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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4427884" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Adventure #3: Arrival at Felucia</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px">Part 2: The Chase</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/mush.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Some time later they arrive at the outskirts of the Felucian village. It consists of crude huts nestled among giant mushrooms. Small campfires dot the ground, and soon dozens and dozens of curious felucians have surrounded the newcomers. Mandrake begins speaking to the natives, explaining who the guests are, and soon everyone is seated around a fire. Mandrake would like to help them retrieve their friend from the prison facility. He suspects that that are at least a dozen storm troopers there, maybe some a few officers, and he knows that they even have heavy support from an AT-ST. </p><p></p><p>The prison facility is known locally as “The Vanishing Place.” Some felucians who go near it never return, although Mandrake says that one prisoner did manage to escape once through a small vent. He thinks that perhaps the group can sneak back inside via the same route. This sounds good to the party because they were thinking about a frontal assault, maybe using the felucians as a distraction, but the felucians don’t really want to get involved any more than necessary. If they interfere too much, the Empire might just send more reinforcements to completely annihilate them. </p><p></p><p>But Mandrake has another trick up his sleeve, one the Empire would never suspect to blame on the Felucians. He gets up and returns with a box. “Open it.” They do, and see a cylindrical mechanical device inside. “Know what that is? A bomb. A big bomb. Big enough to bring that whole facility to the ground, if it’s planted in the right place. I planned to use it once myself, but as I’ve said, I’m not the same man I used to be. But YOU can do it. Take it.”</p><p></p><p>They thank Mandrake for the device and accept it. The crowd parts then, and Mandrake says that the chieftain / shaman of the village will want to meet them. A’ath asks if there are any tips or social niceties to abide by, and Mandrake says to just make it VERY clear that they hate the Empire! An extremely old Felucian appears, his vines scarred and gray. Crash acts as translator for the Chieftain, (“I KNEW I would have to do this eventually,” he moans), who expresses interest in why they are here on this world. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/chief.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The PCs are honest, and the Chieftain is pleased with their answers. However, Tomla hears strange whispers in his mind when the Chief is near him, and even after he has moved away, Tomla senses something else in a hut nearby. There are creatures in terrible pain inside, and he can feel their anguish through the Force. Using Crash, he asks the Chieftain what is in that hut. His viney features wrinkle up in a grave scowl. The Chieftain points to the hut, and the crowd parts to allow Tomla a clear path.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/chief2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Inside, he sees a dozen sick and dying Felucian children, their bodies ravaged by some oily black residue. Through Crash, the Chieftain explains that that the Imperials have seeded parts of the jungle with a sickness that they cannot cure. The children sometimes stumble across it, and the effects are almost always fatal. The Imperials are testing foul poisons in the bowels of the facility, and the substances are being deliberately tested on the innocent.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, he says that he senses great pain emanating from the facility, felucian pain. Many of those kidnapped are still alive. The PCs promise that they will rescue them if possible, and the Chieftain nods. He opens his mouth to say something else, but Tomla and Nahee hear a sound in the distance that is distinctly unnatural in this simple village. It’s a speeder bike kicking into gear!</p><p></p><p>“There!” shouts Mandrake. “A scout trooper found us! Get him! He’ll report back!” </p><p></p><p>Mandrake leaps onto the back of his trusty kybuck, and jabs a finger at the holding pen for the others. “They’re as fast as a speeder, and trained for riders. Get on! We have to catch him!”</p><p></p><p>Adhering to the age old tenet of “Why Not?” the PCs straddle the big birds, and immediately tear off into the jungle behind Mandrake. As promised, the kybucks are incredibly fast. The jungle blurs by in a whirlwind of green and brown blotches. The kybucks are extremely sure-footed and scamper through the lush undergrowth. </p><p></p><p>DC 10 Ride checks are rolled every round as they advance from zone to zone. The scout trooper is far ahead, but Thanatos gets close enough to pop off some shots. Nahee has trouble with his mount though and is dislodged into an area of shallow, muddy water. The others bound ahead as well, and Tomla gets close enough to Force push the trooper into a mushroom tree. The bike explodes into a bloom of flame, but even as they all catch up, Thantaos spots a SECOND scout on a bike about twenty yards away! He speeds off, and the chase begins anew.