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The Setting:
A cabin by a privately-owned lake. It's spring break at State
University, and while it's a little cool at night, it's nice in
the daytime. A perfect getaway for horny undergraduates. I got
the cabin floor plan from http://www.cedar-log-homes.com
and dropped in furniture graphics using Microsoft Publisher 97.
The Cast Members:
Three men, three women, all State University undergraduates. Each
Player Character is one of the character types from NUELOW:
NL04 "Horndogs!", built using AFMBE stats, of course.
They're all expecting several days of "up close and personal"
time, but they've already forgotten that small military convoy
they passed on the way up to the cabin.
The Shambling:
I'll admit to bait and switch tactics here. I used AFMBE in part
because players would immediately assume survival horror. I didn't
use zombies, though. I used a mad slasher from David Peters' fifth
"Psi-Man" book, Stalker. He's a genetically engineered
super soldier who can shape-shift to look like almost anyone.
He can also harden and sharpen his hands and arms, making them
the equivalent of spears, knives, lock picks, etc. Unfortunately,
he's psychotic. He was on his way to a maximum-security prison
when he escaped from the military, conveniently near the cabin.
The Stalker started by killing the jock, then by sowing blood and confusion in equal parts, he took the jock's form and picked off a couple of additional characters. His fatal mistake was leaving the captured military weapons where the survivors could find them.
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Patrick Clark
untrhund@burgoyne.com
http://unterhund.8m.com