Atomic Highway: Moonshadow Mystery

*GM Note: Session from Sept 7 2017

Cast of Characters:
Merddyn Baruma, a feral beastmaster (Nathan)
Jeet Jeet, a trog scavenger (Darryl)
Big Barda, a nomad road warrior (NPC)
Slim Phantom, a nomad sentinel (NPC)

After dealing with the mutated rats and the Terror Dog patrol, Merddyn and Jeet decide to head back to camp and inform Big Barda and Slim of what’s going on. Jeet and Merddyn plan on crawling through the gate and see whats going on inside, while Barda and Slim wait outside and keep in contact with the radio. Merddyn decides his moose cannot fit in the grate, will have to stay at the camp.

They make their way back to the grating and Merddyn stumble over a huge column of dirt. He’s feet steps in black ichor and it soaks his shoes.  They continue onwards and into the grating and crawl several meters until to sew an opening overhead. They hear the hum of a neon sign overhead, and also a clanging sound off in the distant. Jeet braces himself on the rungs and pushes up to force the grating open. He pokes his head up and glances around, spotting a few vehicles, a couple of bodies off in the distances. But it looks like it’s business as usual in Moonshadow, except for the silence. Before he pops out of the sewer, Jeet checks his geiger counter and sees that all is normal. He climbs onto the street and peers into a shop window; it seems the door is open and items are on display as if ready for business.

Merddyn climbs out and he tells Jeet to go check the vehicles and he’ll cover him. Jeet walks down cautiously with weapon ready to strike if needed. He notices the corpse is in tattered and torn clothing as if something just chewed him up and spat him out. He looks inside a car and notice the passenger is nothing but skeletal remains as well dressed in tattered and torn clothing. Jeet waves Merddyn over and he approaches and they begin searching the bodies and the vehicle as well. Merddyn is about to check to see if the car starts but Jeet tell him the vehicles could be booby trapped. They find that the bodies have been picked clean of flesh and that the bones looked like they might have been gnawed on.

Merddyn decides to send his eagle up and doing a search through the area, acting as their eye in the sky. His eagle spots a huge column of dirt in the main square. The column is about three meters out of the ground. As Merddyn reports this finding, it suddenly dawns on Jeet what might have happened to the town.  Hopefully, he might find a survivor to confirm his suspicions. They search a couple of buildings, another vehicle where the passenger has a shotgun clutched in his hands. It looks like this fellow mistakenly shot half his head off.

Our heroes discuss their next course of action, then a clanking sound rumbles and echoes in the enclosed town.  The eagle spots movement in a building, a curtain being closed and relays the information to Merddyn who then tells Jeet. They both decide to go to the building and see if it is a survivor that is too afraid to show itself for fear of what happened in the town.

The door to the building is bolted shut, they smash a window and pry the bars open and crawl through. While exploring the house they see that it’s been set up with makeshift barriers. They call out to the occupant, who tells them to go away and let him be. Jeet asks him what had happened and the occupant of the home tells them a huge swarm of mutated ants erupted out of a dirt column in the town square and it was thousands upon thousands of these mutated insects that attacked and consumed anything and everything in their path. The occupant tells them that he’s been terrified to step outside and that maybe just maybe they should leave his place before it happens again.

As they leave the fellows place Jeet thinks maybe there might be more survivors who are afraid to leave and that maybe they should all round up and then head to Markstown. He asks the occupant of the building where the town hall is and is told the location. Merddyn sends the eagle over to double check and sure enough there it is, and it does look like their might be a couple of survivors hold up inside as well. Jeet tells Merddyn his plan: they make it to the town hall and use the emergency system there to alert everyone who might be in the town to gather there and then they’ll find as many vehicles they can and get out and go to safer ground such as Markstown. The occupant of the building decides it seems like a good thing and joins them. He introduces himself as Frank and asks if he might tag along. He can show them the way to Town Hall.

