own (Complications: NewGenTech Devices D12, NewGenTech Devices are Mobile D8) and started to escape the infirmary!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The crew immediately gave chase, with Zook, John, Taras and Prospero chasing after two that skittered down the hall towards the sleeping quarters, leaving Winston to corral the third, which was trying to escape through the ceiling duct.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The chase was fast and furious, since the mobile NewGenTech Devices were both agile on their mass of mono-filiment probes and slippery from the blood and effusion from the dead bodies. Taras managed to capture one after leaping after it, and Zook got the other.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Meanwhile Winston grabbed the one trying to climb into the ship's ducts and got ahold of it, stuffing it into a large container and throwing the container into the refrigerator.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Taras and Zook stuffed their prisoners into some sacks and they joined their third in the storage fridge.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Prospero posited that the NewGenTech Devices were Alliance in nature and, with the Polite Tong Headman's nephew's access to the Tong, contained valuable information about the Tong, exposing their businesses and criminal activities. The value of such data is immense, most likely priceless and extremely dangerous to know or have in one's possession.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They all looked at the corpses with a renewed desire to dump them as fast as possible. The sound of scratch, scratch, scratch came from the fridge, breaking the silence.</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-37942160186160553192018-06-15T14:00:00.000-07:002018-06-15T14:00:03.449-07:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Prospero Jones<h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #364347; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 24px;">
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">Attributes: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mental: d10_______________Physical: d8______________Social: d6<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Skills: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Craft d4______________________Drive d4_______________Fight d4<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />**Fix d12 (engines)_____________Fly d4_________________*Focus d6<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />*Influence d6__________________**Know d12 (sciences)___Labor d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Move d4______________________*Notice d10 (behavior)___**Operate d10 (ship systems)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Perform d4___________________Shoot d6_______________Sneak d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Survive d4____________________Throw d4_______________Treat d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Trick d4<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Distinctions: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Ship's Mechanic d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Zen & the Art of Engine Maintenance: Spend 1 PP at the beginning of a Timed Action involving ship repair or upgrades. For each of your rolls during the Timed Action, you may reroll any die that comes up 1 instead of accepting a Plot Point for that die<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Miracle Worker: If you replace your Fix Skill with a D4 for the next roll, gain a Big Damn Hero Die equal to that Skill's normal die rating if your roll is successful <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fix, Know, Operate) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Child Prodigy d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Eidetic Memory: Spend 1 PP to roll your Know Skill and add it to your total once per scene<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Exceptional Talent: Step up an existing Complication to step up or double a Skill in a non-combat situation <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fix, Know, Operate) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Reader d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Secrets, Secrets: When you are in the presence of someone who is trying to keep a secret, spend 1 PP to discover the secret with a Mental + Know Actions. If your Action fails, create or step up a Paranoid Complications<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Psychic Flashes: Once per scene, spend 1 PP to create a D8 Complication on a Gamemaster character by blurting out a secret or negative fate<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Focus, Influence, Notice) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Signature Assets:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Ning Po (ship) d8<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Prospero Jones was always in the top 0.01% of the class. He managed to pick up everything having to do with learning: science and engineering, a bit of medicine, politics, literature and more. He’s got an encyclopedic memory and can bore you to tears on the differences between Fourier Analysis and LaPlace Transforms, if you let him. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The middle child of bureaucratic parents from Osiris, Prospero went to the finest university on planet and graduated with honors at age 12, with degrees in engineering and philosophy, earning a guaranteed–for–life researcher job with a local engineering firm. Like everyone, he watched the Battle of Serenity Valley unfold via vid and, due to the stress of watching that battle,Short Attention manifested shortly thereafter. He quit his job and spent the next year in his parents basement, learning poker and reading esoteric texts, supporting himself with odd but lucrative engineering jobs here and there, making a buck or two in some of the alleys with less cams and back resteraunt Gambling dens, trying his hand here or their. Finally, his parents kicked him out and he joined up with Capt. Zook as chief engineer on the Ning Po. Almost 19, he’s been crew for three years, when stops are made, he finds a nice place to lay into earning a few pieces here and their playing "five pieces", "Cups and Balls" anything that will keep ya a wanderin, and leave ya we a smile, to see him by, occasionally proving usefull at an odd job off ship if need be,<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Prospero doesn’t carry a gun normally (although he knows how to use one), as the Ning Po’s engines don’t like guns much. He’s still exploring his abilities and so keeps them secret. He’s got a penchant for collecting (and wearing) cheap animal half–masks on board the ship.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />3x3s</span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Kane Morgan, former professor. Professor Kane wonders why his young student has fallen so far from the safe and productive life that was laid before him. But he’s been writing some very exciting scientific papers which could be worth something. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Mike Jones, brother. Mike and Prospero are tighter than two peas in a pod. Mike works for planetary security on Ariel. He’s going to be one of the top guys there. If something happened to Prospero, Mike would be sure to take steps. He’s normally a calm person but Katie–Bar–The– Door when it comes to someone bothering his brother! <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Albion Market, A Reader Friend. During his year of exploration in his parent’s basement, Prospero met Albion, who gave the youth some tips o’ the trade, including a few esoteric texts. He plays at the mysterious.</span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Charlie Clauson, shyster lawyer. One of his clients sued the company Prospero worked for about a failed piece of machinery that killed several people. During the court case, Prospero showed conclusively that the client was responsible for misusing the machine. In the process, he completely demolished Charlie. And Charlie wants payback. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Peter Johnson, information broker. During his second year on the Ning Po, Peter asked Prospero some info from his last job. Prospero wouldn’t give it and so Peter pushed a little harder. That resulted in Capt. Zook beating Peter fairly badly. Peter doesn’t hold Zook responsible, no, that falls to Prospero. So he’s gathering info on him, for later. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Po Ling–Kau, female mob boss. The crew of the Ning Po did some deals with Po’s father. These deals went bad and he was killed. And the guy who pulled the trigger? Yes, it was Prospero! (as Cap'n needs may)</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-88699439176043113562018-05-31T14:00:00.000-07:002018-05-31T14:00:02.967-07:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Session 3 Dirt<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Session 3: Dirt</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wednesday, November 29, 2017</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Captain Ramsey Zook</strong>, played by BR (absent)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">General Samuel Zook</strong>, played by BR (absent)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bang Buckwheat</strong>, played by BB (absent)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Prospero Jones</strong>, played by J (absent)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">John Havelock</strong>, played by A</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dr. Winston Stuart</strong>, played by H</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">A Polite Tong Headman and his Unruly Gang</li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Note: This session was inspired/stolen shamelessly from <a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/mmx/series/view.php/82/mobile" target="_blank">The Signal's (Season 3, Episode 14) Badger's World (Season 1</a>, Episode 7).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After escaping the mysterious black ship that attacked them last session, the Ning Po lands on Persephone, in the Eavesdown Docks.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When Captain Zook mentions the disease, Steel Gangrene, that has broken out on Ita, Winston remembers working with a guy who fought at Sturgis on a Medical Ship. It was abandoned in the fighting, now floating among the wrecks there. It's got medicine that can help heal the disease on Ita. By the end of the week, the disease will have more victims on Ita. Persephone to Sturgis to Ita would take about a week. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While Zook and the rest of the crew get the ship repaired, John and Winston were told to head over to the Eavesdown Docks and prep the cargo for the ship to pick up prior to the lease on the depot slip reverting back to the depot.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Both John and Winston notice that there are a lot of Alliance Guards at the Eavesdown Docks Bonded Container Depot (Complication: Lots o' Alliance Guards D6) but they get by them with the pass (Asset: Pass into Persephone's Eavesdown Docks Bonded Container Depot D6).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They go to Depot Slip No. 2337, an area with tall chain link fencing and enclosed for privacy with screens on the fencing. There's a touch-screen entrance lock and they put in the code, entering 2337.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Inside, they find a pair of Type 47 Cargo Containers and a large blue tarp on the ground. There's no sign of a cargo.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Looking under the tarp, it's just a pile of dirt. Their instructions, when they got the job, was to move the cargo in the yard into the containers but there's nothing but a big pile of dirt.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">John figures out that the cargo is the dirt. And it's "not just dirt, it's top soil, highest quality, fertile, well worked, naturally built up over a century with only organic compost topsoil." Vastly superior, naturally developed than processed dirt. On the Rim, it's worth it's eight in gold. And with an export premium you wouldn't believe.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Opening the containers, they find two Level IV Mass Shifters and start moving the dirt because time is at a premium.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Before long, they notice more Alliance Guards around outside, searching for something (Complication Lots o' Alliance Guards D8) and some of them have search dogs (Complication: Alliance Dogs Sniffing Things Up D8). That's when they uncover the three dead bodies, buried in a shallow mass grave in a corner of the pile (Complication: 3 Dead Bodies D8).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Not knowing what to do with the bodies (and loath to leave them behind to be discovered later -- and pointing toward the last people in #2337, them!), Winston starts rolling them up in sections of the blue tarp.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Some Alliance Guards come to #2337's door and John goes to talk to them. He shows them the pass and that they're just emptying the Depot before the lease is up. He uses some jerky as a prop to appear just a yokel (Asset: Packet of Tasty, Tasty Beef Jerky D6). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The guards look past John into the yard and see one of the corpses on one of the mass shifters "talking" to Winston (Asset: "Weekend at Bernie's" Dead Body Disguise D6) and the corpse "waves" at them, with Winston's help.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While still suspicious, the Alliance Guards leave, but not without more of them showing up to search the whole depot (Complications: Lots o' Alliance Guards D10, Alliance Dogs Sniffing Things Up D10, Alliance Over-flights D6).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Back to the job, Winston and John continue loading the dirt into the containers, with the blue-tarp-wrapped corpses hidden from view.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They're almost done when there's another interruption at the gate. A gentleman outside politely asks to speak with them and a rougher voice demands it, not-so-subtly promising violence. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When John goes to the gate, he meets a polite Chinese gentleman and his entourage (Complication: Polite Tong Headman and his Unruly Gang D8). The gentleman asks about his missing nephew and two of his nephew's friends. One of his men, pointing to a shame-faced gang member standing behind him, left them around here. Obviously to John, the three were killed by the Tong and buried for later retrieval. Unfortunately, the Depot Slips all look the same and the murderers got confused. Add in the Alliance Guards, as equally obvious looking for the three bodies, and things get more complicated!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The gentleman asks if John has seen them. With Winston working hard in the background, making lots of noise with the mass lifter, John admits that he hasn't and they're in a rush to finish up before their lease ends tonight.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The gentleman seems to believe John and he and his crew move off. John quickly locks the gate and they do a speedy effort to finish loading the dirt. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They drag the bodies into one of the containers and load in the mass lifters as well, signalling Captain Zook to come get them ASAP!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As the Ning Po hovers over Slip #2337, they load the ship, watching the Alliance and Tong crawling all over the Depot. Loading the cargo with minutes to spare, they immediately blast off into the black, left with a three body problem and the feeling that things just don't go smooth.</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-36347256512194571382018-05-16T14:00:00.000-07:002018-05-16T14:00:02.979-07:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" John Havelock<h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #364347; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 24px;">
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">Attributes: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mental: d8_______________Physical: d6______________Social: d10<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Skills: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Craft d4______________________Drive d4_______________Fight d6<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Fix d4________________________*Fly d6_________________Focus d4<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />***Influence d10 (close the deal)_*Know d6 (contacts)_____Labor d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Move d4______________________*Notice d10____________Operate d4<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />*Perform d8___________________Shoot d6_______________Sneak d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Survive d4____________________Throw d4_______________Treat d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />**Trick d12 (something for nothing)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Distinctions: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Shady Business Man d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Fell Off a Truck: Step up a Complication involving the authorities to create a D8 Asset that was acquired from less than reputable sources<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Loan Shark: Spend a PP to pass of a social Complication onto another character who owes you something <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Influence, Notice, Trick) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Guild Trader d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Get Out of Jail Free: Spend 1 PP when you're imprisoned, locked up, seized, or held. The Trade Guild springs you but they'll ask you to do something for them later <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Shadow of the Guild: Gain 1 PP when your decision to go against the Trade Guild's policies, practices, or orders puts you in danger or hot water <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Influence, Fly, Know) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Chatterbox d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Blather: Step up or double Trick for an Action when you just keep talking. Take or step up an Annoying Complication after the roll <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Friendly Banter: Step up Social for a scene. The next time the GM buys a Complication after you've rolled a jinx, step the Complication up<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Influence, Perform, Trick) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Signature Assets:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Guild Contacts d6<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Alliance Salvage Permit d8<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />John Havelock never met a stranger. All peoples are his friend, or soon will be. If the Life of a Party was a planet, then John is the King. Friendly and personable, he’s able to convince people to do things they didn’t think possible. He’s great at making a deal where everyone comes out ahead (or seems to). Sure, he’s been casual with other mens’ wives and daughters, spaceships, bank accounts and weapons, but that can’t be held against him–he’s a unique individual, beyond the rules of mere mortals. Yet he’s scrupulously “honest” when a deal comes about. He’ll bargain hard with you but he’ll uphold his end and woe to you if you don’t hold up yours. The smile’s still there, but the steel comes out. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Raised on Higgin’s Moon, he managed to sweet–talk his way off and once let loose on the ’Verse, proceeded to wheel–and–deal his way around. Last year, he managed to get Capt. Zook a deal on military surplus and has been a crew member ever since. He likes it here and the people like him. He’s got a special lady–friend on Ita now and something to fight for.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />3x3s</span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Cutie Mui, lady friend on Ita. John was very happy when Xun introduced Cutie to him. He’s been walkin’ on air since they started their relationship. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Ben No Mortley, private investigator. Every now and then, it’s good to know what your competition is doing. Ben started as an employee and ended up a friend. Now Ben has his own company and still keeps in contact with his good friend John Go figure. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />●Terry Dodge, mob hitman. How do I keep meeting people like this? I’m not a violent man but I seem to attract it. But Terry’s a good guy. He’s got to make a living, too. But the last time we went to dinner, he had to work. Geez, I had to leave before dessert, what with all the screaming and shooting and explosions.</span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255 , 255 , 255); box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Sumitra Mukhopadhyay, rival merchant. Sumitra keeps trying to score big. Not if John can help it! <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Corporal Jeet, mechanic, 479th Mule, Gravedigger and Support Unit. Yeah, so I play cards! Does Jeet have to keep playing with me? NO! <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Yu Eun–Ho, rich noble. He wanted John to move some product for him. John wanted to see it first. Things got heated from there and words were exchanged, a gun was pulled and Yu got punched out.</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-66324648982995099212018-05-03T14:00:00.000-07:002018-05-03T14:00:06.978-07:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Session 2 Puncture<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Session 2: Puncture</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Captain Ramsey Zook</strong>, played by BR</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">General Samuel Zook</strong>, played by BR</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bang Buckwheat</strong>, played by BB</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Prospero Jones</strong>, played by J</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">John Havelock</strong>, played by A</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dr. Winston Stuart</strong>, played by H</li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Mysterious black ship</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The scene starts with the Ning Po with a puncture in it's side, venting atmo, fleeing a mysterious black ship.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A few hours outside of Ossolambria, the Ning Po passes another bulk trader. Suddenly, the bulk trader shed it's outer shell, revealing a black, experimental spacecraft, which promptly shot a lance at the Ning Po. It missed the engine pod and crashed through the cargo bay wall, opening the cargo bay to atmo (Complication: Hull Breach D8).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Doc Gaines, in the cargo hold at the time, fell from the scaffolding onto the cargo floor when the ship shuddered from the attack (Compliation: Doc Gaines Injured D8). He was gravely injured.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With atmo rapidly leaving the ship (Complication: Atmo is Leaving the Ship, Rapidly D8), Bang put foot to pedal to escape this black ship.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Prospero ran to Doc Gaines and loaded him onto a nearby powered cargo lifter (Asset: Hover Cargo Lifter D6). Winston yelled at him to bring Gaines to the infirmary while Captain Zook was yelling at Prospero to seal that breach.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Zook helped Bang hold the ship steady, allowing Bang to reach full burn (Asset: Long Haul/Full Burn Boost D6).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Getting Doc Gaines to Winston, Prospero jumped into a ready space suit (Asset: Ready-and-waiting Space Suit D6) and closed off the cargo bay, as John started looking around to help with the atmo situation. He finds a control panel and attempts to control the atmo (Asset: Life Support Control Panel Rerouting Atmo Big Shiny Red Button D6). With their combined work, the atmo venting is lessened (Complication: Atmo is Leaving the Ship, Rapidly D6).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bang's flying put the Ning Po through some pretty bad twists and turns, wreaking havok on the hull breach (Complication: Hull Breach D8 stepped up to D10).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Winston, swearing Wong Ba Duhn (Son of a bitch ) in Chinese, noting the bad injuries on Gaines, started surgery, working hard to stabilize him and heal him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With more fancy flying, Bang manages to keep ahead of the black ship, as Prospero seals the cargo bay, sealing off the atmo leak and starts repairing the hull breach (Complication: Hull Breach stepped back to D6). Unfortunately, the damage affects the ship's maneuverability (Complication: Maneuverability is affected D6 (stepped down from D8 by John))</span><br />
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<b><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /></b><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Planet</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">: Ita, moon of Whittier</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">General Zook is notified by his chief medical officer that one of the soldiers has come down with Periginia Contufirmus, colloquially known as Steel Gangrene, a virulent disease that spreads quickly in hot environments, often with a 30% fatality rate, up to 50% in hot environments.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Concerned, General Zook sends a Wave to his brother.</span><br />
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<span class="thisname" style="box-sizing: border-box;">General Samuel Kosciusko Zook</span></h2>
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">Attributes: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mental: d8_______________Physical: d8______________Social: d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Skills: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Craft d4___________________Drive d4_________________***Fight d10<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Fix d4_____________________Fly d6___________________Focus d4<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />*Influence d10 (pulling rank)__Know d6 (military bureaucracy, tactics)__Labor d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Move d4__________________*Notice d6________________Operate d4<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Perform d4________________**Shoot d12_______________Sneak d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />*Survive d6_________________Throw d4________________Treat d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />*Trick d8 (fooling the enemy)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Distinctions: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Brothers d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Squabblin': Gain a PP when you spend a scene arguing with your brother instead of the task at hand<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Thick as Thieves: When you share a scene with your brother, you may share Plot Points with one another <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fight, Influence, Trick) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Veteran of the Unification War d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Fightin' Type: Spend 1 PP to step up or double your Shoot or Fight when you're outnumbered <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] War Stories: When you create an Asset or take a Complication related to a wartime flashback, step it up <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fight, Shoot, Survive) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Alliance Officer d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Chain of Command: Gain 1PP when you step up a Complication because of orders you received from your superiors <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Sir, Yes, Sir: Spend 1 PP to create an Asset at a D8 to represent a specialist under your command<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fight, Notice, Shoot) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Signature Assets:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Command Staff d8<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />There are two very important Zooks on Ita, General Samuel Zook and his identical twin brother, General Ramsey Zook. Like the US Civil War, many families were split over the issue of Unification. Samuel fought for the Alliance and Ramsey fought for the Independents. On many occasions, they fought in the same battle but on opposite sides, including the Battle of Serenity Valley. The war damaged their relationship in many ways, but family is still family and Ramsey refused to surrender to anyone but his brother in the last days. This caused quite a stir in the Alliance, especially when Samuel took it upon himself to insist that the Independents be brought fully into the Alliance, as full members.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />So vocal was Samuel on this that it lead to the military silencing him the only way they knew–by ordering him to garrison Ita. They knew it was putative and he knew that they knew, but he followed orders. When he arrived on Ita, it had the worst discipline and the worst problems of any command. His previous troops were easy compared to the issues he faced. And Alliance Command kept sending him more, emptying out the losers and malcontents from each group to send to Ita, to keep him busy.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And Samuel kept busy. He built up the command, instilling in the (in many ways) non–conventional troopers a pride and esprit d'corps that was totally lacking before. It took some time to adjust to garrison life but he found that allowing wives and girlfriends, then family members to join the garrison lead to a more stable society. One that he could order easier. Several years went by and more people came, including his future wife, a relative of one of his sergeants.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Since they were on the fringes of the ’Verse and on the fringes of the Alliance military, they usually got not only the dregs of the service but the dregs of the equipment and supplies. Alliance Command made sure the satellites were well supported but the troops that maintained them were less important. So, with their own pay to spend, the troops needed a link to the rest of the ’Verse, a go–between to get them what they needed. Then Ramsey showed up. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And everything changed.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />So one day Ramsey Zook showed up. The years of separation between the brothers Zook had been hard on both of them. As children, Samuel was the serious one and Ramsey was the daredevil comedian. Not much had changed since the end of the Unification War. Ramsey was living life to the fullest, runnin’ guns, smuggling all sorts of illegal contraband in his freighter, just one step ahead of the law and the Syndicate. In fact, Ramsey was all set to rob the Alliance Boneyard on Ita of some pretty good stuff. How was he to know that his twin brother was in command?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When Ramsey found out the situation that Samuel was in, as well as the resources in men and material at his command (forgetting for a moment that the material was supposed to be guarded, not used or sold), he came up with a clever plan!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The first part was actually convincing Samuel to go in on it. That was actually easy. Samuel’s troops had needs, Ramsey had the means and both brothers could spend more time together. Ramsey would operate as an acquiring agent for the 479th Mule, Gravedigging and Support Unit. They would keep his ship in good repair, he’d have a safe base to retreat to (as well as armed satellite defenses) and all he had to do was get them what they needed.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The beauty of it all was that the Alliance would not mess too much with them, because Ramsey could pretend to be Samuel if necessary, working “undercover” or some such nonsense. As long as he wasn’t caught robbing a bank in broad daylight while gunning down nuns and spinster aunts, no–one would be the wiser. Sure, that could lead to some trouble, but a few cosmetic changes to his finger prints and he’d be Samuel. And Samuel had an excellent cover, too. How could those prints have gotten there?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Major Varvara, XO 479th Mule, Gravedigger and Support Unit. Varvara could have had any posting after the Unification War but chose loyalty to General Zook over duty to the Alliance. He trusts the General completely but not so much his brother Ramsey. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● General Pushpita Mukherjee, Alliance Command. An old friend of Samuel’s from the Academy who assigned him to Ita for his own protection–better the worst job than being stripped of rank and disgraced. A fat, jolly man with a sharp, tactical mind. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Kiko Jauregi Zook, wife. The sister of one of the General’s sergeants. She had a “colorful” life before coming to Ita and still has some contacts in the underworld that are useful. </span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Major Eneritz Artetxe, Alliance supply officer. Served under the General and feels badly that he was forced into the worst command, he’s willing to help him out with some surplus equipment. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Marshal Keketso Semoko, former Alliance officer now lawman. Served under the General and still keeps in touch. May be willing to turn a blind eye to some things but that still remains to be seen. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Rafael Diserio, bar owner. Owns the bar Sea Cucumber on New Melbourne where Zook spent considerable time. </span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Choi Fung Wong, female Companion. A beauty of great skill and elegance, she once thought that General Zook would bring her into a better society. But his downfall lead to hers and she’ll have her revenge. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● General Lesego Motsepe, Alliance Command. A rival from his Academy days, Motsepe takes great pride in being one of the people ruining General Zook. He firmly believes that even though Zook is on Ita, he’s going to make trouble. He’s responsible for the poor resupply of Ita. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Senator Lalo Hartich, Bellaphron politician and anti–Brown Coat. Lalo blames General Zook for the death of his only son, a lieutenant in Zook’s command in Serenity Valley. After the war, Zook’s pro–Brown Coat stance infuriated Senator Hartich. A sad man with a dead son, what might he choose to do to make things difficult for the General?</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-19836613956234621492018-04-05T14:00:00.000-07:002018-04-05T14:00:00.316-07:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Captain Ramsey Zook<h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #364347; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 24px;">
<span class="thisname" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Captain Ramsey Ásmundur Zook</span></h2>
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">Attributes: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Mental: d8_______________Physical: d8______________Social: d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Skills: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Craft d4___________________Drive d4_________________**Fight d8<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Fix d4_____________________*Fly d8___________________*Focus d6<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />**Influence d10_(leadership)__Know d6_(the Verse)_______Labor d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Move d4__________________Notice d4________________Operate d4<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Perform d4________________*Shoot d10_______________Sneak d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />*Survive d6________________Throw d4________________Treat d4 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />*Trick d12 (the Sting)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Distinctions: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Brothers d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Squabblin': Gain a PP when you spend a scene arguing with your brother instead of the task at hand<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Thick as Thieves: When you share a scene with your brother, you may share Plot Points with one another <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fight, Influence, Trick) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Veteran of the Unification War d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Fightin' Type: Spend 1 PP to step up or double your Shoot or Fight when you're outnumbered <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] War Stories: When you create an Asset or take a Complication related to a wartime flashback, step it up <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fight, Shoot, Survive) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Ship's Captain d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Gain 1 Plot Point when you roll a d4 instead of a d8 <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[_] Protect the Crew: When a Crewmember in the same scene as you acquires a Complication, spend 1 PP to take it away and step it back <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />[x] Lead the Crew: When one of your crew directly follows one of your orders, spend 1 PP and give the Crewmember an Asset equal to your Influence die rating<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />(Skills: Fly, Focus, Influence) <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Signature Assets:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Ning Po (ship) d8<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />There are two very important Zooks on Ita, General Samuel Zook and his identical twin brother, General Ramsey Zook. Like the US Civil War, many families were split over the issue of Unification. Samuel fought for the Alliance and Ramsey fought for the Independents. On many occasions, they fought in the same battle but on opposite sides, including the Battle of Serenity Valley. The war damaged their relationship in many ways, but family is still family and Ramsey refused to surrender to anyone but his brother in the last days. This caused quite a stir in the Alliance, especially when Samuel took it upon himself to insist that the Independents be brought fully into the Alliance, as full members.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />So vocal was Samuel on this that it lead to the military silencing him the only way they knew–by ordering him to garrison Ita. They knew it was putative and he knew that they knew, but he followed orders. When he arrived on Ita, it had the worst discipline and the worst problems of any command. His previous troops were easy compared to the issues he faced. And Alliance Command kept sending him more, emptying out the losers and malcontents from each group to send to Ita, to keep him busy.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And Samuel kept busy. He built up the command, instilling in the (in many ways) non–conventional troopers a pride and esprit d'corps that was totally lacking before. It took some time to adjust to garrison life but he found that allowing wives and girlfriends, then family members to join the garrison lead to a more stable society. One that he could order easier. Several years went by and more people came, including his future wife, a relative of one of his sergeants.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Since they were on the fringes of the ’Verse and on the fringes of the Alliance military, they usually got not only the dregs of the service but the dregs of the equipment and supplies. Alliance Command made sure the satellites were well supported but the troops that maintained them were less important. So, with their own pay to spend, the troops needed a link to the rest of the ’Verse, a go–between to get them what they needed. Then Ramsey showed up. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />And everything changed.