Lost Souls The Final Concert.pdf

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An Adventure for Lost Souls

By Kathleen Williams & Joe Williams

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The Final Concert

Introduction

Fresh out of college, you’ve been newly hired

by “The Daily Sun” to cover the story. Your boss,

Sid Crasscroft, hopes that such a fresh face won’t

be recognized by Myronna’s ‘media police’. A tiny

camera has been imbedded in your belt buckle and

you plan on taking as many covert photos as you

can - what a scoop!

You bribe a roadie to let you into the concert

hall so you can find the best place to take pictures.

As you’re lurking around backstage you’re startled

to hear several voices heading your way! Could

they be Mayronna’s bodyguards? Their reputation

is such that you don’t want them to find you, so you

open the nearest door and step inside. Two figures

stand and stare at you, mouths gaping. Your shock

and surprise is just as great - then you remember

that you’re a journalist above all, and

surreptitiously trigger your belt camera. Just then,

one of the figures steps forward and slams the door

viciously against your head. As your consciousness

fades into oblivion you find yourself focusing on

your last mortal vision: the uncostumed Myronna

is definitely a man.... and you have the picture that

proves it!

Rather than presenting a series of events, this

Lost Souls scenario describes a number of foes the

players can interact with. These foes can be used in

the context of the plot presented here, or in an

adventure of the narrator’s own design. Besides

presenting information on two new supernatural

foes (the janus bat and the succubus), this scenario

also gives details on a number of human foes,

including an evil medium. It also illustrates how a

character’s cause of death can become the basis of

a complete adventure.

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This adventure assumes the central player is a

journalist whose cause of death was “Caught in

rock star’s slamming door.” His Life & Death

history should include “Friend mysteriously

murdered.”

Background Story

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(Give a copy of this background story to the

central player.)

The greatest media event of the 20th century

is about to take place - Myronna, the hottest pop

star ever to grace the airways will give her farewell

concert in just 48 hours. Every journalist on the

continent would give their eyeteeth to interview

the sexy lady and take photos of her final

performance, but she refuses to allow any media

personnel to attend - this is to be an once-in-a-

lifetime thrill, she promises, and no pictures or

written records will be made. Persons who enter

the concert hall will be thoroughly searched for

cameras and tape recorders; recognized journalists

will be escorted from the premises.

At this point, the player must make one or

more ghostly vows based on his back-story. Some

suggestions:

•

I will not rest until I learn Myronna’s true

identity.

•

I will not rest until I make sure that the

photo has been published and Myronna

exposed.

•

I will not rest until I avenge my death.

Once the vow is made, the player leaves Limbo

and travels back to earth as a spirit; he or she may

invite any other ghostly companions to accompany

him. The adventure begins at a bus station a mile

from the concert hall. The body of the main

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character has been left in a trunk at the station. It is

10 pm; the concert will begin in 2 hours.

Defense: Good

WTL: 20

Abilities: Good Strength

Appearance: Middle-aged Asian American, ex-

cop. Wears security guard uniform.

Personality: Humorous and Greedy.

Motivation: To work 2 more years and retire

in comfort. To uphold the law.

Combat & Powers: Billy cannot fight ghosts.

Against humans, he uses his billy club for (Defense

vs Poor) x 2 damage. If really in a tight spot, he’ll

use his .38 revolver, doing (Defense vs Poor) x 5

damage.

Notes: Billy has made friends with the slightly

stupid Bobby Bleckridge. He loves regaling him

with stories of shootouts and daring police raids. In

truth, it’s been some 30 years since Billy has

actually seen any action on the streets. Still, he has

the heart of the adventurer and may choose to

investigate the death of the central character

without police help. The glory and the attention

would be worth it. If he discovers that the

fabulously wealthy Myronna may be involved, he

will do anything he can to approach her with a

blackmail attempt. Billy will spot the ornate belt

buckle on the corpse and take it as his own, telling

the scandalized Bobby that “the dead don’t care

anymore.” If he accidentally triggers the photo

mechanism, he’ll detect it due to the whirl of the

parts. Once he finds the film and develops it, he will

use the photo as a bargaining chip when

blackmailing Myronna.

The players may use Billy and Bobby as

pawns, though they can leave them to their own

devices. At eleven pm, Billy and Bobby will head to

the concert hall (Bobby gets in with his free pass,

while Billy passes himself off as extra security).

