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Savage Worlds Ruleset for Fantasy Grounds II
(c) 2009 Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
GM: Since a week of game time passes between last session and this one, a few other things happen along the way that the party might be interested in knowing about.
[w] Zach Dallas: I'd like to know about what happened with our Doctor sponsor recently
Day 1: Last day of the Kansas Scientific Symposium. At the end of the day most of the "New Science" inventors have left town.
Also, H.K. Dial is posthumously awarded the Grand Prize by the Hellstromme Industry representatives.
Day 2: Sylvester Tate and Elijah Bailey leave on a Union Blue train for Fort 51. Elijah thanks you for your valuable service and tells you to come visit him and he will undoubtedly have work for you.
Zach Dallas: gives gracious thanks
Uriel Iscariot: "May you not lose sight of the Lord out there"
[w] Zach Dallas: I have my safety-zone picked out. If I get a competant bounty hunter on my tail, I've got a good hideaway spot
Day 3: The two outlaws you brought in are found dead in their jail cell. A thorough search of the cell and the corpses reveals a series of five nickel-sized burn marks on their chest. The forensic science of the day indicates they died of heart failure.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: And no, you get nothing useful from them if you "hunch."
[w] Zach Dallas: FFFF--
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Huh.....interesting.....
[w] -> Zach Dallas: I was expecting that question. That which killed them is "hunch-proof."
[w] Zach Dallas: can I hunch the jail-cell?
[w] Zach Dallas: also, who was supposed to be keeping an eye on them?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Yes. You see lots of different people jailed in here at different times, but nothing specific.
[w] Zach Dallas: huh, I didn't think the first one would even work
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Nick has been raptured away....
Sheriff Degar asks the deputy who found them, it seems he was checking on them every fifteen minutes as instructed. He checked on them at 2345 and they were okay. When he checked back at the stroke of midnight they were dead.
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm going to try hunching that sucker under the guise of a game of Solitaire while we talk
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): I will IM nick all of this information. Yum, delicious Copy Pasta
[w] -> Zach Dallas: The deputy? What you see completely corroborates his story. He checked them at 11:45 PM, went back to the front of the sheriff's office, polished his gun, the clock struck midnight, he went back to look, they were dead. There was no noise or disturbance.
[w] Zach Dallas: damn, I was hoping for a Wolf-like moment, where his memory was just modified.
'Nick' connected
Day 4: A new family of settlers, the Hoveys, was found slaughtered at the farm they had just purchased. Bat Masterson is investigating, but it looks like they were killed by some sort of new-fangled scientific device.
TADM: Anyone remember the Hovey family?
[w] Zach Dallas: aw dammit
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): NOOOOO!!!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
TADM: Yeah, they all died too. Some bastard killed all of them.
[w] Zach Dallas: Hunching those corpses. I want to see the guilty party. This might take a few days.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Well, if you had to guess, you'd say they were all killed by Conrad Judson. Or if not him, someone who had his gun.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Alas, poor patton riddle. =)
[w] Zach Dallas: does Hunch get anything useful?
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm assuming I get about 2 per day
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Well, from the shadow cast by the person firing the gun and the hunch, it sure looks like Conrad Judson. Since he was short and chubby. You do not get a good look at the culprit though.
[w] Zach Dallas: Can I track him down?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: He got on a Black River train headed east. His ticket was for Memphis.
[w] Zach Dallas: grrrr
'Nick' connected
Day 5: The Union Blue barricades around Boot Hill are taken down. They claim to be done with their investigation and let people get back into the cemetery normally. If you head there, the entire place looks burned and blasted, but all traces of the battle and the strange corpses is gone.
'Nick' disconnected
'Nick' connected
[w] -> Zach Dallas: If you talk nicely to one of the Black River employees, you find out that Conrad Judson left the day after the Symposium. Which was a couple days before the Hoveys were murdered.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Evidently he won a contract with Black River for his gizmos.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): You've come back from the dead nick! Hi there =)
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Okay, let's see how well this f'ing works w/o Vent
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm still suspicious, and I think if we stop by there or see him again I'm going to have to do some thorough "interogation"
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): b/c I think Vent is what was screwing things up, b/c it kept booting me when all I had on was AIM and Vent
Day 6: A gunfight breaks out on the outskirts of town between some Union partisans and Confederate partisans. By the time the lead stops flying 14 people are dead. Although it should be noted that they did not enter Dodge City limits.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): There was a firefight!
TADM: Wouldn't be the first time I've seen Vent jack things up.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: What was the response to my earlier question?
Day 7: Bat Masterson and several deputies show up in town, with half a dozen dead outlaws tied to horses. The citizenry rejoices.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Sorry, I missed it. Ask again please.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Has my Wound healed yet, and did I get my weapons yet?
Day 8: (Now) Reverend Stanton and Uriel Iscariot finish sanctifying the graveyard with their ritual.
TADM: This is where Dave gets to make a roll.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Yes to both.
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 2]
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Also, I added the New Power Edge to account for where I got Enviro from
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 5]
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Okay, thanks.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): more explicitly, +2/-2, so 5, but...
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Mind adding the two guns to my sheet? I don't have the book atm, or the Deadlands ones, to get stats from
The ground is purified and declared safe from harmful influences.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: It was a barrel-shotgun right?
Uriel Iscariot: Whew.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Revolver shotgun, I thought. And a regular rifle
TADM: Just a sec, taking care of something for Nick.
[w] Dr. MacVellian -> Uriel Iscariot: So, did I miss much?
[w] Uriel Iscariot -> Dr. MacVellian: want me to aim or email you the missing content?
Uriel Iscariot: Lights a cigar
Uriel Iscariot: Kn Bible [1d6 = 5]
Uriel Iscariot: "the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever."
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: You get a +2 to all shooting rolls with the shotgun. It does 3d6 at short range, 2d6 at medium range, 1d6 at long range.
[w] Dr. MacVellian -> Uriel Iscariot: Either works. Whichever's easier for you
Zach Dallas: Until zombies rise and kill us all
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Okay. Got it in my notes. I already subtracted $70 for the guns
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Done. Was about to remind you about the cash, but nvm. :)
Zach Dallas is in a bar when he is approached by a surly looking man who walks up and cuffs him on the ear.
Zach Dallas: What a friendly greeting
Irate Man: Boy, you been talkin' a lot. More than you need to. So I'm thinkin' you need to die.
Zach Dallas: *sigh*
Irate Man: You want to bleed here, or you got the guts to face me like a man?
[w] Dr. MacVellian: What did I buy for my first level-up? I forgot
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: No idea, but I think it was a stat boost.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: That's right. Raised my Spirit. Thx. Machine ready to go? (Still haven't come up with a cool name for it yet) :(
Zach Dallas: Persuasion [1d6 = 4]
Irate Man: I ain't got all day boy. You comin' outside or you gonna die here?
Zach Dallas: to talk him out of killing me and instead getting a drink, on me
GM: Zach gets the feeling this man was not persuaded.
Zach Dallas: Ah, man, and I was having a pretty good day
Irate Man: Bein' a coward is typical fer ya. I'm asking you to die like a man.
Zach Dallas: I suppose we'd better not mess up the interior
Zach Dallas: I'm not familiar with Dodge City's laws. How legal will my death be?
Zach Dallas: gets up
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Yep, MacVellian is putting the finishing touches on it now.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): High noon! high noon!
Irate Man: Well, as I see it, we have an honest dispute about your yellow-bellied nature. So you meet me outside of town, where we have guns all legal-like, then I shoot you.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): pew pew!
