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Savage Worlds Ruleset for Fantasy Grounds II
(c) 2009 Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
The next morning everyone in the squad is taken to the base hospital for psychiatric evaluations.
Randall Breckenridge: me too?
Strangely, Randall's name is not on the list.
Randall Breckenridge: ok
Smith is the first one called in. He is never seen again. An FNG replaces him the next morning.
GM: (queue cheesy GM mechanic to introduce Dhu's character into the game)
Over the course of the next several hours, everyone else is called in for an evaluation.
Rather than go through the whole process, just let me know how Colwyn and Tyran are going to respond to the following questions:
GM: 1) Have you been doing drugs?
GM: 2) What is the strangest thing you have seen in Vietnam?
GM: 3) How many VC have you killed?
GM: 4) What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
TADM: HEY! THAT MOVIE IS NOT RELEASED YET. BAD GM!
GM: Whoops, my bad.
John (Randall Breckenridge): but at this time the events really already happened...
Colwyn O'Reilly: 1) no 2) sgt. Almareth 3) 4 or 5 4) african or european?
Colwyn O'Reilly: 1) except that morphine I got when I was shot to pieces by some VC
Tyran Drenski: who are we answering them for
An army doctor in a white lab coat who also performs a physical exam on you.
Tyran Drenski: 1)No 2) Strang weather 3)Serveral 4) Huh?
After being evaluated at some length, you are sent back to your squad. The rest of the day passes uneventfully.
Randall is back in the squad area when you return from the hospital.
Alberts: Well, that was fun.
Randall Breckenridge: hey yall, whatcha been up to?
Kenner: You missed out Marine, they even had us pee in cups and take blood samples.
Colwyn O'Reilly: anyone else's bum sore?
Tyran Drenski: Nothing like being railed from behind by doctors to make you feel awesome.
"Hogpile": Mine is. Too much sitting. That's what you meant, right?
Randall Breckenridge: mabbee I don wanna know...
Tyran Drenski: i feel like a peeing pin cusion.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yeah hogpile, that's what I meant
Sgt Donegal: Marine. Name's Sergeant Donegal. I'm the squad leader now that Sergeant Almareth has been....considered MIA.
Sgt Donegal: Think you know the rest of the squad already.
Tyran Drenski: Me too hog pile
Corp Withers: Good to see you again Breckinridge.
Randall Breckenridge: Hi Corporal, good to see you too. What happened wi the sergeant?
John (Randall Breckenridge): uhuru?
TADM: Its the communication specialist. Maybe someone in the group will be able to speak passable Vietnamese?
Dugan : Sorry .. only speak tongan
Randall Breckenridge: Ah learned to ask this week if the meat was dog or not...
Corp Withers: Sarge never came back from chasing after that Vietnamese guy. Major Stick-in-the-ass wants to declare him AWOL and have him arrested on sight. Captain Tomkins has Sarge officially listed as MIA.
Tyran Drenski: No dog eww
Randall Breckenridge: Ah agree with that
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Has the Marines meet the Major?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): met
Randall Breckenridge: Ah agree with that! Ah still wanna look for some o those bush pheasant onea these days
John (Randall Breckenridge): yes, I was in a short meeting with him
TADM: Go to Programs -> Fantasy Grounds -> Application Data Folder
TADM: Click on the Portraits directory, then drop in a jpg or png file that is no more than 80x80 in size.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): What will Tyran see today... A dinosaur... Yeti... Big Foot...
[w] Randall Breckenridge: can I spend my points on increasing stealth and guts to d6s?
[w] -> Randall Breckenridge: Absolutely.
[w] Randall Breckenridge: so I just change them and thats all I have to do?
[w] -> Randall Breckenridge: Yep
[w] -> Randall Breckenridge: Woohoo! You have leveled up!
[w] Randall Breckenridge: and then I can spend again when I have 10 points total, right?
[w] -> Randall Breckenridge: Yep, every 5 points you get an advance.
The next morning, after chow, Sergeant Donegal calls the squad together.
Sgt Donegal: Okay folks, we have a mission. If you are asking why we are going out, it is because Captain Tomkins thinks it is best for us to not be here while Major Stick-in-the-ass is.
Sgt Donegal: This one is a long one, so load up on extra rations and ammo. We are going to be out in the jungle for about a week.
Tyran Drenski: Wow the major is letting us out Serg?
Sgt Donegal: Well Tyran, I'm a sergeant, and this falls into the category of "don't ask, don't tell me"
Colwyn O'Reilly: the major is going to let us out for that long? are we getting week passes from the psycho ward?
Tyran Drenski: Hooah Serg
Alberts: Don't worry Colwyn, there is always a catch.
Sgt Donegal: Yep, there's a catch.
Tyran Drenski: I agree
Sgt Donegal: We are going out to a listening post about fifteen klicks from here. Nice quiet little spot. Pretty flowers all around. Almost no people.
Sgt Donegal: We are going to listen in on VC transmissions, and do short patrols looking for signs of enemy activity. Our orders are not to engage, only to observe.
Colwyn O'Reilly (sarcastic): so maybe we'll see sasquatch this time?