As the trio make there way to the town hall, they pass a noodle shop and see several survivors inside. They had pushed tables and chairs against the windows and door and have held the critters at bay when the wave hit. Jeet tells them that they are heading on out of the town; he’s got a bad feeling that those mutated ants might come back for another serving of flesh. Jeet, Merddyn and the others make their way to the town hall.

There is sounds coming from the main gate as well. Merddyn’s eagle spots some activity and it looks like the Terror Dogs are trying to bust there way into the town. It seems since there seems to be no resistances of the residents of Moonshadow the Terror Dogs plan to blow the gates off the hinges. The explosion rings throughout the enclosed town and Jeet in a moment of panic says it’s time to flee, the noise will diffidently attract the mutated ants! Merddyn is the calmer head and tells him to stick to the plan.

With the main gate blown open, Terror Dogs begin to enter into Moonshadow as our heroes make it to the Town Hall. A large group of survivors are there as well and Jeet asks whose in charge? The town clerk steps forward and says that she is. There are 13 people at town hall and there is a large crew of 22 over at the Health Clinic. They try to figure out a course of action, and sure enough the eagle alerts Merddyn that there is activity coming from the column of dirt. A huge wave of mutated ants stream out like lava from an active volcano.

Jeet and Merddyn along with Frank and a few others notice a transit bus across the way but by then there are ants all over the place. It’ll be suicide to try and run out there now, but then the town clerk remembers something (due to Darryl cashing in some fortune points) that will help them in lock up; Two flame throwers. Jeet takes one and another fellow takes the other, Merddyn with shotgun in hand is ready to make the run to the transit bus and they need two other volunteers; a driver or two to help them get the vehicle going. Jeet tells the town clerk and others to hold tight, but then there is another clanging sound echoing about the town.

An engineer tells them that it’s the boilers. They haven’t been dealt with in the past few days so they’ve been building up. If they are not released then there is going to be hell to pay. Jeet tells them they are to late to do anything about it and the best option is to flee town as soon as possible. So, when the doors open Jeet, Merddyn, Frank and three others exit and boy is it a battle to get to the bus. With flamethrowers clearing a path, and guns picking off the other ants who manage to avoid being burned it’s a rough fight to get to the bus. Frank is dragged off into a swarm by a flying ant and is immediately set upon by ants.

They make it to the bus, it thank the heavens (and a fortune point) it starts up running and the driver, Shee-La, slides into the seat and begins to go. They pull up to the town hall and cover the doors; bullets and flames and clubs stave the hungry insects off (but an elderly lady gets dragged away by ants.  With everyone on board they head to the clinic plowing through the ants, avoiding obstacles and Terror Dogs as well. The TD’s are having a difficult time as they are being swamped by ants as well.

Jeet hears the sound of a motocycle off in the distances and glances down the street to see a nearly naked man dressed in a loin cloth laughing at the type of his lungs. The bus pulls up to the clinic and our heroes fight to clear a path and 23 more survivors clamour on board.  Once everyone is on they plow through some vehicles and head towards the main gate. Ignoring the welps and cries of Terror Dogs along the way and taking out as many of the insects as possible. They exit the enclosed down just as the boilers begin to erupt.

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Atomic Highway: On The Way To Moonshadow

*GM Note: Session from Sept 2 2017

Cast of Characters:
Merddyn Baruma, a feral beastmaster (Nathan)
Jeet Jeet, a trog scavenger (Darryl)
Big Barda, a nomad road warrior (NPC)
Slim Phantom, a nomad sentinel (NPC)

After the scuffle with the Terror Dog outpost, Jeet and Merddyn go about salvaging items and see what they can take. Slim does some quick repair work on the car while Big Barda stands guard and keeps an eye out on the surroundings. Jeet looks over the dune buggy and he thinks he can salvage it, the problem is that he doesn’t know how to drive since he is a under dweller in the first place. The push it over and Jeet suggest they tow it and he’ll just steer.

