Prince Aladdin Quest (Disney Villains *Almost* Victorious)

Insufficiency malus: 95-10 (food consumption)-15 (ammunition usage)-20 (casualties): 50! -10 malus to all actions this turn.

Random event roll:

Queen La: 1d100-20: 43! The Queen is shaken; she took a near miss from a dangerous unknown weapon, and her champion was injured for her sake. Many casualties were suffered amongst her warriors, and dealing with the wounded is consuming much of her time and resources.

Health (DC 25/50/75/100/125): 1d100+13+18+5+17+24-10-20: 87! The rain has stopped, and the disease has gone with it. The presence of Sinbad and Von Lettow are a godsend to Staquait, as they have the knowledge, charisma, and skills to help teach his men how to better survive in the desert and jungle. The many wounded soldiers are a strain upon their resources, but Von Lettow has seen and dealt with far worse. No morale malus, health is as good as can be expected, and better than it could.

Morale: 1d100+8+30+15+25-20: 107! They dealt a stinging defeat to the Leopard-Men, have strong allies, and are getting out of here! Morale has never been higher. There is some grieving as soldiers mourn for fallen friends and companions, but it has not shaken their resolve. +10 to all rolls!

You have six EIGHT actions available this turn, thanks to the presence of Von Lettow and Sinbad. While the two commanders and their assistants cannot be assigned, they will attach themselves to random actions to assist in their completion.

Available heroes: Hub McCann, Garth McCann, Hooft and Hugo, Renard Dumont, Albert Narracott.

Floating heroes: Sinbad, Marina (Spike), Luca, Von Lettow, Henry Jones, Remy Baudouin.


[] Prepare the 75mm and accompanying ammunition for transport. (DC 75)
Chosen hero: Hub McCann.

[] Bandage the wounded (DC 30/60/90)
Chosen hero: Hooft and Hugo. Marina (and Spike!) volunteer to help.

[] Hold a funeral for the fallen soldiers (DC 40)
Von Lettow offers to help.

[] Try to pack up Renard's shop for transport (DC 75)
Chosen hero: Renard Dumont

[] Pack up the stills for travel (DC 30/60)
Chosen hero: Garth McCann

[] Burn the corpses of the leopard-men (DC 60)
Improved health, morale.
- [] Use the raw lumber to burn the leopard-men corpses (free action)
Chosen hero: Albert Narracott

[] Ask Sinbad for a briefing on what to expect in Maldonia (DC 40/80)

[] Try to identify which of the leopard-men were your former troops (DC 50)

[] Barbed wire fencing (400)
[] Animal hides (400 untreated, 1,000 processed) (Latter requires the action "Tan the hides")
[] A copy of your local map (200)
[] Excess meat from Hub's hunts (800)
[] Your chickens (300)
[] Extra rifles (100 per rifle, you have 20 rifles available)
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Extra actions:
[] Prepare the chickens for transport (DC 60)
Assigned hero: Luca

Floating heroes: Von Lettow, Henry Jones, Remy Baudouin, Marina (Spike)
Von Lettow: 1d6: 4! 1d6: 5! 1d2: 1! Von Lettow will assist with the Funeral!

Henry Jones: 1d6: 1! 1d6: 6! Henry Jones will assist with the Occult action!
Trait activation! DC 25, 1d100+5: 104! Critical success! Intensity: 67! Final: 171! Henry's occult malus is reduced by 2!

Remy Baudouin: 1d6: 5! 1d2: 1! Remy takes it upon himself to do the following action:
[] Search the battlefield for weapons and ammunition (DC 50/75/100)
See what weapons might have been left behind; ???

Marina: 1d6: 4! 1d5: 2! Marina will assist with bandaging the wounded!



Prepare the 75mm and accompanying ammunition for transport. (DC 75)
Chosen hero: Hub McCann.
Roll: 1d100+17+17+5+10+10: 84! Success!

