Wherein the valiant vigilantes of the Vanguard are vanquished by magics most vicious, their minds hurled across time and space, while the spirits of alien adventurers possess our hero’s physical forms.
Hilarity and hi-jinx ensue before the MacGuffin is retrieved, villains are captured, and all is again set right in the World of Heroes.
Full details to follow soon(ish)… eventually… really…
For what it’s worth Korwin will spend most of his time in emerald city flying around and confusing the Blue Flame fan club members with his high sounding imperial speaking style and his utter lack of cultural knowledge
Freaky Friday Again
We take the whole 24 hours to figure out what we could do and come up with nothing
Artemis has some info
Totem smokes some peyote and gets nothing
Quanta opens a quantum tunnel
We interrupt Yakuza
Steel Shogun zaps us
Things fade in and out
The hand is confused
Toran shoots at shogun but misses due to height differential
Korwin tries to connect to his magic and ignites into Blue Flames
Devrik attacks shogun, grabs away his sword
Totem has a conversation with his selves and Wolf emerges
Mariala tapping into her inner dominatrix grabs the whip off her hip and lashes shogun
Prometheus strangles a ninja and tosses him like a rag doll at other ninja
Ninjas Ninjas Ninjas
More ninjas arriveWe take out ninjas
Some of us better than others
Shogun crashes through window
Vulk thinking he would use his webs instead shoots a barrage of ice out of the window
Prometheus launches himself out window shoots out a telekinetic blast that does nothing but shatter a lot of glass
Korwin realizing that he is lighter than air heads out window but failed to take into account the nature of his rocket flight
Zooms headlong through downtown narrowly missing several buildings
The hand under Wolf’s direction go after suitcase
Vox teleports to 3rd Street
Russians show up
Vox fails to snatch suitcase and goes incorporeal
We battle
Prometheus chest blast everyone
Steel Shogun Schmeel Shogun
Toran throws Vox a ninja bow Vox nocks off some arrows
Korwin rejoins battle and zooms in landing on one knee and let’s off a dazzling burst
Cool but ineffective
We battle, Russian lackey takes out Wolf
Vox staggers Deathless with bow
Russians scatter
Vulk creates a ice slick
Devrik creates quantum shell to contain battle
Vox falls on his ass
We take out the rest of the minions
Double daze Shogun
Vulk grabs case
Gives it Vox
Korwin takes down Shogun which is really going to irk Jonny when he gets back in his own body
Prometheus breaks through wall
Vox teleports away with case
And my game notes:
Artemis got her information from Madame Bliss, who in turn got it from Foxfire.
Foxfire is setting this all up to cause mischief amongst the power factions of Emerald City. She initially stole the McGuffin simply to stymie the Golden Dragon Society, who planned to steal it for themselves. Possessing the body of the metahuman mercenary the Society hired, she carried out the commission flawlessly (naturally), and then decided to up the fun factor by offering the item for sale on the underworld’s Dark Net.
She was delighted when the high bidder proved to be the Steel Shogun, as she had an affinity for fellow Japanese, especially ones who oppose the organization that once enslaved her. She had already done business with the Yakuza a month earlier, when she had sold their leader a mystical artifact (which she had stolen from a collector on Council Hill) said to banish enemies from this plane of existence. She made sure it didn’t work on her, of course, prior to the sale – it’s why she stole it in the first place, once it came to her attention. She was in a different body at the time, so the Steel Shogun doesn’t realize he’s dealing with the same person today.
In fact, Steel Shogun brought the magical item with him, planning to use it on Koschei the Deathless and his men, should they turn up seeking to recover their stolen item. He is delighted, however, to use the beautiful fan on the inrritating superheroes instead. Jonny, in particular, has twice discommoded the Yakuza leader in recent weeks, by interfering in two of his organization’s criminal endeavors. And Artemis has long been a thorn in the side of all the organized criminals of the city.
He is surprised, and annoyed, when the device fails to work as advertised. He takes the momentary confuion it seems to cause his opponents to summon the eight other ninjas he had waiting in the wings. Once the fighting begins Foxfire will thank the Yakuza, the funds having already been deposited in her off-shore account, and will vanish by sinking through the floor. Depending on the needs of the battle, she may stay around, invisible, to watch the battle – and maybe interfere, if she sees an opportunity for mischief.
At the point in the fight where it seems like one side of the other is getting the other hand, Koschei the Deathless and his Malakov Mob minions will show up. He seeks to recover the McGuffin at any cost, and will spend his men freely to do so. His psionic powers don’t work on either Scion or Steel Shogun (or Foxfire, for that matter).
Hopefully the McGuffin (which in the event is a small brushed steel case with a black handle, and a one-use-only electronic seal securing it) will change hands several times during the on-going three-way scrum. It is also hoped that the battle will spill out of the condo in the McDonald Tower and onto the streets of downtown.
Eventually the heroes shoudl end up with the McGuffin (with the help of Foxfire, if needed), at which point they will discover that the case contains a sturdy hard drive. On this hard drive are numerous files, both documents and videos, outlining the numerous holds that the Russian government has over presidential candidate Donald Trump, as well as details of the collusion of several Republican politicians with Russian intelligence efforts to sway the upcoming election to Trump.
The rest of the adventure, if there’s time, should have some interesting roleplaying of the visitors from Novendo interacting with the modern world and figuring out exactly where and when they are. This could happen between battles, if the Russians manage to escape with the McGuffin (in which case Foxfire will put them onto the right track to recover it), or afterward. Since it’s unlikely the Novendo PCs will be able to break the seal and the drive’s encryption, discovery of the contents may have to wait until the reverse switch occurs.
Totem will be unable to switch between his avatars, thanks to them having to deal with the multiple Erol personas in his head. Raven will take charge, but Totem will suffer the effects of being partially aware of the other world – Everytime he takes an action there’s a 50% change he’ll suffer a penalty (roll % dice again: 1-50 = -2 / 51+ = -5).