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Valley to the Frontline

DramaScape Modern Volume 81

This is a 48 x 30 inch Battlemap of a Winter RailWay through a Valley, it has Hex, Square and No Overlays, it also includes the VTT files for online play.

“No sign of the enemy but remain vigilant. This canyon offers plenty of places to hide for an ambush.” —Staff Sergeant “Ernie” Earnest
 Valley to the Frontline is a single level exterior map of a valley with a trail, narrow stream, and narrow gauge railway cutting through a valley with cliffs to the northwest and southeast. Snow-covered coniferous trees grow sparsely on the snow-covered plains, more often in the hills and southeast cliff, and cover the higher elevation cliffs in the northwest. There are ruins on a center hill and in the southeast.

Snow covers almost everything with a few exceptions. The trail is freshly plowed. The railway was recently made. The buildings were recently destroyed as if by explosions or bombing leaving them in tattered ruins.

 Valley to the Frontline is intended for use in modern games.

This map could be used in a western game. The original prospectors could have been blown up in their buildings by dynamite and the claim jumpers have built a narrow gauge railway to bring mining carts to the prospectors’ mine.

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Return to 50 Fathoms Recap 23: The Gathering Armada

June 22, 2019 @ 6:30-9:30 P.M.

 < WARNING SPOILERS FOR 50 FATHOMS AHEAD MATEY!> 

Day 175
PLACE: NEW MADRID, SPRITH
WEATHER: OVERCAST
TIME OF DAY: MORNING

     The three ships moored in the New Madrid harbor. Ricardo Montagne took the group to meet the Grande Alcide Rodrico Pires. Ricardo entered alone and briefed Rodrico on the events to this point then he bade the group to enter from the waiting room. The Grande Alcide gave them a Spanish flag, Letters of Marque, and wanted them to rename their ship since the Nightmare Ascendant was a known pirate vessel. After some banter, the group decided upon La Arcadia. The other two pirate vessels were given a fresh coat of paint, renamed, and given Spanish flags. They would have to earn their Letters of Marque in the coming battle against the British East India Company. The Grande Alcide also said they could have their pick of loot when Baltimus was crushed.
     The Grande Alcide asked the group to deliver a message to Marsales to Alcide Marco Sanchez bearing his personal waxed seal for 1,000 pieces of eight. He wanted them to travel throughout Sprith and Taratos to gather any ships they could recruit within the next 28 days for 1,000 pieces of eight per vessel recruited. He also offered them 1,000 pieces of eight per cargo space for war resources such as food, timber, iron, and gunpowder (but not food or goods) that they could acquire from towns. He showed them a route he would like them to take around Sprith and Taratos to visit as many free towns as possible. He told them their pirate allies would be staying here in New Madrid as Ricardo reported that their speed was significantly less than their vessel and they would slow them down too much. He told the group to be very careful to avoid British East India Company vessels, especially in the channel between Taratos and Cuwayo.
     The Captain paid everyone and they caroused all night as they may be gone for nearly a month.

Day 176
PLACE: NEW MADRID, SPRITH
WEATHER: SUNNY

      The next day, Horventerous went exploring. He found a Catholic Cathedral and was fascinated by the small water fountains on the walls at the entrance. Cardinal Iago Torres spoke with him and explained that the holy water was used for the sign of the cross. He then tried to convert him to the church.

      "I do not need God, I have magic!"--Horventerous, before using elemental manipulation to slap Iago Torres with holy water. 
      "Get out and do not return!"--a soaked and enraged Iago Torres

      Horventerous found a closed down arena and tried to enter. An el guardian prevented him from entering. The el guardian told Horventerous the bull fighting and entertainment arena was closed until the next holiday for a fete. With all the bulls dead, the Grande Alcide Rodrico Pires has offered 3,000 pieces of eight per yellowback retrieved alive from Torath Ka. Horventerous went to the Grande Alcide and confirmed the offer was genuine. The Grande Alcide said he could pursue that mission after Baltimus was crushed. 
       Horventerous finally found a building with a wooden sign having a fancy sword cut into the wood. He entered and found a crippled sword master. He said he received the crippling blow to his right arm from a bullet. Horventerous spent four hours using greater healing to restore his arm. Julio Ramirez of the New Madrid Fencing Academy promised to train Horventerous in swordplay for free for one week for healing his arm when he had time in the future. 

      Red Pirate Roberts bought a cannon to replace the one that exploded that Unk had manned in the Battle of Brigandy Bay. 

      Unk bought a great-axe now that he was able to use such large weapons one-handed with his massive strength. Unk was later found sitting in front of the clocktower in the eastern side of town by Red Pirate Roberts.

     "What is it?"--Unk
     "It is a clocktower."--Red Pirate Roberts
     "Why do the arrows move?"--Unk
     "They are hands used to tell the time."--Red Pirate Roberts
     "What is time?"--Unk
     "We are done here, let's go Unk."--Red Pirate Roberts out of patience 

Day 177
PLACE: THE PIRATE SEA
WEATHER: SUNNY

       La Arcadia headed for Marsales.