Sgt Donegal: I can tell from the excitement on your faces that you just cannot wait to hear what the "catch" is....
Dugan : i can be vewy qwiet
Sgt Donegal: Ah yes, everyone, this is Private Dugan, he's the FNG.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Beware of chickens and ninja rats
"Hogpile": Is that the catch, we have an FNG?
Randall Breckenridge: all the people are vc? That we can't fight?
Sgt Donegal: No. The catch is that evidently there is some archaeological site hidden out in the area we are going to be in. The Doktor heard about it from some villagers. So we are going to be his shovel wielding digger grunts.
"Hogpile": (groans)
Tyran Drenski: Yeah helping the nazi...
Sgt Donegal: Yeah, well, the option is, hang out at base and keep going in for psych evals until Major Stick-in-the-ass finds a reason to incarcerate us.
"Bookworm": Just because he's German doesn't mean he's a Nazi Tyran. Besides, that was like, 20 years ago.
Tyran Drenski: He acts like one and I'm jewish
Tyran Drenski: well kinda jewish really
TADM: Bookworm also is big on intelligence and low on common sense.
Randall Breckenridge: Ah didn't know that...
Dugan : 1/12th on your uncles side?
Sgt Donegal: So everyone pack up, remember, bring lots of rations, water purification tablets, extra ammo in case we need it. Shovels, flashlights, etc.
Tyran Drenski: Mom is i'm still on the fence really
Colwyn O'Reilly: sarge, if i dig anything it might effect my ability to stab people with needles in a negative fashion
Tyran Drenski heads the supply and grubbles about nazi's
Randall Breckenridge: ah dont mind the digging much, but bailin out th hole to sleep in it is not much fun
Randall Breckenridge: this is up in the hills, sarge?
Tyran Drenski: Serg do we get a truck to place the gear and shovel or e-tools
Tyran Drenski askes for extra trip wires
Colwyn O'Reilly supposes he should take extra medical gear
Tyran Drenski feels like a lead wait will all the etra explosives
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): weight
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): it's called "load limits"
Sgt Donegal: Nope, we are being choppered in, so we lug all our gear with us. The good news is that we are going to an established listening post so we are going to have a small bunker to live in for a few days.
Corp Withers: Once we clear the bunker that has been unoccupted for a few months of any traps or VC currently living there.
Sgt Donegal: That too...
Colwyn O'Reilly: the medic can barely walk
Randall Breckenridge: ah can carry a bit of his stuff
Sgt Donegal: Okay, so the quartermaster is going to issue you double your normal ammo and seven days worth of food. Of course, since I'm the quartermaster, any other requests will probably be allowed.
"Bookworm": Real food instead of c-rations?
Tyran Drenski: Hoah serg
John (Randall Breckenridge): chickens and goats...
Sgt Donegal: Okay, REAL requests will be allowed.
Colwyn O'Reilly: I'd like 20 extra medikits and 4 extra iv bags
Sgt Donegal: Done.
Colwyn O'Reilly: thank you sarge
Tyran Drenski: HE-18, Double Buck, CS, Smoke, Flare, WP, 10, clay
Sgt Donegal: Done
Kenner: Hey guys...uh...I have a present for us.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yeah?
Tyran Drenski: Really?
Tyran Drenski: crepes?
Kenner: Wow, Tyran, you must be psychic.
Colwyn O'Reilly: crepes that give us craps so we don't have to carry all this crap?
John (Randall Breckenridge): little action figures?
Colwyn O'Reilly: beer?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): I can't spell get use to it
Kenner opens up a small bag. The aromatic smell of french crepes fills the air.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): hukd on fonix wurkd 4 her
Kenner: Yeah, these were sitting next to my PRC-25 when I went to pick it up.
Tyran Drenski: You are my friend for sure.
Colwyn O'Reilly: eats a crepe
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): eats a crepe
Tyran Drenski: slash / is action too
Tyran Drenski: salsh emote
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): gives up
Dugan : that's tricky
Randall Breckenridge: or /ooc
Dugan : can i have a clue sarg?
"Hogpile": I'll take this as a sign that our missing Sergeant is not so missing.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): it's sneaky, that windows
Alberts: I second that opinion.
Dugan looks for a clue
Colwyn O'Reilly: that's a great thing
Kenner: There's a note in the bottom, says it is for Withers.
Tyran Drenski: So you saw serg I see and tell the nice donater thanks
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): windows: i are in ur computerz, eatin ur filez
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): type something dhu and hold down Alt and hit enter see of it turns green
Kenner gets out a sheet of paper and hands it to Withers, who reads it, shrugs noncommitally, then torches it with his lighter.
Dhu (Dugan ): huh?
Kenner: Nope, I didn't see anything, just found a bag with some crepes.
TADM: That's it Dhu. That is an out-of-character comment.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): see it works.... no his slash and type emote and that is an action
Dugan scratches his head
Sgt Donegal: So Private Dugan, did you have a question?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): slash then type w is a whisper to brad
Dugan : NO SGT DONEGAL SIR!
Sgt Donegal: Son, I'm a sergeant, I work for a liiving.
