Hell in London session 1
Last night we tried a scanario i have been writing, set in London year 1899. The session was unfortunately cut a bit short by my youngest son who got sick.
They play different characters, a catholic priest, a catholic knight loyal to the priest, a female gentleman thief, a big game hunter and a Scotland Yard Investigator. They received a history of the characters and roleplaying notes and we ran a couple of preludes just to get them used to the really easy system.
The session started by them receiving a letter from a certain VH who summoned them to London playing on the different desires of each character. They meet up in a dirty apartment looking across the room they see the other players, also confused. They introduce themselves and talk about thier letters which warns them of dark times for London.
Suddenly a knock on the door interrupts the meeting when the scotland yard investigators posted bobby tells them that somthing foul have been commited. the investigator is a member of SPECIAL DIVISION which secretely handles occult investigations and that is why he is contacted.
They come to a house and some spot a cross with 3 roses on the door. the catholic priest recognizes the symbol as Præsidium Occultus his own secretive order of investigative priests. A young bobby comes out and throws up, something terrible has occured. Claus, playing the cop, pulls rank and lets the party in as well much to the surprise of the other cops.
Inside they find a horrifying site. An elderly priest have been killed, butchered and dismembered. The chopped up priest have been thrown into the firepit and his charred remains stink.
They search the place only finding a empty leather briefcase probaly belonging to the dead priest. Suddenly they hear shouts and a pair of cops have tackled a younger priest. He sobs and cries when he hears of the death of his mentor, Father Winston McAffey, but turns to Father Ian, played by Henrik, and they talk in secret. Father Ian is told that Father Winston , the deceased, had recently been rather frantic, researching outlawed bibles, astronomy books and heretic lore certain that he has stumbled upon a dark secret. The old priest had even gone as far as sending his young acolyte to live a different place as he was fearful for his life. The young acolyte was certain that the elderly priest was going mad but now it dawns upon him that the man was right, he had stumbled upon some dark secret that cost him his life. The acolyte was on the way to collect a letter hidden under the front door, a practice common in the later days of the old priest life as paranoia set in.
The session went well, cut short as it was. Rasmus hit the nail on the head when he described the system as flowing as and not bogged down by many rolls.
They investigated the hell out of it and reacted well to the clues. Peter ,playing the die hard Big game hunter was aggresive and to the point and had fun being a bragging bastard. Claus played the role of the scotland yard investigator with great fervor even calling upon bloodhounds to the scene and playing his lame Hindrance really well. Andre played a german catholic knight who was tasked wirh protecting Henriks character, the catholic priest and even stepped in front of other players when they closed with his "charge". He also got the hidden letter from under the front door by pretending to read from a bible, cool hehe... Rasmus was a bit sidetracked as his character as he roleplayed a hindrance which meant he was afraid of the police and stood among the crowd outside of the house, but he played the role of a upperclass women well and no one suspects her of being what she really is, a gentleman thief. Henrik was cool in his role as the elderly priest with bad eye sight despite the puns about his love for alterboys(something big in the papers in denmark).
Personally I am looking forward to next time when the characters will see some action and more of their personal objectives might become obvious......
They play different characters, a catholic priest, a catholic knight loyal to the priest, a female gentleman thief, a big game hunter and a Scotland Yard Investigator. They received a history of the characters and roleplaying notes and we ran a couple of preludes just to get them used to the really easy system.
The session started by them receiving a letter from a certain VH who summoned them to London playing on the different desires of each character. They meet up in a dirty apartment looking across the room they see the other players, also confused. They introduce themselves and talk about thier letters which warns them of dark times for London.
Suddenly a knock on the door interrupts the meeting when the scotland yard investigators posted bobby tells them that somthing foul have been commited. the investigator is a member of SPECIAL DIVISION which secretely handles occult investigations and that is why he is contacted.
They come to a house and some spot a cross with 3 roses on the door. the catholic priest recognizes the symbol as Præsidium Occultus his own secretive order of investigative priests. A young bobby comes out and throws up, something terrible has occured. Claus, playing the cop, pulls rank and lets the party in as well much to the surprise of the other cops.
Inside they find a horrifying site. An elderly priest have been killed, butchered and dismembered. The chopped up priest have been thrown into the firepit and his charred remains stink.
They search the place only finding a empty leather briefcase probaly belonging to the dead priest. Suddenly they hear shouts and a pair of cops have tackled a younger priest. He sobs and cries when he hears of the death of his mentor, Father Winston McAffey, but turns to Father Ian, played by Henrik, and they talk in secret. Father Ian is told that Father Winston , the deceased, had recently been rather frantic, researching outlawed bibles, astronomy books and heretic lore certain that he has stumbled upon a dark secret. The old priest had even gone as far as sending his young acolyte to live a different place as he was fearful for his life. The young acolyte was certain that the elderly priest was going mad but now it dawns upon him that the man was right, he had stumbled upon some dark secret that cost him his life. The acolyte was on the way to collect a letter hidden under the front door, a practice common in the later days of the old priest life as paranoia set in.
The session went well, cut short as it was. Rasmus hit the nail on the head when he described the system as flowing as and not bogged down by many rolls.
They investigated the hell out of it and reacted well to the clues. Peter ,playing the die hard Big game hunter was aggresive and to the point and had fun being a bragging bastard. Claus played the role of the scotland yard investigator with great fervor even calling upon bloodhounds to the scene and playing his lame Hindrance really well. Andre played a german catholic knight who was tasked wirh protecting Henriks character, the catholic priest and even stepped in front of other players when they closed with his "charge". He also got the hidden letter from under the front door by pretending to read from a bible, cool hehe... Rasmus was a bit sidetracked as his character as he roleplayed a hindrance which meant he was afraid of the police and stood among the crowd outside of the house, but he played the role of a upperclass women well and no one suspects her of being what she really is, a gentleman thief. Henrik was cool in his role as the elderly priest with bad eye sight despite the puns about his love for alterboys(something big in the papers in denmark).
