Bloody St Mick, Part 1

"Ok, we just got our orders. The war starts here. Our job is to move ahead of the main force to secure one of several exits from the beaches. We'll need to capture and hold a stretch of  the St. Michaux road. Needless to say there will be Germans throughout this area."

 

"We'll take Caje, Little John, Cpl Dugan, Izzy Cohen and Kirby will be our BAR man." 

 

"Here's what the first section of terrain looks like. We'll be approaching from the south end. Keep your eyes peeled for Germans beyond the village. They're out there."

 

 

The squad enters for the bottom.

 

  

 

Squad forward!

 

  

 

As the squad moves around the first building, one of the men spots a German defensive position in the field behind the house. As soon as they see us they open up with everything they've got.

"Amerikaner!" "Schiessen!" "Toten sie wie Hunde!"

 

 

The German fire is intense! We duck back behind the house!

 

Kirby lets loose with his BAR!

 

 

Frightened townsfolk run across the battlefield!

 

 

Kirby and Cage move to better positions but are wounded.

 

 

Sgt Bill and Little John move to out flank the German defensive position. Little John picks up Kirby's BAR. The rest of the squad moves into the house to provide covering fire. Several Germans go down wounded. Sgt Dick Beigel is hit twice and goes down.

 

While the Germans are pinned Bill and Little John fast move to the
German defensive position.

 

 

 

Nearby ducks are unaware of the battle taking place.

 

 

 

 

Bill and Little John successfully out flank the Germans, firing and wounding more of the SOBs!

 

The last unwounded German refuses to surrender.
Bill charges and severely wounds him.

 

 

 

"The St Michaux road is still ahead. We'll have to leave are wounded here for now and pick them up on the way back."

 

The squad is down to 5 men.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to France

DDay + 4, Normandy, France. We just arrived from England and are awaiting orders to go inland. The NCOs assigned to my squad are Sergeants Dick Beigel and Bill Beigel.




Left to right, Lt Kurt Hsu, Sgt Dick Beigel, Sgt Bill Beigel, waitng for orders.

Lt. Kurt Hsu, CA., is an engraver by trade. He signed up because he thought with a little combat experience, he could make General by the end of the war.

Sgt. Dick Beigel, Los Angeles, CA, is a farmer. He joined the army to kill Nazis.

Sgt. Bill Beigel, Los Angeles, CA, is fresh out of school so the army is all he knows. He enjoys the camraderie of sharing a foxhole with his fellow soldiers.

Jewelry Snatch

 

That evening Iain and I with the four dwarves made our way to the manor house to snatch the jewelry. We entered through a side door.

 

Approaching the manor house

 

 

 

The first floor had for rooms.



Entering the first room 

 

 

 

First Room - Servants

Second Room - Empty

Third Room - room guards

Fourth Room-  more guards

 

 

After a short struggle, we were able to take out the guard in the third room. However Iain was knocked out by one of the Guards.  



Iain should have ducked. OOF = Out Of Fight.

 

 

 

 

We encountered more guards in the fourth room and easily took them out.

 

We discovered 45 gold pieces from searching the rooms and acquired armor and food from the guards.

 

The upstairs had four more rooms. We encountered more servants in the first room entered. They revealed that the jewelry piece we were looking for was in the next room over.

 

In the next room we were jumped by 4 guards, but they quickly surrendered when they saw they were out numbered.  We got the jewelry piece and acquire 22 more gold.  

  

4th Room - They were no match for us!

 

 

 

Before leaving the house we got Iain and dragged him out of there. Although Iain was wounded the encounter was still a success. We'll need to get Iain patched up so we headed back to town in search of a healer.

 

The dwarf leader decided to leave the group. Hanging out with us wasn't for him.

 

 

 



Dwarves

 "You two characters are just the type I need to help me out," said the Nobleman. "I need a certain piece of jewelry recovered from a Mrs. Fourneaux. I will pay a 100 gold pieces."

 

I told him he had a deal but we will need to hire some help.  "Once we get the jewelry piece we'll get back to you."

 

"Here's the location of the manor and the floor plan." 

 

 

The Nobelman offers us a job.

We needed to get some help in order to pull off this job. Iain mentioned the Thieves Guild. We proceeded to enter the poor area part of town when we ran into a group of dwarves. They were willing to join and help us recover the piece of jewelry, with payment in return of course. I figured these guys were going to be a lot more reliable than a group of thieves.

4 neutral dwarves join our group

"Let's get out of here. We'll raid Mrs. Fourneaux's manor tomorrow, under the cover of darkness."

"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