Tyran Drenski laughs so hard face is purple
Dugan wonders ... whot's a liiving?
TADM: Liiving is what happens when I get some cat-assisted-typing.
Dugan ... mmmm hungry.....
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Awesome Kat loves to type
Dugan : here kitty kitty
Tyran Drenski eats crepes quickly before some tries to take them away
Doctor Franz Eichmann walks over. He does the creepy heel-click thing, gives a short bow, then smiles.
Colwyn O'Reilly: doctor
[w] Dugan : am i statted up enough or do i have points to spend in skills too?
Tyran Drenski thinks NAZI
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Guten Morgen Americans.
Dugan distracted by the heel clicky thing
[w] -> Dugan : You have 11 more skill points to spend. Then you can get edges and hindrances.
Tyran Drenski: Guten Tag Sir
Colwyn O'Reilly eats crepes
Sgt Donegal: Hello Doctor.
[w] Randall Breckenridge: is he in an army uniform?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Do you have shovels, sifting equipment, fine combs, and other such gear suitable to archaeological research?
Colwyn O'Reilly: no
Colwyn O'Reilly: i have an e-tool
Tyran Drenski: I blow thing up I doubt you want me near you research
The squad notices that today, Doctor Eichmann is wearing the fancy tigerstripe fatigues usually reserved for special forces soldiers.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): things
Dugan : I have my own two hands
Randall Breckenridge: ah have a reglar comb, will that work?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: I see. Well, I shall get some supplies for proper work.
Tyran Drenski: (whispers) are we going to war with his research?
Corp Withers: Doctor, one thing that confuses me, you are from the Medical School in Buenos Aires, right?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Ja
Corp Withers: Then why are you interested in digging things up in the jungle?
Colwyn O'Reilly: better yet, when did you join delta?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: This is a request to help one of my colleagues who cannot make the trip.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Delta? I am sorry. I am not following your American humor.
Corp Withers: Right.
"Hogpile": Back to the "10" on the creep-o-meter.
Tyran Drenski: It's always his "Colleague" he has way too many of those
Randall Breckenridge: I dunno, it looks almost like some o that fancy SS camo. My pappy captured some o that in W-W 2.
Colwyn O'Reilly: probably because he works at a college tyran. you know, with professors?
Tyran Drenski: Think what you like... I leave it at that
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Really? How fascinating. Was your father also a marine?
Colwyn O'Reilly: looks like something rangers or delta would wear...
Colwyn O'Reilly: Notice [1d6 = 9]
Tyran Drenski: So...are we going to keep compairing outfits or start this adventure?
Sgt Donegal: Well, we will have plenty of opportunities to figure this out while we spend the next seven days in the jungle. Everyone over to the helipad.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Of course sergeant.
"Bookworm": Hooah
Tyran Drenski: I brought the cards
Colwyn O'Reilly: did you remember to order the kegs?
Tyran Drenski: That was your job
Randall Breckenridge: No sir, he was drafted in the army. He did a bit o fightin, til he got his arm crippled in the Hurt-agin forest, or somethin like that.
Tyran Drenski follows serg slowly do to weight
Colwyn O'Reilly: crap.
Colwyn O'Reilly: survival check to make it to chopper with encumberance [1d6 = 5]
Dugan sprints to the chopper ... despite the encumbrence
The squad climbs into the choppers. They head off to the southwest. About an hour later you come to a flat open LZ with a nearby hill. Settled into the side of the hill is a small bunker that looks unoccupied.
Tyran Drenski down loads all extra gear into bunker first
Sgt Donegal: Look sharp and spread out when we land, this should be an empty LZ with nothing exciting going on. Of course, it was "military intelligence" that said it was an empty LZ.
Randall Breckenridge: aye aye sergeant
"Hogpile": Hooah
Colwyn O'Reilly: yes sarge
Tyran Drenski: Oxymoron
Dugan : si senior
Colwyn O'Reilly does not jump off the chopper first
Dr. Franz Eichmann: I do not think we are going to have any problems here.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Stupid medic tries to get himself killed too often
Alberts: (expects to die immediately on dustoff after that comment)
Tyran Drenski: Problems??????
Dugan is still without a clue
Colwyn O'Reilly: i've only been shot once and blown up once
Randall Breckenridge: Ahm ready 2 go
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Giant chess playing rats
Dhu (Dugan ): awesome
[w] Dugan : have i spent too many points yet?
Randall Breckenridge: stay low and find cover du, yewell be fine
Tyran Drenski: Good job medic trying to get yourself nearly killed again....stop going first we need our bandaids...
[w] -> Dugan : You have 2 skill points left.
Tyran Drenski stays low (Kneeing)
GM: Notice checks please
Almareth's Squad: Notice [1d6 = 7]
Tyran Drenski: Notice [1d6 = 3]
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d8+2 = 8]
Colwyn O'Reilly: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Dugan : Notice [1d4 = 9]
Randall Breckenridge: Notice {+2 Alertness} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+2 = 7]
Following a routine sweep of the LZ while the choppers dust-off and head back to base, you find nothing unusual.