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />So one day Ramsey Zook showed up. The years of separation between the brothers Zook had been hard on both of them. As children, Samuel was the serious one and Ramsey was the daredevil comedian. Not much had changed since the end of the Unification War. Ramsey was living life to the fullest, runnin’ guns, smuggling all sorts of illegal contraband in his freighter, just one step ahead of the law and the Syndicate. In fact, Ramsey was all set to rob the Alliance Boneyard on Ita of some pretty good stuff. How was he to know that his twin brother was in command?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />When Ramsey found out the situation that Samuel was in, as well as the resources in men and material at his command (forgetting for a moment that the material was supposed to be guarded, not used or sold), he came up with a clever plan!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The first part was actually convincing Samuel to go in on it. That was actually easy. Samuel’s troops had needs, Ramsey had the means and both brothers could spend more time together. Ramsey would operate as an acquiring agent for the 479th Mule, Gravedigging and Support Unit. They would keep his ship in good repair, he’d have a safe base to retreat to (as well as armed satellite defenses) and all he had to do was get them what they needed.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The beauty of it all was that the Alliance would not mess too much with them, because Ramsey could pretend to be Samuel if necessary, working “undercover” or some such nonsense. As long as he wasn’t caught robbing a bank in broad daylight while gunning down nuns and spinster aunts, no–one would be the wiser. Sure, that could lead to some trouble, but a few cosmetic changes to his finger prints and he’d be Samuel. And Samuel had an excellent cover, too. How could those prints have gotten there?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">3 friends: <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Fiona Webb Ryan, a Companion. A friend from old times. Currently working on Bernadette but hears things from time to time. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Jim O’Dowd, drug dealer and all around low–life. He’s a bad, bad man but just sometimes he’s got a heart of gold. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Corporal Jeet, mechanic, 479th Mule, Gravedigger and Support Unit. A fine mechanic, Zook and Jeet share a common dislike of Major Varvara. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Oribi Conwaebe, another Companion/Friend from old times. Inheritor of the Sweeney Inn. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A settlement tucked away on a remote planet in the outer worlds. The doors are always open to weary, *trusted* travelers of all kinds. "Warm food in the day, warm company in the evening, warm bed in the night. That's all a soul needs to be happy." Mamma Conwaebe used to say. Other places in the 'verse might have done better in one part, maybe two, but no place gets the respect of this one for doing this well in all three. When Mamma passed away, "Ribi" kept the same principles. Welcoming to all, but <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">especially</strong> so to some, (so long as you're trusted) Ribi makes sure you're taken care of. Protected by obscurity, confidence, as well as suspiciously high end tech(cloaking or mobility or some-such) Sweeney Inn is a great respite to rest your weary "feet".</span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Sally Clements, CEO Xian Banking Corporation. Zook saved her life a few years ago during a heist. They’ve kept in close contact ever since. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Mr. Tanaka, corporate spy, assassin and Cortex ghost. This mysterious man seems to have taken a liking to Zook for some unknown reason. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Yau Nim–Fu, underworld sub–boss. Zook provided him with info on an attempt on his life. He’s honor bound to repay the debt. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● The notorious Underworld Client. Offers jobs of a certain <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">*high-paying*</strong> variety.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" />Pretty much always has a job for any crew willing to jump through all the *hyper encrypted, authority dodging, virtually untraceable* hoops of contacting him. No one knows if its one person or several, No one knows how he evades the law, No one knows who he is, or even his real name. No one even knows if it is indeed a "he". They only know how to contact him. And they only know they name he goes by. The mysterious, the notorious, the unsearchable, the legendary, Mr. SNIPS.<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;" /></span><br />
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<span class="redactor_editor redactor_content thisbio" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; box-shadow: none !important; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px !important; outline: none; overflow: auto; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative;">● Ranjit Mallick, underworld sub–boss. Zook foiled a legitimate hit on Nim–Fu and he’s very upset about it. Very upset. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Rose Hall-Smith, ship dealer. She feels that Zook didn’t pay for the Ning Po and she means to get it back, one way or the other. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />● Major Varvara, XO 479th Mule, Gravedigger and Support Unit. While personally loyal to General Zook, Varvara feels that Ramsey is taking the General for a ride, to ruin and dishonor.</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-81471238684717727782018-03-29T14:00:00.000-07:002018-03-29T14:00:30.358-07:00Actual Play: Blue Rose AGE "Trouble in Hyrith" Session 3<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Trouble in Hyrith, Session 3</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zajan</strong>, Night Person, Warrior, played by J</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabo Duskfire</strong>, Human, Roamer, Adept, played by J</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kiva</strong>, Vata'an Adept, 17 years old, played by C</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ajax</strong>, Rhy-Fox Expert, played by Me</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The party went to Anot's apartment in a well-to-do area of Hyrith. It was a nice place, not a studio, but larger. It's obvious that he's done well for himself.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ajax convinced Kiva to use magic to open the door, which he does with skill. Then Ajax hypocritically says he's disappointed with Kiva for doing what is obviously a crime.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They searched the first floor and Ajax smelled around the place as well, noting that Anot was there a week ago. He also smelled someone, smelling of armor oil, along with three other scents that came a few days ago. They obviously searched the place as well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Downstairs, they searched Anot's bedroom and his office. In the desk, Zajan finds pristine lithographs from a band from the Scatterstar Archipelego, one of them is signed. Ajax also sniffed around the office and found a hidden drawer in the desk.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the hidden drawer was a note "I know Slaine is involed - how? Who does she work for?", along with a list of bust commissions and full body statue commissions for Perla. Looking over the bust list commissions, Ajax recognized Amalthelia Tyrstar, a noble from the Capital of Aldis.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Multiple entries on the lists had a mark beside them and there were no other details about those commissions, whereas the other commissions had details such as starting time, materials, etc. The commissions with no details are just a money list and there seemed to be something hinky about it. Could they be bribes? Smuggling?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sabo sat at the desk and used his divination with cards to see a vision of Anot with some black coins, which he hid in the hidden drawer. Sabo also sees three individuals looking over Anot's desk, looking for information and ignoring the money found in the desk. One of them was the rough-looking sea folk sailor woman that they had some interaction with in the time period that they lost. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When Sabo described the three, Zajan recognized one of them as Fern Swa. They didn't find any money in the desk, so someone took it prior to their arrival.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Searching through Anot's bedroom, Ajax sniffed up a hidden hollow under a loose flagstone. There was a small back with five black coins, the same as the coin of the realm except they are not made from gold or silver.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sabo figures out that the black coins are some sort of membership tokens, not sure which group but access to their own coin minting means they're not a small or isolated group. The coins do not match the symbol of the Silence. The black coins are cast in some metal, not gold. The metal is not painted black but is naturally black. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ajax takes the black coins and they sneak out of Anot's place, heading for the tavern that Zajan was supposed to meet his Silence contacts.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On the way, Ajax sneaks into his apartment, again disturbing Sanford, and hides the black coins in his room.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Vague Albatross Club is a dive bar, a hangout for poor folks, refugees, laborers, sailors and that sort. Ajax, Kiva and Sabo go in first and sit at the bar. Sabo tries to pass off his fake "good luck" tokens but the barkeep is not impressed and insults Sabo.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Zajan enters the tavern and sees several refugees that he knows. He gets some leads but nothing major about the Silence. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After a while, the heroes leave separately and head across the bay to get some good Roamer food from a food wagon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Next Time: Continuing the Investigation!</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-8959825654760434702018-03-21T14:00:00.000-07:002018-03-21T14:00:38.059-07:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses" Session 1 The Bank Job<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Session 1: The Bank Job</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Wednesday, October 11, 2017</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Captain Ramsey Zook</strong>, played by BR</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">General Samuel Zook</strong>, played by BR </li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Doc Gaines</strong>, played by BA</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bang Buckwheat</strong>, played by BB</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Prospero Jones</strong>, played by J</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">John Havelock</strong>, played by A</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fiona Webb Ryan, Registered Companion, lady friend of Ramsey Zook</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Drew and Stewie Sorox, bank robbers</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sorox gang members</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Theo Doolan, bank manager of Kirkmeier Bank</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Miss Purdy, town school marm, </li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sheriff, Deputies and Townsfolk of Kirkmeier</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Doctor Hassan Schumacher, 479th chief medical officer</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chow Davis, 479th trooper</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Close of view of Ramsey Zook, Doc Gaines and Fiona Webb Ryan. Someone off screen shouts "This is a stick-up!" and the camera pans back to see Ramsey, Doc and Fiona in a bank, holding their hands up.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A pair of rough looking bank robbers, Drew and Stewie Sorox, along with their 8 gang members, are holding up the bank in Kirkmeier, on Ossolambria, one of the moons of Shadow.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Other townsfolk in the bank also have their hands up, as well as the bank tellers and bank manager.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Roll back a minute or so and the rough men enter the bank while Ramsey, Doc and Fiona chat amicably waiting in line to see the bank manager about a job. Fiona is in town on a tour and met up with Ramsey and decided to accompany him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Outside the bank, Bang is waiting in the mule and sees the gang enter the bank, with guns out. Prospero is in a nearby junkyard, looking for some parts. John is doing deals with Li Po, a merchant of the town.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Drew recognizes Zook as the officer who ordered him punished for a minor offense during the Unification War and wanted revenge! He starts talking crap to Ramsey and then grabs Fiona.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Doc Gaines gets involved and tries to land a punch on Drew (fails and rolls 2 jinxes), who coldly shoots him down (rolls 1 jinx) (End result: Doc Gaines gets Complication: Gut Shot D6).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As Doc falls to the floor, with Fiona rushing to his aid, Ramsey draws his pistol and shoots down two of the gang (rolls 2 jinxes creating new Complication: Fiona is a hostage D8). Drew grabs Fiona as Stewie shoves money into a bag.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After hearing gunshots outside, Bang tells one of the townsfolk to get the sheriff -- the bank is being robbed! -- and rushes across the street, drawing his pistol.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bang tells Prospero that the bank is being robbed and asks if that was the plan. Prospero remembers that the Captain, Doc and Fiona headed to the bank to meet with the bank manager, and, no, robbing the bank wasn't on the menu for today. Prospero finds a part in the junk yard that could help the base on Ita with their atmospheric regulator (Asset: Part to repair Ita's Atmospheric Regulator D8) but it's huge!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At the door to the bank, his radio squawks to life -- Prospero needs the mule to haul the part he found to the ship (Complication: Bang's Radio is Squawking and heard by the Sorox Gang in the Bank D6). Members of the Sorox gang inside hear Prospero and they and Bang have a gunfight through the bank door. Bang shoots two of them dead (rolls 3 jinxes for a new Complication: Townsfolk see Bang shooting up the bank and think he's one of the bank robbers D8 and increasing Complication: Fiona is a hostage D10).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">John is doing business with Li Po and a kid runs by screaming for the sheriff that the bank is being robbed. Then he hears gunfire and tries to get to the bank but Li Po is a shrewd businessman and tries to get the upper hand. John wins a good deal with caveats (rolled 2 jinxes for Complication: must deliver on deal in 5 days D8).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Bang crashes through the door and a gunfight erupts. Two more of the gang are down (rolled 3 jinxes, increasing Complication: Townsfolk think Bang is robbing the bank D12 and Complication: Fiona is a hostage D12). From the townsfolk outside the bank, it looked like Bang shot down in cold blood Miss Purdy, the school marm!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fiona, absolutely disgusted she's being held hostage by Drew, gives Ramsey a look "you better kill this sumbitch and right quick". Ramsey shoots at Drew and one of his remaining men as Stewie runs out the back with the money. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Zook kills one of the gangsters and almost gets Drew, but the last gang member steps into the bullet. Shoving Fiona at Ramsey, Drew beats feet after his brother.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Stewie runs out the back of the bank and runs into Prospero driving a borrowed mule with his part, dropping the bag of money all over the mule and the ground. Flustered, Stewie runs off, with Drew not too far behind and the sheriff, deputies and townsfolk in hot pursuit.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the bank manager's office, Ramsey, John and Fiona wait as the manager makes sure everything is handed about the robbery and then comes in.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He introduces himself as Theo Doolan and asks why they want to see him. Ramsey states they were told that he was the man they should talk to about a job of a sensitive nature.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He smiles and pulls out a piece of paper, looks at it, and turns it over, as if he's expecting something more. Then he turns it back over and looks sheepishly at them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He tells them that his employer needs some product moved for him. It's on Persephone, in the Eavesdown Docks Bonded Container Depot, No. 2337. There is a pass to get into the Depot (Asset: Pass into Persephone Eavesdown Docks Bonded Container Depot D6).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There are two old Type 47 Containers (large storage containers that hole a lot of stuff) at the location and the product is under a large blue tarp. One of the Type 47s has the delivery address but it's not on Persephone nor Ossolambria. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The two Type 47 Containers and the product have to be removed from the Depot before No. 2337 lease runs out, which is very soon. Nothing on the sheet of paper tells the crew what the product is, simply it's under a large blue tarp and has to be moved.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ramsey asks about the fee and Theo low-balls them. John jumps in and negotiates a very good deal, since the product, time to complete job and delivery location are unknown, and fuel costs, docking fees, etc, are known.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They shake hands and the crew heads back to the ship. Fiona has a few more weeks in the area and she bids Ramsey goodbye and they'll talk soon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The ship launches and Bang tells Ramsey, at Full Burn, it'll take 3 Days 16 Hours to travel from Ossolambria, moon of Shadow, to Persephone.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Next Session: What's the Product? Where does it need to go? And what's up with a virulent disease on Ita?</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-85821585793385087892018-03-14T14:00:00.000-07:002018-03-14T14:00:34.248-07:00Actual Play: Blue Rose AGE "Trouble in Hyrith" Session 2<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Trouble in Hyrith, Session 2</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zajan</strong>, Night Person, Warrior, played by J</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabo Duskfire</strong>, Human, Roamer, Adept, played by J</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kiva</strong>, Vata'an Adept, 17 years old, played by C</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ajax</strong>, Rhy-Fox Expert, played by Me</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Innkeeper of the Cosy Quail</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">A mysterious Sea Folk sailor woman</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The party headed to the Cosy Quail, where Ajax paid the innkeeper to cleanup the cheesy biscuit crumbs in his room and ordered ale.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Zajan talked with the innkeeper and made a new friend (RP stunt: New Friends). The innkeep let Zajan know that the strangest thing he remembers about the time the party lost their memories, was that one of the sea folk was asking him about first hand recommendations around the town. Innkeep didn't catch her name but she was short, stocky, muscled and hair in a ponytail. She was rough around the edges and looked like she was working folk, a sailor. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He recalled telling her about Perla's Art Gallery and that she talked with each of us, the night we were called in by the guard to be questioned. Turns out each of the party went to the gallery on separate days, days and trips they still don't remember.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kiva checked his parents' room but they were not there. He did find a note from them. The rest of the group found out that his parents call him "Moonbunny".</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After drinking the ale, the party headed to Perla's Art Gallery. They remembered that Perla came onto the art scene out of nowhere, from obscurity, just a couple of years ago. She arrived at Hyrith 5-6 months ago and established her gallery. It's open to the public but currently back-logged on art piece sales.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Entering the gallery, they saw a whole bunch of statues. Along one wall were several lifesized statues of people, that looked to be the artist's progression in skill over the years. The statues' faces had good detail. The rest of the gallery was filled with statues.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When he enters the gallery, Sabo "sees" a spontaneous vision of a small statue. It's a Rezaean rider. The statue is on a desk. After the vision, he looks around the gallery but doesn't see the statue, nor the desk.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They watch Perla doing stoneshaping magic for a very-true-to-life middle age noblewoman bust. Perla is a human but she looks like she's got some sea folk blood in her.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The party notices that Perla has deep circles under her eyes and she looks pretty ragged and seems to be putting up a façade.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ajax passed her one of Zajan's cheesy biscuits that he lifted earlier, which gave her some strength.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After talking with Perla, they find out that her assistant/manager, Anot, is missing. Anot is a night person and, it turns out, that he had a relationship with the still missing girl Nissun, the one that the party was questioned about.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anot has been missing for several days now and Perla is concerned. Ajax managed to get Perla to open up (RP Stunt: New Friends). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Perla knows that Nissun was around the gallery a lot and that she and Anot got pretty close. Perhaps they ran off together, since the attraction was mutual, but not necessarily exclusive on Nissun's part. Anot was more of a "one-night-person-one-woman" kinda guy. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Kiva asked if Nissun's father, who runs the stables outside of town, knew about the relationship, which seemed obviously not.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Zajan asked if Perla went to the tournament but she didn't because she was so busy. She did mention that Anot usually went to the first day of the tournament. They also asked about the sea folk sailor but Perla didn't see her.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They got Anot's address from Perla and planned to head over there but before they went, Sabo touched the statues of along the wall and, one of them, "sees" another vision. The subject of the statue walked into a secret room, possibly an underground tunnel, an empty room. The subject got stabbed and killed. On the wall of the murder room is a sigil of a new moon with thorns wreathed around it, a sigil used by the Silence.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sabo told the rest of the group about the subject of the statue he got the vision from and Zajan asked Perla about the statue. It was one of her personal projects, someone that she saw about town, two years, no, one year ago. She noted his striking features when he came to one of her smaller exhibits, prior to moving to Hyrith.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ajax figured she's being deceitful about the last time she saw the statue subject, she's mostly truthful but lying by omission. There also was something weird about the way she said "personal project".</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As Ajax is leaving the gallery, he does a final smell for any of the three scents that altered the book but none of them were present at the gallery.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Next time Anot's Place and follow up on Zajan's Silence meetings!</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-19061401647088628892018-03-05T14:00:00.000-08:002018-03-05T14:00:53.913-08:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses"<div>
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<i>The planet Ita is a desert planet and home to the Alliance 479th Mule, Gravedigging and Support Unit, the least distinguished unit in all of the Alliance military. To quote a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “We have a gravedigging unit?” Or to better quote the chief medical officer of the Old 479th, “we’re a unit comprised of every cast–off, jerk–off, gorram idiot, malingerer, misfit or maverick that should never have been drafted into this man’s army.” As an afterthought, he says “We’re the stray puppies of the military.” After a brief pause, “Even me.”</i></div>
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<i>There are two very important Zooks on Ita, General Samuel Zook and his identical twin brother, General Ramsey Zook. Like the US Civil War, many families were split over the issue of Unification. Samuel fought for the Alliance and Ramsey fought for the Independents. On many occasions, they fought in the same battle but on opposite sides, including the Battle of Serenity Valley. The war damaged their relationship in many ways, but family is still family and Ramsey refused to surrender to anyone but his brother in the last days. This caused quite a stir in the Alliance, especially when Samuel took it upon himself to insist that the Independents be brought fully into the Alliance, as full members.</i></div>
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<i>So vocal was Samuel on this that it lead to the military silencing him the only way they knew–by ordering him to garrison Ita. They knew it was putative and he knew that they knew, but he followed orders. When he arrived on Ita, it had the worst discipline and the worst problems of any command. His previous troops were easy compared to the issues he faced. And Alliance Command kept sending him more, emptying out the losers and malcontents from each group to send to Ita, to keep him busy.</i></div>
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<i>And Samuel kept busy. He built up the command, instilling in the (in many ways) non–conventional troopers a pride and esprit d'corps that was totally lacking before. It took some time to adjust to garrison life but he found that allowing wives and girlfriends, then family members to join the garrison lead to a more stable society. One that he could order easier. Several years went by and more people came, including his future wife, a relative of one of his sergeants.</i></div>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-80574847176729027142018-02-27T14:00:00.000-08:002018-02-27T14:00:07.479-08:00Actual Play: Blue Rose AGE "Trouble in Hyrith" Ajax's 3x3Ajax's 3x3:<br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ciro, Rhy-Fox, local representative of the Aldis Department of Rodent Control. Ciro (pronounced "See-Row") was one of the first Rhydan that Ajax met when he came to Hyrith. They became fast friends. Ciro is the first Rhy-Fox that Ajax knows besides family members. They also look very much alike that only those who know them can tell them apart. The DRC is tasked with killing rodents to safeguard crops all over Aldis and pays a nominal bounty on every rat and vermin tail that is turned in. As the local rep for the DRC, Ciro has contacts among all the carnivorous Rhydan in the city, since many of them work as independent contractors for the DRC.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stanford, Rhy-Cat, Adept, employed by the Adepts Guild, and Ajax's roommate. Introduced by Ciro, Ajax and Stanford have roomed together for a month or so. Usually standoffish, like most Rhy-Cats, and prone to "Adept" behavior, also known as "being mysterious just to be mysterious", she has a tendency to make pointed observations that look beyond the surface and into the heart of the matter. Stanford knows many secret things about Hyrith, including shortcuts, hidden tunnels and the esoteric history of the city. Her schedule is always in flux but she tends to show up when needed, another part of "Adept" behavior that drives Ajax batty.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Filo "Wagon-tamer", Human from Jarzoni, Teamster. Filo and Ajax met when Filo (pronounced "Fill-Oh") nearly ran over Ajax's tail with a wagon. The first introduction was not pleasant but with Filo, Ajax found a fellow lover of good ale and good food. Although originally from Jarzoni, Filo is now fairly cosmopolitan, taking Rhydan, Night People, Vata and Seafolk as just people, instead of the demons his upbringing taught him. He's a contradiction in terms: when he's working, he's a rough and tumble man, accustomed to cracking skulls and getting the job done, but when he's with his wife and two daughters, he's a loving spouse and doting, but stern, parent. He knows many of the working class people around the city and delivers goods to many of the various Guilds and shops. Some foks he knows aren't fit for polite society.</li>
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3 Contacts:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Corxxx, Rhy-Raven, information broker. Corxxx (pronounced "Core-Ex", not "Core-Axe") is one of the local Rhydan that Ajax met when he first came to Hyrith. Corxxx tried to cheat him but Ajax turned the tables. There is mutual respect there, from fellow tricksy folks, but they're not sure whether to trust each other.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Izen, Human, Roamer, tinker. Izen (pronounced "Eye-Zen") travels all over Aldis, and often comes to Hyrith several times a year. Ajax met him several years ago in Rezea and Izen smuggled Ajax back into Aldis after the Rhy-Fox had a slight disagreement with a Rezean over a horse and it's price (or lack thereof of an actual horse after the payment had been made). Izen has a bunch of useful (and useless) things in his caravan, all available for a good price. Need something unusual? Check his stock, he might have it. He travels with his nephew and neice (actually adopted orphans) who like Ajax more than Izen does.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Hemril Tradithas, Vata'an, "troubleshooter". Twenty years ago, Hemril (pronounced "Emm Rill") fled Kern as a child and settled in Aldis. He learned a variety of skills, from fighting to investigation, from anyone he could get to teach him. For the past decade, with his unusual skillset, he's been a "troubleshooter", also known as a Factor, in Hyrith. He's a workaholic and owns a small house (and the inn beside it) on the coast, just outside of the Basilisk Gate. Ajax met him while he was on a case for a wealthy merchant. They didn't come into conflict but there was potential. Since then, they've encountered each other on a few occasions, and have traded each others expertise for mutual benefit. He has a bad habit of chewing a tobacco-like root and spitting.</li>
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3 Rivals:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Perci, Rhy-Horse Aldin Noble. Everyone loves Perci (pronounced "Pear See"). She's an adorable Rhy-Horse mare. She's young, beautiful, idealistic, accomplished, kind and thoughtful. She also drives Ajax to distraction. No one is that good, it's just not possible. She brings out the selfish and suspicious side of him, so he constantly questions her motives. Maybe she is what she seems. Ajax just doesn't buy it, even as she shares her cheesy biscuits with him.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Junec Ocacrac, Human, Aldin, popular Hyrith storyteller. Within a few moments of meeting, Ajax and Junec (pronounced "June Eck") developed an intense, although currently friendly, rivalry. Ajax is a better storyteller, but Junec has a larger following. They've developed a standard format: they meet, seemly randomly at a local tavern or pub, and have an impromptu story contest, then request audience feedback. So far, they've tied, as each has won two of these contests. There is some hype building for the next such contest and Junec is nervous -- Ajax has an advantage, in that he's an adventurer, while Junec is a storyteller. </li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Grixerion, Human, Aldin, baker. Grixerion (pronounced "Gris Err Eon") is a baker in Hyrith who makes the most delicious cheesy biscuits. Ajax has a tendency to "borrow" them at every opportunity, often without paying for them. Grixerion takes affront at that. But he does admit, after kicking Ajax out of his shop for the umpteenth time, that even though Ajax doesn't always pay, he does provide "free" advertising for the bakery all around the city and the rest of the clientele enjoy his antics.</li>
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Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-34796945620828103612018-02-22T14:00:00.000-08:002018-02-22T14:00:08.468-08:00Actual Play: Firefly "Old War Horses"I recently ran a six-session game on Roll20 using the Firefly RPG by Margaret Weis Productions.<br />
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On the whole, it went pretty well. Although we did have a turnover in players, I was able to find a bunch of other players who were interested in playing.<br />
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I'll be posting the characters as well as the session notes.<br />
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Enjoy!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-39427740826233781832018-02-13T14:00:00.000-08:002018-02-13T14:00:53.691-08:00Actual Play: Blue Rose AGE "Trouble in Hyrith" Session 1<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Trouble in Hyrith, Session 1</span><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sabo Duskfire</strong>, Human, Roamer, Adept, played by J</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kiva</strong>, Vata'an Adept, 17 years old, played by C</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ajax</strong>, Rhy-Fox Expert, played by Me</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Captain Ramava, Vata'sha, Hyrith Guard</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Iradal, Vata'an, Guard Scribe</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Nissun, a missing girl (mentioned)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fastholm, Nissun's father (mentioned)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Zar Mina Kazmi, Adept, favored contestant of the Tournament, lost but won several years in a row (mentioned but not met, yet)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Stanford, a Rhy-Cat Adept, Ajax's roommate</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Serik Alenev, Adept, High Secretary of the Arcane Academy of Hyrith (mentioned)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Acheolis, winner of the Tournament, not favored to win at all (mentioned)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Rustam Janwari, Roamer, owner of the Unicorn and Jackal in the West Market</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ninziar, Night Person, Sabo's girlfriend of less than two weeks (mentioned but not met, yet)</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ajax, Zajan, Kiva and Sabo awake in gaol, with no memories of the past two weeks. As Ajax is trying futilely to escape, the others introduce themselves and ask each other why they're there.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Captain Ramava, a Vata'sha Hyrith Guard, comes into the gaol and tells them that they are persons of interest in the disappearance of a young woman named Nissun, who has been missing since the 1st of Gaileth. It was now the 7th of Gaileth.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They were questioned and held as witnesses. A guard scribe named Iradal took their statement. And now those statements were missing! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Captain Ramava agreed to release them to investigate the mystery themselves. But they couldn't leave town without getting permission from the Guard.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ramava escorted them to the guard scribe Iradal for release. Iradal gave them back their property. Ajax has a bill of faire from the Cosy Quail Inn, an ornate ticket with a sun on the corner, a ticket stub from an artist gallery and four stale cheesy biscuits, which he ate promptly.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Iradal told the party that we'd all been brought into gaol together. The guard picked us up while we were all eating dinner together at the Cosy Quail.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We found out again that Nissun disappeared on Gaileth the 1st. We'd been picked up because it was rumored we were in her company. There seemed to be a lot of coincidences that Nissun was at places where the party were at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Iradal also told us that Nissun's father runs the Top Run Stables outside of town. Her father was Rezean and was claimed to be willing to give half his stable to see his daughter again.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After some questioning, we learned that the tickets were for the Tournament. Every year, the Arcane Academy meet with a Martial Academy from the Capital of Aldis and compete in a variety of events. Then the winners of those events go head-to-head and winner take all. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The Tournament lasts about a week and, while there were no dates on the tickets in the characters' possession, the games ended several days ago.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The tickets with stars were for Arcane events. The tickets with suns were for non-Arcane events. The favored Arcane contestant, Zar Mina Kazmi, who had won several years in a row, surprisingly did not go all the way in the Tournament.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Iradal showed them the notebook that had their statements in it, but the statement sheets had been removed. No one knows who took it. Ajax smelled the book and detected three distinct scents that he would remember.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After getting out of gaol, they headed out into the city to see what they could find out. Ajax suggested they go to see his roommate, Stanford. Stanford, a Rhy-cat, is an Adept and knows about the Arcane Academy and would probably be able to help get their bearings.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ajax opened the door to his apartment, causing a howl of indignation and pain as Stanford's alchemical experiment blew up. "AJAX!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Stanford was irate with Ajax but agreed to help the party. They found out more about the Tournament. The winner, Acheolis, did an awful showing last year, not making it past the 2nd rankings. But this year won the whole thing, a surprising turn of events.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When they wanted to find out more, and possibly meet with folks from the Academy, Sanford offered to put in a good word with them with Arcane High Secretary Serik Alenev. Then he made Ajax promise not to come back to the apartment so he could finish his experiments.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They traveled to the West Market, where there were several interesting shops, like the Dancing Door Liquor Store, Wandering Road Book Bin, the Secret Knife Fishmonger, the Unicorn and Jackal, and The Fifth Wheel.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They wandered the market. Sabo traded some fake "good luck" charms for something much more worthwhile with the Rustam Janwari, the Roamer owner of the Unicorn and Jackal. While there, Sabo learned he had recently started a relationship with a Night Person woman named Ninziar. And he had no memory of it!</span><br />
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Yes, the master of cheesy biscuits has returned. The GM of the "Mask of Ebban" adventure decided to run another game of Blue Rose AGE, set in the coastal Aldin city of Hyrith.<br />
