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Patrick Taylor

Unit 4, 15 Boyle St

Balgowlah, NSW.

Australia. 2093

SHINOBI

Hokaido, in the northern reaches of the island

of Japan, is home to a clan of ninjas called the

Shadowalkers who specialise in high-tech

espionage and assassination.

spoke with the leader and bewitched his mind,

forcing him to reveal the truth.

Se�ing his own trap, the snow-Dragon gave the

ninja leader a single one of his scales, and told him

to return and tell Kandegawa that the Dragon was

had been slain.

Several years ago, in order to help them carry out

their missions the clan commissioned a Shugenja, a

wizard-priest named Kandegawa, to scribe certain

speciﬁc spells on a high-performance motorbike.

When Kandegawa heard the news he was

delighted, and in his celebrations he clutched at the

snow-Dragon scale without taking any precautions

against retaliatory

magic.

Kandegawa was

a shrewd wizard,

and not inclined

to risk his own

neck for a client.

The ﬁrst thing

he demanded in

order to begin

the work was

the essence

of a Shadow

elemental.

Capturing the

elemental cost the

ninja clan heavily,

and one of the ninja to fall was the daughter of the

clan’s leader.

Instantly a

gateway opened

and the snow-

Dragon ﬂew

through and

devoured the

greedy shugenja,

and began to

lay waste to his

demesne.

Sensing that his

freedom was at

hand the ninja leader mounted the motorbike and

tried to escape. Not wanting anyone to know how

he had tricked the shugenja, the snow-Dragon

pursued the ninja through the wizard’s cave and

into a forest.

To complete the incantations Kandegawa then

asked for body of a gigantic spider. Locating the

spider wasn’t easy, and required extensive research

into Japanese folklore and many months of

scouting hidden valleys and caves. When the ninja

ﬁnally found and captured the beast it was the

leader of the clan himself who delivered it.

The ninja was able to make it to the nearest town,

where the snow-Dragon was reluctant to follow.

However, the beast was able to cast a parting spell

on the ninja, and the assassin slowly felt his limbs

Kandegawa infused the body of the spider into the

motorcycle and placed the essence of the Shadow

elemental, stored in a soul-jar, in line with the

fuel system. Although the motorbike was actually

ﬁnished, Kandegawa pretended that he needed one

more thing to ensure the magic lasted forever.

CREDITS

Wri�en by Patrick Taylor

and Bo Jonak.

Cover Art by Janie Ng

(www.janigany.deviantart.com/)

Iconography, Layout, and Design by

Patrick Taylor.

4/15 Boyle St.

Balgowlah. NSW.

Australia 2093

The ninja leader was suspicious, but agreed to

track down and slay a snow-Dragon who lived

under Mount Fuji. In reality the snow-Dragon was

an enemy of Kandegawa, and the wizard-priest

was simply trying to have his foe killed by the

ninjas.

When the ninja clan tried to inﬁltrate the snow-

Dragon’s cave they almost succeeded, but the

snow-Dragon managed to freeze them under a

blizzard before any serious harm was done. A�er

despatching most of the ninja the snow-Dragon

begin to freeze, so he hid the bike and tried to wait

out the spell.

in over a year, and while some think that she is

seeking out a way to kill the Ghost-spider, others

assume that she has already become its victim.

A�er he died, the ninja’s body was found by a

group of school children, si�ing frozen on the

motorbike which was suspended upside down

Shinobi

Crew Pass Cargo

Init. Manoeuvre Top-speed Defence Hardness Hit Points Size Purchase DC Restriction

¼ tonne +1 +4

380(38)

M Priceless

Lic +1

from the roof of an abandoned factory, it’s spider-

like arms extended.

Shinobi is a motorbike that looks like a typical

Kawasaki ‘Ninja’. It is black in colour, and on

closer inspection several strange ‘claw-like’ hooks

can be seen coming out of the engine. Embedded

in the motor is a priceless black sapphire (€60,000,

US$78,000) which is required for the stealth FX to

operate.

Most of the children ﬂed in fear, except for one

girl. Matsushiba Aiko was a quiet child who loved

watching horror movies, and she was ﬁxated by the

scene. Eventually she found a ladder and was able

to reach the motorbike. She disturbed the ninja’s

frozen body and it fell out of the seat and sha�ered

on the hard concrete ﬂoor.

