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Savage Worlds Ruleset for Fantasy Grounds II
(c) 2009 Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
GM: So let's get this party started.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): "It's Mike's party, and he'll die if he wants to" Wait, that's not how that song goes...
The following morning finds Zach Dallas and Doctor MacVellian encountering each other in the dining room of the Cherrywick Hotel.
Uriel is off tending to Reverend Stanton's flock, saying the morning mass.
Zach Dallas: Morning
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Tending? More like stealing all the wool and milk, then leading them to the slaughterhouse
Dr. MacVellian: Morning
Bertha Bowers: Morning you two. Something to eat perhaps? We have some lovely fresh eggs and ham.
Zach Dallas: That sounds great
Bertha Bowers: You two just sit yourselves down and I'll go get some. Plus we have some fresh orange juice from Florida even.
Zach Dallas: Thanks!
Dr. MacVellian: She must be the best cook in town
Zach Dallas: You have a good night's sleep, doc?
Dr. MacVellian: I suppose
GM: Do you sit at the same table?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): sure. If Nick says no, I follow him to another table
GM: Notice checks please
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 11]
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 13]
GM: Well, with those rolls....
Both of you sit at the table. Zach hears a "thunk" noise and looks down to investigate just as Doctor MacVellian smells the distinct odor of blasting powder being ignited. MacVellian spots a fuse leading outside the hotel from under Zach's chair. She has the feeling it has just been lit.
Zach Dallas: Who the hell put a bomb under my chair?
Zach discovers that six pieces of dynamite had been strapped under his chair.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): 0.0
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): do they have a string leading outside?
GM: Yes
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Wiley E. Cyote.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I cut it and separate it from the dynamite
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Also, I think I'd like to check to see where it leads to real quick
GM: Zach cuts the fuse on the dynamite. You have survived the first attempt on your life today.
Zach Dallas: Shotgun
Zach Dallas: I'm keeping those
GM: So you are walking out the front door of the Hotel?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): is that where the string led?
GM: Yes
Dr. MacVellian: waits for the hail of gunfire
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm going to cast Deflection before I walk out
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [Critical failure!] [1d8 = 1]
Zach Dallas is using a benny
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [1d8 = 6]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): ....fucking ones.....
Zach steps outside, following the fuse. As expected, a hail of gunfire meets him. Well, actually, more like shots from six rifles from different snipers.
Gunman: [1d10 = 2]
Gunman: [1d10 = 11]
Gunman: [1d10 = 8]
Gunman: [1d10 = 7]
Gunman: [1d10 = 7]
Gunman: [1d10 = 9]
Gunman: [1d10 = 9]
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm going to say that I got my guns back yesterday, since that was on my to-do list
[w] Zach Dallas: I thought we'd be taking over from then
[w] -> Zach Dallas: That's fine.
Gunman: [2d8 = 6]
Gunman: [2d8 = 10]
Gunman: [2d8 = 11]
GM: Of the three shots that hit, the first one makes you Shaken. The second one does two wounds. The third one does another two.
[w] Zach Dallas: even with the -2?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Without deflection you would have been hit 5 times. These guys are pros...they roll D10s.
[w] Zach Dallas: oh crap
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): 0.0
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Just soak em all!
Zach Dallas is using a benny
Zach Dallas: Vigor [1d6 = 7]
Zach Dallas is using a benny
Zach Dallas: Vigor [1d6 = 2]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): gotta soak em all!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): >_>
GM: You are lying behind the watering trough.
Zach Dallas: ouch
Gunman: Keep shooting boys! The bounty is only good if he's dead!
Zach Dallas: I feel moderately uncomfortable
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): pew pew pew!
GM: MacVellian any actions to perform?
Dr. MacVellian: Goes out to investigate the shooting
MacVellian steps outside. Zach Dallas is bleeding profusely and hiding behind the water trough. You see six gunman with rifles crouched in really good firing positions preparing to fire another salvo at the watering trough.
Gunman: Hey lady! Get the hell out of the way, we don't want to hurt you!
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: You have finished the morning service and are on your way back to the Cherrywick. You hear gunfire.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Hmmm...Zach would be dead by the time I reached my suit :(
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): isn't it in a warehouse
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Hey gunman, I am charging to your position! Prepare to be pacificed!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'm gonna have to...
Dr. MacVellian: Why is he so important to you?!
Gunman: He's not important at all. But the $350 in ghost rock that gets paid to those who kill him is pretty valuable.
Dr. MacVellian: $350? is that all?
[w] Dr. MacVellian: How much ghost rock do I have?
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Well, since you have none on your character sheet, I would assume probably about 2 pounds in your machine.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): we got deputy badges, right?
GM: Yes
[w] Dr. MacVellian: And ghost rock is about $500 a pound, right?
Zach Dallas: Oi, Doc, wanna use a badge to get after them for loading a public establishment with dynamite?
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Nah, it's $100/pound
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): How the hell did you guys get guns in Dodge City anyways?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): direct that at the gunmen
Gunman: FIRE!
Gunman: [1d10 = 3]
Gunman: [1d10 = 6]
Gunman: [1d10 = 2]
Gunman: [1d10 = 7]
Gunman: [1d10 = 4]
Dr. MacVellian: You guys do realize that you're trying to kill a Dodge deputy, right?
Gunman: [1d10 = 5]
[w] Zach Dallas: tell me if I need to pay points to sustain my Miss Me.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: You are damn lucky you have deflection.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): they're chud! we can take 'em
Gunman: Yeah, it's a $50 fine for having guns in Dodge, and the Sheriff has to catch us before we care about killing a deputy.
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Whenever you are ready to show up, feel free to do so.
Gunman: If he even is an actual deputy. Not that it matters much.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): how far away are they?
[w] Uriel Iscariot: if I lower agility enough, someone gets a pace of 0, correct?
They are behind heavy cover, about 40 from the watering trough.
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Yes
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'm going to try persuasion to talk them out of trying to kill me, make $350 not seem worth it
Uriel Iscariot: Children! Stop the violence such that we can talk this over!
Zach Dallas: Persuasion [1d4-3 = -1]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): NOPE
Uriel Iscariot: Lowering Agility on one target twice
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Slight Exhaustion -1, Multi-Action Penalty -2) [1d6-1 = 3]
GM: Okay, now they want to kill you just on principle.
Uriel Iscariot: Thou shall not act till thy violence hath subsideth!
Gunman: Errr...
Gunman: Preacher...what did you do to me?
Gunman: I feel like I'm swimming in molasses.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Law 1 of roleplaying: Thou shalt not use big words when speaking with chud
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): brb afk
Uriel Iscariot: I have done nothing to you my son, thy own rage and violence hath chained thy soul somethin fierce!
Gunman: Right...I'm gonna shoot....
He attempts to turn and fire at Uriel. He proceeds to fall flat on his face.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): in slow motion?
Uriel Iscariot: Do noth shoot, lest thy shall suffer.....yes...that
TADM: Absolutely.
Zach Dallas: Hey, Doc, need a gun?
Sheriff Degar: Now there seems to be a large amount of gunfire for this early in the morning. So how about everyone who is not a deputy put their guns down and their hands up.
Gunman: I....must...nevermind.
The gunmen throw down their guns and surrender.
Dr. MacVellian: Guess not anymore
Sheriff Degar: Now what's this about killing a deputy of mine?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): almighty, not all-mighty
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): right
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): memetic mutation
One of the non-Uriel-hosed Gunman replies.
Uriel Iscariot: Deputy? Who is in need?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): raises hat above the water-thing
Uriel Iscariot: (runs off to find the injured)
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Gunman: There is a bounty on that feller. $350 in ghost rock.
Uriel Iscariot: ZACH! You son of a gun!
Uriel Iscariot: Heal [Zach]
The gunman hands over one of the bounty posters.
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d8+2 = 6]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+2 = 12]
[w] Dr. MacVellian -> Zach Dallas: say either "I can't believe Church shot me" or "Rest in peace, pinky toe. You shall be avenged!"
The Sheriff looks at the poster, then hands it over to Doctor MacVellian. He and Deputy Spade take the six gunmen to jail.
Zach Dallas: Lemme take a look at that...
Uriel Iscariot: Zach, we should sit down and talk about your "fan club" any time.....
Zach Dallas: Oh, I'd love to frankly, I thought I'd be fine this far out west, given the low prize or at least that I wouldn't get half a dozen damn snipers on my ass
Dr. MacVellian: The only "fans" he gets are the kind involving hammers on revolvers :)
Zach Dallas: They had rifles
Zach Dallas: it's why I'm am more holey than the preacher
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Ba dum dum
The Bounty poster has a very good likeness of Zach Dallas. His name, a general description, and that the issuer is willing to pay $350 in ghost rock for proof of Zach's death. Payment can be collected at the Hovey farm.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): date of the poster?
