SH 27 - The Rat Lord

Overview
one restaurantone family

Mark: yea, more like a mafia protection racket...pay me to keep the vermin out of your restaurant, I'll be back every week, cash only...hate to see such a nice restaurant get flooded with rats and mice....

1:51 PM me: :-)

nice

reminds me of some Red Panda episodes

Mark: never did read/listen those, have that site bookmarked

1:52 PM me: you wouldn't be wrong to go there right now

def something to load to an ipod and listen on the way home

Mark: when i remember to bring it...

me: we always listen to some during road trips

9 minutes

2:02 PM Mark: so some big muscle rat man in a trench coat and hat along with a small human shakes down the restaurants...

2:03 PM the big boss "The Piper", is some skinny guy, long blond hair, very refined, but i tad crazy...

10 minutes

2:13 PM me: sounds good

2:14 PM there is a webcomic with a ratman as the hero

Ratfist!

Mark: well i guess he fell on hard times...needed to work for The Piper

me: anyway, that's a nice start

PC's need a hook into a restaurant

or a small store

2:15 PM let it go from there

I'm thinking a nice fight in a sewer would be fun

Mark: right,

me: let them react to the smells

and closed in spaces

Mark: : )

23 minutes

2:38 PM me: so maybe their history class could be about the plague?

diseasesthrough history

Mark: yea, tharts good

me: viruss as cause of herodom?

Mark: maybe biology is vermin

2:39 PM me: good

5 minutes

2:44 PM me: hmmm

mad science?

gym?

2:45 PM Mark: hmmm

2:47 PM me: yeah, don't have to be related

I also have a thread of one PC bringing the spirit of Evil Santa into the world

Mark: oh

me: but I have no idea what to do with that either :-)

Mark: mad science could be making animals bigger/smaller

2:48 PM me: nice

shrinkage!

Mark: : )

40 minutes

3:28 PM me: so

if the PC's are shrunk in science lab

then the end combat could be against

GIANT RATS!

3:29 PM so I need some swarm rules for normal fights

then some series stats rats

either GIANTIZED or when the PC"s are shrunk

Prologue

Scene 1 - some rats in a kids hangout
Scene 2 - some kids in the hangout
Scene 3 - some creepy guy smirking
Scene 4 - City officials closing that place.

School
After - hangouts - lower end - see the big guy enter
History - plague - hero?
Mad Science - shrinkage
Gym -
After - hangout closing?
Next shop

FC 15 planning

Group has the princess, has gotten away from the militia at the inn.
It's night, Leaflo has slipped away to investigate the 'little' black book.
Overhead is a scaley, batwinged bloodhound just over the treetops. with a goblin rider.

Leaflo gets a will save to read or not.
If he reads, the activates the first spell, summoning a zombie. bear.

It moves slowly, makes low grumbling noises.

if he attacks, if defends itself - 4D (+4 DR5 bashing, 15hp, AC 15)
if he sits still, it will approach, try to get behind him and sniff him.
if he runs, it follows him.


Next night - they get attacked by, zombies, and militia, get to escape in the confusion.

Stats for Baron and his side kicks
-- AC 20 HP 50, +10 (magic sword) D10+4 - gloves, two weapons?
-- AC 15 HP 30, +6 D8+2



Seneshal - old man