The Embassy Chapter #3 The Enemy within

[Old Dwarf]

The Gentlemen:

Percy Carnehan-Leader/Knight/Guardian(,Harpoon,Derringer,Arson Cocktail)-Cloven Hooves,
Lady Widow-Exterminator/Dilettante/Impetuous (The Gramophone, Body Armor, Revolver)-Acid Blood
Phileas Fogg-Scout/Mekamancer/Homing Device (Arson Cocktail)-Six Sense
Drago-Monster-Bouncer/Survival Instinct, Open Season (Scythe, Norunaga Mask)-Tumorous Hump

Nemesis:

Lord Swanson-Agent-+1 Melee/Hat to Crown(defending)
Infected Bobby-Minion-Target+ = 2 hits/Tentacle Grab/Acid Blood


Powers;
-Instill Chaos/Command Minions/Dominate, Synaptic Fury, Bestow Gift
-6 Reserve Ether


Tiles(Fluff for Session Reports)

026A=Cell Room
025B=Holding room (Emma Swanson)
023B=Lord Swanson Study
T11B=Lab
010A=Boiler Room
028B=Lab Annex(Sewer Connection)
All other Tiles are Hallways

Victory-Gentlemen-3 Objectives: Bring Emma Swanson to Exit, Neutralize Lord Swanson, Destroy the Lab*
Victory -Nemesis (Chaos)-Neutralize Gentlemen total of 6 times

*Note as Ambassador Nail was permanently eliminated the Cage him objective & Blue Bud Token are NA.
This also makes 26A Tile & Gate Control Token functions NA


April 25th,1886- Nottingham Hill, Nightside London

6-6:45AM

The Gentlemen arrive at the Swanson Mansion finding it dark & get no response from their knocking.
Peachy tries the door & finds it unlocked & the Gentlemen Enter. They spread out & search the Mansion
finding nothing & seeming deserted, then Lady Widow fines a hidden door behind a tapestry.
The door leads to a stairway descending down into the bowels of the house. The Gentlemen debate
whether or not to continue their trespass when a woman's scream from below sends them down the stairs
& into the middle of a dimly lit hallway.

6:45-7AM

Meanwhile in the Lab Annex an Infected Bobby emerges from the sewer grate.

The Gentlemen are momentarily confused as to which direction to go. then Peachy spies a figure
lurking behind a crate to his left. Using his Harpoon, he lets go at the creature & Neutralizes
an Infected Bobby. Peachy then goes to the Crate pries it open & finds a Surgeons Bag & a Momentum Vial.

Chaos alerted to the intruders but is unable to establish Control over any of the Gentlemen.Instead
it sends Infected Bobbies on both ends of the hallway to block the Gentlemen.

Lady Widow seeing 2 Infected Bobbies moving up the hallway to the right powers up her Grmaphone
with Ether 1 Bobby Dodges the deadly ectoplasm but the other is Neutralized.She then pulls
out her Revolver & Neutralize the remaining Bobby. The used Ether goes into Chaos Reserve.

Chaos finds Peachy & Controls to have him attack Drago who manages to Dodge.Chaos then calls up
Ether from its Reserve & activates Synaptic Fury giving Lady Widow & Drago 2 wounds.Lord Swanson
hearing the combat sounds leaves his Study & moves into the Lab Annex to see what's going on.

Dragos ears pick up the sound of whimpering & figuring it must be Emma Swanson & using his Ether
powered Open Season Ability moves around an Infected Bobby .picking up a wound in passing & proceeds
down the hallway to a door. Upon opening he finds himself in a Lab.He then pauses to collect
his bearings & Recovers. The released Ether is absorbed by the Chaos Power.

The Chaos Power is unable to establish a Control on any Gentlemen but brings Ether from his Reserve
to Command his Minions sending an Infected Bobby from the Lab Annex to the Lab & having another
Infected Bobby attack Peachy.The assault gives Peachy 2 wounds.

Fogg moves to attack the lone Infected Bobby in the hallway & Neutralizes the Creature with his Sword
Cane. Luckly its Acid Blood Splatter misses both Fogg & the adjacent Peachy. Fogg then expends an Ether
to enhance his Scout Ability to move down toward the door Drago entered.The expended Ether is grabbed
by the Chaos Power,

7-7:15AM

Another Infected Bobby crawls out of the Sewer Grate in the Lab Annex

Fogg expends Ether to use his Scout ability to move into the Holding Room finding Emma Swanson tied
& semi-drugged. Freeing her he leads her out into the Lab.The used Ether goes to the Chaos reserve.

