[Auld Lang 'Zine] Switching to Guns, Issue 31

Issue 31, Switching to Guns
Issue 31 is all about a magic fish and the PCs that encounter it. This is the final Ashford town adventure.

Is that fish cooked?

[Duty & Honour] Session 8: The Battle of the Bridge

"Hold the line! Dammit! HOLD THE LINE!"

Session 8: June 1, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

The final battle began on a fine morning with the 30th Northumberland prepared behind their lines, with the stolen French cannon offering steady support. Two lines of infantry faced off at the bridge, the French attempting to take it and the English steadfastly refusing to yield.

Volley after volley was fired into the enemy and yet the French still advanced and fired. The cannon boomed across the distance, killing many, and yet the French still advanced and fired.

Lt. Hardrick stood ready with the 13th Light Dragoons to attack. Cornet Wyle ready to give the French a proper drubbing. Sgt. Finkauf looking to improve his station with a feat of excellence. Corporal Limekiller salivating at the thought of stealing a French lieutenant's horse, parading it around before returning it, painted with the Union Jack. Private Greenleaf, nursing the one remaining bottle of cognac of his ruined treasure, hoping to simply survive. Private Crossley seeking death or glory by taking the French Eagle in battle. All stood prepared to do their duty to King and Country!

Soon the withering fire of the 30th Northumberland took it's toll on the advancing French infantry and, with the cannon's steady boom, routed the other force. The 13th Light Dragoon's sprang into action, charging across the bridge to harry the retreating forces and come face to face with the French cavalry.

The battle continued on, this time cavalry vs. cavalry. Sabres flashed in the sun, heroic charges and valiant last stands were made and the French, sans their Eagle and the French lieutenant's horse, were forced to retreat. Though wounded in battle, Lt. Hardrick and his men managed to win the day and gain a new reputation with the French, a reputation built upon their defeat at the hands of the 13th Light Dragoons.

After the battle, the main column arrived and secured the bridge. Promotions all around: Lt. Hardrick was promoted to Captain, Cornet Wyle received his Lieutenancy. Sgt. Finkauf gained a Cornet rank, while Corporal Limekiller became the new Sergeant. And the privates, Greenleaf and Crossley, were awarded with corporal badges.

Bex stole the French horse from Limekiller but he managed to get it back and fulfill his personal mission, gaining a reputation with the French lieutenant - a character that will come back for REVENGE!

(This was the first session we used the extended skirmish rules and they worked quite well. The skirmish was divided into infantry attack and cavalry attack and I had the players take the roles of the 30th Northumberland of Foot officers and men, using their PC's as the template, to fight out the infantry attack. Then we switched to cavalry and they played their own PCs for that. The fight went back and forth, and it looked like the cannon gave them a distinct advantage but it was hard fought, nonetheless.

As for the promotions, they were very lucky with their draws and everyone managed to win a battlefield promotion.

This was also the end of the Duty & Honour sessions and only the future can say whether we will return to the exploits of the 13th Light Dragoons! Hurrah!)

[Duty & Honour] Session 7: The Cannon

Session 7:  May 18, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

The next morning, the pickets reported that they had heard cannon moving in the distance. If the French attacked with cannon support, the 30th Northumberland may not hold the line.

Lt. Hardrick, having breakfast with Lady McFaine (wearing one of his shirts and looking noble and very attractive yet distinctly sad at the loss of her luggage and quarters), called Sgt Finkauf to gather a patrol to either destroy the French cannon or capture them for the 13th Light Dragoon.

Sgt. Finkauf, Cornet Wyle, Corporal Limekiller and Privates Crossley and Habib mounted up and stole out of camp, across the bridge and into French-held territory. The Sgt turned to the 30th Northumberland pickets on the bridge and said that he planned to return with a cannon and the French in hot pursuit and wanted them to vent their hate of him on their common enemy.

Into the wild, the patrol knew that if they were sneaky, they might make it to where the cannon were but they risked being cut-off, overwhelmed and killed.

Sneaking through the French lines and dodging cavalry patrols, the riders of the 13th Light Dragoons managed to find the French cannon. From the trees, they watched as the French artillerists fussed over their two cannon - one a heavy and the other a horse-cannon.

Cornet Wyle ordered sabres or lances only in the attack - firearms would alert nearby French cavalry to their location - and they charged down the hill towards the cannon.

The fight was brief and bloody, with the French totally defeated. The few captured soldiers were disarmed and their and their dead companion's weapons and powder were thrown into a nearby stream.

