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Spoiler: Action + Planning Schtuff (click to show/hide)

Gather the gang, we going to the manager.

So here’s the plan: we’re going for a simple protection racket. In exchange for a cut of the profits/product, the bar gets protected from the riff-raff and doesn’t suddenly and tragically burn to the ground in the middle of the night.

I’m open to thoughts/suggestions as to how we do this. This probably won’t be as simple as saying “This is a nice building. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

Spoiler: Vencarlo Barvasi (click to show/hide)

Name: Vencarlo Barvasi
Description: A large, barrel-chested man in his mid-fifties. He wears a finely tailored Italian suit and is pretty much always smoking a huge Cuban cigar.
Potency: d6
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dex: d8
Speed: d6
Vitality: d10
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d4
Awareness: d8

Deck: Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay, Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition, Combine, Thermate, Explosive, #Chest Armor, #Bull, #Rope
(* Denotes a used card. # Denotes a word not in the gang deck)

Items: 20 ammo, Rifle, Chainmail, Leather Armor

Status: Buzzed

Spoiler: Gang (click to show/hide)

Name: The Cosa Nostra
Color Scheme: Black/White
Symbol:
Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Leader: Vencarlo Barvasi
Members: Dropshot, Big Poppa, Cyril Morris
Base: (10,11)

Assets: Pile of rifles, big pile of ammo, several sets of leather and chain armor.

[piecewise]

"I'm sure that round won't land anywhere inconvenient. Probably."

Another shot at wherever is the densest cluster. Then start moving downward.

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Ventriloquist extraordinaire Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron, polymorph whole body, repair
On Abdul: Crow, FireForward, Cloud, Ammunition, Wall, MarkCaster'sEyes, LargeFirearm, Clockwork, Many


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
9 X rounds for guard's rifle
1 X recoiless rifle + 3 rounds + 5 from Sarge
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb), now with some fire resistance
1 X plague masks
1 X basic med supplies
1 X Atatatata's taxidermied corpse, 'Abdul A. Abdul'


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

[6v4]
You re-position and then fire again, launching another round towards the lower slope. You actually see the blast this time, a bright flash and then rising smoke amid screaming.

You smile, heft the rifle onto your shoulder and move out towards the lower slope. Well...you start towards it. You're so damn slow that you don't even make it out of the bunker.

"Seriously, why do you idiots love these shitty acid pits enough to die for them?"

Hunker Down! Squak additional nonsense at the fuckers down the slope!

Spoiler: Raven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Description: Raven is a VERY RAVENY GIRL. She has black hair, GLOWING GREEN EYES, and looks all edgy and shit. She's really too young to lead a wizard gang, but carries herself with confidence and Murder. She is deadly intelligent, but is lacking in common sense, as normal for teenagers. Also she is obsessed with birds.
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: Healthy!

Inventory: Raven Armor, Rifle (5/6) [Contain / Explosive] [Pot+2] loaded with [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6], 54 spare rounds of [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6]

Marks: [Permanent / Repair / MarkCaster'sEyes] [Pot+2]

Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Available: FireForward, Crow, AffectUser, Many, Darkness,

"I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY TOO BUSY RUNNING FOR YOUR LIVES BUT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS YOUR FUCKING FAULT!"

You shout, while safely hunkered in your Bunker.

Roncal Roth _{^{Map Legend}}

First, enchant the ground with "wall", summoning some cover that's close enough to the edge to allow view downhill.  Then, shoot that mage who just summoned a wall.

((I gotta agree, enchanting is already OP and too good, making it not cost words on an int failure just makes it even better.))