Chaos uses Control over Peachy & has him move & attack Lady Widow who manages to Dodge the assault.
The Infected Bobbies in the Lab & Lab Annex move to block Fogg & Dargo.

Peachy moves to the Lab door.

Chaos again reaches out with Control & seizes Peachy having him attack Drago who easily Dodges.
Chaos invokes its Synaptic Fury Power but fails to find a target. Lord Swanson then uses Synaptic Control
on Fogg scoring a hit.

Lady Widow moves down the hallway towards the Lab.

The Chaos Power now lashes out using Control to seize control of Dargo to attack Fogg who Dodges the assault.
Chaos then uses Ether from its Reserve to strike out with Synaptic Fury but again cannot find a target.
Next it pulls another Ether from Reserve to try Dominate but that also finds no target. Now it try's
Command Minions to have 1 Infected Bobby to attack Fogg who somehow manages to Dodge the series of blows.
another Infected Bobby attacks Drago & scores a hit. Finally it Bestows a Gift on Lady Widow removing
her Acid Blood Mutation & replacing it with Hulking Arms.

Drago takes Emma Swanson & moves with her out of the Lab (taking a passing wound from an Infected Bobby)
& up the hallway. Then he expends Ether to use his special skill of Open Season to gain the Exit stairs
& leads her to safety. The Expended Ether is absorbed by Lord Swanson.

7:15-7:30 AM

Another Infected Bobby crawls from the Sewer Grate in the Lab Annex.

Fogg expends Ethers to activate his Chrono Portal to transport to the middle of the Lab & his Scout
Ability to get to the door on the other side of the Lab.Hearing the rumble & hiss of steam he opens
the door & heads towards the massive Boilers.

Chaos seizes control of Lady Widow to have her move to attack Peachy who uses Ether to activate
his shrunken Gift head cut the attack damage to 1 hit. The expended Ether is taken by the Chaos Power.
Chaos is however unable to invoke any of its powers .Lord Swanson then moves to attack Peachy who
again uses an Ether to activate his shrunken head Gift but this time the charm fails & Peachy &
receives a Torment mutation. Peachy quickly uses his Surgeons Bag to eliminate the mutation.
The loose Ether is claimed by Lord Swanson.

Peachy then Recovers & attacks Lord Swanson getting a hit on the Agent.

The Chaos Power strikes grabbing Control of Lady Widow for another attack on Peach this time she
lands a hit. Chaos then uses Ether to activate Synaptic Fury to add 2 more hits on Peachy. The
Infected Bobbies advance on the Gentlemen.

Lady Widow being impetuous from behind Peachy uses her Revolver to make several attacks on Lord Swanson
who in spite of the partial cover Peachy gives him takes 4 hits. The expended Ether goes to the Chaos
power.

Chaos attempts Control but fails to find a target, it then Activated 2 Infected Bobbies to attack Peachy.
Peachy uses his Shrunken head Gift to avoid a hit but still takes 1 damage which gives him another
Torment Mutation The Embassy Mark.

7:30-7:45AM

Another Infected Bobby crawls from the Sewer Grate in the Lab Annex.

Peachy attacks 1 of the infected Bobbies & Neutralizes it. He then Recovers.

Chaos try's Control again & this time seizes Lady Widow & has her Attack Peachy who Dodges but is then
caught off guard by an Infected Bobby who gives him 4 wounds.

Lady Widow throws off her possession & Attacks Lord Swanson her Revolver hitting twice. Swanson
Counterattacks & manages to score a hit.Lady Widow then moves just behind the 2nd unopened door to
the Lab.

Chaos grabs Control of Lady Widow & renews her attack on Peachy but her shots go wild as he Dodges.
Chaos strengthens his Power pulling out Death from Below spell.

Fogg using Ether to enhance his Scout ability sprints to the Boilers turns the pressure Gages all
the way up & the resulting overload causes the pipes feeding the Lab equipment to explode. The
blast gives Lord Swanson 4 wounds & neutralize the Infected bobby with him. The Ether uses goes to
Lord Swanson.

Chaos takes Control of Peachy & has him attack Lady Widow who Dodges. Lord Swanson Uses Synaptic Control
on Peachy to no effect but Lady Widow takes a hit & receives the Torment Mutation Camouflage Skin.
He then attacks Peachy scoring 4 hits. Peachy Counterattacks but Swanson Dodges.

