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<blockquote data-quote="writernextdoor" data-source="post: 5832384" data-attributes="member: 6689303"><p>Dreamation Report</p><p></p><p>[Mechanical Notes are in braces]</p><p>((GM Notes are in double parentheses))</p><p></p><p>The adventure for Dreamation was a modified scenario, incredibly hacked for time and audience. ((I had 2 hours to run through a session, not 4, and therefore chopped out a lot of the second and third acts to accomodate playing. Also, because this specific scenario is still currently viable, what I'm presenting here is the barest of skeletons.))</p><p></p><p>The party ((Of the 45 characters pregenerated they took Mace Hunter, Nick Darter, Rossini, Chip Chesteron [sniper], Carter Byers [medic], Amelia Stewart [analyst], Anna Latwanna, Alice (no last name given))) was in Switzerland to rob a bank to retrieve the Macguffin.</p><p></p><p>Of course, trying to stop this from happening were the following facts:</p><p></p><p>1. The Bank was being sold to the Russian Mob.</p><p>2. There was a team of terrorists trying to invade Switzerland</p><p>3. There was a robbery already in progress. </p><p></p><p>Rossini thought it was prudent move to Forge [3 point spend] the bank's sales documents which were being couriered to the Bank. Amelia was Prepared [2 point spend] and worked with Chip and Nick [1 point Traffic Analysis, they tag teamed brilliantly] to discover the best route of Rufi, the Nigerian courier who was tasked with delivering the briefcase. </p><p></p><p>Originally, they were just going to bribe him [via Amelia's preparedness] , impersonate him [via Mace or Nick's Disguise] and then forge the documents [Rossini's forgery]. </p><p></p><p>And then the party realized Rufi was expendable, and thought perhaps he'd put up a fight, since the briefcase was chained to his wrist. </p><p></p><p>There was a small fight, but an untrained, alcoholic Nigerian is no match for Nick Darter's krav maga [Nick's Hand-to-Hand 1 point]. </p><p></p><p>They didn't kill him, they just broke his arm, and gave him some "career advice". ((Rufi will return later as a cab driver or something blue collar in a subsequent episode)).</p><p></p><p>So, Rossini bought the bank. And fired the security staff - replacing it with the rest of the team. </p><p></p><p>And then they went into the cage of safe deposit boxes and the vault, only to find down there, they were not alone. A large relatively "not-alive" man was standing stock still, staring at the safe deposit box in question. </p><p></p><p>Carter and Amelia went in for a closer look - and everything was okay, until Amelia had the bright idea to put a money bag over his head. Previously they put one in the guy's gut. He didn't bleed. He didn't even stagger. He just stood there and took it, like he was made of marble. </p><p></p><p>But when they bagged him, the fight was pretty intense, but the agents were agile [both did some almost lucha-libre athletics to avoid the rather pot roast-sized fists, again, great tag teaming] and they managed to lock BagGuy in the cage, where eventually he just 'reset' back to staring at the safe deposit box.</p><p></p><p>Nick later went back down to open the box with the master key from Rossini's new office (where Anna and Alice camped out to handle the [Electronic Surveillance that they mysteriously found to be wiped out and static-y long before the party even arrived in Zurich].</p><p></p><p>Once the box was opened, and found to be empty ((There was HUGE confusion over whether or not the safe deposit box was an actual box, or just the door in a wall or something like a high school locker - this was due to the fact that party was way bigger than I thought and people just were NOT listening to each other)) save for a cross scratched into the sheet metal of the rear wall big a fingernail. A fingernail as it happened, that had to be attached to an arm that was likely 5 or 6 feet long.</p><p></p><p>Strange things were afoot at the Bank. Upon the discovery of the crucifix, the fire alarms went off, and the party scattered. ((Bad move on my part, I let the group fragment into thirds, and should have kept it linear))</p><p></p><p>Chip went to the roof to scout an escape plan, assuming that the Op was hosed. He encountered another sniper, and they exchanged a volley of fire. </p><p></p><p>Amelia went outside with Nick to calm the bank tellers, and Nick ended up getting details on some of the strange goings-on in and around the bank lately [2 point Flirting spend] from Julie, the chain-smoking bank teller. Julie was able to describe one of four "suspicious people", and Amelia went downstairs to confirm that BagGuy was or was not one of them.</p><p></p><p>While down there, she managed to search the safe deposit box more carefully, and found the "drachetod", the germanic cult how-to guide and pass it off to Anna, who had a strange compulsion NOT to destroy it (As Mace wanted) but rather thought she could make use of it ((This was where the wheels came off - I'd like to run this whole scenario over with a smaller and more organized party)).</p><p></p><p>Rossini, now driving Rufi's armored car picked up the party, and the book and headed for the airport, ending the adventure as several mortars were lobbed into Zurich's busy city centers.</p><p></p><p></p><p>GM Notes:</p><p></p><p>1. TOO MANY PLAYERS - I expected 4, I wanted 6, I got 8. The room was large and they were too spread out to be a coherent group.