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====== The 1987 Anniversary Adventure ======

==== Invitation ====

March 18, 1987

By receipt of this notice, you are hereby acknowledged as a member (honorary or
otherwise) of the Snell-McNary Hall Lounge Rats.  As a benefit of said
membership, you are welcome to partake in the **Second Bi-Annual Lounge Rats
Beach Trip** which will occur the weekend of April 11th and 12th.

This year the motivating factor behind organization of this excursion is the
return (albeit temporary) of a wayward member (one Mr. Roy Guisinger) to our
fold.  Mr. Guisinger has been suffering in the wilds of Florida for several
months now and is clearly ready for a re-introduction to the beauties of Oregon
weather.  What better location than the balmy Oregon coast in the month of
April?

For those of you with a propensity for requiring exacting details (translation:
Brian Bishop), I hereby dictate the parameters under which this year's
expedition will be undertaken.

Recently, my parents have acquired a comfortable second residence quite near
Manzanita, Oregon.  Said residence is open to my immediate family and as the
membership of our lounge rat organization has not in the past been known to
wild, destructive parties, we have been approved for a temporary stay.  Said
domicile has two real beds (one of which I claim host privileges to) and two
fake beds.  Obviously, this is insufficient to accommodate our needs so you are
encouraged to bring sleeping bags and/or blankets.

The arrival of members on the morning of Saturday April 11th is encouraged.
Activities will commence until the afternoon of Sunday the 12th at which point
the house will be cleaned and abandoned by all members.

For detailed instructions on how to navigate to said abode, I suggest that those
who will be drivers should contact me at the below address as soon as possible.

Jim & Val Seymour
1308 SE Division
Portland, OR  97202

continued...

|  OFFICIAL INVITATION\\ TO THE\\ **SECOND ANNUAL**\\ JIM SEYMOUR\\ **ANNIVERSARY DUNGEON**  |

It is with great pleasure that I formally announce my second annual
__Anniversary Dungeon__.  Now, two years after the [[Dark Mage]] met his
apparent end, and one year after he met his true, final end, I will run a
fantasy adventure in celebration. The date shall coincide with the previously
announced **Second Bi-Annual Lounge Rats Beach Trip** and will occur the evening
of April 11th.

This time, the game will be **Fantasy Hero** not Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
"What?" you shriek, "I won't be able to run my mega-death ultra-character that
I've spent the last five years developing?!"  Wrong!  In order to properly
emulate the established AD&D characters in my campaign, I have decided that this
game will be played with **legal** Fantasy Hero characters built on a 300-point
base.  Yes, I said **300**!  (By 300, I mean 300 plus Disadvantages.  However,
since FH Disadvantages are not worth all that many points, the characters will
most likely be no more than 325 points total).  This will allow established
players to construct reasonable approximations of their AD&D characters as well
as let players without established characters to build an interesting one-shot
character.

**If you are unfamiliar with the __Fantasy Hero__ game mechanics**, then you
have two options: **1)** Do not play or **2)** Find a player who knows what they
are talking about and ask him or her.  As for the first option, I would really
like to say that I feel it to be unacceptable, but in all fairness this game has
the potential for fifteen to twenty players and any excuse to cut this down is
appreciated.  As for the second option, I of course am available to answer
questions if you are Portland-based.  Those of you who are Corvallis-based
should probably track down Chris Bezodis or Pete Norton.

**You must tell me if you are interested in playing**.  If I do not receive an
RSVP, then I cannot plan your character into the adventure.  If you are going to
play, please send me a letter and tell me what character you are going to be
using. Those without established characters (or those unfamiliar with the rules)
can opt to let me provide you with a character, but this must be stated in your
RSVP.

|  **SPECIFIC RULE MODIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS\\ (for the benefit of my players)**  |

I will make one pass through the rule book and quickly jot down the appropriate
rule changes that I have incorporated into my campaign so far.

**__Skills__**:

In addition to the **Brawling** skill, I have included the **Martial Arts**
packages from Danger International.  Costs and effects are as listed in that
game with no modifications.

**Swimming** costs one point for the first inch, and two points for each
additional inch.  (This is merely a clarification).


**__Spell Effects__**:

**Accuracy** and **Protection** can be considered the same effect, but the
amounts in each cannot be changed unless the **Variable Results** advantage is
used.  (Similar to PD and ED in a Shield).

