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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Golden Bee" data-source="post: 9397149" data-attributes="member: 7041055">Dinosaurs at the Alamo! By JC Connors.A vision of two-legged carnivores, their tongues thirstily lolled out, creeping down the stairs to this very room! I don’t know if I’m going to fool anyone, the adventure being titled what it is, but I hope I can add some intrigue.Early March, 1935.Gambler Penny An’Te, farmhand Elliot McCaffrey, and detective JP Diamond were boozing it up at a San Antonio cantina. Grandpappy McCaffrey relied on strangers' kindness after the mysterious torching of his old farm. And of course, he stuck Penny with the bill. Paps argued that letting a woman pay the tab wasn’t selfish, it was enlightened.The group, minus grandpa, decided to sneak into the Alamo. It was remarkably easy. It was soon clear why: Thaza O’Rourke had done it first! The group’s sometime rival, the cat burglar raised by apes, was stealing the Onyx of Oaxaca. Elliot's attempts to apprehend her broke the gem, sending everyone through a portal… And ending up in the same room, but 99 years earlier.Yes, the group was at the Alamo… mere days before the battle!Elliot, a true patriot, volunteered the group to help the Texans. An initial convoy raid revealed something fascinating: three Mexican cannons were lost in the nearby valley. If the players could recover them, it could turn the tide of the fight… into one they might, possibly, survive.And as you’ve probably guessed, the valley was a prehistoric paradise. Everywhere was evidence of dead soldiers, from 1830s patrols to early Spanish settlers from the time of King Charles V. And despite all the quartet’s skills, it was a pitched battle for survival. Thaza was an expert in overland travel. Penny was an ace shot. JP Was able to repair all the broken equipment… And perhaps most importantly, Elliot was able to calm and rescue the horse teams. No horses, no way to move the huge cannons, no way to beat Santa Anna.There was a pitched battle against Utahraptors, and a fight with oars against a lake monster. But the most perilous was against a giant T-Rex named Duckface!JP, used to mouthing off, lured the creature out of its lair. Being semi-dead, he survived a bite from a creature with teeth the size of bowie knives. Meanwhile, Penny and Elliot snuck into the cave, loaded the cannon… and realized they didn’t have a clear shot!Thaza rolled past the creature, grabbed some vines, and swung in front of the cave entrance. She could feel the creature’s hot breath on her back… Then heard a tremendous explosion! Penny and Elliot were able to launch a cannonball right through the creature’s skull. Duckface became no face.The players took the cannons, attached the horses, and exited the valley… Arriving right next to the Alamo an hour before the battle! Detective Diamond searched the room they arrived in, finding the Onyx… Slowly filling with color. The artifact they needed to get home would only be fully formed after the battle!Even with the cannons, survival wasn’t guaranteed. Elliot gave a rousing speech, telling everyone there that they couldn’t imagine how important this fight would be in the history of Texas. The “Cannon Man” wowed the crowd, even earning the admiration of the wounded Jim Bowie.In actual history, the Battle of the Alamo was a slaughter. But with the cannons, the speech, and Thaza’s traps, it became the narrowest of victories. The Mexican dictator was routed. The players were able to get their hazard pay, grab the Onyx…And arrive back in 1935! A security guard yelled them, asking how they got past the electronic locks. By saving the Alamo, it became a much better funded place.The players, except for Thaza, found themselves just as drunk as they were before their excursion. After sleeping it off, they returned at noon the next day to look over the exhibitions, and see how they changed history. There was a small section on The Cannon Man, and the two “deadly Texian women”. JP was unmentioned.Then it was time to sell the historical artifacts they had pocketed. Because of course.</blockquote>

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