Hall of Reflections, If Not Mirrors
29 June 2011~
We picked up after a week or two of vacations right where we left off: at various points in a crowd, watching a politician speak about his upcoming run for office. We were there at the Moose Lodge early, essentially casing the location before Jeff went in under [illusionary] cover to see what the real story was on our benevolent-sounding suspects (we weren't all that sure what we suspected them of, but their attempt to create a benevolent association of super-powered individuals sounded inherently suspicious- we're just a little cynical about these things). As it happened, a senator associated with the CEO and his goons was making a speech and having a reception at the same place where he was to interview Jeff later on, so we were going to have to sit through that first.
Ghost Wolf left the podium, certain that he had been somehow spotted, and feeling himself reverting involuntarily to his human form. Luckily, his invisibility and insubstantiability held long enough for him to get out of range of the power drain (or whatever it was), and he changed back to his super form. From there, he circled around and went into the Lodge to see what nefarious preparations were underway inside, and discovered that there were some innocent-looking caterers setting up a buffet for the reception, and a bunch of not-so-innocent armored ninja types hiding in spare rooms.
Eventually, the speech ended, and the crowd came into the Lodge for a VIP meet and greet event. Schmitty's guy pick-pocketed an invite and came in, and schmoozed the crowd a little to pick up information. Eventually, the political crowd left, and the senator, the CEO, and his twin ate dinner with their ninja henchmen, who then hung out to wait for their meeting.
At this point, we discovered that they had invited several other potential supers (besides Jeff) to their meeting to hear their recruiting pitch, and so our outside people intercepted them and tried to warn them off before the new recruits entered the Lodge; only two of them persevered and came to the meeting. Jeff then covered Craig with an illusionary disguise, and sent him in to hear the pitch in his stead, while Ghost Wolf smuggled in several of the rest of our team by bringing them through the floor into some more spare rooms. Eventually, the bad guys decided to start the meeting, and they explained to these new recruits what they had tried to explain to us before- that they wanted to form a group of supers who could protect themselves from human hostility when their existence became more widely recognized. The senator, who was giving the pitch, then used some sort of magical/super power to seal the deal- and that's when things went bad, since Craig successfully resisted the attempt, and the rest of us finally got proof that the bad guys were- well- bad.
Ghost Wolf attacked, still invisible and in his werewolf form, but the senator could detect his attack, and blinked out of the way. Bill, Michael, and Schmitty came out from hiding as well, and Brian entered from outside. Jeff just maintained his observation through his Wizard Eye, and served as "high cover". Knowing that the CEO was a reflector, Ghost Wolf grabbed him by his legs and started swinging him around as a weapon, while Jeff used stun spells and Brian covered the combat area with a swarm of bugs (thankfully selective, but still icky). Bill grabbed the two super wannabes who had made it to the meeting with his telekinesis and kept them out of harm's way, eventually stuffing them in a room and locking the door to keep them out of trouble. Craig took on four of the swordsmen by himself, Kevin blasted several people with his lightning blast, and Michael used his cryokinesis to take out the CEO's twin brother, who was also a reflector, as it turned out. Even Schmitty's dragon made an appearance, breathing fire and fighting the ninjas. A good time was had by all (well, not the bad guys).
When one of the ninjas tried to escape with the senator, Craig decided to kill the two of them- after all, a mind-controlling super senator could be nothing but evil, and an arrest would be pointless. The senator's death broke his spell, and suddenly all of our opposition "woke up" and realized that they had no idea what was going on. Now we had to sort out everything anew!
After some discussion, we discovered that the senator was apparently recruiting supers against their will, and had had them all under a spell of some sort. The CEO and his brother agreed to try to hush things up (better for all concerned, it seemed) and take care of the families of the men who we had killed (oops!), and we decided to let them all go. God knows what the police will make of all the evidence, but there are several dead guys with swords, many of whom were killed by swords.
One interesting thing about this campaign: we really have to watch how we handle things, since we have no official sanction or support, and can't just arrest the bad guys. Maybe in the future we should see about some sort of official law enforcement status- although I don't see that happening any time soon.
