Operation: Barabas
(20/12-2010) Rick Thornton in Turkey? and Hotel Excelsior
Rick Thornton in Turkey?
Grey Unit have eagerly been awaiting news about the whereabouts of the Archeologist Rick Thornton and some weeks later they see the ghostly light and the head of the telepath Jacques( his telepathy power)!!! He tells them that informants have heard that Rick Thornton have been sighted moving towards Adana in the remnants of Turkey, probaly trying to get to the British Consulate there. Only problem is that the consulate have been shut down in the aftermath of the serpentfall. Wasting no time they board the Valkyrie and leave San Carlos moving towards Turkey which has been surrounded by contries now loyal to red russia. Luckily they have been granted passage by the neutral Saudi Arabian Nations and soon land near Adana in some graggy mountains.
Kendra Messinger, pilot and professor and Turkish speaking leave them and soon return with an old Kaizer Truck. They disguise themselves as archeologists and servants ( Gholem as a female in Nihab hehe) Then they drive towards Adana.
They spot the city almost covered by dustclouds from the tent city of refugees surrounded the walled ancient city. At the gate they encounter some creepy guards and fail almost all of their persuasion rolls (they have Barabas disguised as a young turk boy, but he cannot speak turkish hehe and Gholem as a turkish woman in the back of the truck and he cathes the eye of one of the guards hehe) Luckily a young boy, Mohammed, who can speak english manages to smooth out the problems and they are allowed in the city. Mohammed knows of a respectable hotel: Hotel Excelsior, where they can stay.
Kendra Messinger, pilot and professor and Turkish speaking leave them and soon return with an old Kaizer Truck. They disguise themselves as archeologists and servants ( Gholem as a female in Nihab hehe) Then they drive towards Adana.
They spot the city almost covered by dustclouds from the tent city of refugees surrounded the walled ancient city. At the gate they encounter some creepy guards and fail almost all of their persuasion rolls (they have Barabas disguised as a young turk boy, but he cannot speak turkish hehe and Gholem as a turkish woman in the back of the truck and he cathes the eye of one of the guards hehe) Luckily a young boy, Mohammed, who can speak english manages to smooth out the problems and they are allowed in the city. Mohammed knows of a respectable hotel: Hotel Excelsior, where they can stay.
Hotel Excelsior
Arriving at the hotel they see it was once a grand hotel but has seen hard times lately. But guards let them in ans they even see a cramped parking lot and when entering servants carry their luggage. They are met by Ruath the steward and even see a gentlemans lounge, cigar smoke pouring out of the half open door. Barabas and Gholem and Mohammed are presented as servants and given a servants room in the cellar while the other are given rooms on different floors.
Hang on now as it quickly became evident that something sinister is afoot at the hotel!!!
In the cellar they hear muffled voices and soon the door opens. In rushes turkish men with manacles!!!! Mohammed is scared beyond reason as Gholem cut down the men, even growing to 2.70 m while using a power(still wearing the Nihab mind you). One other man is cut down in the corridor and when trying to remove the blood they only find a bucket of piss under a bed (bribing Mohammed to clean up the blood with piss heheheheh) While searching to water and soap to clean up the blood they stumble across a room with small, children sized cages!!!! Barabas runs up from the celler trying to find the others.
He finds Overmind but they do not like the noble Gadget but Overmind looses the coin toss and seeks him out.
Meanwhile Gadget is met by an englishman in pyjamas and a red bathrope. He pulls out a derringer gun and tells gadget to save the children he was with (Mohammed and the disguised Barabas) then he leaves a a business card: Sir Emphrey, of the British Consulate is reads. Then Sir Emphrey quickly flees!!!!
Vincent is also alerted and rushes down to the Steward wanting to get clean water and soap as there have been an "accident" in the cellar!!! The Steward insists that the hotel will help clean up the mess!!! Vincent feebly tries to persuade the steward but he has -2 on Persuasion and does not even have the skill!!!! (d4-4) hehe and tries frequently tries to persuade the servants that he can clean up the mess himself, again failing miserable in Persuasion rolls.
Oh yeah in the cellar Gholem has killed another man with a cage hidden beneath a rollertray (childs size), who managed to shout that they are no match for The Golden Throne!!!! More Blood to clean up with piss for poor Mohammed!!
Barabas is down in the cellar, sprinting to get in advance of the servants and Vincent. Down there he tries to persuade Mohammed to talk to the servants but poor Mohammes has seen Gholem now 2,70 meters high with arms as hammers as arms, partly covered in a , now too small hihab!!!
As the servants turn the corner they the the blood stains and again vincent tries to convince them that is is Fatima (the disguised Gholem) and it is that time of the month hehe but again he fails miserably!!!
Gadget is talking to the steward who had pulled him aside. He tells him that a man has invited him to the Gentlemans club and ask for a business card. Gadget shows him Sir Emphreys card. The steward shakes his head but strangely allows him into the Gentlemans club anyway!!!
What???? Kidnapping children, an english agent in a bathrope, carnage and a meeting in the Gentlemans club?? And who the f*** are the golden Throne??? What more can a player want!!!