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As of this writing, the campaign is continuing and we've had our seventh session, much to our group's enjoyment.<br />
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Unfortunately, the previous players did not join us, instead we had three new players, J, J and C. Since I don't have access to their characters, I've only posted Ajax (see prior post) but I've added some NPCs that Ajax knows that the GM can throw into the mix.<br />
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So sit back and enjoy!Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-10295575672892047392018-01-23T14:00:00.000-08:002018-01-23T14:00:07.641-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Session 6<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dresden Files Accelerated: Hollywoodland Session 6 Write-up</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Played Saturday, July 22nd, 2017</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dramatis Personae</strong><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Daniel Ehrlichmann</strong>, hot-shot reporter/wereleopard (played by F)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sammy Wesson</strong>, Clued-in Mortal/Changeling (played by R)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ted Summers</strong> aka The Dazzling Dante, White Court wizard (played by B)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><del style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Raymond Sanders</b>, monster hunter/Changeling (played by N, not present)</del></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Persephone, White Court Vampire Assassin</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adrian Brandeis, Red Court Vampire Assassin</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fritz Lang, Hollywood Director and Monster Hunter</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peter Lorre, Hollywood Actor and Monster Hunter</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Darlene Merritt, Daniel's nemesis</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Donny Torrez, a street kid contact of Darren's, now on the straight-and-narrow</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Harry, Jack and Albert Warner</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The rain was falling on the city. A hard rain. But it couldn't wash away the grime that Darren, Daniel, Sammy and Ted were mixed up in.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren and Daniel, along with Fritz Land and Peter Lorre, were on the roof of Daniel's apartment building, fighting Adrian. Darren's sword flashed in the early morning darkness, while Daniel, in leopard form, clung to Adrian's back. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy was on a nearby roof, chasing after Persephone, who was trying desperately to escape.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel used his cat-like tread to unbalance Adrian (used Boost: "Cat on a Hot-Tin Red Court Vampire? Cat Got Your Tongue?" to help create Aspect: "That cat's trying to trip me!" 2 free invokes).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Meanwhile, Persephone dove around a pillbox on the nearby roof and when Sammy went after her, she doubled back and leapt the distance back to Daniel's building, through Daniel's apartment's busted window. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy saw her quickly look around and dive behind a couch, holding a film canister up into the light, then dash for the door and nearly out of sight from Sammy. That could be the elusive film canister they were all looking for!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Adrian, outnumbered and wounded, held up his hands and called for a truce. "Parley! Parley! I have information that I'm willing to trade for my life!" (Attempt to Create an Advantage against Darren that failed so badly Darren got a Boost: "The Catholic Church doesn't negotiate with Evil!"). Fritz and Peter cried out to Darren to not make any deals with this fiend from hell.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">With his faith on his side and desiring to destroy the evil that Adrian represented, Darren raised Durendal and struck at Adrian, scoring a nearly life-ending hit (Darren achieved 15 shifts of damage, which nearly took Adrian out). Adrian slumped against the wall, his entrails spilling on the rooftop.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted made it to the roof in time to see Darren's strike and, filled with the rage of his father's death, a new conviction (newly defined Character Aspect: All Red Court Vampires must die!) and fueled by his drunkenness (using Aspect: Three Sheets to the Wind), he looked at the nearly-destroyed figure of Adrian and blasted him with all his considerable magical power, fusing Spirit and Fire to create a Lightning Evocation Blast that atomized Adrian (achieving 8 shifts of damage, which utterly destroyed Adrian) and caused Daniel to leap upon the pillbox roof and Darren to step back to escape its destructive power.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">From the opposite rooftop, Sammy, focused on Persephone, saw a flash of lightning out of the corner of his eye as he called upon his Winter Court magic to send a flaming comet of ice and death to smash into Daniel's apartment to stop Persephone's escape.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel's apartment building shook as Sammy's spell struck the side of it, smashing giant holes into Daniel's apartment and the hallway, and separating Persephone from the canister. The explosive force bodily pushed Persephone through another apartment's front door, through that apartment, through that apartment's bathroom door, through the wall, through the adjacent apartment's bathroom door and out the adjacent apartment's front door and into the stairwell, where she was out of sight.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy spotted the canister in the rubble as the party on the roof steadied themselves from the explosion. Masonry fell onto the street below, as did the fire escape they came up to the roof on, crashing down across the street to strike the building Sammy was standing on.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel, realizing that the sound came from his apartment, rushed down the roof stairs, transforming back into a human midstride and walked into an apartment that looked like, nay, that had a bomb go off in it. His front door was gone, vaporized, as well as most of the hallway wall and his couch, refrigerator and end table were all embedded in another wall.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Walking within five feet of the canister, he stepped over the rubble and walked to his bedroom to check on Darlene. Shell-shocked, Darlene got dressed and walked out into the remains of his apartment, reached for the front door knob that wasn't there, started a bit in surprise, then reached out again and pretended to turn a knob, open a door and step through, and close the door behind her before she straightened her clothes as best she could and unsteadily walked down the hall to leave the building.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren, Ted, Fritz and Peter passed her in the corridor with nary a comment. Daniel calmly light a cigarette and surveyed his ruined apartment as Sammy used magic to step through raindrops from the other rooftop into the apartment and calmly picked up the film canister. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The film canister had a sticker that said "Casablanca Set Shot, Vol III and Vol IV, April 24th, 1942" In addition, there was Hamish's mark "MCMXXVII-0931" on the canister. He glamoured it into a book to keep it hidden from prying eyes. To his amazement, the book turned out to be Spenser's "The Fairie Queene", with a familiar figure on the cover, who seemed to wink at him in a knowing fashion.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As the sounds of fire engines and police cars approached, Daniel asked Fritz if he had access to a film projector. Fritz offered the private theatre in his mansion and they headed for Daniel's car outside. One of Daniel's neighbors opened his door and made a comment about warning Daniel about that gas leak then shut the door before he could respond. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As he followed the rest, Ted looked around Daniel's apartment and found a decanter of alcohol embedded in the wall. He pried it loose, broke off the neck and took a swig -- Vermouth, best for martinis or cooking but little else. He handed it off to one of the firefighters he passed on the stairs, realizing that booze held little appeal to him now that he had his father's bloodmark and, besides the knowledge that every other person who had those bloodmarks were dead, had no idea what that meant (changed Trouble: I have my father's bloodmark).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They piled into Daniel's car and made the short trip to Fritz's home. Sammy gravely handed over the film canister and watched it's contents like a hawk as Fritz loaded it into his projector. The film started and the Adventures of Superman: Volcano played on the screen.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Volcano was released in July, 1942, so it couldn't have been the film they were looking for but Darren, Sammy and Daniel realized that they'd seen Volcano before: At the Bijou Theatre the night they went to talk to Donny.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Donny must have been involved in the theft from the beginning, working with the Princes to get the film. Then he stole it from their mansion and took it to the Bijou, where he switched it with the Superman Volcano film. Darren and Daniel remember him going on an errand that evening, so he must have picked Daniel's pocket for his apartment keys, hidden the Superman Volcano film there in the Casablanca canister, then come back to the theatre, slipping Daniel's keys back on him.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Racing to the theatre in the early morning, in the hopes of getting the real film, they spotted a posh car out front and the lights in the marquee on. The driver refused to say anything except he let slip that he works for "Mr. Warner" and he got in his car to avoid them.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As they walked into the theatre, they heard the projector starting up. Stepping into the theatre proper, they saw a film playing on the screen. In the darkness, they saw a figure of a man watching the film, smoking a cigarette, the ember glowing bright.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The screen showed the three Warner brothers, Harry, Jack and Albert, murdering their brother Sam in a ritual sacrifice. After the murder, the three left the view of the camera for a few minutes. In the intervening moments, the dead body of Sam moved, then stood up, then shambled off, out of view. The brothers looked shocked when they came back and there was no body. Daniel took a careful picture of the actual crime on his pocket camera before the film stopped and the lights came one.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Harry Warner looked at Darren, Daniel, Sammy and Ted, and then turned to Donny, seated nearby with a briefcase, presumably filled with money, nodded his head and gave a wave of the hand. Donny got up, gave Darren a look that said "Anything to get my mom and me out of here" and left with the money.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Harry looked back at the group as Jack and Albert appeared in the theatre with the film in hand. He nodded at them and turned back, saying "We sacrificed Sam for fame and fortune. We had no idea he would become a vampire and the 'Master' of the Black Court here in Hollywood."</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While he talked, Jack thumbed his lighter and set the film on fire. The film went up, burning to ash.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Harry smiled at them, as if to say "go ahead and see if anyone believes you. I'm betting not." He and his brothers left, leaving the group in the theatre.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">At the same time as the film was burning, in a desecrated church in the valley, the Master of the Black Court, formerly Sam Warner, sat on a throne, surrounded by his court. He stood suddenly, cried out then burst into flames, burning to ash before his followers' eyes. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the shocked silence that followed, the Master's most trusted lieutenants, "Fatty" Arbuckle and Virginia Rappe, looked at each other with unbridled enmity and then at the rest of the court. Sounds of a riot erupted from the church.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Epilogue</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy walked home in the early morning. Suddenly, he was aware of a familiar presence. He heard the ringing of horse bells and saw Her and her entourage riding beside him. She was pleased that the film was destroyed, that it ended the Master and factionalized the Black Court for a long time. "I still have work for you, just remember that. You still owe me," She laughed as she and her entourage rode off.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted had a lot of thinking to do. His father's recent death, after thinking his father dead all these years, and acquiring his father's bloodmark, had shaken him to the core of his being. He went onto a dark path.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Knowing the danger that Persephone posed, Darren tried to track her down.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel also sought Persephone, but he dealt with his problem, Darlene, by slipping her an envelope with some of her nude pics and the picture of the Warner brothers murdering Sam. She moved to a different paper and tried to get the Warners' murdering ways published but none of the respectable papers would touch that story with a 10 foot pole. She was reduced to having it published in a "yellow" newspaper, which lead to her losing her job and moving to the East Coast. Daniel heard she married rich and got out of the newspaper business.</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-59029080065824641062018-01-17T14:00:00.000-08:002018-01-17T14:00:04.931-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Factions<b>Known factions for Hollywoodland:</b><br />
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<b><u>1. Warner Brothers Studios</u></b><br />
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Principals: Warner Brothers: Harry (President), Jack (Production), Albert (Treasurer), Sam (deceased 1927)<br />
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History: As real world but enmeshed in the supernatural because of bloody and unnatural murder.<br />
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Goal: Make movies, make money<br />
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Secret Goal: Kill Sam for good<br />
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Obstacle: Sam Warner<br />
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Resources: Plenty of cash; powerful friends and political favors; large studio with plenty of manpower; the studio grounds proper, with writers and actors, cameras and equipment, guns and weapons, costumes and makeup, etc.<br />
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Weakness: military might is limited; misbehaving stars can lead to scandals; exposure of Principals as murderers<br />
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Aspects: Money is no object; Doors are easily opened<br />
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Next Steps: Find movie reel of murder of Sam Warner and destroy it to kill him for good.<br />
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References: <a href="http://brightlightsfilm.com/the-fall-of-the-house-of-warner-the-warner-brothers/#" target="_blank">The Fall of the House of Warner (Brightlights Film)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_(film)" target="_blank">Casablanca (wikipedia)</a><br />
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<b><u>2. Black Court Vampire nest</u></b><br />
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Principals: The Master (aka Sam Warner)<br />
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History: Sam Warner was murdered by his brothers in 1927 while being filmed. He became a Black Court Vampire because his soul is trapped in the film. He has blackmailed/threatened his brothers thereafter. He has created a cult of personality with a coterie of weird monsters. He is involved in a secret war with Legend.<br />
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Goal: Domination!<br />
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Secret Goal: see Goal<br />
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Obstacle: Everyone!<br />
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Resources: forces -- The Master's has the largest "army" in the area, comprised of many deceased actors, "Fatty" Arbuckle, Virginia Rappe, to name a few, who are Black Court vampires, a group of unseelie changelings on the run from Queen Mab, a pack of were-rats, a handful of weird monsters (including an Outsider or two), scores of zombies, some cultists and a few Renfields; run-down warehouse with a gladiatorial coliseum known as the Coliseum of Death and access to the sewers; under the Pier; a desecrated church in the Valley. <br />
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Weakness: Must remain hidden. Unaware that the film is a liability.<br />
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Aspects: Blood and brutality over subtlety; Welcome to my Coliseum of Death<br />
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Next Steps: Defeat Legend<br />
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References:<br />
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<b><u>3. Legend and Son (secret group)</u></b><br />
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Principals: "Arthur Legend" (Dutch Schultz)<br />
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Goal: Domination!<br />
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Secret Goal: see Goal<br />
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Obstacle: Sam Warner's Black Court<br />
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Resources: barrels of cash; well-trained goons; underworld connections; mansion in the Hollywood Hills, several safe-houses<br />
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Weakness: Paranoia, limited foot soldiers<br />
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Aspects: If you can't be a good example, you'll be a horrible warning;<br />
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Next Steps: Find the film and destroy the Black Court<br />
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References: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Schultz#Death" target="_blank">Dutch Schultz (wikipedia)</a><br />
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<b><u>4. "Begleiter von Engeln und Teufeln" (Companions of Angels and Devils) aka Fritz Lang's Monster Hunters</u></b><br />
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Principals: Fritz Lang, Peter Lorre<br />
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History: Fritz Lang, the director of Metropolis, is a monster hunter. He started hunting monsters in Germany in 1927, the same year Metropolis came out. He was inducted into the "Companions of Angels and Devils" hunter group and rose to lead the group by 1930. M (1931) was cover for his crew killing a Black Court nest in Berlin. Peter Lorre joined him in the group. In 1933, with the rise of Hitler, the Companions were decimated by a Thule Society empowered White Court Vampire named Adrian Brandeis (German for "dark dweller on a burned clearing") and a Red Court Vampire named Persephone (Old Greek for "bringer of death"). The only ones who survived were Lang and Lorre, who then escaped to the U.S. They started a new Companions from the variety of German ex-pats.<br />
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Goal: Kill monsters, but be smarter about it<br />
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Secret Goal:<br />
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Obstacle: every monster out there<br />
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Resources: currently limited to German immigrants fleeing Nazi persecution; access to cash, equipment and locations with little preparation<br />
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Weakness: overly cautious since the Companions were decimated in Berlin<br />