GM: This morning.
Zach Dallas: If I could walk in a straight line, I'd check this out
Zach Dallas: This looks quite a bit more recent than what I was running from
Dr. MacVellian: My guess: killing inventors
Uriel Iscariot: Stand Still Zach...
Zach Dallas: I think I've yet to kill one although I wound't mind changing it
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 8]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): thanks for the sacrifice
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): U better yet?
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): IGNORE
Dr. MacVellian: Not what I heard. Someone's been killing inventors and leaving a Queen of Spades card at each murder scene
TADM: The Gods demand a sacrifice...of your BENNIES!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): pulls out decks
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): BENNIES FOR THE BENNIE PILE!x
Zach Dallas: I have exactly 104 Queens of Spades
Zach Dallas: you may count them
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): bennies...bennies for the poor
Zach Dallas: You'll notice the dramatic increase in numbers from last time
Zach Dallas: I didn't even use the entire deck last time...
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Awwww...
Uriel Iscariot: You rest up well Zach, but know this: we will speak of your behavior later.
Uriel Iscariot: Dr. MacVellian, you want to go check out just who is offerin a bounty on Zach 'ere?
[w] Zach Dallas -> Uriel Iscariot: If you need me to look into something, I can mystically look into objects' pasts. I'll let you determine one of those while I'm gone
Dr. MacVellian: Who would know that? I have a feeling there isn't a bounty registry
Uriel Iscariot: Hrm
Uriel Iscariot: Well ya know, go spook the Hovey ranch and see face ta face who these varmits are?
Dr. MacVellian: Or we could just haul his "dead" body there and collect it ourselves
Uriel Iscariot: That is a brilliant idea.
TADM: I like Nick's thinking!
TADM: Throw it in the cart with the Mining Mech!
Dr. MacVellian: Exactly
Dr. MacVellian: Except I think they'd be suspicious of the mech
Uriel Iscariot: Well I don't think I can go along with that plan unless it has some class....
TADM: Paladin?
Dr. MacVellian: We wouldn't really turn him in. We'd just draw out our quarry and find out what Zach's been doing in his spare time
Uriel Iscariot: No way, Zach is very effective from the inside.
Uriel Iscariot: We just need to make it look like he is really dead.
Uriel Iscariot: (looks at bloody clothes)
Dr. MacVellian: The only way for him to get anymore inside is to be dead
Uriel Iscariot: He wasn't too far from it....
Uriel Iscariot: The Lord always has a way!
Dr. MacVellian: Alright, what does the Lord suggest?
Uriel Iscariot: Environmental Protection [Zach]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d8 = 2]
Uriel Iscariot: Hrm.......Well that didn't work so well.
Uriel Iscariot: But My guess is that Zach can play dead 'real gud if he doesn't need to breathe.
Uriel Iscariot: and has messy, shot up clothes
Uriel Iscariot: Then when the time is right....
Uriel Iscariot: =)
Dr. MacVellian: Are you going to throw him in the well so he can swim too? Don't need to do much breathing when you're drowning
Uriel Iscariot: =|
Uriel Iscariot: The Plan on Zach
Uriel Iscariot: Persuasion [1d6 = 10]
Dr. MacVellian: Anyway, let's get going
GM: He completely agrees with whatever you suggest.
TADM: He's not here to defend himself....
Uriel Iscariot: (runs off to get a casket)
Uriel Iscariot: (spends 20$ on a casket)
Uriel Iscariot: Ok. Off to the hovey farm.
GM: You are now the proud owner of a casket.
Uriel, MacVellian, and Zach (in a casket in the back of a wagon) ride out to the Hovey farm.
GM: As you ride up to the farm, notice checks for everyone outside the casket.
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 7]
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 4]
There is a light on in the farmhouse. Which is not surprising. It also looks like the Hovey family graves have been dug up, which is surprising.
Uriel Iscariot: 2 mins before we get there, try and make it so Zach can play dead really good/
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d8 = 5]
GM: There is also this thing called makeup...you could have tried that.
Dr. MacVellian: We could just make him dead, too
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): But no breathing is good too!
TADM: So Envrionmental Protection, Normal Breathable Air?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Harmful Oxidizing Oxygen!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Aging, Cancer, wrinkles!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Very bad!
Uriel Iscariot: =)
Uriel Iscariot: (Not doing anything else, just riding up)
Dr. MacVellian: So, what exactly is the plan?
Uriel Iscariot: We turn him over
Uriel Iscariot: We ask some questions
Dr. MacVellian: That much I got. And like
Uriel Iscariot: then Zach bursts out, and is SNEAKING around.
Uriel Iscariot: And he finds us out anything we need to know
Dr. MacVellian: Which, most likely, will result in his death. Which I also like
Uriel Iscariot: Casuse that's what he is gud at!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I swear, if they start to eat me I'm going to kill you both
Uriel Iscariot: then scream! now shut yer trap, yer supposed to be dead there!
Zach Dallas: Hey, what do you guys see?
Dr. MacVellian: Your corpse
Zach Dallas: Sucker, I'm in a casket
The group brings the wagon up to the Hovey farmstead.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): 4 walls, and some ceilings. Wait, just one ceiling
A tall dark-skinned man wearing a strange collection of trinkets, animal skulls, and feathers steps out of the door. He gives you a wide smile, he teeth gleam unnaturally white.
Uriel Iscariot: Kn Occult [1d6 = 5]
Man: What have you brought me? Is it something exciting?
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Quick question: how do I raise my weight limit? Because I realized I'm almost encumbered :(
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): if you count death as exciting, then yes
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: This guy is a voodoo priest. If he is not, he sure knows how to dress like one.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Increase your strength die.
Uriel Iscariot: Good Day Kind Sir...We have in our possession here one body of a Mr. Zach Dallas.
Uriel Iscariot: Known Thug and scourge of kind folk of Dodge.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): we have an issue to settle
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): You'll be fine.
Man: Really? That is excellent! You make the loa happy!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Common Sense: Have I heard that term before?
Zach Dallas: Smarts [1d6 = 8]
Dr. MacVellian: Smarts [1d12 = 2]
Man: Also, you make the Hovey family happy! They will be so glad to see Zach Dallas again.
Dr. MacVellian: Where are they, exactly?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): uh oh
[w] -> Zach Dallas: The "loa" are spirits that Voodoo priests commune with.
[w] Zach Dallas: oh crap
Man: Why, right here. Come out and play children!
[w] Zach Dallas: I sense Jokers aboot
The man claps his hands.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): yay fer zombies!
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): They aren't zombies. They're Harrowed...maybe
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): nah, Harrowed is for named characters. I think only one of them, if any, would be a Harrowed
Mr. and Mrs. Hovey, and six children, shuffle out of the house. They look rather horrid, chunks of flesh are falling off their bodies, two of the kids are carrying one of their arms as a club with the other arm. They stink of the grave. As they step outside, a horrifying moan escapes their lips as their mouths hang slack.
GM: Guts checks!
Uriel Iscariot: Guts {+1 Novice} [1d6+1 = 9]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): I'm AWESOME
GM: The priest is not scared. Even with the -2 penalty.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): worse things go to Uriel's church every week
Dr. MacVellian: Guts {+1 Novice} [1d6+1 = 10]
GM: And evidently, neither is MacVellian.
Man: (to the Hovey family) These kind folk have brought Zach Dallas here. Go get him from the cart and take him inside for lunch.
The zombies shuffle forward to the wagon.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Stupid question now, but is my mech on the wagon too?
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: I assume not, since you said "they might be suspicious with the mech on the back."
Uriel Iscariot: That will be 350$. =)
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Thought so.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): oh, good move
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): This received Zach's Seal of Approval
Man: No problem, you want Ghost Rock right?
The man steps back into the house and comes out with a double-stitched sack.
Uriel Iscariot: Yes.
Man: Here you go, 3.5 pounds of Ghost Rock.
Dr. MacVellian: Ghostrock Finding {+4 Nose for Rock,+2 Alertness} [1d6+6 = 16]
Abe Hovey and Mrs. Hovey grab the casket from the back of the wagon and haul it out.