Sgt. Finkauf spiked the heavy cannon while the others smashed the wheels and monkey-wrenched the bore. They left the broken cannon in a fire and ran off the French soldiers. Then they hooked up the horse cannon and set up a bomb with the heavy cannon powder, lighting it as they rode away.

As they snuck back through enemy lines, the powder exploded, sending French patrols towards the ruined heavy cannon and managed to get ahead of any French cavalry on their tail.

Riding at full gallop, with the horse cannon, they broke for the bridge. French cavalry quickly picked them up and gave chase, but not fast enough. They made the safety of the 30th Northumberland pickets and the men of the 30th gave the French pursuers several volleys, forcing them to retreat.

A horse cannon now in their possession, the 13th Light Dragoons and the 30th Northumberlands were well prepared for the main French attack! And the hate the 30th felt for Sgt. Finkauf was changed to that of muted respect.

[Duty & Honour] Session 6: The French Spy Durand!

Session 6: May 4, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

Private Greenleaf was in a bind. The rest of the company was soon to arrive and his quest to find the cognac was in peril. What would happen if he didn't find it?

Lt. Hardrick was also in a bind - the French spy Durand was in his camp, with Wellington's battle plans. If he was allowed to escape, the tide would turn against the English and defeat, and the disgrace that comes with it, was more than possible.

Once the patrol returned with the lion pelts, the Lt. was determined to find the spy. He noticed, during Sgt. Finkauf's failure to rouse the 30th Northumberland, that several of the Spanish nobles were missing from sight. He quickly put the clues together and raced off to find them, realizing that the best place to hide the plans were probably Lady McFaine's quarters (she had so much luggage, one new piece would be lost among them).

Meanwhile, Greenleaf had managed to decipher his own clues to the whereabouts of the cognac and realized that they were hidden below Lady McFaine's quarters. The 13th Light Dragoons had set up Lady McFaine in the only ruins near the bridge, laying boards and stretching tarps for a roof, while the old wooden floor was still strong - the booze must be beneath the wooden floor!

Both Greenleaf and Lt. Hardrick reached the lady's quarters at the same time and burst in, disturbing Durand! Durand smiles at them and drew his sword and the wounded Greenleaf, the champion swordsman of the 13th Light Dragoon, drew his sabre in response - finally, to fight a skilled opponent!

A terrific fight ensued! Durand's skill was equal to the wounded Greenleaf and neither gained any advantage, no matter how much both tried. In the midst of the fight, Durand's sword caught a lit lamp and Greenleaf's sword flicked it onto the floor, where it smashed and soon the whole room was in flames.

Realizing that his booze was lost to him and the fire was out of control, Greenleaf grabbed Lt. Hardrick and leapt out of the inferno as Durand grabbed the plans and made his escape. The explosion of the hidden cognac (and gunpowder) completely destroyed Lady McFaine's quarters as the flames leaped a hundred feet into the sky!

The light from the explosion silhouetted the mounted Durand's escape from the camp and the chase was on! Hardrick, followed hard by Greenleaf, Crossley and Sgt. Finkauf quickly mounted and pursued the fleeing Durand in the darkness. Shots fired and a pass or two of sabres soon parted the battle plans from Durand.

As Lt. Hardrick dismounted to collect the plans, the heroes of the 13th Light Dragoons saw Durand in the distance. He pulled up his horse, shook his fist at them while swearing eternal enmity with the 13th Light Dragoon, and disappeared into the darkness.

The French spy Durand defeated, but not vanquished, the patrol returned to the camp and the fire that had engulfed Lady McFaine's quarters.

Greenleaf noted that the cache of cognac was ruined but found an empty bottle intact, figuring that he could fake the booze and sell it to some unsuspecting rube. However, Volunteer William York found himself in possession of an undamaged full bottle, salvaged by an enterprising dragoon who didn't pursue Durand! Greenleaf must have that bottle!

Volunteer York decided to use the sole-surviving bottle of fine cognac to influence the regimental purser's agent to gain a commission as a cornet in the 13th Light Dragoons but he suddenly found that he had a possible rival for that rank - Sgt Finkauf also wanted to raise his rank and tried to influence the agent by appearing as a model soldier.

Greenleaf used his skulduggery to switch the bottles during the meeting between Volunteer York, Sgt Finkauf and the agent, but neither Volunteer York nor Sgt. Finkauf suffer from any problems with handing off a fake because the agent dropped the bottle and it shattered. Feeling badly, the agent gave a good report to the regimental purser on behalf of York and Greenleaf took the real bottle of fine 1697 cognac away!

