Spycraft Boot Camp I - v1 - Crafty Games

Man in The Iron Lung
Threat Resources/Action Sites: Armory (headquarters, 16 MP
— Damjanovic Shipping warehouse, Kotor, Montenegro — hierarchy
2, secrecy 2, personnel 2, security 1).
The Heavy Basketball: Treat this as an exotic, hurled weapon
of Medium-size. 10 BP, damage 1d4, error 1-3, threat 20, range 15
ft., weight 5 lbs., actual cost $500.
The heavy basketball has a hardened covering and weights
placed inside it so as to cause more damage when bounced off an
opponent’s face. It’s not a terribly efficient weapon but, if the user
is proficient with it, then he can rebound the ball off an opponent.
To do this the opponent must be within the first range increment
(15 ft.) and the use must score 5 higher than the target’s Defense
score on the attack check. If all this works, the ball bounces back
into the user’s hands.
The Bench: Mitar keeps a few squads of basketball hoods
around to use for things besides pick-up games. When he asks for
the ball they pass it to him.
The Bench, 4th-level (minions, squads of 4 — 28 MP): CR
3. SZ M; v/wp 4d6 (18)/13; Init +5 (+2 Dex, +3 class); Spd 30 ft.;
Def 14 (+2 Dex, +2 class); Atk: 9x19mm service pistol +6 (dmg
1d10, error 1, threat 20, range 20 ft., 10 shots), 9x19mm SMG +6
(1d10, error 1, threat 19-20, range 50 ft., 30 shots); Face 1 square;
Reach 1 square; SA None; SQ None; SV Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +1;
Str 12, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 10; Skills: Balance +5,
Driver +9, Intimidate +5, Jump +8, Sport (Basketball) +9. Feats (2):
Lay Down Fire, Point Blank Shot. Gear (35 BP): 9x19mm service
pistol (13), 9x19mm SMG (18), 50 shots 9x19mm military ball (1),
50 shots 9x19mm jacketed hollow point (1), 100 shots 9x19mm
Teflon tipped (10*), cell phone. Vehicles and Gadgets: 1 Sports Car
per minion (4 GP, SZ L, Hnd +5, Spd 800 ft., MPH 80/160. Def 14,
WP 70, Hrd 3).
* this ammunition is supplied by Free Throw’s armory.
Serial 1: Arthur Vance
Arthur lives in an iron lung. He controls it via a voice activated
computer. A bank of LCD monitors hangs over his head;
through them he can watch the news, video-conference with his
minions, and see what’s happening around him. He can also use a
mouth-operated joystick and monitor slaved to the gun camera to
aim the weapon built into a turret on top of the iron lung.
Arthur Vance, 8th-level Fixer (mastermind — 40 MP): CR
8. SZ M; v/wp 31/8; Init +2 (-1 Dex, +3 class); Spd 0 ft.; Def 15 (-
1 Dex, +6 class); Atk: 7.62x51mm GPMG +1/+3 with tracer (4d6,
error 1–2, threat 20, range 110 ft., 125 shots); Face 2 squares;
Reach 0 squares; SA None; SQ dextrous, procure, Evasion, Sneak
attack +3d6, Uncanny dodge (can’t be flanked), Skill mastery (on
asterisked skills); SV Fort +3, Ref +5, Will +6; Str 6, Dex 8, Con 8,
Int 18, Wis 18, Cha 16; Skills: Appraise +15*, Bluff +14*,
Demolitions +15*, Driver +10*, Electronics +15*, Forgery +15*,
Knowledge (munitions) +15*, Knowledge (political science) +15,
Languages +15, Listen +15, Search +15, Spot +15. Feats: Armor
Group Proficiency (Light), Political Favors, Signature Gadget (Iron
Lung), Weapon Group Proficiency (Hurled, Melee, Handgun, Rifle,
Tactical). Gear (80 BP): 140 shots 7.62x51mm tracer ammunition
(14), laptop computer with 3 upgrades (19), encrypted headset
radio (5), GPS receiver (5), floodlight (2), thermal imager (built into
monitor camera, 15), parabolic microphone (5), standard video
camera with super-telephoto lens (15). Vehicles and Gadgets
(13+3 GP): panic button near chin (1), Iron lung (treat as vehicle
— 15 GP, SZ L, Hnd +0 (net +16, +14 when using V.A.C.S.), Spd 30
ft., MPH 10/20. Def 8, WP 40, Hrd 10, qualities and mods: autopilot,
roof-mounted concealed machinegun, electrified frame, extra
25
armor, heads up display, 3 hidden compartments, improved handling,
voice activated command system).