That concludes the extremely fun evening we had roleplaying just before christmas, laughs all around and even in the car back home. In fact i laughed so hard i had problems steering the car...
Xp´s Granted:2 Total: 27
Hang on now as it quickly became evident that something sinister is afoot at the hotel!!!
In the cellar they hear muffled voices and soon the door opens. In rushes turkish men with manacles!!!! Mohammed is scared beyond reason as Gholem cut down the men, even growing to 2.70 m while using a power(still wearing the Nihab mind you). One other man is cut down in the corridor and when trying to remove the blood they only find a bucket of piss under a bed (bribing Mohammed to clean up the blood with piss heheheheh) While searching to water and soap to clean up the blood they stumble across a room with small, children sized cages!!!! Barabas runs up from the celler trying to find the others.
He finds Overmind but they do not like the noble Gadget but Overmind looses the coin toss and seeks him out.
Meanwhile Gadget is met by an englishman in pyjamas and a red bathrope. He pulls out a derringer gun and tells gadget to save the children he was with (Mohammed and the disguised Barabas) then he leaves a a business card: Sir Emphrey, of the British Consulate is reads. Then Sir Emphrey quickly flees!!!!
Vincent is also alerted and rushes down to the Steward wanting to get clean water and soap as there have been an "accident" in the cellar!!! The Steward insists that the hotel will help clean up the mess!!! Vincent feebly tries to persuade the steward but he has -2 on Persuasion and does not even have the skill!!!! (d4-4) hehe and tries frequently tries to persuade the servants that he can clean up the mess himself, again failing miserable in Persuasion rolls.
Oh yeah in the cellar Gholem has killed another man with a cage hidden beneath a rollertray (childs size), who managed to shout that they are no match for The Golden Throne!!!! More Blood to clean up with piss for poor Mohammed!!
Barabas is down in the cellar, sprinting to get in advance of the servants and Vincent. Down there he tries to persuade Mohammed to talk to the servants but poor Mohammes has seen Gholem now 2,70 meters high with arms as hammers as arms, partly covered in a , now too small hihab!!!
As the servants turn the corner they the the blood stains and again vincent tries to convince them that is is Fatima (the disguised Gholem) and it is that time of the month hehe but again he fails miserably!!!
Gadget is talking to the steward who had pulled him aside. He tells him that a man has invited him to the Gentlemans club and ask for a business card. Gadget shows him Sir Emphreys card. The steward shakes his head but strangely allows him into the Gentlemans club anyway!!!
What???? Kidnapping children, an english agent in a bathrope, carnage and a meeting in the Gentlemans club?? And who the f*** are the golden Throne??? What more can a player want!!!
That concludes the extremely fun evening we had roleplaying just before christmas, laughs all around and even in the car back home. In fact i laughed so hard i had problems steering the car...
Xp´s Granted:2 Total: 27
(10/1-2011) Hotel Excelsior: The Blow Out and Spectre
Hotel Excelsior: The Blow Out
Gadget is nearing the gentlemens club and by the look of the cigar smoke the lounge must be packed. To his surprise he sees that 2 sickly young arabs are smoking dozens of cigars and putting them back at selected ashtrays in the lounge, making the club look busy. A single man in a boring grey suit sits waiting. He waves at Gadget to join him. A glass of alcohol have been poured and the man greets him : "Welcome Kammerat Emphrey" Appearently the man has mistaken the agent Sir Emphrey for Grey Units own Gadget. Gadget lets him believe the lie and the man continues to babble about the greatness of Mother Russia and the fact that it will soon consume Turkey. He give "Sir Emphrey" an envelope containing stacks of Rubles (Russian money). Gadget is told that the time for cat and mouse games are over and he should take the offer. He os also told that the so called lord of the underworld, Spectre, should leave the old consulate immediately or be punished accordingly. Gadget drinks the fine russian vodka and the small talk for a while, then Gadget takes the money!!!
Meanwhile Overmind has gone upstairs and is told to go to Gadgets room as he is expected there. Once there he spots 2 business cards shoved under the door. They are from Sir Emphrey and tells Gadget to be at the Parking lot 15.10. Overmind tjecks his clock and it is 15. He rushes to the parking trying to approach with stealth, but rolls poorly. He is seen by an arab servant from the hotel and a fat bearded Russian merchant in a brown suit. Appearently the arab is selling the nicer of the british cars there to a Russian!!!! The arab explains that all the british at the hotel have given permission to sell the cars (right!!!!) A strange auction begins with the fat Russian Kammerat Neshkin trying to bully Overmind, who then suddenly decides to mind control the arab!!!!! It results in Overmind bying the 7 cars in question, which is accepted despite the lack of money by the mind controlled arab hehe. The russian is fuming with rage and stoms out, pushing overmind out of his way.
