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Golem

An adventure by Mark Metzner

For Weird Wars

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By Mark Metzner

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up to and make sure they don’t

accomplish what they’re there for. The

Resistance has promised all the help they

can muster in return.

The Nazis aren’t even aware of the

French Resistance’s presence in the area.

In fact, they consider it a sleepy little

town, offering no resistance. They search

desperately for an ancient book, a tome

of incredible magical power, called the

Kabballah. More on that in a moment.

The Great Rabbi Loew from Prague has

been a thorn in Hitler’s side for some time

now. Loew helped fend off German

invaders and protected the Jews when

Poland was first attacked. Eyewitness

accounts claim the old Rabbi used “the

power of the Hebrew God” against the

invaders.

But, alas, when the country fell, Loew

fled the country and ended up in France,

where he met another fleeing Rabbi, a

young man named Avi Reis. Loew took to

the young man and began to teach him

the ways of Jewish mysticism, the magic

of the Kabballah.

They had just begun their studies when

the Germans attacked their current home

of Villes-Bretonneaux, capturing many

Jews and the Great Rabbi himself. Reis

was able to evade Loew’s captors, and

currently remains in hiding in the village

along with many other frightened Jews.

This adventure takes place in the

Hedgerows of France in the early days of

July 1944, with the Allied forces just

beginning their advance into the heart of

the countryside. Many French towns and

villages have cooperated with the German

occupation, but some brave men and

women fight against their Nazi captors

with their very lives. These people, the

French Resistance, work with the Allied

forces to infiltrate, spy and fight the

Germans at every chance.

Near the coast of France, in a little

village of Villes-Bretonneaux, the

movement is strong, and in recent

months, the town has become a haven for

the Resistance. So, when SS troops and

German soldiers arrive and begin

ransacking abandoned Jewish homes,

searching for something, the members of

the Resistance did the only thing they

could: they called the Allied forces and

asked them for assistance.

Enter the heroes. Captain Robert Jarrell,

their commanding officer, has instructed

the party to assist the Resistance ASAP.

Their orders: find out what the Nazis are

The French townspeople, abhorring the

treatment of the Jews by the Nazis, have

taken them in and hidden them in their

attics, cellars, and hidden rooms, once set

aside for the Resistance. The Kabballah

tome lies waiting in Rabbi Reis’ room,

where the young Rabbi has been reading

and studying and learning. Among the

rituals is an ancient spell once used to

create the Golem, a servant made from

clay that can be commanded to

protect…and destroy.

Unfortunately, the Germans have access

to a horror of their own, a “fext” by the

name of Ehrmann Winter. The Nazis seem

to know what they are looking for, and

have begun a systematic search of homes

in the area. All have been Jewish homes,

but if they do not find what they are

looking for, the searches will surely

continue. It will be only be a matter of

time until they uncover the Resistance’s

network of tunnels and room and the

people hiding there. The fate of both the

Jews and the local resistance lies in the

party’s hands.

In the larger picture, if Ehrmann Winter

recovers the Kabballah and returns it to

his masters in Berlin, Hitler will add yet

another horror to his menagerie, a legion

of nearly unstoppable Golems!

This adventure was created to be a

starting point for a one-night adventure or

an on-going campaign. It is intended for

three to five characters of 3 rd level, which

takes into account basic training and

surviving the beaches at Normandy. By

the end of the adventure, the characters

should be close to attaining 4th level.

It is helpful, but not necessary, to have

a medic in the party, as well as a scout.

Those wishing to play a resistance fighter

also have a natural start here, as a

compatriot of Ulysse Heron, the party’s

Resistance contract in town.

No special equipment is required to

complete the scenario, as pretty much

nothing will harm the fext the group

encounters at the end of the adventure. If

you’re planning an ongoing campaign, the

fext has been included as a perfect villain

to be an ongoing thorn in the party’s side.

Be sure to have his unholy gifts frighten

rather than kill the heroes. Nothing can

upset a roomful of players quicker than a

villain that they can’t defeat. If used

wisely, the ending battle between the

golem and the fext should make for a

very creepy experience, one that will

hopefully stick in the players’ minds for

years to come, and create a powerful

opponent for the heroes in the future.

