Spycraft Boot Camp I - v1 - Crafty Games

many galas and banquets a year, mingling with the socially elite
that frequent the parties. As she talks about current fashion and
popular causes, she subtly implants the order’s purpose within
them. She has brought in quite a few recruits for the order and, as
the chairperson of the Temple Fund, bankrolls it through unwitting
donations.
Shelene can be a very enticing and seductive woman when
she wishes to be. She has a soft lilt to her voice that has a tendency
to make a man do as she asks. With a toss of her shoulderlength
blond hair, she can cast the classic come hither stare from
her amethyst eyes. However, when she hits one of her tantrums,
she can crush a person’s ego with a couple of slight words… and
she loves it.
Staging Notes: Shelene is holding a formal gala at her estate.
This gala is actually a cover so that knights from many of the cells
globally can pick up their groups’ "paychecks". Out of the 60 that
are expected to attend, a quarter of them are cell leaders. A Room
39 agent has noticed a dramatic quantity of withdrawals from the
Temple Fund’s accounts and has grown suspicious, notifying the
rest of the Conspiracy.
Shelene Radcliff, 3rd-level faceman/2nd-level aristocrat
(henchman — 10 MP): Department: D-1 The Power Brokerage. CR
5. SZ M; v/wp 30/10; Init +5 (+1 Dex, +4 class); Spd 30 ft.; Def 15
(+1 Dex, +4 class); Atk: Glock 22 +4 (dmg 1d8+2, accuracy –, error
1, threat 20, range 25 ft., qualities and mods: AA, CP, TD, 17 shots);
Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA None; SQ adaptable, cold read
1/session, quick change 1/session; SV Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +7; Str
8, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 16; Skills: Bluff +8,
Bureaucracy +4, Cultures +6, Diplomacy +12, Gather Information
+7, Hobby (Writing) +4, Innuendo +10, Intimidate +2/+6,
Profession (Aristocrat) +9, Read Lips +4, Search +5, Sense Motive
+8, Sleight of Hand +2, Spot +4. Feats: Armor Group Proficiency
(Light, Medium), Charmer*, Filthy Rich, The Look**, Undermine,
Weapon Group Proficiency (Hurled, Handgun, Melee, Rifle). Gear:
Weapon, exclusive party bundle, 5 BP. Vehicles and Gadgets: None,
gadgets: Hypnosis lenses, aphrodisiac cigarettes.
* Shelene has a +1 to all Charisma-based skills vs. neutral,
friendly, or helpful agents.
** Shelene has a +1 bonus to all Charisma-based skills when
dealing with the opposite sex.
Threat Resources: None.
Headquarters: Radcliff Mansion at Los Angeles California,
USA – hierarchy 1, secrecy 0, personnel 1, security 0.
Shelene Radcliff’s Bodyguards: Shelene doesn’t like being
surrounded by the ugliness of reality. She prefers that everything
that surrounds her is just as friendly as her cloistered lifestyle. As
such, her bodyguards are trained professionals but are also culturally
sophisticated. They always wear current designer suits with
the trendiest sunglasses. Image is as much of a concern as security.
Shelene’s bodyguards are not a member of the Sodality, however
they are completely loyal their boss. It’s amazing how much
loyalty money can buy.
Shelene Radcliff’s Bodyguards, 2nd-level operatives/1stlevel
aristocrats (minions, squads of 3 — 20 MP): Department:
D-1 The Power Brokerage. CR 2. SZ M; v/wp 19/12; Init +3 (+2 Dex,
+1 class); Spd 30 ft.; Def 14 (+2 Dex, +2 class); Atk: ACCU-TEK HC-
380 +3 (dmg 1d8, accuracy –, error 1-2, threat 20, range 20 ft.,
qualities and mods: –, 10 shots); Face 1 square; Reach 1 square; SA
Sodality
31
None; SQ None; SV Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +3; Str 18, Dex 14, Con
12, Int 9, Wis 9, Cha 12; Skills: Bluff +4, Bureaucracy +3, Climb +1,
Demolitions +1, Diplomacy +4, Driver +3, Hide +3, Hobby (gardening)
+1, Innuendo +1, Intimidate +2/+4, Move Silently +4,
Profession (Aristocrat) +1, Tumble +3. Feats: Armor Group
Proficiency (Light), Charmer*, Stealthy, Weapon Group Proficiency
(Handgun, Medium, Melee, Rifle). Gear: Weapon, bodyguard bundle,
5 BP. Vehicles and Gadgets: None.
* Shelene’s bodyguards have a +1 to all Charisma-based skills
vs. neutral, friendly, or helpful agents.
Plot Hook #1
Wealthy industrialists and celebrities have been donating
extraordinary amounts of money totaling in the trillions within
the last year to the Temple Fund. Finding the focused target of
these donations peculiar, the Archer Conspiracy dispatches agents
to investigate their source:
Possible Causes
for the Donations:
1. Shelene’s events have been particularly successful as of late.
She’s been convincing wealthy tycoons and movie stars to
donate to her pet project, the Temple Fund. However, the
amount of attention that the donations have brought to the
Temple Fund from the media has sparked anger from Jack,
who thinks that the publicity threatens the secrecy of their
order and it’s goals.
2. Ambitiously proving his worth, a young undercover knight at
Centra has been doing some after hours fund transfers from
accounts which he knows often donate to organizations for
tax purposes. Hiding the transfers among epic transaction
records, he’s confident that these moguls won’t be able to
notice the relatively minor million dollar skims
3. In a financial predicament, Jack has amassed embarrassing
information about many industrialists. Using intermediaries,
he has threatened to reveal these tawdry and potentially devastating
expositions to the world, unless they are willing to
donate to his cause: the Temple Fund.