They also manage to salvage two dirt bikes as well, Gunner says he will ride one and Merddyn says he’ll use the other one since he’s been watching and learning how these machines operate. They go to the encampment and find some trinkets and other items but nothing that piques their interest. So they hook up the dune buggy to Barda’s car and they continue on their way towards Moonshadow. It’s a slow process since Jeet is learning to steer and nearly rips the bumper off of Barda’s vehicle, because he pressed the brakes instead of tapping on them lightly.

They do this for a few hours, then the see smoke upon the horizon. As they approach they see a truck stop that has been converted into a base of operation of some sort. Jeet takes out the spyglass and does a closer inspection and sees that a group of Terror Dogs are indeed inside the compound.  As they discuss on what to do next, Merddyn suggest a frontal assault and the others look at him to see if he is serious, and he seems to be serious about that option. They spot Terror Dog patrols entering from all sides and another patrol going out, basically a changing of the guards.

The decision is made that they will skirt around the compound and go directly to Moonshadow and maybe alert the “peacekeepers” there that trouble is definitely brewing with the Terror Dogs and maybe they’ll come back with a much larger force to deal with the problem.  While doing a wide berth around the base, they run into a patrol group and take action first before they can alert others of their presence. It’s basically to dark to salvage, and not wanting to tempt fate they take off after offing the patrol and grabbing the weapons and some gear before heading off towards Moonshadow.

They final make it to Moonshadow, it is an enclosed settlement, but it doesn’t seem to be active at the moment; there seems to be no smoke coming from the pipes of the steam powered boilers which generate electricity.  Jeet suggest they should park and investigate on foot, sure enough there is no activity going on inside. No sounds of motors, or people chatting or even music. It’s like the settlement has been abandoned. They arrive at the main gate and hear nothing, they do here a huge clang echoing from within in. The gates are indeed bolted from the inside and won’t open. Merddyn suggest maybe they might look for a drainage ditch and might gain entry through it. They search around the base outside and do manage to find a gated sewer enterance.

The pry it open and Jeet crawls inside thinking Merddyn will follow him in. But, he thought wrong.  While crawling through the pipe, Jeet encounters three mutated rats and they be hungry! Merddyn hears the sound of combat echoing from the pipe and he stands there waiting to see if Jeet returns. A Terror Dog arrives because it heard the combat and surprises Merddyn, and there is a scuffle. Merddyn knocks the Terror Dog down and gets his moose to stomp on him, keeping it’s hoof on the creatures chest.

Merddyn questions the sentry and asks him if he knows what happened in Moonshadow. The poor humanoid doesn’t know what is going on and he along with a few of his friends came to investigate as well. Merddyn has his moose crush the beastie’s chest.

And that’s when a blunderbuss goes off!

Jeet finishes off the last mutant rat after taking a couple of hits from the critters, and he hears the blunderbuss goes off and he scampers back to see what is going on. Two other Terror Dogs have arrived at the scene and a battle is definitely happening.

Jeet arrives to assist Merddyn and his animals do battle with the remaining Terror Dog patrol and take them down in good fashion.

Once the last of the Terror Dogs fall, our heroes decide to take a quick breather….

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October Surprise

Whoa! It’s October. Already!

Man, this year is just flying by at rapid pace it seems. Well it’s been a few weeks at least since  I had blogged anything. I’ve got a few game sessions to add, so that those who follow my blog can read the exploits of the characters in the games I run.

Atomic Highway and Gamma World are the two games that I have active players for. Theres about five Atom Highway adventures that need to be posted and one Gamma World session as well. I haven’t been motivated enough to journal of late, and that’s about to change.

i’ve been reading up on a to of first edition Shadowrun stuff. I had gotten a ton of books for it a while back and want to eventually run a campaign (or several sessions) in the upcoming future.

 

Time Is On My Side, Yes It Is.

Well, it’s been a few weeks since I posted any game summaries. I will rectify that shortly.

Last night I continued on the Atomic Highway with a new addition to the group. It saw a slight change in gaming dynamics at the table, having a fresh new face and some new ideas and insight on situations that kept the other players on their toes as well.