Day 178
PLACE: MARSALES, SPRITH
WEATHER: SUNNY
TIME OF DAY: MORNING

       The group followed Ricardo Montagne to The Armada Inn. They delivered the Grande Alcide's message to Alcide Marco Sanchez. He told the group to say nothing of the plans outside of The Armada Inn as he feared British East India Company spies were everywhere in Marsales. 
       Unk and Horventerous were fascinated by a building with a wooden sign engraved with two razors with grips at the bottom. A Spaniard was cutting hair on other human beings on their head and face. Horventerous gave Enrico de Toledo 30 pieces of eight to shave and sculpt half of Unk's body. Unk now has a bowl cut of hair and a bowl cut beard (imagine a bowl cut but invert it on the chin with no mustache) and is completely hairless from the waist up. Almost immediately, rashes and pimples formed throughout his body, especially underneath the armpits.  
       Red Pirate Roberts bought additional provisions for the long journey.

Day 179
PLACE: NEAR KEHANA FLUMES
WEATHER: FOGGY

        La Arcadia headed for Cuna.

Day 179
PLACE: NEAR KEHANA FLUMES
WEATHER: FOGGY
TIME OF DAY: NIGHT 

        Horventerous spotted movement in the water and sounded the ship's bell alarm.

      Kehana quickly climbed up the ship's bulwark with their claws.

     A chaotic melee ensued. Both sides went all-out swinging wildly. 
     A sailor managed to wound the kehana chief. 
     Unk cut a rope and left the crow's nest, landing on the deck near the kehana chief while cutting down a kehana with his new great-axe and punching another kehana and sending them reeling. 
     Horventerous drew out La Espada de Vampiro and slashed open a kehana as the sword seemed to drink the blood from the gushing kehana.
     Natsu Nara brandished his long sword and stabbed a kehana. 
     Red Pirate Roberts unholstered her pirate pistol and shot a kehana but it whizzed past his face as the kehana hissed.

     The savage kehana had a fierce counterattack. It left two sailors dead, three unconscious, Red Pirate Roberts wounded, and Smithers with two holes in his stomach from two spears. 

[I got a Joker for once as GM and with wild attack was attacking and damaging at +4 for a round!]

      Natsu Nara turned around and killed two of the kehana with his earthen cannonball bolts. 
      Horventerous stabbed another kehana with La Espada de Vampiro. 
      Unk fought the kehana chief but he parried his great-axe with the tip of his spear. However, Unk's follow up punch left the kehana chief stunned. 
      Red Pirate Roberts pistol-whipped a kehana and left him holding his jaw. 
      The sailors counterattacked and managed to wipe out most of the savage kehana.  



        Unk buried his great-axe in the kehana chief's left shoulder and followed it up by unsheathing his long sword and lunging it into the chief's ribs on the opposite side.

       The group found 240 pieces of eight on the kehana and seventeen primitive spears.  Horventerous easily healed the wounds of Smithers and the Captain.


Day 180
PLACE: CUNA, SPRITH
WEATHER: FOGGY
TIME OF DAY: AFTERNOON

         Horventerous spotted smoke in the fields of Cuna. He also swore he saw his two golden triangles glimmer in the light but no one else saw it.

[I almost never remember his Delusional hindrance, but I did this time.]

        When the group arrived at the harbor, the harbormaster Dominic Cooper pleaded with them for help as a Spanish ship tied to the Great Harbor Treaty. He told them pirates would return in two days to steal more food and timber from Cuna. If the group could help them harvest timber and make them into wooden stakes, they could build palisades to defend the village. If they could donate a cannon or two it would also help.  In return, the group could have any excess timber for free and free harbor master stamps on cargo for one full year at Cuna. 

Day 181
PLACE: CUNA, SPRITH
WEATHER: OVERCAST

        Red Pirate Roberts was an excellent foreman. In one day, she had the villagers and her men collect over 1,200 yards of lumber, enough to fully surround the village in palisades with six cargo holds full of timber left over if they successfully defended the village. 

[She has Charismatic and three Leadership edges, which added a substantial bonus.]

Day 182
PLACE: CUNA, SPRITH
WEATHER: RAINY
TIME OF DAY: AFTERNOON

        The pirate ship returned and started approaching the village...
 
[End of Session]

XP: 2; Veteran (3; Seasoned)  

MINIMUM XP: 37 
LOOT: 240 pieces of eight 

MINIATURES 

       Tri-folds used are from the 50 Fathoms Figure Flat Pack PDF and the metal Kraken miniature made by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Kongo (Unk) is from Grey Matter Games Deadly Missions Mercenaries and Kitha (Suzu) is from Grey Matter Games Deadly Missions Third Edition.

MAPS 
         For La Arcadia formerly Nightmare Ascendant, I used half of the Smuggler's Sloop print on demand from DramaScape's Above Decks Volume Two: The Smuggler's Sloop and The Wave Cutter.

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