It is about 1150. Noon is in ten minutes.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Yay!
Zach Dallas: sizing the guy up
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 2]
Zach Dallas: And where are you thinking?
He looks like the kind of man who could easily outgun everyone in Dodge! In fact, lightning probably flies out of his arse to kill the English!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): sounds like my kind of guy
'Nick' disconnected
'Nick' connected
Irate Man: Well, seeing as how you are all coward-like, I figure a few of my friends and I will take you out by the cemetery. Then your carcass won't have that far to go.
Zach Dallas: And when, of course
Irate Man: Right now snot-nosed puke.
Zach Dallas: A few of your friends? You need more than one person to take out a yellow-belly?
Zach Dallas: Taunt {--2 Untrained:Mike} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 13]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): WILDCARD advantage Club. join -*Today*-
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Okay, only thing running right now is Grounds. And I already restarted. If it goes out again, I have no clue what's wrong
He cuffs you on the ear again.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): dodge
Zach Dallas: Agility [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 4]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): nope
Irate Man: Don't go being a Northerner prick. I was bringin' them to carry your coffin. But if that's how you want it, I can lug your scrawny little corpse over there myself.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Thugs, Pugs, Mugs, killers, rapers, murderers, desperatos....
TADM: It's Blazing Saddles!
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Desperados
Irate Man: So you comin' with me? Or you dyin' here?
Zach Dallas: I'd hate to mess up the good barkeep's store
Barkeep: Thanks.
Zach Dallas: Mind if I grab a priest for last rites?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Cheater!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): teehee
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Kazemi has asked you for a party invite [accept/decline]
Uriel Iscariot: Accept
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Uriel Iscariot has joined your game. Diablo's minions have become stronger
Irate Man: Sure. Get him ahead of time. See you in ten minutes. Or I tell the world how much of a no-good lousy coward you are, Zach Dallas.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): /players8
'Nick' disconnected
The man walks out of the bar and towards Boot Hill.
Zach Dallas: Sure thing. What's your name, by the way?
He appears to be ignoring you.
[w] Zach Dallas: hunching as he leaves my side
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [1d8 = 10]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): OH SUCCESS
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm paranoid about other motivations
[w] Zach Dallas: given that I wasn't being particularly whiney recently
[w] -> Zach Dallas: You see him spending all morning practicing his quick draw.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: And evidently yesterday also....
Zach Dallas: fetches Uriel
Zach Dallas: I might need a medic, if you will
Uriel Iscariot: Blessings be Upon you.....I say to you, what manner of violence are you asking me to participate in?
TADM: The best kind!
Uriel Iscariot: You think the Lord would stand idly by and let such blasphemy stand?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): :3
Zach Dallas: None for you
Uriel Iscariot: All are brothers in the Lord. Do not forget that. (comes along)
Zach Dallas: I got challenged by a duel by some idiot said he was irate
Zach Dallas: clearly making up words
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): POSESSED BY WEBSTER (Edge) 10pts.
TADM: LOL
GM: Okay, so do you head over to Boot Hill to meet up with this guy?
Uriel Iscariot: Yep
'Nick' connected
You arrive at Boot Hill. A small crowd on onlookers has gathered.
The man is standing there, with his back to the sun, watching your approach.
Zach Dallas: I take a positon just to the North of him
He nods and turns to face you, so that neither of you have the advantage of the sun.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): That was a restart on my part. Hadn't received messages for like 5 min, but FG was still running fine
Irate Man: Well now, I guess you ain't all coward-like.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'm in a duel!
Zach Dallas: I'm not sure what gave you that opinion...
Irate Man: Ready to die?
Zach Dallas: Ready to have your gun shot out of your hand?
TADM: Is anyone at the duel going to make a NOTICE check?
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 11]
TADM: Thank you,
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): no prob
The man does not seem any more remarkable than anyone else you have seen wandering around Dodge the last couple days.
Uriel Iscariot: [Detect Arcana]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [1d6 = 5]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): ME TOO
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): YES! Streak of 2!
[w] Dr. MacVellian -> Zach Dallas: Good luck, even if I seem to be lagging a bit behind
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): I'm so proud!
Zach Dallas: Let's start
Zach Dallas: Taunt
The crowd is a bit more interesting. There are five random cowhands, three guys in Union uniforms, a few guys in Black River vests, two "soiled doves," and one woman dressed all in black with a veil over her face.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: The woman in the veil is "Madame Witch."
[w] Uriel Iscariot: GM right before anyting happens, can I use barrier to "time out" those two? :3
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm looking forward to getting a Hunch off on her
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Possibly.
He trash talks you (taunt)
Zach Dallas: Taunt {--2 Untrained:Mike} [Critical failure!] [1d4-2 = -1]
Irate Man: [1d8 = 7]
Zach Dallas is using a benny
Zach Dallas: Taunt {--2 Untrained:Mike} [1d4-2 = 0]
GM: Okay, so he is definitely better at trash talking than you are.
Zach Dallas is using a benny
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): redraw the three
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Big Spender.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Yeah, I agree
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Even with me here, you BOTH still manage to use all your bennies lol
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): I've still got some bennies. :'3
TADM: Mike is checking on his hosed nature.
Zach Dallas: DRAW
[w] Uriel Iscariot: GM should/can I roll now for trying to barrier?
Zach Dallas: Shooting [1d6-2 = 1]
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Yes.
Zach Dallas is using a benny
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Shooting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6-2 = 2]
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Man, it's not Mike's night, is it?
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 3]
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Persuasion [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 2]
GM: [1d8 = 5]
Well, both men draw, the witnesses are quite certain that Zach drew first, meaning the other man was fighting in self-defense.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): The lord has seen my plight! I didn't get MORE natural ones by using more bennies. Its a sign!
Then both men manage to impressively miss each other.
Zach Dallas: Well, this is embarassing
TADM: Hmm..I should check the innocent bystander rules...
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Ooh does anyone have bullet magnet?
Irate Man: Why you!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Each round of a Duel == one round of combat? I.E. everyone else gets an action too?
The man brings his other hand over to fan the hammer and spray bullets at you. Then he pitches backward, drops to the ground, and starts gurgling.
TADM: Yes.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): am I hit?
TADM: Nope.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): WOOHOO!
Zach Dallas: Oi, is he alright?
Uriel Iscariot: Runs over..
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [Wounds]
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
[w] Zach Dallas: on Madame Witch
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Townsfolk: Wow, now what you figured killed him? Sure wasn't that tinhorns gun.
Townsfolk: I don't rightly know.
Zach Dallas: Hm.
The man is dead. It looks like he was shot in the chest.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Anything for me to do while Mike attempts assisted suicide?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: She is standing there. You swear she is smiling.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Yes, a couple townsfolk come in and tell you that a friend of yours was challenged to a gun duel over by Boot Hill. You can show up anytime you want.
The veiled woman walks over to Zach Dallas.
Veiled Woman: Nicely done Mister Dallas. My card.
Uriel Iscariot: Nooooo!!!! This is all my fault!
She hands you a business card. It smells of lilacs.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Did either Mike or Tack ever come to visit me in my shop while I was working?
Uriel Iscariot: Is distraugt. The Lord did not save a random pug.
[w] Zach Dallas: setting my cards so they can fall when I wiggle right. I'm planning on getting a Hunch off and dropping the cards as the trigger. Then, while picking them up I can get the glimpse
Townsfolk: Well, this was disappointing, someone get the chinaman. Guess we're back to work.