</p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">[GM Note: I completely forgot that Mandrake was leading this little race, so I just said he got thrown off somewhere; yes, even after his many years of riding expertise!]</span></p><p></p><p>Thantaos, A’ath and Tomla reach a junction: there is a huge hollow tree, and there is a gap in the foliage. They don’t know which way the trooper went, so they split up. Thanatos bounding through the foliage, and he sees the trooper in the distance weaving back and forth through the undergrowth. The trooper zips across a clearing, but just as Thanatos reaches the middle, the ground erupts into a geyser of dirt, roots and vegetation, raining debris down on top of him!</p><p></p><p>A HUGE, gnarled hand swipes at the kybuck, but it deftly leaps away, and Thanatos throws back a terrified glance at an enormous rancor crawling out from a concealed pit. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/ran.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Up ahead, Thanatos spots the speeder bike again, so he starts popping off more shots, but doesn’t manage to destroy it. </p><p></p><p>Back in the tunnel, Tomla the Jedi hits a low hanging root and is knocked off his mount. Dazed, he rolls around in pain while the kybuck patiently waits. A’ath sprints ahead, jets out of the hollow tree, and nearly has heart attack when the towering rancor swipes at him. He’s nicked, but plunges across the clearing and into the dense foliage. </p><p></p><p>Nahee finally reaches the junction, but he hears the monstrous roar from the rancor not far away. His kybuck dashes ahead, and bounds in a circle around the floundering rancor, which is an old, slow beast on its last legs. </p><p></p><p>The speeder bike meanwhile goes down into a shallow valley, but when Thanatos reaches the crest, he pulls up sharply and stops. </p><p></p><p>There is a communications center nestled at the bottom, a twirling com-array on top. Four stormtroopers guard the facility, and he sees an additional trooper on another scout bike, for a total of two now. Cursing under his breath, Thanatos takes a few shots at the dish, hoping to destroy it before they are able to radio ahead to the prison facility. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/station.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/station2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/speed.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The stormtroopers are startled, but the ones on the speeder bikes are quick to engage the party. Blaster bolts hiss toward the group, and they finds themselves ducking out of the way. But a hit from speeder bike inflicts 4d10 damage, and a direct blast sends Nahee spiraling toward death. A Force Point keeps him alive, but he’s unconscious and down the rest of the fight. </p><p></p><p>The Jedi pulls out the stops, rolls very high for his Force Slam, and DESTROYS the com center! Really, he just wipes the goddamn thing off the map. One trooper is thrown through a circuit board and he bursts into flames. Another is tossed through the dish, shattering it. Another is slammed into a rock wall, and the fourth is killed by a gonk droid projectile at high speed. A mushroom then collapses on top of the smoldering remains of the dish, burying it.</p><p></p><p>After seeing that, the two scout troopers back off from close range and start pattering the group with laser fire. Thanatos is very, very lucky, and is missed three times in a row, even when the trooper gets brave and closes the distance. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/speed2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Still on his kybuck, A’ath sprints after one of the troopers, and Tomla Force throws a burning stormtrooper corpse at the speeder bike. It does no damage, but gets lodged on the back. As a last resort, (with his bag of tricks and FP’s nearly depleted) Tomla tricks the trooper into believing that he is on fire! He leaps on the bike and dashes into the woods, with A’ath in hot pursuit. </p><p></p><p>Tomla tries to start the abandoned bike, but rolls poorly and doesn’t know how to operate it. Thanatos is still having a hard time with the remaining trooper, and finally gets hit. HARD. He’s dropped down to 3 hit points and one step on the Condition Track, but his next shot explodes the speeder bike. A’ath catches up to the fleeing trooper and plants plasma in the back of his helmet, killing him. </p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">[GM Note: This turned out to be a very tough fight that might have ended very poorly if the Jedi hadn’t been there to help].</span></p><p></p><p>Nursing their wounds, they pick themselves up and prepare to head back, just as Mandrake arrives on the scene. “Ok! I’m here! What happened?” They decide to return to the Felucian village and recover. They want to rest longer, but are afraid that that the Imperials will find the destroyed Com Center and call for help. They’ll speak with Mandrake and the Chief about what they should do and decide from there.