TOPIC: R6 Dusk City Outlaws (Outgunned)

DUSK CITY OUTLAWS (OUTGUNNED)



Starts 10/10/2024 (3 weeks from now).

Players: Bane, Inept, Jake, Temrane.

You will need 9d6. That's it.

Outgunned is a push your luck system. You are trying to roll as many matching numbers from a dice pool of 2-9 d6;
2 matching dice = basic success
3 matching dice = critical success
... and so on.
Example: If you rolled 5d6 and got 1, 1, 4, 5, 6 you would have rolled a basic success.

Certain feats and in-game metacurrency (called Adrenaline) lets you reroll any dice not included in a success. However, if you fail to improve on your first result you lose all successes.
Example: If you spend Adrenaline to reroll the 4/5/6 from the above example and get 1, 3, 3 you have increased your basic success to a critical success, and also bagged a bonus basic success into the bargain. However, if you had rolled 2, 3, 6 you would have lost your basic success and probably incurred some manner of harm.

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Character creation is based on a ROLE and a TROPE, that determine your Skills & which Feats you can pick from.
Outgunned is written to emulate 90's action movies, so a little imagination may be required to reskin some terminology to fit a game of renaissance skullduggery.

ROLES
Commando
Fighter
Ace
Agent
Face
Nobody
Brain
Sleuth
Criminal
Spy

TROPES
Bad to the Bone
Cheater
Cool, but Distressed
Diehard
Freespirit
Genius Bruiser
Good Samaritan
Hot Stuff
Hunk
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Last Boy Scout
Leader
Lone Wolf
Mentor
Neurotic Geek
Party Killer
Trusty Sidekick
Vigilante

Example: So based on what Inept has posted about Severin 'Char' Cole, he might be Brains / Cool but Distressed.

Give some thought as to your Role & Trope. Having two of the same Role in one party is discouraged.

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THE FUNERAL JOB
This job involves stealing a ceremonial necklace from the body of a dead noblewoman without the family noticing.

You are generally given a time limit (in this case two days) to complete the job. Each day is split into two segments: day & night. These segments can be used for either planning or legwork before attempting to undertake the actual heist.

Hello all.
I've had to take today off sick due to flu-like symptoms.
I'm gonna' tank the Lemsip today and if I make a miraculous recovery I will be along to run game tomorrow night, but I would probably make alt plans in case I can't make it.
Apologies for the short notice.

Yeah, I did not make a full miraculous recovery.
Will not be along to run game tonight, but will be good to go next week!

Thanks for letting us know... See u next week.

Ps add a noggin of scotch to the lemsip....

Good to go tonight. Reminder to bring 9xd6, 1xd12 and a flexible moral compass.

The Funeral Job

In the city of New Dunhaven, four freelancers are bought together to conduct a daring heist. Raithe Abernathy of the Gravediggers wants the crew to steal a ceremonial necklace displayed on the body of a dead noblewoman.

The crew consists of;
Sean Waltman (Criminal/Jerk with a Heart of Gold), catchphrase: "It wasn't me."
Doctor Sindaris Bedlam (Brain/Genius Bruiser), catchphrase: "That's very hurtful to me, be careful it doesn't hurt you."
Shayloth Hellstar (Sleuth/Vigilante), catchphrase: "You can't run from your past."
and Old Farmer Jenkins (Nobody/Diehard), catchphrase: "Pasta la Vista."

The Necklace of Eternal Slumber will be placed on the body of the late Marianna Gorgov during her wake, and removed before her body is sealed in the family crypt.

Shayloth and Doctor Sindaris visit the Gondolers Guildhall to establish which route the funeral procession will take through the cities bustling canals. Doc Sin distracts the Guildmaster by masquerading a a journalist, while Shayloth breaks into his office.

Meanwhile, Sean and Old Farmer Jenkins stake out Gorgov Manor. They learn very little from their surveillance, other than the deceased Gorgov matriarch bears a passing resemblance to Old Farmer Jenkins, his own face withered to leathery ruin by the many years he spent toiling on the pasta farm.

Unaware of this unlikely likeness, Shayloth steals the cadaver of an elderly fishwife from the city morgue, thinking to swap it out for the noblewoman's corpse. It turns out they didn't actually need the cadaver of an elderly fishwife for their masterplan, so now it is just stinking up their headquarters.

That night, Sean breaks into Gorgov Manor to get a look at the dress Lady Gorgov will be wearing at the wake. (I completely forgot her faithful hound Orthov should have been at her side, my bad). He then breaks into a dressmaker's shop to steal a similar dress.

Disguised as a caterer, Sean enters Gorgov Manor on the day of the wake. He is pushing a trolley concealing Old Famer Jenkins, disguised as Marianna Gorgov. The wake is well attended and the crew need a distraction to get to the body. Sean starts a fire in the cloakroom. While the staff/mourners mill about, Sean manhandles the late Lady Gorgov out a window, and Old Famer Jenkins takes her place in the coffin. At this point, the crew have the necklace in hand and could easily have bailed - but the crew decide to stick to the "plan".

Old Farmer Jenkins successfully masquerades as an old dead woman for several hours, then the coffin is moved to the funeral gondola to be transported across the city. At a pre-arranged point, Doc Sin detonates a smoke bomb, clouding the procession in dense fog. Looming out of the murk, Doctor Sin demands a toll for Marianna's soul to pass into the hereafter. The corpse of Lady Gorgov rises from her coffin to hand over the necklace in payment to this grim spectre of death. The guards on the gondola are stricken with terror at the sight of the living corpse! Old Farmer Jenkins ducks out of sight, as Sean and Shayloth huck the real Lady Gorgov onto the barge.

The crew slip away with the necklace, having successfully completed the Funeral Job.