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« on: <01-14-15/1308:25> »
This is from a handout to give to players in a new game I was GMing. Figured I'd share the fun.  I can restat them all for 5th if people are interested.

Knight Errant Open Bounties (Seattle)

Smiling Jack, AKA The Carver, AKA The Pumpkin King
Wanted for: Racketeering, murder, attempted murder, assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, witness tampering, drug dealing, possession of narcotics, possession of BTL with intent to distribute, possession of unlicensed firearm, theft, arson, destruction of public property, destruction of private property, grand theft auto, vandalism and creating a public nuisance.
Notes: Tall lanky human or elf believed to be magically active. Leader of the militant terrorist youth group known as the Holloweeners . Sought in connection with the Devil's Night Massacre and the death of ADA Conrad Edwardson.
Bounty for capture or death: 1,000,000¥

Boogie Man
Wanted for: murder, cannibalism and practicing magic without a license.
Notes: Magically active ghoul sought out in connection with the death of 35 persons between the ages of 13-21.
Bounty for capture or death: 500,000¥

No Known Name, AKA Disco-Tech
Wanted for: Being just too damn smooth
Notes: Why are you all riled up over me overwriting Seattle's AR to make everything and everyone look like Studio 54? The music was the bomb and I know you all digged it. And sure there were a few fatalities when I took over the Grid link to have cars spell out all the words to YMCA, but damn it was just to cool.
Bounty for capture: A full set of BG's recordings and a leisure suit.

Kat Williams AKA Green Cat
Wanted for: Murder, destruction of public property, destruction of private property, kidnapping and bribery.
Notes: Female troll with long green hair. Leader of the eco-terrorist group Save Our Mother. Wanted in connection to the kidnapping and murder of executive VP Thomas Reynolds of Nova Corp and the destruction of the Nova Corp advanced fuels lab in Renton.
Bounty for capture : 2,000,000¥ Dead:100,000¥

No Known Name AKA Bartering Benny AKA The Red Paperclip
Wanted for: Receiving stolen goods, aiding and abetting a known felon, selling firearms without a permit, selling explosives without a permit, tax evasion and trademark infringement.
Notes: Online deal broker and weapons dealer active in the Seattle area. Wanted for questioning in conjunction with Nova Corp fuel labs incident.
Bounty for capture: 100,000¥

Isaac Andersen AKA Silent Death
Wanted for: Racketeering, murder, attempted murder, assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, receiving stolen goods, grand theft auto and destruction of public property.
Notes: Tall heavily cybered elf with short blond hair. Lieutenant for the elven militant terrorist group known as the Ancients.
Bounty for capture: 150,000¥ Dead: 50,000¥


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« Reply #1 on: <01-14-15/1523:27> »
Nova Corp?  I think you've been watching too much Guardians of the Galaxy.  :)

I actually really like this idea, and I've considered implementing similar into my games.  Right now, our campaign is focused on extractions, so it will be a while.
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« Reply #2 on: <01-14-15/1534:37> »
Nova Corp?  I think you've been watching too much Guardians of the Galaxy.  :)

I actually really like this idea, and I've considered implementing similar into my games.  Right now, our campaign is focused on extractions, so it will be a while.

Considering I wrote that back in 2008 and my original file says Lone Star, no not recently. I was a big fan of The New Warriors though, so it's a fair cop.

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« Reply #3 on: <01-14-15/1941:00> »
Like these, since our group has been (and currently are) running bounties I might send this to her, granted we're in Denver around 2063 I think. She has an old 3 or 2 ed source book for Denver she has been using for inspiration, but game play wise is 5th.
Quote- Mirikon on 7/30/2019 at 08:26:51
Agreed. This looks like a 'training wheels' edition, that you can use to introduce someone to the setting, and then shift over to something like 5E or 4E. Like how D&D 5E is best used as training wheels for D&D 3.X.

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« Reply #4 on: <01-14-15/2033:22> »
FYI, the canon leader of the Halloweeners is a person named Nightmare.  I honestly don't know a lot about Nightmare beyond seeing the name mentioned as the leader of the Halloweeners.  I would probably consider changing Smiling Jack to something else...  maybe a former member of the Halloweeners?
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« Reply #5 on: <01-14-15/2037:48> »
Or leader of a Halloweeners spin-off group.
Quote- Mirikon on 7/30/2019 at 08:26:51
Agreed. This looks like a 'training wheels' edition, that you can use to introduce someone to the setting, and then shift over to something like 5E or 4E. Like how D&D 5E is best used as training wheels for D&D 3.X.