Spoiler: Corven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Gang: Roncal Roth
Health: Fine!
Tattoos: Eyes tattoo'd with 8-strength "Repair AffectUser"
Inventory:

• A slaver rifle, with seven magic bullets, and two real ones.
• A concealed knife.
• A Roncal Roth crow uniform, armored with metal plates and thick leather.  Provides fire resistance and a passive +2 endurance vs. gasses and dusts.
• Some decently-sized pebbles he picked up somewhere, for throwing and enchanting.
• Bandages and such

Hand (Permanent): Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Hand (Temporary): WhitePhosphorus, Coal, Titanium

Level 3!
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8 (++)
Endurance: d8
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d6


Description: An older man past his prime, Corven still carries himself with the intimidating aura you'd expect from a crime boss... except when he's dealing with his daughter, who he's completely incapable of saying "No" to.  That usually works out better than you'd expect, since he managed to get her the formal education he never had, though he still has wisdom on her.  Has something of an unhealthy obsession with birds, though not nearly as much so as his daughter.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Information (click to show/hide)

Symbol:

Permanent Gang words: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Unreadable team statlines (mouse over this for ability names)

syvarris (Corven Feathra): (2/2 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:6 Sp:4 V:8 E:8 I:8 A:6
Egan_BW (Raven Feathra): (2/2 level spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:6 Sp:6 V:4 E:6 I10 A:8
Radio_Controlled (Abu Hajaar): (2/2 levels spent)
     P10 M:6 St:2 D:8 Sp:4 V:8 E:6 I:6 A:8
Nikitian (Kay Vagner): (2/2 levels spent)
     P:8 M:4 St:8 D:2 Sp10 V:6 E:4 I:8 A:8
Pancaek (Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy): (2/2 levels spent)
     P:6 M:4 St:6 D10 Sp:6 V:8 E:8 I:2 A:8
MidnightJaguar (Angelus Pestis): (0/0 levels spent)
     P:8 M:6 St:2 D10 Sp:4 V:4 E:8 I:6 A:6

Gang Equipment:

• 12 rifles (6 given to members; 6 left with slaves at HQ)
• 48 nonmagical rifle rounds (26 left at HQ; 2 given to each member, except Abu who took 12.)
• Eight knives, one for each member, except Kay and Sarge, who each get two.
• Twelve bloodied slaver uniforms... left with the slaves, unless someone wants one for some reason.
• Six corvid themed gang uniforms, made of silk and armored with metal plates along with thick leather.  All six outfits are distributed among the team members.  They include gas masks styled like plague doctor beaks, which grant a passive +2 to endurance die size vs airborne contaminants.  Additionally, they are highly fire-resistant.
  
• Bandages and tourniquets, distributed among the gang members.

Spoiler: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Territories and Words (click to show/hide)

(Hexnumber) "Hexname"

• Words gained from this hex
• If the word has nothing in parentheses after it, it wasn't taken by anyone, and is up for grabs.
• If the word *does* have a name after it, that person is currently in possession of it, and has not used it.
• All non-standard words we have are therefore in this spoiler, along with who holds them.

Headquarters: (47) "Impromptu Mines"

• LightSource (Radio)
• WhitePhosphorous (syvarris)
• Darkness (Egan)
• chisel (Nikitian)
• Coal (syvarris)
• Iron (Radio)
• Spike (MidnightJaguar)
• Titanium (syvarris)
• Hammer (Nikitian)
• Mercury (MidnightJaguar)

(138) "Dreamer Gate"

• Container (MidnightJaguar)

(At HQ) "ATHATH's corpse"
Words are banked, and if not taken, will stay on the body.

• PolymorphWholeBody (Radio)
• Repair (Radio)
• AffectUser (Nikitian)
• Crow
• FireForward
• Cloud
• Ammunition
• Wall
• MarkCaster'sEyes
• LargeFirearm
• Clockwork
• Many

[6]
You fashion a wall, careful not to accidentally cut off the acid flow in the process. That done, you take aim at the man who conjured the wall a moment ago. Partly for tactical reasons and partly for copyright infringement reasons, one expects.

[1v5]
You fire...well lets just say you PROBABLY hit the ground in the same post code where your target is. You don't hit him, god no. But your miss is only...mildly completely embarrassing, I guess?