Down in the cellar Barabas tries to get Mohammed to get the servants away from them, and it looks like it is working when Mohammed talks to them and then says that they will come back with clean water. Barabas senses mischief as they allready carry water with them. His suspecion proves correct when they hear muffled animal sounds!!! The scared Mohammed screams "sorry Mahib" and runs away, cowering in the cages found in a room. The young arab has seen Gholem 2,70 meters high with hammers as arms chopping doen men as easily as picking his nose, and at that wearing a Hihab while doing it.
Barabas and Gholem prepares to fight by hiding in a room and soon the enemy arrives. Monkey-like men with gorilla-like features brandishing ak-47 rifles and powerful machetes howl when they see the enemy in the shape of Gholem. Barabas has transformed to the form of the polish boy and starts screaming as the monkey men arrive. They see only a young boy and leave Barabas alone, instead focussing on Gholem who is assulted!!! Oh yeah the monkey men have the hammer and sickle burned into their hairy flesh (Russian Creations) !!!!
Luckily Barabas transforms and together with Gholem trears the monkey men to shreds in seconds!!!
Upstairs, and unaware of the battle downstairs, Gadget sees Racham the head steward is packing his belongings and has closed the Hotel ???. He excuses himself and leaves the hotel. Before leaving Gadget is told that the cook have been wanting to meet with him, he has gotten his hands of some fine english tea. Gadget enters the kitchen and sees the groosly overweight cook is preparing tea, definately not Earl Grey by the smell and the lumpiness of it. Gadget manages to gleam into the freezer room and sees a white woman in a classic british dress hanging dead from a meathook!!! Trap!!! The cook wants gadget to drink from the tea but soon it becomes apperent that Gadget has seen through the rouse and they grap meat cleavers and attack!!! Luckily for Gadget the 2 cooks are weak and no match for his Tesla powered gauntlet!!!!
Overmind has gotten a sense that something is wrong, seriously wrong!!! And when he sees the head steward leaving the closed hotel he confronts him!!!! Which results in the head steward pulling of his jacket, revealing en explosive device . He screams "Jihad" and BOOM!!! Luckily for Overmind the bomb has weak (despite rolling 3d6) and he is only shaken!!!!
The boom is heard underground in the cellar and in the kitchen and Grey Unit storms out to see what has happened!!! They hear shouts from outside of the hotel and talk of their strange experiences: Monkey men, child kidnapping, dead englishmen in the freezer etc. etc!!! They decide to burn down the decrepid hotel and as the police and military arrives they have just left the hotel, driving the expensive cars Overmind "bought"!!!!
Meanwhile Overmind has gone upstairs and is told to go to Gadgets room as he is expected there. Once there he spots 2 business cards shoved under the door. They are from Sir Emphrey and tells Gadget to be at the Parking lot 15.10. Overmind tjecks his clock and it is 15. He rushes to the parking trying to approach with stealth, but rolls poorly. He is seen by an arab servant from the hotel and a fat bearded Russian merchant in a brown suit. Appearently the arab is selling the nicer of the british cars there to a Russian!!!! The arab explains that all the british at the hotel have given permission to sell the cars (right!!!!) A strange auction begins with the fat Russian Kammerat Neshkin trying to bully Overmind, who then suddenly decides to mind control the arab!!!!! It results in Overmind bying the 7 cars in question, which is accepted despite the lack of money by the mind controlled arab hehe. The russian is fuming with rage and stoms out, pushing overmind out of his way.
Down in the cellar Barabas tries to get Mohammed to get the servants away from them, and it looks like it is working when Mohammed talks to them and then says that they will come back with clean water. Barabas senses mischief as they allready carry water with them. His suspecion proves correct when they hear muffled animal sounds!!! The scared Mohammed screams "sorry Mahib" and runs away, cowering in the cages found in a room. The young arab has seen Gholem 2,70 meters high with hammers as arms chopping doen men as easily as picking his nose, and at that wearing a Hihab while doing it.
Barabas and Gholem prepares to fight by hiding in a room and soon the enemy arrives. Monkey-like men with gorilla-like features brandishing ak-47 rifles and powerful machetes howl when they see the enemy in the shape of Gholem. Barabas has transformed to the form of the polish boy and starts screaming as the monkey men arrive. They see only a young boy and leave Barabas alone, instead focussing on Gholem who is assulted!!! Oh yeah the monkey men have the hammer and sickle burned into their hairy flesh (Russian Creations) !!!!
Luckily Barabas transforms and together with Gholem trears the monkey men to shreds in seconds!!!
Upstairs, and unaware of the battle downstairs, Gadget sees Racham the head steward is packing his belongings and has closed the Hotel ???. He excuses himself and leaves the hotel. Before leaving Gadget is told that the cook have been wanting to meet with him, he has gotten his hands of some fine english tea. Gadget enters the kitchen and sees the groosly overweight cook is preparing tea, definately not Earl Grey by the smell and the lumpiness of it. Gadget manages to gleam into the freezer room and sees a white woman in a classic british dress hanging dead from a meathook!!! Trap!!! The cook wants gadget to drink from the tea but soon it becomes apperent that Gadget has seen through the rouse and they grap meat cleavers and attack!!! Luckily for Gadget the 2 cooks are weak and no match for his Tesla powered gauntlet!!!!