Uriel Iscariot: Why thank you kindly. If you know of any other Jobs you want done, or know of any others who are seeking qualified assistance, do no hesitate to let us know . =)
GM: The bag, is indeed, full of ghost rock.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Yea, I think I'm going to stop being quiet now
Zach Dallas: (since they're going to eat me)
Dr. MacVellian: wonders how he knows Zach is in there. not like we bought him a glass casket
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Loa, dude. Loa.
Man: Why certainly, if you bring Cynthia Grey here, I will provide you with another $1000 in Ghost Rock.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): pauses
Man: I would prefer her alive, but that is not necessary.
The Hovey parents haul the casket over to the front of the house. They set it down and open the casket. The Hovey children shuffle over to the casket, smacking their lips.
Zach Dallas: when they set it down, I pop out
Man: That is the real Zach Dallas, well done.
Zach Dallas: Sorry, I'm not quite dead yet
Dr. MacVellian: Now, what exactly did you want Zach for?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): is there an easy path to get out without getting my ankles bit?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): also, my guns are drawn
Round 1
The deck has been shuffled.
Dealing cards...
Uriel Iscariot
Uriel Iscariot: Gambling (Novice Power Penalty -2, Untrained -2, Seasoned Power -4) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-8 = 0]
Uriel Iscariot: Dispel [Dad]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Seasoned Power -4) [1d6-2 = 3]
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Seasoned Power -4) [1d8-2 = 5]
Abe Hovey crumbles into dust.
Uriel Iscariot: In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): why didn't you do burst [holy light] centered at zach?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): that very well might kill me
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): still waiting for the bad part
Walking Dead: Fighting [1d6 = 2]
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 6]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): can I use the lid to wall off my back?
GM: Your back is already pressed up against the wall of the Hovey farmstead.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Blessed cannot use Burst.
One of the children shuffles forward and claws Zach, stunning him.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): really? ghey
Walking Dead: Fighting [1d6 = 4]
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 7]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Also, that is too violent and too awesome and wholesale in its pwnage.....I am a peaceful man.
Mrs. Hovey claws him for a wound.
Zach Dallas: Stop that
Walking Dead: Fighting [1d6 = 5]
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 15]
One of the small children evidently sucker punches him in the crotch for three wounds.
GM: Vigor check!
Zach Dallas: MOTHER ****ER
Zach Dallas: Vigor [1d6 = 5]
Zach passes out from the pain.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): its ONE POINT.
Dr. MacVellian
Several of the children are shambling toward MacVellian and Uriel.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: What is each square again?
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: 6'
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Zombies are like Knobolds and Goblins - they somehow get everywhere, and in good number
Dr. MacVellian: draws and aims shotgun
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): -Everyone- suspects a zombie invasion.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): its like the opposite fo the Spanish Inquisition
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I am officially suspicious that Nick is actively attempting to kill me
Zach Dallas
Voodoo Priest: Hey monna hey monna hey monna hey bonk!
Zach Dallas: Agility [1d8-3 = 3]
Round 2
Dealing cards...
The Voodoo Priest throws a bag on the ground. Green smoke billows out of it, obscuring him from view.
Uriel Iscariot
[w] Uriel Iscariot: GM does pacifism prevent me from direct awesome against the Voodoo priest? I mean...he has done some pretty unforgivable things here....
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Well, you cannot "kill" him as he is a living person. But if you have some non-lethal awesome fire away.
Uriel Iscariot: Windstorm[Green Cloud]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d8 = 6]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): LOL
Uriel Iscariot: I Once was blind, yet now can see!
The green cloud dissipates.
The Voodoo priest is standing right there.
Zach Dallas
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Ok Dr. MacVellian - License to Pew Pew.
Zach Dallas: Well, if I can secure the coffin any better, I do that....
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 7]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): only basic things, not enough to roll Repair
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 5]
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 3]
Dr. MacVellian
Mrs Hovey and two kids tear at the wood coffin.
Zach Dallas: Spirit [1d8-3 = 0]
Zach Dallas: Spirit [1d8-3 = 3]
Dr. MacVellian: aiming at two nearest zom zoms
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): GO FOR THE LEADER!
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting [1d6+2 = 7]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): You have a clear shot!
GM: You hit the nearest zombie. Prepare to kill a child...
Dr. MacVellian: [3d6 = 11]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): WTF why would you shoot the zombies.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I think Zombify is indifferent from its caster's state
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): b/c they're closer, attacking me, and need to be spared any future desecration
You completely blow away a child zombie. Mrs. Hovey lurches upright and begins shuffling toward you. You swear she is trying to say, "You monster!" but it just comes out as a series of moans.
Round 3
Dealing cards...
Zach Dallas
Zach Dallas: Spirit [1d8-3 = 3]
Uriel Iscariot
Uriel Iscariot: Lower Trait [Spirit]:Voodoo.
Zach Dallas: [1d12 = 10]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d6 = 10]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): STUPIFY HIM!
Voodoo Priest: Outlaw: Spirit [1d6 = 9]
Voodoo Priest: What! I feel my power leaving me! NOOOOO!!!
Dr. MacVellian
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Point. Click. Delete.
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting [1d6+2 = 10]
Dr. MacVellian: [3d6 = 13]
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 8]
The ANGRY child that hit Zach for three wounds just broke through the casket.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): ADD Zombies:Part 2
Voodoo Priest: I curse you to the eternal torments of HELL!
The Priest throws a snake at Doctor MacVellian.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): catch it
Voodoo Priest: Throwing [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 1]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): throw it at the preacher
GM: But not with that roll...
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): ensue hot potato
The snake disappears down the Well.
Round 4
Dealing cards...
Uriel Iscariot
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): lol
Uriel Iscariot: [Leg]
Uriel Iscariot: Shooting (Called Shot (Limb) -2, Double-Tap +1) [1d6-1 = 1]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Damn....
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
Uriel Iscariot: Shooting (Called Shot (Limb) -2, Double-Tap +1) [1d6-1 = 2]
Voodoo Priest: I call upon the powers of Hell to smite the Priest!
The Voodoo Priest does a weird little dance. Nothing happens.
Uriel Iscariot: Faith is my shield, thou hath no weapon that can sunder such a thing!
Dr. MacVellian
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Would you shut down the figgin voodooist?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): You do realize he is going to fuck us up in approx 1 round.
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting (Multi-Action Penalty -2, +2) [1d6 = 8]
Dr. MacVellian: RevolverShotgun damage [Raise] [4d6 = 12]
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting (Multi-Action Penalty -2, Medium Range -2, +2) [1d6-2 = 1]
That blows up the nearest zombie.
Dr. MacVellian is using a benny
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting [1d6 = 5]
But you missed the Voodoo priest.
Zach Dallas
Zach Dallas: Spirit [1d8-3 = 2]
Round 5
Dealing cards...
Zach Dallas was dealt the Red Joker! Go whenever you want this round. You also get: Joker Trait/Damage Bonus [2]
The deck has been shuffled.
Zach Dallas
Zach Dallas: Spirit [1d8-1 = 5]
Walking Dead: Fighting [1d6 = 4]
Walking Dead: Claws damage [2d6 = 3]
Uriel is slashed by a zombie child, but the Priest is unharmed by the unholy creature!
Voodoo Priest: Die foolish woman!
Voodoo Priest: Throwing [1d6 = 5]
He throws a bag at Doctor MacVellian. It explodes when it hits the ground near her, and thick black smoke curls around her for a few seconds before dissipating.
GM: Vigor check please.
Dr. MacVellian: Vigor [1d6 = 9]
GM: You laugh off his silly voodoo tricks.
Dr. MacVellian
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Uriel's smokes are worse than that stuff
Mrs. Hovey is lumbering ever closer to Doctor MacVellian.
Dr. MacVellian: shooting at the voodoo priest
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting (Medium Range -2, Called Shot (Head) -4, +2) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-4 = 0]
Dr. MacVellian is using a benny
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 10]
GM: That hits.
Dr. MacVellian: I can do magic too. Watch as I make you...
Dr. MacVellian: RevolverShotgun damage [Raise] [3d6 = 23]
Dr. MacVellian: disappear
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): MASSACRE!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): B-B-B-B-B-BLOOD BATH
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): H-H-HAT TRICK
The Voodoo Priest's head explodes like an overripe melon. It takes his body a couple seconds to realize that the head is missing, then it drops to the ground.
TADM: Moral of story: Do not piss off the Doctor.
Uriel Iscariot
Uriel Iscariot: dispe[child4]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Seasoned Power -4) [1d8-2 = 5]
Uriel Iscariot: Rest In Peace.......Dust....to dust.
Round 6
Dealing cards...