Help Abu with aiming his impromptu mortar. If that's not really an option for whatever reason, hunker down where I am and continue trying to peek-and-shoot enemies

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy

Description: A big bull of a man, with a square jaw and a patriotic twinkle in his eye. He enjoys swearing and giving people under his command a hard time.

Somehow managed to catch the second plane to 'Nam to fight the commies, even though he was aiming to be on the first. This left him slightly bitter. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This doesn't change matters much, Charlie just a look a little different 'round these parts.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: freshly healed

Magic jazz hands: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Potency: d6
Memory: d4
Strength: d6
Dexterity: d10
Speed: d6
Vitality: d8
Endurance: d8
Intelligence: d2
Awareness: d8

Inventory:
1 looted guard rifle
2 guard's knife
13 rounds for the rifle + 10 magical round (used first)
1 Spiffy Uniform, now with some added fire resistance

No enemies here, captain. Enemies over there. Down the hill. Getting melted.

((@syv Ok, I have an idea then. Might be a dangerous overkill, though.))

Roncal-thol Rotheleaod

Lean in from above and enchant the outpouring acid stream (so downstream from our position/somewhat below us, for safety reasons) with [Many] for increased volume and pressure/speed of the acid flood. If the acid pool on our level nonetheless begins to rise as well, hurriedly get away from the acid.

Scream manly if when my fingers start to melt in the process of such enchantment.

Spoiler: Kay Vagner, Space Marine (click to show/hide)

Name: Kay Vagner

Gang: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Raven's Roughnecks

Health: Face no longer melting. Minor cosmetic alterations. Eyes watering, throat itchy.

Hand (7/10): Chisel, Cloud, Wall, Cylinder, Hammer, Large_Firearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Marked spells: Self-heal eye tattoo (Repair - Affect_Self - Mark_Caster's_Eyes, [Pot+0]). Eyeballs: both.

Inventory:
  Chain'Gram (clockwork monstrosity twice re-enchanted blade)
  Spiffy R-Raven Uniform (upgraded armor; minus the mask)
  backup combat knife (like this one)
  rifle with 2 rounds
  basic medical supplies
 
Stats:
  Potency: d8
  Memory: d4
  Strength: d8
  Dexterity: d2
  Speed: d10
  Vitality: d6
  Endurance: d4
  Intelligence: d8 (+)
  Awareness: d8 (+)

Progression: + +

Description: A grand-grand-grand-grandson of a forgotten composer of ages past, Kay thinks he is enamored with the music of his ancestor and that his legacy is to live up to those heroic stories of old. Sadly, he doesn't know that most of it is presently misattributed, and the rest is utterly mangled by vagaries of time, not to mention that he isn't really cut out for that kind of life. Still, he has one sick guitar solo.

Total kills: 9 (+1 assist)

Notable kills:
  Decapitated slaver guard
  Trepanated slaver guard
  Decapitated acid pools worker

Notable duels:
  vs Scarred Man, leader of the Dreamers - Lost [4v6]

((Woo, updated killcount!  ))

Its at times like this I hope for extremely high rolls, for the sake of amusing catastrophes.
[6][6]

You dip one finger into the acid [2] and scream like Ned Flanders as the acid eats your finger tip and the magic flows down into it. The acid stream does not get bigger so much as it gets more numerous. 10 more streams of identical size and amount spring off the original like gooey acidic branches. The flood of acid becomes a deluge and much of the slope is instantly soaked.

About half the remaining men die in a few moments, smothered by acid. The survivors immediately begin making a break for it, running in any direction not currently covered in acid. I think you guys have pretty much won this, since no one else is here anymore. Although...the place is basically entirely flooded with acid now and will probably one huge pit instead of several smaller ones by the time this evens out.

Maps
https://imgur.com/a/FM0uG

[piecewise]

Get down, but throw the weapon down before me, so that I'm not holding it as I try to get down.  Grab the edge and drop down that way to shorten it six or so feet.

