darkmentat: переводы

→In your game? Up to you.

→“Officially,” if everything goes as expected? They were replaced by changelings and left ahead of the spoon salesmen and went to whatever town the performers were originally trying to reach. Once there they performed, duplicated other travelers going in different directions, and then continue to spread chaos.

→What happened to the Morris dancers?

→That is how the situation will unfold if the PCs do not intervene. It is their responsibility, if they so choose, to work with, around, or against the circumstances and NPCs in order to accomplish their goals, whatever they may be.

→And there is a 50% chance that the Sisters will do absolutely nothing about the situation and will not allow any child to be harmed without absolute proof that it is an inhuman fiend.

→The vote will come down to this: There is a 50% chance they will vote to side with Sir Boris. Letting an inhuman thing live endangers everyone, so even if it means the death of a handful of innocent children it is better to sacrifice the few to save the many. They will wait another twenty-four hours to see if another solution comes up (although neither they nor Sir Boris will look for another solution), then they will smother the children one by one.

→They will believe most any plausible story told to them. Telling them the truth will leave the Sisters in a great panic, as they realize that every living being inside the Home is in deadly peril. They will quickly chatter amongst themselves, and then tell the PCs that they must take a vote to decide what to do. The PCs must wait outside pending the result of the vote as there won’t be anyone to spare to watch them to make sure they behave.

→If things calm down, the Sisters will want to know what is going on. Sir Boris will be a raging madman, demanding the head of the evil trickster, so it is the PCs that will be tasked with explaining just what in the hell is going on.

→There is indeed a changeling in the bunch, but it will not be easily found. This changeling is slightly inferior in its powers – it can not imitate exactly. But it is clever and has discovered that it can still cause anguish through near duplication. So the PCs will not find any exact duplicates among the twenty-one babies that have recently arrived here.

→Sir Boris will act this way even if he is a changeling, as the strife it causes is chicken soup for its soul. If it can make nuns witness the slaughter of infants, so much the better. It will of course kill all the real children 􀇝rst, and then imitate a nun rather than kill the changeling baby.

→If Sir Boris can not determine the identity of the false child, he will attempt to slay all of them, just to be sure. If he is thrown out of the Home, he will try to burn the place down. He will not care about anything but rooting out the evil and avenging his fallen comrades, no matter what the price. The nuns will, if they can manage it, restrain Sir Boris and lock him in one of their prayer cells.

→Once inside, Sir Boris requests to see the nursery where the new children are kept. Once there, he draws his sword and demands to know where the undocumented child is so he can slay it. At this point all hell breaks loose as the Sisters will attempt to physically restrain him – and the PCs, if they came with him the Sisters assume they share his agenda. One of the Sisters will run to an office and throw all the childrens’ paperwork into the fire so their identities can not be tested.

→If the PCs do not cooperate and the Sisters do not let them in, it is up to the Referee to improvise what happens if the PCs attempt to either force their way in or sneak in through other means.

→Under no conditions will they be allowed in carrying weapons or wearing armor. This is non-negotiable. Sir Boris, being a member of the Order Medical, may enter with his full gear, but the PCs must disarm. Even so much as grumbling about this will not convince the Sisters that the PCs’ intentions are good.

→Being that the Sisters are very protective of their Home, they will not let anyone in that seems like trouble. “Armed” is a prime indicator that someone seems like trouble. If they are with Sir Boris, he will vouch for them and let them in. If they have explained the situation to Sister Carpenter, again they will be allowed in. Otherwise they need an absolutely outstanding story to convince the Sisters to open the thick metal door and let a band of lawless adventurers in and have access to the children.

→Being that the Sisters are very protective of their Home, they will not let anyone in that seems like trouble. “Armed” is a prime indicator that someone seems like trouble. If they are with Sir Boris, he will vouch for them and let them in. If they have explained the situation to

→The Sisters will be very protective of their children, trying to keep them away from any outsiders. The children are all from broken homes, but have also been told for the entire time they have been here that the outside world is nothing but danger and wickedness. Those that stay here until turning 14 are not well prepared for the world and often go into Church service for lack of ability to do anything else. Exactly as Magda desires.

→The Sisters have lived very sheltered lives, never having been outside of the confines of strict religious life. The two exceptions are Sister Magda (who is well-informed about the world but hates it for its corrupting influence) and Sister Carpenter who had earlier in life joined the army pretending to be a man, and even passed for a short while (she became a Sister to hide - when she was discovered one night in the barracks the men decided to “teach her a lesson," but she escaped after killing one soldier and seriously wounding two others).

→The Sisters, ranging in age from 25 to 64 (the eldest being their leader, Sister Magda), care for and educate the children The older children help with the upkeep of the Home and work the gardens around the Home.

→One hundred thirty-eight children (not including the new arrivals) of various ages live in the Home, cared for by sixteen Sisters of Saint Petra. The children are separated by sex and age categories (under 2s, 2 - 4, 5 - 9, 10 - 13) with the older children residing on the upper floors.