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Aspects: Avenge our fallen comrades; Returning to the (misunderstood) Old Ways out of Fear of Changes<br />
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Next Steps: see Goal<br />
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References: <a href="https://www.wired.com/2012/11/ff-the-manuscript/" target="_blank">They Cracked This 250-Year-Old Code, and Found a Secret Society Inside (Wired)</a>, <a href="http://ilovewerewolves.com/150-vampire-names-both-ancient-and-modern/" target="_blank">150 Vampire Names Both Ancient and Modern</a><br />
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<b><u>5. The Princes in the Tower</u></b><br />
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Principals: Edward V of England (appears age 12) and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (appears age 9), ghosts of the Princes in the Tower<br />
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History: Evil ghosts from England, their corpses found their way to <span class="il">Hollywoodland . The ghosts appeared in several Our Gang movies as "extras" and became close friends with the Our Gang stars. They created a series of children gangs to rob and steal, mostly doing B&E, mostly non-violent.<br />
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Goal: Become real again/raise from the dead.<br />
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Secret Goal:<br />
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Obstacle: The Law<br />
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Resources: several gangs of children; mansion in the Hollywood Hills, safe-houses throughout the city (gang members' homes)<br />
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Weakness: Supernaturally tied to their corpses, can't go long distances away or very long time away from them; can only push their child crew so far<br />
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Aspects: Translucent in Sunlight; Nobody notices a kid<br />
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Next Steps: Find the film to become real again.<br />
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References: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower" target="_blank">Princes in the Tower (wikipedia)</a></span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-42665139132818224222018-01-13T14:00:00.000-08:002018-01-13T14:00:12.349-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Session 5<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dresden Files Accelerated: Hollywoodland Session 5 Write-up</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Played Friday, June 9th, 2017</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Dramatis Personae</strong><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Father Darren O'Connell</strong>, Catholic priest and holy sword bearer (played by C)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Daniel Ehrlichmann</strong>, hot-shot reporter/wereleopard (played by F)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sammy Wesson</strong>, Clued-in Mortal/Changeling (played by R)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ted Summers</strong> aka The Dazzling Dante, White Court wizard (played by B)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><del style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Raymond Sanders</b>, monster hunter/Changeling (played by N, not present)</del></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Darlene Merritt, Daniel's nemesis</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Fritz Lang, Hollywood Director and Monster Hunter</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Peter Lorre, Hollywood Actor and Monster Hunter</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Persephone, White Court Vampire Assassin</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Adrian Brandeis, Red Court Vampire Assassin</li>
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<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted and Sammy went to Laurence the Fence's business to investigate the bloodmark spell. They broke in easily with the keys and Ted performed a ritual to find the blood sorcerer who cast the spell.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted learned more than he realized. He bound the spell into his wand and knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the blood sorcerer was Ted's father, supposedly dead for 28 years, since Ted was 6 years old!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">That drove Ted into a alcoholic binge. He dropped the wand and headed straight for Mick's, demanding that Mick leave the bottle. Sammy, puzzled at Ted's behavior, picked up the wand and followed him to Mick's.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">There, Ted revealed that the blood sorcerer was his dead father, which drove him to drink even more. Sammy said he understood and Ted asked how he could. Sammy showed Ted the finger from his father, given to him by Maeve. Ted looked at the finger and said that was messed up.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren met up with the survivors of the Berlin Monster Hunter lodge, which turned out to be actor Peter Lorre and film director Fritz Lang. Darren mentioned Persephone and Daniel's interest in her. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Peter and Fritz identified Persephone, "Bringer of Death" and Adrian Brandeis, German for "Dark dweller on a burned clearing", as the vampires who killed their comrades. Both Peter and Fritz wanted in on the hunt to kill these two vampires. They left the restaurant and went to find Daniel before it was too late!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel was making love to Darlene and started slapping her around, demanding to know who put Darlene on his tail. She fought back, thinking he'd kill her but he overpowered her.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While she was fighting back, there was a knock on the door, that became rather insistent as Darlene struggled to escape Daniel. Daniel couldn't tell who was at the door, because there was a muffled reply. Other people in the apartment building were being disturbed, so Daniel knocked Darlene out and, naked, grabbed a pillow and opened the door.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On the other side was Persephone, looking quizzical at Daniel naked with a pillow. Daniel asked her to come back in 10 minutes but she insisted on seeing him right now. She asked him to invite her in and he did.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Persephone came into the apartment and immediately pressed herself against Daniel, with only a pillow between them. Daniel was overcome with passion and dropped the pillow. Daniel picked up Persephone and threw her on the bed then jumped on her, ready to make love.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Persephone inspired Lust in Daniel and started to feed, but Daniel realized that something wasn't right and cooled off the passion, claiming that now wasn't the right time.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">That's when Darren, Fritz and Peter showed up, busting through Daniel's door ! Darren drew his holy sword Durendal and attacked Persephone.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Persephone dodged Darren's attack with inhuman speed and picked up Peter and Fritz with inhuman strength and threw them around the room, which clued Daniel into realizing that Persephone was dangerous.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Persephone escaped by jumping out the window, onto the fire escape, then started climbing the ladder to the roof in the driving rain. Darren followed, sword in hand.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted and Sammy continued their drinking binge and Ted focused on the wand to point to his father, the blood sorcerer. It first pointed to him and to the bottle that he was drinking from, as if to accuse him, then pointed out the door. They finished their drink and hired a cab to follow the wand where it lead them. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They traveled all about town, finally ending up in front of an apartment building. Stepping out of the cab, they spotted Darren chasing Persephone up a ladder to the roof. Ted blasted Persephone with a water blast (plenty of water around with the driving rain) and Sammy froze the water blast, both in an effort to knock her from the ladder.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">She was buffeted but managed to make the roof, with Darren right behind her. Sammy used his Unseelie magic to ride lightning from the ground floor up to the roof in an instant, joining Darren in the fight with Persephone. Ted followed the wand into the apartment building and up to the fifth floor, right at the stairs that led up to the roof, where he found a body, face down.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In Daniel's apartment, Fritz and Peter picked themselves up and jumped onto the fire escape, using the ladder to climb to the roof in pursuit of Persephone. Daniel quickly dressed then pulled out his camera and took naked pictures of an unconscious Darlene as blackmail!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren swung Durendal at Persephone and she dodged. A figure stepped from out of the darkness and rain on the rooftop and attacked Darren, just barely grabbing onto him. It was Adrian, a Red Court Vampire Assassin. Both Fritz and Peter tried to assist the heroes but did nothing but get in the way. Adrian pulled Darren close to feed but Darren used his strong Faith to resist!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy attacked Persephone, blasting her with his Unseelie Magic as Fritz and Peter again tried, and failed, to assist, just getting in the way. Daniel came up on the roof and transformed into his jaguar form, jumping on Adrian's back.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted stared at the body laying face down in front of him, frozen in indecision. The wand pointed straight at the body. Trembling, he turned the corpse over and saw his father's face, drained of blood by a Red Court Vampire. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Filled with rage about all the lost years and mourning his father's death a second time, Ted brutalized the body, smashing his fists into his dead father's face. At the height of his drunken rage, his magic merged with his rage and his father's bloodmark fused into him, gaining him knowledge about the others who were also granted bloodmarks by the evil ritual. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He felt that two of them were on the roof, dead. Ted headed for the roof. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Meanwhile, Persephone, seeing that there were more opponents than allies on the roof, turned tail and ran. Sammy tried to stop her but she managed to get off the roof, with Sammy in pursuit!</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Next time: the conclusion to the fight with Persephone and Adrian! Will this lead to the film canister?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On a personal note: This was a difficult combat. I had never run vampires in this system, so with their strong and varied abilities, they were hard for me to run for the first time. The strength of Darren, a Holy Knight with his Holy Sword Durendal, proved to be his Faith +5 approach, which gained the PCs a strong advantage. It would have been a far different combat without it and I doubt that Darren would have avoided being fed upon by Adrian. On the whole, it was a good first try and hopefully I will improve in the next session.</em>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-46169172877846272162018-01-09T14:00:00.000-08:002018-01-09T14:00:45.983-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Character Profile: Ted Summers<b><u>CHARACTER NAME</u></b>: Ted Summers<br />
Played by B<br />
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<u><b>AGE</b></u> <br />
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<u><b>LOOKS</b></u>:<br />
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<u><b>ORIGIN</b></u>:<br />
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<b><u>REFRESH</u></b>: 2 <br />
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<b><u>ASPECTS</u></b>: <br />
High Concept: Black Sheep of the White Council<br />
Trouble: later became: I have my father's bloodmark. <br />
Aspect: Locked or Unlocked, It's All the Same To Me<br />
Aspect: The Supernatural is the answer, even when it isn’t<br />
Aspect: The Red Court Must Die!!!!!! <br />
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<b><u>MANTLE(S)</u></b>: <br />
Magical Practitioner<br />
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Mantle Conditions: <br />
Exhausted (sticky) [ ]: Check condition to boost your Magical Power. GM has a boost to use against you. Clearing Exhausted requires a rest.<br />
Burned Out (lasting) [ ]: Check condition to boost your Magical Power again. If Burned Out, can't use magic until fully recovered.<br />
The Third Eye (sticky) [ ]: Check condition when using Magical Sight.<br />
Memory is eidetic.<br />
Everything is viewed in their metaphorical expression of it's true nature.<br />
Ignore supernatural disguises.<br />
Supernatural have scale on you.<br />
Recover by simply closing your Third Eye.<br />
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<b><u>STUNTS</u></b>: <br />
Evocation: Cast spells out of elements of fire, water, air, earth and spirit. Push yourself by taking Stress +1 for 1 stress, +2 for 2 stress, or mark Exhausted for +4, or mark Burned Out for +2<br />
Thaumaturgy: Do ritual magic, +2 to prepare.<br />
Soulgaze: make contested Intellect roll to learn one bit of info, a tie both learn something.<br />
(Additional) Evocation Specialist: (Using Guile to Overcome an action with Spirit) -- from the forum<br />
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<b><u>APPROACHES</u></b>: <br />
Guile +3 <br />
Focus, Flair +2 <br />
Force, Haste +1 <br />
Intellect +0 <br />
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<b><u>EQUIPMENT</u></b>: <br />
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<b><u>3 x 3s</u></b>: <br />
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<u>ALLIES/FRIENDS</u>:<br />
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<u>CONTACTS</u>:<br />
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<u>RIVALS / ENEMIES</u><br />
<br />Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-67029216236736954022018-01-01T14:00:00.000-08:002018-01-01T14:00:15.989-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Session 4<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dresden Files Accelerated: Hollywoodland Session 4 Write-up</strong><br />
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Played Friday, May 26th, 2017</strong><br />
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dramatis Personae</strong><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Father Darren O'Connell</strong>, Catholic priest and holy sword bearer (played by C)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Daniel Ehrlichmann</strong>, hot-shot reporter/wereleopard (played by F)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sammy Wesson</strong>, Clued-in Mortal/Changeling (played by R)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ted Summers</strong> aka The Dazzling Dante, White Court wizard (played by B)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><del style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Raymond Sanders</b>, monster hunter/Changeling (played by N, not present)</del></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Concierge at the Biltmore Hotel</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Kenneth the waiter</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Mr Smith", Legend's associate</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Arthur Legend, enigmatic businessman</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Legend's goons</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Black Court Vampire</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Black Court cultists</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Darlene Merritt, Daniel's nemesis</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The session started with Ted Summers still on a bender (Compel that creates Aspect "Three Sheets to the Wind"), realizing that he needs to earn his $10,000. He uses magic to track down Father Darren, knowing him from church.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The magic leads him to the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, where the others are exiting from Daniel's car.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">After a brief discussion, they go into the hotel and the concierge, thinking Ted is a homeless person, gives him a dollar and tells him that there is a homeless shelter down the street. Ted pockets the dollar as the concierge turns to Daniel, the best dressed of the lot, and asks what he can help with.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel says they are there to meet with the Boss and expects to be shown right up. The concierge acts like he wants a tip, something Daniel refuses to do, but Ted gives him back his dollar as a tip and soulgazes him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted learns that the concierge is an active participant in criminal activity (Aspect: In on the Take) and uses that to blackmail the concierge to giving them free access to the bar. The concierge calls up to the penthouse and tells them that they might as well wait in the bar till the Boss is ready to see them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In the bar, Ted gives Kenneth the waiter the pass for free booze from the concierge and orders whiskey. Darren orders Irish Whiskey and Sammy orders a brandy. Daniel has coffee. The waiter returns with their drinks and they enjoy them. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Four big burly bodyguards enter the bar and "Mr. Smith" slides between them and introduces himself. He's very pleasant to the group and is satisfied with their answers. He escorts them up to the penthouse where Mr. Legend is. When Sammy is too familiar, by calling him "Arthur" instead of "Mr. Legend," "Mr. Smith" corrects Sammy, as "Mr. Legend does not like familiarity until friendship is established."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They pass many guards in the hallway and in an outer room until they get into a room that has a single desk and chair, which Mr. Legend is sitting behind.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Both Sammy and Daniel recognize Arthur Legend as Dutch Schultz, a gangster who was killed in New Jersey in 1935, after supposedly hiding $7 million. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Legend eschews a handshake with Daniel, claiming to have "a cold" and Darren, drunk, gets abusive. Legend subtly threatens Vaughn Owen, saying he'll get what is coming to him and implies that he'll get the canister, not Owen.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted wanders over to the window and look out, down 11 floors to the ground while trying not to be sick.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel hears noises in the outer room and the hallway as Black Court cultists bust through the doors and smash through the windows! A Black Court Vampire orders his minions to kill everyone. Daniel recognizes the vampire as Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, a Hollywood star who died in 1933.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel, thinking fast, tries to rush past the bodyguards to get next to Legend but can't manage to get past the closest bodyguard to Legend (failed Overcome). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The cultists attack, killing several bodyguards, attacking Daniel, Sammy and Ted. Daniel is hard pressed against the desk (Boost: Hemmed In). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Mr. Smith" is attacked by the cultists as well and starts freaking out. Legend's men open fire on the cultists, killing several. Legend, observed by Darren, sinks into the floor, escaping and leaving his men to their fate. Perhaps he's a spectre or a ghost!