The rest of the day they traveled to the area in the Ruins of 'Atlanta', as Kage called it, where the forest began to thicken. Kage warned that this was the 'Horror forest' and that everyone should keep their wits about them.
Eventually in the middle of a forest, they found a clearing where the trees had been knocked down and arranged into a rudimentary 6 foot tall fortification with mounds of earth behind it creating a wall around a very large concrete pad. Kage explained this location was chosen because it was relatively level and had a good concrete pad to build a structure on. He further explained he paid to have the area cleared and fortified as such.
In the same breath he began to explain more about why they had to leave two years early. He outed Wraith as a dragon and explained that he, as a naturalist, could not have lived with the knowledge that he let the egg be exterminated and not given a chance to grow. So when wraith hatched, he had to speed up his plans a tremendous amount. He then explained that they had not brought all the supplies they needed to build the settlement and now the first order of business was to go into the ruins and collect building material.
Butch decided to use his dinosaur 'chops' to maintain a safer perimeter while Florida Man, Socket and Wraith headed into the woods toward a pond that was marked on a tablet that Kage supplied them with. Kage warned about Radiation and so Socket took the time to make devices that could detect irradiated areas and let them stay clear of them.
When they got to the pond, Wraith tried his had at fishing and socket dove in to try and see what he could find in the water. he was able to steer clear of large fish and alligators and discovered that there were two large usable sections of concrete wall along with three un-exploded nuclear bombs in the pond. Meanwhile Florida man was distracted by some fairies.
Florida Man was being enticed by some Trysia faeries to walk right into a thicket of Lankton's Knot but ended up just throwing things into the Knot instead. Eventually he wandered back to the lake to show his friends. Socket had just emerged and explained what he found when FM was on his way back and as a group they decided to go meet the faeries.
Wraith was on his way into the plants when Socket had a moment of clarity and realized what they were and the danger the plants presented. Socket stopped wraith from entering the thicket and explained what was going on. Wraith became perturbed because the faeries tricked him, prompting him to head into the forest and mope.
Socket and FM caught up with wraith just in time to hear Butch come across the shortwave and mention that Chops had indicated that something was approaching from the west. They rallied back at the camp where they discovered a pack of Tiger Claw raptors approaching. Socket recognizing the danger before the others, climbed up on top of Wraith's container and took a defensive position.
As the first raptor came into view FM influenced it's mind and had it call out to it's companions to expose themselves. The forest around the compound shook as a dozen of the creatures appeared. Butch wasted no time and started his mini-gun spinning. Wraith, thinking the creatures were new friends ran off to find some food to offer them, shortly returning to the battlements where the group was fully engaged in fighting off the creatures. FM was angrily reprimanding Butch for his use of force, claiming that he was a dinosaur king and how was he going to have minions if they all ended up dead like this, while Socket defended his position from the oncoming creatures with some mega damage blasts from his ice shotgun. Just as Butch was putting bullets int he last raptor, Wraith clobbered him with the large hunk of animal he had dragged from his container and then stormed off after telling Butch that he was a bad man.
While everyone cleaned up the mess and recovered, Wraith, unbeknownst to anyone, had gone off and found the nest that the Raptors had come from and was beginning to befriend the babies that were found there.
Later that day they told Kage what they had found and Wraith had asked if a 'cavern' could be created for him at some point, which everyone thought was a great idea. Everyone bedded down that evening with the plan to recover the parts of building they discovered the following day.
The next morning everyone headed back to the pond to gather the salvage. Wraith had begged some bullets from Butch and concocted an 'exploding chocolate bar' to try and repay the debt of trickery that the faeries had wrought and delivered it on the way past the thicket of Lankton's Knot as they headed to the pond.
When they got to the pond, Socket showed Wraith roughly where the concrete walls were, but Wraith got under the water and got a bit lost eventually returning with one of the un-detonated atomic bombs. This of course perturbed FM and Socket, so Wraith thought it a good idea to pitch the bomb into the Lankton's knot thicket.
They headed back to the settlement and erected the two walls they brought back before settling in for another night anxious to continue exploring.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Savage Worlds Rifts - Dinosaur Swamp Week 1
Kage Ellery with is friend Lexington Hired 'Socket', 'Florida Man' and 'Butch' to go on an expedition to the Atlanta region in Dinosaur swamp with the goal of settling and creating a safari and requisition company called 'Dinotours Excursions LLC'. This was a good plan and everyone was preparing for it but then the call to take action on it came about 2 years early.
When Florida Man and Socket arrived from their respective places in the swamp, Kage, Butch, Lexington and a new comer with bright eyes and a pleasant, but seemingly dimwitted demeanor, Wraith (Ray) met them in the lobby of Kage's currently successful safari and requisitions company operating into the new west. Kage was finishing some kind of paper work and seemed a bit out of sorts.
After some brief introductions, the new crew was shown the two large shipping containers sitting on two just large enough anti-grav platforms that held all the gear to establish their new business/settlement and were instructed to 'push'.
Over the next few days they made their way through new Arkansas passing a disguised CS Military checkpoint and then making their way through Fort El Dorado before passing into the thicker forests of what used to Mississippi.
They found themselves at one point trudging through some sinking sand and had to improvise a rocket to move the floats along without the use of their own muscle. At one point Butch went off and hunted up some food and thereafter every morning was rewarded with a different large kill which continued to provide more food than they needed. Socket spent most nights in a 'wading pool' rigged out of a raft and water kept in a clever reservoir ont he side of one of the containers. While Florida Man just enjoyed life and Wraith tinkered with the grav platforms, fixing and cleaning things.