We picked up after a week or two of vacations right where we left off: at various points in a crowd, watching a politician speak about his upcoming run for office. We were there at the Moose Lodge early, essentially casing the location before Jeff went in under [illusionary] cover to see what the real story was on our benevolent-sounding suspects (we weren't all that sure what we suspected them of, but their attempt to create a benevolent association of super-powered individuals sounded inherently suspicious- we're just a little cynical about these things). As it happened, a senator associated with the CEO and his goons was making a speech and having a reception at the same place where he was to interview Jeff later on, so we were going to have to sit through that first.
Ghost Wolf left the podium, certain that he had been somehow spotted, and feeling himself reverting involuntarily to his human form. Luckily, his invisibility and insubstantiability held long enough for him to get out of range of the power drain (or whatever it was), and he changed back to his super form. From there, he circled around and went into the Lodge to see what nefarious preparations were underway inside, and discovered that there were some innocent-looking caterers setting up a buffet for the reception, and a bunch of not-so-innocent armored ninja types hiding in spare rooms.
Eventually, the speech ended, and the crowd came into the Lodge for a VIP meet and greet event. Schmitty's guy pick-pocketed an invite and came in, and schmoozed the crowd a little to pick up information. Eventually, the political crowd left, and the senator, the CEO, and his twin ate dinner with their ninja henchmen, who then hung out to wait for their meeting.
At this point, we discovered that they had invited several other potential supers (besides Jeff) to their meeting to hear their recruiting pitch, and so our outside people intercepted them and tried to warn them off before the new recruits entered the Lodge; only two of them persevered and came to the meeting. Jeff then covered Craig with an illusionary disguise, and sent him in to hear the pitch in his stead, while Ghost Wolf smuggled in several of the rest of our team by bringing them through the floor into some more spare rooms. Eventually, the bad guys decided to start the meeting, and they explained to these new recruits what they had tried to explain to us before- that they wanted to form a group of supers who could protect themselves from human hostility when their existence became more widely recognized. The senator, who was giving the pitch, then used some sort of magical/super power to seal the deal- and that's when things went bad, since Craig successfully resisted the attempt, and the rest of us finally got proof that the bad guys were- well- bad.
Ghost Wolf attacked, still invisible and in his werewolf form, but the senator could detect his attack, and blinked out of the way. Bill, Michael, and Schmitty came out from hiding as well, and Brian entered from outside. Jeff just maintained his observation through his Wizard Eye, and served as "high cover". Knowing that the CEO was a reflector, Ghost Wolf grabbed him by his legs and started swinging him around as a weapon, while Jeff used stun spells and Brian covered the combat area with a swarm of bugs (thankfully selective, but still icky). Bill grabbed the two super wannabes who had made it to the meeting with his telekinesis and kept them out of harm's way, eventually stuffing them in a room and locking the door to keep them out of trouble. Craig took on four of the swordsmen by himself, Kevin blasted several people with his lightning blast, and Michael used his cryokinesis to take out the CEO's twin brother, who was also a reflector, as it turned out. Even Schmitty's dragon made an appearance, breathing fire and fighting the ninjas. A good time was had by all (well, not the bad guys).
When one of the ninjas tried to escape with the senator, Craig decided to kill the two of them- after all, a mind-controlling super senator could be nothing but evil, and an arrest would be pointless. The senator's death broke his spell, and suddenly all of our opposition "woke up" and realized that they had no idea what was going on. Now we had to sort out everything anew!
After some discussion, we discovered that the senator was apparently recruiting supers against their will, and had had them all under a spell of some sort. The CEO and his brother agreed to try to hush things up (better for all concerned, it seemed) and take care of the families of the men who we had killed (oops!), and we decided to let them all go. God knows what the police will make of all the evidence, but there are several dead guys with swords, many of whom were killed by swords.
One interesting thing about this campaign: we really have to watch how we handle things, since we have no official sanction or support, and can't just arrest the bad guys. Maybe in the future we should see about some sort of official law enforcement status- although I don't see that happening any time soon.
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