A Fist Full of Dark Stone

[Old Dwarf]

I hope to start my first SoB Game tomorrow. It will be Solo
to learn the Rules & using the Rule Book Intro Game on p.9.

I'm using 2 Heroes The Female Rancher Deliah Morgan
as I wanted to get her into the mines in payback for giving
me a hassle in painting her up & The Bandito Luis Olivears
as he went with the back story(the names are an old flame & an
old friend).

Note that the dates are different from the Brimstone Story
given by FFP. I use my own Time line set about 20 years
earlier so that it would cover some actual historical events.
The towns mentioned & Pah-Ute County all existed at the time.

"How Deliah Morgan saved the Ranch"



The Back Story

May 15,1867 Long Horn Saloon, Callville ,Arizona Territory

" Can I help you Miss Morgan? '

Hello Sam, I'm looking for a Luis Oliveras I heard he
hangs out here.

"That's him over at the table by the stairs the hombre with
the sombrero. He's bad medicine Miss Morgan"

I certainly hope so Sam . Here buy yourself a beer on me.

You Luis Oliveras?

"Si, What can I do for the lovely Senorita?"

First of all the name is Miss Morgan & secondly you can
ask me to sit down we have business to discuss.

"Please have a seat Por Favor, Miss Morgan what is your pleasure?"

I have a job that needs doing & I need a man who will do anything to
get it done. Can you handle something like that?

Seno.......Miss Morgan, from my childhood in Mexicali I was known
as a person who would do anything. Why my dear Madre use to say I
would be the death of her as I would do anything. In a way she was
right but it really wasn't my fault my pet rattlesnake decided to rest
in her bed...."

Oliveras spare me the your fond childhood reminiscence , you interested
in hearing about the job?

"I'm all ears Miss Morgan"


Here's the deal, I own the Rocking R Ranch & my herd has been hit with
hoof & mouth disease I've lost 2/3 of my cattle. I borrowed from the bank
to buy that stock & now there won't be enough profit to cover the loan when
I sell.

" So you want me to blow up the bank, I'm good at that."

No just listen, I need to get my hands on some money before the loan
is due next month to avoid losing the Ranch & I know where I can get
some Dark Stone but I need back up to go into the mine.

"Caramba!! those mine are the devil's own, your loco.

So your not interested from what I was told about you I didn't think
you would turn tail.

" No Miss Morgan, I would do this thing you ask but you must make it
worth my while. What's in it for me? Your asking me to risk much, how
do you know where this Dark Stone is located.?"

My Uncle was working in Mine #14 the day of the explosion they had
just loaded a cart full of Dark Stone Shards when all Hell broke loose.
Most of his crew died on the spot my Uncle got out but was horribly
mutated from the blast. I took care of him but he died 2 weeks later but before
he died he gave me directions to locate that cart of Dark Stone.

You help me get to it & you'll share in the Shards, you know how much
that stuff is worth, it will make you rich.

"Rich if I live, but as you say worth it, Miss Morgan we have a deal. Shall
we have a drink to celebrate out partnership?"

Let's not , meet me at Rocking R Ranch tomorrow daybreak . Sam the bartender
can give you directions if you need them.

Oh one more thing try to double cross me & I'll see you dead in Hell.

"Senori..Miss Morgan...I'm hurt Luis Oliveras does not take advantage of
women. I may be many things but I have a sense of honor."

Glad to hear it, tomorrow morning Sunrise.

[Old Dwarf]

Dramatis Personas:
Deliah Morgan-Rancher-has Home Remedies, a Personal Journal, Dynamite Token in Side Bag
Luis Olivers- Bandito-has Explosives Expert, Dynamite Satchel with 2 dynamite Tokens, Bear Claw & empty Side Bag


8AM, entrance to Mine #14, outskirts of Brimstone Ruins, Pah-Ute County, Arizona Territory

The mine entrance is up ahead, lets leave the horses here there already getting spooked.

"Santa madre de dios vamos a ir los demonios garganta ", there not the only ones Miss Morgan.

