OffDET113

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The Office of Deaths, Exploration & Treasure

 Session:  113 - Wednesday 12th June 2002
 Referee:  Tim "The Mechanic" Evans
 Title:    Oops --- There goes the Party
 Author:   Tim Evans
 Previous: OffDET112
 Next:     OffDET114

CD/178 = 12th of 07th Month in Year Zero

Characters

    HowardT
        Filthy Ike - Half Orc/M - Barbarian/3 - CN

    DaveF
        Silverbark = Elf/M = Cleric/3 = N

    PeteN
        [Klick the Monk]? = Halfling/M = Monk/2 = LN

Encounters: (E300 each)

    4x Gnoll (Defeated Party)

Also all 5 members of the Squad will also get 540xp each for Basic training.

Trophies:

   Nothing, in fact, almost all possessions were lost.

Events

The party having decide they should go back to the large tower, and see if they could get a better view of the surrounding area, encounters a small group of Gnoll's near the tower, the party quickly charged to attack, but were unlucky, and were subdued. The party woke up in long room, with 10 Beds, there hands and feet were manacled, and there euipment was piled in the corner (DM Decision at this point. As I'm unwilling to have the party split at this point, Rhyad and Calmert were captured at the same time). The room has a door at one end, and some metal tube at the other. Once Filthy has regained his senses(!), he opens the door, and sees a Gnoll sat behind a desk, he lunges at the Gnoll in a effort to strangle it with his Manacles. After the initial lungs, Filthy falls unconscious to the floor. Silverbark and Klick drag him back into the room and try to explain to him, that escape is not a very good idea, as they have no Idea how to get the manacles off. Though Silverbarks translation, they are told to wait, for someone and come and talk to them.

Half an hour later, two Gnoll's flanking a Large Humanoid, similar to the dead one seen a few days ago enter. The Large guy say to Silverbark. 'Welcome volunteers, you have joined her Imperial Majesties Navy', you will now go though basic training. Silverbark translates this to the rest of you, at which point Filthy attempts to attack them, but falls Unconscious again. The guy smiles at him and the rest of you and says 'Good, these have spirt, they should do well'. Silverbark asks about food, and he is told they will be fed the following morning. The Gnolls and Leader then leave, and the party grumble about the lack of food, and try to get out of their manacles, with out any success. Silverbark does some a create water, so that they can at least drink something.

The following morning, at dawn you at woken, and sent out into the court yard, were basic training starts, after about an hour of this Silverbark asks when they are going to be fed, and is told to shut up, Klick then talks, and is also told to shut up, which he does not understand, so talks back. He is then sent on a punishment detail, which he is quite please about, as he was not enjoying the marching, the other recruits were doing anyway. Unfortunately he likes the punishment even less, as it only stops when he collapses from exhaustion. While the is happening after a further hour of marching the group is taken for some food, which is pretty flavorless. Silverbark does a purify food just incase. At the end of the days training, they group, are taken to a different barrack building, with a group of Elves, all your equipment has not been lost, the only equipment you have is your Cloths/Armour?, and any small personal items you can carry, excluding all weapons. You will still have the two strange stones.

After your 6 weeks basic training, during which Filthy tried on a few occasions at the beginning to overpower the guard, and eventually became resigned to his situation. Each character has the option to take a point of STR or CON (Philippe, Martin Tell me which you want, and I will adjust your templates). You and the elves are then marched to the large building still manacled and under guard, you go up to the station, and are taken through, one of the doors that you could not enter, and taken to a new Barrack room, and told to settle in. The party has now been designated a Squad, and each of you has been given a role within the Squad (this is different to what I said on Wednesday, as I had intended Silverbark to be the Squad Leader, which is why he can talk to the people).

• Silverbark - Squad Leader - Healer - Communications
• Calmert - Scout
• Klink - Scout
• Rhyad - Grunt
• Filthy - Grunt

The Squad is now on its way to its first adventure, as a Squad in the Imperial Navy.

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Each party member has also got a free Feat 'Technical Proficiency' which can be found in the Dragon Star Module of PCGen, it will be added automatically with the new Templates I will send later.

Sheriff Sir Karl Tsukin OGE <sheriff@newgallo.net>, The Office of New Gallo Law Enforcement and Aggressive Defence