The golem, fext, SS, and German

soldiers can be found in the We i rd Wa rs

sourcebook, and are repeated in this

adventure for those playing Weird Wars fo r

the first time. The complete entry for Clay

Golems can be found in the Monster

Manual®.

The trek to Villes-Bretonneaux is filled

with German patrols, though each should

be quietly passed and avoided. The War

Master is welcome to require a few Move

Silently rolls to instill some tension into

the trip.

The Nazis have increased their patrols

since they arrived to investigate the

Jewish homes in the area. Finding a safe

route to the village is tricky but not

overly difficult for experienced heroes

(especially if one of the characters is a

scout). In the dark hours before morning,

the party arrives in Villes-Bretonneaux

without incident.

If you wish to roleplay the advance of

the unit into the area, feel free. This

adventure is meant to get the ball rolling

a little faster, but experienced roleplayers

may want to devise ways of getting into

the town under the cover of night. Feel

free to have fun with timed patrols and

German Shepherds if you want.

Otherwise, the party arrives and reaches

the meeting place without any

interference from the enemy.

The scene opens in the basement of

what appears to be an abandoned grocery

store. Candlelight flickers and casts a

warm glow over the impromptu meeting

place. Wooden crates serve as desks and

cabinets. Maps and pictures of prominent-

looking Nazi officers line the walls.

Several men and women are busy here,

writing and planning. One in the corner

works a radio transmitter, tapping out

codes to other resistance cells in the area.

The party’s contact, a Frenchman

named Ulysse Heron, is a thin, reedy man

in his early forties with a thin moustache.

He smiles and shakes the heroes’ hands

vigorously when everyone is settled

inside.

Read the following in a very thick

French accent to the players when you are

ready to begin:

“Oh! Zis is wonderful! Thank

you for coming to our aid in zis

time of trouble, mes amis. We were,

how you say, worried?…that we

would be left to our own defenses.

My name is Ulysse Heron and I

am ze one in charge here in Villes-

Bretonneaux. All zese people have

dedicated everything to driving ze

Nazis back and liberating France!”

If a player has chosen to be a

resistance fighter, you can introduce him

here. Just have Ulysse wave him over and

introduce him as his right-hand man or

woman, as the case may be. The

resistance fighter is then instructed by

Ulysse to stay with and assist the party

in any way possible.

“As you may already know, SS

soldiers have been zearching ze

homes of Jewish villagers, looking

for zomething. Our people have

reported zat ze homes have been

ransacked, walls torn down, floors

destroyed, and furniture left in

many pieces. Zere is no doubt zat

zey are looking for zomething…or

zomeone. And unfortunately, our

little village has much to hide.“

Resistance, they gathered up all ze

Jews and “undesirables” and

shipped them away in great trucks.

To ze east, we suppose.”

“LeeLee’s family was taken in zis

way. She escaped capture only

because she was down by the river,

picking flowers. Zere are still 30 or

40 Jews hiding here. Le Resistance

feels responsible for their plight,

and is hiding zem in ze cellars,

attics, and secret rooms meant for

us. But if the Nazis begin to search

our homes, zey will find us as well

as our guests and Le Resistance

will be crushed.”

Ulysee gestures with an outstretched

hand and a cute little blonde girl runs

into the room. She is smiling and she

hugs Ulysse’s pant leg, staring up at the

party.

“LeeLee, zese men are here to

protect us. Zey are here to make ze

bad men go away. What do you

think of zat?”

LeeLee looks up and smiles.

“Even the Jews?” she asks.

“Yes, little one. Especially the

Jews.”

With that Ulysse looks into the

groups’ eyes.

“I don’t know how much you

know about the Germans and the

Jews. In Germany and Easter

Europe, zey take zem away in great

trucks—few know where. But here,

in France, zey do not usually do so.

But in Villers-Bretonneaux, the

Nazis are just like those in the east.

After several acts of sabotage by Le

Before the party can respond, the door

to the meeting room opens and an

attractive woman rushes in. She is tall,

thin, and wears her long, brown hair back

in a coif. With a Spot roll of 15 or better, a

character notices that the hairpin that

holds back the coif looks as if it could

be used as a weapon in an emergency.

“Ulysse! Rabbi Reis has gone missing! They

think the Germans have him!”

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