Spider walk (Su) : If the rider wants to ride up

a wall, or even on the roof, all they have to do is

point Shinobi in the right direction and the spider-

claws extend from the chassis to hold the rider in

place and keep the bike hugging the road, so to

speak. The claws provide perfect traction, even

on the slickest surface, and incur no reduction of

speed.

When Aiko tried to sit on the motorbike, spider-

like arms came up around her and held her in

place. Not yet knowing how to ride a motorbike, it

was all Aiko could do to sit on the seat, and push

the motorbike along the roof, down a wall, and out

of the factory. She hid it on her uncle’s farm until

she learn’t how to ride. A�er that the world was

her oyster!

Night sky (Su) : During the hours of the night both

rider and motorbike can hide in shadows with

a Hide skill of 25. Shinobi makes the Hide skill

check, and the rider’s own Hide skill can be used

in synergy. If the black sapphire is ever removed

Shinobi loses this ability.

Aiko explored the climbing ability of the bike,

which she christened ‘Shinobi’, as well as its ability

to hide in shadows and travel without sound for

short distances. Eventually she decided to take

her bike travelling, and boarded a ferry bound for

China.

Silent road (Su) : Once per night, and only during

the hours of the night, Shinobi can be commanded

to operate without emi�ing any noise, for up to

a full 13 minutes. If the black sapphire is ever

removed Shinobi loses this ability.

All over China she avoided oﬃcials, bandits, and

ordinary country folk, all of whom a�empted to

steal Shinobi any chance they could get. Eventually

Aiko crossed the border, leaving China behind her,

and set oﬀ for Europe.

Arcane resistance (Su) : Shinobi resists all oﬀensive

and disruptive magic cast against it (including

Dispel magics) as a 20HD creature. If the black

sapphire is ever removed Shinobi loses this ability.

Unfortunately, Shinobi a�racted the spirit of a

Ghost-spider in Hungary that tried to kill Aiko

and drink her blood. By using Shinobi’s shadow

power Aiko was able to hide from the monster, and

ride to safety. Several weeks later in Lyon, France,

she saw reports of blood-drained corpses in a trail

that lead straight towards her. Realizing that the

Ghost-spider was being drawn by Shinobi, Aiko

said goodbye to the few friends she had made and

shunned contact with everyone she met.

Item Creation : Wondrous Item (magic); Caster

Level: 10th

Those who knew Aiko have not heard from her

The Mole

‘Being on the surface of the planet not good

enough for you? Are you looking for some

subterranean action? Well this Tarago people

mover is the car for you; with enough space

to ﬁt your friends and family why wait in trafﬁc

when you can go under the ground in style.’

–Prototype Advert.

break down metallic elements. Unfortunately for

Gabrielli the sample he stole was highly volatile

and slowly ate away at the test vehicle he was

driving whilst still making his escape under New

York City. Gabrielli hasn’t been seen since.

A�er Dr Varnuip’s death, his Tarago passed on to

his son, eighteen year-old Simon Varnuip of Rhode

Island, and as yet Simon (who is of below normal

IQ) still hasn’t ﬁgured out what the car can do.

Dr Phillip Varnuip, was working late one night

in the AtomVision labs, trying to ﬁnish the last

touches to his experiment that could change the

The Mole

Crew Pass Cargo

Init. Manoeuvre Top-speed Defence Hardness Hit Points Size Purchase DC Restriction

1 tonne -4* -7

280(28)

Lic +1

*0 when emerging within 30’ of a target.

Ground hog (Ex) : when the top of the gear stick is

ﬂipped open there are three bu�ons when they are

pressed in the correct order (found on page 35 of

the owner’s manual) activate the mole like abilities

of the vehicle. The car has the ability to move

through the ground, it does this not by drilling

its way, but by breaking down the rock structure

and moving through it, the rock immediately re-

knits its self a�er the vehicle has passed through it.

There is no sign on the surface of this happening.

The cars speed is reduced to 80km/hr maximum

when in this mode, and cant enter the ground

without a successful drive skill check of DC25. The

car must be traveling at no more than 40km/hr to

in order to sink into the ground when moving. The

steering wheel functions exactly like an airplane’s

control stick.

world. He had been working on a way to pass an

object through a test subject. The test subject would

be broken down to atomic level as objects passed

through it, then it would knit itself back together

a�er the objects had le� its space.