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« Reply #6 on: <01-14-15/2105:27> »
Or leader of a Halloweeners spin-off group.

Never worried about it to much because the Holloweeners go through leaders like Taylor Swift goes through boyfriends.

But if you want to use it just use Nightmare. At the time I had a plot about a new Holloweener's leader.

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« Reply #7 on: <01-15-15/0034:44> »
the Holloweeners go through leaders like Taylor Swift goes through boyfriends.

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« Reply #8 on: <01-15-15/2051:55> »
You might also consider seriously reducing the bounties.  If a majorly powerful toxic shaman is worth only a quarter of a million, there's no way in hell KE is going to pay out a full million for the head of some scummy street gang, no matter what he's done - because no matter what he's done or how public he's gotten, he isn't going to match the nastiness of a toxic shaman, or the publicity of KANE!!!  (Sorry, the all-caps and triple exclamation points was required by law.)  I might just knock a place off for everyone over 25k, and reduce the rest by 50%.
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« Reply #9 on: <01-15-15/2111:07> »
Oh, I think you mean place marker, maybe?

But yeah, unless he is also highly initiated toxic mage, a mill is a lot of money in 5th. And, no fool would run against KANE!!! I would rather hunt toxies, safer too!
Quote- Mirikon on 7/30/2019 at 08:26:51
Agreed. This looks like a 'training wheels' edition, that you can use to introduce someone to the setting, and then shift over to something like 5E or 4E. Like how D&D 5E is best used as training wheels for D&D 3.X.

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« Reply #10 on: <01-15-15/2330:40> »
You might also consider seriously reducing the bounties.  If a majorly powerful toxic shaman is worth only a quarter of a million, there's no way in hell KE is going to pay out a full million for the head of some scummy street gang, no matter what he's done - because no matter what he's done or how public he's gotten, he isn't going to match the nastiness of a toxic shaman, or the publicity of KANE!!!  (Sorry, the all-caps and triple exclamation points was required by law.)  I might just knock a place off for everyone over 25k, and reduce the rest by 50%.

I tend to run more Ocean's 11 type games. They are high risk high reward.

And never trust a Johnson even if it is KE.  ;D

Digging up my notes I'll give you an idea why the amounts were so high.

The Holloweeners had grabbed a couple of teenaged girls were very "abusive" to them over the course of a few days and then cut them up to die in an alleyway. Problem is that the girls were the daughters of an couple officials from DC reviewing how Federal money was spent. Given all the issues that area faces and the inability of KE to protect people ( even in downtown and VIPs relatives) that it might just be best to place all of Seattle under martial law... For good.

No KE, no LS... All law enforcement would be MPs. KE has convinced them that they really shine as detectives, better then MPs would be at least, and that they always get their man. But they are being summoned to the Hill in a few months to "discuss" that. KE needs to nail Jack before they go before the committees.

Problem is old Jack got word of what was going down and skipped town. Or maybe he didn't. No one knows, or at least they aren't telling KE. KE isn't sure that the politicians have the pull to make good on their threat, but they really aren't sure.

So the clock is ticking. The committees meets in 2 months on Capital Hill to discuss "The Seattle Security Issue". There are about 10 teams all scouring the area looking for Jack.

So can the team find, capture/kill Jack in the 2 month time frame AND survive all the other teams who are also looking for him???



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« Reply #11 on: <01-16-15/0619:31> »
I've attached a couple of bounties that I've dropped into my games; basically I've tweaked FBI wanted posters and can use them for short adventures whenever I need a "filler game" or I'm a couple of people short for a session.  They are Lonestar specific, but can be tweaked for KE, Minuteman or any other security outfit.  I've got about 140 posters than I can quickly build a mission around - if anybody wants some, let me know.
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« Reply #12 on: <01-16-15/1036:34> »
Those are well-created sidslick.  Isn't that last picture one of the Menendez brothers?  :P

One thing I noticed though - your posters all use the United States when it should be the UCAS.  Still, they're easy as hell to tweak as they're Word files.  Could I get you to send those to me?  I'd love to use them.
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« Reply #13 on: <01-16-15/1259:07> »
Oh, really?  Darn it, I though I'd caught all the United States references - must be going blind in my old age!!!! Like you say, they are easy enough to tweak for your specific needs.  Can you PM me an email address, and I'll fire them over to you......?
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« Reply #14 on: <01-16-15/1326:29> »
Zip file, Google Drive, global sharing, link.  :D
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