[UA] The last game session in DL's dinner room (may - 22)

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[para o povo da UA-BR...continua em inglês. Se alguém tiver saco, pode ir
traduzindo que depois se torna até material da HP. :)]

Ok, thats the telling of the last wednesday game. Wich will become Tuesday
games, as I had originally planned, but since my brother had already some
meeting with his friend of a political party here, i transfered to
wednesday. Now the meetings will not be here anymore, and for Eduardo,
Tuesdays are better days. Last game session was very short, just about one
hour. I was very busy and tense with some websites i have to finish asap,
but both Bruno Palermo and Eduardo unsterstood quite well, so we played and
got entertained even in this short time. Bruno Nogueira again missed the
game, but we talked before and he gave me an explanation, so that was ok.
Besides, he was not really missed. :)

The session was fast and furious and my mind played tricks on me again. What
I mean with that? Well, I usually dont plan anything, and sometimes, like in
the last game session, I end with some werid stuff to work, and i have to
made up things instantly, so the player will not figure out that what I did
was not planned. If they do, they can try to take advantage of it, rushing
things over and making me to just accept most of the things they to, so i
will not interrupt game pace, wich is very important to me, as much as plot
and characters. Well...lets go...

Montoya, Chalker and Holt arrived at the Hospital but had no sign of Lieber.
Chalker was tired, and got really upset with all this chase going wrong, and
told Holt and Montoya to find Lieber, he was paying them to get him
anyway... He went again to try to buy the equipment they would need.
Montoya and Holt got back to the hotel.

They got startlet a moment later. Someone started to knock on the door, and
when Montoya opened it he was punched in the face by Chalker. Chalker then
entered the room and asked about Lieber. Holt and Montoya was puzzled. They
ask Chalker what happened, why he hit Montoya. Chalker was again acting
agressively, but they talked it over. Chalker was confused, and after some
more talk, they figure it, it was not the real Chalker. Even he got that,
but his memory was very mixed up. They called Chalker and asked him to come
back asap.

To shorten the thing, Chalker arrived. He looked to this twin and asked Holt
and Montoya to leave him alone, wich they did after he promissed to tell
them more about this. Later he asked both to join them. This another Chalker
is a "proxy" (something the non-real chalker end up telling them, but
couldnt explain), a Golem made of mud and Chalker flesh and blood by the 49
Wise. The Golem should stay at the 49 fortress, or whereabouts, but was
fetched by "the jackal" (the golem didnt remember anything else, but his
name), and have ended up talking to Lieber two days before. The proxy
prevent Chalker to be killed or hurt while working in the world for the 49
Wise. He granted to each a answer, and Holt asked him why did he drink so
much tea? The tea, he asnwered, was actually made of common leaves, but a
ritual made by the 49 Wise, prevented Chalker's body to grow old as long as
he drink it from time to time. Since Chalker is deadly afraid of dying, he
drinks the tea as much and as soon as possible, "just in case...". Montoya
question was another..."What we are suppose to look for in the underground
city". Chalker answer was...unexpected, but cliché enough not to take their
breath away...They will be looking for the Grail. "Not the original one",
Chalker explained, "The Original grail was almost destroyed when Magdalene
reached the old England shores. Still, she and her sister kept what was left
of it, and later the magdalenities melted it and made a New Grail, imbued
with rituals and new magick, channeled by both The Helper and The Martyr
archetypes. This Grails may have clues about the actual stated of Magick, if
it is still working, since is  "Old Magick", as the 49 Wise". Montoya
finally talked about what happened in the bathroom, and his contact with
Michael Dandridge. Chalker then poped up some possible contact place with
Dandridge, and even some other possible London Urbanomancers.

Knowing two new enemies was on the game, they rushed things a bit. Chalker
left again for the eqquipment. Holt have gone to Lieber's house to have some
clues about his whereabouts. And Montoya stayed in the Hotel, protecting
Chalker's Proxy.