Personally I am looking forward to next time when the characters will see some action and more of their personal objectives might become obvious......
Hell in London session 2
Last time the players investigated the hell out of a mysterious killing of a catholic priest and found a letter adressed to a certain professor Rumschilde, it warned him of the dangers brought back from a dig!!!
They had the adress but learned that the professor was at the national history museum unveiling his latest discoveries.They took a carriage to the museum.
They forced (claus playing a scotland yard investigator flashed his badge) their way in and soon found themselves in a newly decorated area filled with cloth-covered caskets. An elderly fat man with a heavy beard is adressing the crowd of students and higher society people.
The professor, Rumschilde, talk and he explains that he was contacted by the university of Cairo, who had discovered the remains of Sodoma and Gomorra, the cursed cities mentioned in the holy bible, and he was invited to lead the expedition.
An earthquake in the Niger delta had uncovered the cities, resting 15 miles from each other and the discoveries were terrible. Signs of cannibalism, pagan worship, human sacrifice, mutilations, forced prostitution and fouler acts pervaded the entire 2 cities. In the center of Sodoma rested a temple, once chritian, but now foul filled with decapitated limbs, teeth. heads and torture tools. The temple was called Ghanis and was the center of evil in the area. The whole entertaining evening was highlighted by the unveiling of glass casket filled with pictures and foul stuff collected from the 2 cities.
The professor seems distracted and excuses himself as he appearently have forgotten the rest of his papers in his office. A costudian informs the crowd that a recess is in order and campagne is ushered in.
Madeline Russell, playes by Rasmus, is adressed by a noble. lord Sutton who knows her by the name of miss. Inverness. They small talk for a while and the rest of the party are befuddled. Why would someone adress miss Russell falsely. Lord Sutton ask if she has seen his son, Jeremy who would be joining them shortly. Madeline is suddenly struck with fear as in her prelude she stole a chandelier from this Jremy fellow. Lord Sutton insists that they wait for his son but "Maddy" grabs the arm of Herr Rudolph Immelmann (played by André) and tells Lord Sutton that she and her "husband" has business elsewhere. Then she spots Jeremy and tries to stealh into the crowd. She succeeds with a raise and she even has her "husband" hidden as well.
Sgt. Stevenson, played by claus, have followed the professer wanting to talk to him but he is barred by 2 undercover bobbies, "costodians" and are told to seek out the lieutanant outside. He limbs outside seeking the lieutanent and finds the aggresive fellow. He manages to gain permission from the man and storms back to the museum.
Meanwhile Madeline and Rudolph have decided to follow the professor and finds a different department, sumerian battle art, and a door. The duscuss heavily the need to enter the door and Rudolph expertly plays the role as gentleman and tries unsuccesfully to persuade Maddy to leave. Suddenly Rudolph discovers he had forgotten his charge, the priest Ian McCullen, and storms through the departments seeking his charge.
Father Ian, played by Henrik, has meanwhile entered a discussion with a scientist, a student of Darwin who wants to know his take on Darwin thesise. Father Ian talks about the "true" version. That god created man in his image and so forth. Suddenly Father Ian sees something in the glass caskets in front of him. Is is concealed yet plain visible: the arrangements of teeth in the temple of Ghanis, mad etchings on temple walls, tighbones carelessly thrown on the temple floor, bloodstains on a manacle. All they reveal a symbol only known to a hidden priesthood among the catholics, the symbol of Sammael a fallen angel. Father Ian knows that the demon has allways worked the evil of men in secret but perhaps the evil of Sodoma and gomorra is the work of the fallen angel. And perhaps somthing dark and evil was removed at the temple and brought back to London and could it be the reason why London is wrecked by great evil and crime!!!!!!! When Rudolph comes back Father Ian shows him the symbol and tells him what he know. Rudolph is also stunned by the dark revelation of the fallen Angel Sammael!!!
Sgt. Stevenson and Maddy enters the corridor where the professor exited and quickly finds the professors office. It is quiet and Maddy investigates, through another office. She can climb out of a window to the park and glance through the window and sees the professor dead, stabbed in the back multiple times. She flees back to Sgt. Stevenson who kicks in the door also finding the dead professor. Sgt. Stevenson see papers burning in the fireplace and manages through a successfull agility roll to retrieve a note half burned. It says that the mysterious sponsor wants to be the first to enter the temple of Ghanis!!! Their enemy has perhaps been revealed but the letter is only signed by the letter A. Sgt. Stevenson also smells a foul odour of opium and alcohol when examining the drapes.
They leave the museum following bloody tracks finally coming to a train station reserved for coal transport and coal miner transport. They see a train rushing by and Maddy spots a man crounching on the top of the coal. They spring into action and Maddy, Rudolph and even the elderly priest Ian Nccullen manages to grap hold of the rushing train. Sgt. Stevenson, being lame, fails and sees the the train leave without him. he then opts to find a carriage to follow!!
On the top of the coal wagon a misshapen man is seen. He wears a dark cloak and a bloody knife and has a huge hat on his misshapen head. Instead of a mouth he has grafted snapping rusting metal teeth and seems quite able to use them with grim force. He demands to know they are, they tell him who they are and what they know he has done but the foul man openly thretens to gut them like the professor!!! Discussions end and initiative cards are drawn.
Battle is fun in savage worlds and flows easily. Rudolph holds his action and Ian as well while Maddy opts for tauting him flashing her cleavage, unsuccesfully i might add hehe. The man roars in feral glee and attacks Rudolph immelmann who had drawn his sword!!! The misshapen man even tries to intimidate him but both fail, even the attack as immelmann has a whopping parry 7. Father Ian also tries to taunt the enemy and succeeds!!
Next round rudolph, wanting to know more opts for disarm and succeed sending the bloody knife to the floor. Father Ian has drawn a crucible in the last round and tries to hit the man and hits the enemy, even causing a wound!!! hehe the old man still has some kick to him!!! Maddy holds as the man tries to savage Rudolph with his steel teeth, again missing despite my frantic use of bennies.