Threat Resources/Action Sites: Filthy Stinking Rich (headquarters,
27 MP — Private hospital, Rocky Mountains, Idaho —
hierarchy 3, secrecy 3, personnel 3, security 3).
Fighting Notes for the Iron Lung: Vance enjoys good mobility
in his Iron Lung, but not as convenient as walking. When in
personal combat use the normal rules for moving but shift to the
chase rules if the agents get on a motorcycle. The Iron Lung cannot
travel up stairs or slopes greater than 45 degrees. Vance lacks
the use of his arms so he cannot fight normally in melee, and has
no reach. However, he can ram someone using the Lung (and activate
the electrified frame); treat this as a Bull Rush as described in
the PHB.
The mobility granted by the iron lung lets Vance use his normal
Defense in combat and make Reflex saves as usual. Since only
his head and part of his chest are exposed Vance receives threequarters
cover from the lung; this grants a +7 cover Defense
bonus and +3 cover Reflex bonus.
If tipped over, Vance becomes almost completely helpless. His
effective Dexterity bonus drops to -5, he cannot move, and the
machinegun only works against targets in the air above him. To do
this one must "Grab your opponent" (using the Grapple rules)
against the Lung, survive the electrified frame, then make a
Strength Check (DC 15) in place of a "Hold your opponent" check;
if the final Strength check succeeds the lung is tipped over.
Nursing Staff: Arthur Vance needs a round the clock nursing
staff. Being a man of taste and many enemies he makes sure that
the nurses not only know how to defend themselves (and him) but
are also pleasant to look at.
Nursing Staff, 5th-level (minions, squads of 6 — 36 MP):
CR 4. SZ M; v/wp 5d6+5 (22)/13; Init +7 (+3 Dex, +4 class); Spd 30
ft.; Def 15 (+3 Dex, +2 class); Atk: unarmed +6 (1d6+1, threat 20),
9x19mm SMG +8 (dmg 1d10, error 1, threat 19-20, range 50 ft.,
30 shots), dart gun +8 (1d4+drug, error 1-2, range 15 ft., 1 shot);
Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA None; SQ None; SV Fort +5, Ref
+6, Will +1; Str 12, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 8, Wis 10, Cha 13; Skills:
Balance +7, Driver +7, First Aid +8, Spot +4, Swim +5. Feats: The
Look (not for the nurses, for Vance), Martial Arts, Point Blank Shot.
Gear (37 BP): 9x19mm SMG (18), 50 extra shots of 9x19mm military
ball ammunition (1), dart gun (7), 1 dose nerve drug (5), 1
dose knockout drug (3), 1 dose paralytic poison (3), cell phone.
Vehicles and Gadgets: 1 Ambulance per squad (10 GP, SZ L, Hnd -
1, Spd 550 ft., MPH 55/110. Def 6, WP 120, Hrd 11, qualities and
mods: extra armor, hidden compartment (person), improved handling,
nitrous oxide system, reinforced tires).
Plot Hook #1
The agents are sent to Bolivia to deal with a purported threat
to assassinate the current president. The plan involves members of
a local insurgent group, the Silver Way, and—whether successful
or stopped by the agents—they discover that the Agency itself is
implicated in the assassination! This sparks a controversy back in
the States and Congressional Hearings start immediately.
Amanda Norton has taken the place of Station Chief, Gloria
Alvarez, and organized the assassination using Agency resources.
After the assassination she disappears. Simultaneously with the
assassination, Free Throw kidnaps the chair of the Senate
Intelligence Committee’s daughter, Alicia Bradon. The Senate
Intelligence Committee calls for an investigation into Agency
practices and gets detailed files from the Agency. Senator Tom
Bradon turns these files over to Free Throw who uses them to
organize a strike and raid against the Agency headquarters in