Overmind has gotten a sense that something is wrong, seriously wrong!!! And when he sees the head steward leaving the closed hotel he confronts him!!!! Which results in the head steward pulling of his jacket, revealing en explosive device . He screams "Jihad" and BOOM!!! Luckily for Overmind the bomb has weak (despite rolling 3d6) and he is only shaken!!!!
The boom is heard underground in the cellar and in the kitchen and Grey Unit storms out to see what has happened!!! They hear shouts from outside of the hotel and talk of their strange experiences: Monkey men, child kidnapping, dead englishmen in the freezer etc. etc!!! They decide to burn down the decrepid hotel and as the police and military arrives they have just left the hotel, driving the expensive cars Overmind "bought"!!!!
Spectre
The only clue they have is the name of the boss of the underworld in Adana, Spectre and his hangout, the old british consulate.
They head for the consulate finding it abandoned. But as they near it they hear music coming from the old grand consulate. They flash Sir Emphreys business card to the guard and are shown in (exept Barabas in boy form who instead break in hehe)
Inside they see a sight fitting for the court of Caligula. Couches fill the lower floor, naked women serve fruits to fat half-clad business men, braziers burn powerful incense mixed with the fragrances of cannabis and opium also being smoked in the room. Depravity rules this place of many vices!!! They see a man drinking red wine from the belly of the fattest bloke in the room while being being smeared with greasy pork!!!
A man dressed in a white suit and grasping a white cane in his hand dances into the room and the music falls silent as he almost sings the words " Depravity, Welcome to the Halls of Spectre. Masocism, chauvanism, all kinds of isms are welcomed here. All kinds of guilty pleasures and lesser evils flourish here among the finest of herbs and potions DRINK AND MAKE MERRY" Then he dances into a secluded room with his pit-fighter looking bodyguard. They have found Spectre!!!
They enter the room, lavishly decorated, and finds Spectre being entertained by 2 women. They are invited to sit with him and begin asking about Rick Thomson. He is a strange fellow to talk to and wants the characters to tell of their sins, great and small to even begin a conversation with the great Spectre. They talk for a while but gets nowhere when a man enters the room. He wears a grey suit and has a crew cut, Gadget recognizes the man as the Russian agent he talked to at the Hotel Excelsior.
The man pulls out a chair and sits down. He begins by asking if spectre has decided to follow orders ans leave the city. the enigmatic Spectre answers by letting his oldest and dearest friends answer for him (the Pc´s hehe) and a strange debate ensues. The Russian on one hand and Grey Unit answering for Spectre hehe. In the end the Russians temper gets the best of him and the foolishness of Spectre does not help either!!!! He turns to leave when he says " Enough is enough Kammerat Spectre, your foolishness will be your undoing. Your men in this parody of a consulate has been paid with Russian Rubles and have their loyalty to Mother Russia. Before I was wandering lone roads until she came. The Great Witch found me and gave me a reason to live, showed me, the Bogatyr, the true way of Mother Russia" Then his suit rips as he transforms into a foul monstrosity of baked flesh and a silver tipped claw. Behind him Spectres Ak-47 armed guards storm in behind the Russian monstrosity seeking a Spectre to kill.
The battle is furious as automatic fire meets S-gene reinforced skin and The Bogatyr attacks with great fervor... While bullits are flying Spectre dances around swinging his cane high in the air laughing at the mayhem (his bodyguard has taken cover behing the leather couch, along with Overmind who was hit twice by rifle shot aimed at Gholem hehe) But soon the party picks up speed and retaliates with claws and even stranger weapons and one by one the enemy goes down, even the mighty Bogatyr is defeated and falls to the ground, warping back to the man-shape they saw earlier. Spectre was hit by a shot, but his body dissolved to green slime when damaged. The bodyguard pulls out a panel on a wall and escapes through a concealed door, with Overmind hot on his heels, the real Spectre has revealed himself!!!
Another warped and funny evening especially when they met up and told each other of their experiences. Gadget even earned a bennie for taking down the british flag at the hotel excelsior...
Xp´s Granted:2 Total: 29
They head for the consulate finding it abandoned. But as they near it they hear music coming from the old grand consulate. They flash Sir Emphreys business card to the guard and are shown in (exept Barabas in boy form who instead break in hehe)
Inside they see a sight fitting for the court of Caligula. Couches fill the lower floor, naked women serve fruits to fat half-clad business men, braziers burn powerful incense mixed with the fragrances of cannabis and opium also being smoked in the room. Depravity rules this place of many vices!!! They see a man drinking red wine from the belly of the fattest bloke in the room while being being smeared with greasy pork!!!
A man dressed in a white suit and grasping a white cane in his hand dances into the room and the music falls silent as he almost sings the words " Depravity, Welcome to the Halls of Spectre. Masocism, chauvanism, all kinds of isms are welcomed here. All kinds of guilty pleasures and lesser evils flourish here among the finest of herbs and potions DRINK AND MAKE MERRY" Then he dances into a secluded room with his pit-fighter looking bodyguard. They have found Spectre!!!