Again Rudolph is the first to act and opts for a friendly way to subdue the foul enemy and takes -1 to attacks and tries to use the flat of his blade this time connecting solidly with the misshapen mans jaw sending him spawling unconsious to the floor, fast furious fun times!!!!
Suddenly they spot a young boy who fear filled duks down to the driver of the train. Appearently their combat with flashing blades, metal teeth, and a smashing crucible has frightened the boy and soon they see a man and the boy fleeing by throwing themselves off the train.
That is not so bad but only Maddy realizes that the combat had drawn too much attention and the stoker had not slowed down as they are approaching a sharp bent right before the river Thems. Rudolph is halfway through the wagons as he realize the error of his ways.
As the train crash the heroes throw themselves of the train, Rudolph managed, as i though it was cool, to grap Father Ian, his charge, and fling them curled together off the train landing heavily with Rudolph at the botton hehe. Maddy has drawn her crossbow and does not want to leave the misshapen man behind fires her grappling line at him impaling his leg and when she jumps clear the line streches but hold and both are flung clear of the train wreck.
Father Ian suvives unscathed (used bennie to soak) as does the misshaoen man and Maddy but Rudolph receives a wound. Father Ian prays and Rudolphs flesh and bone starts knitting itself together, much to the surpise of Maddy/Rasmus "He can cast spells??????"
Sgt. Stevenson arrives by carriage a moment later and examines the misshapen man, identifying his high riding boots as the same boot prints found at the murder scenes of the priest and the professor. He also recognizes the stench of alcohol and opium he detected at the scene of the professors murder. They also find a Royal Merchanteer Charter identifying him as Reginald Caldwell, a sailor and his last ship was the Queens Bounty. They also find 9 £, a huge sum for a sailor.
They hire the carriage sgt. Stevenson came with and take the misshapen man back to the apartment for questioning. He wakes up 2 hours later shaking his head, his hand is bruised from Rudolphs disarm and his shoulder out of place from Father Ians blow and his jaw fractured from the knock out blow. Then we call it quits for the night...
It was a fun evening and a have a feeling that the players like the system, they even went as far as asking to borrow the rule book and talking of buying it for themselves...
I loved it as it flowed easily and combat was fun and exiting and their roleplay was top notch, perhaps some of the best they have ever played!!!!! Thanks for the experience Guys!!!!
They had the adress but learned that the professor was at the national history museum unveiling his latest discoveries.They took a carriage to the museum.
They forced (claus playing a scotland yard investigator flashed his badge) their way in and soon found themselves in a newly decorated area filled with cloth-covered caskets. An elderly fat man with a heavy beard is adressing the crowd of students and higher society people.
The professor, Rumschilde, talk and he explains that he was contacted by the university of Cairo, who had discovered the remains of Sodoma and Gomorra, the cursed cities mentioned in the holy bible, and he was invited to lead the expedition.
An earthquake in the Niger delta had uncovered the cities, resting 15 miles from each other and the discoveries were terrible. Signs of cannibalism, pagan worship, human sacrifice, mutilations, forced prostitution and fouler acts pervaded the entire 2 cities. In the center of Sodoma rested a temple, once chritian, but now foul filled with decapitated limbs, teeth. heads and torture tools. The temple was called Ghanis and was the center of evil in the area. The whole entertaining evening was highlighted by the unveiling of glass casket filled with pictures and foul stuff collected from the 2 cities.
The professor seems distracted and excuses himself as he appearently have forgotten the rest of his papers in his office. A costudian informs the crowd that a recess is in order and campagne is ushered in.
Madeline Russell, playes by Rasmus, is adressed by a noble. lord Sutton who knows her by the name of miss. Inverness. They small talk for a while and the rest of the party are befuddled. Why would someone adress miss Russell falsely. Lord Sutton ask if she has seen his son, Jeremy who would be joining them shortly. Madeline is suddenly struck with fear as in her prelude she stole a chandelier from this Jremy fellow. Lord Sutton insists that they wait for his son but "Maddy" grabs the arm of Herr Rudolph Immelmann (played by André) and tells Lord Sutton that she and her "husband" has business elsewhere. Then she spots Jeremy and tries to stealh into the crowd. She succeeds with a raise and she even has her "husband" hidden as well.
Sgt. Stevenson, played by claus, have followed the professer wanting to talk to him but he is barred by 2 undercover bobbies, "costodians" and are told to seek out the lieutanant outside. He limbs outside seeking the lieutanent and finds the aggresive fellow. He manages to gain permission from the man and storms back to the museum.
Meanwhile Madeline and Rudolph have decided to follow the professor and finds a different department, sumerian battle art, and a door. The duscuss heavily the need to enter the door and Rudolph expertly plays the role as gentleman and tries unsuccesfully to persuade Maddy to leave. Suddenly Rudolph discovers he had forgotten his charge, the priest Ian McCullen, and storms through the departments seeking his charge.
Father Ian, played by Henrik, has meanwhile entered a discussion with a scientist, a student of Darwin who wants to know his take on Darwin thesise. Father Ian talks about the "true" version. That god created man in his image and so forth. Suddenly Father Ian sees something in the glass caskets in front of him. Is is concealed yet plain visible: the arrangements of teeth in the temple of Ghanis, mad etchings on temple walls, tighbones carelessly thrown on the temple floor, bloodstains on a manacle. All they reveal a symbol only known to a hidden priesthood among the catholics, the symbol of Sammael a fallen angel. Father Ian knows that the demon has allways worked the evil of men in secret but perhaps the evil of Sodoma and gomorra is the work of the fallen angel. And perhaps somthing dark and evil was removed at the temple and brought back to London and could it be the reason why London is wrecked by great evil and crime!!!!!!! When Rudolph comes back Father Ian shows him the symbol and tells him what he know. Rudolph is also stunned by the dark revelation of the fallen Angel Sammael!!!