Colonel Staquait assigned Hub to get the 75mm gun ready for travel, a task that Hub was easily able to accomplish even with the lack of fully functional tack for drawing the bloody thing. Given how it had proven integral to repulsing the leopard-men, there were no complaints from Hub as to the necessity of bringing it with them, and it took only a quick word with Albert to get a couple of horses to pull the gun and carry the accompanying equipment and ammunition. In short order, he had it all ready to go.

Result: Hub is able to get the gun carriage ready for travel! He gets a pair of horses from Albert to pull it, and rigs up a harness system with which to pull it.

Search the battlefield for weapons and ammunition (DC 50/75/100)
Chosen hero: Remy Baudouin.
Roll: 1d100+17+9: 46! Bare failure!

Somewhat at loose ends, Remy took it upon himself to search the battlefield for dropped weapons and ammunition that could be used again later. However, the corpse details ended up doing such a fine job collecting the possessions of the fallen that there was little for him to do, save confirm that the fight and rain had ruined most of everything else. He got a few spears and bows, but they were only good for firewood and were added to the corpse pile.

Result: Despite his best efforts, Remy is unable to recover any usable ammunition from the fallen; the fight and the following rain ruined most of it.

Bandage the wounded (DC 30/60/90)
Chosen hero: Hooft and Hugo. Marina (and Spike!) volunteer to help.
Roll: 1d100+13+13+5+12+5: 118! Great success!

Hooft and Hugo were assigned to bandage the wounded and get them ready to travel. Being Hooft and Hugo, that unfortunately meant that the most the soldiers could expect was someone who could apply a band-aid and make squealy noises. That is, however, until the lovely Marina decided to take matters into her own hands. Frustrated with their incompetence and feeling sorry for the wounded, she took charge of the task with her own sheer force of personality and directed the two soldiers to follow her lead. Working for Sinbad, she knew quite a lot about cleaning and bandaging wounds, and her efforts led to many being in better condition than they would have otherwise been. The friendly presence of Spike also went a long ways towards raising spirits, with more than a few soldiers shedding tears as the dog leaned against them for comfort.

The injuries themselves tended to either be superficial or incredibly nasty. As it turned out, when fighting leopard-men either you didn't have much in the way of injuries or you were lucky to have a face, what with their natural weapons and overall ferocity. Several soldiers will never see again, and a few have lost limbs. With that being said, most are on the mend, and are expected to make a full recovery.

Result: The wounded soldiers are bandaged up and made ready for travel. About twenty of the wounded can walk on their own, while the rest will need to either ride on horseback or be carried in stretchers. DC for the trip reduced by -15! Marina gains +1 Stewardship!

Prepare the chickens for transport (DC 60)
Assigned hero: Luca
Roll: 1d100+13+15: 89! Success!

The taciturn Luca, hearing that part of their payment was the Legion's chickens and eggs, promptly went out to get them ready to travel. Placing them inside some of Renard's spare crates from his store, he stuck them on a travois and secured them with rope, along with some water and feed so that they wouldn't starve or die of thirst on the trip to the port.

He also took a half-dozen eggs as payment, and was seen happily scarfing them down scrambled, with goat cheese mixed in. Nobody begrudged him, although a few envied him.

Result: Luca successfully packs up the chickens for transit! He borrows a horse from Albert and places them in a crate atop the beast's back. +1 travel bonus as people will have eggs available for breakfast!

Hold a funeral for the fallen soldiers (DC 40)
Von Lettow offers to help.
Roll: 1d100+13+24: 56! Success!

There were ten fatalities in the battle on the side of the Legion. "Royal Little; Felton Acosta; Garfield Farmer; Vincent Wagner; Mikel Garrett; Henry Oneal; Dino Mcclain; Quinton Hamilton; Maurice Mann; Bobby Kim; Mohammed Preston; Norris Gilbert; Heriberto Schultz; Wesley Mcintyre; Jayson Klein. Legionnaires, one and all. They sacrificed their lives for something greater than themselves - to stymie a corrosive evil and to protect their comrades from a fate worse than death."

Staquait's voice was solemn as he read through the names. To the side, Von Lettow stood at attention, his uniform as crisp and clean as he could make it on short notice and without the use of an iron. With him stood seven soldiers, their rifles shouldered.