They enter the room, lavishly decorated, and finds Spectre being entertained by 2 women. They are invited to sit with him and begin asking about Rick Thomson. He is a strange fellow to talk to and wants the characters to tell of their sins, great and small to even begin a conversation with the great Spectre. They talk for a while but gets nowhere when a man enters the room. He wears a grey suit and has a crew cut, Gadget recognizes the man as the Russian agent he talked to at the Hotel Excelsior.
The man pulls out a chair and sits down. He begins by asking if spectre has decided to follow orders ans leave the city. the enigmatic Spectre answers by letting his oldest and dearest friends answer for him (the Pc´s hehe) and a strange debate ensues. The Russian on one hand and Grey Unit answering for Spectre hehe. In the end the Russians temper gets the best of him and the foolishness of Spectre does not help either!!!! He turns to leave when he says " Enough is enough Kammerat Spectre, your foolishness will be your undoing. Your men in this parody of a consulate has been paid with Russian Rubles and have their loyalty to Mother Russia. Before I was wandering lone roads until she came. The Great Witch found me and gave me a reason to live, showed me, the Bogatyr, the true way of Mother Russia" Then his suit rips as he transforms into a foul monstrosity of baked flesh and a silver tipped claw. Behind him Spectres Ak-47 armed guards storm in behind the Russian monstrosity seeking a Spectre to kill.
The battle is furious as automatic fire meets S-gene reinforced skin and The Bogatyr attacks with great fervor... While bullits are flying Spectre dances around swinging his cane high in the air laughing at the mayhem (his bodyguard has taken cover behing the leather couch, along with Overmind who was hit twice by rifle shot aimed at Gholem hehe) But soon the party picks up speed and retaliates with claws and even stranger weapons and one by one the enemy goes down, even the mighty Bogatyr is defeated and falls to the ground, warping back to the man-shape they saw earlier. Spectre was hit by a shot, but his body dissolved to green slime when damaged. The bodyguard pulls out a panel on a wall and escapes through a concealed door, with Overmind hot on his heels, the real Spectre has revealed himself!!!
Another warped and funny evening especially when they met up and told each other of their experiences. Gadget even earned a bennie for taking down the british flag at the hotel excelsior...
Xp´s Granted:2 Total: 29
(24/1-2011) Leaving Adana, Roadblock and Snakemen
Leaving Adana
Overmind/Henrik was not present
More turkish guards rush in, spraying the area with automatic fire while Vincent stalks after the fleeing Spectre. Following spectre proves to be difficult as he jumps down a shute with Vincent hot on his heels. Vincent is catapulted through a series of almost gymnast like obstacles, swinging, jumping and teleporting to close the distance to the laughing Spectre. Spectre shouts out clues to the whereabouts of Rick thornton. " He was here, fleeing and scared" Went to the east in the heels of the Almohaddi". As Vincent exits a manhole he hears the roaring of engines and see Spectre on an old BMW bike. He shouts " Well done young one, Rick Thronton went to an old Ruin 19 miles east of Adana" Then he drives away.
In the old consulate Grey unit easily kills the guards and exit the consulate finding their cars. Vincent joins them and they hear they he has clues to the whereabouts of Rick Thornton.
They decide to use all 3 of the british cars, if one should brake down. They tour the city looking for supplies and an interpreter. Supplies are easy but a streetwise roll is required to find a suited interpreter. Acing the roll Gadget finds a young woman, half turkish/ half english who once worked at the consulate. Her name is Jasmina and her family is missing and wants more than anything to leave Adana. She drives with Gadget hehe... They leave Adane seeking the old Almohaddi ruins to the east.
More turkish guards rush in, spraying the area with automatic fire while Vincent stalks after the fleeing Spectre. Following spectre proves to be difficult as he jumps down a shute with Vincent hot on his heels. Vincent is catapulted through a series of almost gymnast like obstacles, swinging, jumping and teleporting to close the distance to the laughing Spectre. Spectre shouts out clues to the whereabouts of Rick thornton. " He was here, fleeing and scared" Went to the east in the heels of the Almohaddi". As Vincent exits a manhole he hears the roaring of engines and see Spectre on an old BMW bike. He shouts " Well done young one, Rick Thronton went to an old Ruin 19 miles east of Adana" Then he drives away.
In the old consulate Grey unit easily kills the guards and exit the consulate finding their cars. Vincent joins them and they hear they he has clues to the whereabouts of Rick Thornton.
They decide to use all 3 of the british cars, if one should brake down. They tour the city looking for supplies and an interpreter. Supplies are easy but a streetwise roll is required to find a suited interpreter. Acing the roll Gadget finds a young woman, half turkish/ half english who once worked at the consulate. Her name is Jasmina and her family is missing and wants more than anything to leave Adana. She drives with Gadget hehe... They leave Adane seeking the old Almohaddi ruins to the east.