Sgt. Stevenson and Maddy enters the corridor where the professor exited and quickly finds the professors office. It is quiet and Maddy investigates, through another office. She can climb out of a window to the park and glance through the window and sees the professor dead, stabbed in the back multiple times. She flees back to Sgt. Stevenson who kicks in the door also finding the dead professor. Sgt. Stevenson see papers burning in the fireplace and manages through a successfull agility roll to retrieve a note half burned. It says that the mysterious sponsor wants to be the first to enter the temple of Ghanis!!! Their enemy has perhaps been revealed but the letter is only signed by the letter A. Sgt. Stevenson also smells a foul odour of opium and alcohol when examining the drapes.
They leave the museum following bloody tracks finally coming to a train station reserved for coal transport and coal miner transport. They see a train rushing by and Maddy spots a man crounching on the top of the coal. They spring into action and Maddy, Rudolph and even the elderly priest Ian Nccullen manages to grap hold of the rushing train. Sgt. Stevenson, being lame, fails and sees the the train leave without him. he then opts to find a carriage to follow!!
On the top of the coal wagon a misshapen man is seen. He wears a dark cloak and a bloody knife and has a huge hat on his misshapen head. Instead of a mouth he has grafted snapping rusting metal teeth and seems quite able to use them with grim force. He demands to know they are, they tell him who they are and what they know he has done but the foul man openly thretens to gut them like the professor!!! Discussions end and initiative cards are drawn.
Battle is fun in savage worlds and flows easily. Rudolph holds his action and Ian as well while Maddy opts for tauting him flashing her cleavage, unsuccesfully i might add hehe. The man roars in feral glee and attacks Rudolph immelmann who had drawn his sword!!! The misshapen man even tries to intimidate him but both fail, even the attack as immelmann has a whopping parry 7. Father Ian also tries to taunt the enemy and succeeds!!
Next round rudolph, wanting to know more opts for disarm and succeed sending the bloody knife to the floor. Father Ian has drawn a crucible in the last round and tries to hit the man and hits the enemy, even causing a wound!!! hehe the old man still has some kick to him!!! Maddy holds as the man tries to savage Rudolph with his steel teeth, again missing despite my frantic use of bennies.
Again Rudolph is the first to act and opts for a friendly way to subdue the foul enemy and takes -1 to attacks and tries to use the flat of his blade this time connecting solidly with the misshapen mans jaw sending him spawling unconsious to the floor, fast furious fun times!!!!
Suddenly they spot a young boy who fear filled duks down to the driver of the train. Appearently their combat with flashing blades, metal teeth, and a smashing crucible has frightened the boy and soon they see a man and the boy fleeing by throwing themselves off the train.
That is not so bad but only Maddy realizes that the combat had drawn too much attention and the stoker had not slowed down as they are approaching a sharp bent right before the river Thems. Rudolph is halfway through the wagons as he realize the error of his ways.
As the train crash the heroes throw themselves of the train, Rudolph managed, as i though it was cool, to grap Father Ian, his charge, and fling them curled together off the train landing heavily with Rudolph at the botton hehe. Maddy has drawn her crossbow and does not want to leave the misshapen man behind fires her grappling line at him impaling his leg and when she jumps clear the line streches but hold and both are flung clear of the train wreck.
Father Ian suvives unscathed (used bennie to soak) as does the misshaoen man and Maddy but Rudolph receives a wound. Father Ian prays and Rudolphs flesh and bone starts knitting itself together, much to the surpise of Maddy/Rasmus "He can cast spells??????"
Sgt. Stevenson arrives by carriage a moment later and examines the misshapen man, identifying his high riding boots as the same boot prints found at the murder scenes of the priest and the professor. He also recognizes the stench of alcohol and opium he detected at the scene of the professors murder. They also find a Royal Merchanteer Charter identifying him as Reginald Caldwell, a sailor and his last ship was the Queens Bounty. They also find 9 £, a huge sum for a sailor.
They hire the carriage sgt. Stevenson came with and take the misshapen man back to the apartment for questioning. He wakes up 2 hours later shaking his head, his hand is bruised from Rudolphs disarm and his shoulder out of place from Father Ians blow and his jaw fractured from the knock out blow. Then we call it quits for the night...
It was a fun evening and a have a feeling that the players like the system, they even went as far as asking to borrow the rule book and talking of buying it for themselves...
I loved it as it flowed easily and combat was fun and exiting and their roleplay was top notch, perhaps some of the best they have ever played!!!!! Thanks for the experience Guys!!!!
Hell in London session 3
The players have captured the killer responsible for the murders of Father McAffey and professor Rumschilde and found symbols belonging to the fallen angel Sammael hidden on objects in the dig Rumschilde has excavated. They have also found a letter signed A that says that A should be the first to enter the dreaded Ghanis temple.
The man with the steel teeth (jaws) awaken and curse them all. The colonel, a big game hunter, hammers the butt of his rifle on the foot of the man and threaten him to reveal his employer, he does not however. Only when Maddy, the thief and damned attractive, talk to the man he agrees to tell them the truth after they agree to line his pockets with 3 pounds sterling and lie and agree to letting him go.
He tells them that he serves a mysterious man named Alistair(the letter A from the clue they found) hired him and the ship he was on and they went to Africa where they waited for 2 months until Alistair and the professor came back from a excavation. When they came back to London Alistair hired him to kill both the professor and the priest McAffey who was gettign to close to the truth appearently. He does not know much more but has seen Alistair wears a strange ring with a symbol on it. They thank the man by arresting him hehe (Sgt. Smith) and drags his ass back to his superior, even going as far as giving me the DM a letter explaining the foul mans actions. It was of course rewarded with a bennie!!!!!
