Campaign World Date(s): July 5, 2097
The Posse
Jet Li is a master of Kung Fu fighting with a signature
"Ka-Doosh!" power. At some point during his wanderings across the
atomic wastelands, he picked up a mutation and now his skin has a metallic
sheen to it. Played by Heath.
Mad Max is a Harrowed road warrior with a motorcycle. He tangled
with a supernatural horror at one point and is now slightly nervous about
things that go bump in the night. Played by Justin.
Martell is a young child with a completely bald head. He is just
beginning to tap his syker abilities. Played by Keanu.
Solomon is a templar. Sometime in the past, a fearsome creature
nearly ripped off Solomon's legs and now
he walks with an obvious limp. Played by Jeremy.
Tituba is a stunningly beautiful witch and a descendent of Mina
Devlin. Played by Miranda.
Readin' the Sitch
The posse has travelled north from
their current home in the city of Junkyard. They have two missions:
·
Go to the
ruins of the city of Logan. Gather intel on the Hellbore, a huge mining machine
used by the Combine during the Harvest War. Junkyard was offering a nice reward
for this mission.
·
Enter the
Saltmarsh Deadland to find a crashed plane full of weapons and ammo. They would
be rich if they succeeded.
The posse had successfully taken video
of the exterior and interior of the Hellbore. They had braved the Saltmarsh
Deadland, but soon left to search for missing posse members. They found their
missing compatriots in the midst of the Road Orcs, a gang of mutant raiders.
The posse killed Four Eyes, one of the leaders of the Road Orcs. Then the posse
noticed that a storm of Black Rain was rolling in. They quickly found shelter.
Max and Tom found a small cave, while the rest of the posse found a larger
cave. That's when Max's Manitou decided to take over. Things did not look good for Tom . . . .
The Tell
To Junkyard
·
The Black
Rain ended and the posse stumbled out of the caves. They noticed that their
buddy Tom was missing. Max said he had fallen asleep and when he awoke, Tom was
gone. Tom had just joined the posse, so the rest of the posse assumed that he
had decided to go his own way. Doing so in the middle of a storm of Black Rain
didn't seem like the best of ideas, but who were they to judge? [Thomas wasn't
present for this session, so the fate of Tom is still to be decided.]
·
The posse
debated on their next course of action. They decided to return to Junkyard to
collect their reward. They would explore the Saltmarsh Deadland another time.
·
In Junkyard,
they met with Ike Taylor, the mayor. They turned over the palmcorder with the
video of the exterior and interior of the Hellbore. Ike said he would get back
with them within 24 hours.
·
Ike also
wanted to know if the posse had any information on the Road Orcs. Rumors were
flying that Red Fang was summoning all of his raiders to the town of Road Kill
Alley, home of the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters, led by Mercy Devlin, were
notorious haters of men. Something big must be going down for Mercy to deign to
cooperate with a man.
The Long Arm of the Law Dogs
·
The party
was escorted back to Barter Town. During a meal of gruel and algae, a messenger
delivered a note to Tituba. The sender had important information regarding her
sister Mercy, who had put a bounty on Tituba. The sender wanted to meet Tituba
at 6:00pm at Warehouse 13. Tituba, not being wise to the ways of the world,
hurried to the rendezvous, anxious for news. [Miranda was playing Tituba's
Clueless Hindrance.]
·
Tituba
was ambushed by a fat and slovenly Law Dog (if he could be called such) and his
deputies (if they could be called such). The witch unleashed her magic on the
men. Soon two were dead and the others were fleeing at top speed away from her.
·
Disappointed
in not receiving information on her sister Mercy, Tituba returned to the posse.
The House of the Rising Sun
·
The next
day the party met with Ike Taylor and received their reward: two weeks of
canned rations and Junkyard citizenship.
·
Max acted
like an ass for no particular. In disgust, Ike threw the posse out of his
office. The posse had just won, and then lost, the confidence of the one man
who could most help them.