[1v2][3v5]
You drop your weapon down and then promptly follow it when your attempt to carefully lower yourself goes horribly wrong. You fall, land awkwardly and break your ankle, before collapsing into a pile right next to a horned man. You can see more of the pit from here, sections that are dug into the walls and not visible from up top. There are what look like the entrances to burrows dug into the stone near you, piles of entrails and meat to the north, a webwork of flesh bridges across the pit, now weighed down by a bloom of lead in their center, as well as a holding pen filled with cattle, a nook with several human corpses and horned men, and then another nook filled with what look like giant pus filled boils.

No, not going to fire a d12 difficulty ranged attack on a d6 dex.
Instead, I'l stick with the other two and attempt to get down a level, prferably on the back of the big cat who can most easily land such a jump. in fact, I could wait on the current level, let the big cat jump down and put it's forepaws up on our level, then climb down its back.

Spoiler: Gang words available. Shadow Alliance Eyes only, please (click to show/hide)

permanent gang words:
1: amber, feline, mark whole body, delay, dome
2: shockwave, darkness, aura
3: when inflicting damage, Black biometal
4: Distortion Dust

available from locations:
HQ (64):
Binding
When Unable to Act
When Unable to act
Protect
Sheet

THE LAST WORD (86):
Crawl
Table
Fire forward


Supply for mission:
fire, fire, fire, fire,
 

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

 
animate, rain down, lock
stone, concrete, table, *feline, fire, fire,
*black biometal, distortion dust.
blast wall, shockwave, dome, when inflicting damage
* denotes used.

active enchantments:

Spoiler: Chu Sana'me (click to show/hide)

10 Potency
6  Memory (15 word deck)
2  Strength
6  Dex 
8  Speed (8 tile movement)
4  Vitality
6  Endurance
10  Intelligence (leveled up)
6  Awareness

inventory: chain mail and helmet (and gas mask, apparently)
rifle, ammo:[0/?]

Shadow Alliance

((Sorry. Things have been keeping me a bit busy.))

"Alright, time to get closer. And pick up Thag, too."

Have the Cat jump down a level (preferably onto the goat thing) and then across to the other side so that Thag can jump down to us.

Spoiler: Shade (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Shade
Currently active effects:

• (Feline, Black Biometal) [10] "You summon up a biometal cat. Ok, thats a bit of an understatement. You summon up a biometal sabretooth tiger the size of an elephant."

Injuries: Minor chest wound (Hopefully minor)

Potency: d10
Memory: d8
Strength: d4
Dex: d4
Speed: d6
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d6

Currently active words (7/20): (Dome, Mark Whole Body), (Darkness, Fist Aura), (When Inflicting Damage, Fire), (Distortion Dust)
Gang: Shadow Alliance

NO TIME FOR KITTY BRIDGES CHU, ONLY TIME FOR ADVENTURE!

[8v6][9]
The big kitty, Shade, DOAS and Chu riding it, leaps down from the first level onto the second. It lands directly on top of the goat man, plowing him straight into the ground before it leaps off and continues on, charging across the flesh bridge towards Dev.



The horned men scatter, most running for the burrows, while the sound of something loud and angry reverberates up from below.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[SamSpeeds]

Spoiler: Big Poppa (click to show/hide)

Big Poppa
Desc: Just one of the guys.
Status: Swell!
Potency: d6
Memory: d2
Strength: d10
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d8
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d4
Deck (ready): Combine, Thermate, Explosive,
Deck (used): Steel, Chain
Gang Starter Deck (just keeping it here for ease of access): Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Inventory: Sword, Helmet, Breastplate, Chainmail, Leather Pants (Armor), Some Strips of Leather, Steel Chain
Gang: Cosa Nostra

"Oh crap, the boss needs me!" Quickly, become intoxicated and follow Vencarlo!