Sgt. Smith while back as Special Division Scotland Yard decides to try to search the archives searching for the mysterios symbol. Father McCullen and his protector Rudolph Immelmann seeks out the Primera Occultus, the library dedicated to their order and Maddy seeks out her fence securing a gun to put in her stocking (gave another bennie as the players found a gun on the internet) hehe..
Sgt. Smith uncovers the truth about the symbol. It is a signet ring of the Pembroke family, a minor family and they learn the adress of the family and that he should live with his mother and 2 sisters in Chelsea. Father Ian McCullen searhes the library with the aid of Colonel Stevenson and Rudolph finding dark knowledge in a heretic ancient bible. They learn that Sammael was responsible for the creation of the Grail of Enoch, also known as the anti-grail!!!! Which could destroy cities by invoking the darkest feelings hidden in the souls of all men and woman. This could be the reason why London is on the brink of destruction.... Things get ugly when the priest caretaker of the library ask to talk with Father MCcullen and only Col. stevenson see that the caretaker is very nervous!!!! He tells that to Rudolph the protector of Father Mcculen and manages to kick in the door where the 2 priest are talking, knocking down the elderly priest and threatening him with his gun hehe good fun. the priest only wanted to give Father McCullen a relic an Iron Flask which was given to the caretaker by Father McAffey ( the dead priest which started the adventure ) who told him if someone comes with the news of his death he shoul be given the iron flask which can be used to capture ghosts and demons!!!!! OR SO THE CARETAKER CLAIMS
After a good sleep they search for clues some more and Maddy and Sgt. Stevenson goes to the Pembroke house finding it seemingly abandoned and investigates the run down house. they search the lower floors finding it empty but on the stairs they spot a dead man, a robber with his satchel filled with silverspoon, forks and such. the man has been killed by splitting his head open with a heavy weapon!!!!
On the bloody ground they see small footprints, probaly female footprints!!!! They know that 2 sister and a mother should be living in the house but the state of the run down house does not show signs of living people.
Sgt. stevenson opens the first room and see a beautiful bedroom but something dark has happened!!!! 3 woman aged 13 to 52 stand with the back to Sgt. Stevenson. They wear dresses and their grey wrinkled hands wield meatcleavers and other foul weapons. They turn around revealing rotten bodies filled with maggots and fly eggs. They have been cut open in a sacrifial manor and dark symbols have been etched in their still screaming faces. White pus-filled orbs stare at Sgt. stevenson and he grips his sidearm tighter!!!!!
The session ends with a cliffhanger of course
The man with the steel teeth (jaws) awaken and curse them all. The colonel, a big game hunter, hammers the butt of his rifle on the foot of the man and threaten him to reveal his employer, he does not however. Only when Maddy, the thief and damned attractive, talk to the man he agrees to tell them the truth after they agree to line his pockets with 3 pounds sterling and lie and agree to letting him go.
He tells them that he serves a mysterious man named Alistair(the letter A from the clue they found) hired him and the ship he was on and they went to Africa where they waited for 2 months until Alistair and the professor came back from a excavation. When they came back to London Alistair hired him to kill both the professor and the priest McAffey who was gettign to close to the truth appearently. He does not know much more but has seen Alistair wears a strange ring with a symbol on it. They thank the man by arresting him hehe (Sgt. Smith) and drags his ass back to his superior, even going as far as giving me the DM a letter explaining the foul mans actions. It was of course rewarded with a bennie!!!!!
Sgt. Smith while back as Special Division Scotland Yard decides to try to search the archives searching for the mysterios symbol. Father McCullen and his protector Rudolph Immelmann seeks out the Primera Occultus, the library dedicated to their order and Maddy seeks out her fence securing a gun to put in her stocking (gave another bennie as the players found a gun on the internet) hehe..
Sgt. Smith uncovers the truth about the symbol. It is a signet ring of the Pembroke family, a minor family and they learn the adress of the family and that he should live with his mother and 2 sisters in Chelsea. Father Ian McCullen searhes the library with the aid of Colonel Stevenson and Rudolph finding dark knowledge in a heretic ancient bible. They learn that Sammael was responsible for the creation of the Grail of Enoch, also known as the anti-grail!!!! Which could destroy cities by invoking the darkest feelings hidden in the souls of all men and woman. This could be the reason why London is on the brink of destruction.... Things get ugly when the priest caretaker of the library ask to talk with Father MCcullen and only Col. stevenson see that the caretaker is very nervous!!!! He tells that to Rudolph the protector of Father Mcculen and manages to kick in the door where the 2 priest are talking, knocking down the elderly priest and threatening him with his gun hehe good fun. the priest only wanted to give Father McCullen a relic an Iron Flask which was given to the caretaker by Father McAffey ( the dead priest which started the adventure ) who told him if someone comes with the news of his death he shoul be given the iron flask which can be used to capture ghosts and demons!!!!! OR SO THE CARETAKER CLAIMS
After a good sleep they search for clues some more and Maddy and Sgt. Stevenson goes to the Pembroke house finding it seemingly abandoned and investigates the run down house. they search the lower floors finding it empty but on the stairs they spot a dead man, a robber with his satchel filled with silverspoon, forks and such. the man has been killed by splitting his head open with a heavy weapon!!!!
On the bloody ground they see small footprints, probaly female footprints!!!! They know that 2 sister and a mother should be living in the house but the state of the run down house does not show signs of living people.
Sgt. stevenson opens the first room and see a beautiful bedroom but something dark has happened!!!! 3 woman aged 13 to 52 stand with the back to Sgt. Stevenson. They wear dresses and their grey wrinkled hands wield meatcleavers and other foul weapons. They turn around revealing rotten bodies filled with maggots and fly eggs. They have been cut open in a sacrifial manor and dark symbols have been etched in their still screaming faces. White pus-filled orbs stare at Sgt. stevenson and he grips his sidearm tighter!!!!!
The session ends with a cliffhanger of course
Hell in London session 4
We left our heroes at a cliffhanger, 3 zombies, slain family of the sorcerer Alistair Pembroke were waiting in a room opened by Col. Stevenson.