7:45-8AM

Another Infected Bobby emerges from the sewer grate in the Lab annex.

Peachy attacks the wounded Swanson dealing him 2 more wounds. Swanson again Counterattacks wounding
Peachy. A 2nd Attack by Peachy gives 3 more wounds & Neutralizes the Agent.

Chaos in revenge Controls Lady Widow & has her attack Peachy this time her Revolver strikes home &
Peachy is Neutralized.

Fogg uses his Homing Device on an Infected Bobby in the Lab Annex Neutralizing it.He the pauses &
restores himself.

Chaos weakened looks for a Gentleman to Control but can't find a target. The 2 Infected Bobbies
move from the Lab Annex to the Lab.

Lady Widow opens the door to the ruined Lab & ties up the unconscious Lord Swanson.

Chaos in a last Control effort finds Fogg & have him leave the Boiler Room into the destroyed Lab.
Chaos now lacks Ether to manifest its powers withdraws back into the shadows.
The remaining 2 Infected Bobbies seeing Lord Swanson Neutralized & feeling the Chaos power leaving
turn & withdraw back to their Sewer Lair in the Shadows.

Afternoon. April 25,1886- Embassy

The Revived Peachy, Lady Widow & Fogg return to the Embassy with the captured Lord Swanson
& are reunited with Drago & the recovering Emma Swanson. Prof.Galton congratulates them on their success
& quickly has them turned over to not so tender mercies of his scientist to remove their mutations.
Lord Swanson is locked away & the Embassy staff begin the cover up of the entire incidents.

London Evening Standard-April 26th,1886:

"Police blame Boiler malfunction at Swanson Mansion for the tragic death of noted scientist Lord Swanson.
Lady Emma Swanson was also slightly injured in the blast but is expected to make a full recovery..."


Evening, May6th,1886-The Unicorn Club.

Peachy, Lady Widow, Fogg, Drago & Emma Swanson are having dinner but the severe restrictions that the Embassy
& Lord X have place upon them as to never uttering a word about their recent Mission greatly limits their
conversation. Emma thanks them for their condolences on her recent injury, Peachy bring up he needs a new wardrobe,
Fogg & Lady Widow complain about the weather. Drago remains distant & silent his thoughts full of resentment
that his contributions to the success of their Mission was not appreciated*.

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I had wanted to play a Mission as a break from the core campaign (I had completed 4 of the 6 Chapters) & my homebrew
Game Generator rolled the Embassy & thinking the Expansions were all Missions I started off. I soon realize after
setting everything up & then reading the background that it was a Campaign. I started in mid December & just finished up
in early April( holidays, real life crap ,one thing or another) lucky that I have a game room so I can leave the table set up.

Chapter 3 like Rise of the moloch in general had it instances that the rules were a tad unclear:

Set up-Chapter 2A/B had tiles called Crates which could be opened to obtain gear. Chapter 3 had the same tile but called
it a Box. So was it just a Box that provided cover or was it a crate that held Gear? I decided it was a Crate & worked
liked Chapter 2A/B (turned out it had no effect on the Game).

Victory Objectives for Gentlemen

-Emma Swanson a Gentlemen must escort to an Exit-well then what, does the Gentlemen then go back & rejoin the game.
I ruled that a proper Victorian British Gentlemen (werewolf though he may be) would never leave a semi-drugged lady
so, Drago took Emma through the Exit & left the Game.

-Neutralize Lord Swanson-In all chapters Agents are unkillable if their Neutralized they recover next turn with 6 Health
Boxes unless their Permanently Neutralized by fire & then have an Arson Cocktail or Whisky applied. The Objective just
says Neutralize & nothing about permanently Neutralizing. I ruled just Neutralizing Swanson was enough (after all
he was minor royalty & the Queen would not be amused making him a Tekie Torch).

In general, this was an easier Chapter than the other 2 as I had permanently Neutralized Kenny Jones & Ambassador Nail
so, I had only Swanson to deal with besides the minions. Again, the rule that allowed Chaos on each of its Activations
to roll for Control of a Gentleman was a pain as it usually resulted in making Gentlemen Attacking each other(the only
Gentlemen Neutralized was a result of this happening.)

* in another Expansion "The Wheel" Drago becomes an Agent of Chaos.So this just sets that up.