</p><p></p><p>Next adventure: The Rescue, and the conclusion of the first chapter in Dawn of Defiance. Everyone levels up to 2 before next time. </p><p></p><p>GAME TIME: About 2 ½ hours.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: After quite a few more games now, EVERY fight would be bad without the Jedi.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4427884, member: 31465"] [SIZE=4]Adventure #3: Arrival at Felucia [B][SIZE=2]Part 2: The Chase[/SIZE][/B] [/SIZE] [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/mush.jpg[/IMG] Some time later they arrive at the outskirts of the Felucian village. It consists of crude huts nestled among giant mushrooms. Small campfires dot the ground, and soon dozens and dozens of curious felucians have surrounded the newcomers. Mandrake begins speaking to the natives, explaining who the guests are, and soon everyone is seated around a fire. Mandrake would like to help them retrieve their friend from the prison facility. He suspects that that are at least a dozen storm troopers there, maybe some a few officers, and he knows that they even have heavy support from an AT-ST. The prison facility is known locally as “The Vanishing Place.” Some felucians who go near it never return, although Mandrake says that one prisoner did manage to escape once through a small vent. He thinks that perhaps the group can sneak back inside via the same route. This sounds good to the party because they were thinking about a frontal assault, maybe using the felucians as a distraction, but the felucians don’t really want to get involved any more than necessary. If they interfere too much, the Empire might just send more reinforcements to completely annihilate them. But Mandrake has another trick up his sleeve, one the Empire would never suspect to blame on the Felucians. He gets up and returns with a box. “Open it.” They do, and see a cylindrical mechanical device inside. “Know what that is? A bomb. A big bomb. Big enough to bring that whole facility to the ground, if it’s planted in the right place. I planned to use it once myself, but as I’ve said, I’m not the same man I used to be. But YOU can do it. Take it.” They thank Mandrake for the device and accept it. The crowd parts then, and Mandrake says that the chieftain / shaman of the village will want to meet them. A’ath asks if there are any tips or social niceties to abide by, and Mandrake says to just make it VERY clear that they hate the Empire! An extremely old Felucian appears, his vines scarred and gray. Crash acts as translator for the Chieftain, (“I KNEW I would have to do this eventually,” he moans), who expresses interest in why they are here on this world. [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/chief.jpg[/IMG] The PCs are honest, and the Chieftain is pleased with their answers. However, Tomla hears strange whispers in his mind when the Chief is near him, and even after he has moved away, Tomla senses something else in a hut nearby. There are creatures in terrible pain inside, and he can feel their anguish through the Force. Using Crash, he asks the Chieftain what is in that hut. His viney features wrinkle up in a grave scowl. The Chieftain points to the hut, and the crowd parts to allow Tomla a clear path. [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/chief2.jpg[/IMG] Inside, he sees a dozen sick and dying Felucian children, their bodies ravaged by some oily black residue. Through Crash, the Chieftain explains that that the Imperials have seeded parts of the jungle with a sickness that they cannot cure. The children sometimes stumble across it, and the effects are almost always fatal. The Imperials are testing foul poisons in the bowels of the facility, and the substances are being deliberately tested on the innocent. Furthermore, he says that he senses great pain emanating from the facility, felucian pain. Many of those kidnapped are still alive. The PCs promise that they will rescue them if possible, and the Chieftain nods. He opens his mouth to say something else, but Tomla and Nahee hear a sound in the distance that is distinctly unnatural in this simple village. It’s a speeder bike kicking into gear! “There!” shouts Mandrake. “A scout trooper found us! Get him! He’ll report back!” Mandrake leaps onto the back of his trusty kybuck, and jabs a finger at the holding pen for the others. “They’re as fast as a speeder, and trained for riders. Get on! We have to catch him!” Adhering to the age old tenet of “Why Not?” the PCs straddle the big birds, and immediately tear off into the jungle behind Mandrake. As promised, the kybucks are incredibly fast. The jungle blurs by in a whirlwind of green and brown blotches. The kybucks are extremely sure-footed and scamper through the lush undergrowth. DC 10 Ride checks are rolled every round as they advance from zone to zone. The scout trooper is far ahead, but Thanatos gets close enough to pop off some shots. Nahee has trouble with his mount though and is dislodged into an area of shallow, muddy water. The others bound ahead as well, and Tomla gets close enough to Force push the trooper into a mushroom tree. The