#88 Desslyth the Younger Invades Merctown

reddevil comes up and intros self https://3rdageofdragonwright.blogspot.com/2018/07/torren-abderhalden.html




attack by vet booster boys can red devil new player use streetwise to find path to avoid them?  (they dont and have a huge battle throwing many of caldor's missiles at the tank)


rifts open during eclipse party in merctown, will dancers produce enough ppe to close them?
space time kid npc asked to guard by red devils to prove honesty (pcs dont know its stk until they take the job)
"get us through this clipse and we will tell you what we know"
magic titan tells drago to meet him @ the eclipse party in merctown and be ready to teleport to tolkeen

splugorth will try to stop the party

sparticus guards tolkeen but to get him to ascend to grey seers he has to stop command and area will fall in exchange for him learning the ways of the grey seer to fight a greater evil

"when the black fang shows the end is nigh"
- moon eclipses in to black fang of syphon, then splugorth attack

- will conquer section of merctown demanding stolen eye of eyelors return in exchange for pcs

- herman had (2?) eyes, - turned to murder wraith seen at head of column of invaders

drago holds off hover tank while caldor bluey and the new red devil toss medium missiles at it.
eventually blowing the top turret off the group things they are safe until...

a HUGE rift opens, and out of it you see the face of DESSLYTH THE YOUNGER!
"DrAgo I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE for your crimes!" the creature screetches in demongogian before sending out his mind splinters to possess people.

Torren is possessed but Drago controls him with control and enslave entity scroll he gives caldor to read.  caldor can magically read it due to his osiris body parts and uses it to control torren.

Tow Jam is also possessed but noone notices...


XP
Drago+500 survive tank battle +175 skills +100 missile +50 rp
Caldor +500 survive tank battle +150 skills +100 move from truck +50 rp +100 read scroll
Bluey +750 survive tank battle+100 skills +100 rp
TowJam +1000 survive tank battle +100 skills +200 rp
Torren +2000 survive tank battle+125 skills +100 tell tow run +100 get help



NPCs of note:
Rez friend of party possessed
Space Time Kid friend of party and DJ, possessed, crowd is now being mind controlled by the new music he put on and are acting befuddled and not attacking as first splugorth slavers start to emerge from rift.

Rifts Displacement Fanfic

This looks cool!

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Merctown Boosterboys

Heist WIP by TD-Vice on DeviantArt

Merctown Booster Boys

Lead by Davey Boy, they run the best car theft ring in Merctown.   They boosted a truck with 125mil in goods from the player group. Based on p87 of Merctown source book. Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures include sending in 2 green spotters to find and guard the mark, followed by one regular and one vet to boost the vehicle, with the elite nearby in case they need extraction. The group has encountered Greens on bikes and Quckflex Normals during the truck jacking where they lost one of their Trucks and Towjam. Later they countered Normals on a towtruck towing a red devil vehicle. Lastly the group faced the main battle tank with a Elite, Vet, and normal booster boy inside. Green Human City Rats (ages 12-18) Regular Quick-Flex Alien Professional Thieves Veteran D'norr Devilmen Techno Wizard Elite Kremin Cyborg IQ 16 12 13 14 MA 9 16 20 22 ME 12 16 20 22 PS 10 14 24 35 PP 17 20 23 25 PE 8 16 20 24 PB 14 6 10 12 Spd 14 55 30 120 HP/SDC ARMOR 15/20/30SDC leathers armor Wastelander Motorcycle 25/40/90SDC Huntsman light body armor +90 sdc light naruni forcefield generator +/- 1-50% depending on computer hacking roll 50/100/450 TWCyborgshell +medium naruni forcefield 180sdc +/- 100% depending on computer hacking roll NG Hover Tow-Platform 150hp/300sdc /1250 sdc alien borg armor Naruni Heavy Hovertank PPE/ISP 20 4 150 3 # Actions Melee  4 6 Strike  +3/+1 Bikegun +4/+2 Weapons systems roll Vibroknife +1 +6 hth +7 knife +8 grenades +6/+4 epistol +6/+4 heavy +7/+5 Bike Weapons Systems 40% TWNG Particle Beam Rifle 1d4x10MD/10shots Tow Truck Magnet Hook NG 6shot Hanheld AP mini missle launcher 2 carpet of adhesion grenades 2 plasma grenades 5d6md/15d6 sdc 1 Naruni 115 mm Heavy Particle Beam Cannon 5d6MDx10 rng 9.3miles commander 2 Coaxial  Rail Gun: 2d4x10 Coupla railgun 3d4x10 x8 medium missiles x48 minimissiles (also in tank) 1 vet gunner 1 normal gunner 1 TMAN commander 2 heavy fusion blocks Parry +3/+4 knife +5/+7 knife Dodge +3 +6 auto Initiative +3 amp hearing +3 Vs. Magic/ Poison/psi 0 Combat Actions Bike HMG 7d6SDC/burst# ramjets, 100rnd clip Vibroknife 10mm SMG Bike HMG 7d6 MD Ramjet, 100rd box clip Vibroknife 1d6md/3d6SDC 2 frag grenades 2d6md/6d6sdc 2xNG Ion Pistoles 3d6MD 10shots/6 eclips 1st 3th 8th 12th