Sgt Donegal: Okay, sweeping up the hill to the bunker. Watch for traps all through here, I doubt the VC would leave a bunker completely untrapped.
GM: Notice checks as you approach the bunker.
Colwyn O'Reilly: Notice [1d6 = 11]
Tyran Drenski: Notice [1d6 = 3]
"Hogpile": Almareth's Squad: Notice [1d8 = 5]
Dugan : Notice [1d6 = 23]
Randall Breckenridge: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 13]
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d8+2 = 9]
There is no sign of traps on the sweep up the hill to the bunker, or in the bunker. In fact, the bunker looks completely unoccupied since the last patrol was in here. The bunker is a simple one room concrete thing built into the side of the hill. It is about 15' x 15' in size, with nice gun ports that provide a beautiful field of fire over the LZ you just walked up.
"Hogpile": Good thing no one with a machine gun was up here to shoot at us.
Kenner: No kidding.
Randall Breckenridge: Ah reckon so
Kenner sets up the PRC-25 and extra batteries on a small table. The piles of rations and water get stored in the back away from both door ways.
Tyran Drenski: Serg, What corner is the armory so I can lose some weight.
Colwyn O'Reilly drops his extra medical supplies here
Sgt Donegal: The front center, easy access from the gun ports. (points)
Sgt Donegal: Okay, we are going to split shifts here.
Tyran Drenski unloads every extra items neatly
Randall Breckenridge puts rations and extra gear away
Sgt Donegal: Alberts and Hogpile take first shift. Kenner and Bookworm get second. Withers and I are third. Dugan and Breckinridge fourth. Colwyn and Tyran fifth. Repeat as needed.
Randall Breckenridge: Yes sergeant
Colwyn O'Reilly: yes sarge
Sgt Donegal: We run four hour shifts. Your sleep schedule is the two shifts after yours. When not on shift or sleeping, you get digging duty with the Doctor.
Dugan nods off in the corner
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Thank you Sarge.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): look doubting tomas is with the guy who sees everything this will be interesting
Randall Breckenridge: doc, I'm ready to dig for you. Just show me what and where.
Tyran Drenski crashes in another corner
Sgt Donegal: So Alberts and Hogpile you are up with exciting listening post duties. Kenner, Bookworm, Withers and I are sacking out. Dugan, Breckinridge, Drenki, O'Reilly, you get digging duty.
Colwyn O'Reilly: yes sarge
Dugan : bummer
Sgt Donegal: Grab basic ammo, weapons, shovels, whatever else doc tells you to get out of the crates, etc. Have fun.
Tyran Drenski: Hoah
Dugan : err... yes sarg
Dugan : !
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Thank you again Sergeant.
[w] Dugan : edge is set
Randall Breckenridge: like a dead pig in the sunshine, sergeant
[w] -> Dugan : Okay, unless you take some hindrances you are all set.
Tyran Drenski drops all not needed gear into bunker and grabs shovel, grubbles
[w] Dugan : i'll look at those now then
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Come Americans, I think what I am looking for is just on the other side of this hill.
Dugan dumps his stuff in the corner on top of everything else
Randall Breckenridge follows doctor E
The Doctor grabs a shovel and heads outside.
Colwyn O'Reilly drops extra gear and heads out with a shovel
Dugan cept his knife and shovel
Tyran Drenski: I feel like we should have wooden stakes for this
GM: Since some of you missed the description of Doctor Eichmann from last session, I'll give you the quick summary.
Doctor Eichmann looks to be in his mid-50s. He is very trim and fit. (In Breckinridge's opinion, the Doctor looks like a Marine Sergeant.) His head is completely bald. He seems to always be standing at attention, and his face is stuck in an expression that you are not sure about. You cannot tell if he is smiling or smirking.
While he does not appear to be armed and you have never seen him touch a gun (so far) you have the feeling he could field strip a rifle in a matter of seconds, probably blindfolded.
GM: Back to the story....
Dugan reminds me of my mother
The Doctor leads the group around the side of the hill and a short distance into the jungle.
GM: Notice checks please.
Randall Breckenridge: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 18]
Dugan : Notice [1d6 = 5]
Colwyn O'Reilly: Notice [1d6 = 2]
Randall Breckenridge: 11 is ok
Tyran Drenski: Notice [1d6 = 3]
[w] Dugan : hindrance is set too
[w] Dugan : thought it was appropriate
The doctor leads you to a collection of tumbled stones that seem slightly out of place. Like this was a building several hundred years ago and this is the debris from it.
[w] -> Dugan : That is one of my favorites. And to answer your question, no, you cannot see other people's character sheets.
Dugan : it'll be hard to dig through stones sarg
Dugan looks up to the top of the pile and reminisces about playing king of the hill as a lad
Tyran Drenski shovels as instructed and is not happy about it
[w] -> Randall Breckenridge: You notice a couple very peculiar things. First, the stones all have some sort of glyphs on them, some are more faded than others. Second, the temperature and humidity when within about 10' of the stones perceptibly lessens. As in, from normal Vietnamese spring to early Georgia spring/laste winter.