Lord it's dark in here, Luis give me a match & I'll ready the lantern............Christ!! ,did you drink your
breakfast.! Back off I don't want your breath near an open flame .

"Well Deliah I'm glad to see we're on a first name basis, I was beginning to think you disliked me."

It's still Miss Morgan to you & I'm not overly fond of you but I don't actually dislike you......YET.
follow me & stay near the lantern.


Let The Game Begin

[Old Dwarf]

Note I do my Game Reports more to tell the Story the Game creates
than to give a rule by rule use account. However to better give an
understanding of how the Game flows I numbered each Turn.



Deliah Morgan's Personal Journal

May 16th,1867

Due to events of the last couple of days I have been unable to
maintain my journal but I feel I must now set things down
to clear my mind of the horror experienced in Mine #14

I reached the Mine entrance about 8AM along with Luis Oliveras,
the man I had persuaded to help me recover the Dark Stone my uncle
had told me about. Oliveras is a rouge but fearless, the kind of
person you want for a dangerous mission.

(1)Entering the mine things were eerily quiet We proceeded slowly
looking around I found nothing. Oliveras however managed to
scavenge up a Bandolier Strap.

(2)Still moving slowly as my eyes adjusted to the dimness of the lantern
light ,I must have made Oliveras impatient as he went ahead &
looked into the entrance of the next room which he described as
a Switched Curve.

He yelled out a warning but it was too late 5 Demonic creatures waving Tentacles
ambushed us 3 attacked me & 2 went for Oliveras. I took 9 wounds & Oliveras
took 6 . Oliveras managed to lob dynamite behind the 2 Stranglers attacking
them & killed them both I however failed to hit one of my attackers it being
difficult to use my hunting rifle in such close quarters. I did manage through shear
grit to use my Home Remedies to heal up 6 of my wounds.

(3)The Mine seemed to get Darker as my assailants came at me again.
I took another 5 wounds. Alas my shot went wide & I failed to do
any damage to the creatures. Oliveras using his pistol managed to
kill one of my attackers.

(4)I feel again the Darkness of the Mine, it seems to give the creatures
a 'Demonic Speed' to spur them on. The monsters attack me again
with renewed vigor & I take another 3 wounds, I'm getting weaker
I feel I have only another 2 wounds in me.

Damn I miss my shot again & Oliveras also misses with his pistol.

(5)At least the Darkness of the Mine seems to have stopped it's advance
but I am once more attacked by the remaining two creatures.I was
ensnared badly taking seemly overwhelming damage but by some
miracle I revived to fight on. This time I shoot true doing critical
damage & killing one of my attackers. Oliveras takes out the other
& we are free & have a chance to catch our breath. I'm fine & Oliveras
manage to heal 3 wounds.

We also find laying in the dust stirred up by the fight nuggets of gold,
Oliveras grabs $300 worth & I pick up the remainder $100 worth.

(6)Maybe we've seen the worst the Darkness continues to hold off.
Oliveras anxious to move on goes & looks through the entrance to
the next room & informs me it's a Mining Room so perhaps
we're getting closer to our goal. I moved up to the entrance with
Oliveras.

Oliveras explores the room & suddenly shakes his head.. Worms
horrible worms drop on his head but his Agility allows him to shake
them off. I however am also swarmed by these vile worms & am
unable to shake them but I don't give up & my Spirit lets me
avoid them.

We both take a quick look around, Oliveras still shaken by the worms
sees nothing but I make a Lucky find & pick up $50 in darkly
stained bills, Blood Money indeed .

Just then the worms attack us again, the room is infested with them.
Oliveras again uses his Agility to shake them off. I however
fail & even my Spirit deserts me this time & I can feel them
burrowing into my brain & I loose 2 Sanity at the thought
of them inside me.

In spite of the distractions the Lantern revealed one of the marks that
my uncle told me about a Clue to show we're on the right track.

(7) Thank God the Darkness still holds back,.
We have to get out of this room & away from these damn worms.
I manage to reach the entrance to the next room which appears to be
a Rail Tunnel for the mine carts. Oliveras hurries along to join me.