Socket observed the interior of the one shipping container and was surprised to see it was not nearly full enough to establish a settlement and became a bit suspicious that Lexington may have been deceiving Kage and the rest of the crew.
They had a run in with a small herd of Aurochs where Florida Man showed how not to load a laser rifle while Butch displayed why the mini-gun he carries around is not just for show.
When they reached the Golden Age Weapon smiths settlement Guntersville, everyone went off to rest and supply up. Butch found some ammo, Florida Man tried to get a butcher to dress the Bear they received that morning and was not willing to pay for the service thinking it crazy to be charged for such a thing, eventually going back to steal some of the meat and the coolers it was stored in. Wraith set out to do something in a junk yard but then when he was confronted by the townsfolk, he got distracted and ended up showing them how to make a still and cook meth. Meanwhile, Socket brokered a deal for two really attractive Cadillac car bodies.
Kage met back up with them and explained he had procured two large tree demolishing trucks to pull their new caravan in exchange for the bodies of the 5 Auroch that were attempting to assault their caravan that morning. Wraith informed everyone he had established an 'open' trade agreement with the owners of the junk yard they were in after showing them how to make some killer mood altering stuff. Socket immediately capitalized on this and acquired a large quantity of parts for the fan boats they wanted to make for the business.
With their new supplies, they headed into the wilderness and began the last leg of their trip. After about half a day they ran into a very peculiar stand of steel trees surrounding a crater. Florida man decided to be funny and create a 'Newton's Cradle' with the shipping platforms, before growing increasingly agitated while having to wait to get back on the move.
Butch proved a proper mini-gun can indeed sever the trunk of an immature steel tree before they decided it was best to avoid the place thanks to Socket determining that the crater was radioactive. They spent the rest of that day going around the crater and the trees and made camp.
The following morning they were surprised by a T-Rex and Butch again showed that the mini-gun was for more than just show. Eventually they passed through a Barbarian homestead where a Scamper bonded to Butch and then they only had a few hours left of travel before they reached the area that Kage had been preparing.
When Florida Man and Socket arrived from their respective places in the swamp, Kage, Butch, Lexington and a new comer with bright eyes and a pleasant, but seemingly dimwitted demeanor, Wraith (Ray) met them in the lobby of Kage's currently successful safari and requisitions company operating into the new west. Kage was finishing some kind of paper work and seemed a bit out of sorts.
After some brief introductions, the new crew was shown the two large shipping containers sitting on two just large enough anti-grav platforms that held all the gear to establish their new business/settlement and were instructed to 'push'.
Over the next few days they made their way through new Arkansas passing a disguised CS Military checkpoint and then making their way through Fort El Dorado before passing into the thicker forests of what used to Mississippi.
They found themselves at one point trudging through some sinking sand and had to improvise a rocket to move the floats along without the use of their own muscle. At one point Butch went off and hunted up some food and thereafter every morning was rewarded with a different large kill which continued to provide more food than they needed. Socket spent most nights in a 'wading pool' rigged out of a raft and water kept in a clever reservoir ont he side of one of the containers. While Florida Man just enjoyed life and Wraith tinkered with the grav platforms, fixing and cleaning things.
Socket observed the interior of the one shipping container and was surprised to see it was not nearly full enough to establish a settlement and became a bit suspicious that Lexington may have been deceiving Kage and the rest of the crew.
They had a run in with a small herd of Aurochs where Florida Man showed how not to load a laser rifle while Butch displayed why the mini-gun he carries around is not just for show.
When they reached the Golden Age Weapon smiths settlement Guntersville, everyone went off to rest and supply up. Butch found some ammo, Florida Man tried to get a butcher to dress the Bear they received that morning and was not willing to pay for the service thinking it crazy to be charged for such a thing, eventually going back to steal some of the meat and the coolers it was stored in. Wraith set out to do something in a junk yard but then when he was confronted by the townsfolk, he got distracted and ended up showing them how to make a still and cook meth. Meanwhile, Socket brokered a deal for two really attractive Cadillac car bodies.
Kage met back up with them and explained he had procured two large tree demolishing trucks to pull their new caravan in exchange for the bodies of the 5 Auroch that were attempting to assault their caravan that morning. Wraith informed everyone he had established an 'open' trade agreement with the owners of the junk yard they were in after showing them how to make some killer mood altering stuff. Socket immediately capitalized on this and acquired a large quantity of parts for the fan boats they wanted to make for the business.
With their new supplies, they headed into the wilderness and began the last leg of their trip. After about half a day they ran into a very peculiar stand of steel trees surrounding a crater. Florida man decided to be funny and create a 'Newton's Cradle' with the shipping platforms, before growing increasingly agitated while having to wait to get back on the move.
Butch proved a proper mini-gun can indeed sever the trunk of an immature steel tree before they decided it was best to avoid the place thanks to Socket determining that the crater was radioactive. They spent the rest of that day going around the crater and the trees and made camp.
The following morning they were surprised by a T-Rex and Butch again showed that the mini-gun was for more than just show. Eventually they passed through a Barbarian homestead where a Scamper bonded to Butch and then they only had a few hours left of travel before they reached the area that Kage had been preparing.
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