Extra-planar evil and good can be considered types for use with the **Detect
Type** effect.  This will **not** work on a mortal creature (even orcs and
elves), but will register on such things as demons.

**Heal** may be applied to individual wounds if the Hit Location option is used.
Thus, a 2d6 Heal could easily heal ten body points if they were spread out in
five two-point wounds.

The advantage **Full DCV while Flying** (as outlined in the monster section) is
perfectly valid on the **Levitate** effect.

The **Locate** effect is to be replaced by the Champions **Mind Scan** power.
This allows a +1 to the roll for +3 points and does not require Line-of-Sight.


**__Spell Modifiers__**:

The **END Reserve** limitation recharges at a faster rate in my campaign.
Instead of 3 hours and the +½ and +1 levels, the rate is 1 END per 10 minutes.
At the +1½ level, the rate is 1 END per 3 hours and at +2 it is at 1 END per
day.

**Innate Power** is a new limitation, though it is worth no bonus (consider it
+0). The spell is considered **Independent**, but cannot be dispelled.

The Champions advantages **Armor Piercing**, **Attack with No Normal Defense**,
**Autofire**, and **Based on Ego Combat Value** may be used but only with
permission from the GM!

**__Miscellaneous__**:

Creating Magic Items should be done the "long-hand" way.  In other words, for a
magic sword, figure out the **Blast** effect with **Fast**, **Easy**, and **No
Magic Roll** advantages and the **Material**, **Independent**, and **STR Min**
limitations.  The last of these is not strictly +1.  Instead, it is figured from
the **Melee Weapon Limitation** chart on Page 107.  A similar procedure applies
to Armor, Missile weapons, Shields, and Scrolls.  I do not recommend
constructing Potions as they are detailed on page 108.

The **Follower** and **Restricted Magic** disadvantages may be used without a
specific package deal associated with them.  They must make sense to the
character conception, though, and are subject to GM veto.

==== The players ====

^ Player ^ Character ^ DEX ^ SPD ^ Marker ^
| Brian    | Sly      | 23 | 4 | W King   |
| Targie   | Larstus  | 20 | 4 | B Knight |
| Pete     | Karelia  | 13 | 4 | Checkers |
| Chris H. | Baggity  | 20 | 4 | B Rook   |
| Nancy    | Rana     | 18 | 4 | W Queen  |
| Ken      | Excedrin | 14 | 2 | W Pawn   |
| VW       | Doc      | 15 | 4 | W Bishop |
| Dave S.  | Syl      | 20 | 4 | W Rook   |
| Chris    | Ozzie    | 14 | 4 | B Pawn   |
| Roy      | Sorgul   | 14 | 3 | B Bishop |
| Martin   | Strachan | 15 | 4 | W Knight |
| Del      | Guillium | 14 | 4 | B King   |

==== The adventure ====

//**April 8, 1987** -- under Fantasy Hero//

== Part One - Introduction ==

The date is July 21, 1131.  It is a warm summer evening, but the weather belies
the evil events about to unfold.  For that evening, a flaming meteor will enter
the atmosphere, lighting up the twilight sky like the best of magical fireworks.
This meteoroid, though, is not the typical metallic variety.  Rather, this is a
crystalline fragment of pure chaos.

The Chaos Fragment: At the end of all things, a terrible battle will take place,
pitting the [[lords of chaos]] versus the combined peoples known by the mortals
as gods.  So devastating and so universal will this battle be, that all things
physical and non will be rendered in pieces, their fragments scattered
throughout existence.  This, however, is the ultimate goal of the [[lords of
chaos]], as this represents the ultimate in chaos: dismemberment of all ordered
things.

These fragments did not simply scatter through space, but also through time. One
such fragment was found by [[Sorgul]] and the rest of [[good_party|The Chosen]]
on November 22, 1104.  It was this fragment that released the hidden power
[[Sorgul]] held in his mind.

The Effects of Chaos: The crystal fragment, after burning through the
atmosphere, will impact in the eastern mountain range on the eastern continent.
Before landing, though, it will pass over the [[spindrift|Spindrift Islands]],
depositing smaller dust-like fragments in a hundred mile-wide path for over a
thousand miles.  In this area of effect, all life will experience detrimental
effects. Sentient beings will have unsettling dreams, animals will behave
erratically, and plants will start to die, withering to dust by the following
evening.