Randall Breckenridge looks puzzled
[w] -> Randall Breckenridge: Breckenridge Well, that was not the most clear...but you get the idea.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Yes, this is the spot. Now...
The Doctor looks around a bit at the stone.
[w] Randall Breckenridge: no, I understand, Rand not so much.
He finds a round stone and runs his fingers over it, as if tracing a pattern.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Yes, this is it. Okay Americans, we need to dig in this area.
Randall Breckenridge: Doc, me an letters dont get along so well. Whats these say?
Colwyn O'Reilly: what are we looking for doctor?
Dugan .... starts to hum whistle while you work....
Dr. Franz Eichmann: A colleague of mine is interested in ruins belonging to a primitive civilzation that once lived in this area.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: This strange little complex might have something of interest.
Randall Breckenridge: Ah mean, I dont wanna do no grave robbin. Thats not right.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Hmm...what letters Marine?
Randall Breckenridge: these little squigglies yer running yer fingers over. They aren't names, or curses, are they?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Oh, I doubt it. Don't worry Marine. King Tut will not rise out of the ground and come get you.(chuckles)
Randall Breckenridge laughs a little, nervously...
Tyran Drenski: I won't bet on that for say..not in this place
Dugan gives a hearty chuckle
Tyran Drenski: this place has it's own special weirdness
Colwyn O'Reilly: what do you think this used to be doctor?
Dugan : Looks like me pappy's old place after the fire
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Oh, probably just a house or something. I doubt it had any military value, otherwise it would have been on the top of the hill, not at the bottom of it about a hundred yards away.
Randall Breckenridge: it reminds me a bit of.. our cold well. Is there a cold spring round here?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Well, I don't see any signs of a fire Dugan....
Now that Breckinridge mentioned it, everyone else realizes that it is about 40% less humid and 15 degrees cooler when you are near the stone pile.
Tyran Drenski keeps an eye on the area around them... doesn't trust the forest
Dugan : True .. true ... but i din' see any signs of the fire at my pappy's old place either on a count o all the water
John (Randall Breckenridge): webs! watch for webs!
TADM: Yeah, no one has looked UP yet,
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Yes Dugan, good point.
Dhu (Dugan ): Not true... i looked up to the top for king of the hill
Colwyn O'Reilly looks around
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Or Apes Or Tigers Or strange shape shifting woman
John (Randall Breckenridge): Dog eating chickens!!?
Tyran Drenski look everywhere for danger
TADM: Underwater ninja rats. Just deal with it.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Well, let us get to digging. (begins shoveling)
Randall Breckenridge starts digging
Dhu (Dugan ): Bashes Dr. Franz with his shovel ... he was creeping me out
Colwyn O'Reilly helps venkman with his digging
John (Randall Breckenridge): wasn't there something like that in the Eddie Murphy movie "Golden Child"?
Dugan ... when theres a song ...
After about 30 minutes of digging, you have excavated a decent size hole. Nothing of interest has been found so far.
Colwyn O'Reilly: shouldn't someone be on look out?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): I am
Tyran Drenski: Notice [1d6 = 4]
Colwyn O'Reilly: this is some awesome vietnamese dirt doctor
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): since I'm looking out
Dugan moves over to take a look at the round stones
GM: You see nothing exciting.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): :(
GM: Dugan takes a look at the stones.
[w] Dugan : can i lockpick these?
Dugan : Lockpicking [1d6 = 5]
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): eh?
[w] -> Dugan : They are solid stones, what would you be lockpicking on them? They look like foundation stones for a very large building.
Dugan push the stones
Colwyn O'Reilly looks at the stones to see if he can discern any patterns
Tyran Drenski tries to figure out why everyone is staring at stone
Randall Breckenridge: Leastaways the doc is helping
Randall Breckenridge: Ah like that
Colwyn O'Reilly: this is true breck, this is true
The stones have fallen pretty haphazardly. It looks like they were once foundation stones for a very large building that extended to the west and north.
Tyran Drenski: We are digging out ruble?
Dugan : Seems to me that if this is the spot, then we should be diggin out the building area instead of a random hole in the ground
Randall tosses up a few more shovels of dirt and then hits something roundish. It does not take any sort of intuition to realize it is a skull.
Dugan : or not
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Ah, what do you have there?
Colwyn O'Reilly: i see dead people
Dugan : I think we found a clue!
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): blues clues?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): have we found Carmen San Diego
Tossing asides a few more shovels of dirt reveals a layer of skulls. You do not see any other bones in the area, just skulls.
Dugan investigates the whole hole further ...
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Seems to be a mass grave. How interesting.
Colwyn O'Reilly: but only for skulls
Dugan : Odd grave site doc
Colwyn O'Reilly: where's the rest of their bodies?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: (picks up on the skulls and looks at it)
Tyran Drenski: plague maybe
Tyran Drenski: Soooo doc...ehat are we looking at?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): what
Colwyn O'Reilly (sarcastic): it was a race of floating heads!
The Doctor calls a halt to digging and examines the skull closely for a few minutes. Then he shrugs and tosses it out of the hole.
Colwyn O'Reilly (sarcastic): with tentacles!