It’s always good to add a new face to the table, it’s like a much needed shot in the arm for creativity and the unknown player responses adds fuel to the fire as well.

 

 

 

GAME ON!

What do these things have in common?

• A ghost town
• Giant insects.
• Humanoid Canine bikers
• and Unmanned Boilers

Theis will be answered in the next blog as the characters discover what happened in the post apocalyptic town of Moonshadow might be the end of them.

 

Atomic Highway: In Salvation

Cast of Characters:
Merddyn Baruma, a feral beastmaster (Nathan)
Jeet Jeet, a Trog Scavenger (Darryl)

*Saturday, July 21st 2017

Jeet, Merrdynn, Big Barda and Slim Phantom don’t plan on sticking around in Salvation for longer than a day or so. Salvation is a small ‘stead with a population of 98 residents which is located around an immaculate church. With homes and small farms around it. Hoop seems to enjoy the settlement as he is befriended by a young couple, Larken and Mark, and inquire about his parents. Jeet tells them that they had picked him up along the way here and that he apparently has no home.

Larken takes a shine to Hoop and it seems Hoop likes her. Jeet sees it in his best interested and tells Hoop that if he wants to stay he can stay. Hoop nods his head and on that note he becomes a resident of Salvation. Big Barda tells him that it’s a good thing that he had done because it would be only a matter of time before the landscape ate up the young child.

Jeet decides he needs a stiff drink. But, he discovers there is no drinking establishment in Salvation and there’s no hotel as well, but there is a boarding house where travelers can stay. He figured at a drinking establishment he can pick up some hearsay, rumours and maybe possible clues on where some “artifacts” might be located. So he decides the next best thing to do is find out where some of the oldtimers are hanging out.  He walks up to the general store and joins two old fellows who are sitting on the deck, whittling away and he gets into some small talk with the old timers while Merrdynn tends to his moose giving him a good brushing and feeding him some oats.

Jeet is chatting with old timers Myron Biggle and Red Wannamaker and he wants to get a feel of the place they are in and in their surrounding territories. He learns that there is no trade going on with Moonshadow since the Terror Dawgs roam the area and attack anything and everything that enters the area. The Terror Dawgs are mutanted Coyotes that have laid claim to the area and prefer the taste of anyone whose foolhardy enough to enter their domain.

After brushing, Merrdynn wanders around Salvation and inspects the sentry posts to find that they have a .50 caliber machine gun in the posts. He seems that maybe, just maybe it might be good to have one. But, Salvation’s peacekeeper tells him that none are for sale.

Merrydynn meets with Jeet to discuss their next course of action. They plan on heading up to Moonshadow to see if anything can be done with the Terror Dawgs, Jeet tells Merrdynn that there is only 30 members in this “gang” and they are pretty vicious, and maybe just maybe they ought to do something about it. Big Barda is by the garage as she is going over her vehicle “Ms. Mystery” since they are planning on heading out in the morning. Jeet and Merrdynn approach her and ask if she is willing to make a detour to Moonshadow, and she tells them that it’s heavily patrolled by the Terror Dawgs, then she says if they want to go she will take them since they had dealt with the Suns of Sudden and maybe just maybe they can do something about the Terror Dogs.

They decide to head to Moonshadow at the crack of dawn. They head to the bunkhouse and bed down for the night and when dawn arrives they eat a home cooked breakfast prepared by the boarding house cook and then they are on there way.

In the morning, Merrdynn decides to ride his moose, while Jeet gets in the vehicle in the back. Following the old highway towards Moonshadow and Merddynn sending his eagle up ahead as his eyes in the sky, the eagle returns and communicates with Merrdynn and lets him know there is a Terror Dawg outpost situated ontop of an old cloverleaf section of the highway.  Several vehicles have been piled up at each end of the cloverleaf and a makeshift hut is in the center.