Roadblock
Suddenly a weel placed roadblock stops Grey unit. A small village rests near a narrow cliff road. Rocks and dirt have been erected to create a roadblock. They see stealthy movement in the small white round houses but begin to clear the road. Barabas in boy form moves into the village and see a rifle being aimed at the roadblock clearers. Old men suddenly swarm the roadblock shouting in Turkish. Jasminas translates " They are not keeping you out, they are keeping something in"
A man moves closer. He introduces himself as Thomas Jeffries, a formor british soldier. They are invited into a house and tires they accept. They are given food and foul water, but as the man tells them constantly the village is poor and needy. He even talks them into getting food from the cars (which is taken away to the villagers instead of being distributed to Grey unit hehe. They talk for the rest of the evening and he reluctantly tells them that 3 days ago a young man and 3 british soldiers went through the area looking scared and tired. Then a night ago a young shepherd saw a group of cloaked creatures moving though the darkness, and only a hour later an explosion is heard. It is because of these creatures that had erected the roadblock.
Grey Unit stays the night and next day they leave the cars (reluctantly) and go on by foot.
A man moves closer. He introduces himself as Thomas Jeffries, a formor british soldier. They are invited into a house and tires they accept. They are given food and foul water, but as the man tells them constantly the village is poor and needy. He even talks them into getting food from the cars (which is taken away to the villagers instead of being distributed to Grey unit hehe. They talk for the rest of the evening and he reluctantly tells them that 3 days ago a young man and 3 british soldiers went through the area looking scared and tired. Then a night ago a young shepherd saw a group of cloaked creatures moving though the darkness, and only a hour later an explosion is heard. It is because of these creatures that had erected the roadblock.
Grey Unit stays the night and next day they leave the cars (reluctantly) and go on by foot.
Snakemen
Some hours later they see the ruins of a persian fort, small and well protected by high cliffs. They see the remains of a bridge on the floor of the carvern and spot a corpse laying dead on a crevasse below. Using the art of teleportation they retrieve the corpse. A british soldier with a broken neck and crushed ribs. Gadget raises a heal roll and tell the unit that this man did not die from the fall, despite the wounds are from the fall!!!! Gholem finds a festering wound on the mans shoulder, a bite wound.
Scaling the fort they are attacked by bow men in cloaks. But their puny weapons are futile against the power of those that have the powerful s-gene. When unhooded they see that their attackers are snakemen, cobrastyle!!!!
Going down into the fort they come to a terrible scene. 7 hooded snakemen are gathered beside a makeshift altar. On it is a dead soldier and a bound younger man. A wrinkled old snakeman grasps a curved dagger is his hands chanting in a low serpentine voice. Foul incense fills the air with purple smoke!!!!!
The evening went well, especially the roleplay as Barabas and Gholem quickly decides that Jasmina, being a woman is corrupting Gadget with her female ways
Xp´s Granted:1 Total: 30
Scaling the fort they are attacked by bow men in cloaks. But their puny weapons are futile against the power of those that have the powerful s-gene. When unhooded they see that their attackers are snakemen, cobrastyle!!!!
Going down into the fort they come to a terrible scene. 7 hooded snakemen are gathered beside a makeshift altar. On it is a dead soldier and a bound younger man. A wrinkled old snakeman grasps a curved dagger is his hands chanting in a low serpentine voice. Foul incense fills the air with purple smoke!!!!!
The evening went well, especially the roleplay as Barabas and Gholem quickly decides that Jasmina, being a woman is corrupting Gadget with her female ways
Xp´s Granted:1 Total: 30
(7/2-2011) Rescued and Sebek, Crocodilian god of destruction
Rescued
Andre/gadget and Peter/Vincent was not present
Interrrupting the snakeman ritual was key and our heroes quickly kills the snakemen guards and advance towards the ceremony. Overmind lashes out with his fearsome will and takes control of the Snakeman priest. Gholem and Barabas storm the ranks of snakemen cutting down the scaled enemy.
A snakeman pulls an ancient lever and a grating sound can be heard as old defenses activates and spears pierce hidden holes in the floor attacking all in the corridor. Overminds mindslave attack other snakemen who feebly tries to persuade their leader to stop!!!! Seeing the ranks of snakemen being cut down by Barabas and Gholem they decide to counterattack and whipser arcane words in their own serpentine tongue, sending magical snapping snakemouths at Grey Unit, but again they are too strong and when a snakeman sorcerer is bitten by their leader, they pray to Apep of forgiveness and sends a blast of teeth to engulf all, Grey unit, themselves and even their high priest.
When the magical assult stops, Gholem is injured but that it and no snakeman is breathing.
They find the bound Rick Thornton and wake him. He jumps up and throws punches left and right but calms when he sees Grey Unit. well not totally calm as they look unharmed and 10 snakemen is dead. He quizzes them about themselves (Barabas is in demon form and Gholem is made of stone) and he is very interested in Barabas. Why??? The last 4 years he has been searching for a way to free Barabas from Zoia Babulas control and now he is here standing in front of him. He also wants to return to London with his findings and are shattered when they tell him the fate of the british isles.