Uriel Iscariot
Uriel Iscariot: Dispel[Mom]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Seasoned Power -4) [1d8-2 = 1]
Dr. MacVellian
Dr. MacVellian: attack mom
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting [1d6+2 = 7]
GM: That hits.
Dr. MacVellian: RevolverShotgun damage [3d6 = 9]
Walking Dead: Fighting [1d6 = 9]
Walking Dead: Claws damage [Raise] [3d6 = 13]
The obnoxious little blighter just tore Uriel a new rectum.
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
Uriel Iscariot: Vigor [1d6 = 11]
GM: But nevermind, because Uriel has the BENNY, which protected him from harm.
Zach Dallas
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): shot at the adult Hovey
Zach Dallas: Shooting [1d6-3 = 2]
Round 7
Dealing cards...
Uriel Iscariot
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): I mean, who would spend ALL their bennies? thats how you die.
Uriel Iscariot: Dispel[Child6]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Seasoned Power -4) [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 3]
Uriel Iscariot: My god, why hath thee forsaken me! Nooo!
Dr. MacVellian
Dr. MacVellian: also putting away my now empty shotgun
Walking Dead: Fighting [1d6 = 4]
Zach Dallas
Zach Dallas: at Mrs. Hovey
Zach Dallas: Shooting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-3 = 1]
Round 8
Dealing cards...
Dr. MacVellian
Dr. MacVellian: pulls out rifle, aims at mrs hovey
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting (Multi-Action Penalty -2) [1d6-2 = 9]
Dr. MacVellian: Winchester '73 damage [Raise] [3d8 = 8]
GM: That hits with a raise.
Zach Dallas
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): lol
Zach Dallas: Aim action on Mrs. Hovey
Walking Dead: Fighting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 1]
Walking Dead: Spirit [1d4 = 3]
Uriel Iscariot
GM: The Zombie in front of Uriel flails at him for another round, and still does nothing.
GM: Evidently he only had one good round.
Uriel Iscariot: Shotgun[child5]
Uriel Iscariot: Shooting (Double-Tap +1) [Critical failure!] [1d6+1 = 2]
GM: KABOOM!
[w] Dr. MacVellian: I so want mike to make that roll
GM: Roll damage
Uriel Iscariot: 2x Barrel Shotg damage [3d6 = 15]
TADM: The Sound of Silence....
The shotgun fires and the child in front of Uriel vanishes in a hail of pellets.
Round 9
Dealing cards...
Uriel Iscariot
Uriel Iscariot: Dispel[Mom]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Seasoned Power -4) [1d6-2 = 0]
Zach Dallas: I'VE GOT THE BIG ONE
Zach Dallas
Zach Dallas: Shooting (Aim +2, Wounded -3, Double-Tap +1) [1d6 = 11]
GM: That hits with a Raise.
Zach Dallas: Colt Peacemaker damage +1 (Double-Tap +1) [Raise] [3d6+2 = 14]
Dr. MacVellian
Dr. MacVellian: Sorry kid.
Dr. MacVellian: Shooting [1d6 = 5]
Dr. MacVellian: Winchester '73 damage [2d8 = 18]
TADM: I dub Doctor MacVellian, "Miss Zombie Killing MoFo"
MacVellian's rifle shot tears the kid's head off and it slumps to the ground. As you survey the area, you realize that the Hoveys, well, whatever they had turned into, and the Voodoo Priest are all dead. You have survived the battle.
TADM: somewhat....
Dr. MacVellian: goes to pick up bag of ghostrock
Dr. MacVellian: Spoils of war, as they say :D
Uriel Iscariot: goes to check on Zach Dallas
Uriel Iscariot: ZACH! U ALIVE IN THERE?
MacVellian gains a bag with 3.5 pounds of Ghost Rock in it.
Dr. MacVellian: puts it in wagon
Zach Dallas: Yup
Uriel Iscariot: Healing!
Zach Dallas: you have a bottle of "Cure Zach's Wounds" on you?
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d6 = 5]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6+2 = 5]
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Can I just assume some of this stuff is back in my hotel room? By the way, what is Ms Bowers charging us?
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Well, Zach's mouth is moving, you have no idea what he is saying.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: You have not asked, and she has not said yet.
Uriel Iscariot: What you say? You need water and you can't talk?
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: And yes, some of your stuff can be in the warehouse or the room.
Uriel Iscariot: Dr. MacVellian, Fetch some water, Zach needs some!
Uriel Iscariot: Notice[Zach] Extent of Wounds
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Dr. MacVellian: uses bucket in well
Zach has been clawed, stabbed, bitten, and mildly gnawed on. He looks to be in pretty lousy shape.
In fact, you find it amazing he is alive at all.
[w] Zach Dallas: the snake in the well
[w] Zach Dallas: oh please have the snake come back up
[w] -> Zach Dallas: That is SOOO BENNY WORTHY!
Zach Dallas has been awarded a benny
MacVellian winches the bucket up. There is a poisonous snake in the bucket. It looks wet and ANGRY!
Dr. MacVellian: avoiding it
Dr. MacVellian: Agility [1d6 = 4]
Snake: [1d8 = 3]
The snake springs at MacVellian, but the Doctor manages to avoid it. It hits the side of the Well and disappears back into the depths.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): lol
Uriel Iscariot: Zach talk to me!
Dr. MacVellian: here's your water. it may be a little "doctored", though :)
Uriel Iscariot: Say Something!
Uriel Iscariot: You musta had the hell scared right outta yer lungs!
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: It seems Uriel has not noticed you are standing behind him, talking to him.
Zach Dallas: Nah, I'm pretty fine now
Zach Dallas: I was in a bit of pinch there, I thought they were going to be divided up
Zach Dallas: instead of MOBBING me
Zach Dallas: I need to take some self-defense classes
TADM: Your Zombie-fu is weak.
Zach Dallas: Anyway, you guys have band-aids?
Zach Dallas: and holy water, please
Uriel Iscariot: You want me to pinch you? What?
Uriel Iscariot: Water? Doctor where are you?
Zach Dallas: If I turn into a zombie, you're the first one to go
Zach Dallas: points at Doc
Uriel Iscariot: Doc!? Why didn't you say you had the water, a man is thirsty here!
Dr. MacVellian: I said, here's your water
Zach Dallas: care to bless it?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): brb
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I bite her
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): he can't react
Zach Dallas: anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm going to be OK
Zach Dallas: wait, was there a snake in this water?
Uriel Iscariot: whaaa? cat got yer tounge Zach>
Zach Dallas: uh
Zach Dallas: bible quote?
Uriel Iscariot: :blinks:
Zach Dallas: was that a bible quote?
Uriel Iscariot: Will somebody say something?
Zach Dallas: Can you heal my wounds, sir?
Zach Dallas: Also, I think it might be good if we buried the Hoveys again
Uriel Iscariot: Hands Zach Dallas his deck of Playing cards.
Zach Dallas: Ha ha
Uriel Iscariot: Okay sure. If that's what you want to calm yer nerves.
Uriel Iscariot: Gambling [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Gambling (Wounded -3, "Skill" +2) [1d6-1 = 2]
Zach Dallas: Hm, my ace has a bite mark in it...
Uriel's full house beats Zach's Aces and Eights.
Uriel Iscariot: Well anyway, we should be leaving.....
Uriel Iscariot: Notice[Voodoo Corpse] Identifing Marks, etc
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 3]
Zach Dallas: hold on
Zach Dallas: so, can I get any first aid treatment?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): *sigh*
Uriel Iscariot: What? Well sure!
Dr. MacVellian: goes to check the house for more surprises
Uriel Iscariot: Hands Zach a cigar and a match
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d8+2 = 4]
Zach Dallas: Well, let's see what surprises come in the box this time
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): why does zombie blood smell like kerosene? oh crap...
[w] Zach Dallas: I'd like to cast Hunch on the Voodoo priest. Is there anything I can do to get a positive bonus?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): lights the match
[w] Zach Dallas: I'd also settle for non-negative
MacVelian walks inside to find that the house is eerily quiet. There is nothing unusual in it, except for a string of garlic cloves and a deck of cards, consisting of two Jokers and 52 Queen of Spades.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Not really. There is nothing a Huckster can do (i.e. lengthen casting time, etc.) that gives him bonuses to his rolls.
Zach Dallas: Well, I suppose it's always possible...
Dr. MacVellian: hmmm...very odd. now for the barn
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
Zach Dallas: NOPE
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d8+2 = 9]
[w] -> Zach Dallas: You recover from the Shaken effect in a few rounds...