Spoiler: Planning (click to show/hide)

I really don't know what else to threaten them with other than what you said. It sounds good to me, but since we're going in there disarmed I don't see why the dude won't just sic his guards on us right away. What can we offer him?

In the case that it goes south, though, I'll use combine to meld some people together methinks.

[piecewise]

Also yeah, egan lose those failed enchanting words.

[Egan_BW]

"Job well done, then. Good job boys."

That's a lotta acid. Well, guess we can clean most of this up later with our LITERAL MAGIC.
Oh yeah, and better reattach mister chainblade's finger, before I forget.

Spoiler: Raven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Description: Raven is a VERY RAVENY GIRL. She has black hair, GLOWING GREEN EYES, and looks all edgy and shit. She's really too young to lead a wizard gang, but carries herself with confidence and Murder. She is deadly intelligent, but is lacking in common sense, as normal for teenagers. Also she is obsessed with birds.
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: Healthy!

Inventory: Raven Armor, Rifle (5/6) [Contain / Explosive] [Pot+2] loaded with [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6], 54 spare rounds of [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6]

Marks: [Permanent / Repair / MarkCaster'sEyes] [Pot+2]

Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Available: AffectUser, Darkness,

[Questorhank]

Cosa Nostra

Spoiler: Planning (click to show/hide)

If all his guards are dead, he'll need protection...

Follow Vencarlo. Bring the scotch glass.

Spoiler: Cyril Morris (click to show/hide)

Name: Cyril Morris
Description: An average guy in his 20s. He's wearing a fairly nice grey suit and fedora.
Condition:
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d4
Dex: d10
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d2
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

Spoiler: Deck/Inventory (click to show/hide)

Deck: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Inventory:

[Radio Controlled]

((Dammit, there goes my artillery battle.  >:| ))

"Hey Kay, are you feeling high right now? Cause you just dropped a lot of acid!"

Mission end? Loot? Level up? Metal Gear?

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Ventriloquist extraordinaire Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron, polymorph whole body, repair
On Abdul: Crow, FireForward, Cloud, Ammunition, Wall, MarkCaster'sEyes, LargeFirearm, Clockwork, Many


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
9 X rounds for guard's rifle
1 X recoiless rifle + 3 rounds + 5 from Sarge
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb), now with some fire resistance
1 X plague masks
1 X basic med supplies
1 X Atatatata's taxidermied corpse, 'Abdul A. Abdul'


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

[Nikitian]

((Yes, don't hesitate to horribly maim yourself, I can fix it. That's a good minion~))

((Who's a good minion? Me, me, me! ))

Roncal-thol Rotheleaod

"Yes, Abu, the acid levels have been out of balance recently for me; leaves a bad aftertaste in the mouth, don't you think?"

"Speaking of which, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH MY FINGERS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH-"

Have my fingers (and lungs, and facial features) healed and leave the hazardous area already.

Spoiler: Kay Vagner, Space Marine (click to show/hide)

Name: Kay Vagner

Gang: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Raven's Roughnecks

Health: Face no longer melting. Minor cosmetic alterations. Eyes watering, throat itchy. FINGERTIPS MOLTEN OFF.

Hand (6/10): Chisel, Cloud, Wall, Cylinder, Hammer, Large_Firearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Marked spells: Self-heal eye tattoo (Repair - Affect_Self - Mark_Caster's_Eyes, [Pot+0]). Eyeballs: both.

Inventory:
  Chain'Gram (clockwork monstrosity twice re-enchanted blade)
  Spiffy R-Raven Uniform (upgraded armor; minus the mask)
  backup combat knife (like this one)
  rifle with 2 rounds
  basic medical supplies
 
Stats:
  Potency: d8
  Memory: d4
  Strength: d8
  Dexterity: d2
  Speed: d10
  Vitality: d6
  Endurance: d4
  Intelligence: d8 (+)
  Awareness: d8 (+)

Progression: + +

Description: A grand-grand-grand-grandson of a forgotten composer of ages past, Kay thinks he is enamored with the music of his ancestor and that his legacy is to live up to those heroic stories of old. Sadly, he doesn't know that most of it is presently misattributed, and the rest is utterly mangled by vagaries of time, not to mention that he isn't really cut out for that kind of life. Still, he has one sick guitar solo.