Rick Thornton tells his story:
He was in Egypt in the valley of the kings in a newly discovered tomb. In there he found stonetablets predating everything known about civilization. In must have been 17000 years old and depicts snakemen freeing themselves from some kind of giantish ruler. Rays are emitted from the snakeman high priest which shatter some kind of glow around the snakemen, possibly a ritual used to free the snakemen people many centuries ago. It was that clue he reported and it could be the thing they needed. Hieroglyphs on the tablets even told him of the location of the serpent people.
Then something happened, the sky turned green and earthquakes and dust clouds persisted for weeks. water levels rose and soon the beatiful dunes of the desert were turned to a foul swamp and even a mountain chain was suddenly there. He found the area of the snakemen with a platoon of british soldiers and bagan preparing to dig when he saw it. Untouched by history the snakemens civilization was there centered around a black glass pyramid.
Rick Thornton managed to sneak closer and found the pyramid to the made of volcanic stone etched with important scenes to the snakemen and again he saw the freeing of the snakepeople by some kind of mystical event.
Then they were assulted by snakemen and forced to flee, the attack was so terrifying that they fled towards Turkey and the british consulate there. Harried along the 9 months long travel they found only death by snakemen ambushes and straight out assults. Whatever he found they were guarding its secrets with great fervor.
Battered and bruised they decided to stop here in the ruins and the next thing he rememebers was another assult and then darkness.
Eager to free Barabas they press Rick Thornton to join them to go back to Egypt or Ras-El Theban as it is called now. Rick Thornton is scared shitless but when they tell of the Valkyrie and that he does not even have to touch the foul waters of the swamp again, he reluctantly agress to join them.
Leaving Jasmina, Flower of the Desert behind they board the Valkyrie and fly over the bloated corpse of the midgaard serpent. The sky here is bright green and the smell of acidic rot fills the airducts of the Valkyrie.
Interrrupting the snakeman ritual was key and our heroes quickly kills the snakemen guards and advance towards the ceremony. Overmind lashes out with his fearsome will and takes control of the Snakeman priest. Gholem and Barabas storm the ranks of snakemen cutting down the scaled enemy.
A snakeman pulls an ancient lever and a grating sound can be heard as old defenses activates and spears pierce hidden holes in the floor attacking all in the corridor. Overminds mindslave attack other snakemen who feebly tries to persuade their leader to stop!!!! Seeing the ranks of snakemen being cut down by Barabas and Gholem they decide to counterattack and whipser arcane words in their own serpentine tongue, sending magical snapping snakemouths at Grey Unit, but again they are too strong and when a snakeman sorcerer is bitten by their leader, they pray to Apep of forgiveness and sends a blast of teeth to engulf all, Grey unit, themselves and even their high priest.
When the magical assult stops, Gholem is injured but that it and no snakeman is breathing.
They find the bound Rick Thornton and wake him. He jumps up and throws punches left and right but calms when he sees Grey Unit. well not totally calm as they look unharmed and 10 snakemen is dead. He quizzes them about themselves (Barabas is in demon form and Gholem is made of stone) and he is very interested in Barabas. Why??? The last 4 years he has been searching for a way to free Barabas from Zoia Babulas control and now he is here standing in front of him. He also wants to return to London with his findings and are shattered when they tell him the fate of the british isles.
Rick Thornton tells his story:
He was in Egypt in the valley of the kings in a newly discovered tomb. In there he found stonetablets predating everything known about civilization. In must have been 17000 years old and depicts snakemen freeing themselves from some kind of giantish ruler. Rays are emitted from the snakeman high priest which shatter some kind of glow around the snakemen, possibly a ritual used to free the snakemen people many centuries ago. It was that clue he reported and it could be the thing they needed. Hieroglyphs on the tablets even told him of the location of the serpent people.
Then something happened, the sky turned green and earthquakes and dust clouds persisted for weeks. water levels rose and soon the beatiful dunes of the desert were turned to a foul swamp and even a mountain chain was suddenly there. He found the area of the snakemen with a platoon of british soldiers and bagan preparing to dig when he saw it. Untouched by history the snakemens civilization was there centered around a black glass pyramid.
Rick Thornton managed to sneak closer and found the pyramid to the made of volcanic stone etched with important scenes to the snakemen and again he saw the freeing of the snakepeople by some kind of mystical event.
Then they were assulted by snakemen and forced to flee, the attack was so terrifying that they fled towards Turkey and the british consulate there. Harried along the 9 months long travel they found only death by snakemen ambushes and straight out assults. Whatever he found they were guarding its secrets with great fervor.
Battered and bruised they decided to stop here in the ruins and the next thing he rememebers was another assult and then darkness.
Eager to free Barabas they press Rick Thornton to join them to go back to Egypt or Ras-El Theban as it is called now. Rick Thornton is scared shitless but when they tell of the Valkyrie and that he does not even have to touch the foul waters of the swamp again, he reluctantly agress to join them.
Leaving Jasmina, Flower of the Desert behind they board the Valkyrie and fly over the bloated corpse of the midgaard serpent. The sky here is bright green and the smell of acidic rot fills the airducts of the Valkyrie.