The crowd disperses.
Zach Dallas: Thanks ma'am, but I don't think I really did anything there
Zach Dallas: takes card
Zach Dallas: playing cards fall out
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 8]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): HILARITY ENSUES
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Yes, who do you think brought you food?
Zach Dallas: ARGH MY POCKET
[w] Dr. MacVellian: There was food? Oh, okay. Guess I'll head over there, if I'm just about done
Zach Dallas: *mutter*blastedknivescuttingthreadsthroughthestupidthingIneedanewone*mutter*
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Makes sure to lock up the place first
Veiled Woman: You should have a tailor check that.
Uriel Iscariot: Gets to work on the unofortunate pug...
A man walking by stops and looks at the cards that just fell.
Zach Dallas: drops to pick up cards
Townsfolk: Hey! How come you have all those Queen of Spades in your deck? I think you are cheating!
Veiled Woman: Oh dear. Indeed, why you seem to have a deck made entirely of the Queen of Spades card. I recommend you get a new one.
Zach Dallas: That's rather aggravating
Dr. MacVellian: wanders up to Uriel
Dr. MacVellian: So, did I miss anything?
Uriel Iscariot: Blessings light your day Dr. MacVellian.
Zach Dallas: A card for you, madam
Zach Dallas: I've got 53 left to unload, apparently
Veiled Woman: Well, I must be going Mister Dallas. But I think I should very much enjoy a game of poker against you later this evening.
Uriel Iscariot: No, you misseth nothing, excepth Zach acting like a mere child....
Dr. MacVellian: checks for any indication he prepared explosive runes on it
The woman walks away.
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 11]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'm going to be dead within a week...
Zach Dallas: Only fools grow up
Dr. MacVellian: Nothing new there
Within five minutes, except for the arrival of the chinese undertaker, no one is in the area.
Zach Dallas: Hm.
The undertaker has the body loaded in a cart and heads back to the morgue.
Zach Dallas: checks' wound
Uriel Iscariot: Punch [Zach]
Uriel Iscariot: Fighting [1d6 = 9]
'Nick' disconnected
GM: Unless someone stops him.
Zach Dallas: Persuasion [1d4 = 5]
Zach Dallas: DON'T DO IT
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Just a love tap man!
Uriel Iscariot: *smack* Don't be throwin round that ego of yours! There was a better way to end that Zach
Zach Dallas: I missed
Uriel Iscariot: ....???
Zach Dallas: I was aiming for the gun
Uriel Iscariot: What happened?
Zach Dallas: neither one of us hit
Zach Dallas: I don't know what got him
Zach Dallas: but I bet it was wearing black
Uriel Iscariot: 0.0
'Nick' connected
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): and turned an entire deck of cards into queens of spades...
Uriel Iscariot: Kn Bible [1d6 = 7]
Uriel Iscariot: If a man hath committed a sin in his mind, then it is as if he had already committeth it
TADM: Well, you managed to stay connected pretty long there Nick.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): I do apologize for this. No clue what's wrong with the f'ing thing
Uriel Iscariot: ....you WERE in a duel to the death there Zach....even if there was indeed some unscrouplous interference....
TADM: And Mike is done trying to die, so we can get this ball rolling now.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Yeah, I know. Wish I just could have made it last
Zach Dallas: I was hoping to just disarm the fellow
Zach Dallas: you know, do something harder than killing
Wyatt Earp walks up.
Zach Dallas: prove that I spared him
Zach Dallas: fun stuff like that
Zach Dallas: instead I lose a deck of cards
Wyatt Earp: Well, I expected the two of you be stuck in a gun fight. Call it a Hunch.
Zach Dallas: Card, Wyatt?
He looks at your deck.
Wyatt Earp: That is a strange deck of cards, any particular reason you stock up on the Queen of Spades?
Wyatt Earp: Oh, Doctor MacVellian, good to see you out of that warehouse and breathing fresh air again.
Zach Dallas: Courtesy of the Madame
Zach Dallas: I had a hunch earlier and these proved to be useful
Dr. MacVellian: Well, I'm finally finished, so I figured I better check on the others
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Note that you have a new....effect...on your character sheet.
Wyatt Earp: Well, good to see you out in the world again.
He tips his hat to you.
Then looks back at Zach Dallas.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: What the hell? Where'd that come from?!? Plus, isn't he dead?
Zach Dallas: sleave's the queens
Wyatt Earp: A hunch eh? My friend Doc tells me he has hunches on a regular basis, but I've never seen him use a pile of Queen of Spades for one.
Zach Dallas: opens up a new pack
Zach Dallas: shuffles
Zach Dallas: Believe me, it wasn't in the plan
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: No he is not, and clearly he is trying to thwart your plans!
Zach Dallas: Strong kharma can have its side effects
[w] Dr. MacVellian: It's from working around all that ghost rock for so long, isn't it?
Uriel Iscariot: ....Kharma? What manner of devilry are you UP to MISTER Zach?
Wyatt Earp: Well, anyway, as the duel took place outside Dodge City limits, I cannot arrest you, so we will assume appropriate justice was served here.
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Yep.
Zach Dallas: Actually, I missed
Zach Dallas: I'm not sure what got him, but it sure as hell wasn't me
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Knew I should have made a suit to protect me from the effects BEFORE i made a machine to use it
Wyatt Earp: Hmm...well, I'd say you have a friend then. Best find out who it is.
Dr. MacVellian: So, who want's to see what I've been up to for a week?
Uriel Iscariot: Sure, go ahead. =)
Zach Dallas: Uh
Dr. MacVellian: I thought you were against such "infernal" devices, preacher
Uriel Iscariot: I am.
Zach Dallas: Mind if I examine it up close?
Uriel Iscariot: But I'm not too keen on Mr. Zach's activities either.
[w] Zach Dallas -> Uriel Iscariot: I think I can break it for you if you me to take a shot
Dr. MacVellian: Define "close"
Zach Dallas: Holding it
Zach Dallas: with a screw driver
Zach Dallas: and a wrench
'Nick' disconnected
Zach Dallas: possibly involving dynamite
Wyatt Earp: Well, good day all, I'm back to my rounds.
Zach Dallas: Good luck, sir
Uriel Iscariot: Cya Wyatt. =)
TADM: Damn, we just lost Nick again.
'Nick' connected
TADM: Or not.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Looks like we did....
Uriel Iscariot: Zach, Would you mind if I looked at that Deck of yours?
Zach Dallas: Go for it
Zach Dallas: but I have plans for it
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): This is getting so old
As you are following Doctor MacVellian, a man wearing a Black River vest walks up to the group.
Dr. MacVellian: Can I help you?
Black River Employee: Excuse me sirs. I have been asked to give this letter to Mr. Zach Dallas.
He hands a letter to Zach Dallas. It smells of lilacs.
Zach Dallas: Why thank you. That'd be me
Uriel Iscariot: Detect Arcana[Letter]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 5]
Black River Employee: Good day sir.
[w] Zach Dallas: by the way, I want to check the card MW gave me
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Mr Corban Dallas? Did you win the sweepstakes again?!?
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: The letter, the business card from the Veiled Woman, and since you passed the check earlier and I forgot to mention in, the veiled woman herself, all have traces of magical residue on them. And not the Holy Grace of God version either.
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: The makes a preacher sick to his stomach version.
[w] Uriel Iscariot: GM Yummy
Dr. MacVellian: reaches the warehouse. checks to make sure no one has tampered with anything or broken in
Dr. MacVellian: Notice {+2 Alertness} [1d6+2 = 6]
[w] Zach Dallas: also, what's the letter say?