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [1d6 = 7]
The barn is also quiet. There is a horse in there, which you assume belonged to the Voodoo Priest.
Uriel Iscariot: [Self]
[w] -> Zach Dallas: You see the man waking up from a deep sleep. It looks like he is in the Union Blue barracks. He steathily walks outside, past all the sleeping soldiers. Then you get an image of him riding up to the Hovey farm, dressed as a voodoo priest. You notice that the Hovey graves are already disturbed when he gets there.
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Oh crap
Dr. MacVellian: Guess we'll just have to go back to town and report what happened. Guess there's no more bounty on your head, Zach
[w] Zach Dallas: was he in Voodoo attire?
Dr. MacVellian: By the way, what "past" are you running from?
Zach Dallas: This? Nothing
[w] -> Zach Dallas: In the Union Blue barracks, no. At the Hovey ranch, yes.
Zach Dallas: This sprouted up within the last day
Dr. MacVellian: No, before this
[w] Zach Dallas: so he is in ordinary Union Blue sleeping gear to begin with, right?
Uriel notices that the voodoo priest's horse has a Union Blue brand on it.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Yes.
Uriel Iscariot: Begins ponfiication
Uriel Iscariot: Hey all! Look all right 'ere!
Zach Dallas: Right, so it'll be difficult to identify this soldier, but I suppose if we visit Union Blue we can find a short list of people who vanished in the middle of the night
Uriel Iscariot: This little bit explains the whol mess!
Zach Dallas: hopefully short
Zach Dallas: What did you find, preacher?
Uriel Iscariot: What you deaf? I found Union Blue!
Uriel Iscariot: No wonder this man wanted you dead so bad. You're Black River as far as he knows
Dr. MacVellian: That doesn't explain who's been killing the other inventors
Zach Dallas: So he dressed up as a Voodoo Jester and found someone to raise the Hoveys from the dead?
[w] Zach Dallas: can I tell when he arrived?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Dawn
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): next week, itll be Demented Shaman eh?
Uriel Iscariot: What?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'm thinking Witch Slayer, actually
Uriel Iscariot: You saying WhAT?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): more like Crazy Priest
Zach Dallas: The Hoveys' graves were already disturbed when he got here
TADM: For the record, there are no demented Shaman in this campaign...at least that I can think of right now.
Zach Dallas: and he didn't plan to come here. He left in the middle of the night
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): we can fix that
TADM: Unless Nate shows up to play a Shaman, in which case there will definitely be one.
Uriel Iscariot: ...
Uriel Iscariot: You want to convert? God has found you!
Zach Dallas: Not to mention he didn't even check to see if I were in there
Dr. MacVellian: goes to find a shovel and re-bury the Hoveys
Zach Dallas: He wasn't in his right mind at all
Zach Dallas: Plus, the worst his "magic" did was clouds of colored dust
Zach Dallas: and throwing a snake
Zach Dallas: I think he was a hoax
Zach Dallas: but by someone else
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): wait, hold that thought
Zach Dallas: Unfortunately, whatever he was hit with will no longer hold off
Zach Dallas: wear off, my appologies
Zach Dallas: wounds are gettin' to me
Dr. MacVellian: Goes to examine his bags of "magic dust"
Uriel Iscariot :is confused:
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d8+2 = 7]
MacVellian finds three more bags of "magic dust" on the man's body. Two of them are the greenish kind that you would guess makes some of the obscuring smoke. The other one is filled with reddish dirt, and you have no idea what that does.
Zach Dallas: Bring them with us
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): both on bags
Dr. MacVellian: Ghostrock Finding {+4 Nose for Rock,+2 Alertness} [1d6+6 = 20]
Zach Dallas: Now, I'm a bit suspicious
No Ghost Rock was used in the creation of the dust.
Zach Dallas: Grey mentioned that it was probably a voodoo priest who did this and we find a fake voodoo priest
Uriel Iscariot: What has gotten in to you! First you want to convert, then you want to work with voodoo?
Zach Dallas: not to mention she is a fine source for Endless Spades
Uriel Iscariot: Oh by the heavens...
Uriel Iscariot has been awarded a benny
Zach Dallas: smacks the Preacher
Dr. MacVellian: now goes to find a shovel, and hit Zach over the head with it to clear his head and make sense
Uriel Iscariot: Turns the other cheek
Zach Dallas: His ear drums are burst
Dr. MacVellian: I mean, rebury the bodies
Zach Dallas: smacks him again; wouldn't want it to go to waste
Zach Dallas: writes out in sand: Heal me
Uriel Iscariot: 0.0
Uriel Iscariot: Why didn't you say so?
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d8 = 6]
Zach Dallas: writes out again: your ears are damaged from your gun's explosion
Uriel Iscariot: 0.0!
MacVellian is doing a nice job of reburying the bodies.
Uriel Iscariot: IT all makes sense now! Why didn't anyone tell me!
Zach Dallas: WAIT!
Zach Dallas: meh
Zach Dallas: Go for it
Zach Dallas: takes some trinkets from the Voodoo shaman
Uriel Iscariot: Kn Occult [1d6 = 5]
Uriel Iscariot: [Are they real]?
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 3]
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: You inspect them closely and discover they are not. They look like cheap parlor shop tricks.
Zach Dallas: goes to get the horse
GM: Which horse?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Union Blue one
Uriel Iscariot: Well, We better get going back soonish. We wouldn't want Union Blue and Black River doing something else to provoke each other...
GM: You retrieve the Union Blue horse.
Zach Dallas: Union Blue had nothing to do with this, I imagine
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'd like to cover the Union Blue brand; is it feasible?
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: You are still deaf.
GM: With a big enough saddle blanket, yes.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): excellent. I'll do that for now
Zach Dallas: I say we drop this off as evidence to Bat Masterson
GM: Where are you going to get a saddle blanket from?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): ...
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): a zombie?
Zach Dallas: I'd like to do some investigation on it later
GM: Sorry, that is not a valid option. Zombies do not carry large saddle blankets.
GM: And none of them were zombie horses.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Hovey was pretty large, wasn't he?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Check the barn, idgit
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I don't think it's necessary anymore. I think we can drop it off with Bat for now
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): he should be able to hold onto it for us
GM: So the group returns to town after the Hoveys are reburied?
Dr. MacVellian: puts shovel away and checks clothes for splatter before heading back
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 11]
GM: You are 100% zombie gore free. Only Zach has lots of zombie bits on him.
Uriel Iscariot: yes.
The group arrives at the US Marshal's office. There are no deputies to greet you outside, so you step inside. Cynthia Grey is speaking with one of the deputies. Bat Masterson is not in the office from what you can see.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): oh man...
Zach Dallas: avoids notice from her; backs out and around to the side
Zach Dallas: I'm out. Don't say to much in front of her yet
Zach Dallas: We're "still investigating"
Uriel Iscariot: Appears very quiet. Can't Talk well if it's one sided tal'kin.
GM: It's all down to the Doctor now!
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): what? why me? the preacher's there, too
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): shite
Zach Dallas: makes "Shhh" sign to Tack
Deputy Watson: It is good to see that you are up again ma'am.
Cynthia Grey: Thank you, like I said, it looks like several horses were stolen from the Black River stables last night.
Dr. MacVellian: knocks on door, and walks inside
Deputy Watson: Right ma'am, I have your notes here, along with what is missing. I will do some investigation...
Cynthia and Watson look up at the doorway.
Deputy Watson: Yes miss. How can I help you?
Dr. MacVellian: Sorry to interrupt, but is Marshal Masterson or Sheriff Earp around?
Deputy Watson: No ma'am, they took a prisoner on the morning train. They will not be back until tomorrow.
Cynthia Grey: Oh, I know you. You are Zach Dallas' acquaintance. You helped save my life the other day.
Dr. MacVellian: It was no trouble. Sorry we couldn't help you sooner. How are you feeling?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I want to know which one of you fed lies into her ears
Cynthia Grey: I am feeling much better thank you. I apologize that I have not had the chance to properly thank you for that. Please come see me at the Red Lady that we may talk in a more private setting.
She stands up, delivers a curtsy to both Watson and MacVellian, then walks outside.
Zach Dallas: I'm around the corner
Uriel Iscariot: (Has wandered off to the general store to purchase a pencil and several pads of paper.
Dr. MacVellian: We'll be back at the hotel. Please let them know we'd like to speak with them if they arrive ahead of schedule
Deputy Watson: Certainly ma'am, umm...and who are you again?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Notice check
Zach Dallas: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 3]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): PFFFFFFFFFFF
Dr. MacVellian: My name's MacVellian. Doctor MacVellian
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Cynthia stops outside the Marshal's office, looks at the wagon and the horses. She walks a slow circuit around them, stops to look closely at the Union Blue horse. A wide smile crosses her face, then she walks off.
