"Give me some sugar, baby..."

I was about ready to tell Iain about my unusual customer the other day....

"Hold that thought," Iain says to me.

A fair maiden stands alone in the corner of the tavern .  Iain buys her a Blackberry Cordial.

"Give me some sugar, baby!"

Mr. Hancock has interesting taste in women.
"Sorry, I don't have any sugar Mister..."
 

 

 

Iain comes back to where I was sitting. "As I was saying...."

After finishing our meals we leave the tavern to head back to our rooms for the night.  A con artist was waiting for us outside but did not get anything from us.

Some other character approached us and wanted to barter, but we had nothing to trade for.

The next person we meet on the street is a wealthy merchant with a body guard.













I must have said something he didn't like because he ordered his body guard to attack. The wealthy gentleman disappeared behind a building.

 

 

Before his weapon could make contact with me, I hit him with my sword and he went down.

I searched his body and found some food and 3 pieces of gold.

 

 

 

 

 

"I just saw what happened here." A voice came from around the corner of a building. "How would you like to do some work for me?" said the nobleman.

 

A nobleman and his two body guards appear.

 

 

 

 

In the beginning.

This story starts in January, year 1066 in the village of Happy Hollow where time is medieval and adventure is fantasy.

Our wannabe heroes are:

Kurt

 

 Kurt was born in a barn to a middle class family. His family later settled in a city where Kurt grew up, where is parents became renowned for their business. Growing up, Kurt had a pet weasel. His hobbies include meteorology and stargazing. Kurt will sometimes cover up his adventuring by adopting a secret identity.

Kurt is a Merchant. Starting Social Standing is 1.
He is armed with a two handed sword and no armor AC 2

Alignment: Red Sun (good guys)
Rep - 5
Pep - 5
Savvy - 4
Fame - 5
Gold - 2

Attributes:

1. Brawler +1d6 in Unarmed Melee
2. Charismatic - +1 d6 when taking People Challenge.

Iain  Hancock

Iain was also born in a barn. He grew up in a compound with his family in an average sized town. His family were immigrants and were considered middle class.

His mother possessed information that if it were to get out, it would doom the family.

His Father was occasionally visited by mysterious men. After each visit, his father disappeared for a few days and never discussed where he went or what he did.

Iain inherited the family curse, a weirdness magnet. If something unusual happens, it almost always happens to everybody else. Iain eventually ran away from home and never returned. He is empathetic. Iain can always see things from the other side. This often throws him at odds with the rest of his group. He often plays devil’s advocate.

His hobbies are needlework and storytelling. He has a pet lizard.

 

Iain is a Gentleman. Starting Social Standing is 2.
He is armed with a one hand pick and wears Light Armor AC 2

Alignment: Red Sun (good guys)
Rep - 4
Pep - 4
Savvy - 3
Fame - 8
Gold - 11

Attributes:
1. Shortsighted - Opponents gain 1d6 on En Garde Table



It is late in the day. Kurt and Iain are hanging out at the The Barking Wall Spider tavern where it has a hidden back room for high stakes gambling.

Kurt is eating Vine leaves stuffed with chickpeas and millet. Iain is having a meal of Ham and mixed greens.

Not much is going on until....

 

 

 

 

City of Long Beach - Mission #3

11 April 1943

Misson #3 - Karlsruhe

High Squadron

On the way to the target #1 engine was hit by enemy fighters and feathered. Bombs were jettison to in order to stay in formation. Radio Operator KIA by enemy fighter. Tail gunner's heat damaged by enemy fighters. Tail gunner eventually suffered frost bite.

Outbound from target Pilot and Co-pilot suffered serious wounds fronm enemy fighters. Co-pilot managed to regain consciousness to fly plane back to base. Once over base all non injured crewmen bailed out. Co-pilot managed to safely land aircraft with seriously wounded crewmen onboard.

No flak over target

Casualties:

Pilot - Seriously wounded - recovered for next mission

Co-pilot - seriously wounded - sent home

Navigator - seriously wounded - sent home

Radio operator - KIA

Tail gunner - frost bite - sent home

Aircraft damage:

#1 engine out

#2 engine fuel leak

tail gunner heat out

Enemy aircraft shot down:

1X Me 110

 

City of Long Beach - Mission #2

After Action Report - 4 April 1943

 Target: Bremen, Germany

 Middle Squadron

Inbound to the target enemy fighter resistance was light. Two waves of enemy fighters attacked over target area killing bombardier before bomb run. Pilot toggled bombs.

 Bomb Run: Off Target - 5%

Other damage:

Stbd cheek guns damaged

Enemy planes shot down:
1x Me 109
1x FW 190
1x Me 410

City of Long Beach - Mission #1

After Action Report - 1 April 1943

Target: Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Inbound to the target off the coast of Holland, The City Of Long Beach was attacked by enemy fighters.

Two head on attacks by FW 190s resulted in hits to the nose killing the Bombardier and Navigator. The Pilot and Co-Pilot's heating units were also hit and became non-functional.

Based on these events, Lt Dick Beigel made the decision to abort the mission while the aircraft was still within friendly fighter cover.

Other damage:

Oxygen fire in radio compartment

Life rafts damaged

Enemy planes shot down:

1x Me 109

2x FW 190s

 

Lt Beigel and the "City of Long Beach"

Having escaped from Stalag 13, Lt Dick Beigel has been re-issued a newly arrived B17 that he has named "City of Long Beach." He is awaiting further orders...

He was last heard saying, " I can't wait to pound those Nazi bastards again!"

 

 

He then walked to the base mess hall, and ordered a enchilada, no onions.

 

The Scenic 78 - Day 6, The Bleens

Mrs. Bleen and her three daughters were driving home from an errand when she became distracted by the walking dead. She served and hit a post. Nobody was hurt. She was surrounded by zombies until we showed up.

I stopped the pickup on the opposite side of the street. We jumped out with guns blazing.

Immediately Dick killed a zombie with his bolt action rifle and Eddie got one with his assualt rifle.

I ran over to the Bleens. Two zombies were coming down the street. A blast from my shotgun only knocked them down. In a minute or so they were advancing again.

The undead are hard to kill.
 

Knocking down the two zeds gave us enough time to get to the truck. I was the last to get in. Dick started the truck and was ready to drive.  As I was attempting to get around the truck to get in the passenger seat, two more zombies advanced on me.

Before they could reach me I gave them a blast from my shotgun.

Hot lead only knocked them down!

Instead of continuing over to the passenger side I hopped on to the truck and told Dick to, "Drive!!"

Another close one.

After this encounter, Eddie decided he couldn't handle it any more and left our group.