The warehouse has not been tampered with.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: It is an offer of employment. Contingent on a special interview with Ms. Cynthia Grey. Your signature on the bottom is also required.
Dr. MacVellian: dramatically pulls the tarp off the machine
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 8]
Zach Dallas: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 8]
TADM: Nice rolls.
Zach Dallas: why thank you
Doctor MacVellian unveils to you what looks like a suit of metal, painted black. It has a large mining drill bit on the left arm. The right arm is a normal looking hand. It looks like something Doctor MacVellian could climb into and operate from inside a cockpit.
TADM: She's built herself a mining 'mech!
Uriel Iscariot: (lulz)
The contraption stands about eight feet tall. Doctor MacVellian is beaming with pride at her accomplishment. You have to admit, for a week of work, it is really damn impressive looking.
Uriel Iscariot: ...I reckon you just saw something like this rip our employer's life asunder......Is this really what you want to be making, Dr. MacVellian?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): asshole
TADM: Wow, massive in-character uber-bash there Dave.
Dr. MacVellian: That was autonomous, and built for death and distraction
Zach Dallas: Guren Mk. II, I take it?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Yah, but its the character. If we all had one and prowled the west, it would rock
Dr. MacVellian: This is built to aid man, and will only be as evil as its user. Since it's one-of-a-kind, you have nothing to fear
Uriel Iscariot: Man does not live on bread alone, but from every word from the mouth of God!
Uriel Iscariot: These machines shall be the doom of us all!
Zach Dallas: Make sure other people can't use it
Dr. MacVellian: You know, machines were used to make that Bible in your hand
Zach Dallas: By the way, what did you name this....thing
TADM: Canister Vaccuum 3, Uriel Iscariot 0. Looks like there won't be clean floors in the church this week folks!
Uriel Iscariot: Facepalms
Dr. MacVellian: Um...I haven't come up with a name yet
Dr. MacVellian: :(
Uriel Iscariot: Miss MacVellian, How is it that you know for sure that my book was made on a press?
Zach Dallas: What sort of inventor are you?
TADM: I voted Uriel's Bane. But I guess that was rejected.
Uriel Iscariot: It is Sachiel of the fallen.
Uriel Iscariot: :3
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Ooooo! Can I have it say "Cast in the Name of God" on a screen inside when it starts? Lol
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: Sure. I'm good with that. :)
It is now about 1400.
Uriel Iscariot: Anyway, You two are horrible.
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Finally, something useful from watching "Big O"
Uriel Iscariot: Zach, your Lilac Friend is as evil as sin
[w] Zach Dallas: what's the card Madame Witch gave me say?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Ms. Cynthia Grey. Black River Procurement Specialist. Dodge City Office.
Zach Dallas: No deh
TADM: HEY! That's giving all sins a bad name! Lumping theft in with her makes theft look bad! Sheesh.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Nice.
Zach Dallas: Why do you think an entire deck of cards turned to the queen of spades?
Zach Dallas: "The queen of "Spades" indicates a wicked and cruel woman who is likely to betray the seeker."
Zach Dallas: She's also offering me employment but since I'm pretty sure she's responsible for those bandits and probably the Hovey's
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Does that mean if you made Bob Barker draw a card, they'd all turn into the King of Spades?
Uriel Iscariot: Okay then. Rationalized away like the Scribes and Pharisees of old.
Zach Dallas: King of spades indicates a troublesome person who could interfere in the seeker's personal life
Uriel Iscariot: What have you to say about the cacophony these machines have unleashed as of late, Dr. MacVellian?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): Watches as Mike masterfully misses the joke
Zach Dallas: anyway, I was thinking of taking Grey up on her offer to gather more information and hopefully get some proof but I'm hesitant to do so
Dr. MacVellian: too busy climbing into the cockpit to start it up to hear Uriel
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: When Zach says, "taking Grey up on her offer" the hackles on your neck stand up and it feels like your intestines just tied themselves in knots.
Zach Dallas: Care to see if there's anything magic about this letter, Uriel?
Uriel Iscariot: There is.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): that was one heck of a weak joke
Uriel Iscariot: It is as if it was delivered by a thrall of Azazel
[w] Zach Dallas: do I actually have to know Detect Arcana to cast it? Also, how many power points are required
Uriel Iscariot: ......And yet you consider coluding with these savages
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Yes and 2.
[w] Zach Dallas: I have neither
[w] Dr. MacVellian: Is Wyatt still with us?
[w] -> Dr. MacVellian: No, he wandered off.
'Nick' disconnected
Zach Dallas: And what would you have me do?
Uriel Iscariot: You doubt Wyatt?
Uriel Iscariot: Surely there are more legitimate ways to go about this
Zach Dallas: than gaining employment?
Zach Dallas: *sigh*
Uriel Iscariot: Such an action bleeds dishonesty
Zach Dallas: She's probably already had a hunch about this anyway
Uriel Iscariot: Innocence being the first casualty, your soul will be the next
Zach Dallas: So, basically we should just let her do her thing?
Uriel Iscariot: Of course not
'Nick' connected
Uriel Iscariot: But should you descend into such a nest of vipers. You may never breathe freely again. We should get a warrant. Some friends...
Uriel Iscariot: Why would you risk going in alone, and killing your name, and your soul?
TADM: He knows what she looks like in a cat suit and holding a whip. He is totally into that.
Zach Dallas: First off, we'll never get a warrent
Zach Dallas: Wyatt would've done so already if we could
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): ZOMFG TYPO HOLY SHIT
Uriel Iscariot: Care to make a wager of that, gambler?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): british spelling
Zach Dallas: Yes
Zach Dallas: Yes I would
'Nick' disconnected
Uriel Iscariot: Fifty dollars.
Zach Dallas: in order to get the warrant we'll have to have something on her
Zach Dallas: and she's not the only Madame Witch out there
Zach Dallas: that's just a general name for the position she's in
Uriel Iscariot: Every one we catch is a knife in the heart of satan
'Nick' connected
Zach Dallas: And since Satan has no heart, no matter how many knives we drive into it, he will remain unaffected
Uriel Iscariot: ....
Zach Dallas: Do you see any hearts here?
Uriel Iscariot: :lights a cigar:
Zach Dallas: fans out the Queens
Uriel Iscariot: Raise or Call, gambler boy.
Zach Dallas: I'll raise
Zach Dallas: $60
Uriel Iscariot: Call.
Zach Dallas: OI! Doc, what do you think?
Uriel Iscariot: I will be going to The Sheriff's office now. You two can have infernal show and tell for a while....
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): wow, i must have missed a lot. went from discussions about a warrant to gambling
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Yep.
[w] Zach Dallas: when does the letter call for the meeting?
'Nick' disconnected
[w] -> Zach Dallas: 1900 tonight, so in 5 hours of game time. The Red Lady saloon.
TADM: I'm starting to feel bad for Nick. I wonder if he has tried a network cable?
GM: Anyway, so what's the plan? Uriel is going to the Sheriff's Office?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Yep.
GM: What is Zach up to?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I suppose I'll follow
GM: Got it.
Doctor MacVellian's machine smokes and hisses. She mutters, "rats!" She turns it off and resumes work on it.
Uriel Iscariot: Zach, I didn't catch the name of that veiled woman. Would you have it?
Uriel and Zach arrive at Sheriff Degar's office. Neither the Sheriff nor Wyatt are around, the deputy there tells you they are over at the Marshal's office speaking with Bat Masterson.