This top secret work wasn’t going unnoticed,

and on the night that Dr. Varnup achieved his

breakthrough, an industrial spy, Vince Gabrielli,

broke into AtomVision, killed Dr Varnuip, and

stole his prototype product, which he used to make

good his getaway.

However, Dr Varnuip had already trialled the

ﬁnished product in a test. He had secretly used

his own car as a guinea pig (a 1985 Tarago). Dr

Varnuip had found a way to incorporate the atomic

divider liquid (or ADL, as he called it) into a paint

which he had applied to his vehicle. All it needed

to activate was a small electrical current.

WARNING : For some reason, when the Tarago

is in Ground-hog mode it can not move through

metallic items i.e.

iron, steel, gold,

tin, silver, etc… of

more than 2 cm

thickness (2 HP).

The occupant of

the car would

be safe inside

because the

ADL wasn’t

able to break

down metallic

elements, such

as steel and

iron, including

the chassis of the vehicle.

Sensors (Ex) :

Seismic sensors

are equipped as

standard so that

objects above the

vehicle can be

spo�ed and a safe exit from the ground achieved.

The sensors are found on the inside of the drivers

side sun visor.

The sample that Vince Gabrielli stole was a test

liquid that Dr Varuip had been working on to try

and eradicate the problem of not being able to

SANTO

In 1957 a dedicated, but naïve Italian priest named

Antonio Silvani departed the Vatican city, entrusted

to convey a special package and papal missive to

the arch-bishop of Guatemala. A�er he arrived in

the United States of America he hired a car, posed

as a tourist, and took a leisurely drive down the

Baja peninsula.

knees praying for its return.

When Antonio reported the incident to his

superiors the news eventually reached the highest

echelons of the church, and Antonio quickly found

himself the custodian of a rare and useful relic.

Although Antonio only ever drives Santo around

his new hometown of Puerto Angel, he is obliged

to lend it to whomever the church deems worthy

of borrowing the vehicular relic. Antonio remains

responsible for ensuring that Santo is in good

working order and that any necessary repairs are

carried out.

One day he stopped in Puerto Angel, and because

it was a Sunday, parked his car outside a church

while he gave confession. When he came out

of the church the car had been stolen. Antonio

immediately fell to his knees and prayed to God to

get the Cadillac back. The thief drove the car north,

Santo

Crew Pass Cargo

Init. Manoeuvre Top-speed Defence Hardness Hit Points Size Purchase DC Restriction

¾ tonne +1 +4

300(30)

L For loan only Lic +1

Radio (Su) : Santo can communicate using its radio

– but all conversation is in antiquated Latin!

with the intent of re-selling it near the border

with California, but the engine overheated and he

never made it out of the puerto. When he did a

quick search of the car he found a decanter full of a

clear liquid. A�er ensuring that he wasn’t wasting

anything other than water, the thief poured the

contents into the radiator and started the engine

again.

Protection from Evil 10’ (Su) : For those inside,

including boot and engine, when the windows are

up and all the doors locked.

Holy-water spray (Su) : With the ﬂick of a switch

the winscreen washers can be turned outward,

spraying everything within 5 feet of Santo with

holy-water. Damage is 2d6 points, Reﬂex save for

half, and there is enough for 10 rounds of spraying.

Unknowingly, the liquid he poured into the engine

was the tears of Saint Catulus, a holy relic that had

been on its way to Guatemala. Not only did the

tears cool the engine, they also infused the car with

the essence of the saint, and when the thief jumped

into the car the radio began to preach at him – in

ancient Latin.

Divine horn (Su) : Three times per day Santo’s horn

can resound like the trumpet of an angel – forcing

all undead and evil extraplanar creatures within

earshot (up to 100’) to make a Willpower save (DC

25) or ﬂee in terror for 3d6 rounds.

Knowing enough Latin from church the thief

panicked at the words of damnation, and when the

radio continued to blast away even when he had

turned it oﬀ, he quickly drove the Cadillac back to

the church, where Antonio was waiting, still on his

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