Green Cyber: Amp Hearing, Headjack, Ear Implant and Radio, Prerifts Cyberdeck +2% computer hacking

Green skills: hth basic athletics computer operation programming hacking radio basic basic electronics basic mechanics jury rig surveillance systems literacy technocan streetwise combat driving WP Knife WP Heavy WP SMG Weapons Systems pilot motorcycle pilot auto

Normal Cyber : Breathing Tubes, Bionic Lung and Air filter, Radio Scrambler, Amp Hearing, MO Eye +1 str, NG Cyberdeck NG-7 +5 computer hacking
Normal Combat Skills of note: Weapons Systems 40% Prowl 45% HTH Assassin WP Paired WP Targeting WP E pistol WP Heavy Energy WP Heavy Combat Driving WP Quick Draw
Computer Hacking 45%  Pilot Motorcycle, Auto, Truck, WP Knife +1s/+2p

Vet Cyber: Alien Slicer Droid X-1 Headimplant (computur hacking AI+10% to rolls 2ata), Naruni Cyberdeck N-100 +7 % computer hacking
Elite Kremin Full Cyborg, Built in Kremin K-1 Cyberdeck +9% computer hacking Alien AI

Green Roll
Normal Roll +4

Torren Abderhalden

Torren is the Merctown Red Devil member assigned to make sure the party gets to the ritual on time.

In the previous session Scarlet made a deal with the group, in exchange for protecting Merctown during the eclipse the Red Devils will teleport the group back to Tolkeen.  Torren is assigned to make sure that happens.

Occupation Mind Melter
Alignment Unprincipled

Hit Points 10 SDC 30

Exp Level 4 9000 XP

IQ 22+2 Age 3

ME 19+2 Sex Male

MA 12 Height 6' 3"

PS 10 Origin Illegal biolab, Swiss German border

PP 15 Env

PE 10 Sentiments Hates psi hunters

PB 14 Sentiments Dislikes full cyborgs

SPD Language Swiss German, English

Insanity Schizophrenia Phobia Obsession

Phobias Confinement Basements Obsessions

Skills:

Language Swiss German, English

Math Basic 20%

Athletics

Streetwise +15

Land Navigation

TBD Pilot skill1

TBD Pilot skill2

WP SMG +4 aimed +2 burst

6 chosen occ skills +1 at lvl 4

1 Biology 

2 Detect: Concealment +5

3 computer operations+10

4 Detect Ambush +5

5 6 (Takes two skills) Hand to Hand: Martial Arts

7 Computer Hacking gained at lvl 4 +2%

Paramedic  Mind melters can only take up to Firstaide

Acrobatics per mind melter specifically says "physical any except acrobatics"

6 2nd Skills

1 WP Energy pistols +4 aimed +2 bursts

2 Mathematics: Advanced 

3 Computer Programming

4 Running

5 Wilderness Survival

6 First Aid

7 Art learned @ lvl 3

+2 TBD learned @ lvl 3

Major Psionics ISP 3d6x10 +ME +30xp from being lvl 4

Implant: Unknown Psi Focuser (Brain)

Lvl 1 Master of Psionics starting powers

Alter Aura 

Mind Block 

See Aura 

Sixth Sense

Resist Fatigue

Bio-Regenerate

Psychic Purification

Physical1

Physical2

Physical3

Telepathy

Presence Sense

Sensitive3

Telekinesis (super) 400ft range 8min 10isp/100lb 1ptMD/100lb +3strike +4 parry

Telekinetic Force Field 100 MDC 240ft range 4min duration -6 dodge 30ISP

Mind Bolt 40 ISP 2d4MD +4strike 50ISP 2d4MD +8 strike

LVL2 1

LVL2 2

LVL2 3

LVL2 Bio-Regenerate (super)

Lvl3 1

lvl3 2

lvl3 3

lvl3 super

lvl4 super

lvl4 super

Weapons

TX-25 Ion Blaster 4d6+4MD 200ft 12shots/eclip 24 long eclip

HK MP5 2d6SDC 300ft 10shots/clip

German combat knife

Equipment

Sleeping bag

Backpack

Utility belt

Canteen

Sunglasses

Food rations

Ion blaster charges

MP5 magazines

9mm HP ammo

Light ceramic armor 70SDC/35MDC

Hand To Hand Martial Arts 

5 attacks/melee

+3 strike

+4 parry 

+4 dodge

+4 initiative

+3 roll/pull punch

+2 disarm +4 vs posession +2 vs mind control +3 vs magic illusions +3 vs horror factor

1d6 Attacks: Punch,Elbow, Kick, Knee, Disarm, Dodge, Entangle, Block/tackle, Body Flip/Throw, power punch, power kick (x2 dmg) 

Karate Kick 2d6