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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mikeawmids1" data-source="post: 9779439" data-attributes="member: 7030604">WOLFENSTRAHDSession 1Beneath the Holy City of Rome, Taskforce M (for Monster) assembles for their latest mision."I still don't care for how frivolously we throw around the M word," Dhrall Blood-Drinker laments, as the Vatican exorcists carefully disable the warding sigils binding the wizened diabolist, "Can we not just say we are humanly challenged?"The rest of the team consists of;Cassius Hector Barbastella; enforcer for the vampire mafia. The elders of Clan Barbastella offered the services of their favored son to the church in recompense for the (many!) murders comitted by his wild and rebellious sister Adelia.Guy Hades; Boy from Hell, all grown up.Vex; wise-cracking skeleton detective with a flare for magic. Wears an immaculately tailored suit and loves cruising around in his vintage roadster.Cardinal Gunn oulines the mission parameters. Count Strahd von Zarovich, despotic ruler of Barovia (a small isolated country nestled in the densely forested heart of Eastern Europe) has sided with the Nazis, and is supplying the German Army with weird science weapons that could swing the balance of war in Hitler's favor. Taskforce M are to cause mischief and mayhem throughout the Count's domain, culminating in the assassination of Von Zarovich himself! A Vatican agent named Doru will rendezvous with the monsters in Barovia Village to provide additional intel.The taskforce will travel to Barovia via train. Vex insists on bringing his car, which is loaded onto an open flatbed. Neither Dhrall Blood-Drinker nor Guy Hades can pass for human, so they hide inside the vehicle (Dhrall in the boot, Guy under a blanket on the back seat).Meanwhile, Cassius enters the buffet car and spots a beautiful young woman travelling alone. She introduces herself as Ireena Kolyana, returning home after many years studying abroad. When his own reasons for travelling to Barovia are queried, Cassius intimates a familial relationship with Count von Zarovich. Ireena immediately clams up and takes her leave of the pallid stranger.Ireena's exit is stymied by the arrival of a German officer demanding to inspect her travel papers. Her documents elicit suspicion and Ireena is taken into custody. Cassius claims to be her fiancee, and he gets arrested also. The Nazi goons manhandle the prisoners toward the guard van near the front of the train.As they pass Vex's car, Cassius boots the officer off the side of the speeding train ("This. Is. Barovia!"). The officer's name was Wilhelm, and he screams in a very distinctive manner as he plunges to his doom. The remaining soldiers open fire, perforating Vex's roadster with bullet holes, and wounding the dhampir. Cassius scuttles beneath the train, clinging to the underside of the carriage like a spider as he waits for the rattle of gunfire to subside.At this moment, the boot of the car pops open, and Dhrall Blood-Drinker springs out like a hellish Jack-in-the-Box! Nazis scream and unload more ammo into Vex's beloved roadster. Guy Hades emerges from the rear driver-side door and chucks Ireena into the recently vacated trunk, out of harms way.The sound of prolonged gunfire eventually lures Vex out of this cabin, where he promptly beats the scheiße out of two soldiers he encounters in the buffet car.Heavy footsteps resound as an armoured Ubermech emerges from the guard van. Firing up the laser weapon built into its suit, a beam of super-concentrated light sweeps across the train, surgically severing Dhrall's left arm below the shoulder! The diabolist is incapacitated (in hindsight, the laser would have cauterized the wound, so there was never any risk of Dhrall "bleeding out").Sudden darkness as the speeding train enters a tunnel. Guy attacks the Ubermech in melee, but is grappled by the armoured giant and held against the wall, sparks flying from his horns as they scrape against the stone. Drawing his oversized hand cannon from beneath his long leather coat, Guy unloads a dozen armour-piercing rounds into the skull of the Ubermech, finally ending the threat.Vex is dismayed by the damage to his vehicle.Guy harvests the Ubermech armour (AV6, Size+1, imposes the Clumsy & Slow hindrances) and laser weapon (2d8, AP4, RoF1, 15/30/60).The train emerges from the tunnel, and Taskforce M get their first good look at Barovia. The train line terminates in Barovia Village, a small settlement huddled in the shadow of Castle Ravenloft, gothic sanctuary of the Count von Zarovich. The monsters jump from the train to avoid whatever might be waiting for them at the station.Vex manages to drive the damaged roadster off the train without writing it off. Ireena is still locked in the boot, and Taskforce M win her over by arguing that the Third Reich are the real monsters. Ireena confesses that her brother Ismark is tight with the local resistance fighters, and she will put in a good word once they have been reunited.Vex hides the roadster behind a hedge, and Taskforce M sneak into Barovia Village unobserved by Nazi patrols. Ireena's house is unoccupied, and the monsters hole up there while they plan their next move.TBC</blockquote>

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