Sentry Dawgs

Big Barda slows the car down. Jeet and Merrdynn decide to go in on foot and scout around, but the trouble is Merrdynn doesn’t hunker down low enough and is spotted by a sentry.

And thus he lets off a shot with a blunderbuss, the blunderbus boom echoes in the area alerting the other Terror Dawgs that trouble is here and they too spring into action as the other sentries begin to move in, and three Terror Dawgs come out of the shack and two of them climb into a dune buggy and peel away towards the post.

As the dune buggy approaches Merrdynn sends his moose in to do what it does best, go charging head down with it’s antlers and hit’s the vehicle broadside and knocking it over, it rolls a few times.

The Terror Dawgs that where on watch at their post move rather quickly, like dingos across the plain. It’s only a matter of minute or two before they are on our heroes with weapons drawn and ready to fight. And boy was there a fight to be had. It’s a fight that takes better part of the session and when it is all said and done, our heroes emerge victorious.

They decide to rest here and take inventory of what this outpost had and also to tend to their wounds as well.

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The Sky Goes Clank (Session 8)

A 2nd Edition Gamma World Tale
Cast of Characters:
Wyke, Pure Strain Human (Chris)
Abrum, Pure Strain Human (Wendel) (Away)
Kamanda Koroma, Mutated Humanoid (Steve)
Avagadro, Mutated Animal – Mole (Ed)

*GM Note: Session from July 3rd 2017

After searching the store room and what’s left of the Serf’s bodies. Kamanda and Avagadro haven’t found anything salvageable other than the “pig” crate. They find another weapon in it plus a couple of belts of ammo for it. Which makes Wyke happy knowing that he has more ammo for his “pig”. While the toxic goo slowly spreads on the floor. Our heroes decide to head south from this room.

Radioactive Goo

The adjoining room is empty with a seat and some inactive screens an exit to the west, south and east. There is an inactive spiderbot by the door and it looks like it’s been damaged. Avagadro uses his mutation to sense minds in the area and picks up thoughts to the west, nothing to the east or south.

They decide to explore the southern area first and discover: several smaller rooms which could be a generator room, and also an elevator shaft going down, and also a strange room with canisters. Kamanda asks Brenda what kind of room is this and she tells him that it’s a “battery room”.

It’s a quick glance of each room making sure there is nothing that might follow them later and cause trouble and taking notes that they should come back and give this battery room a closer inspection once they “cleared” out this complex.

Another Shaft

They head west and once the door opens they discover Squeekers roaming about and it’s combat time once again kids! The mutant rats attack with sonic blasts, as Kamanda and Avagadro charge forward while Wyke hangs back at an intersection. He wants to make sure nothing else comes charging at them. Brenda holds her attack since she cannot get a clear shot off in this narrow corridor as well.

The Squeekers are dealt with quickly and efficiently and our heroes decide to explore the intersection.

Here Be Squeekers

To the north there appears to be a cafeteria with plates and food on the table, vending machines and a sink as well. Avagadro presses a button on a device and it activates, dispensing food in the form of little plastic containers; air tight and seemingly fresh food. Avagadro fills his pockets once again with items from the vending machine, as Kamanda does a quick scan and discovers the letters: M-E-S-S-H-A-L-L on the wall.

They leave the chamber and go directly south. Wyke is still minding the narrow corridor with his “Pig” ready to chew up anything that might head their way.

Mess of the Ancients

To the south it opens up int a room with a door, they discover that this is a brig area, like the one on the level above and decide to see what they can find in here. In the last room they find an Orlen named “Orthic & Petek” whose been recently captured. He doesn’t know how he got here all he knows is that he was wandering his home and then a shimmering light was around him and the next thing he knows he is on a platform surrounded by Serfs. They had summoned him to pease “Tybak, but whoever this Tybak is she is not pleasent. Orthic & Petek has only been here for a couple of days but the Serfs seem to be constantly feeding him food.