·
Jet Li
had a particular reason for wanting Junkyard citizenship. His daughter, Sarah,
was missing. Dolly, a madam of a house of ill repute, knew information about
Sarah. Dolly's establishment, the House of the Rising Sun, was located inside
the gates of Junkyard and accessible only to those with Junkyard citizenship.
·
At some
point in the past, Jet had "accidently" burned down Dolly's previous
establishment. Dolly was not happy to see the kung fu fighter again. Dolly told
Jet that he must do a favor in return for the information. She wanted a
fertility talisman from Judy, a witch and Sister of Mercy, who ruled the town
of Dead Man's Mark. Bring Dolly the talisman, and she would tell Jet what he
wanted to know. Reluctantly, Jet agreed.
An Interlude
·
Tituba
knew about Dead Man's Mark. She told the posse a tragic tale of how her sister,
Mercy, had appointed Tituba to take over the town. Mercy had appointed another
witch, Judy, to help Tituba. Dead Man's Mark was ruled by two men, Callic and
Max.
·
Tituba
was supposed to kill Callic and Max. Instead, she had fallen in love (lust?)
with Callic and become friends with Max. Things went south quickly. Judy found
out what was going. Mercy unleashed her magical fury on Tituba and Dead Man's
Mark. Max and Tituba fled the town, while Callic stayed behind in the hope of
saving them.
The Secret Way into the Town of
Dead Man's Mark
·
Max knew of a secret way into the town, an old
abandoned air raid shelter that had a tunnel that led to the basement of
Callic's tavern.
·
Max
knocked on the door using a secret code. A little old lady opened the door,
told the posse to go away, and shut the door on them. After some negotiation,
which involved Jet stripping naked to prove he was unarmed, the party convinced
the little old lady to let them in.
Confusion and a Plan
·
Eve, the
little old lady, introduced the posse to Jenny, a mutant with bright green
teeth and a really bad case of halitosis. Jenny introduced the posse to Callic.
The three inhabitants of Dead Man's Mark seemed confused by the posse's arrival
in town. The posse had come from Junkyard, had used the secret knock, but had
no information or supplies for them. The posse also seemed disinterested that
the Road Orcs were gathering en masse at Road Kill Alley. Wasn't that why they
had been sent?
·
In the
midst of all the confusion, Callic and Tituba had a joyful reunion. Max and
Callic had been best friends. Max seemed a little put off that Callic was
working with Eve and Jenny, who seemed confused and didn't seem to trust the
posse. Callic invited the posse up to his tavern. They gathered in a private
room in the back.
·
Eventually,
everyone was able to read the sitch. The posse wanted a fertility talisman
currently in the possession of Judy. The posse was not here with supplies or
info from Ike in Junkyard, nor did they care about the seeming alliance of the
Road Orcs and the Sisters of Mercy. Callic had become lovers with Judy, and so
had been allowed to live. Tituba was not happy with this news.
·
There was
a knock on the door and a waitress informed Callic that the crow was here.
Shortly thereafter, a crow flew into the room. It landed on the table looked
around briefly and then flew off. Callic explained that Judy or perhaps Mercy,
has some kind of control over crows and used them as spies. If one came to your
house or business, you had to let it in.
·
Callic
was willing to help the posse, but he wanted assurances that they would not
kill Judy. He was worried about what Mercy would do in retribution. He also
said that Judy had a satellite phone that she used to communicate with Mercy.
The posse should grab that while they were acquiring the fertility talisman.
The Raid on the Mansion
·
After
much debate, the posse decided to sneak into Judy's mansion. They dressed up
like servants and put Solomon in a gimp suit. At the back gate of the mansion,,
they talked their way into the grounds. Tituba and Solomon (in a gimp suit)
then talked their way into the mansion. A servant named Robert led them to
Judy's office.
·
Judy was
home and working. She looked at Tituba (in disguise) strangely. Tituba's
disguise seemed to work, as Judy then ordered Tituba and Solomon (in a gimp
suit) upstairs.
