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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 5068165" data-attributes="member: 3285">Chapter 50: Unit 23 - IntroductionThis story hour is a combination of the latest Delta Green Mailing List contest entry, "Unit 23," by Graham Kinniburgh, "Two Minutes On High" by Michael P. Nagel from Unspeakable Oath #11, and "Righteous Triad Fists" by Allan T. Grohe from The Triad Sourcebook. 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!Our cast of characters includes:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Game Master: <a href="http://michael.tresca.net" target="_blank">Michael Tresca</a> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kurtis "Hammer" Grange (Fast Hero/Gunslinger) played by George Webster</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Jim “Jim-Bean” Baxter (Charismatic Hero/Telepath) played by Jeremy Ortiz (<a href="http://jeremyrobertortiz.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Jeremy Robert Ortiz</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Joseph “Archive” Fontaine (Dedicated Hero/Acolyte) played by Joe Lalumia</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hank “Guppy” Gupta (Smart Hero/Field Scientist) played by Joseph Tresca (<a href="http://www.eyeballistic.com" target="_blank">Free Video Training for Photoshop, 3ds Max, Flash, After Effects an more</a>) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sebastian "Caprice" Creed (Fast/Charismatic/Smart Hero/Techie) played by Bill Countiss</li> </ul>The odds of someone posting a scenario that perfectly fit the window when I needed something involving tcho-tchos are incredibly small. As fate would have it, Graham posted a scenario that was just perfect.  It's not that surprising, given that my tastes in Delta Green action run similar to Graham's. I ended up using his scenario as the glue between At Your Door and what I like to call "Cthulhu Must Die."This scenario actually draws on a third scenario, Righteous Triad Fists.  Instead of having the battle be over The Seventh Scroll of Hsan, we have a Portuguese translation in book form. The goal is simply this: get the book, stop the cultists. Of course, it's much more complicated than that…I had no idea I would end up with a full host of players that day. Because d20 is level-based, Caprice and Guppy have fallen behind in levels, so I was careful to separate them from the combat initially.  What I didn't want was to have a bloodbath where the low level characters get knocked flat while the high level characters pound away on the opposition.   I pretty much butchered Graham's entry – I completely tossed the items he had listed as a homage to Marc McFadden, who recently passed away, along with the allusions to "The Lizard King."  I replaced the Banzai 23 with Satan's Sadists, from At Your Door.  And most importantly, I wanted to role-play some bidding, which gave our two weaker characters a chance to shine. Since Caprice is involved, that means our favorite cover is back: SNOWDOG!I've also learned that, although it's fun to place 20 ninjas and 20 thugs on a warehouse map and have them duke it out, it's really not practical to make all those rolls.  I learned my lesson running a massive D&D scenario with a similar number of opponents and skipped the boring parts. Narrative combat is key, rather than what miniature is on what part of the page.Defining Moment: Snowdog and Baz getting into a bidding war…over a stick.Relevant Media<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/unit-23" target="_blank">Unit 23</a>: Graham Kinniburgh's tribute to Mark McFadden.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0011Z0YR2?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0011Z0YR2]Rock Star[/ame]: by Nickelback.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EK5844?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000EK5844]Unspeakable Oath #11[/ame]: The source of Two Minutes on High, and a more detailed account of the items on auction. It includes a great one-page prop of an auction list that I used for the scenario.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LVB2ZU?ie=UTF8&tag=michaeltresca&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000LVB2ZU]Triad Sourcebook[/ame]: For Hong Kong Action Theater, this little known sourcebook has an adventure that incorporates Cthulhu elements titled Righteous Triad Fists.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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