</p><p></p><p>2. Not enough prep/setup on my part - I absolutely think I dropped the ball several times - Mechanically, this was probably my best run, but storywise it was a nightmare. The party broke into two groups - those around the table, acting more or less as a unit and then the people were on the room's fringes, who I think expected more out of a 2-hour session I had planned. </p><p></p><p>To cut down on hassles (this version of the story took 1 hour, 51 minutes) I took out the whole second Act, both car chases, both ambushes, and the vampire reveal. I regret it. </p><p></p><p>3. The favorite spends here were Preparedness, Athletics and Traffic Analysis. I was really happy to see people actually making use of ALL the pools available. </p><p></p><p>I'm going to arrange my regular group run the same episode on Monday morning, and will compare results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="writernextdoor, post: 5832384, member: 6689303"] Dreamation Report [Mechanical Notes are in braces] ((GM Notes are in double parentheses)) The adventure for Dreamation was a modified scenario, incredibly hacked for time and audience. ((I had 2 hours to run through a session, not 4, and therefore chopped out a lot of the second and third acts to accomodate playing. Also, because this specific scenario is still currently viable, what I'm presenting here is the barest of skeletons.)) The party ((Of the 45 characters pregenerated they took Mace Hunter, Nick Darter, Rossini, Chip Chesteron [sniper], Carter Byers [medic], Amelia Stewart [analyst], Anna Latwanna, Alice (no last name given))) was in Switzerland to rob a bank to retrieve the Macguffin. Of course, trying to stop this from happening were the following facts: 1. The Bank was being sold to the Russian Mob. 2. There was a team of terrorists trying to invade Switzerland 3. There was a robbery already in progress. Rossini thought it was prudent move to Forge [3 point spend] the bank's sales documents which were being couriered to the Bank. Amelia was Prepared [2 point spend] and worked with Chip and Nick [1 point Traffic Analysis, they tag teamed brilliantly] to discover the best route of Rufi, the Nigerian courier who was tasked with delivering the briefcase. Originally, they were just going to bribe him [via Amelia's preparedness] , impersonate him [via Mace or Nick's Disguise] and then forge the documents [Rossini's forgery]. And then the party realized Rufi was expendable, and thought perhaps he'd put up a fight, since the briefcase was chained to his wrist. There was a small fight, but an untrained, alcoholic Nigerian is no match for Nick Darter's krav maga [Nick's Hand-to-Hand 1 point]. They didn't kill him, they just broke his arm, and gave him some "career advice". ((Rufi will return later as a cab driver or something blue collar in a subsequent episode)). So, Rossini bought the bank. And fired the security staff - replacing it with the rest of the team. And then they went into the cage of safe deposit boxes and the vault, only to find down there, they were not alone. A large relatively "not-alive" man was standing stock still, staring at the safe deposit box in question. Carter and Amelia went in for a closer look - and everything was okay, until Amelia had the bright idea to put a money bag over his head. Previously they put one in the guy's gut. He didn't bleed. He didn't even stagger. He just stood there and took it, like he was made of marble. But when they bagged him, the fight was pretty intense, but the agents were agile [both did some almost lucha-libre athletics to avoid the rather pot roast-sized fists, again, great tag teaming] and they managed to lock BagGuy in the cage, where eventually he just 'reset' back to staring at the safe deposit box. Nick later went back down to open the box with the master key from Rossini's new office (where Anna and Alice camped out to handle the [Electronic Surveillance that they mysteriously found to be wiped out and static-y long before the party even arrived in Zurich]. Once the box was opened, and found to be empty ((There was HUGE confusion over whether or not the safe deposit box was an actual box, or just the door in a wall or something like a high school locker - this was due to the fact that party was way bigger than I thought and people just were NOT listening to each other)) save for a cross scratched into the sheet metal of the rear wall big a fingernail. A fingernail as it happened, that had to be attached to an arm that was likely 5 or 6 feet long. Strange things were afoot at the Bank. Upon the discovery of the crucifix, the fire alarms went off, and the party scattered. ((Bad move on my part, I let the group fragment into thirds, and should have kept it linear)) Chip went to the roof to scout an escape plan, assuming that the Op was hosed. He encountered another sniper, and they exchanged a volley of fire. Amelia went outside with Nick to calm the bank tellers, and Nick ended up getting details on some of the strange goings-on in and around the bank lately [2 point Flirting spend] from Julie, the chain-smoking bank teller. Julie was able to describe one of four "suspicious people", and Amelia went downstairs to confirm that BagGuy was or was not one of them. While down there, she managed to search the safe deposit box more carefully, and found the "drachetod", the germanic cult how-to guide and pass it off to Anna, who had a strange compulsion NOT to destroy it (As Mace wanted) but rather thought she could make use of it ((This was where the wheels came off - I'd like to run this whole scenario over with a smaller and more organized party)). Rossini, now driving Rufi's armored car picked up the party, and the book and headed for the airport, ending the adventure as several mortars were lobbed into Zurich's busy city centers. GM Notes: 1. TOO MANY PLAYERS - I expected 4, I wanted 6, I got 8. The room was large and they were too spread out to be a coherent group. 2. Not enough prep/setup on my part - I absolutely think I dropped the ball several times - Mechanically, this was probably my best run, but storywise it was a nightmare. The party broke into two groups - those around the table, acting more or less as a unit and then the people were on the room's fringes, who I think expected more out of a 2-hour session I had planned. To cut down on hassles (this version of the story took 1 hour, 51 minutes) I took out the whole second Act, both car chases, both ambushes, and the vampire reveal. I regret it. 3. The favorite spends here were Preparedness, Athletics and Traffic Analysis. I was really happy to see people actually making use of ALL the pools available. I'm going to arrange my regular group run the same episode on Monday morning, and will compare results. [/QUOTE]
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