Magic can protect against the chaos effect, though it will only delay the
inevitable.

== Part Two: The Gathering ==

Through means unique to each of the participating characters, the party should
get together to investigate the chaos.  If no organization occurs, then the NPC
[[Esham]], one of the elder members of the council of wizards.  [[Esham]] is the
mage governing Psionic-based magic, having beaten out [[Pelham]] when the seat
became available.  [[Esham]]'s talents involve travelling through the alternate
planes of existence, thus gathering up the party will prove an easy task.
Though he does not know each of the characters well, he knows of their
reputation and will travel first to [[Sorgul]] and ask who else should be
gathered.

When the meteor is traced down, the land around its crater will seem to shift
oddly.  This effect can first be felt at about a quarter mile, though it can be
seen for several miles.  When very close to the crater (within a hundred yards),
a dizziness will be upon the group such that each character's DEX will lower
immediately by 1d6 and thereafter by one point per three segments until it is
one-half of their original value.  Also perception rolls must be made each phase
in order to focus on any individual object.  A failure means that character's
OCV is reduced by as many points as the perception roll was missed.

The crater itself is about ten hexes across, irregularly shaped. If the party
tries to destroy the crystal, treat it as if it had DEF 10.  Any BODY damage
done will chip it away some and the dizziness effect will fluctuate, though not
significantly reduce. Continued assault, though, will cause a
[[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]] to appear. As it turns out, the meteor holds a
[[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]].  Since he is surrounded by an ordered world
(life being the ultimate in order), his powers are weakened due to his need to
project his own chaos into the surrounding world.  His ultimate goal is to
revert the entire world to its primal state: chaos.

== Part Three - The Future Battle ==

The [[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]] is a formidable foe, but he can be
defeated. In order to preserve his status, and further chaos, he will fight any
who would interfere with him.  His combat stats are as follows:

^ The [[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]] ^^^^^
| STR  | 45 |         | Two levels Size Increase ||
| DEX  | 15 |         | | 4 hex reach |
| CON  | 35 |         | | x4 Range Mod against him |
| BODY | 30 |         | | Takes up 4 hexes |
| INT  | 20 |         | | 4 hexes tall (26 feet) |
| EGO  | 25 |         | | |
| PRE  | 50 |         | Resistant DEF: 10 PD, 12 ED ||
| COM  |  0 |         | ||
|      |    |         | Entropy Blast: ||
| PD   | 16 | (10/26) | | 8d6 Physical Blast |
| ED   | 20 | (12/32) | | +2d6 Mind Attack |
| SPD  |  4 |         | | +10 pt Drain on random char: |
| REC  | 12 |         | | (d6:1=STR, 2=CON, 3=INT, |
| END  | 70 |         | |  4=EGO, 5=PRE, 6=REC) |
| STUN | 75 |         | ||
|      |    |         | +4 w/ Entropy Blast ||
|      |    |         | +4 Overall ||

When he speaks, all who hear him will take a 1d6 Mind Attack, though this will
only happen if he performs no other action that phase.

If he finds himself losing the battle, he will escape by teleporting back in
time, taunting the heroes before he goes. "Your victory is also your defeat," he
will boast, "for now I will revert this world to what it once was and not one of
you has the power to stop me!"

== Part Four - The Past Battle ==

At this point, [[Claira]] will appear, flying in wearing bracers identical to
[[Sorgul]]'s (complete with the flight powers as well). Being a time-traveller,
she became alerted to the event when she sensed a paradox.  She will arrive and
inform the heroes that unless she is mistaken, the entire world is now a
paradox.  Something dreadful has happened in the past!

[[Claira]]'s powers have increased linearly over the years and so it is now
within her powers to transport the entire group to the past.  However, such an
excursion is extremely tiring and will leave her so physically exhausted, that
she will be unable to do anything else (Her Long-Term Endurance will be reduced
to 0). Also, her powers are not exact enough to be 100% accurate.  While the
group will remain in the same physical location, they will miss the target time
by several hours, arriving before the Lord of Chaos is to appear.

The date now is April 11, 1107 and since the party's younger selves exist at
this time, they are now a paradox.  Thus, the Time Lord [[Parádoxa]] will
appear, judging them paradoxes and requesting that they leave immediately by the
most expedient means available.  Without [[Claira]], though, no means exists.