Sebek, Crocodilian God of Destruction
Six years ago some of my allies stumbled upon this creature in the dark swamps of Ras-El Theban. They were Grey Unit and some of the most powerful men on the planet. But the fear i saw in the eyes of the only survivor, a man called Overmind, tells of the creatures strenght.
The creature, which the children of Apep calls Sebek, crocodilian god of Destruction could well be the real reason behind the greek legend of the Hydra.
Apetite Scholars talk of the creature as a god which have allways preyed upon the snake people and it is feared for its longevity and destruction, having wrecked destruction in their history for many thousand years.
The Children of Apeps society has gone unchanged and strong for many centuries and Sebek have been recorded throughout their history.
Countless times have they tried to destroy the god and when they thought themselves succesfull, the creature appears again months, even years later.
And it was this creature that killed my rescuers, the Noble Gholem and the Angelic Barabas, god rest their souls, well probaly not Barabas....
-From the notes of Rick Thornton, Professor of the National History Museum, Adelaide Australia 1954
Setting down in the strange swamp they jump into the foul sludge of slimy greenish water and brown mud. Foul bloated flies assult them with bites and a green fog cloak the area. They are given a map by Rick Thornton and Kendra Messinger will stay here hovering above the swamp in safety.
They are told that the pyramid should be close, 4-5 hours walk.
Suddenly they see movement in beneath them in the mud. Something big!!!!!! From the swamp a terrible creature rears its head. A gigantic black snake with 9 terrible crocodile heads!!!!! Sebek has arrived!!!!
Grey Unit makes a valiant stand and attacks the great beast. Its body seems immune to injury but attacks "shake" all of its heads. Barabas take to the sky which the makes the blind creature attack Gholem instead. Overmind moves to safe distance and fires his radioactive blast at its heads. They quickly manage to kill 2 heads but then things turn ugly. My rolls are on fire and again and again i hit both Barabas and Gholem, 5-7 heads hit each round, and damage rolls are high, no scratch that, really really high and when Overmind makes the mistakes of getting close to the creature he is also punished. Poisen assults our group and exhaustion sets in (-2 on all rolls) combined with fear (Gholem) and wound modifiers it is getting desperate!!!
A tower of defense, Gholem survives several rounds only fending off attacks while Overmind feebly empties his ak-47 into the beast. Poisened and battered Barabas is torn from the sky and tumbles unconsious into the swamp. Gholem survives another round when poisen stops his heart.
A bloody and battered Overmind flees the combat, and terrified scream as he enters the Valkyrie "Get the hell out of here"
MISSION ABORTED
Well 2 dead and a mission aborted..... But an epic 1 hour battle
Xp´s Granted:1 Total: 31
The creature, which the children of Apep calls Sebek, crocodilian god of Destruction could well be the real reason behind the greek legend of the Hydra.
Apetite Scholars talk of the creature as a god which have allways preyed upon the snake people and it is feared for its longevity and destruction, having wrecked destruction in their history for many thousand years.
The Children of Apeps society has gone unchanged and strong for many centuries and Sebek have been recorded throughout their history.
Countless times have they tried to destroy the god and when they thought themselves succesfull, the creature appears again months, even years later.
And it was this creature that killed my rescuers, the Noble Gholem and the Angelic Barabas, god rest their souls, well probaly not Barabas....
-From the notes of Rick Thornton, Professor of the National History Museum, Adelaide Australia 1954
Setting down in the strange swamp they jump into the foul sludge of slimy greenish water and brown mud. Foul bloated flies assult them with bites and a green fog cloak the area. They are given a map by Rick Thornton and Kendra Messinger will stay here hovering above the swamp in safety.
They are told that the pyramid should be close, 4-5 hours walk.
Suddenly they see movement in beneath them in the mud. Something big!!!!!! From the swamp a terrible creature rears its head. A gigantic black snake with 9 terrible crocodile heads!!!!! Sebek has arrived!!!!
Grey Unit makes a valiant stand and attacks the great beast. Its body seems immune to injury but attacks "shake" all of its heads. Barabas take to the sky which the makes the blind creature attack Gholem instead. Overmind moves to safe distance and fires his radioactive blast at its heads. They quickly manage to kill 2 heads but then things turn ugly. My rolls are on fire and again and again i hit both Barabas and Gholem, 5-7 heads hit each round, and damage rolls are high, no scratch that, really really high and when Overmind makes the mistakes of getting close to the creature he is also punished. Poisen assults our group and exhaustion sets in (-2 on all rolls) combined with fear (Gholem) and wound modifiers it is getting desperate!!!
A tower of defense, Gholem survives several rounds only fending off attacks while Overmind feebly empties his ak-47 into the beast. Poisened and battered Barabas is torn from the sky and tumbles unconsious into the swamp. Gholem survives another round when poisen stops his heart.
A bloody and battered Overmind flees the combat, and terrified scream as he enters the Valkyrie "Get the hell out of here"
MISSION ABORTED
Well 2 dead and a mission aborted..... But an epic 1 hour battle
Xp´s Granted:1 Total: 31