Zach Dallas: Cynthia Grey
Uriel Iscariot: Thank ya kindy.
'Nick' connected
[w] Zach Dallas: she's definitely the one who hired the bandits to the north, right?
'Nick' disconnected
Uriel Iscariot: Deputy.....What does a man do 'round these parts to get a warrant?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Based on your hunches, yes.
Deputy: Well, I reckon first a crime'll have to been committed.
Zach Dallas: I think we should visit Bat Masterson
Deputy: Then the Sheriff or Wyatt decides that it is warrantable based on ev-uh-dunce, then they issue a warrant to arrest the person. So I cannae help you.
Uriel Iscariot: Thanks for your time. May light be thy guide.
Deputy: Thank ye preacher.
TADM: Completely random factoid - after Bat Masterson left law enforcement, what did he do for a living?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Dunno.
TADM: He was a sports writer for a news paper in New York City.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): NEW YORK CITY!!!? :3
TADM: :)
GM: Okay, so do you head over to Bat Masterson's office?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): yep.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): yup
'Nick' connected
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Nick, have you tried a physical connection?
The Marshal's office is on the other side of town. You arrive there to find a pssoe of people gathered around. Degar, Masterson, and Wyatt are inside.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): I'm going to have a lot of reading to do before next week
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 5]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): a what of people?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): To a modem upstairs? Yeah, I'll pass
TADM: Hmm...perhaps I meant "posse" or perhaps I meant "passle" I guess the world will never know.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): OH
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): My sis says it's not a "new" router, but i know it's different from the last one we had. So, I know that's the problem.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Routers are emotional creatures....
TADM: Have you tried talking nice to it? Or perhaps buying it flowers? You can put them in a vase on top of it.
Wyatt Earp: Gentlemen. What brings you here?
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): I'll pass, thanks
Uriel Iscariot: Greetings Wyatt.
Nick (Dr. MacVellian): I assume I've been left behind
Uriel Iscariot: I do believe there is a person you may want to secure for questioning, and we come seeking a warrant
Zach Dallas: Good afternoon
Wyatt Earp: Uriel Iscariot, Zach Dallas, I'd like to introduce you to the Marshal of Ford County, Bat Masterson.
Zach Dallas: remove hat
TADM: Yes, but you can show up any time you would like.
Zach Dallas: A pleasure to meet you, sir
Uriel Iscariot: removes hat.
'Nick' disconnected
Bat Masterson: Likewise. I hear that Preacher Iscariot helped Reverend Stanton ensure the safety of the private cemetery near here. You have my thanks.
Sheriff Degar: So who do you want to issue a warrant for?
Sheriff Degar: And what crime or justification is there?
Bat Masterson leans forward, listening intently.
Uriel Iscariot: Cynthia Grey. For Questioning and possible connection to several crimes
Zach Dallas: *sigh*
Sheriff Degar: I see.
Zach Dallas: hands the card
TADM: (to who?)
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I'll hand it to Bat
Zach Dallas: We've got nothing solid
Bat Masterson: Ah yes, the woman with the lilac scented cards.
Zach Dallas: Yeah
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Anickmorph: tell brad i'm sorry, but i'm out for the night. this is pissing me off WAY too much, and it's only interferring with the game
Zach Dallas: I've got a hunch that she's something to do with the bandits around Dodge City
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): =***(
Zach Dallas: or at least some of them
TADM: Grr. Okay.
Uriel Iscariot: Really want it as more of a, shall we say, precaution, incase we need a little more uph to get some answers
Bat Masterson: Well, telling me that Ms. Grey has something to do with the bandits in the area is nothing new. Unfortunately, there is nothing related to that I can arrest her on. Trust me, I have tried.
Zach Dallas: Told ya, Priest
Uriel Iscariot: Dab-nabbit!
Zach Dallas: She's invited me in for an interview, actually
Zach Dallas: after that wierd duel earlier
Uriel Iscariot: *Hands over 60$. Subtracts 60USD from inventory*
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): OH SCORE
Bat Masterson: I do not have any conclusive proof that she has been hiring them, and when I question her on it, her answers and alibis are solid. She knows the law very well.
Sheriff Degar: I agree with Bat. There is something not right about that woman, but I cannot find any law she has broken.
Uriel Iscariot: Kn Bible [1d6 = 2]
Wyatt Earp: I don't suppose anyone here has seen her carrying a derringer or other firearm? That would give us a pretext.
Sheriff Degar: She carries knives. Which are not illegal.
Zach Dallas: Have you seen her use them?
Uriel Iscariot: "Split your lungs with blood and thunder! When you see the white whale, break you backs and crack your oars men!"
Sheriff Degar: Plus, she's part of the woman's voting league and temperance movement. She is quite the political activist.
Uriel Iscariot: :looks puzzled:
Wyatt Earp: Err...Uriel, you okay?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Is that from Mobey Dick?
Uriel Iscariot: Where did that come from....Yah...Sorry.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Yep.
Sheriff Degar: Me? No, I have never seen her use her knives.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): The blooper reel has....interesting things on it
Wyatt Earp: Hmm..Sheriff. What do you think about this idea? Make Zach a deputy and let him go to the interview. He can arrest her if he sees her breaking any laws.
Zach Dallas: Well, it's worth a shot
Sheriff Degar: I guess that would work.
Uriel Iscariot: *grumble* much better than this kid's first plan *grumble*
[w] Uriel Iscariot -> Zach Dallas: We should donate 50% XP to Nick as a gesture of goodwill
Uriel Iscariot: Well.....I'd hate to have Zach go into that nest of vipers alone. Any chance I could get some legal cover?
Sheriff Degar: Well, I think that's a fair plan.
Wyatt Earp: I'll swing by for a drink later also. What saloon was it?
Sheriff Degar deputizes both of you.
Uriel Iscariot: Why thank you!
Zach Dallas: looks at the card
Wyatt Earp: I'll stop by there for a drink about fifteen minutes before you show up for your interview, maybe sit down for a game of Faro or two.
Bat Masterson: The three of you be careful. Ms Grey is popular and liked by the women of this town. But there is something downright...wrong...with her. My gut tells me so.
Sheriff Degar: I think that goes without saying Bat.
GM: Okay, any requests before you get to the Red Lady Saloon?
Uriel Iscariot: Detect Arcana[Desk/Office/etc]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 7]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I would like to get more cards
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! MIRACLES GET IN FOR JUST FIVE BUCKS!
GM: Wyatt's gun and Badge are magical. So is most of Bat's gear. Nothing on Sheriff Degar is magical.
GM: You buy a deck of cards.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): 3 please
GM: Okay, 3 decks of cards. Planning on making lots of Queen of Spades?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): all out to the Lady Saloon
The Red Lady Saloon is a nice two story building near the railroad tracks. You have heard that it is sort of "neutral" ground, in that Union, Confederate, Black River, and sometimes even Hellstromme people gather there.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): "Shitstorm"
It is a pretty noisy place, but upon entry you notice a few things are missing. There is not a single dancing girl here, there is a piano player in the corner. Also, the waitstaff is modestly dressed.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Tucks his collar in, and puts fedora on.
Uriel Iscariot: It's workin time, Zach
Zach Dallas: meh
Zach Dallas: glances around
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 7]
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 7]
Dozens of people are playing cards at various tables and drinking. Since this is by the railroad station, it is not within the limit of Dodge City's gun laws - BUT - there is a gun check at the door. The "bouncers" here have the look of veteran gunfighters who know how to break heads.
