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From my original notes, mostly.

Objective: Once again, this is a light-hearted run designed to be funny, not dangerous. No fighting or spellcasting is needed.

Aura: The Aura in New Cirra is equivalent to 1 Dominion. In our campaign that translates to a -5 penalty. It is not a Dominion, aura though, and interferes with all spellcasting (hermetic, faerie, demonic, angelic, etc.). {It's a Reason aura}

Language: I didn't bother with language this time.

Getting There

Leicky needs to film a pilot for a tv game show. She invites the mages to be contestants. There are no obstacles to get to New Cirra. Before, the tunnels had magical traps to test the unwary. The last party complained, so The Goddess had the traps removed.

The Game Show

Players will be divided up into teams of two. There are three rounds, with each round being worth more points so that no matter how badly a team does in rounds 1 and 2, they still have a chance to win.

Round 1 (Newlywed Game)

Give one player in each team question set 1, the other player gets question set 2. Each player has to write down what their partner will answer for each question. Each correct answer is worth 10 points for set 1, 20 points for set 2.

Question Set 1:

What's their favorite spell?
What's their least favorite technique?
Who's their greatest enemy?
What's their most annoying attribute?
What side of their body do they sleep on?
Wine sipper or beer swigger?

Question Set 2:

Who's their favorite grog?
Who's their favorite Archmage?
Who's their favorite major demon?
Who's their favorite faerie lord?
What's their favorite dessert?
What's their favorite sexual position?

Round 2 (Win, Lose or Draw)

Each player gets a random card, which says what they need to draw or pantomime. Their partner tries to guess what the card says. Each card is worth 30 points, 15 if mostly right, 5 if slightly right.

Pantomimes:
  1. A wolf chases down and kills a sheep. The wolf feasts.
  2. A miracle.
  3. A small tree flls on a badger. The badger is frustrated.
  4. A burglar climbs up to the seconds story of a home. A guard spots him. The burglar flees but is shot by an arrow.
  5. A woodscutter is chopping down some trees. A bear attacks him. He runs into a cave, where the bear corners him. Bravely, he fights the bear and defeats it, although he's hurt badly. The woodscutter celebrates his victory.
  6. A catfish caught by a fisherman using hook and rod.
  7. A meteor strikes and levels a village. People are incinerated. The dust cloud covers a hundred mile radius.
  8. A Bjornaer finds out he has the heart beast of a turtle. He turns into a turtle and frolics for a while. But when he tries to turn back to human he can't.
Draws:
  1. God strikes down a sinner for his sins of lust, avarice, and pride.
  2. Two mages engage in a Muto Herbam certamen.
  3. A righteous crusader on a warhorse charging a Moslem horde led by a demon.
  4. Dogs and cats living together, flaunting the natural order.
  5. An angel fighting a fire elemental.
  6. A group of Moslem adventurers finding the Holy Shroud (that Christ was wrapped in when he died).
  7. A glutonous friar extorting money from a poor peasant village.
  8. A demonic mage casting a spell on a troop of warriors, turning them to stone.
  9. A Corsican pirate ship attacking a Moslem trader.
  10. The hanging of a bandit leader.
  11. A plague of locusts eating a farmer's crop.
  12. Fear.

Round 3 (Family Feud)

Same basic format as family feud, but teams only get two strikes. Use Quickness + die to see who answers first. Teams get points straight, so each question is worth 40-80 points.

01. 100 Order of Hermes mages were asked: What's your least favorite House in the Order?

    15 Quaesitor
    14 Diedne
    11 Tremere
    08 Flambeau
    07 Ex Miscellanea

02. 100 Christian Clergymen were asked: What's your favorite deadly sin?

    27 Lust
    21 Avarice
    18 Gluttony
    14 Sloth
    08 Anger

03. 100 Iberian Knights were asked: What's your favorite Kingdom of Iberia?

    24 Castile
    22 Aragon
    17 Leon
    16 Portugal
    10 Navarre

04. 100 Residens of Prospectus Locus were asked: Who's your favorite mage?

    40 Aubrin
    22 Viator
    21 Drake
    06 Risus
    05 Albus

05. 100 Criamon were asked: What was your last Twilight experience?

    27 Eh?
    16 Meet opposite self
    10 Meet higher power
    09 Fire/Earth/Water/Air (elemental nothingness)
    04 Darkness with flashes of light

06. 100 Peasants were asked: What's the top way for a peasant to die?

    32 Old age
    25 Bandits/Crusaders/Moslems
    18 Plague
    10 Animal/Monster
    06 Burned at the stake/Church related

Prizes

  1. A pet griffin, young and untrained.
  2. A magic quill with its own ink (a fountain pen).
  3. One year of a bard's services.
  4. Poseidon's Trident. 20 feet tall, 1 foot diameter.
  5. Date with a bacchae.
  6. A gift box from Pandora's Candy Shoppe. 100 assorted chocolates.
  7. Army survival guide. Survival skill 4, quality 4.
  8. A steel chakram. Stats as a knife but min Str -5, init +4.
  9. A water-filled snow ornament of Prospectus Locus.
-=+=- The End -=+=-
Copyright (c) 1999 Kevin C. Wong
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