Benedict Con - Humourless Repairman
Geordi Hawking - Callous Rifleman
Kaktis - Super-Strong Cactus Mutant
The Automocar - AI-Driven Armoured Car NPC
The Chase
Dr. Smiley followed after the party and jumped over to the other causeway, leaving the Automocar alone, but Ben gunned it over some dirt ramps and managed to gain even more distance. Ahead, the causeway was broken, but a pile of wrecked cars formed a coincidental ramp, and Ben took the Doom Buggy over it and jumped to the other side. Dr. Smiley's monster truck was too heavy, and deformed the cars as he went over, ruining his jump; only one wheel touched the other side of the causeway before the monster truck fell into the ocean and exploded.
The Safe Zone
The party and the Automocar continued uninterrupted down the rest of the causeway to the scorch-marked sloped concrete walls of the safe zone, and past a heavy metal outer gate. A trio of high-tech turrets locked onto both the Doom Buggy and the Automocar for a moment, but turned away just as quickly. Geordi noticed that a handful of small flying machines with cameras were hovering overhead, when two vertical sliding doors opened on the walls in front of them and green indicators above them lit up.
Inside was a narrow tunnel, lit dimly by small lights along the spotless concrete floor. Kaktis and the Automocar "high-fived" with their turrets, and the two vehicles went inside. After 5 minutes driving through a series of winding tunnels and intersections with other, closed and unlit, doors, they arrived at the end of the line: a one-car garage with a doorway far too small for the Doom Buggy. The same feminine robotic voice they had heard in Orlando now instructed them to strip, leave their gear in the provided receptacles, and proceed into the decontamination chamber.
Friday, 22 June 2018
Thursday, 14 June 2018
GURPS Blood Drive Session 10: The Neon Demons
Benedict Con - Humourless Repairman
Geordi Hawking - Callous Rifleman
Kaktis - Super-Strong Cactus Mutant
Krin - Bald, Numb Mechanic NPC
Prep Time
Ben and Geordi spent the first couple days repairing some of the water-logged gear from the flooded armoury, and then sold the rest for NanoBoost and car parts, which they used to upgrade the Doom Buggy's armour at the cost of speed and handling. Kaktis, meanwhile, went about looking for a recruit to fill their fourth seat; unfortunately, Ben, between Bully, Callous, Jealousy, and Hates Nerds managed to chase off Prim and Newton, both skilled gunmen. In the end, though, the party managed to recruit Krin, a bald female mechanic, who installed a spare blood drive grinder from the wreck of her old crew's ride.
Kaktis spent a day asking around, and found out that the gang that patrolled the outskirts of the Safe Zone were known as the Neon Demons, and were led by a madman in a giant truck named Mr. Smiley. He then managed to recruit two more crews to form a convoy of sorts; three mutants (through kind words and aid), and four teens whose families had been killed by the Neon Demons (through violence and threats).
The First Leg
Early in the morning on the 8th day since their arrival, an announcement came from loudspeakers located all around Orlando. A smooth, robotic feminine voice declared that the gates of the Safe Zone were open for the next 5 hours. The party, and Krin, got suited up in their armour, loaded up all their guns, NanoBoost, and car parts, and set out, along with 30 or so other vehicles.
Geordi Hawking - Callous Rifleman
Kaktis - Super-Strong Cactus Mutant
Krin - Bald, Numb Mechanic NPC
Prep Time
Ben and Geordi spent the first couple days repairing some of the water-logged gear from the flooded armoury, and then sold the rest for NanoBoost and car parts, which they used to upgrade the Doom Buggy's armour at the cost of speed and handling. Kaktis, meanwhile, went about looking for a recruit to fill their fourth seat; unfortunately, Ben, between Bully, Callous, Jealousy, and Hates Nerds managed to chase off Prim and Newton, both skilled gunmen. In the end, though, the party managed to recruit Krin, a bald female mechanic, who installed a spare blood drive grinder from the wreck of her old crew's ride.