(The fire in Lady McFaine's quarters was all my fault. I told Greenleaf's player that if he failed at fighting Durand, the place would burn and so would his beloved - and as yet unseen - cognac!

The influencing of the regimental purser's agent lead to a three-way PC vs. PC duel - Volunteer York vs. Greenleaf vs. Sgt. Finkauf, with other PCs aiding in the process and it worked out pretty well.)

[Duty & Honour] The Lions!

When I started the D&H campaign, I wrote to D&H author Neil Gow about stats for lions. He kindly returned my email and provided a very good lion. I just tweaked it a little bit by adding the Blend into Nature trait.

Here are the stats for those two dangerous boys: "Fantasma" and "Oscuridad." The 13th Light Dragoon and the 30th Northumberland will never forget them.



"Fantasma" aka The Ghost
Lion (African, Meat-eater, Lion, Lion)

Guts 6

Skills: Awareness 4, Intimidate 5, Scavenge 4, Skulduggery 4

Traits: Bestial Endurance (one extra INJ damage box), Great Hunter (+2 cards if surprises foe), Tear & Rend (+3 cards for ferocious attack), Blend into Nature (+3 cards to Skulduggery when in natural setting)

Claw/Claw/Bite 7 (Tear & Rend included)




"Oscuridad" aka The Darkness
Lion (African, Meat-eater, Lion, Lion)

Guts 6

Skills: Awareness 4, Intimidate 5, Scavenge 4, Skulduggery 3

Traits: Bestial Endurance (one extra INJ damage box), Great Hunter (+2 cards if surprises foe), Tear & Rend (+3 cards for ferocious attack), Blend into Nature (+3 cards to Skulduggery when in natural setting)

Claw/Claw/Bite 7 (Tear & Rend included)

[Duty & Honour] Session 5: Goin' on a Lion Hunt, I Ain't Scared!

Session 5: April 6, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

The chaos caused by the lion attack soon was reduced to cries of pain and the burying of the dead. The Spanish refugees streamed across the bridge and re-set up their camp farther towards Portugal. The 13th Light Dragoon and the 30th Northumberland were stretched to the extreme, at least until the wounded were treated.

Lt. Hardrick realized the lions would come back and cause more trouble, so he ordered Sgt. Finkauf, Corporal Limekiller and Privates Crossley, Pennymore and Habib to hunt the lions down and bring their hides back to the 13th Light Dragoons. Private Greenleaf, while in great pain, wanted payback on the lions, even at the expense of missing out on finding the cognac! So he joined in the patrol.

Once across the bridge, Crossley attempted to track the lions but led the group into a French patrol. Private Crossley managed to grab the French Eagle in the fight but he lost it in the crush of the fight. Right in the midst of the melee, the lions attacked both French and English, but Sgt. Finkauf managed to wound one of them and they ran off.

Private Pennymore took a French sabre meant for Corporal Limekiller and, though the 13th Light Dragoon won the battle against both the French and the lions, his loss was a sorry blow. Strapping him to the back of his horse, Private Habib led Pennymore's horse as the patrol continued the lion hunt.

Following the wounded lion's blood trail, they found the lair. The patrol split into two pairs, Limekiller and Greenleaf and the Sgt and Crossley. One of each pair would act as the bait, while the other would swoop in and stab the hell out of the beast. At least that was the plan.

The lair turned out to be a series of caves and the pairs soon split up, with each pair taking a different path. Sgt. Finkauf and Private Crossley fought and took down "Fantasma" while Corporal Limekiller and Greenleaf defeated "Oscuridad."

With the lions defeated, the patrol returned with the corpses to camp.

There, wrapped in one of the lion's hides, Sgt. Finkauf tried to rally the 30th Northumberland to act like true soldiers for the King! Unfortunately, his rousing speach did nothing but sour the men of the 30th towards him and earned him a reputation with them, a reputation born of the hate fueled by 10,000 suns.

[Duty & Honour] Session 4: The Night Attack

Session 4: March 16, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

The watches set, the 13th Light Dragoons and the 30th Northumberland prepare to defend the bridge for the night. The evening is quiet, at least until the late watch.

Private Greenleaf sneaks from his tent and, leaving behind his sabre and his carbine, he passes silently through the camp, past the pickets and crawls under the bridge, looking for his clue about the booze he's seeking.

In the dark, he feels his way along the stones on the French side of the bridge, using his fingers to find a loose brick. Prying it loose, he sticks his hand in the cavity and comes out with a clue!