The Bus Station

The Bus Station is dirty and dank. It consists of

a row of battered phones, a ticket booth (manned

by Bobby) and a storage room filled with boxes,

trunks and other bundles to be held or shipped on

the next bus. Bobby frequently ducks into the back

room with the luggage, where he checks on one

trunk in particular.

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Type: Innocent Person

Consistency: Material

Defense: Poor

WTL: 20

Abilities: Poor Strength, Inferior Intelligence

Appearance: Pimply-faced teenager

approximately 17 years old. Wears an attendants’

uniform.

Personality: Trusting and patriotic.

Motivation: To become an Eagle Scout.

Combat & Powers: Bobby cannot fight ghosts.

Against people, he fights with his fists, doing

(Defense vs Poor) x 1 damage.

Notes: Bobby was on duty when two roadies

delivered a trunk containing the body of the central

character. They told him that the trunk contained

some of Myronna’s costumes and personal effects,

then they gave him a free pass for tonight’s show if

he promised to make sure no one messed with the

trunk. Completely wowed, Bobby agreed. Now he’s

having some doubts. There’s something very odd

about the trunk. It seems to be dripping...

Bobby may be manipulated into opening the

trunk, or the trunk itself may be opened via ghostly

means. If Bobby discovers the body, he will be

appalled. Calling over his friend, the night

watchman, they will decide on a course of action.

The Concert Hall

The concert hall is manned by large, surly

roadies and cowled gibberlings. It has over 800

seats, a balcony area, a stage and a number of

dressing rooms backstage. One large room is used

as a rec room for the roadies, and it is furnished

with couches, low tables and a TV and radio. The

concert is filled with screaming teenagers, more

than enough non-believers to give the players -3

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Type: Innocent Person

Consistency: Material

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columns on any attempt to use of a supernatural

power while in view of the audience.

him for a moment, and then he was no longer in his

cell... he was standing in a pentagram in a

basement room, and sitting before him was Gerard.

Gerard offered him a way to escape the feds

and his drug dealing lifestyle. All he had to do was

make a special formula from the special

ingredients Gerard would supply. When the drug

was finished, Gerard promised he would fly Myron

to Sweden for the sex change operation he had

always wanted.

Thus began Myron’s service for Gerard. After

he becomes a woman, Myron hopes to marry

Gerard. Of course, Gerard has not made any such

plans, and expects Myron to become one of his

groupies. Myronna will turn against Gerard if it is

proved that he cares nothing for her, but before

then, she will do anything to make him happy.

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Type: Neutral Person

Consistency: Material

Defense: Passable

WTL: 20

Abilities: Great Agility, Good Intelligence

Appearance: Sexpot blonde in metallic

skivvies

Personality: Coy and catty.

Motivation: Enjoys fooling the feds. Myronna

is also pleased that his lifelong dream of a sex-

change operation will happen soon. He is secretly

in love with Gerard.

Combat: Myronna will revert to her street-

smart youth if attacked and will defend herself

with a stiletto for (Defense vs Passable) x 1

damage. If confronted by supernatural foes, her

screams will immediately attract four cowled

gibberlings to her defense. Gerard has given her an

opal pendant which allows her to see and hear

ghosts. She rarely wears it because Barkeley

torments her when she does.

Notes: Myron Winklestein was a savvy trader

in the drug market, but he had one dream beyond

making tons of money - to become a woman.

Unfortunately, the drug trade is a rather macho

one, and he knew that his dream could never come

true if he wanted to stay in the business.

Myron was famous for synthesizing new drugs

from a variety of substances. He was considered

one of the most skilled chemists of the

underground. His fame lasted until the FBI

captured him some three years ago in an elaborate

sting operation. He mysteriously disappeared

while in their care and no one has seen him since,

until the central character snapped his photo

without his Myronna costume.

While Myron was in his cell, an incredibly sexy

woman appeared before him. Myron fell to his

knees, wishing only that he was as lovely. The

mysterious woman said she had been sent by a fan

of Myron’s skills, and that she would free him if he

agreed to help her patron. Faced to choose

between the woman’s proposition and 50 years to

life, Myron of course went with her. She enveloped

him in her robe, her white flesh pressed against

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Type: Evil Medium

Consistency: Material

Defense: Good

WTL: 22

Abilities: Great Agility, Good Strength Superior

Intelligence

Appearance: Flowing black hair, piercing

green eyes, haughty demeanor. The central

character will recognize Gerard as the person who

slammed the door on him, causing his death.