Total kills: 29 (+1 assist)

Notable kills:
  Decapitated slaver guard
  Trepanated slaver guard
  Decapitated acid pools worker
  Acid deluge massacre (20 kills!)

Notable duels:
  vs Scarred Man, leader of the Dreamers - Lost [4v6]

((OOOOH, by my count of new dead bodies on the map, +20 kills out of this round alone!  ))

[piecewise]

Spoiler: Action + Planning Schtuff (click to show/hide)

Gather the gang, we going to the manager.

So here’s the plan: we’re going for a simple protection racket. In exchange for a cut of the profits/product, the bar gets protected from the riff-raff and doesn’t suddenly and tragically burn to the ground in the middle of the night.

I’m open to thoughts/suggestions as to how we do this. This probably won’t be as simple as saying “This is a nice building. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it.”

Spoiler: Vencarlo Barvasi (click to show/hide)

Name: Vencarlo Barvasi
Description: A large, barrel-chested man in his mid-fifties. He wears a finely tailored Italian suit and is pretty much always smoking a huge Cuban cigar.
Potency: d6
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dex: d8
Speed: d6
Vitality: d10
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d4
Awareness: d8

Deck: Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay, Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition, Combine, Thermate, Explosive, #Chest Armor, #Bull, #Rope
(* Denotes a used card. # Denotes a word not in the gang deck)

Items: 20 ammo, Rifle, Chainmail, Leather Armor

Status: Buzzed

Spoiler: Gang (click to show/hide)

Name: The Cosa Nostra
Color Scheme: Black/White
Symbol:
Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Leader: Vencarlo Barvasi
Members: Dropshot, Big Poppa, Cyril Morris
Base: (10,11)

Assets: Pile of rifles, big pile of ammo, several sets of leather and chain armor.

Cosa Nostra

Spoiler: Planning (click to show/hide)

If all his guards are dead, he'll need protection...

Follow Vencarlo. Bring the scotch glass.

Spoiler: Cyril Morris (click to show/hide)

Name: Cyril Morris
Description: An average guy in his 20s. He's wearing a fairly nice grey suit and fedora.
Condition:
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d4
Dex: d10
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d2
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

Spoiler: Deck/Inventory (click to show/hide)

Deck: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Inventory:

Spoiler: Big Poppa (click to show/hide)

Big Poppa
Desc: Just one of the guys.
Status: Swell!
Potency: d6
Memory: d2
Strength: d10
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d8
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d8
Awareness: d4
Deck (ready): Combine, Thermate, Explosive,
Deck (used): Steel, Chain
Gang Starter Deck (just keeping it here for ease of access): Permanent Words: (Container, Leather, When near death/dies, Chain, Delay) (Steel, Small Firearm, Ammunition) (Combine, Thermate) (Explosive)
Inventory: Sword, Helmet, Breastplate, Chainmail, Leather Pants (Armor), Some Strips of Leather, Steel Chain
Gang: Cosa Nostra

"Oh crap, the boss needs me!" Quickly, become intoxicated and follow Vencarlo!

Spoiler: Planning (click to show/hide)

I really don't know what else to threaten them with other than what you said. It sounds good to me, but since we're going in there disarmed I don't see why the dude won't just sic his guards on us right away. What can we offer him?

In the case that it goes south, though, I'll use combine to meld some people together methinks.