Avagadro, Wyke, and Kamanda discuss with each other on what to do with “Opie” and tell him that they will return once they can find out who Tybak is. They tell Opie that they have dealt with several of the Serfs in the complex and since they don’t know how many are left it’s best that he remains in his cell for now (also they don’t know if they can trust him or not).

They leave Opie in the cell and promise him that they will be back.

An Orlen in A Cell

Our heroes regroup and discuss their next course of action. Kamanda wants to backtrack and explore the other rooms they bypassed just to be on the safe side. Even though Avagadro hasn’t sense any thoughts it still might be a good idea to do so.  So they head on back to shaft where they entered the second level from and decide to explore the chamber just to the south of it. Discovering a couple of bunks and then a room where it can only be opened with a blue card.

As the door opens they are greeted by cool air and notice several tanks in the room. Kamanda inquires what is this room and Brenda tells him that it’s Cryogenics. Avagadro scampers about and notices that there is a “human meat” in one of the tanks. A woman is sleeping in one of the capsules and they explore around to discover the three other capsules are empty.

Each capsule has a name: John Doe, John Smith, John Jones, & Jane Dough. Wyke seems to think that maybe this is a very important room and that they shouldn’t wake the ancients and leave. Kamanda thinks it’s also a good idea to leave and maybe they can come back to this room and inspect it in full detail later.  Avagadro notices there’s a bunk room right across the hall and suggest maybe they should rest up for a bit; since taking damage from Serfs, the grenade fragments (which Kamanda fumbled throwing) and the Squeekers encounter Wyke and Kamanda agree.

And since Brenda FourOneOne is a mechanical being that she doesn’t require sleep and guard the door as they recuperate.  They tend to their wounds, eat some grub and hopefully sack out for the duration.

The Cold Room

After a good rest our heroes inspect their gear,  eat a quick meal supplied by Avagadro and those air tight containers of food stuff. They are greeted by Brenda at the door and discover a body of a serf lying in the corridor. It had wandered in from the south and she had dealt with it.

With renewed vim and vinegar our heroes begin to continue on exploring the complex. Discovering a few empty chambers (I won’t go into much detail here) and making their way to the west end where Avagadro picks up many thoughts.

Kamanda, Avagadro, Wyke and Brenda discuss what they are going to do, but first they have to scout to see what is up and when they do they spot Serf’s bowing and before a one huge-ass spider!

Level 2 Big Boss

This is Tybak a huge mutated crab spider that is being worshipped and fed by the Serfs. And it’s one big boss battle that our heroes will never forget! Wyke sets up elevated from Avagadro and Kamada and lets off a few rounds of the Pig. Brenda charges the Serfs and Kamanda goes full X-Men powers on Tybak.

The battle rages hard and each side takes some serious wounds but eventually the Serfs and Tybak have been brought down. Our heroes catch their breath before discussing their next course of action.

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Atomic Highway: Have A Safe Trip

*From July 8th 2017

Cast of Characters:
Merddyn Baruma, a feral beastmaster (Nathan)
Jeet Jeet, a Trog Scavenger (Darryl)

After a meeting with Greybeard Gunn, Jeet approaches Merddyn and tells him that whent hey return from their current trip that he plans on exploring the ruins of Edmund’s Ton City for this mystical See-Eff-Bee complex which is rumoured to hold a lot of ancient artifacts that just might come in handy.

They arrive at the gathering point where the caravan has fueled the tank with gas and have several vehicles ready to head out for the trip to Salvation. The big rig has been repaired, they four armoured vehicles tagging along as well as four cycles as well as a huge bus full of people wanting to head to Salvation.

Merddynn and Jeet decide to take their posts on the tanker, manning the crossbow weapon and also to keep eyes and ears open for any sudden attacks. Even though they have befriend  the Suns of Sudden there are still a lot of danger out there in the wasteland. Big Barda and her gunner, Slim Phantom, are ready to take the lead and they share a walk talkie with Jeet. Since Jeet would be slightly elevated and can see any sign of trouble and relay it back to them.