Randall Breckenridge: so doc, with this digging, are we lookin for something special? A chest? Artifacts?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Strange place to store skulls.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: What..hmm...sorry Marine, did you ask something?
Randall Breckenridge: I don't like digging up skulls, thas fer sure
Dugan picks up the skull the doc set aside and peers into its empty sockets
Rather surprisingly, Dugan is not instantly vaporized by some random magical force from the eye sockets.
Colwyn O'Reilly picks up a skull
Colwyn O'Reilly: alas, poor yorick, I knew him well!
Tyran Drenski is ready for the curse of the mummies to start at any time
Dugan sets up some twigs and goes skull bowling
Randall Breckenridge: this is queer as a 3 dollar bill...
TADM: Hmm...Dugan is already a bit low on Sanity I see.
Colwyn O'Reilly puts the skull back in the hole
Dugan <<< FNG!
Tyran Drenski: So what do you think the they are doing here... Should we dig more...anything you would like help with?
Dugan : What type of skulls are these? human?
GM: They are definitely human sized and shaped.
Colwyn O'Reilly: any deformities? holes from being murdered?
Tyran Drenski: What now Doc?
Dugan : How many are there?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: I think we should halt for a bit. I need to record these findings in my research journal.
Randall Breckenridge backs away from the skulls
Dugan returns to the rubble pile ... and clambors up to the top
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Everyone out of the hole, go do US Army things...or Marine things. Whatever. I will tell you when I need further assistance.
Tyran Drenski sits facing away from the hole and scans the area for enemies
Randall Breckenridge does Marine things
GM: Colwyn make a Healing check.
Colwyn O'Reilly: Healing {+2 Healer} [1d6+2 = 12]
GM: Hmm...interesting.
GM: Make a Guts check.
Colwyn O'Reilly: Guts [1d6 = 4]
GM: (just Colwyn)
GM: Hmm...interesting again.
Tyran Drenski patiently waits for the doctor to use the skulls to plot the worlds demize.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): hears manical laughter
[w] -> Colwyn O'Reilly: Okay, you do not find any indication that the people these skulls belonged to were murdered.
[w] -> Colwyn O'Reilly: Which is a good thing...
Dhu (Dugan ): be vewy vewy qwiet wewe twying to twake ovew du wowd
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): doubting thomas is screwed for sure
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): The same thing we do every night "Try to take over the world"
[w] -> Colwyn O'Reilly: Unfortunately, you also notice they all have a series of ten runnels, about 1cm deep in a symmetrical pattern around the outside of their skull from the top down to base of the cranium.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): it's so interesting he is typing a ton.....
[w] Colwyn O'Reilly: like blood runnels? on a sword?
GM: Everyone gets nervous at the profound silence.
[w] Colwyn O'Reilly: like something carved in the skull? can I tell if it's pre or post mortem?
[w] -> Colwyn O'Reilly: Exactly like blood runnels on a sword.
Randall Breckenridge hears duhn duhn duhnnnn
Dugan from his perch atop the ruins .. can't quite make out colwyn's expression
[w] -> Colwyn O'Reilly: Definitely carved in the side of the skull, you do not have the ability to tell if it is pre- or post-mortem with your given forensics knowledge and available equipment.
Dugan looks around to make sure no one is watching
Dugan stealthily of course
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): ahh so the doctor is Darth....yes I can see it now...colwyn is he your father
TADM: Hey now! No ruining the plot!
Colwyn O'Reilly: hey, doctor, what do you make of these wierd channels carved in this skull?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): come to the dark side of medicine Colwyn
The Doctor gets out a sketchbook and begins making notes of the hole.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Hmm..what was that? (looks at a skull)
Colwyn O'Reilly: there's some channels, carved in this skull. in a whacky pattern
Dr. Franz Eichmann: How interesting, a series of symmetrical channels carved into the skull.
Dugan comes back down and peers over colwyn's shoulder at the odd markings
[w] Colwyn O'Reilly: is it a pattern i might recognize? like from the graffitti at the church?
The Doctor hops back in the hole and looks around at several of them.
Colwyn O'Reilly: are the other ones like that?
[w] -> Colwyn O'Reilly: Nope.
Tyran Drenski: were they made post mortem or pre?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Hmm..they all have these channels. How fascinating.
Dugan : too long for teeth marks
[w] Colwyn O'Reilly -> Tyran Drenski: i couldn't tell
Dugan : maybe it was a fashion statement
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Good question Drenski, you will make a good scientist some day.
[w] Tyran Drenski: thanks
Dugan : he's a mad scientist now ... what, you thought he was a real medic?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Ah yes Dugan, I like your thinking. Perhaps it was considered fashionable to have this done. Much like the neck elongation of some African tribes. Or Chinese foot-binding of women.
Dugan ... oops . .. did i think that out loud?
Tyran Drenski: Heard it somewhere sounded smart doc that's all
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): no the doc was calling the demo a scientist that is even more scary
Dugan : Personally, I think the scar makes the man
Colwyn O'Reilly: it's not Tyran's fault the claymores have a warning for "this end towards enemy"
Colwyn O'Reilly: is it?