Almost everyone in the camp was in attendance, even Sinbad and his crew were there with appropriately solemn expressions. The bodies had been washed and wrapped in spare sheetcloth from Renard's store, and a pyre had been built in their honor. While it was not the French custom to burn their dead, after what Staquait had seen with Queen La and how she created her leopard-men, he wouldn't have put it past her to be a necromancer as well.

Hence, burning the corpses.

The dead leopard-men - save for the ones Staquait and Jones had identified as being former Legion - had received the same treatment, albeit far less dignified. The wood Hooft and Hugo had collected was finally being put to use - as bonfire fuel, instead of buildings. Albert and Joey had led the grave detail, hauling logs and bodies and piling them together before burning them. Their weapons had been salvaged, but apart from a few metal spearheads that Garth had kept and some spear shafts that were repurposed as walking sticks for the wounded or as stretcher rods, had gone straight into the fire.

The stench had been terrible, but Staquait endured it, knowing that with the bodies burned he was saving his men's health and denying La the resources of her fallen.

"Prêt! Objectif! Feu!" Von Lettow gave the command in flawless French; the honor guard took aim and fired into the air - towards the South, a petty bit of spite on Staquait's part.

"Feu!" Bang!

"Feu!" Bang!

With the 21-gun salute finished, there was only one final task to do.

"Almighty God, we commit their souls to you. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." Staquait finished the prayer, and with a nod, he and Von Lettow approached the pyre from opposite sides. Each bore a torch. Some leftover oil and kerosene from Renard's shop made it a simple matter to set it ablaze. The pyre quickly caught, and the men stepped back.

Staquait and Von Lettow watched the blaze for a time. Eventually, Staquait turned towards the other officer. "It never gets any easier, does it."

"No. No, it does not. All you can do is hope that their sacrifice was worth the price."

"Amen to that."

Result: The bodies have been burned. Improved morale, Staquait's relationship with Von Lettow improves.

Try to pack up Renard's shop for transport (DC 75 65)
Chosen hero: Renard Dumont. 1d2: 1! Renard's trait activates!
Roll: 1d100+13+18+10+5: 55! Bare failure!

"Merde!" Renard swore as he looked over his little shop, steeling himself for the task at hand.

Renard had looked with everything he had, but no matter how he approached the problem, the simple fact remained that the Legion lacked sufficient transport for both the wounded and his stock. As much as he hated to admit it, a lot of stuff was going to go to waste.

Unless…

Soldiers throughout the camp were surprised to hear the bell ringing from Renard's shop; with everything being rationed, soldiers weren't actually supposed to approach it without explicit leave from an officer. The bell ringing was an exception; it meant there was an emergency, like a fire, and all hands were needed to save it. But as the soldiers raced towards the shop, they were confused to see Renard standing on the porch, hands in pockets and looking as calm as ever.

"Welcome! Welcome!" he said gaily. "Thank you for your prompt response!"

Staquait pushed himself to the front of the crowd. "What is the meaning of this, Monsieur Dumont?" he demanded.

"It has come to my attention that we lack sufficient transport to bring my shop with us to Maldonia." There was a groan from the crowd at the bad news. "But fear not! It will not go to waste! For today, this day only, it is with greatest pride and deepest pleasure to announce the Grand Dumont Sale! Today alone, all of my stock is 100% OFF!!!"

A momentary pause as everyone processed Renard's words; then, with a cheer, they pushed towards his store as one. Renard stepped to one side, granting them access to the door. "Now don't shove, and be sure to share!"

"What caused this, Renard?" Staquait asked in shock. "What are you doing?"

Renard turned towards the Colonel, and for just a moment the jovial mask dropped. Staquait could see how much doing this pained him. "Colonel, I've poured my heart and soul into that shop, into building my business in Africa. But I cannot bring it with me to Maldonia. So, rather than let it go to waste, I thought it better to let my companions make use of it as they will. They know better than myself what they need."

Two legionnaires raced past holding a cuckoo clock; behind them, Sinbad was carrying three bottles of champagne while Marina sighed at her captain's antics. Staquait raised a brow.