And that's when chaos breaks out!

Screams come from the Spanish camp on the French side of the bridge, screams of pure horror and pain. Screams that drift over the wind, screams of "Fantasma! Fantasma!"

The 30th Northumberland picket on the French side of the bridge starts firing into the darkness. Then they start screaming, in horror and pain, too.

Greenleaf crouches below the bridge, thinking the French are attacking. He prepares to leap out and plans to kill the French commander.

Limekiller awakes and sees that the the chaos and confusion is freaking out the horses. Without horses, the 13th Light Dragoons can't do their duty, so he rushes to the lines. Unfortunately, some of the horse break free, running through the camp, adding to the confusion.

Lt. Hardrick and Cornet Wyle rally the 13th Light Dragoons around them and grab some of the 30th Northumberland as well. John Crossley, on watch at the back of the camp, rushes towards the bridge, trying to rally the 30th Northumberland pickets on the British side of the bridge but they are totally paniced, firing into their fellows on the other side in a crazy blaze.

Greenleaf leapt out of from under the bridge and came face to face with ... a lion! Not the French!

The lion jumped on Greenleaf and savagely mauled him as another lion ran rampant through the Spanish camp. The British camp was still in chaos but Hardrick was pulling them together.

After they had their fun, the lions went off into the darkness, leaving their destruction in their wake.

Hardrick finally gets the camp together and they rush to the bridge, finding the dead and wounded from the pickets friendly-fire and the lion all along the bridge. They also found the mauled Greenleaf.

Rushing to save his life, Wyle and the crew did their best to patch him up, making him at least upright.

(The appearance of the lions was quite a shock to the players. I told them that the lions were part of a local Spanish nobleman's menagerie and when the French came and burned out the nobleman's villa, the lions escaped and, in the midst of the war, there was plenty of food and chew toys to play with.

I told them the lions appearance was based on the movie The Ghost and the Darkness, hence the "Fantasma" screams from the Spanish camp)

[Duty & Honour] Session 3: The Dinner Party

Session 3: March 2, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

The 13th Light Dragoons and the 30th Northumberland set up camp near the bridge and set out pickets. The 30th Northumberland takes the pickets nearest the bridge.

Hardrick orders a dragoon patrol to check on the French and Sgt. Finkauf, Corporal Limekiller, and Private Crossley head out. Once out of sight of the bridge, the PCs rode hard, looking for the French and Crossley failed to notice them! An ambush!

The fight was quick, with the flashing sabers of the 13th Light Dragoon taking down the enemy French dragoons. One managed to ride off, wounded, and they pursued. They ran into a larger patrol, commanded by a French Lieutenant riding a fine horse - Limekiller vowed to steal that horse before they rode off, escaping the larger French force.

A dispatch from command comes with orders and a letter forwarded from Wellington. Private Wyle is granted an Cornet (Ensign) commission and Wintergreen sent along a used uniform for him, at least until he gets his own. The transition from Private to Cornet is sudden and shocking for Wyle and already he's found that he's distanced from the rank & file, on account of his sudden raise in rank, yet not quite trusted by the officers, as a fellow who that morning was just a common private and not a gentleman.

The patrol returns with a French prisoner and Wyle and Greenleaf patch him up. While talking to the prisoner, Greenleaf gets a lead on the booze, finding out that there's a rumor of info on the booze underneath the bridge. He plans on looking at it during the late watch.

Lt. Hardrick hosts a dinner party with Lt. Seinheit, Lady McFaine, Don Miguel, Bex the horsetrader, and several of the Ensigns and the Spanish noblemen from Lady McFaine's entourage. Corporal Limekiller serves as a waiter for the party.

Hardrick knows that one of the people in the camp or nearby is the French spy Durand and need some clues. Under cover of the dinner party, he manages to host a nice enough party that when conversations are occuring, the two Spanish noblemen are exposed subtly by Don Miguel. Limekiller notices Don Miguel's expression and successfully read it. He let's Hardick know that at least one of the Spanish noblemen are fakes.

Bex corners Limekiller at the dinner party and tells him he's heard about the plan to steal the French Lieutenant's horse. Bex wants Limekiller to sell the horse to him but Limekiller says no, instead he'll let the horsetrader use the horse as stud for some great foals. Bex agrees to that but secretly plans to steal the horse from Limekiller.

[Duty & Honour] Session 2: The Bridge

Session 2: February 17, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

(The session started with the Players outlining the personal missions of their PCs.)

