THE CULT OF THE GREEN DEATH
The Cult of the Green Death (an attempt to use Where Heroes Dare as an RPG combat system). The people I usually game with are a bunch of RPGers so I had to turn Where Heroes Dare into a RPG. Rather than a bunch of teams going head to head I had them all start small teams (250 points) and work together against the DM (who would spend as many or as few points as he felt the situation called for).
The six teams built were
(Mike) Doobie O'Dugan a bare knuckle fighter who has traveled the world, his pet bulldog Muffin, and Long Round an orphan he unofficially adopted when he was in China.
(Esther) Clara O'Toole the child of missionaries to Asia who picked up a good knowledge of mechanics, the orient and her assistant Short Round, a female Grey Ninja. She returned home to live the life a debutant but misses the thrills of the Orient.
(Lisa) From New Orleans Don Diablo master of the sword (who is secretly Kevin Montague) and Zephyr (secretly his sister Lindsey Montague) a crack shot with her customized rifle. There have been several Don Diablos over the last 150 years (sometimes more than one at the same time) all masters of the sword and heroes. Kevin maintains his disguise by actually being a pale, blonde rich playboy, who puts on a black wig and dark makeup to become Don Diablo.
(Clyde) Colonel Infernal and his batman, Mumford Peabody. The good Colonel was in the army in the war when his unit was destroyed because of the incompetence of a superior officer. Instead of blaming that officer (who had good family connections) they cashiered the Colonel. He has sworn revenge and is trying to build a private army to get it. Not really a good guy, he has joined the group for his own reasons.
(Kyle) Thomas, a sniper in the Great War who continued using his skills after he got out of the army. He is supported by a couple cheap thugs who serve as his cannon fodder.
(Don) a man of mystery and his assistant.
(Steve) Professor Johnathan Howard McTavish, an expert in Egyptian archeology, and his personal assistant Johnson. The Professor has just returned from a successful dig with a number of disturbing finds from the forgotten and accursed 7th Dynasty.
How the team got together.
The famous Dr. Smith had one of his famous parties in his mansion in Chicago. The good doctor, a philanthropist and eccentric, held the party in his private museum (complete with the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur and a Rubens). He invites interesting people to his parties, actors, explorers, athletes, and expects them to come in their work outfits. Don Diablo (in his civilian disguise as ) and esther were invited because of financial dealings the Doctor has had with their families. Mike was invited because of his fame as a bare-knuckled fighter. Colonel Infernal and kyle had both worked for the Doctor when he backed some rebels in Costa Bravo in overthrowing the Dictator General Lopez (the Butcher). Steve was there because the Doctor had, in conjunction with a local university, backed his recent work in Egypt. Don wasn’t there and joined the group later.
While at the party the Doctor received a phone call from one of his men who was watching the warehouse where some the “unusual and disturbing” artifacts that steve had brought back from Egypt. These were items not turned over to the University because of their unique nature. Doctor smith convinced the party to go check the warehouse (Don Diablo traveled separately to maintain his secret identity). At the warehouse they found and made quick work of a bunch of men in green hooded robes (sorry no pictures, I had the camera but got so wrapped up in running the game I forgot it). Most were killed but two escaped with some of the artifacts, including the mysterious cuneiform tablet (what was that doing in a cache of 7th Dynasty artifacts?)
After the battle, and after Dr. Smith cleared up things with the police (he is a man of great power and respect in Chicago) the good Doctor revealed the existence of the Cult of the Green Death to the party. This shadowy cult was suspected in a number of disappearances of some young women around the Midwest, but nothing had ever been proven. The Cult compound was in northern Minnesota, along the shores of Lake Superior. When the Doctor has some of his men investigate the situation they found frightened locals and were quickly arrested by the local sheriff on various trumped up charges. After being beaten and convicted in a kangaroo court they were sent to the state pen (the good Doctor got them out of course with his skilled lawyers). Dr. Smith wants the party to go investigate and take out this evil Cult (the Colonel and kyle were already on retainer). They were snuck into the county in a truck owned by one of the Doctor’s shipping lines and so the second game began…..
