The ongoing escapades of the Pandora Club

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This thread will be used to keep track of my Regency Period Campaign (Previously M&M).

Think Extraordinary League of Gentlemen meets Sharpe.

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Smythe by rpggeekuk, on Flickr

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Cloche by rpggeekuk, on Flickr

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Delancey by rpggeekuk, on Flickr

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Tavistock by rpggeekuk, on Flickr

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Alverton by rpggeekuk, on Flickr

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1. The Diplomat
A visiting American diplomat needs protection till a meeting can take place with the British Government. The French decide that peace between America and Britain would not be beneficial and dispatch Monsieur Goupil to resolve the problem.

Dramatis Personae
Tobias Drake (Principal of the Pandora Club)
Albert Krenshaw (Government liaison)
Maxwell Cummings (American diplomat)
Monsieur Goupil (French Agent)
‘Cheeky’ Bob (London Criminal)
Maisy (The Multilingual maid)
Julie Taylor (Girl of unknown talents!)
Burt (Coachman and triage expert)
Daniel (Cheeky street Urchin and informer)

2. The Professor
A rampaging fire leads our heroes to uncover the kidnap of Professor Baker and the intention of some ghoulish fiend to steals his secrets.

Dramatis Personae
Professor D Baker (Kidnapped professor)
Will Sadler (Young whipper-snapper and the professor’s errand boy)
Mute Jacob (Beggar and cohort of Jarvis Hook)
Jarvis Hook (Ex-soldier and criminal, found in the ‘Old Tin Cup’)
Matthew Hawkwood (Bow Street Runner, for Sir James Reed Chief Magistrate)
Hayward family (Tavistock’s adoptive family and acting staff)
Ghoulish fiend (Purportedly dead)

3. Mask of Medusa
What starts out with a pleasant party at the Hayworth’s soon turns into the investigation for a missing man. The band discovers that a wounded party with the powers of Medusa have come back for vengeance.

Dramatis Personae
Joseph Alverton (Alverton’s father)
Edward Ainsworth (Renown psychic)
Gustav Kregehr (Infamous Prussian hunter)
Duke Dominique L’inoge (French aristocrat)
Mr & Mrs Davington (A rather charismatic couple)
James Ashby (Abigail’s 2nd victim, now located at the Pandora Club)
Caroline Quinn (Died during childbirth, victim of the evils of alcohol and lecherous men)
Abigail Quinn (Vengeful sister)
Prof. Isaac Titsworth (The Pandora Clubs resident magus)

4. The KeyStone of Ra
When Alverton saves a young man from assassins of Apep, the troupe soon find themselves knee deep in puzzles as they race to find the Keystone of Ra.

Dramatis Personae
Stewart Taylor (Prof. Edwards assistant)
Edwin Molesworth (Proprietor of Phantique)
Jean-Francois Champollion (Magus and advisor to Napoleon)

5. The Herald
The Inquisition stalk the streets of London with an unknown agenda, can our heroes stand against Adumus Falkasius and his Inquistors?

Dramatis Personae
Adumus Falkasius (Inquisitor)
Hector Fenwick (Surviving Victim)


6. The Collector
A break in at the museum and the theft of a Torq by a leading professor reveals a plot to gather important British Relics by a shape changing monstrosity.

Dramatis Personae
Ms Catherine Hurst (Prof. Hurst’s feisty daughter and Alverton’s love interest)
The Collector (A shape changing fiend)
Prof. Denrimus (The mysterious Prof. who secreted the items)
Mr Heywood (Possessor of the Dragon banner which was since
passed to Alverton)

7. One of our spies is missing
The band head to France to rescue a captured British spy, they find themselves against many old enemies and uncover a weapon so powerful it could change the course of the war.

Dramatis Personae
Monsieur Savard (None other than Monsieur Goupil the French spy)
Charlotte Millington (British spy and none other than Maisy the maid)
Jean-Francois Champollion (Magus and advisor to Napoleon)
Marko (Leader of a band of Russian partisans)

Season 2 to begin soon...