Lt. Richard "Rick" Hardrick of the 13th Light Dragoons is ordered to cross into Spain and hold a bridge. Accompanying the 13th Light Dragoons is a company of the 30th Northumberland Regiment of Foot, under command of Lt. Seinheit. Hardrick is given overall command of the joint force.

Hardrick seeks to find the French Spy Durand before he escapes with Wellington's battle plans. Greenleaf heard about some fine liquer hidden by the French during their retreat. He wants to find it. Sgt Finkauf sees Lt. Seinheit and takes that as an opportunity to restore his family name with the nobility of Hanover. Young John Crossley seeks fame and glory in battle, vowing to himself to take the French Eagle. Nobleman York, only a volunteer, wants to gain a commission and Corporal Limekiller sees an opportunity to embarrass the French by stealing their best cavalry horse. And Private Wyle, well, he's interested in just screwing off.

The 13th Light Dragoons, with the 30th Northumberland, head for the bridge. Accompanying the party is Lady McFaine, a frienemy of Lt. Hardrick, and her a bunch of her hangers-on, including some Spanish noblemen.

While the company assembled, Sgt. Finkauf managed to embarrass Lt. Seinheit, with the help of Lt. Hardrick, by showing off how well the 13th Light Dragoons act more like soldiers than the 30th Northumberland.

Lady McFaine and her entourage cause some problems for Hardrick but the company makes it to the bridge with little problem. On the French side is a camp of Spanish refugees, damned close to the bridge.

Hardrick, along with a few of the boys, go over to talk to them. Their spokesman, a grizzled nobleman named Don Miguel, eyes the British Officer with suspicion and his men with contempt. Hardrick tries to convince the nobleman to get his folk to move on the British side of the bridge, for his protection. Don Miguel refuses, at least until the next day.

[Duty & Honour] The 13th Light Dragoons

Dragoons, doing their best work

13th Light Dragoons (Historical)
Commander in Chief: The Queen
Barracks: Penzance, Cornwall

Player Battalion: 1st
Player Company: E Co.

Commanding Officer:

    Col. Lord Wintergreen (Very Brave [+], Ill-Fitting Wooden Teeth [-])

Officers of Note:

    Major Percival Shanks (Well Organized [+], Perpetually Lost [-])
    Captain Richard Teniel (Excellent Singing Voice [+], Thrashes the Troops [-])
    Lieutenant Vandermoore Otherson (Skilled Gambler [+], Horrible Cheat [-])

Rank & File of Note:

    Colour Sergeant Hisad, Regimental Sergeant Major (Mean SOB)
    Corporal Worthington (Brown-noser)
    Private Habib, Foreign Non-English Speaker
    Private Pennymore (perpetually broke Private)

Traditions:

    Members wear fezes with a hawk feather.
    The Regiment has a feast at deployment (traditionally March 1st).

Battle Honours and Failures:

    Honour: Second Battle of Hattien (Fictional)
    Failure: Battle of Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775), during the American Revolution

[Duty & Honour] Private John Crossley

Private John Crossley
Player: J
(English, Protestant, Farmer, Dragoon)
13th Light Dragoons

Experiences: 2 (1 background/1 military)

Guts 3
Discipline 3
Influence 1
Charm 5

Skills: Awareness +3, First Aid +3, Haggle +2, Riding +4, Scavenge +1, Siege +1, Skulduggery +1, Soldiering +5

Wealth: 0

Reputations: Personality (Major Shanks, 13th Light Dragoons) +1, Personality (Col. Lord Wintergreen, 13th Light Dragoons) +3, Institutional (Rank & File) +1, Institutional (13th Light Dragoons) +1, Institutional (Quartermaster Corps) +1

Traits: Illiterate, Second Language (French), Strong as an Ox, Chosen Man, Officer Patron (Col. Lord Wintergreen), Fearless.

Personal Mission: Capture the French Eagle!
Number of Challenges: 4 - three completed successfully
Deadline: [ 4 ]
Reward: +1 Influence, +1 to 13th Light Dragoons reputation
Failure: 13th Light Dragoons reputation is maimed
Mission Challenges:
1. Spot the enemy before an ambush! [N]
2. Develop Esprit de Corps [N]
3. Capture the Eagle [Y] - held onto it for a few moments before it was taken back
4. Capture the Eagle [Y] - held onto it for a few moments before it was taken back (counts twice)
5. Set-up 13th Light Dragoons defenses [Y]

John Crossley is a young dragoon with few experiences. His personal mission is to capture the French Eagle during the defense of the bridge. He succeeded in laying hands on them briefly but in the press of battle, he lost hold of them and the French recovered them.