Deputy Watson: I see, I will let them know Doctor MacVellian. If there is nothing I can help you with, then have a good day.
[w] Zach Dallas: Yeah, I figured that was going to happen
Dr. MacVellian: You as well, Deputy
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Well, the juicy parts of the Notice check needed an 8.
[w] Zach Dallas: I blame Tack
[w] -> Zach Dallas: I would also.
Dr. MacVellian: leaves to talk with Zach
Zach Dallas: Hey, can we leave the horse here?
Dr. MacVellian: I guess we could keep the horse at the warehouse, too
Zach Dallas: Actually, that would work better
Zach Dallas: so, Grey noticed the horse, she looked rather happy about it
Dr. MacVellian: Did she? Well, let's take the horse to the warehouse. Then I need to make a stop at the store before I go see her at the Red Lady
Zach Dallas: Alright, then
Zach Dallas: Go ahead and tell her that we killed the shaman
Zach Dallas: DON'T let her touch you
Dr. MacVellian: You can do that
Zach Dallas: Alright, suit yourself
GM: I'd recommend Zach get a change of clothes.
Zach Dallas: Anyway, how much did you explain to the deputy?
Uriel Iscariot: Walks up to you two.
Uriel Iscariot: Presents you with a pad of cheap paper
Dr. MacVellian: Goes back inside
Uriel Iscariot: "Plz explain past 2 hours kk plz"
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): did we hide the Voodoo or bury him?
Dr. MacVellian: Before we go, can we leave this horse here with you? It's important evidence
TADM: As far as the DM knows....no.
Zach Dallas: writes out quick summary; does not use complete sentences
Deputy Watson: Sure.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'd like to at least hide him in bushes before we go
Dr. MacVellian: Thank you, sir.
He heads outside, takes the Union Blue horse, and leads it around to the Marshal stables in the back.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Yah, I suppose....but At least both people can write. I don't want ta have the luxury of speaking and having everyone else write to me. that seems.....elitist.
Dr. MacVellian: Happy now? *to Zach*
Zach Dallas: I just wanted to make sure you didn't get hung for having a Union Blue horse in your barn
Zach Dallas: anyway, I'd like to take a shower
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): how messed up is my duster?
GM: Bath, there are no showers in the Old West.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'd rather have the moving water...
GM: I'd recommend dry cleaning. With a BIG tip.
Dr. MacVellian: Okay. I'll see you later, then
Uriel Iscariot: Hands you a note: "I will deal with it" Give me your duster"
[w] Zach Dallas: Nah, I was just going to sew and patch up the coat myself and replace the rest of my clothes entirely
Zach Dallas: UH
Dr. MacVellian: heads for Smith and Robards
Zach Dallas: No thank you
Zach Dallas: I can handle my duster quite fine
[w] Zach Dallas: I don't want him with dynamite
[w] Dr. MacVellian: I'd like to buy much ammo, please
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): half this thing is illegal, anyways
Uriel Iscariot: Note:"suit" your self =)
Zach Dallas: of course, with diamonds
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Ammo prices are on page 53 of the Deadlands book. They have a large selection, so you can stock up a bunch.
Uriel Iscariot: Wanders off looking for Doc Boone
Uriel finds Doc Boone in his office. He is reading through a medical book.
[w] Zach Dallas: so I'm going to find a cheap place to grab a bath and clothes. I'm also going to need patches and sewing stuff
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm not too good at it, but I know how to do it
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Assume you can pull that off for about $3.
Uriel Iscariot: Note; Doc, I cannot hear. Do you have a perscripton something that can assist me with this?
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Yep. Found it. Let's go two boxes of rifle ammo, and five of shotgun
Doc Boone: (writes back) Maybe, let me take a look at your ears.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: That's 100 rounds of each, and $18 total
Doc Boone: (examines ears and writes note) Looks like your ear drums are burst. Does not look too bad, should heal in a few days without help. But stuff this wax in your ears to stop infection.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Sounds good to me.
Uriel Iscariot: Thank you Kindly Doc Boone.
Uriel Iscariot: Thank you Also for looking after Cynthia.
Doc Boone: (writes note) That will be $2 for the office visit, and $3 for the wax. No problem on either account, it is just part of my job.
Uriel Iscariot: hands over cash
TADM: Damn skyrocketing medical bills!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): 5$ Copay! INSANE!
GM: Okay, so Zach is mostly cleaned up, Uriel has wax stuffed in his ears, and MacVellian is done shopping, now what?
Uriel Iscariot: Ill go catch up to Zach
Dr. MacVellian: goes to see Grey at the Red Lady
[w] Dr. MacVellian: OH! And puts bag of ghost rock in safe (or whatever) at warehouse
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Got it.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): is it too late for my wounds to be magically healed?
Uriel Iscariot: Zach: Don't you think it is about time we prevent something from happening at a ranch?
Dr. MacVellian: stops by the hotel first to find out what Bowers rate is
Uriel Iscariot: We should be more proactive: Can you track one of Cynthia Grey's Cards with you mojo-card-magic?
The Cherrywick Hotel is $4/day.
Dr. MacVellian: how much do we owe her? I know Dr. Bailey covered some of it
GM: It is too late for normal magical healing on your wounds. Greater Magical Healing is still okay.
Your current tab at the Cherrywick is $36, each.
As MacVellian heads over to the Red Lady, she hears thunderous applause. Walking up to the front entrance, she sees several dozen women in there. The only man present is the bartender.
Cynthia Grey: And that, my fellow women, is just further proof of why women should be able to vote in the coming election.
This statement elicits more thunderous applause from the assembled women.
Dr. MacVellian: listens intently
The meeting breaks up shortly after that and the women stream out of the Red Lady. For a few minutes, the only people in there are Cynthia Grey and the bartender.
Uriel Iscariot: Can you track a card from cynthias deck?
Dr. MacVellian: Hello Ms. Grey. Wonderful speech.
Zach Dallas: did you take the cards from the cabin?
Uriel Iscariot: Yes. Sort of.
Zach Dallas: how many do you have?
Cynthia Grey: Hello Doctor MacVellian, nice of you to join me.
Cynthia Grey: It is always nice to meet another woman of vision and progress out here.
She walks over to the bar.
Uriel Iscariot: Its no longer under my posession. I stuck it in the other preachers boot - so where trouble is bound to follow him, we should keep tabs on him to stay one step ahead of trouble
Cynthia Grey: Care for a drink?
She orders a sasparilla.
Uriel Iscariot: He is currently out and about on other ranches making his rounds
Dr. MacVellian: When you're a scientist, looking for unusual options is usual. No thank you.
TADM: Don't worry, I'm sure he's already dead.
Cynthia Grey: Indeed. Well then, I have a hypothetical question for you.
Cynthia Grey: Let's say you were a successful scientist, and someone came along who threatened to ruin all of that. What would you do?
Zach Dallas: WAIT
Zach Dallas: which card are you talking about?
Dr. MacVellian: has a mild panic attack, with pictures of Judson running off with my mech
Uriel Iscariot: Gambling [1d6 = 2]
Uriel Iscariot: Im not sure which one it was, but it was part of her deck
Zach Dallas: OH I see what you're talking about
Zach Dallas: I meant the deck that we found at the cabin
Uriel Iscariot: Yes, Cythias deck
Dr. MacVellian: Um...I'm not sure, exactly
Uriel Iscariot: >Lights pages on fire as they are done with<
Cynthia Grey: Not a very authoritative answer, Doctor MacVellian.
Cynthia Grey: A woman out here needs to be firm and decisive.
Zach Dallas: pulls out the bits from the Voodoo character
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm going to Hunch these. I want to see who posessed them before the Union guy did
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [1d8 = 5]
She gestures to the bartender. He pulls out a small strongbox.
Dr. MacVellian: Very true. But the severity of the situation would require different responses for each, would they not?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: The voodoo bits start bouncing like Mexican jumping beans, then fizzle and melt. The "goo" forms the symbol of a spade.
Zach Dallas: Ew
Cynthia Grey: Let's say that your inventions were stolen or your life was threatened.
[w] Zach Dallas: so I didn't get a fix, just that Spade symbol, right?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Yes.
She opens the strong box and gets out a pile of coins. She counts out about $100 in gold coins.