Outside Father Ian and Sgt. Smith were advancing on the Pembroke estate, foul looking and overgrown, but 3 elderly citizens are acting strange. They are tearing their way through the rusted metal gate, ripping off bars of rusted iron and shouting that this ugly looking house should be torn down. They are really threatening and they look almost feral, even a eighty year old woman has blood running down her hands as she has torn a rusted bar free from the gate. They try to persuade the group from acting crazily but it is evident that the same madness that has tightened the grip on London are affecting the people. The party feels threatened and decide to attack before the madness spreads...
In the house combat is also chosen as Maddy and Col. Stevenson are attacked by Regine, Bella and Irmgaard the sacrificed family of Alistair Pembroke.
The battles were fun fast and furious. Just a short recap!!!:
Col. stevenson fired on the first zombie, but just managed to inflict a shaken result and then he ran down the stairs. He is closefolllowed by a raging zombies which wields a meathammer hitting him in the head, inflicting 3 wounds!!! He manages to soak 2 wounds lucky bastard!!! Maddy has bought a small pistol and actually manages to kill the zombie with a well placed shot. The 2 zombies race down the stairs craving flesh but the heroes have moved downstairs into the living room, narrowly avoiding the brain craving zombies.
Outside Sgt. smith and Father Ian are faring better against the elderly mad citizens and Father Ian especially has luck with blows of his crucible incapacitating 2 of the citizens, but sgt. Smith is unlucky and gets shaken by a fierce blows from the madness-induced eighty year old female hehe. But in the end he incapacitates the last elderly citizen hehe
In the house Maddy is a lucky sob as she kills another zombie while Col. Stevenson even switches weapon to "Bessy" his signature weapon but still fails to inflict wounds on the zombie. Maddy decides to help the beleaugered big game hunter and helps him regain his revolver and finally blasts the head off the last zombie!!
Outside the police have arrived and the players have a difficult time answering why 3 elderly citizens have been killed off hehe( all were killed none survivede the rolls)!!!! They manage it through Father Ians persuasive abilities (even through they had -2 on the roll) They enter the Pembroke estate and find several clues.
In Alistairs old room they find pentagram etched into the floor and his bed has bed used for the sacrifice of his family. They see the symbol of Sammael everywhere and even finds a letter explaining the ritual to activate the anti-grail(the grail of Sammael) which involves the sacrifice of a pious induvidual, a whore and an innocent (neatly fitting with his family, as it happens) They also find a warlocks candle made of childrens fat. The candle prolonges the duration of dark magic and has the ability to upset the natural order, milk will turn sour in a heartbeat, wood rot, metal rust etc. The candle is also ingraved with Sammaels symbol and they grab it along, destroying it later.
Sgt. Smiths Lieutanant arrives and handle the whole situation as the "Special Division" of Scotland Yard handles exactly the supernatural.
Outside they are met by a small weasel looking lawyer, Abraham Consdale of consdale and Associate. He tells them to meet him at his office next day, he knows something they could use he explains.
They regroup at the apartment and compare clues!!!!
Next day they come to Consdale and Associate and meet the neat housekeeper, and Abraham Consdale their contact. He informs them that his company handled the Pembrokes financial affairs some years ago and has even a lot of history of the family (it is his business to know he says) He informs them that Alistair was a troubled boy filled with great rage and anger. He also tells them that Waxmann and Sons a brokering company by mistake has sent a letter of aquisition to Consdale and Associate informing him that Alistair Pembroke has bought a property 1 year ago in Kings Cross.....
They leave for the property in a derelict area of London. They find the house boarded up and seemingly abandoned. After the arrival of a pair entering the house the climb the fence and Maddy sneaks up to the front door when she suddenly hears the creaking of floorboards!!!!!
Outside Father Ian and Sgt. Smith were advancing on the Pembroke estate, foul looking and overgrown, but 3 elderly citizens are acting strange. They are tearing their way through the rusted metal gate, ripping off bars of rusted iron and shouting that this ugly looking house should be torn down. They are really threatening and they look almost feral, even a eighty year old woman has blood running down her hands as she has torn a rusted bar free from the gate. They try to persuade the group from acting crazily but it is evident that the same madness that has tightened the grip on London are affecting the people. The party feels threatened and decide to attack before the madness spreads...
In the house combat is also chosen as Maddy and Col. Stevenson are attacked by Regine, Bella and Irmgaard the sacrificed family of Alistair Pembroke.
The battles were fun fast and furious. Just a short recap!!!:
Col. stevenson fired on the first zombie, but just managed to inflict a shaken result and then he ran down the stairs. He is closefolllowed by a raging zombies which wields a meathammer hitting him in the head, inflicting 3 wounds!!! He manages to soak 2 wounds lucky bastard!!! Maddy has bought a small pistol and actually manages to kill the zombie with a well placed shot. The 2 zombies race down the stairs craving flesh but the heroes have moved downstairs into the living room, narrowly avoiding the brain craving zombies.
Outside Sgt. smith and Father Ian are faring better against the elderly mad citizens and Father Ian especially has luck with blows of his crucible incapacitating 2 of the citizens, but sgt. Smith is unlucky and gets shaken by a fierce blows from the madness-induced eighty year old female hehe. But in the end he incapacitates the last elderly citizen hehe
In the house Maddy is a lucky sob as she kills another zombie while Col. Stevenson even switches weapon to "Bessy" his signature weapon but still fails to inflict wounds on the zombie. Maddy decides to help the beleaugered big game hunter and helps him regain his revolver and finally blasts the head off the last zombie!!
Outside the police have arrived and the players have a difficult time answering why 3 elderly citizens have been killed off hehe( all were killed none survivede the rolls)!!!! They manage it through Father Ians persuasive abilities (even through they had -2 on the roll) They enter the Pembroke estate and find several clues.