Uriel Iscariot: Faith is my shield. Here, all yours. (hands over)
In one corner, at a large round table that seats eight, you see Ms. Cynthia Grey sitting there. She is currently playing cards with six men. The chair next to her is empty.
Also, there is no mirror behind the bar. The picture behind the bar is also a tasteful pastoral scene, not the usual nude woman picture.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Amusing place
Uriel Iscariot: Detect Arcana[Empty Chair]
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 2]
About fifteen minutes before the "interview" is supposed to start, Wyatt walks in and heads over to the bar.
Uriel Iscariot: Not Re-rolling that.
GM: Do you walk over to the open chair where Cynthia is playing cards?
Uriel Iscariot: Zach, .....you are called.
Uriel Iscariot: I will never be far from you.
Uriel Iscariot: (to the bar)
Wyatt seems to be studiously ignoring Zach and Uriel. Although you suspect otherwise.
Bartender: What can I get for you sir?
Uriel Iscariot: Straight Shot of Jim Beam
Uriel Iscariot: Black Label please. =)
Bartender: Right away.
He pours you a shot of the requested drink.
Uriel Iscariot: Than'ya! (tips 20c)
Bartender: Just come in off a train, or you been in Dodge for a while?
Uriel Iscariot: Bout a 'week. Glad to be off them trains though
Bartender: I quite agree. Noisy dangerous contraptions if you ask me. Although I do like all the different folks who come in here. Meet a lot of nice people I'd otherwise never get to know.
Cynthia gestures for Zach to take the seat next to her.
Zach Dallas: I'll head over, then
Gambler: I have to admit ma'am, losing money to a beautiful woman like you makes the loss less painful.
Cynthia Grey: Good evening Mister Dallas, can I interest you in a game of cards or two?
Uriel Iscariot: Elemental Manipulation[Shot of Booze]; Purify (water)
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [Critical failure!] [1d6 = 1]
Uriel Iscariot is using a benny
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 3]
Zach Dallas: Sure thing
[w] Zach Dallas: out of curiosity, how would one gain the ability to RUIN AN ENTIRE DECK OF CARDS
[w] -> Zach Dallas: That sounds like a great question to ask Cynthia Grey....let's just say it is an Arcane ability.
Cynthia shuffles the deck and offers Zach a chance to cut.
Zach Dallas: cuts
Bartender: Well, if'n ya need somethin' else, just give me a shout. I'm gonna go talk to Wyatt Earp down there. Quite the illustrious fellow he is.
Cynthia Grey: The name of the game is five-card stud.
She deals.
Zach ends up with the Ace and Eight of Spades, and the Ace and Eight of clubs.
This turns out to be a winning hand, netting him $20.
TADM: Anyone else nervous yet?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): so...much...black...
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Im not nervous. I know exactly what the dice have in store.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): ROFL
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): I SEES ME A MESSAGE
Uriel Iscariot: Raise Stat[Smarts]:(Self)
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [1d6 = 3]
TADM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man's_hand
TADM: Nope, not intentional at all. :)
The dealer next in the rotation shuffles the deck and offers Ms. Grey the cut. She cuts. He deals. At the end of the deal, Zach is holding the same five cards.
GM: How much are you betting on this one?
Uriel Iscariot: Notice[Light Switch/circuits]
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 3]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): folding this hand
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): cheating to get a different hand
Cynthia Grey: Well gentlemen, I think this one is mine.
She reveals the nine-ten-jack-queen-king of spades.
Gambler: :Groans:
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Domination
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Genocide
The other men at the table decide they are done and excuse themselves.
Uriel Iscariot: Attempt #2 Notice[Light Switch/circuits]
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 9]
There are oil lamps burning at the tables and along the walls. There is no "light switch" that you can see.
Cynthia Grey: Well, Mister Dallas, how are you this evening?
Zach Dallas: I'm doing quite well, actually
She begins shuffling the deck of cards.
Zach Dallas: How about yourself?
Cynthia Grey: I am doing very well.
Zach Dallas: That it appears
Cynthia Grey: I must say, I was rather impressed with how you handled yourself against that ruffian earlier.
Zach Dallas: Why thank you although I was hoping for a less lethal match
She deals you out five cards.
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [1d8 = 5]
It is the black Aces and Eights, with the fifth card being the Queen of Spades.
[w] Zach Dallas: ...
Uriel Iscariot: Bartender, this place looks very, tasteful for a bar. I am impressed, to what do i owe this oasis of class in this sea of depravity?
[w] Zach Dallas: I was hoping to change that out to all Q
[w] -> Zach Dallas: A voice in your head laughs, then tells you, "Bring it!"
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm out of Power Points...
[w] Zach Dallas: and Bennies
Bartender: See the pretty woman in the corner? She owns the bar. Demands that it be tasteful and not demeaning to women at all.
He points to Cynthia Grey.
Uriel Iscariot: Ah.
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm forced to cheat manually to get different cards
[w] Zach Dallas: Gambling roll?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: She's not out of bennies...
[w] Zach Dallas: I DUN CARE
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Go for it.
Cynthia Grey: Gambling [1d6 = 5]
Zach Dallas: Gambling [1d8+2 = 4]
Cynthia Grey: Notice {+2 Alertness} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6+2 = 7]
Zach gets a strange collection of cards on the next deal. Queen of Hearts, Queen of Diamonds, Four of Diamonds, Six of Hearts, Four of Clubs.
GM: Notice check Zach.
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 7]
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): THIS IS MADNESS
Bartender: She's a right sweet person, donates to the local schools, takes women in and shelters them, supports the gun ban, wants women to be able to vote. Nice person. Well, except for that fact that she is also in favor of outlawing hard liquor, which hurts her own business. But I guess if she's willing to do that...
He shrugs.
Uriel Iscariot: Sounds like a damn reasonable person.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: When that hand deals out, you notice that Cynthia's eyes go wide and a look of sheer panic crosses her face. It is there for just a second, but you know what you saw.
Bartender: That she is. I figure half the folk in this town would want to string up anyone who raised a hand against her.
Cynthia Grey: That is...an odd collection of cards Mister Dallas. Or may I call you Zach?
Zach Dallas: Zach is fine
Cynthia Grey: Well, you may call me Cynthia.
Cynthia Grey: So, what interests you in working for Black River?
One of the gamblers from the table walks over to the bar next to Uriel.
Gambler: That woman has the devil's own luck, I swear. Shot of whiskey barkeep.
Uriel Iscariot: Why hello there
Gambler: Oh, hello there.
Zach Dallas: Well, I've become rather unemployed recently and figured I would check out the local railroads first
Cynthia Grey: I see. And why Black River instead of Union Blue?
Uriel Iscariot: I'm sorry to hear of your losses there
Zach Dallas: I wasn't too impressed with Union Blue during the trip, so I figured I might as well try Black River
Gambler: Well, I reckon it is my own fault. She is quite the gambler. Hope that new guy can at least break even.
Cynthia Grey: Well, Union Blue has its benefits, and disadvantages. As does Black River.
Cynthia Grey: what credentials do you have, and what sort of work are you looking for?
Zach Dallas: I was kind of looking for oddball stuff
Uriel Iscariot: Notice[Distance from the door to the gambling table]
Uriel Iscariot: Notice [1d6 = 11]
Gambler: Good day to you sir, I think after this shot I am going to cut my losses and go home.
Zach Dallas: I suppose for credentials...
The gambler leaves.