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy rises up and uses the full force of the Winter Court on several cultists near him (Stunt: Winter Fear), causing 4 cultists and one of Legend's bodyguards to flee in fear. Ted lights two of the cultists on fire with alcohol and magic, while Darren, still drunk, draws Durindal and cuts through three of them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The remaining cultist escapes through the window as "Mr. Smith" has a freakout in the corner. Daniel rushes up to Arbuckle and roughly interviews him (Aspect: Don't Mess with the Press) and the vampire flees.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The room is filled with dead, blood and fire. Daniel takes a bunch of pictures of the carnage, especially of "Mr. Smith". Two of the remaining bodyguards grab "Mr. Smith" and leave while the third grabs some of the papers and tries to burn the rest. Daniel manages to grab one of the ledgers before the desk goes up in flames. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They flee into the master bedroom, where they descend a fire escape to the ground. Once there, they push through the crowd and drive off in Daniel's car.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They noodle through the info they have so far and determine that Legend also wants the canister, the Princes don't have it and the Black Court attacked simply to try to kill Legend, it doesn't seem they were after the canister. Darren reveals that Legend is some sort of ghost, having escaped through the floor, and Legend didn't know that Eddie from the Princes was also most probably a ghost as well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The other three try to convince Daniel that Persephone is a vampire and bad news but he won't hear anything against her (Compel: Pretty Face). He drops them off at Mick's and goes off to visit Dimi, giving him Legend's criminal ledger.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Ted, Sammy and Darren have a few drinks and decide on some action. Ted and Sammy go to Laurence the Fence's shop to see if they can get a ritual spell to track down the remaining Bloodmarked mobsters and the sorcerer who cast the spell. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren goes to find the remnants of the Berlin Monster Hunters, the "Begleiter von Engeln und Teufeln" (Companions of Angels and Devils). He goes to meet them at a local restaurant and, unexpectedly, Peter Lorre and Fritz Lang walk through the door and sit down at the table with him.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel gets home and sees the newspaper headline: Vaughn Owen dead the night before! Legend couldn't have done it since he thought Owen was alive several hours ago. Daniel dismisses Persephone as responsible for Owen's death, recalling and then dismissing the voice he heard in the background when he talked to her calling for help as Owen's.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He gets a few hours sleep but is awoken when a naked woman slips into bed with him. He recognizes Persephone's perfume and makes love to the woman, not realizing until later that it is his nemesis, Darlene!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Next Session: the thrilling conclusion! The final fight! Will they find the canister and solve the mystery?</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-20757204862455767932017-12-28T14:00:00.000-08:002017-12-28T14:00:58.394-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Character Profile: Sammy Wesson<b><u>CHARACTER NAME</u></b>: Sammy Wesson<br />
Played by R<br />
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<u><b>AGE</b></u> 26<br />
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<u><b>LOOKS</b></u>:<br />
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<u><b>ORIGIN</b></u>:<br />
Sammy is a 26 year old have changeling half-Sidhe. His Sidhe father had a one night stand with his mother Tammy Wesson and the result was Sammy. He was born is Salem Oregon but his mother moved to Portland for work as she struggled as a single parent. Sammy had a relative normal childhood until his wayward father introduced himself to Sammy when Sammy was 17. Sammy was very intrigued by the Fae but he is not sure he wants to be a Winter Fae... their cruelty turns him off despite the fact that he can demonstrate a cruel streak himself. At the age of 19, his father disappeared from his life again and a few months later another Fae entered his life who called herself Marta. She told him to abandon his university studies (scholarship to Reed College) as he was no working for her as his father owed her a debt which he know has to fulfill. Last few years he has been working as an Agent for Marta on behalf of the Winter Court.<br />
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<b><u>REFRESH</u></b>: 2 <br />
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<b><u>ASPECTS</u></b>: <br />
High Concept: Half-sidhe coldblooded Enforcer for Marta (Maeve)<br />
Trouble: left with dead beat dad's debt on a string with the the Winter Court (Maeve)<br />
Aspect: Wrong kind of friends- rebellious allies as my dad was a celebrity fae on the wrong side of the winter queens<br />
Aspect: Wanted Secret benefactor (dear old dad is around and helps I just don't know it)<br />
Aspect: show off mage<br />
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<b><u>MANTLE(S)</u></b>: <br />
Clued-In Mortal<br />
Changeling<br />
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Mantle Conditions: <br />
Knowledge sticky(5 box) -- one box for occult knowledge<br />
In too Deep -- one box mark to recover all knowledge gain aspect of enemy<br />
Called (5 box) -- mark one box to use fae stunts<br />
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<b><u>STUNTS</u></b>: <br />
Chasing Rumors -- +2 advantage or overcome with each knowledge box used <br />
Preparation -- mark box knowledge for useful item <br />
Unseelie Magic -- see rules<br />
Familiar Face -- see rules<br />
Glamour -- see rules<br />
Winter Fear -- Because I am Maeve's enforcer, once per session I can create +2 attack to Force attack against targets I am hunting for Marta when telling them Marta wants them dead. <br />
Infamy -- Because of my dad's infamy or fame, once per session I can create +2 guile attack with Fae and Changelings.<br />
Fancy Magic -- Because I will go for some ambitious fancy magic, once per session I can create an advantage for Force with fancy changeling magic. <br />
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<b><u>APPROACHES</u></b>: <br />
Force +3 <br />
Focus, Intellect +2 <br />
Flair, Haste +1 <br />
Guile +0 <br />
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<b><u>EQUIPMENT</u></b>: <br />
sword<br />
pistol<br />
backpack with magical components<br />
trenchcoat<br />
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<u>ALLIES/FRIENDS</u>:<br />
Yancey Eaton -- ex high school friend who is police sergeant <br />
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<u>CONTACTS</u>:<br />
Ben Crooker -- information broker on the street<br />
Lana Young -- Warner Brothers Actress Friend<br />
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<u>RIVALS / ENEMIES</u><br />
Printemps -- a Seelie Changeling who hates his father and makes it his business to mess with Wesson as much as he canMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-37510631244157595202017-12-25T14:00:00.000-08:002017-12-25T14:00:57.363-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Session 3<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dresden Files Accelerated: Hollywoodland Session 3 Write-up</strong><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Father Darren O'Connell</strong>, Catholic priest and holy sword bearer (played by C)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Daniel Ehrlichmann</strong>, hot-shot reporter/wereleopard (played by F)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sammy Wesson</strong>, Clued-in Mortal/Changeling (played by R)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><del style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Raymond Sanders</b>, monster hunter/Changeling (played by N, not present)</del></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><del style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Ted Summers</b> aka The Dazzling Dante, White Court wizard (played by S, not present)</del></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Maeve and entourage</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Darlene Merrit, Daniel's nemesis</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Some mobsters, dead and alive</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">George McJiminy, of the East Coast McJiminy's, getaway driver</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy snuck out of the back of the theatre and hot-footed away from those Unseelie goons. He went to Darren's church, figuring that would be the last place his pursuers would look.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As he crossed the threshold, he heard the clatter of hooves on the street behind him and knew he'd been found. Turning slowly, he saw Her astride a beautiful but slightly otherworldly horse, surrounded by an entourage of Fae, mounted on lesser but still beautiful and slightly otherworldly horses.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Banter was exchanged. She wanted what he was hunting, not for herself but for the betterment of everyone. It would go a long way to overcoming his debt to her (Compel Trouble: "His Father's Debts to be paid"). He promised either to bring it to her or to tell her where to get it, which was pretty foolish on his part as that put him indebted to her to at least find it. His escape clause of "where to get it" might save his bacon.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">She and her entourage rode off, but not before she dropped a small cloth bundle onto the street. Sammy retrieved it, knowing that he was safe (for the time being) since he was ostensibly working for Her. Her patience, however, was not infinite.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The cloth bundle was small, about the size of a hand holding an orange, tied with a dark ribbon. When he opened it, he saw it contained a severed and bloody ring finger wearing a well-recognized ring -- his father's. His father's finger, too. Freshly cut off. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">That's when Daniel and Darren walked up and saw him staring at the severed and bloody finger.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The threat of "one piece at a time" was present, but She didn't do just the obvious. There was more purpose to Her actions than merely a pound of flesh. No, Sammy figured that the ribbon and the finger would lead him to where they needed to go (Aspect: "My Father's Finger will Point the Way").</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren and Daniel were disgusted by the grisly trophy Sammy held and Daniel started asking questions. Sammy revealed it was his father's finger and ring and it would help them find what they were looking for.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They piled into Daniel's '33 Dodge and Sammy sat in the rumble seat in the back, focusing his energy into the finger to find the ghostly kid they spotted earlier.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">As Daniel was driving away, a bicyclist ran in front of his car, causing him to screech to a halt. A pretty redhead dropped her bike and walked up to the driver's side door. It was Darlene Merrit, Daniel's nemesis at the Paper.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">She smiled and asked what they were up to. She propped herself through the window, over Daniel and shook Darren's hand, then jumped into the rumble seat with Sammy. Darlene asked Darren to grab her bike and secure it to the back of the car so they could get going.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel argued with her, trying to get her out of the car. She told them that some people say that a bunch of folks, including a big-time reporter, got $10,000 each from Vaughn Owen to find something for the Warner Brothers. She also said that these folks were present at Mick's Bar when a known fence was shot and that a later investigation into the fence's shop turned up a large pool of blood but no bodies.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Who could those people be? Darlene asked innocently. Daniel managed to entice her out of the car with a possible lead then escaped, jumping into the car and roaring away into the Hollywood Hills.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy used magic to invoke the finger (Aspect: "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on"), which pointed at him as if to accuse him of failure, then he managed to get the finger to point towards the leader of the Princes (named Eddie) and they followed the finger around the mansions, until they found one that was large and had a large yard, enclosed by a 8-10 foot wall. The mansion was dark, no light was visible there.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">While driving around it, casing it, Darren noted that the name on the mansion gate was "York" and that at one corner was a dark car, idling, the driver only visible with the bright ember of a cigarette. Sammy noted a ladder against the back wall.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Suddenly three gunshots rang out. Then another four, then one, and finally two more. Ten gunshots in the space of a minute or so. Then silence!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel was convinced that the story was in the mansion, so he parked in the back. They noticed that the driver of the idling car was gone but the car was still idling, so Daniel stole the keys and monkeywrenched it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They climbed the wall using the ladder and saw that the other side had another ladder (someone was thinking). Once on the grounds, they cautiously approached the house and found their way into a room.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They went room to room, looking for the kid Eddie and following the finger. In the great hall, a severed head rolled down the stairs at them. Darren went up to investigate and found a decapitated mobster and a medieval axe stuck in the wall, on the opposite side of the room was an old set of armor, the previous owner of the axe. Darren continued to explore the upstairs.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy found himself in a library, where there were two more mobsters, frozen and dead. He recognized them as some of Legend's men. Legend is a new faction in the area, had barrels of cash and well-trained goons. This is a first for Legend being involved in this sort of situation.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel went through the gallery and a sitting room but wasn't paying close attention and found himself with a gun in his back! Another mobster was holding it to his kidneys and talking blather about getting the kid in a snatch-and-grab. Half his face was bleached white, including the hair.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren found a terrace looking down into the house and spotted Daniel being forced through a door by the mobster. The mobster took a shot at him (2 Stress to Darren) as he jumped down and knocked the mobster out (taken out with 4 Stress to mobster). Sirens meant police were on the way.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy caught up with the others and, from the three corpses and the knocked-out guy, deduced that the frozen dead, the axe and the white face were the result of ghosts and poltergeists removing the heat from a room (frozen guys), moving objects (flying axe decapitation) and fear (white face and hair). The frozen guys would have caused a ghost to discorporate for a while until it got it's mojo back.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The knocked out mobster had the bloodmark on him and they presumed that the rest did, too.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The finger started pointing all over, meaning their quarry was either not here or out of range. They quickly escaped, noting an old 1900s painting depicting Eddie and (presumably) Dicky in medieval dress in a dark tower room.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They dashed to the wall as the police arrived and climbed the ladders. They dropped the ladders against the wall so that they were hidden for a while by tall grass and bushes then ran back to their car.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The mobsters' car was still there and the last mobster was trying to get it to work. Daniel stopped and offered him a lift, which he happily took.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He said his name was George McJiminy (of the New England McJiminy's) and they thought it was a fake name. He asked to be dropped at the Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel convinced him that they were mobsters, too, (Aspect: "The Boss sent us.....") meant to make sure his group did the job right. He was completely fooled. They got everything out of him, that he was the driver and they were just supposed to go in there and grab the kid and bring him to their boss. Sammy dropped Legend's name and George nodded.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They dropped George off, telling him to be scarce for a while since the boss would be sore about his gang's screw-up and headed for the Biltmore.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren realized that he had seen the painting before, in England and it depicted King Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, imprisoned in the Tower of London. The painting was by John Millais, painted in 1878, and titled "The Two Princes Edward and Richard in the Tower, 1483" and that the princes disappeared and were supposedly murdered by their uncle, Richard who became Richard III.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel realized that Darlene was tipped off about them by someone with inside info and was probably being followed so that they were followed. He dismissed as rubbish the obvious culprit, Persephone, (Compel: "Pretty Face") and figured it was her boss Vaughn.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy figured info about Legend. His name is Arthur Legend, he's probably a mobster from back East but Legend is not his real name. He's in conflict with the Black Court vampires and this is the first time, as far as Sammy knows, that he's involved in black magic, with the bloodmark tracking spell. Legend's company is called "Legend and Son" and he's got a mansion of his own in the Hollywood Hills, so why would he be at the Biltmore Hotel?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The session ended with some questions answered but a whole bunch more unanswered: Where's the film? Who all want it? What do the Princes have to do with this? What does Legend want?</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-42811458406559722992017-12-22T14:00:00.000-08:002017-12-22T14:00:10.975-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Character Profile: Father Darren O'Connel<b><u>CHARACTER NAME</u></b>: Father Darren O'Connel<br />
Played by C<br />
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<u><b>AGE</b></u> 31<br />
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<u><b>LOOKS</b></u>:<br />
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<u><b>ORIGIN</b></u>:<br />
Darren is an Irish immigrant who commissioned as a Roman Catholic Chaplain when he was 26. Transferred to support upcoming operations with the 34th Infantry Division, and ultimately deployed with the 1st Ranger Battalion.<br />
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The ensuing massacre in Dieppe, France left thousands of Allies dead and wounded including one young Irish man with No. 4 Commando. In his dying breath this young man asked Chaplain O'Connel for his last rights and to promise safe keeping of chipped, rusting iron blade.<br />
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Moments after picking up the sword, sweeping heavy machine gun fire began claiming more of 1st Ranger Battalion and they were forced to retreat. Medically retired after machine gun fire took his left eye in the Dieppe Raid during extraction. While recovering and rehabilitating at West Los Angeles Area Station Hospital, he would have severe nightmares.<br />
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Eventually he started having nightmares while he was awake, the flashback of the massacre and things that never happened. Even when he closes his eye he can see evil walking around in human skin, men feeding on the very souls of those they touch.<br />
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He sought guidance from priest nearby: what was it that he was seeing and if he was damned and this was his curse.