Tyran Drenski: I think they had a seriuos case of brainal termitiuos.
Dugan : brain eating bugs!?!
Tyran Drenski: no skull eating bugs
Dugan frantically looks around ... maybe theres more out there
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Ah...such creatures exist Dugan.
Dugan : Really!?!
Colwyn O'Reilly raises an eyebrow at the doctor
Tyran Drenski was laughing but now has joined Dugan
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Well, bugs that eat human brains do exist. Although I doubt they are indigenous to this jungle.
Dugan : You've see too much Star Trek doc
Tyran Drenski decides to go back to being a scout it is safer.
Dhu (Dugan ): was that out yet?
Randall Breckenridge Quietly says "Now mabbee that explains cousin Mabel..."
Dhu (Dugan ): lol
Dr. Franz Eichmann: What is this Star Trek you speak of?
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): that's a no dhu
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): star trek was the 70s, wasn't it?
TADM: To answer your question, no.
John (Randall Breckenridge): later 60s
Dugan : sorry doc ... sometimes i just don't know what im saying
TADM: September 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): dhu just say your writing an amazing story that will come out in the 70's
Dhu (Dugan ): what year is this
TADM: It is September 21, 1965.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): i hope you looked that up and didn't just pull it out of your rear
Randall Breckenridge: sep 66 to june 69
Randall Breckenridge: oops
John (Randall Breckenridge): google power
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): a year too early
Dhu (Dugan ): Sorry doc ... before your time
TADM: The Star Trek dates or the current campaign date? One I looked up, one I didn't.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): the star trek dates
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): you have to look up campain got money on it
Dhu (Dugan ): Man, I really derailed this
TADM: I refer you back to the previous answer.
TADM: Or...Nessie is right, whatever takes your fancy.
Randall Breckenridge: like a freight train down a dirt road
Colwyn O'Reilly: so, about these channels doc...
Dr. Franz Eichmann: The channels? Oh, hmm...
John (Randall Breckenridge): I was born yesterday...
Colwyn O'Reilly pours some water on the top of the skull so it runs down the channels
Tyran Drenski resumes staring at the jungle awaiting the giant dangeruos monster due to show
Dhu (Dugan ): if the tv show was 66-69, then the pilot must have been written during the right time period ... therefore, before the military, my cousin was a copywrite in the movie studio and I was visiting him one day and I accidently saw.....
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Explosive skulls?
Dhu (Dugan ): what next? urinate on the pile of skulls?
Tyran Drenski needs a SMACK the medic check
As people are looking at the strange skulls, Colwyn decides to pour some water on one to see what happens.
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): go for it dhu
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Drum roll
Asher (Colwyn O'Reilly): the FNG medic will be named Ded Bob
John (Randall Breckenridge): In 1964, Roddenberry secured a three-year development deal with leading independent TV-production company Desilu (founded by comedy stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.) In Roddenberry's original concept, the protagonist was Captain Robert April of the S.S. Yorktown. This character became Captain Christopher Pike. The first pilot episode, "The Cage", was made in 1964.
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): are we going to get syphillus?
TADM: HELP! The Train just hit a sand trap in a golf course!
Dhu (Dugan ): So i can talk about Star Trek ... and my cousin and I were on the set!
GM: Notice checks please. (And if you get above a 4 on the Notice check, I need a Guts check also.)
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): We are going to work this up and all that will happen is the Doc gets an MI (heart attack) and we can go home..
Colwyn O'Reilly: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Colwyn O'Reilly: Guts [1d6 = 17]
John (Randall Breckenridge): powie!
TADM: Nice guts check.
Dugan : Notice [1d6 = 7]
Tyran Drenski: Notice [1d6 = 3]
Dugan : Guts [1d4 = 3]
Randall Breckenridge: Notice {+2 Alertness} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+2 = 5]
Randall Breckenridge: Guts [1d6 = 5]
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): Tyran is being a look out...ya that's why he's rolling badly...ya
Well, Tyran doesn't notice anything at all when Colwyn pours water on the skull.
Everyone else is relatively certain they see steam rising from the skull until the water has evaporated entirely.
[w] Dugan : you sure i can't lock pick the skull and delve its innermost secrets?
[w] -> Dugan : If you did, it would be time to create a new character already.
Dugan : Is the skull warm? I thought that was steam
This sight is a bit disconcerting, although Colwyn is sure it is just a trick of light.
Dugan : Is the ground hot down in that hole?
Dugan : you'd think it would be boiling hot
Lastly, everyone except Tyran hears a whispering voice on the wind, the only word you can understand is "Iskalachampa."
Dhu (Dugan ): Am i this smart? doubt it
Colwyn O'Reilly: huh? doctor? you say something?
Randall Breckenridge: Ah don't know whether to poop or go blind, so ahm gonna close one eye an fart
Dhu (Dugan ): lqtm
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Oh, I was just speculating that this must have been post-mortem. Perhaps part of some burial ritual.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: I will agree with the Marine. Perhaps it is best not to disturb these souls.
Tyran Drenski: Steam?? what?
The doctor taps the skull with his finger.
Tyran Drenski: What are you hearing?