Zach Dallas: I was working with Dr. Bailey during the trip over and with the symposium had to deal with Dial's robot
It is fifty eight feet, seven and three-sixteenths inches from the door to where Zach is sitting.
Cynthia Grey: Ah yes, I heard about that.
Uriel Iscariot: Faith[Detect Arcana] Cards on Table
Cynthia Grey: You should take care who sees you throw those cards around. Most folk out here are god-fearing Christians. Liable to hang a man who throws explosive cards. Trafficking with the devil and all.
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} (Novice Power Penalty -2) [1d6-2 = 1]
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Thou shalt not tempt the LORD your Dice.....er wait..
Zach Dallas: Indeed. I was a bit preoccupied with the robot at the time and most of the populace was already panicking
Bartender: So, I heard this crazy story this morning, evidently Reverend Stanton spent the last week praying at the private cemetery. I wonder what that was about.
Zach Dallas: I do owe it to Bailey, though
Cynthia Grey: Yes, well, taking down the robot was quite the accomplishment.
Zach Dallas: I'd have been in trouble without those potions
Cynthia Grey: Indeed. So you mentioned odd jobs? What kinds of odd jobs are you interested in? Black River might have use for a man who throws explosive cards. Less so for a man who sits around and plays cards.
Uriel Iscariot: Ah, Reverend Stanton. Surely he was looking out for his flock; I had the pleasure of meeting him, and his devotion is 'nuthin like 'i eva seen/
Bartender: I reckon so. He's a good soul. You know that new church he's in? Miss Grey over there paid for it. Not that I think she ever goes to church, but to each her own.
Uriel Iscariot: Well darn, how much of this 'ere town does she own?
Bartender: Just the saloon. She donated the money to build the church, she makes no claiming to "owning" it.
Zach Dallas: Hm. I was thinking investigative work and such. I'm certain Black River has plenty of things off the roads to keep an eye on
TADM: Quick! Detect Arcana on the church! The faithful are being corrupted!
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): EVIL!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): lol
Cynthia Grey: Well, I think I might have a nice simple test you could perform for me. Call it your, "work suitability evaluation" if you will.
Uriel Iscariot: Well, if all you ' sayin be the truth, I think i'll make a donation. Thank ya kindly. (heads over to take the seat of the dude that got taken the the cleaners)
Bartender: Good luck to you.
Uriel sits down at the table. A couple other men also sit down at the table near Zach and Cynthia.
Cynthia Grey: Hello there.
She smiles and gives a polite nod to Uriel and the others.
Uriel Iscariot: Greetin's!
Cynthia Grey: Care to join us? The ante is $1.
Uriel Iscariot: Absolutely.
She smiles prettily and shuffles the deck. She gives Zach the chance to cut.
Zach Dallas: cuts *sigh*
She deals out the cards. Zach gets dealt the queen of spades, black aces and black eights again. Uriel gets dealt a four of kind, in twos.
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: The cards feel warm to you. Like unnaturally warm.
GM: The three of spades.
Uriel Iscariot: Kn Occult [1d6 = 9]
Uriel Iscariot: [cards]
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: The cards themselves seem to radiate some sort of evil. You get the feeling if you hold them long enough, blisters will develop on your fingers.
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 5]
Uriel Iscariot: Put my hand on the table, having looked, and gamble away!
Cynthia Grey: Well gentlemen, bets please?
Gambler: I'll bet $5.
Gambler #2: Call.
Uriel Iscariot: Call
Zach Dallas: Meh, I'll call
Cynthia Grey: Hmm..I'll raise $5, $10 total gentlemen.
Gambler: I'm good with that.
Gambler #2: I'll fold.
Uriel Iscariot: :blink:
Uriel Iscariot: Call/
[w] Zach Dallas: if I deal with the devil, would I be able to modify what cards get pulled up?
[w] Zach Dallas: for Hunch, I mean
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Yes.
Zach Dallas: Ah, call
Zach Dallas: Lost in thought, there, sorry
Cynthia Grey: Let's see what you have.
Gambler: Full house, fives and fours.
Zach Dallas: Hehe, beats me
Zach Dallas: tosses cards in
Uriel Iscariot: Looks fancy while flipping
Uriel Iscariot: Gambling [1d6 = 5]
Uriel Iscariot: four'a kind!
Gambler: Nice...
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): Royal Flush for Cynthia?
He looks over at Zach's hand.
Gambler #2: Dead Man's hand? Never a good thing. I'd fold any time I saw that if I were you.
Cynthia smiles, slides her cards in.
Zach Dallas: But then I'd never be able to keep a hand!
Cynthia Grey: The pot is yours.
Uriel Iscariot: ye haw!
She collects up the cards and hands them to Zach to shuffle.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Do you want to look at the collected cards?
[w] Zach Dallas: yes, sure
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Cynthia had a four of a kind, with Kings.
[w] Zach Dallas: also, I'd like to specifically avoid Deadman's Hand. hold on a sec while I find what I want
[w] Zach Dallas: lol Four Horsemen is what that hand is
Cynthia Grey: Nice hand sir. May I have the pleasure of your name?
Uriel Iscariot: Uriel Iscariot
[w] Zach Dallas: I'm aiming for Dinner for Four, 9966
Zach Dallas: Gambling [1d8+2 = 9]
[w] Zach Dallas: I don't care who else gets what
Cynthia Grey: It is a pleasure to meet you Mister Iscariot.
Zach deals out the cards.
Gambler: Fold
Gambler #2: Fold here.
[w] Zach Dallas: did I get my goal?
Uriel Iscariot: Absolutely. It is quite mutual.
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Zach dealt you a pair of black Queens and black sevens.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Yes.
Cynthia Grey: I'll bet $10 on this hand.
Uriel Iscariot: ...Call.
Zach Dallas: Call
Cynthia flips up a pair of fours and a pair of fives.
Uriel Iscariot: Flip up Queens/Sevens
Cynthia Grey: Nicely played again, Mister Iscariot.
Zach Dallas: Beats me
Uriel Iscariot: I like the way you bet.
Cynthia Grey: Could I interest you gentlemen in dinner?
Zach Dallas: Quite. I think I missed lunch
She stands up. The other two gamblers stand up also, as that is courteous behavior. They bow to her.
Uriel Iscariot: Stand up as well then
Zach Dallas: stands and bows
Cynthia Grey: I will speak with the chef. Feel free to keep playing without me for a couple hands.
She puts her hand on Zach's shoulder.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): OH HELL
Cynthia Grey: Please watch my chips, Zach.
Zach Dallas: Yes'm
TADM: He's just been fooked!
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Is there any equivalent of taking 5 or 10 in this game?
[w] Zach Dallas: Did she just Hunch me?
TADM: Negative ghostrider, pattern is empty.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Most definitely.
[w] Zach Dallas: UGH
Uriel Iscariot: :lights a cigar:
One of the gamblers shuffles, the other cuts, then the cards are dealt.
Uriel Iscariot: At the risk of being a bad sport, I don't feel like playin' more cards at the moment. I need some fresh air....
[w] Zach Dallas: You said I could off her hunches, right?
Gambler: Very well.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Yes, you could try.
[w] Zach Dallas: what do I need?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Spellcasting check.
Zach Dallas: Spellcasting [1d8 = 6]
[w] -> Uriel Iscariot: Are you done or coming back in for dinner after the cigar?
[w] Uriel Iscariot: GM back in for dinner. Itll make sense in one second...
Uriel Iscariot: As I open the door to the saloon, Elemental Manipulation for a gust of air into the saloon!
