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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Wraith on July 31, 2012, 05:17:37 PM
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I have been working on a new scenario for a few months that I plan to run at Whose Yer Con this year using Savage Worlds.
I know its really WWWII, but a few tweaks and its Pulps!
The goal is to get the Savage crew to put this up on their site for as a free 1 page scenario, just to get my name out there.
Anyway, here is a teaser.
Background:
Channel Islands, Caesarea, Circa 56 BC: As Gaius Julius Caesar fought his wars in Gaul, he set about exterminating the Druids because they would not reveal their secret lore to him. The surviving Druids were driven to the far west of Gaul where they found their final refuge on what are now known as the Channel islands. The High Druid, Diviciacus, set about fashioned a curse that would be brought down upon the bearers of the eagle; (the roman legions led by Caesar). Initial Roman expeditions to the island of Augia did not reveal the hiding place of the high druid and the island was named Caesarea (Caesar’s island) by the Roman troops. It eventually became known as Jersey. Before the curse came to fruition, Caesar marched on Rome never to return. Diviciacus died soon after and was buried in a secret crypt below a shrine where the Romans could never desecrate his remains if they returned. The ritual to complete the curse of Balor was thus left incomplete and it fell out of the knowledge of man.
Channel Islands, Jersey (Caesarea) , May 1944: The Channel islands have been occupied by the German army since 1940 and fortified with defensive gun emplacements that overlook the English channel. The island of Jersey has a state of the art communication bunker and listening post that the Nazis are using to intercept radio traffic across the English channel. Due to the upcoming, top secret “Operation Neptune”, our heroes have been detailed to take out this listening post on the shores of Jersey and find out if the Germans are privy to the operation.
What our heroes don’t know, is that Hitler’s henchman, Heinrich Himmler has ordered a group of his Occult Nazis to Jersey Island to research ancient Drudic magics. The group has taken up residence in the communications bunker and is using it as their base of operations. Having already unearthed information about the Druidic curse of Balor, they plan to use it in their war efforts. Their plan is to reinact the ancient Drudic ritual Boaldyn (Beltane, month of May) in an effort to call the demon Balor from the abyss to inhabit a simulacra made of human bodies.
The ritual to create the simulacra and call forth Balor involves a large wicker man filled with human sacrifices. The Germans have rounded up Jersey islanders for this purpose. Once the wicker man is filled with victims, Beltane ritual will take place that calls the demon forth to possess the bodies housed in the wicker man. According to the Arcane writings, the burning of the Wicker man will cause the victims within to reform into a monstrous creature that Balor will possess. Before the actual burning takes place, the Nazis plan to airlift the simulacra to England using a huge autogyro and burn it there on the mainland, thus releasing Balor to ravage the English countryside.
Our heroes will discover the occult operation as they strive to complete their primary objectives. Their mission will take a turn as they try to bring about the destruction of the new horror that the Nazis plan to unleash upon Britain.
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Sounds really cool and well thought out; I'll be checking your thread for updates!
I'm in the midst of a crossover Pulp/WWWII campaign myself, so this is relevant to my interests... :D
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I have a thread on this on the Wierd Wars BBS, So please look there for further updates.
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I really like your story line, sounds like a great game.
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Other thread in the Wierd Wars BBS has been updated.
Some things might not make sense, but I have a lot of handouts that give clues to the players that the writeup doesnt reveal.