Renard grinned sheepishly. "Well, at least they're having fun?"

"Hey, I saw that watch first!"

"Most of them?"

"Ack! No biting! Mine!"

Result: The Legion lacks sufficient transport to haul Renard's stock; rather than let it go to waste, Renard opens up his shop to any and all who want something. Renard loses his trait "Established Merchant"; in exchange, the trip to the port gains a +10 roll bonus, morale improves!

Pack up the stills for travel (DC 30/60)
Chosen hero: Garth McCann
Roll: 1d100+13+12+5: One degree of success! 1d2: 2! The Water Still!

Garth groaned as he looked over the stills in their shed. It was something of a mess. During the battle, apparently a few shots had gone through the walls. The water still was unscathed; the alcohol still, not so much. The tubing had been wrecked, and the reservoir was riddled with bullet holes.

The tears shed when Garth announced the news rivaled the rainstorm in terms of sheer water output.

"NOOOO!!!"

"Pull yourself together, Captain! You're embarrassing us in front of the landlubbers!"

Sinbad's tears aside, the fact that the water still both functioned as planned and could be easily refitted to produce alcohol soothed morale; the fact that the alcohol already produced had survived helped as well. Most of the medicinal whiskey was used helping the wounded, but the officers were sure to share a shot of date brandy once everything was packed as celebration. Everyone else got a drink as well.

"Hmm, not bad," was Remy's begrudging assessment.

Result: Garth is able to pack up the water still for travel; but to the dismay of many, the alcohol still was destroyed during the fight. He is, however, able to save the alcohol that has already been produced.

Burn the corpses of the leopard-men (DC 60 50 30)
- Use the raw lumber to burn the leopard-men corpses (free action)
Chosen hero: Albert Narracott
Roll: 1d100+13+16+5: 38! Success!

Detailed in "Hold a funeral"

Result: Although somewhat waterlogged, Albert (with Joey's help) is able to get soldiers to pile all of the leopard-men bodies and burn them using the lumber Hooft and Hugo collected. Health takes no maluses, morale no reductions.

Ask Sinbad for a briefing on what to expect in Maldonia (DC 40/80)
Sinbad
Roll: 1d100+12+25+8: 71! One degree of success!

Despite his irreverent and lackadaisical nature, Sinbad turned out to be a font of information on what to expect in Maldonia. Staquait was shocked to learn that the French protectorate of Morocco had vanished completely, replaced by an independent Constitutional Monarchy. A vigorous king (with a strong handshake and a decent duelist, to boot), a compassionate queen, two sons - the eldest of whom had returned from overseas with a cute new bride. The new princess had taken over the royal kitchens, turning them into her personal fiefdom.

Small, yet active, Maldonia was a land of opportunity. Fair laws, just rulers, it sounded like a place that Staquait would enjoy living. Learning that they spoke French was just the cherry on the cake.

Try to identify which of the leopard-men were your former troops (DC 50)
Henry Jones volunteers to help!
Roll: 1d100+7+5+20: 95! Great success!

"But...how?!?" Henry groaned in frustration as he looked over the bodies of five leopard-men. Given that they still had their dog tags around their necks and the scraps of their uniforms on their bodies, identifying them had been relatively straightforward.

"Magic, what else?" Staquait said in disgust. "That damnable witch will pay for this." The colonel stalked off, leaving Henry to gape at the impossible fusion of man and leopard before him. He was going to need to seriously reconsider just what was possible and what was not...

Result: Staquait and Henry are able to identify the bodies of the leopard-men via their ID tags, and they are buried in the funeral with full honors. Morale increase! Henry's Occult malus is reduced from -5 to -3!
Staquait's "Nemesis" trait is modified! As a result of his fights and the examination, he gains +5 to his Martial, Intrigue, and Occult rolls when fighting Leopard-Men!

Total trip modifiers: +15 morale, +1 chicken eggs, +10 Renard's Stock, -15 DC from improved health.

RER: 1d5: 4! West! 1d100: 18! The rain has made the road west a muddy mess, +10 DC to the trip.

A/N: And here's what the Legion will be up to this turn! Enjoy!