[Duty & Honour] Session 1: All the Pretty Horses

Session 1: February 3, 2012
April 1809, Portugal

The 13th Light Dragoon is part of Wellington's forces in Portugal, set to take the fight to Boney and his French Grognards.

Lt. Richard "Rick" Hardrick commands the 1st Patrol, E Company, 1st Battalion under Colonel Lord Wintergreen. Sgt Hanz Finkauf keeps the men in line, specifically Corporal Ambrose Limekiller, Privates Reese Wyle, Calvin Greenleaf, John Crossley and Volunteer William York.

Private Pennymore comes to Lt. Hardrick with a message from Col. Lord Wintergreen, saying "Sir, the Colonel needs you for orders, sir!"

Hardrick turns to the men and tells them that orders are forthcoming, so they need the horses ready to go. Hardrick reports to the old man and is ordered to cross into Spain and seize and control a vital bridge from the French.

Meanwhile, the men go to the pickets to get the horses. When they get there, Greenleaf and Wyle notice that several of their horses are missing and poor quality horses are in their place. A quick visual found the missing horses in the pickets of F Company.

Sgt Finkauf tried to bluster his way into F Company to get the horses back and while he was doing that, Greenleaf and Wyle pulled a fast one and got the lot back, under the noses of the F Company bastards that had stolen them.

[Duty & Honour] Volunteer William York

Volunteer William York
Player:G
(English, Protestant, Noble, Volunteer)
13th Light Dragoons

Experiences: 3 (2 background/1 military)

Guts 4
Discipline 4
Influence 3
Charm 2

Skills: Awareness +2, Courtesy +1, Diplomacy +1, First Aid +1, Intrigue +1, Quartermaster +1, Riding +5, Romance +1, Scavenge +1, Skulduggery +1, Soldiering +3

Wealth: 6, Eton Tie (+1 Eton Alumni)

Reputations: Personality (Lt. Otherson, 13th Light Dragoons), Institutional (Eton College Alumni) +1, Institutional (Officers' Mess) +2, Institutional (Rank & File) +2, Institutional (13th Light Dragoons) +1

Traits: Literate, Second Language (French), Lancer, At Home in the Mess, Known around Camp, Blameless, Is But a Scratch, Sir!

Personal Mission: Promotion!
Number of Challenges: 4 - two completed successfully
Deadline: [ 4 ]
Reward: Commission as a Cornet (cavalry for Ensign)
Failure: Officers' Mess reputation is maimed
Mission Challenges:
1. Make favorable impression on commanding officer [Y]
2. Impress regimental agent [Y]


William York is a rich nobleman who didn't have a commission in the 13th Light Dragoons so he volunteered, planning on earning/buying a commission in the field. So far, he's been working towards that goal. He's fairly popular with both the Officers' Mess and the Rank & File.

[Duty & Honour] Private/Cornet Reese Wyle

Private Reese Wyle
Player: C
(Welsh, Without God, Artist, Dragoon)
13th Light Dragoons

Experiences: 4 (3 background/1 military)

Guts 3
Discipline 2
Influence 2
Charm 2

Skills: Awareness +2, Courtesy +2, Engineering +2, First Aid +2, Haggle +2, Intrigue +2, Profession (Carpenter) +1, Quartermaster +4, Riding +4, Scavenge +1, Skulduggery +1, Soldiering +3

Wealth: 1, Sliderule (+2 Quartermaster)

Reputations: Personality (Wellington) +3, Institutional (London Black Market) +2, Institutional (Carpentry Guild) +2, Institutional (Rank & File) +2, Institutional (13th Light Dragoons) +1

Traits: Literate, Second Language (English), Second Language (French), Second Language (Spanish), Keen Eyed, Destined for Greatness, Student of War, Crackshot x2, Good Horsemanship.

Personal Mission: Class A Screw-off
Number of Challenges: 4 - one completed successfully
Deadline: [ 4 ]
Reward: +1 Rank & File reputation, +1 Influence
Failure: Rank & File reputation is maimed
Mission Challenges:
1. Take food from supplies [N]
2. Slack during set-up of the camp [N]
3. "Work" without working [Y]
4. Taking credit where credit wasn't due [N]

Private Reese's personal mission was to be the best slacker the 13th Light Dragoons had. He's still working it but will he have time to complete it before the final battle with the French? To complicate matters, he received a letter from Wellington, raising him from a private to a cornet (the cavalry equivalent of an ensign).