bike explodes into a bloom of flame, but even as they all catch up, Thantaos spots a SECOND scout on a bike about twenty yards away! He speeds off, and the chase begins anew. [COLOR=red] [GM Note: I completely forgot that Mandrake was leading this little race, so I just said he got thrown off somewhere; yes, even after his many years of riding expertise!][/COLOR] Thantaos, A’ath and Tomla reach a junction: there is a huge hollow tree, and there is a gap in the foliage. They don’t know which way the trooper went, so they split up. Thanatos bounding through the foliage, and he sees the trooper in the distance weaving back and forth through the undergrowth. The trooper zips across a clearing, but just as Thanatos reaches the middle, the ground erupts into a geyser of dirt, roots and vegetation, raining debris down on top of him! A HUGE, gnarled hand swipes at the kybuck, but it deftly leaps away, and Thanatos throws back a terrified glance at an enormous rancor crawling out from a concealed pit. [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/ran.jpg[/IMG] Up ahead, Thanatos spots the speeder bike again, so he starts popping off more shots, but doesn’t manage to destroy it. Back in the tunnel, Tomla the Jedi hits a low hanging root and is knocked off his mount. Dazed, he rolls around in pain while the kybuck patiently waits. A’ath sprints ahead, jets out of the hollow tree, and nearly has heart attack when the towering rancor swipes at him. He’s nicked, but plunges across the clearing and into the dense foliage. Nahee finally reaches the junction, but he hears the monstrous roar from the rancor not far away. His kybuck dashes ahead, and bounds in a circle around the floundering rancor, which is an old, slow beast on its last legs. The speeder bike meanwhile goes down into a shallow valley, but when Thanatos reaches the crest, he pulls up sharply and stops. There is a communications center nestled at the bottom, a twirling com-array on top. Four stormtroopers guard the facility, and he sees an additional trooper on another scout bike, for a total of two now. Cursing under his breath, Thanatos takes a few shots at the dish, hoping to destroy it before they are able to radio ahead to the prison facility. [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/station.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/station2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/speed.jpg[/IMG] The stormtroopers are startled, but the ones on the speeder bikes are quick to engage the party. Blaster bolts hiss toward the group, and they finds themselves ducking out of the way. But a hit from speeder bike inflicts 4d10 damage, and a direct blast sends Nahee spiraling toward death. A Force Point keeps him alive, but he’s unconscious and down the rest of the fight. The Jedi pulls out the stops, rolls very high for his Force Slam, and DESTROYS the com center! Really, he just wipes the goddamn thing off the map. One trooper is thrown through a circuit board and he bursts into flames. Another is tossed through the dish, shattering it. Another is slammed into a rock wall, and the fourth is killed by a gonk droid projectile at high speed. A mushroom then collapses on top of the smoldering remains of the dish, burying it. After seeing that, the two scout troopers back off from close range and start pattering the group with laser fire. Thanatos is very, very lucky, and is missed three times in a row, even when the trooper gets brave and closes the distance. [IMG]http://www.med.unc.edu/%7Esaasha/DoD/speed2.jpg[/IMG] Still on his kybuck, A’ath sprints after one of the troopers, and Tomla Force throws a burning stormtrooper corpse at the speeder bike. It does no damage, but gets lodged on the back. As a last resort, (with his bag of tricks and FP’s nearly depleted) Tomla tricks the trooper into believing that he is on fire! He leaps on the bike and dashes into the woods, with A’ath in hot pursuit. Tomla tries to start the abandoned bike, but rolls poorly and doesn’t know how to operate it. Thanatos is still having a hard time with the remaining trooper, and finally gets hit. HARD. He’s dropped down to 3 hit points and one step on the Condition Track, but his next shot explodes the speeder bike. A’ath catches up to the fleeing trooper and plants plasma in the back of his helmet, killing him. [COLOR=red] [GM Note: This turned out to be a very tough fight that might have ended very poorly if the Jedi hadn’t been there to help].[/COLOR] Nursing their wounds, they pick themselves up and prepare to head back, just as Mandrake arrives on the scene. “Ok! I’m here! What happened?” They decide to return to the Felucian village and recover. They want to rest longer, but are afraid that that the Imperials will find the destroyed Com Center and call for help. They’ll speak with Mandrake and the Chief about what they should do and decide from there. Next adventure: The Rescue, and the conclusion of the first chapter in Dawn of Defiance. Everyone levels up to 2 before next time. GAME TIME: About 2 ½ hours. EDIT: After quite a few more games now, EVERY fight would be bad without the Jedi. [/QUOTE]
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