Dugan : I say we piss em off and see what they say then
Dugan : they are freakin me out
Dr. Franz Eichmann: No, the skull is not warm at all. Neither is the hole.
Tyran Drenski: Who? what ? Is some going to explain why you all are nuts?
Colwyn O'Reilly picks up the skull
Randall Breckenridge: evry hair on my body's standing straight out.
Dugan : How many skulls are down there?
Tyran Drenski: Can no one hear me?
Dugan : Ooo... I know ... lets pick a different skull and see if it says something else!
Dugan's quick estimate is about 40. They make a nice floor that everyone was standing on.
Colwyn O'Reilly: must be some weird trick of the wind, what with that chill in this area
Dugan grabs a different skull, sets it on the ground, away from the others
Tyran Drenski: colwyn what did you do to that skull/
Randall Breckenridge Ah ain't watchin no more. (Leaves hole, goes to Tyran)
Colwyn O'Reilly: i moistened it
Dugan : how much water was that?
Tyran Drenski goes back to being a guard since he has no idea what is happening and no one is making sense
Colwyn O'Reilly: a splash?
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Hmm...well, for now I think we should head back to the bunker. I have some things I need to think about.
Tyran Drenski: you soaked the skull....??? (whispers stupid)
Dugan splashes this new skull with some water from his canteen
Dr. Franz Eichmann: And being in this spot is only distracting.
Randall Breckenridge: Tyran, there's somethin very funny strange bout them skulls
Dugan : Ok ... so I dumped the whole canteen .. so what?
Tyran Drenski: like what Randall?
Dugan : ya think?
Colwyn O'Reilly: why don't you carry this one back with you doctor... you know, maybe sketch the channels out in your notebook?
Dugan : Do they make a pattern?
Randall Breckenridge: when he put water on it, a mist rose up, an ah swear I heard a voice saying somethin.
Dugan : This one's ugly, I'll call him Fred and carry him around with me as my good luck charm
Tyran Drenski: hamlet you are weird...(looks at colwyn)
Colwyn O'Reilly: yeah, kinda
As soon as Dugan starts pouring water on the skull, steam starts to rise from it and the wind picks up again. Again, you hear a whispering voice, but cannot make out any words.
Dugan : aww man... I got a dud
Colwyn O'Reilly: tyran, you say something?
[w] Tyran Drenski: does Tyran miss out again?
[w] -> Tyran Drenski: You can make a notice check to see if you spot it.
Tyran Drenski: Notice [1d6 = 4]
[w] Tyran Drenski: now?
[w] -> Tyran Drenski: And a Guts check
Randall Breckenridge: Ah think Dugan mabee lost his marbles...
Tyran Drenski: Guts [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 3]
[w] Tyran Drenski: I sucks
[w] -> Tyran Drenski: Now would be a great time to use a Benny.
Dugan : I hear that happens a lot out here
[w] Tyran Drenski: trying to but won't let me
Tyran Drenski: Guts [1d6 = 3]
Tyran Drenski is using a benny
[w] Tyran Drenski: am i going to die?
[w] -> Tyran Drenski: No, just go slightly more insane.
[w] Tyran Drenski: I'm rolling shitty tonight should i do it again??
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Enough playing soldiers. I do not think these people will appreciate your antics.
Dugan : what people doc?
[w] -> Tyran Drenski: Sure, you can reroll again. Don't worry about the benny, we are almost done.
Tyran Drenski is using a benny
Dugan : i don't see anyone here but a pile of skulls and my friend Fred
Dr. Franz Eichmann: The people buried here.
Tyran Drenski looks around for danger
Tyran Drenski: Notice [1d6 = 11]
Dugan grabs his shovel, knife, and Fred
Nessie (Tyran Drenski): about F%^$$ time
Dr. Franz Eichmann: You do not want to take that skull with you.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: Put it down. NOW.
Dugan : He's lonely
Colwyn O'Reilly: i didn't say he should take it, i said *you
Colwyn O'Reilly: * shoud take it... for research
Tyran Drenski: Kill the medic
Dr. Franz Eichmann: We will be here for a week, I think it is fine where it is for now. I doubt these people will leave on their own.
Dr. Franz Eichmann: But if you want to keep fiddling with things, by all means, stay here.
Dugan kneels down next to the hole and puts Fred into his webbing when Doc isn't looking
Randall Breckenridge: Ahm leavin
With that, Doctor Eichmann walks away.
Dugan heads back to camp
Dugan with Fred
Colwyn O'Reilly: he has a point dugan, maybe fred would like to have time to say bye to his friends
Tyran Drenski: I'm going back for some weird reason i feel like running in one direction screaming
Tyran Drenski goes quickly back to the bunker
Upon arrival at the bunker, you find it exactly as you left it. The rest of the squad is there, looking VERY bored.
Randall Breckenridge: Yall might not hav to do any digging, leastaways...
TADM: And that makes for a good stopping point. XP is issued and Bennies are reset.
Colwyn O'Reilly: awesome sauce
Tyran Drenski: sorry for the bad typing and rolls tonight I forgot to eat my wheaties
Campaign saved.