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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4872250" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p><strong>The Evil Stars: Introduction</strong></p><p></p><p>This story hour is from “The Evil Stars” in Cthulhu Now by the late Keith Herber. You can read more about Delta Green at <a href="http://www.delta-green.com" target="_blank">Delta Green</a>. Please note: This story hour contains spoilers!</p><p></p><p>Our cast of characters includes:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Game Master:</strong> <strong><a href="http://michael.tresca.net" target="_blank">Michael Tresca</a> </strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Kurtis "Hammer" Grange</strong> (Fast Hero/Gunslinger) played by <strong>George Webster</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Joseph “Archive” Fontaine</strong> (Dedicated Hero/Acolyte) played by <strong>Joe Lalumia</strong> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Jim “Jim-Bean” Baxter</strong> (Charismatic Hero) played by <strong>Jeremy Ortiz</strong> (<a href="http://jeremyrobertortiz.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Jeremy Robert Ortiz</a>)<br /> </li> </ul><p>Despite the fact that I wrote scenarios months in advance, sometimes I get caught by surprise. And this session, the players finished the previous scenario faster than I anticipated. I had my notes, so we dove right into the next one. The challenge was that I knew we wouldn’t finish the second scenario, so I had to find a natural break. Fortunately, this scenario does just that.</p><p></p><p>The Evil Stars is a scenario loaded with cheese. It features an evil rock band who makes a deal with dark mythos forces in the most complicated way imaginable. God’s Lost Children, whom I introduced in a much earlier scenario, uses its tours across the U.S. to lead the crowd in a mystical chant that in turn empowers standing stones. The chant idea is actually pretty cool – the notion that a major death metal star is hiring cement trucks to build massive standing stones at each concert isn’t nearly as a cool. But far be it from me to shrink from a challenge. I can only go to this “heavy metal really is evil” well so many times, so I crammed it full of every cliché I could think of. </p><p></p><p>First, we actually start with the biker gang, Satan’s Sadists, as part of the At Your Door campaign. This is a nice introduction to the gang and gives the agents a reason to care what they’re up to. After the gang attempts (and fails) to steal the baby dark young they were transporting to a Majestic-12 front company, the agents get a lead on the gang. They’re not hard to follow, since they’re security for God’s Lost Children. </p><p></p><p>But I didn’t stop there. I shifted Star’s role to a much more important one, turned Billy into a killing machine, and created a narrative that took a page from Terminator: Star wants to snitch on Satan’s Sadists, but it’s up to the agents to retrieve her. And when Brianne (changed from Brian, because I have a rock star female miniature) Lochnar of God’s Lost Children finds out, she calls in a Mythos favor to set Billy on Star's trail. What ensues is a long string of violent interludes that culminates in a battle of the bands. </p><p></p><p><strong>Defining Moment:</strong> Hammer discovers that knowledge can be a lot more threatening than a gun.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Relevant Media</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001037WSE?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001037WSE]Let Sleeping Gods Lie[/ame]:</strong> By Darkest Hillside of the Thickets.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0933635516?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0933635516]Cthulhu Now[/ame]:</strong> Source of the Evil Stars scenario. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0933635648?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0933635648]At Your Door[/ame]:</strong> Source of Full Wilderness scenario. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0954752627?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0954752627]The Book of Unremitting Horror[/ame]:</strong> Source of Organ Grinder.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 4872250, member: 3285"] [b]The Evil Stars: Introduction[/b] This story hour is from “The Evil Stars” in Cthulhu Now by the late Keith Herber. You can read more about Delta Green at [url=http://www.delta-green.com]Delta Green[/url]. Please note: This story hour contains spoilers! Our cast of characters includes: [list][*][b]Game Master:[/b] [b][url=http://michael.tresca.net]Michael Tresca[/url] [/b] [*][b]Kurtis "Hammer" Grange[/b] (Fast Hero/Gunslinger) played by [b]George Webster[/b] [*][b]Joseph “Archive” Fontaine[/b] (Dedicated Hero/Acolyte) played by [b]Joe Lalumia[/b] [*][b]Jim “Jim-Bean” Baxter[/b] (Charismatic Hero) played by [b]Jeremy Ortiz[/b] ([url=http://jeremyrobertortiz.blogspot.com]Jeremy Robert Ortiz[/url]) [/list]Despite the fact that I wrote scenarios months in advance, sometimes I get caught by surprise. And this session, the players finished the previous scenario faster than I anticipated. I had my notes, so we dove right into the next one. The challenge was that I knew we wouldn’t finish the second scenario, so I had to find a natural break. Fortunately, this scenario does just that. The Evil Stars is a scenario loaded with cheese. It features an evil rock band who makes a deal with dark mythos forces in the most complicated way imaginable. God’s Lost Children, whom I introduced in a much earlier scenario, uses its tours across the U.S. to lead the crowd in a mystical chant that in turn empowers standing stones. The chant idea is actually pretty cool – the notion that a major death metal star is hiring cement trucks to build massive standing stones at each concert isn’t nearly as a cool. But far be it from me to shrink from a challenge. I can only go to this “heavy metal really is evil” well so many times, so I crammed it full of every cliché I could think of. First, we actually start with the biker gang, Satan’s Sadists, as part of the At Your Door campaign. This is a nice introduction to the gang and gives the agents a reason to care what they’re up to. After the gang attempts (and fails) to steal the baby dark young they were transporting to a Majestic-12 front company, the agents get a lead on the gang. They’re not hard to follow, since they’re security for God’s Lost Children. But I didn’t stop there. I shifted Star’s role to a much more important one, turned Billy into a killing machine, and created a narrative that took a page from Terminator: Star wants to snitch on Satan’s Sadists, but it’s up to the agents to retrieve her. And when Brianne (changed from Brian, because I have a rock star female miniature) Lochnar of God’s Lost Children finds out, she calls in a Mythos favor to set Billy on Star's trail. What ensues is a long string of violent interludes that culminates in a battle of the bands. [b]Defining Moment:[/b] Hammer discovers that knowledge can be a lot more threatening than a gun. [SIZE=3]Relevant Media[/SIZE] [list][*][b][ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001037WSE?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001037WSE]Let Sleeping Gods Lie[/ame]:[/b] By Darkest Hillside of the Thickets. [*][b][ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0933635516?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0933635516]Cthulhu Now[/ame]:[/b] Source of the Evil Stars scenario. [*][b][ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0933635648?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0933635648]At Your Door[/ame]:[/b] Source of Full Wilderness scenario. [*][b][ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0954752627?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0954752627]The Book of Unremitting Horror[/ame]:[/b] Source of Organ Grinder. [/list] [/QUOTE]
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