Merddynn assures them that his eagle and moose will be ready as well. Big Barda takes comfort in that after hearing the stories of these two beasts had done to the last group of people that tried to mess with the caravan.

The caravan leaves Markstown with a few of the Suns of Sudden tagging along just for good measure to make sure they leave the area safely, once they have reach the boundary the Suns will break off and return to Markstown. The caravan continues on a few more hours before deciding to hold up for the evening. Apparently, no one wants to mess with this group with the moose on guard and the eagle circling overhead acting as a drone. While Jeet and Merddynn are on watch they catch sight of movment off in the distance and they go to investigate and discover a feral child. He’s been living on his own and is wearing the hide of animals and has several sharp sticks on him.

They capture him and bring him into camp, the feral kid doesn’t say much other than grunt or bark at them. One of the caravan’s guard wants to put a bullet in the feral kid’s head to put him out of misery and just to be safe in the long run. Jeet thinks the kid just might be a loner and not working for anyone else and decides to let the kid go. The feral kid doesn’t want to go but decides to stay since there is food, warmth and people looking at him. Jeet says the kid just might be useful after all and decide to give the kid a name “Hoop”.

Dawn the next day the caravan breaks camp before sun up and hit the road, it looks like it’s going to be a long overcast day as chem storm rolls in. Black icky rain falls from the heaven, stinging exposed skin and making it even harder to watch the horizon. Using makeshift ponchos and wearing goggles they make their way across the terrain towards Salvation. Jeet, Merdynn and the rest suffer minor acid burns from the black tarry rain but there is nothing else had happened. Jeet summarizes that even bad guys don’t like to get caught in this “gunk”.

The arrive at a burnt out toll booth, the bridge is damaged as well and a good section had been blown up. The caravan stops and decides what to do next and Jeet and Merrdynn say they will see if the bridge can hold them because it will take another day to get to Salvation if they have to find a way to cross. The bridge is sturdy but they realize that only one vehicle at a time can cross and they decide to do that. There is nearly a mishap with the tanker as it got caught in a crumbling section of the bridge (due to the fact that the tanker was filled to the brim with gasoline), but everyone managed to help it across by tying a rope and heaving like they never heaved before.

As the last vehicle crosses they activate a mine that everyone else seemed to miss and it blows, the bridge and the vehicle go toppling into the gorge. After a quick prayer, the caravan heads out and reaches Salvation by night’s end.

Hoop is sticking close to Jeet’s side as they enter the ‘stead. Salvation is a small settlement in the heart of a nuked city’s ruins which is protected by a high , thick wall of reclaimed concrete and stone. An immaculate old church stands at the heart of the settlement and the caravan is greeted by Pastor David Wrens, the leader of the ‘stead.

Jeet, Merrdynn, Hoop, Big Barda and Slim Phantom don’t plan on sticking around and plan on heading back to Markstown in the morning. They get their reward for the trek, a good bed and a meal as well and a prayer from Pastor Wren thanking them for delivery the tanker without incident.

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Atomic Highway: Mishap In Markstown

Cast of Characters:
Merddyn Baruma, a feral beastmaster (Nathan)
Jeet Jeet, a Trog Scavenger (Darryl)

Our adventure begins in Markstown.

It’s the destination that our heroes arrived at last session and once inside they discover that it’s a ‘Stead which cranks out oil, gasoline, and diesel. It’s a heavily fortified ‘Stead due to the oil well and refinery, the walls around the place is made from rusted metal sheeting, hunks of concrete, stone and iron, and has two huge watchtowers on either side of the town. There is only one way in and out of Markstown and that is a bridge over a huge oil-covered water-filled moat.

They are met at the gate by Liz O’Keefe, an amphibious mutant that is a sentinel in Markstown, and two other peacekeepers.  Jeet spots that tje watch tower has swung a flamethrower in their direction, the sentinel on duty has his finger by the trigger. As Liz inspects the tanker and questions the leader of the caravan; she also checks the contents of the tanker and is satisfied and grants them permission to enter.