Personality: Cultured and clever, Gerard is

very good at telling people what they want to hear.

Myronna believes that he is her best friend, but

Gerard could really care less. He will do anything to

achieve his goals, even if it means sacrificing

Myronna.

Motivation: To take over the world using any

means possible.

Combat: Gerard carries a soul whip which

drains (Defense vs Good) x 2 WTL from both the

living and the dead. Gerard will generally avoid

physical confrontations, but will defend himself

readily if attacked. He wears a bat-shaped pendant

through which he summons and controls the janus

bat.

Powers: As a medium, Gerard can see and hear

ghosts. He wears a ring which causes all

supernatural powers used against him to be at -2

columns. He also has the following powers:

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Entrap (Use = 1): When used on a lost soul, it

has an effectiveness of (target’s Will vs Great). If

successful, the power forces the target to haunt the

place where he was slain. The ghost cannot leave

the local area until some condition set by the caster

is met. Usually, the condition is such that the ghost

must rely on someone else fulfilling it. The

effectiveness of the power determines how difficult

the conditions are to meet.

Evil Eye (Use = 3): The victim is at -2 columns

on all rolls for (target’s Fate vs Great) x 2 turns.

Animate the Dead (Use = 8): Causes one

human corpse to rise up as a zombie for 20

minutes (see the Lost Souls manual for attributes).

As long as the corpse remains in line of sight,

Gerard has complete control over it. Otherwise, the

zombie must be given a simple series of

instructions to follow.

Notes: Gerard Purvis is an evil medium who

has learned how to use demons and spirits to his

own ends. For years he has been working to import

ectoplasm into the real world in order to create a

special drug - a drug which turns anyone whose

skin comes in contact with it into a complete

groupie, willing to do anything for Gerard. Because

of its ectoplasmic base, the drug works equally well

on humans as well as spirits.

The drug has finally been perfected and will be

sprayed over the audience of Myronna fans during

his/her concert. It is currently in a vat hidden

among the rafters of the ceiling. The drug is so

potent that only the death of Gerard will free the

victims from their servitude. It is also given to

Myronna’s roadies in the form of gelatin capsules,

but in weak doses - some are not even affected. The

effect of a capsule usually wears off within a few

hours.

At the peak of the concert, Gerard will send his

captive janus bat to knock over the vat with the

drug, releasing the hideous substance to pour over

the audience of two thousand. In the meanwhile,

his cowled gibberlings will act as his eyes, keeping

him informed of any suspicious activity in the

concert hall. If Gerard is confronted directly by the

players, and things look grim for him, he will

summon the spirit of Atilla the Hun to fight for him

while he escapes.

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Type: Neutral Person

Consistency: Material

Defense: Good

WTL: 24

Abilities: Superior Strength, Poor Intelligence

Appearance: Big, rough-looking fellows

Personality: Gruff and sullen.

Motivation: To protect Myronna from danger,

real and imagined. To set up the show.

Combat: Roadies cannot fight ghosts. Against

humans, they use truncheons that do (Defense vs

Good) x 1 damage.

Notes: Roadies act as barriers to living

persons more than ghosts. Brief conversations

indicate that “something is up” and that “Gerard

has some big plan.” Some will speak of Gerard as

spooky and weird, others will mention the strange

power he seems to have over Myronna. A number

of roadies have been drugged with the gelatin

capsules, and will not speak at all.

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Type: Evil lost soul

Consistency: Incorporeal

Defense: Good

WTL: 16

Abilities: Great Agility, Good Strength, Poor

Intelligence

Appearance: Small, powerful creatures which

scamper in the darkness. They were dark robes

and their skin is pure white. They smell terrible

and tend to chatter nonsensically at all times. The

darkened corners of the concert hall are perfect

hiding places for the gibberlings. There are two

dozen lurking in the shadows.

Personality: Traveling in packs of two dozen,

gibberlings prey on weakened spirits. They

absolutely cannot stand light.

Motivation: To gibber, caper and attack

weakened souls. They are Gerard’s personal

servants and act as spiritual guards. They keep him

informed of any actions that might harm his

enterprise.

Combat: Gibberlings strike with their long,

bony fingers, draining (Defense vs Poor) x 2

damage.

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