In Alistairs old room they find pentagram etched into the floor and his bed has bed used for the sacrifice of his family. They see the symbol of Sammael everywhere and even finds a letter explaining the ritual to activate the anti-grail(the grail of Sammael) which involves the sacrifice of a pious induvidual, a whore and an innocent (neatly fitting with his family, as it happens) They also find a warlocks candle made of childrens fat. The candle prolonges the duration of dark magic and has the ability to upset the natural order, milk will turn sour in a heartbeat, wood rot, metal rust etc. The candle is also ingraved with Sammaels symbol and they grab it along, destroying it later.
Sgt. Smiths Lieutanant arrives and handle the whole situation as the "Special Division" of Scotland Yard handles exactly the supernatural.
Outside they are met by a small weasel looking lawyer, Abraham Consdale of consdale and Associate. He tells them to meet him at his office next day, he knows something they could use he explains.
They regroup at the apartment and compare clues!!!!
Next day they come to Consdale and Associate and meet the neat housekeeper, and Abraham Consdale their contact. He informs them that his company handled the Pembrokes financial affairs some years ago and has even a lot of history of the family (it is his business to know he says) He informs them that Alistair was a troubled boy filled with great rage and anger. He also tells them that Waxmann and Sons a brokering company by mistake has sent a letter of aquisition to Consdale and Associate informing him that Alistair Pembroke has bought a property 1 year ago in Kings Cross.....
They leave for the property in a derelict area of London. They find the house boarded up and seemingly abandoned. After the arrival of a pair entering the house the climb the fence and Maddy sneaks up to the front door when she suddenly hears the creaking of floorboards!!!!!
Hell in London session 5
Col. Stevenson/Peter was not present at this session
Outside of the run down house our heroes are waiting. The footsteps they are hearing are departing and they investigate the house finding it vacant but signs of usage. Sgt. Smith investigates and finds a door under the stairs and decide to go down.
In the cellar they find make shift mining equipment as well as 9 robes, black lined in the hood with green. The stench of rot permates the cellar as the wall has been torn down making an entryway to the sewers. In the sewers they see a hole in the ground and a ladder on the bottom. Sgt. Smith ventures down and erects the ladder. Suddenly they hear a terrifying sound, a man screaming!!!! Sgt. Smith rushes towards the sound and finds a terrible scene: In the foul stinking water a makeshift altar has been erected. 4 cloaked persons have been holding down a man, but he has been sacrificed and his head has been cut of by an obese ogre-looking man with a meatcleaver. They chant in unison "Sammael" Sammael" "Sammael" when suddenly one detects sgt. Smith!!!! Smith moves back drawing his gun in a fluent motion. The leader pulls back his heavy hood revealing the face of the lawyer Consdale who gloats at their stupidity, promising them a slow death.The cultist charge forward drawing curved daggers and the ogre wobble closer shouting "fetch head" "fetch head". Maddy and Father Ian had not climbed down the ladder and could only hear screams and gunfire!!!
Sgt. Stevenson fires at the closest cultist who is shaken as a result, and next round he is shot again sending him tumbling to the ground. Another cultist is gunned down before the others arrive. Consdale rushes forward but Rudolph Immelmann had drawn a throwing axe and sends it flying through the air!!!! It buries itself in his chest throwing Consdale of his feet, dead before he lands!!!
The remaining cultist are quickly dispatched by steel and police baton(sgt.smith again of course)!!!!!!
The door in the adjoining room have been opened as they have been busy fighting, Rudolph opens the door and stand i a room filled with rats. Sewer pibes filled with strings danggling teeth, jawbones, fingers and all kind of foulness explain the rats. Levitating 30 cm above the ground in the middle of the room is a hooded figure. It pulls back its hood revealing a goat headed man with patches of hair growing on a blotched face. It laughs manically screaming in latin that it cannot wait to see the fall of the pusfilled city of London.
It is rewarded by a chop of Rudolphs long sword opening up its stomach. Beetles and maggots erupt from the open wound adding to its horror!!! Fear rolls result in nothing, lucky heroes!!!
Father Ian moves closer grasping his fetish bag shouting payers in latin. He touches sgt. smiths weapon and angelic voices fills the air (+4 as he raises to damage!!!!) Sgt. Smith advances and fires his god empowered weapon, hitting the demon in the shoulder. It is heavily wounded but then its eyes burn red and it speaks in a terrible voice to rudolph instructing him to slay Sgt. Smith.
Rudolph tries and opens up the soft flesh of smith 2 wounds!!!!! Smith is Shaken as well. The The demon rushes forward, eyes blazing in unholy fire, and from its eyes flames erupt barely missing Father Ian.!!!
Next round Rudolph manages to break free and attacks the demon from behind!!! its shape evaporates it smelling mist and they are victorious!!!!
Then they hear a faint laugter and follow the rasping sound!!!! They exit a chamber with decapitated men and find themselves in a chamber of foul decorated columns and burning braziers. Parts of the floor has crumbled revealing sewer water, stinking up the room. On a plateau a regal man wanders back and forth, Alistair Pembroke!!! Beside him on an altar of rotting skulls stands a grail, blackscorched, spewing green vapors with human faces screaming in anger within.
Alistair starts talking but is interrupted by Rudolph Immelmann, who tired of talking, charge the sorcerer!!! Cards are drawn and Rudolph attacks with his sword, raising and doing 2 wounds. All ready the sorcerer is pressed back by the furious attack. He counters by ercecting a barrier of burning smoke in front of him and starts shouting that the ghosts of the dead in London shall come!!!! And from his body erupts a ghostly form seeking flesh to destroy!!! The frightening sight causes Sgt.Smith to become shaken and a streak of his hair turns completely white!!!!!! He then command his servant to attack and from the pool of sewer water rises flying heads with huge oversized teeth attacking both Maddy and Father Ian!!! Father Ian protects himself with a prayer and Sgt. Smith manages to remove the shaken and kill a flying head. Another is dispatched by Father Ians Crucible. Alistair hexes and curse Rudolph who becomes fatigued!!!! The ghost attacks Rudolph as well but fails to connect.