The caravan moves towards the center of the stead greeted by cheers by several of it’s citizen due to the cargo that it carried. Greybeard Gunn, the leader of Markstown, arrives and congratulates them for saving the tanker truck and says that he will pay for their drinks at the bar.

Merddyn and Jeet are itching to hit the market square after finding out they will be here for a couple of days while the rig is under repairs from damage it took from the ambush. Merddyn wants to get armour for his moose; Hrothgar.  People are coming up to him and asking about what they heard about the moose and how it saved the caravan from being wiped out by “Sons of Sudden”. Merddyn does play up to that image.

They also notice a couple of men in an alley way looking at the moose and one of them points in the direction of the moose while disappearing into an alleyway.

Merddyn searches for a tanner, while Jeet stays with the moose. Merddyn meets with Derrik who is working on some furs and strikes up a conversation with im. Merddyn inquires about armour and Derrik thinks he can do it and they work out a suitable payment: bleach,  curtains, and several tubes of glue sticks. Derrik tells him it will take him two or three days to make but he’ll get right on it.

Jeet takes a tour through the vending stalls and he’s looking for some first aid kits and manages to find two for trade. He trades an alarming system for the kits. As Merddyn tends to his moose he is approached by a man who is willing to trade for the moose. Merddyn tells the stranger the moose is his companion. The man threatens Merddyn and man steps into the shadows. Merddyn sends his eagle to scare the fellow and it works like a charm and the man realizes that he is dealing with a beast master. Merddyn tells the fellow if he is hungry than chat with the caravan leader; they are looking for a few good men to help guard the caravan as it makes it way back to Salvation.

Jeet bumps into “Big Barda” she is a tough as nails road warden who has also signed out to the caravan heading back to Salvation. Since she’s been sitting in a place for far to long and was looking for a group to head out of town with. She has her own vehicle she calls “Tom-Tom”. The caravan leader tells them that he’s got a suite at “The Parkview” for at least three days until the rig is ready to hit the road once again. So Jeet and Merddyn head over while “Big Barda” and the caravan leader discuss payment.

The Parkview is a two story motel with guarded stables and sentries on duty which is a relief for Merddyn. They get to their room and choose a bunk and then lock up their gear in foot lockers before heading down to the dining hall and grabbing a bite to eat. As they do so, they notice a group of men at the bar glancing in their direction. Jeet realizes they are members of the Suns of Sudden and one of them is making his way towards the table.

As the biker approaches he reaches inside his vest pocket and says “This is for our fallen brothers…” Jeet is prepared to go into full battle mode, he alerts a waitress and asks her to go get the peacekeepers since their is going to be trouble. Jeet than is about to get the jump on the approaching biker when suddenly…

GM’s Note: The biker was about to toss a live grenade onto the table as an act of revenge for the gang members that died in the previous session. But, as the fellow was walking towards the table Nathan decided to cash in all his fortune for a Plot Twist. Which has Darryl at a loss for words, I never seen him so dumbfounded. 

The biker pulls out a very old bottle of whiskey and slams it down on the table and they drink the night away in a celebration of life. When the peacekeeper arrives and expecting to be bloodshed but finds the group drinking with several members of the Suns of Sudden and hashing out a plan to assist the peacekeeper in the area around Markstown.

Jeet discusses with Greybeard Gunn and discovers that Markstown was built near the ruins of an ancient city named “Edmund Ton’s City” and that there is rumoured to be a lost “See-Eff-Bee” base in the area as well. Which is said to hold a huge cache of weapons.

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Major Plot Twist

Last night’s session of Atomic Highway was indeed a fun one. There was suppose to be a  huge combat instead it turned into a celebration,  due to one of the players cashing in all his fortune dice for a major plot twist. Usurping the game in progress and making it a better tomorrow for the inhabitants of the town and surrounding areas.

It’s surprised the hell of the other player who was geared up for some combat but then whammo it all changed and I’ll go into more details in another blog.