You all head over to the guard indicated and he, a bit unnerved that there are four of you, grabs a few extra guards before escorting you downstairs. The downstairs section of the brewery seems to be where the majority of the actual brewing takes place There are huge metal tanks taking up most of the west side and a kitchen on the east. The guards lead you to an office near the tanks and direct you in.  There, behind a desk, sits a rather matronly old woman with thin, sharp features and white streaked black hair. She looks up from some papers she's working on stares at the group with passionless eyes.

"Yes?" She says, after a moment.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[piecewise]

"Job well done, then. Good job boys."

That's a lotta acid. Well, guess we can clean most of this up later with our LITERAL MAGIC.
Oh yeah, and better reattach mister chainblade's finger, before I forget.

Spoiler: Raven Feathra (click to show/hide)

Description: Raven is a VERY RAVENY GIRL. She has black hair, GLOWING GREEN EYES, and looks all edgy and shit. She's really too young to lead a wizard gang, but carries herself with confidence and Murder. She is deadly intelligent, but is lacking in common sense, as normal for teenagers. Also she is obsessed with birds.
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d6
Speed: d6
Vitality: d4
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d8

Health: Healthy!

Inventory: Raven Armor, Rifle (5/6) [Contain / Explosive] [Pot+2] loaded with [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6], 54 spare rounds of [Clockwork / Ammunition] [Pot+6]

Marks: [Permanent / Repair / MarkCaster'sEyes] [Pot+2]

Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Available: AffectUser, Darkness,

You go heal Kay's finger.

((Yes, don't hesitate to horribly maim yourself, I can fix it. That's a good minion~))

((Who's a good minion? Me, me, me! ))

Roncal-thol Rotheleaod

"Yes, Abu, the acid levels have been out of balance recently for me; leaves a bad aftertaste in the mouth, don't you think?"

"Speaking of which, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH MY FINGERS EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH-"

Have my fingers (and lungs, and facial features) healed and leave the hazardous area already.

Spoiler: Kay Vagner, Space Marine (click to show/hide)

Name: Kay Vagner

Gang: Roncal-thol Rotheleaod Raven's Roughnecks

Health: Face no longer melting. Minor cosmetic alterations. Eyes watering, throat itchy. FINGERTIPS MOLTEN OFF.

Hand (6/10): Chisel, Cloud, Wall, Cylinder, Hammer, Large_Firearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many

Marked spells: Self-heal eye tattoo (Repair - Affect_Self - Mark_Caster's_Eyes, [Pot+0]). Eyeballs: both.

Inventory:
  Chain'Gram (clockwork monstrosity twice re-enchanted blade)
  Spiffy R-Raven Uniform (upgraded armor; minus the mask)
  backup combat knife (like this one)
  rifle with 2 rounds
  basic medical supplies
 
Stats:
  Potency: d8
  Memory: d4
  Strength: d8
  Dexterity: d2
  Speed: d10
  Vitality: d6
  Endurance: d4
  Intelligence: d8 (+)
  Awareness: d8 (+)

Progression: + +

Description: A grand-grand-grand-grandson of a forgotten composer of ages past, Kay thinks he is enamored with the music of his ancestor and that his legacy is to live up to those heroic stories of old. Sadly, he doesn't know that most of it is presently misattributed, and the rest is utterly mangled by vagaries of time, not to mention that he isn't really cut out for that kind of life. Still, he has one sick guitar solo.

Total kills: 29 (+1 assist)

Notable kills:
  Decapitated slaver guard
  Trepanated slaver guard
  Decapitated acid pools worker
  Acid deluge massacre (20 kills!)

Notable duels:
  vs Scarred Man, leader of the Dreamers - Lost [4v6]

((OOOOH, by my count of new dead bodies on the map, +20 kills out of this round alone!  ))

HEALED!

((Dammit, there goes my artillery battle.  >:| ))

"Hey Kay, are you feeling high right now? Cause you just dropped a lot of acid!"

Mission end? Loot? Level up? Metal Gear?