Uriel Iscariot: Faith {+2 Conviction} [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 4]
Uriel Iscariot: Blow the deck apart, then rush back in and attempt to help "pick up" trying to keep a sample card
Uriel Iscariot: Then wrap said sample in cloth etc, as to be safe
A gust of air hits the table. The deck on the table scatters mid-hand. Uriel absconds with a card.
TADM: Which is sure to cause NO PROBLEMS when someone realizes a card is missing.
Zach Dallas: ??
Zach Dallas: Where did that come from?
About two minutes after the gust of air, Miss Grey returns. A couple waiters come with her and bring plates of food for everyone.
[w] Zach Dallas: Give him the 6 of spades. "seeker is unlikely to reap success for his hard work"
Cynthia Grey: Gentlemen, I hope you enjoy the food here. It is an old family recipe.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): After those poker hands, I am quite suspicious
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Well, if he shows it to you, he got the Four of Clubs.
Zach Dallas: Notice [Trait roll was a natural 1] [1d6 = 3]
Uriel Iscariot: Why thank ya! I must say your hospitality is second to none
[w] Zach Dallas: lol good enough
Cynthia Grey: Thank you.
Cynthia Grey: There have been strange events around of late. That whole fiasco with Boot Hill last week. Also, a couple families slaughtered by bandits.
Cynthia Grey: Bad for Dodge City I say.
Gambler: Indeed.
Zach Dallas: Quite
Gambler #2: This food is delicious.
Uriel Iscariot: I have no worries This place is in the best hands possible.
Zach Dallas: Hence why that santification was put up around the graveyard?
Uriel Iscariot: What I meant was Degar and Wyatt. But If you must, yes there's no protection like the LORD
[w] -> Zach Dallas: She whispers to you, "I need you to find out who slaughtered the Hovey family. Find out who did it and consider yourself hired."
Cynthia Grey: Indeed. The Lord protects all his sheep.
[w] Zach Dallas: I'll whisper back "not a problem. It's on my "To do" list anyway"
Gambler #2: That was spoken like a preacher, but you sure don't play cards like a man of the cloth.
[w] -> Zach Dallas: Thank you. Once you find that out, I will see about rewarding you.
Uriel Iscariot: ...and just how does a man of the cloth play cards, if I may so ask?
[w] -> Zach Dallas: There is something...wrong...with how she says the word "rewarding."
Gambler #2: Well, you win for starters.
Zach Dallas: Notice [1d4 = 3]
Cynthia Grey: We are very fortunate to have such strong lawmen as Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson here. Why...I did not notice earlier, but I think Wyatt is visiting here.
She flags down a waiter and has Wyatt Earp invited over to the table. He tips his glass to the group, nods negatively, and walks out of the saloon.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): uh oh, he was found out
Cynthia Grey: How distressing. I would have enjoyed his conversation.
Gambler: So, Miss Grey, any plans to expand the Red Lady?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): So, I've got two theories: One is that Cynthia is the main Heroine and is just kharmically evil and Isabella is actually the main villain
Cynthia Grey: No, not at this time. Although I am looking at buying a place in Denver.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): the other is that neither are "villains" but we'll have to kill both
TADM: I've got a third theory. But we'll see how your first two options work out.
TADM: It involves the DM being a total bastard.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): *I* am the main villain! FUFUFUFUFUFUFUFUFU
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): lol
Uriel Iscariot: I say, Cynthia, what is the inpiration behind the name of this fine establisment?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): how long has it been since we started this?
Cynthia Grey: I just find it so distressing how women are treated out here. Very uncivilized.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): started what?
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): the interview
It is now about 8:30 PM.
Kazemi (Zach Dallas): started at 6?
Uriel Iscariot: I have to agree with you Cynthia. There's just no reason to not have equality.
Cynthia Grey: So, Mister Iscariot, what brings you to Dodge?
She purses her lips in thought.
Uriel Iscariot: I go where I am needed. By my church, and by my God.
Cynthia Grey: Hmm...Mister Iscariot. The Bible and the Church are not the friendliest of places for women. Too much grotesque sexism. I for one, do not understand why women are completely denied into the hierarchy of the church.
Uriel Iscariot: I agree with you.
Zach Dallas: glances up
Uriel Iscariot: Jesus had many disciples that were indeed, the fairer gender
Gambler: I believe this is a great time for me to bow out. Pardon me Miss Grey. Thank you for dinner.
Gambler #2: I agree. Good even Miss Grey.
Uriel Iscariot: However, most of those was lost to the ages intentionally.....
Cynthia Grey: The church is very repressive towards women. Need I say the Inquisition, or the Salem Witch Trials? Vile acts perpetrated by brutal men masquerading as priests.
Uriel Iscariot: Yes I agree, but I am but one person. Mayhaps when enough of our sisters and brothers of the lord are shown the error of their ways, the zeigeist will change, and thus, the church will as well
Uriel Iscariot: However the church, as always, is slow to respond to spiritual matters, as it is largely a politcal beast, driven by the will of its people
Cynthia Grey: Well spoken.
Cynthia Grey: Perhaps you could assist Zach here with an errand I have for him. I always have use for well-spoken, intelligent men.
Uriel Iscariot: I do not see how I could refuse
Cynthia Grey: Well, in that case, I thank you gentlemen for your time, but I must excuse myself. Have a pleasant evening.
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): Thanks Zach, another fine mess you've gotten me into :)
She stands, gives you both a pretty smile, then heads upstairs.
Zach Dallas: You as well
Uriel Iscariot: tips the staff and then leaves with zach
Zach Dallas: So, our "initiation" is to find out who murdered the Hovey's
Uriel Iscariot: (8 buck tip!) (gotta maintain a high rollin image now!)
Uriel Iscariot: (claims his aramaments, so that he may blow his enemies apart, in thy mercy)
A short distance from the Red Lady, you see Wyatt Earp leaning against the side of a building, smoking a cigar.
Wyatt Earp: Evening gentlemen.
Uriel Iscariot: yes, 'evenin Wyatt.
Zach Dallas: She got me at least once. Our initiation is to find the murderer of the Hovey family. At which point we will be "rewarded"
Wyatt Earp: I see. Well that works out nicely for us.
Wyatt Earp: Two birds with one stone, eh gentlemen?
Zach Dallas: In a way
Wyatt Earp: Did you have any trace of an offence or something we could her arrest her on?
Zach Dallas: Nope other than gratuitous cheating
Uriel Iscariot: Regretibly No. It does not seem as though she broke one of Man's laws
Uriel Iscariot: However, it is entirely possible she has broken one of God's laws
Wyatt Earp: Well, I doubt you'd be able to prove she cheated at cards....
Zach Dallas: Unless I was dealing, I got Dead Man's Hand every time
Wyatt Earp: Err..what?
Zach Dallas: Every time
Zach Dallas: It was a bit amusing, but creepy nonetheless
Wyatt Earp: That's...hmmm.
Zach Dallas: Wait, wait
Zach Dallas: her face went pale when I flipped Queen of Hearts and Diamonds, 4 of diamonds and Clubs, and the 6 of hearts
Zach Dallas: mean anything to you?
Tack (Uriel Iscariot): can i donate an XP to nick?
TADM: I already donated XP to Nick.
Wyatt Earp: No. Kind of a strange collection of cards though.
Wyatt Earp: A weird two pair.
Zach Dallas: That it was
Wyatt Earp: Well, in the morning you can go check out the Hovey farm. Have a good night.
Uriel Iscariot: You as well,Wyatt
Campaign saved.