That priest was shocked, but explained that what Darren saw was indeed real and this curse means he is the bearer of Durendal Explaining that the Almighty had told him that one day he would be tasked with training a broken man to bear a great burden.<br />
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To rid himself of this burden, he must follow His guidance to destroy the evil which haunts his vision and dreams.
Unsure of how a rusty blade could be used to destroy much of anything, the doubt was known to the priest.The blade was blessed such that it will only cut when the intent is righteous so that evil may not bear its strength.<br />
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Of course, a man traditionally trained with a M1911 has very little experience with a sword so Darren made his way to Hollywood to learn apt swordsmanship from a Frenchman at Beaulieu, at the advice of the priest.<br />
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<b><u>REFRESH</u></b>: 2 <br />
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<b><u>ASPECTS</u></b>: <br />
High Concept: A broken warrior priest seeking redemption <br />
Trouble: Sleepless nights and waking nightmares are a strain on faith <br />
Aspect: Lord forgive me for what I'm about to do, but these bastards must die <br />
Aspect: Rangers lead the way <br />
Aspect: These closed eyes see your true nature <br />
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<b><u>MANTLE(S)</u></b>: <br />
Holy Knight<br />
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Mantle Conditions: <br />
On a Mission from God (sticky)<br />
Crisis of Faith<br />
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<b><u>STUNTS</u></b>: <br />
Sword of the Cross (Holy Sword): If On a Mission from God is checked, ignore differences of scale and the weapon attack is considered supernatural. Using the sword while not On a Mission from God, then Crisis of Faith condition is invoked.<br />
Right Place, Right Time: Once per session, arrive at the right time to help someone in need.<br />
(Additional) Divine Defender: Once per session, can take the damage in place of another.<br />
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<b><u>APPROACHES</u></b>: <br />
Force +3 <br />
Haste, Intellect +2 <br />
Guile, Focus +1 <br />
Flair +0 <br />
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<b><u>EQUIPMENT</u></b>: <br />
Durendal (Holy Sword)<br />
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<b><u>3 x 3s</u></b>: <br />
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<u>ALLIES/FRIENDS</u>:<br />
Miseur Beaulieu - Fencing instructor, mentor<br />
Father DeMonte - Priest who works at a the church near the hospital<br />
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<u>CONTACTS</u>:<br />
Donny Torrez - Street youth who tried to rob the church, but took some advice from Father DeMonte to change his way after seeing Darren with his holy blade on his back. Sweeps floors at the Bayeu Movie Theater during night showing.<br />
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<u>RIVALS / ENEMIES</u>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-68292275927505117562017-12-20T14:00:00.000-08:002017-12-20T14:00:48.752-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Session 2<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dresden Files Accelerated: Hollywoodland Session 2 Write-up</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Played Friday, April 14th, 2017</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dramatis Personae</strong><br />
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Father Darren O'Connell</strong>, Catholic priest and holy sword bearer (played by C)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Daniel Ehrlichmann</strong>, hot-shot reporter/wereleopard (played by F)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sammy Wesson</strong>, Clued-in Mortal/Changeling (played by R)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><del style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Raymond Sanders</strong>, monster hunter/Changeling (played by D, not present)</del></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><del style="box-sizing: border-box;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ted Summers</strong> aka The Dazzling Dante, White Court wizard (played by S, not present)</del></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lawrence, a fence on First Street, deceased</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Five animated corpses</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Donny Torrez, a street kid contact of Darren's, now on the straight-and-narrow</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Persephone</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Some Unseelie goons</li>
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<br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Laurence the fence is shown locking up his shop and walking towards Mick's with a jaunty air. He lights a smoke and a passerby asks for a light himself. As he lights the stranger's cigarette, three shots ring out and Laurence's cigarette falls from his mouth, he drops the lighter and looks down at blood rapidly spreading across his shirt. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The stranger steps back in shock and turns to watch a car speed away, as Laurence stumbles into Mick's and falls dead at Darren, Sammy and Daniel's feet.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren starts giving him Last Rites as Daniel rifles through his pockets and Sammy runs out the door but doesn't see anything.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Police sirens are rapidly approaching, so Sammy goes back inside. Mikhail calmly says that no one saw nothing and asks the bar occupants, none of whom volunteer any info. Mikhail suggests that they move on before the police get there.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel takes the keys and the betting slips but leaves the wallet and they pay for their drinks (with a hefty tip) and Mikhail points them to the back door.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They reach the back door right as the police come in the front, and make their escape into the back alley. A few blocks down is Laurence's shop, so they hoof it down there to break in before the cops get there.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They look onto the street and see that there is a police-and-bar-patron brawl going on at Micks, with more police in paddy-wagons showing up to break it up, so they know they won't get disturbed breaking into Laurence's.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The shop is called "Laurence's on First, a boutique". They go around the back and Daniel uses the keys to get in. Daniel leads the way in and Sammy follows. Darren immediately smells blood and lots of it but Daniel and Sammy walk into a pool of it and get blood drips on them.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They immediately step back and see that there are five bodies hanging from the ceiling, dripping blood into a pool on the floor.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren sees that the bodies were cut with precision to let out as much blood as possible and that they died around the same time as Laurence. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy figures out that this was part of a ritual called a Bloodmark Tracking Spell (Aspect with 1 free invoke) that requires 5 to 12 people to do. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren recalls that Laurence had his own Bloodmark ("Laurence's Bloodmark" Aspect with 1 free invoke) which he saw while performing Last Rites. Daniel finds the shops account books and grabs them while Sammy uses his Unseelie Magic to follow up the evil ritual with another to track the 5 to 12 people with the Bloodmark ("Tracking the Trackers" Aspect with 1 free invoke).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Then the dead bodies start moving. The corpses animate, which Sammy later reveals was the end result to the ritual normally but may have been brought earlier by his spell. Daniel and Sammy start to leave but Darren feels compelled ("Mission from God" Mantle condition) to end these undead and free their spirits and bring stop this evil.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He draws Durandal and uses the holy sword to bless the corpses, causing them to finally rest in peace. The heroes realize that they need to find more clues about the kids involved with fencing goods with Laurence.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren knows a former street kid named Donny who might be able to help. He's working at a nearby theatre, the Bijou, and sweeps up after the late show.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">They head over to the Bijou and watch the late movie, with Donny getting them into the projector booth for some privacy. Daniel goes over the books and figures out the simple code for the real account book that covers the criminal side of the business. In addition to a list of customers ("Laurence's List of Customers and Buyers" Aspect with 1 free compel), he discovers that both Vaughn Owen and Persephone are in the book and tells the others about Vaughn but not about Persephone (Trouble "Sucker for a pretty face" compel).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy notices some Unseelie goons watching the movie and they are actually watching him. His use of magic attracted unwanted attention (Trouble "Debts to the Unseelie Court" compel).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren is stressed due to the death, undead and pool of blood so is out of sorts and doesn't enjoy the film (Trouble "Sleepless nights and nightmares" compel).</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">When the movie is over, they get a chance to talk with Donny as he sweeps up. They ask Donny about the kids and he tells them about the Princes, what he knows. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He knows that most people call them "The Princes" or "The Princes of Tower Street" but they don't hang out near Tower Street, so he knows that is fake. He knows that Eddie and Dicky are brothers (Eddie is 12 and Dicky is 9), and that the "old man" that they claim run the gang is a fake, he doesn't exist, it's Eddie and Dicky that are in charge. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He was there when the Princes met up with a rival gang and recalls that Eddie said specifically that they were "The Princes in the Tower" but everyone thought the tower meant Tower Street. He knows that they have safe-houses all over the city in their gang members' homes but that Eddie and Dicky live in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills and they speak with a posh English accent.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">He is evasive when Sammy asks if Eddie and Dicky have killed anyone but he does say that both Eddie and Dicky are creepy, that they don't act like 12 and 9 year olds. Darren describes the ghostly kid he and Daniel saw to Donny (without the ghostly details) and Donny confirms that was Eddie.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Daniel goes to the lobby and, although it is late, calls Persephone to discuss an in-person meeting. She picks up and is delighted to hear from him but can't meet tonight as she has dinner guests over. Daniel hears someone on the line say "help me" which he takes to be from a radio program or maybe Persephone is watching a Warner Brothers movie. They arrange to meet the next morning.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy goes out to the lobby and hears someone calling for help on the phone line as Daniel finishes up his call with Persephone.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sammy is nervous about the Unseelie goons. The theatre manager is cleaning the concession stand bar and tells him that his friends are waiting for him outside. Sammy offers him 5 dollars for the back way and the manager shakes him down for 5 more before pointing him to the exit in the movie theatre. Sammy beats feet and escapes.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Darren and Daniel step outside and encounter the Unseelie goons. The goons ask them to remind Sammy that he has debts and She's going to collect. Daniel insults one of the goons and the other pulls his pal away, saying they'll meet again.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The session ends with Darren and Daniel standing outside the dark theatre in the early morning with more questions than answers.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Who is using Blood magic to track and what are they tracking, the film? How many are there, with Laurence dead, there could be 4 to 11 more out there. What is it about the Princes? How do they figure into this? The body count has risen to 6 in such a short time and it seems more death is on the horizon......</span>Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759580438103846127.post-39385580787224186562017-12-17T14:00:00.000-08:002017-12-17T14:00:06.079-08:00Actual Play: Dresden Files Accelerated Hollywoodland Character Profile: Daniel Ehrlichmann<b><u>CHARACTER NAME</u></b>: Daniel Ehrlichmann<br />
Played by F <br />
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<u><b>AGE</b></u> 32<br />
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<u><b>LOOKS</b></u>: Black hair, blue eyes, slender build, often unshaved and in yesterday's clothes, fast on the draw with his smokes. <br />
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<u>ORIGIN</u>: Immigrated into the United States in the early 30s due persecution because of his Jewish ancestry, the rest of his family tried to migrate to Switzerland, but were turned away and he doesn't know their current whereabouts. <br />
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He started working on the east coast as a journalist, and quite successfully at that. After a hot affair with a mysterious blonde, he started to transform into a predatory animal - a wereleopard. After that fateful night he never saw her again, and she is the one mystery that he didn't manage to solve at all. <br />
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His at start uncontrollable transformations thoroughly ruined all his job prospects, put him on the bottle for quite a while, and made him start travelling about just like all the other poor sods, hobos, etc. - finally, leading him all the way to the west coast. <br />
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During the time on the road he gradually managed to master his transformations. That newly found self-control and stability made him look out for some more steady jobs. In the news media he found his "mundane" footing again. His desire to hunt down a news story, to "make the kill", resulted in him pissing off quite a lot of powerful people. But not even some physical "persuasion" would deter him from pursuing his "prey". A nice pair of gams and a pretty face might, though. <br />
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<b><u>REFRESH</u></b>: 2 <br />
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<b><u>ASPECTS</u></b>: <br />
High Concept: Relentless News-Hunter <br />
Trouble: Sucker for a Pretty Face <br />
Aspect: Professional Troublemaker <br />
Aspect: The Heart of a Predator <br />
Aspect: Darren's kind of a Guardian Angel <br />
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<b><u>MANTLE(S)</u></b>: <br />
Werecreature (Wereleopard) <br />
Reporter (mundane mantle) <br />
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Mantle Conditions: <br />
Physical Transformation (sticky) [ ] <br />
Press Credentials [X] <br />
Off-the-Air (sticky) [ ] <br />
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<b><u>STUNTS</u></b>: <br />
Beast Whisperer (Werecreature Core Stunt) <br />
The Human Touch (Werecreature Core Stunt) <br />
Journalist Favors (Reporter Core Stunt) <br />
Word on the Street (Reporter Core Stunt) <br />
Media Frenzy (Reporter Core Stunt) <br />
Shifting Adept (Werecreature Stunt; Free Stunt) <br />
Fleeting Transformation (Werecreature Stunt, -1 Refresh) <br />
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<b><u>APPROACHES</u></b>: <br />
Intellect +3 <br />
Guile, Focus +2 <br />
Force, Haste +1 <br />
Flair +0 <br />
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<b><u>EQUIPMENT</u></b>: <br />
diverse Pens, several Notpads, a Pocket Camera, a Flashlight, Smokes, Lighter, matches from lots of clubs, some cash, a 1933 Dodge Rumble Seat Coupe. <br />
Letter of invitation to WB. Business card of some Vaugn C. Owen, Security Chief of WB. <br />
10.000 Dollars stashed a Dimi, the lawyer. <br />
1 of Mr. Legend's ledgers. <br />
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<b><u>3 x 3s</u></b>: <br />
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<u>ALLIES/FRIENDS</u>:<br />
Dimitrios "Dimi" Karamitsos - Greek - A dirty bastard of a lawyer, and a very good friend. <br />
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<u>CONTACTS</u>:<br />
Linda Darling (not her real name) - Middle-aged mistress of a "professional escort service" catering to very well to do clients. <br />
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<u>RIVALS / ENEMIES</u><br />
Ms Darlene Merrit - young, red-headed, perky and quite ambitious news reporter who tries to prove herself to Ehrlichmann's boss as the coming hot-shot reporter everyone is waiting for. Currently set on stories about the rich and famous, cultural stuff, nothing really spectacular, she is constantly on the lookout for the Big Story (tm) that will leverage her career to the upper echelons of the news business. She is a constant rival to Daniel, but he doesn't take her, "the red menace", seriously, because - well - she is a woman. That is a dangerous underestimation of her actually quite formidable qualities and her even more formidable stubbornness which keeps her on a story.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05530280529499677331noreply@blogger.com0