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Ventriloquist extraordinaire Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron, polymorph whole body, repair
On Abdul: Crow, FireForward, Cloud, Ammunition, Wall, MarkCaster'sEyes, LargeFirearm, Clockwork, Many


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
9 X rounds for guard's rifle
1 X recoiless rifle + 3 rounds + 5 from Sarge
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb), now with some fire resistance
1 X plague masks
1 X basic med supplies
1 X Atatatata's taxidermied corpse, 'Abdul A. Abdul'


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

You can loot anything you can see or get to, if you want.


I'm basically just waiting on Sy's ok to end the mission. Leader and all.

[piecewise]

UH...did Rau's entire team not post? Am I blind?

[Radio Controlled]

Well, in that case:
Go steal whatever gear or uniforms that are within safe reach (aka not too close to the acid stream). Maybe from the guys that got blown up by the second recoilless rife blast? Also grab any magic words from said bodies that are still there.

Spoiler: Abu Hajaar (click to show/hide)

Name: Ventriloquist extraordinaire Abu Hajaar

Description: A scrawny enlistee of vaguely Middle Eastern descent. Permanently in over his head, slightly confused and wondering just how he got into this mess. Will reluctantly but reliably follow orders from his commanding officers and do his best however.

Somehow managed to end up far away from home in 'Nam to fight the commies. This left him confused. Then he got teleported to this world of mystery and magic. This did not help matters.


Gang: Ridiculous Rhomboid

Health: Fabulous.

Magic jazzhands:
Permanent: Cloud, Wall, FireForward, Crow, MarkCaster'sEyes, AffectUser, LargeFirearm, Ammunition, Clockwork, Repair, Many
Temporary: LightSource, Iron, polymorph whole body, repair
On Abdul: Crow, FireForward, Cloud, Ammunition, Wall, MarkCaster'sEyes, LargeFirearm, Clockwork, Many


Current Inventory
1 X Guard's rifle
9 X rounds for guard's rifle
1 X recoiless rifle + 3 rounds + 5 from Sarge
1 X Spiffy Uniform (formerly bloody guard garb), now with some fire resistance
1 X plague masks
1 X basic med supplies
1 X Atatatata's taxidermied corpse, 'Abdul A. Abdul'


Stats
Potency: d10
Memory: d6
Strength: d2
Dexterity: d8
Speed: d4
Vitality: d8
Endurance: d6
Intelligence: d6
Awareness: d8

[Devastator]

Shadow Alliance
Go tie up my ankle as best I can, and enchant my next bullet with "when inflicting damage, shockwave"

((If the others don't post, I'll do them tomorrow, okay?))

Spoiler: Deck (click to show/hide)

WhenInflictingDamage, Shockwave

Spoiler: Thag Simmons (click to show/hide)

Pot d6
Memory d2
Strength d10
Dex d4
Speed d8
Vit d8
End d8
Int d4
Awareness d8

Health: Broken Ankle
Ongoing Effects: Flaming Sabre.  5 Pot.

Equipment:
Cavalry Sabre,
Rifle. ammo count 2/4
Gang: Shadow Alliance.

[Rautherdir]

Shadow Alliance

"Hey Thag, do you think you can climb up here?"

Have the Cat stop next to Thag, then help Thag get up onto the cat if he wants.((New action later))

Spoiler: Shade (click to show/hide)

Character Name: Shade
Currently active effects:

• (Feline, Black Biometal) [10] "You summon up a biometal cat. Ok, thats a bit of an understatement. You summon up a biometal sabretooth tiger the size of an elephant."

Injuries: Minor chest wound (Hopefully minor)

Potency: d10
Memory: d8
Strength: d4
Dex: d4
Speed: d6
Vitality: d6
Endurance: d4
Intelligence: d10
Awareness: d6

Currently active words (7/20): (Dome, Mark Whole Body), (Darkness, Fist Aura), (When Inflicting Damage, Fire), (Distortion Dust)
Gang: Shadow Alliance