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If anyone is interested a more detailed reports can be found here:

http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopi ... =3&t=19146

I will be putting a summary on here, but it won't be as detailed due to lack of time.

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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen meets Sharpe? That sounds AWESOME!

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Yeah it’s been really good fun so far, I am a big fan of the period.

On another note, it appears I have posted in the wrong place as this is for official settings, could I get this link moved or is it easier to create it again?

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Season 2

2.1 GunRunner
A cache of stolen munitions and an illicit auction gone awry leads our band into a desperate fight aboard ship against Major Hinde and his fellow mercenaries.

Dramatis Personae
James de la Cloche (A shape changing agent of the British Government)
Albert Painter (Know arms dealer)
Ms Mai (Figure of the Chinese underworld)
Major Hinde (Leader of a band of ruthless mercenaries)

2.2 Succubi
A desiccated corpse leads our heroes into the world of exotica as they face off against an evil Succubi and a close encounter with a riding crop.

Dramatis Personae
Henry Cuthbert (The desiccated corpse, served with Lt.Smythe)
Mrs Chandler (Proprietor of the House of Venus)
Liz (Prostitute with a fetish for saddles and riding crops)
Alice (Prostitute and Succubi)

2.3 The Summoning
A kidnapping finds our heroes hunting for Mr H Fenwick (see 1.5) who has been kidnapped by ill doers. Whilst our heroes were distracted an unknown party has sacrificed Mr Fenwick to birth some uncanny fiend.

Dramatis Personae
Richard “Hatchet” Parsnip (Highwayman, blaggard and kidnapper)
Daniel Harris (Highwayman, blaggard and kidnapper)
Mr H Fenwick (Sacrificial victim)
The Herald (Unkown)

2.4 Resurrection
A mysterious benefactor arrives in the guise of Professor Denrimus (see 1.6) and the requests the aide of our heroes. After facing off against agents of the unseelie court and the aid of 3 heroes of old, Alverton is found to be alive.

Dramatis Personae
Professor Denrimus (Professor of archaeology and practitioner of the arcane)
Shrak (A giant intelligent wolf and leader of The Pack)
The Pack (Magical wolves from the Unseelie court)
Farrokh (Persian archer)
Castor (Spartan warrior)
Thannos (Greek soldier)
Nessa (Elf maiden from the Court of Gadarath)

2.5 The Sword
Denrimus sends our heroes into the fae realm to recover a weapon of magic. After successfully completing a series of tests our heroes are victorious.

Dramatis Personae
Lord & Lady Davington (Fae in exile)
Gadarath (King of the Summer Court)
Nessa (Princess and daughter of Gadarath (See 2.4)

2.6 Timeout Part 1
A theft and the arrival of a large dinosaur, finds our heroes attempting to track down an elusive thief who has the ability to manipulate time. The resulting explosion from the final showdown between our heroes, Mr Adams (who was attempting to kill/detain Conroy)and the thief sees our heroes transported to Antaris(Tavistocks home).

Dramatis Personae
Arthur Conroy (Disgraced inventor and thief)
Cole Atkinson (Liar, cad and apprentice to Mr Conroy)
Edward Carter (Corrupt industrialist)
Mr Adams (Henchman in the employee of Mr Carter)

2.6 Timeout Part 2
The heroes find themselves in Antaris where they aided Kerchak (former king of a tribe of intelligent apes) to regain his throne and save his family. It was also revealed that Arthur had been setup by Carter and Atkinson and was allowed to remain behing to help Kerchaks tribe.

Dramatis Personae
Kerchak (Tribal ruler)
Tublat (Kerchaks’ brother and head priest.)

2.7 The Throne of Brtiain
An evil sorcerees reveals her intent when she attempts to take over Britain by summoning the Throne of Britain at Stonehenge. Our heroes battle alongside the British army to foil this evil plot.

Dramatis Personae
Colonel William Borthwick (Incompetent officer)
Captain Henry Trant (Good old chap)
Sorceress (Unknown, possible incarnation of Morgan le Fay)
Knight (Unknown, possible incarnation of Arthur or Mordred)

Season Prologue
Ms Stevens is arrested after slaughtering a man in cold blood.