As we stand at the entrance & explore into the rail Tunnel the dim light
reveals a legion of horrors. In the far corner a pile of Corpses , dead bodies
animated by some strange power in the Mine look at us through shrunken
eyes, god they look Hungry. Before them a Nightmare Monster darkly
Bluish looms & nearest to us those horrible Strangler Tentacle creatures
that attacked us before.

The ensuing battle was a blur thank heaven we had dynamite & were
in the bottle neck of the room entrance the Stranglers did some damage
but the dynamite I threw killed them & did 5 wounds on
the Night Terror Oliveras pistol added another 2 wounds. The Hungary dead
shambled closer but could not attack reach us.

Then the worms swarmed us again but our Agility saved us.

(8)We are in a battle for our lives but at least Mine is not getting any darker.
The Night Terror moves to attack Oliveras but he avoids all but 1 hit.
Oliveras lobs more dynamite at the Horror giving it 6 more wounds &
also taking out 2 Hungry Dead behind it. I finish it off with a final
critical shot. The Terror of the thing however causes us to lose 2
Sanity . The Hungary Dead stumble forward but still can't reach us.
The obscenity of the Corpse Pile does caused us to loose 1 more Sanity.

The Worms still keep coming from the Mining Room we fail to shake
them off but our Spirit lets us overcome the.

(9)Our luck holds & the Darkness doesn't advance.
Oliveras moves around the shambling Hungry Dead
and pumps a Critical hit into the Corpse Pile just
reducing it to a pile of inert decaying flesh.

I slip off the entrance to avoid the worms & fire on the closest
Hungry dead I miss.

(10)We're exhausted but the Darkness thankfully continues to holds off.
Oliveras finishes off the remain Hungry Dead. We're alone with the carnage.

Checking the room I found $25 in coins & $100 in Gold Dust plus a 1
shard of Dark Stone. Oliveras began looking as well & found $50 in Cash
& $110 in blood encrusted money & $200 worth of Gold Nuggets.

But best of all I saw the turned over Mine Cart my uncle had described.
It was heavily battered from the explosion & most of its contents had
probably gone up in the blast but I managed to find 3 Dark Stone
Shards. Oliveras picked through & found 3 more. Wasting no more
time in Mine we hurried out & began our journey back to town.

The Mine it seemed had one more trick to play, we were Harried by
Hell Bats drawn by our Dark Stone. Before I could stop them they
swooped down & carried off 3 of my Dark Stone Shards, leaving
me with 1. Oliveras with a little more warning managed to keep his 3.

Arriving back at Callville, we both made arrangements to stay at the
Hotel. Oliveras had a suggest that just one room would save us money,
but he wasn't serious..at least I think not.

I went over to the General Store & found due to a stock shortage prices
had gone up but I wanted some Daemon Shot so I paid the extra. If I ever
need to go back in those Mines I want something that stop those Stranglers.

Oliveras went over to the Frontier Outpost Bank to sell his Blackstone
& got caught up in a Dark Stone explosion that blew the place up
but he managed to avoid the Tentacles that rampaged in it's wake
but obviously that closed the Bank for business.

That evening it seemed the Darkness we found in the Mine had followed
us back to Callville." A Spreading Fear" seem to cover the town, Old Doc
Thompson was shaken so badly he closed his office & lite out for parts unknown.

After that we just decided to just get out of Callville, I came back to the Ranch
& when the Banker shows to collect on my note I'll be able to use my shard to
pay him off.

Oliveras said he was going back to Mexicali for a spell to see the wife & kids...who knew.

Thus ends an account of my Adventure.

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Final Stats for the Campaign:(in addition to Starting Equipment)

Deliah Morgan-350XP, 115 Gold,1 Dark stone Shard +1 Daemon Shot
Luis Oliveras-60XP,$490 gold, 3 Dark Stone Shards + 1 Bandolier Strap
+ 1 corruption & empty Dynamite Satchel, Cunning now 2 & Swinging Fist now Level 2