The ghost disappears and the flying heads fall dead to the ground, how????? Well a sweep amd a raise by Rudolphs long sword tells the story!!!
They close with the grail and Father Ian knows that an unholy relic that is hard to activate would be equally hard to stop, when a cloaked figure emerges. He wears a leather hat and has a series of knifes and sharpened sticks. He introduces himself as doctor Van helsing and the one who had written the letters to them in the first place. He gives them a vial of saint blood that would quench the grail. He then tells the reason that they were chosen.is that he wanted to see whether or not they were ready for the most dangerous job imaginable, as Rippers!!!!
This concluded the adventure Hell in London, fun and a breath of fresh air!!!!
Outside of the run down house our heroes are waiting. The footsteps they are hearing are departing and they investigate the house finding it vacant but signs of usage. Sgt. Smith investigates and finds a door under the stairs and decide to go down.
In the cellar they find make shift mining equipment as well as 9 robes, black lined in the hood with green. The stench of rot permates the cellar as the wall has been torn down making an entryway to the sewers. In the sewers they see a hole in the ground and a ladder on the bottom. Sgt. Smith ventures down and erects the ladder. Suddenly they hear a terrifying sound, a man screaming!!!! Sgt. Smith rushes towards the sound and finds a terrible scene: In the foul stinking water a makeshift altar has been erected. 4 cloaked persons have been holding down a man, but he has been sacrificed and his head has been cut of by an obese ogre-looking man with a meatcleaver. They chant in unison "Sammael" Sammael" "Sammael" when suddenly one detects sgt. Smith!!!! Smith moves back drawing his gun in a fluent motion. The leader pulls back his heavy hood revealing the face of the lawyer Consdale who gloats at their stupidity, promising them a slow death.The cultist charge forward drawing curved daggers and the ogre wobble closer shouting "fetch head" "fetch head". Maddy and Father Ian had not climbed down the ladder and could only hear screams and gunfire!!!
Sgt. Stevenson fires at the closest cultist who is shaken as a result, and next round he is shot again sending him tumbling to the ground. Another cultist is gunned down before the others arrive. Consdale rushes forward but Rudolph Immelmann had drawn a throwing axe and sends it flying through the air!!!! It buries itself in his chest throwing Consdale of his feet, dead before he lands!!!
The remaining cultist are quickly dispatched by steel and police baton(sgt.smith again of course)!!!!!!
The door in the adjoining room have been opened as they have been busy fighting, Rudolph opens the door and stand i a room filled with rats. Sewer pibes filled with strings danggling teeth, jawbones, fingers and all kind of foulness explain the rats. Levitating 30 cm above the ground in the middle of the room is a hooded figure. It pulls back its hood revealing a goat headed man with patches of hair growing on a blotched face. It laughs manically screaming in latin that it cannot wait to see the fall of the pusfilled city of London.
It is rewarded by a chop of Rudolphs long sword opening up its stomach. Beetles and maggots erupt from the open wound adding to its horror!!! Fear rolls result in nothing, lucky heroes!!!
Father Ian moves closer grasping his fetish bag shouting payers in latin. He touches sgt. smiths weapon and angelic voices fills the air (+4 as he raises to damage!!!!) Sgt. Smith advances and fires his god empowered weapon, hitting the demon in the shoulder. It is heavily wounded but then its eyes burn red and it speaks in a terrible voice to rudolph instructing him to slay Sgt. Smith.
Rudolph tries and opens up the soft flesh of smith 2 wounds!!!!! Smith is Shaken as well. The The demon rushes forward, eyes blazing in unholy fire, and from its eyes flames erupt barely missing Father Ian.!!!
Next round Rudolph manages to break free and attacks the demon from behind!!! its shape evaporates it smelling mist and they are victorious!!!!
Then they hear a faint laugter and follow the rasping sound!!!! They exit a chamber with decapitated men and find themselves in a chamber of foul decorated columns and burning braziers. Parts of the floor has crumbled revealing sewer water, stinking up the room. On a plateau a regal man wanders back and forth, Alistair Pembroke!!! Beside him on an altar of rotting skulls stands a grail, blackscorched, spewing green vapors with human faces screaming in anger within.
Alistair starts talking but is interrupted by Rudolph Immelmann, who tired of talking, charge the sorcerer!!! Cards are drawn and Rudolph attacks with his sword, raising and doing 2 wounds. All ready the sorcerer is pressed back by the furious attack. He counters by ercecting a barrier of burning smoke in front of him and starts shouting that the ghosts of the dead in London shall come!!!! And from his body erupts a ghostly form seeking flesh to destroy!!! The frightening sight causes Sgt.Smith to become shaken and a streak of his hair turns completely white!!!!!! He then command his servant to attack and from the pool of sewer water rises flying heads with huge oversized teeth attacking both Maddy and Father Ian!!! Father Ian protects himself with a prayer and Sgt. Smith manages to remove the shaken and kill a flying head. Another is dispatched by Father Ians Crucible. Alistair hexes and curse Rudolph who becomes fatigued!!!! The ghost attacks Rudolph as well but fails to connect.
The ghost disappears and the flying heads fall dead to the ground, how????? Well a sweep amd a raise by Rudolphs long sword tells the story!!!
They close with the grail and Father Ian knows that an unholy relic that is hard to activate would be equally hard to stop, when a cloaked figure emerges. He wears a leather hat and has a series of knifes and sharpened sticks. He introduces himself as doctor Van helsing and the one who had written the letters to them in the first place. He gives them a vial of saint blood that would quench the grail. He then tells the reason that they were chosen.is that he wanted to see whether or not they were ready for the most dangerous job imaginable, as Rippers!!!!
This concluded the adventure Hell in London, fun and a breath of fresh air!!!!