The six teams built were
(Mike) Doobie O'Dugan a bare knuckle fighter who has traveled the world, his pet bulldog Muffin, and Long Round an orphan he unofficially adopted when he was in China.
(Esther) Clara O'Toole the child of missionaries to Asia who picked up a good knowledge of mechanics, the orient and her assistant Short Round, a female Grey Ninja. She returned home to live the life a debutant but misses the thrills of the Orient.
(Lisa) From New Orleans Don Diablo master of the sword (who is secretly Kevin Montague) and Zephyr (secretly his sister Lindsey Montague) a crack shot with her customized rifle. There have been several Don Diablos over the last 150 years (sometimes more than one at the same time) all masters of the sword and heroes. Kevin maintains his disguise by actually being a pale, blonde rich playboy, who puts on a black wig and dark makeup to become Don Diablo.
(Clyde) Colonel Infernal and his batman, Mumford Peabody. The good Colonel was in the army in the war when his unit was destroyed because of the incompetence of a superior officer. Instead of blaming that officer (who had good family connections) they cashiered the Colonel. He has sworn revenge and is trying to build a private army to get it. Not really a good guy, he has joined the group for his own reasons.
(Kyle) Thomas, a sniper in the Great War who continued using his skills after he got out of the army. He is supported by a couple cheap thugs who serve as his cannon fodder.
(Don) a man of mystery and his assistant.
(Steve) Professor Johnathan Howard McTavish, an expert in Egyptian archeology, and his personal assistant Johnson. The Professor has just returned from a successful dig with a number of disturbing finds from the forgotten and accursed 7th Dynasty.
How the team got together.
The famous Dr. Smith had one of his famous parties in his mansion in Chicago. The good doctor, a philanthropist and eccentric, held the party in his private museum (complete with the nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur and a Rubens). He invites interesting people to his parties, actors, explorers, athletes, and expects them to come in their work outfits. Don Diablo (in his civilian disguise as ) and esther were invited because of financial dealings the Doctor has had with their families. Mike was invited because of his fame as a bare-knuckled fighter. Colonel Infernal and kyle had both worked for the Doctor when he backed some rebels in Costa Bravo in overthrowing the Dictator General Lopez (the Butcher). Steve was there because the Doctor had, in conjunction with a local university, backed his recent work in Egypt. Don wasn’t there and joined the group later.
While at the party the Doctor received a phone call from one of his men who was watching the warehouse where some the “unusual and disturbing” artifacts that steve had brought back from Egypt. These were items not turned over to the University because of their unique nature. Doctor smith convinced the party to go check the warehouse (Don Diablo traveled separately to maintain his secret identity). At the warehouse they found and made quick work of a bunch of men in green hooded robes (sorry no pictures, I had the camera but got so wrapped up in running the game I forgot it). Most were killed but two escaped with some of the artifacts, including the mysterious cuneiform tablet (what was that doing in a cache of 7th Dynasty artifacts?)
After the battle, and after Dr. Smith cleared up things with the police (he is a man of great power and respect in Chicago) the good Doctor revealed the existence of the Cult of the Green Death to the party. This shadowy cult was suspected in a number of disappearances of some young women around the Midwest, but nothing had ever been proven. The Cult compound was in northern Minnesota, along the shores of Lake Superior. When the Doctor has some of his men investigate the situation they found frightened locals and were quickly arrested by the local sheriff on various trumped up charges. After being beaten and convicted in a kangaroo court they were sent to the state pen (the good Doctor got them out of course with his skilled lawyers). Dr. Smith wants the party to go investigate and take out this evil Cult (the Colonel and kyle were already on retainer). They were snuck into the county in a truck owned by one of the Doctor’s shipping lines and so the second game began…..