·
Once
upstairs, Solomon (in a gimp suit) cold-cocked Robert. Out of spite and cluelessness,
Tituba arranged the body in a compromising position. She knew Judy would
recognize the position from their previous time together and realize that
Tituba was responsible. The two posse members then started searching the
upstairs.
·
The rest
of the posse snuck into the mansion. Martell tried to impersonate a servant and
failed. He then knocked over a vase while fleeing. Judy got up from her desk
and went to investigate. Jet Li paralyzed the witch with his signature
"Ka-Doosh!" power. Meanwhile, Tituba and Solomon (in a gimp suit)
found the talisman and the sat phone. Unfortunately, they also set off the
alarm.
·
Items in
hand, the posse fled. Jet dumped the paralyzed Judy in the latrine outside of
the mansion.
The Chase
·
The posse
ran for Callic's Tavern. Guards as well as crows were looking for them. The
posse dodged and hid from the humans and the birds. After a rather stirring
string of events, the posse arrived at Callic's tavern. [We ran a dramatic task
based on Stealth.]
·
Once
safely at the tavern, Max and Tituba tried to convince Callic to flee with them
to Junkyard. Callic was concerned about leaving the town and thought he might
be able to divert some of Judy's wrath if he stayed. Tituba used her feminine
wiles to try and convince Callic to go with her. Helpless, Callic agreed.
·
The posse
and Callic got in the truck and drove for Junkyard. A pair of vehicles emerged
from the city gates and pursued them. An epic chase ensued. It ended with
Tituba casting a Fear spell, causing the drivers of the trucks to crash into
each other. Both vehicles and their passengers were engulfed in a screaming
fireball of spook juice.
The Rad Patch
·
While the
posse was congratulating themselves on their success, no one noticed that they
had just passed a sign reading, "STOP! RAD PATCH!" They noticed a
problem when the road started turning green and then started to glow. Yep, they
were smack dab in an area filled with deadly levels of radiation.
And that's where we stopped for the
night.
Vehicles
Vehicle
|
Spook Juice (in days)
|
Notes
|
Groot's Truck
|
1
|
|
Max's Motorcycle
|
2
|
|
Tom's Truck
|
1.5
|
Stolen from the Road Orcs
|
XP
Answer the following questions. 1 XP is
earned for every yes answer. Min of 1, Max of 3 XP per session.
Did we successfully complete
a Mission, overcome a major NPC or monster; or scrounge up a big, fat pile of
Scrap from the pre-Apocalypse world?
|
Yes. The posse acquired a
fertility talisman and a sat phone from Judy, a Sister of Mercy.
|
Did we create a new Mission
by learning something new and important about the world or a PC?
|
Yes. Jet is looking for his
daughter, Sarah.
|
Did we lower the Fear Level
of an area?
|
Yes. We didn't play this out.
But news that the posse had wiped out the walkin' dead at Logan, as well as
dealing a blow to the Road Orcs, was a morale boost for Junkyard.
|
3 XP earned.
Martell receives 2 XP because Keanu was
late. He also spent most of the night surfing midget and tentacle porn on his
phone.
Character
|
Old XP
|
XP Earned
|
New XP
|
Raisin' Hell
|
Groot
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
·
1
Mutation: arm like a gnarled tree branch (Brawny Edge)
·
1 Heart
Attack
·
1 Scar:
horrible, disfigured skull (-1 Charisma)
|
Jet Li
|
24
|
3
|
27
|
·
1
Mutation (VotWW): metallic sheen to skin (+1 die bump Vigor)
·
1
Memento
|
Martell
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
Max
|
24
|
3
|
27
|
·
Harrowed:
death wound = hole in the stomach
·
Harrowed:
Dominion = 0
·
Paranoid
(Yellow Hindrance, VotWW)
·
Mark of
Fear (-1 Charisma)
|
Solomon
|
24
|
3
|
27
|
·
Lame
Hindrance (VotWW)
·
1 Heart
Attack
|
Tituba
|
11
|
3
|
14
|
|
Tom
|
20
|
0
|
22
|
1 Mutation: Elderly (VotWW)
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