Kaktis spent a day asking around, and found out that the gang that patrolled the outskirts of the Safe Zone were known as the Neon Demons, and were led by a madman in a giant truck named Mr. Smiley. He then managed to recruit two more crews to form a convoy of sorts; three mutants (through kind words and aid), and four teens whose families had been killed by the Neon Demons (through violence and threats).
The First Leg
Early in the morning on the 8th day since their arrival, an announcement came from loudspeakers located all around Orlando. A smooth, robotic feminine voice declared that the gates of the Safe Zone were open for the next 5 hours. The party, and Krin, got suited up in their armour, loaded up all their guns, NanoBoost, and car parts, and set out, along with 30 or so other vehicles.
Sunday, 10 June 2018
GURPS DF Free Cities Season 2 Session 3: How Not to Deal With Heavily-Armoured Foes
Argua - Half-Orc Barbarian (250+9 points)
Grükuk Kzaash - Half-Orc Knight (250+10 points)
Lucas Zombini - Human Cleric of Pelor, the god of the sun (250+9 points)
Masha Deathfoot - Human One-Handed Martial Artist (250+10 points)
Puddin' Noddington - Gnome Thief (250+6 points)
Zephyra - Half-Elf Wizard (250+6 points)
Amothius 2nd, 2546
While waiting for Puddin' to wake up and for Lucas to recover FP, Zephyra cast Shape Earth on the stone beneath the pedestal with the black book on it, and formed it into a narrow layer which moved towards the door, bringing the pedestal with it. As it got closer, the book storm started again, but stayed within the room, and soon enough the pedestal and black book emerged into the hallway.
Zephyra took a look at it, and, thanks to Thaumatology, realized that it was a magical security system (similar to the Dehydrate runes) that would end if the book itself was destroyed. A closer look at the book revealed its cover to be letters found in Common, but arranged in random gibberish, and that the pages inside were all blank. She crit casting Dispel Magic, which upgraded it to Dispel Enchantment and ended the book storm, leaving the books (most of which were found to be hollow and filled with rocks) strewn all around the library's floor.
Now that hundreds of flapping pages weren't ruining visibility, however, the party noted that a dozen or so books were still on the shelves, and seemed to have stayed there the whole time. Zephyra waited for Puddin' to wake up, and then sent her in to Search the shelves, where she found two spellbooks: Elrem's Curses and The Lesser Kunsian Book of the Dead. They were deemed too heavy to carry, so Zephyra concealed them behind other scraps of torn-apart books before moving on.
Grükuk Kzaash - Half-Orc Knight (250+10 points)
Lucas Zombini - Human Cleric of Pelor, the god of the sun (250+9 points)
Masha Deathfoot - Human One-Handed Martial Artist (250+10 points)
Puddin' Noddington - Gnome Thief (250+6 points)
Zephyra - Half-Elf Wizard (250+6 points)
Amothius 2nd, 2546
While waiting for Puddin' to wake up and for Lucas to recover FP, Zephyra cast Shape Earth on the stone beneath the pedestal with the black book on it, and formed it into a narrow layer which moved towards the door, bringing the pedestal with it. As it got closer, the book storm started again, but stayed within the room, and soon enough the pedestal and black book emerged into the hallway.
Zephyra took a look at it, and, thanks to Thaumatology, realized that it was a magical security system (similar to the Dehydrate runes) that would end if the book itself was destroyed. A closer look at the book revealed its cover to be letters found in Common, but arranged in random gibberish, and that the pages inside were all blank. She crit casting Dispel Magic, which upgraded it to Dispel Enchantment and ended the book storm, leaving the books (most of which were found to be hollow and filled with rocks) strewn all around the library's floor.
Now that hundreds of flapping pages weren't ruining visibility, however, the party noted that a dozen or so books were still on the shelves, and seemed to have stayed there the whole time. Zephyra waited for Puddin' to wake up, and then sent her in to Search the shelves, where she found two spellbooks: Elrem's Curses and The Lesser Kunsian Book of the Dead. They were deemed too heavy to carry, so Zephyra concealed them behind other scraps of torn-apart books before moving on.
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