[[Parádoxa]], being the Lord of Time, knows what will happen when and so will
not believe that a paradox will exist in a few short hours because, to his
perceptions, it will not happen.  Even were he to shift forward in time, no
paradox would exist, because he would be following the original timeline, not
the one altered by the [[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]].  Thus, the party will
be unconvincing and unless they surrender, he will be forced to resort to
combat.

^ [[Parádoxa]]'s combat statistics are as follows: ^^^^^
| STR  | 20 |        | One level Size Increase ||
| DEX  | 20 |        |    | 2 hex reach |
| CON  | 25 |        |    | x2 Range Mod against him |
| BODY | 20 |        |    | Takes up 2 hexes |
| INT  | 30 |        | ||
| EGO  | 35 |        | Effective DEF 8 Armor ||
| PRE  | 40 |        | ||
| COM  | 10 |        | Aging Touch: ||
|      |    |        | 4d6 NND Blast ||
| PD   | 15 | (8/23) |    | +1d6 BODY Destruction |
| ED   | 14 | (8/22) |    | +1d6 CON Drain |
| SPD  |  4 |        |    | +1d6 STR Drain |
| REC  | 12 |        | ||
| END  | 70 |        | +6 w/ Melee, +2 Overall ||
| STUN | 75 |        | ||
|      |    |        | Small-scale time tricks: 4d6 Luck ||

== Part Five - The Conclusion ==

If [[Parádoxa]] is defeated by the party, then he will be unable to stop the
[[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]] from affecting the timeline as he is scheduled
to do.  Thus, it will be up to the party to battle him again.  The outcome,
however, will be no more decisive than the first combat.  If near defeat, he
will escape through some fantastic means.

If, however, [[Parádoxa]] is not defeated, then he will be able to deal with the
[[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]].  The two are about evenly matched, but
[[Parádoxa]] will succeed in a prolonged battle due to the Time Lord's small-scale
time tricks. The [[lords_of_chaos|Lord of Chaos]] knows that [[Parádoxa]]
is more of a match for him and so will distract the party with a more mundane
challenge:

^ Two Dragons ^^^^^^
| STR  | 70 |        | Four levels Size Increase |||
| DEX  | 18 |        |    | 16 hex reach ||
| CON  | 30 |        |    | x16 Range Mod against him ||
| BODY | 30 |        |    | Takes up 16 hexes ||
| INT  | 15 |        | |||
| EGO  | 20 |        | Armor: PD 9, ED 6 |||
| PRE  | 25 | (+4d6 Attack) | |||
| COM  |  8 |        | Maneuvers: |||
|      |    |        |    | 2d6 Bite (2x2d6 with STR) ||
| PD   | 14 | (8/23) |    | 2x1d6 Claw (4x1d6 with STR) ||
| ED   | 10 | (8/22) |    | (14d6) Kick/Strike ||
| SPD  |  4 |        |    | Move-By: -2 OCV, -2 DCV, Full Move ||
| REC  | 20 |        |    |    | 2x2d6 Bite |
| END  | 60 |        |    |    | 3x1d6 Claws |
| STUN | 80 |        |    |    | 13d6 Kick/Strike |
|      |    |        |    | 4d6K Explosion Fire Breath (18 END) ||
|      |    |        | Running 15", Flight 30" |||
|      |    |        | Perception +2 (14-) |||
|      |    |        | Hear & Smell 16- |||
|      |    |        | Night Vision |||

== Generic Slaad-things ==

//Note: This page was a hand-written addition included after the last page of the printed adventure.//

^ Generic Slaad-things ^^^^
| STR | 25 | | One level Size Increase |
| DEX | 15 | | +15 STR |
| CON | 20 | | +5 BODY |
| BODY | 15 | | 2" reach |
| INT | 10 | | x2 Range Mod. |
| EGO | 8 | | |
| PRE | 20 | | DEF 4 Armor |
| COM | 0 | | +4 Armor 14- |
| | base | | |
| PD | 5 | 8 | Transport 10" Immediate, NMR (END 10) |
| ED | 4 | 6 | |
| SPD | 2.5 | 3 | 2x2d6 Claws (with STR) |
| REC | 9 | 9 | +1d6 INT Destruction |
| END | 40 | 40 | |
| STUN | 38 | 50 | ¼ Resistant Damage Reduction vs. STUN only (Physical) |

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