[w] Zach Dallas: ONE DAY I will break through that barrier she has
Dr. MacVellian: Then it's simple: Both are mine, and they'll stay mine til I say otherwise
Uriel Iscariot: Ok Zach, can you tell me where the other preacher is?
Cynthia Grey: That is a better answer. But the followup questions is, would you be willing to kill to defend yourself or your inventions?
She slides the $100 in gold coins over to MacVellian.
Zach Dallas: Nope. I can't do long ranged scrying
Dr. MacVellian: tries not to laugh (or shudder, i suppose) when thinking about earlier
Zach Dallas: But I can try this:
Zach Dallas: Streetwise [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
Zach Dallas: which leads us nowhere
Dr. MacVellian: I imagine I could do that
Cynthia Grey: Could, or have already and don't want to admit it?
Dr. MacVellian: What do you mean by that?
She hands the strongbox back to the bartender. He slides it behind the counter and looks for something else.
Cynthia Grey: I'm just saying, a woman who crushes H.K. Dial's skull with a wrench has already proven herself capable of murder...for self-defense of course.
Dr. MacVellian: Oh. Right. Of course.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Where is Zach right now.
[w] Zach Dallas: attempting to help Tack find his friend, I guess
[w] Zach Dallas: I failed the Streetwise roll; how long does that take?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: So you are wandering around town?
Zach Dallas: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 9]
[w] Zach Dallas: yes
Cynthia Grey: I expected someone capable of that brutality to be a bit more...aggressive in her answers.
Dr. MacVellian: I don't like to think about it, is all. It was very...traumatic.
Cynthia Grey: I see. Thank you for saving my life Doctor MacVellian, but I feel myself growing tired from today's exertions. Please excuse me.
Cynthia walks upstairs to her room.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): WEAK
Dr. MacVellian: G'night, Ms. Grey.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: You overhear some Union Blue employees talking about one of the employees coming up missing last night.
[w] Zach Dallas: I'd like to check and see what the name of the person is
Uriel Iscariot: *Sigh* the only thing I can see doing is talking to UB to prevent this from escalating further.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Jonas Rhodes, he was a well-liked former slave.
[w] Zach Dallas: also, if I could get his daily uniform (or at least the one he wore the day before), I'd be willing to pay $10 to each of them (I only approach a few of them with this offer)
[w] Zach Dallas -> Uriel Iscariot: you see me stop and talk with some Union Blue workers for a bit
[w] -> Zach Dallas: They look at you kind of weird and tell you to "sod off"
[w] Zach Dallas: deputy badge and a smile
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Intimidation check then.
[w] Zach Dallas: I'd like to check them for some evidence. I'm pretty sure he's involved in something
[w] Zach Dallas: can I do persuasion?
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Leaves a note w/ the bartender for Ms Grey, saying that Mr. Bailey and I both lost someone dear to us that day due to Dial's insanity, so I don't like to remember that day
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Nope, pulling the badge makes them defensive and changes them to hostile.
Zach Dallas: Stealth {--2 Untrained:Mike} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 3]
Zach Dallas is using a benny
Zach Dallas: Stealth {--2 Untrained:Mike} [1d4-2 = 3]
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Despite our appearances and our trade, we both still value connections we have with people
[w] -> Zach Dallas: They think about this for a couple minutes, tell you to go talk to Foreman Andersen.
[w] Zach Dallas: Where's he at?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Like they bloody know, he's off duty.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Is the note sealed in an envelope?
Dr. MacVellian: w/ Yes.
[w] Zach Dallas: alright, new set of rolls: one Streetwise for the priest, the second for Foreman Andersen
Zach Dallas: Yo, I found the guy who was all voodooey
Zach Dallas: I'm adding him into the search radius
Zach Dallas: Streetwise [1d4 = 2]
Zach Dallas: Streetwise [1d4 = 6]
[w] Dr. MacVellian: What happened to the gold coins, or did they go back in the strongbox?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: You don't find the priest, but you learn that Foreman Andersen frequently goes to the Bucking Horse Saloon.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Nope, she paid you $100 gold coins. Enjoy.
Zach Dallas: let's check at your buddy's church
Zach Dallas: isn't that where he's supposed to be?
Uriel Iscariot: No no. Hes gone for sure, I was just wanting to prevent the next ranch massacre
Zach Dallas: why is he gone for sure?
Uriel Iscariot: Went to make rounds at ranches.
Zach Dallas: OH SHI--
Uriel Iscariot: Religion is for those away from the town too
Dr. MacVellian: heads back to the hotel, after ordering a quick shot of whiskey before i go
Zach Dallas: way to kill your only friend in faith
Zach Dallas: does he have a horse?
Uriel Iscariot: I did no such thing. I was just wondering if you could locate him
The bartender pours you a drink. He does not charge you for it.
Dr. MacVellian: Thank you sir. Have a good evening.
Uriel Iscariot: W/E find voodooist and lets deal with him for those zombies.
He nods and thanks you for saving Miss Grey's life.
Zach Dallas: Alright, then heads to Bucking Horse Saloon
Uriel Iscariot: Follow
[w] Zach Dallas: hm, actually, I still have 2 wounds on me. Can we negate those for "quiet" things, such as social skills, after the battles?
Dr. MacVellian: Anytime. She is an inspiration. *leaves him a $.50 tip before going back to the hotel*
The Bucking Horse saloon is stuffed full of off-duty Union Blue employees. It only takes a few questions to find the burly ex-blacksmith looking guy that is Foreman Andersen.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Maybe...depends on what you are doing.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): SOB
Dr. MacVellian: pays off my tab at the hotel
[w] Zach Dallas: it's non-physical stuff. I'm thinking things that wouldn't normally threaten to stretch a wound the wrong way
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Wounds in this system are bad and account for more than physical damage.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): alright, now to engage the enemy
Foreman Andersen: Hello little pipsqueak, what can I get for you? (LAUGHS VERY LOUDLY, URIEL FEELS THE FLOORBOARDS SHUDDER)
Zach Dallas: I'll have a beer, but I can't have too much more. I'm stuck on the clock XD
Uriel Iscariot: (feels very unease - Zach gave me absolutey no instructions about what to do)
Zach Dallas: slips a paper: we're just going to question him a bit. Save my life if things get rough, though. I'll flash a Queen of Spade at ya.
Foreman Andersen: Hey bartender, small fry wants a beer.
He picks Zach up with one hand and sets him on the bar. This action is met with loud cheers.
[w] Zach Dallas: do alcohol vigor checks suffer from wound penalties?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Absolutely.
Uriel Iscariot: GHEY HIM!
GM: It is 8'o'clock at night.
Uriel Iscariot: Lower Stat[Str] Foreman
Dr. MacVellian: has dinner, then heads for the sheriff's office
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d6 = 8]
Foreman Andersen: Hmm..I seem to have had a bit much to drink, this runt seems heavier than I guessed.
Zach Dallas: It's the cloak, I assure you
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: MacVellian On your way to the Sheriff's office, make a Notice check.
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d8+2 = 7]
Foreman Andersen: That is a nice brown jacket by the way. Looks good on you.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: MacVellian Your danger sense just went off, there are people waiting to ambush you.
Zach Dallas: Thank you very much, Mr....
Foreman Andersen: So runt, you never answered my question, what brings you in here?
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Oh. Great :(
Zach Dallas: Ah, right
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: What would you like to do?
Foreman Andersen: My name is Al Andersen, who are you pipsqueak? And who's your slightly larger friend?
Foreman Andersen: The quiet one there.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: How are am I from the office, the hotel, and the warehouse?
Zach Dallas: I'm Zach Dallas. My friend here is Preacher Uriel Iscariot
Zach Dallas: he had some bad experience with explosives earlier and can't hear properly now
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Well, you are several rounds of running to any of them.
Foreman Andersen: Funny, I have that problem sometimes also.
This man talks VERY LOUDLY. You suspect he is hard of hearing.
Foreman Andersen: Wait..did you say Zach Dallas?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): does Uriel have any difficulty understanding him?
Foreman Andersen: As in Zach Dallas, the gunslinger?
Zach Dallas: I think Gunslinger is a bit strong of a word there
Foreman Andersen: Not what I heard. I heard you were fast, killed a gunman a couple days ago in a duel outside Boot Hill.
Uriel Iscariot: gets something to drink
[w] Dr. MacVellian: I'll keep heading toward the office, then. I won't give them any indication I've noticed them. How many are there?
Zach Dallas: I suppose word travels fast around here.
It is $0.10 a shot here for most drinks.