Holt soon arrived Lieber's house and found the door opened. Someone was
there, in dark spot, and he just sensed it coz hes an Hunter avatar (no
rolls involved, i just decided). When Holt landed his eye on him, he started
talking, trying to look friend, and with a american accent (if i didnt
mention yet, we play in portuguese/english. The action description and scene
is said in portuguese, biut for better characterization we talk in english
when IC. Nogueira even talk with a slightly german accent). Holt could not
really figure out his face, but the black trenchcoat low hat and red right
hand was not easy to forget. Still, Holt feel the weirdness of the situation
but was trying not to call to much attention to himself. Looking for one
adress book while getting closer to the strange that hold his hand for a
hand shaking, Holt lost some remark about Lieber's neighbors. Well, he
noticed by himself when The Jackal hold his hand. In the corners of the eye
he saw what looked like part of a pool of blood in Kitchen. But was too
late. Luckly, he parry the attack of the jackal, and move itself in the
direction of the kitchen, holding a chair to protect himself. Then, the
jackal vanished. He still looked to the corridor and waited for several
minutes until started to move to the kitchen. Two adult males, and woman,
and three children was found with their throats torn open. Shaking, he got
the phone to call Chalker. Then I cuted to Montoya.

The Jackal was there. The hotel room little hall and Montoya almost crash on
him. They started to talk. The Jackal accused him of entered in the wrong
room. They both started to argue, and The Jackal suggested they go to the
reception (neither wanted to use the phone - Montoya have to turn his back
on him or move backwards to use it, and he dont want to loose any ground, he
as Holt, also sensed some trouble). Its a shame to say that, but i really
dont remember what happened next (thats why i suaully make notes of
important events), but soon Montoya got to the apartment, and when he was
open the door for the room where he left the Golem, The Jackal stabbed him
in the back. The fight was fast, and Montoya was really beat (but had 77
Wound Points, thanks to some previous use of Epideromancy), but then the
Golem finally acted, and before been defetead by a stronger opposition, The
Jackal disapeared. The session ended in this moment. Eduardo was a bit
frustrated since he got really good dice rolls, but the Jackal always dodged
his attacks (i was really luck this evening).

Btw, anyway vcan explain me better the dodge rules with lots of examples? :)

Well, this is how is the story right now, summing up:

*Holt, montoya and Chalker lost the Urbanomancer that could have lead them
to the city beneath London (probably the very first "London") - and no, is
not Agarttha , this will appear later. :)

*Lieber was abducted by Michael Dandridge, wich has the backing of a few
more Tenebraemancers. Dandridge has no idea about the Grail, he just wants
the city and , wich has some rumours about a Darkness Godness associated
with it. Dandridge and his small group believes Gailman wrote Neverwhere
based on some real experience at the "London Below". Chalker was too noisy
when he tried to find the Urbanomancers capable of taking him there, and the
Horror Freaks ended up knowing something and associated it with those
rumours.

*Richard Hart is a bad ass Exhalomancer. He was hired to kill Chalker and
anyone associated with him. He have Mancinni's ghost among others, but now
he is taking his time before moving against Chalker, who proved a little
more resourceful than he imagined. He dont know who hired him, but whoevere
he/it/she is, has a lot of cash.

*The Jackal is on it for fun and murder. Also for some grudge he had against
Chalker for years now. He is close to become the Godwalker, and is getting
more paranoid and overly carefull this days. His has a birthmark and the
skin of his red hand is noticiable red.

*Magdalenites are also on the trail of Chalker and Lieber. They have their
reasons to keep the Grail safe and from the eyes of manking, and will keep
their duties no matter what.

*the 49 Wise Men are trapped in a spacetime loop, three hundred years
earlier. They have been priest, magicians, alchemists, or just plain wise
men (and yes, a few women) that garthered to keep the world in some kind of
order. They prevented manking to discover atom energy several centuries
before it really happened, and have powers over a unreasoable number of
things that anyone would say "impossible". But their powers had faded. They
are desperate for a solution, and want to understand what really changed in
the nature of magick. Chalker is one of their operatives. They have also a
second goal. They want to keep themselves alive, even after the Godhead
destroy this universe to create another one, but before, they need to
understand and regain their full power and reasure their knowledge of the
universe.

I think thats all. The clichés like the Grail, are there on pourpose, but
still i hope to solve them in a non-conventional manner. :)

Thats all for now. Any comments?

[]s,

   Haroudo Xavier
   UIN 15044727
   www.geocities.com/hasfix/

P.S.: Im reading the London material and thanks to all for that. As i said,
the camping should cross almost the whole globe, but since one of the player
is a London Urbanomancer, i think this city will be visited a lot in this
game, so with the stuff you have suggested (and if has more, please, tell
me) i can garantee a better experience since i can describe and plan better
what spoecial events would happen in London in advance.

P.S.: Those bulls are amazing. :)  I had never heard about them, really
cool. And i saw the website, thanks. :)




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