Uriel Iscariot: gets a shot
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: You are not sure, but you walk another 20' or so and a couple men step out of the shadows. They are holding shotguns.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: "That's far enough Doctor MacVellian, we don't mean to harm you, but you need to come with us."
[w] Zach Dallas: does he seem to have any connection with that guy who dualed me?
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d6 = 5]
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Absolutely not.
[w] Zach Dallas: oh thank goodness
Zach Dallas: Anyway, where was I...
Foreman Andersen: You were about to buy me a drink.
Zach Dallas: RIGHT!
[w] Dr. MacVellian: I don't "need" to do anything. But, I suppose I shouldn't be rude to your host
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: "Right, you don't need to do anything, but its more a matter of "want" as in "I don't want to shoot you."
Zach Dallas: pays for the drinks
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: "But you wouldn't be the first woman I've killed."
Zach Dallas: Anyway, I don't think I caught your name
Foreman Andersen: Al Andersen. You sure Uriel is having the problem hearing and not you?
Zach Dallas: I've got the fun memory problems
Foreman Andersen: Absinthe does that to people. Although mostly it just gives me gas.
Zach Dallas: I'd imagine. Actually, I was hoping you might be able to give me a hand
[w] Dr. MacVellian: I suppose we should get going, then
Foreman Andersen: Sure pipsqueak, what do you need?
Zach Dallas: You've heard of Jonas Rhodes going missing, right?
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: They take you to a Black River warehouse near the Red Lady. You are tied up (hands and feet) but they are not rough about it and they don't bother you at all once they make sure you are nicely tied up. They just take up positions around the warehouse.
Foreman Andersen: Yeah, shame too. Not sure why he'd up an run off. Good man, hard worker.
Uriel Iscariot: Immediate surroundings
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: They stick your guns in a barrel nearby.
Zach Dallas: Hm. I've been doing some odd-jobs recently, actually, and I found some signs of someone matching his discription
Zach Dallas: It's pretty dirty business, actually, but I'm pretty sure he's being framed
This saloon is pretty jovial and happy. The Union Blue employees seem pretty happy. Nothing really seems weird about this place.
Foreman Andersen: Well, I'm sure he's being framed. Guy didn't have a mean bone in his body. Churchgoer, rarely drank. I doubt he would even know where to find an opium den.
Zach Dallas: That's what I've heard
Zach Dallas: I was wondering if I might be able to inspect his belongings, epsecially the things he had on him the day before he went missing
[w] Zach Dallas: I know Grey can be Hunched through OTHER people
Foreman Andersen: Err...why?
Zach Dallas: I'd like to get a friend of mine to run some tests on it
[w] -> Zach Dallas: That is correct.
Zach Dallas: Also, it would be nice if I could find something that would directly prove his innocence, but that's a bit too optimistic for me
Foreman Andersen: Well, I suppose no harm comes from it. Just take care to respect the dead.
Zach Dallas: That I will, learned my lesson on that earlier
He finishes off his 1 liter tankard of beer and gestures for you to follow him.
Zach Dallas: Uriel: Thumbs up! Waves to follow!
Uriel Iscariot: Follows
Foreman Andersen: (Once you get outside, he asks.) So what they framing him for?
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Waits patiently for my captor to arrive
Zach Dallas: It has to do with the murder of a farm family, actually
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Ahh...but the stage is not fully set yet.
Zach Dallas: also, someone related to that managed to put a bounty on my head this morning
Zach Dallas: No longer collectible, I assure you
Foreman Andersen: Murder of people? Hell, Jonas would shut down work on a rail line so a prairie dog wouldn't get hurt.
Zach Dallas: Which is why it's wierd
Foreman Andersen: I could probably get about 100 character witnesses in his defense.
Uriel Iscariot: Notice[New Area]
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 11]
Zach Dallas: Do you know what he was doing the day before he vanished?
Foreman Andersen: Working, like normal.
Zach Dallas: anything after work?
The foreman has taken you to a Union Blue barracks. It looks vaguely familiar to Zach. He gestures to a trunk and tells you that will have Jonas' personal effects in it.
Nothing seems out of place in this barracks.
Zach Dallas: Thanks
Zach Dallas: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 4]
Foreman Andersen: Well grab what you need and let's get back to drinking.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): anything suspicious?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): a Queen of Spades?
Not a thing, this trunk has nothing unusual in it...
[w] Zach Dallas: the Queen of Spades thing, did you make that up to nerf me or is that how it's supposed to be?
Well wait, if you are looking for a Queen of Spades, you find a crumpled one in the bottom of his boot.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: I guess that is for me to know, and you will probably find out next week.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): can I tell what he was wearing last?
[w] Zach Dallas: I want something that I could potentially Hunch his previous day
It looks like the last thing he was wearing were his boots and a Union Blue uniform.
[w] Zach Dallas: also, I'm taking his boots. Bastard shoe, I will find who put the card in you
Zach Dallas: I'll grab those, then
You bundle up his boots and uniform and head out. Foreman Andersen locks up the barracks behind you.
Foreman Andersen: Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to do some drinking.
Zach Dallas: Indeed
Uriel Iscariot: Lower Stat[Vitality] Foreman
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} +2 (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d6 = 8]
Foreman Andersen: Although. I feel a bit groggy already. Maybe I'll just head to bed. Good night.
Zach Dallas: I have to drop these back at my place and run some errands. Thank you for your time
Uriel Iscariot: Drinkin too much is sinful! Who does this heathen think he is!
Zach Dallas: a bear?
Zach Dallas: Here
Zach Dallas: passes $5
Zach Dallas: I'll prove your friend's innocence
He thanks you, thinks about going for a couple more drinks, changes his mind and goes to bed.
Uriel Iscariot: (following Zach)
Zach Dallas: Hotel time
GM: Notice checks.
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
Uriel notices that you are being followed.
Uriel Iscariot: Is it dark outside?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): (I have a benny and I know how to use it!)
GM: Very dark.
Zach Dallas: wanna ambush him?
Uriel Iscariot: Let there be light!
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6+2 = 15]
Uriel lights up the area. The good news is that you stun the guy who was following you. The bad news is that you also spot the ten guys with shotguns pointed at you.
Uriel Iscariot: Who are these folk?
Gunman: Hello Mister Dallas. We'd be obliged if you came with us.
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
Zach Dallas: And what would that be for?
Gunman: Well, because we are being paid to take you to a certain spot. And I'd prefer you walk there on your own so we don't have to lug your body along.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): wat?
Zach Dallas: *sigh*
Zach Dallas: Is this for a wanted poster again?
Gunman: I don't know anything about a wanted poster. So come along nice and quiet like, and no one gets hurt.
Zach Dallas: One more question: is this request to feed me to zombies. Again.
Gunman: Zombies? You been drinking? Nope, we are taking you to the same place that your lady friend is currently at.
Zach Dallas: really? 10 people with shot guns?
Zach Dallas: Oh
GM: Really...they are done fooling around.
Zach Dallas: you want to come too? Or do you want your own group to bring you?
Uriel Iscariot: ACTIVATE TURTLE POWER
Zach Dallas: One second
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Nick, did you let her get close to you?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): she didn't touch me, if that's what you mean
Zach Dallas: Uriel, you coming?
Zach Dallas: Can he come?
Zach Dallas: He's deaf right now, so I don't think it would make a difference either way, but still
Gunman: Yeah, since he matches the description of the priest we were looking for.
Uriel Iscariot: Steps infront of Zach
They are surrounding you.
Zach Dallas: Meh, fine
Zach Dallas: If I had bennies, I might try something
Zach Dallas: but LAST time I tried shenanigans I almost killed that woman
Zach Dallas: shrugs
Zach Dallas: Can I drop stuff off at our hotel?
Gunman: No.
Zach Dallas: awww
Zach Dallas: Persuasion [1d6 = 7]
Zach Dallas: it'll be quick
Zach Dallas: it's probably on the way
Gunman: You know, the orders didn't say anything about cutting out your tongue or shooting off one of your legs.
Zach Dallas: :(
The gunmen take you to a Black River warehouse near the Red Lady. They frisk you for weapons, tie up your hands and your feet, and dump you on a pile of hay next to MacVellian.
[w] Zach Dallas: do they find the knife hidden in the sole of my shoe?
GM: They do not look really closely, so if you have "hidden" weapons, they don't find those.
They dump your guns in a barrel with Doctor MacVellian's guns.
Zach Dallas: :(
Uriel Iscariot: Would Facepalm, but is tied up.
There are 15 of these guys standing guard around the warehouse. Five of them stand near you, keeping their guns pointed in your direction.
Campaign saved.