Shenanigans: Episode 086

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:This Episode doesn't take place in Arcadia.
==Recap==
On Christmas Eve, 1988. There is a Christmas Party on the 30th floor of the Nakatomi Plaza. Chad Gronk is a member of staff there to get drunk. Peter Peterson is a party crasher. Dirk Stone is working back late as part of the cleaning crew.
Dirk is cleaning the restroom when Dirk's boss comes out of a stall and says that Dirk missed a spot, but he should be used to latrine duty since he is ex-military. The boss then rejoins the party.
Peter and Gronk meet up at the party, with Gronk noticing that he didn't recognize Peter.
Hans Gruber and the other terrorists arrive on the 30th Floor and shoot guns to intimidate the crowd. Gronk and Peter go hide in the restroom, where they run into Dirk. Outside the terrorists hold everyone hostage. Three terrorists, Marco, Fritz and Tony, are sent to search for more people, and they are likely on the way to the restroom.
The party get Dirk's cleaning supplies and start to get chemicals from it. Dirk grabs bleach & ammonia, Gronk grabs drain fluid. Peter crawls up into the ceiling tiles. Dirk and Gronk hide in the janitor's closet. 2 terrorists step into the restroom, search the stalls, then leave.
The party talk about getting guns, but Dirk doesn't have a key to that room. However Floor 32 is under construction and there could be a crowbar there. The party take the crawlspace to try to get to the stairs. The party drop a floor panel behind them as they travel and get to the stairs.
The party make it to the stairs and go upstairs to floor 32. Gronk finds a crowbar easily. Peter finds a nailgun. Dirk hears some voices following up the stairs. Dirk warns the party and they take cover. Dirk grabs a drill and also takes cover. 3 terrorists come into the room and search. As a terrorist walks bast Peter, he fires the nailgun at him, killing him and takes his P7 Pistol. Combat breaks out between the party and the other terrorists in the room.
A terrorist walks near Dirk. Dirk however assures him "It is just a drill" before using his drill on the terrorist's hands and then kills him with a blow to the head with his mop. As a terrorist aims a gun at Dirk, Gronk throws some construction dust in the terrorist's face. The terrorist misses all his shots. Dirk then charges the last terrorist with his mob and the two fight over control of the mop. The terrorist wins control of the mop and knocks Dirk to the ground. Gronk picks up a dropped gun and fires at the terrorist, saying "Never bring a mop to a gun fight", knocking the terrorist down, Peter then executes him.
There is a call on the radio from Hans Gruber, speaking in German. Peter Peterson, speaking German, replies with Hans, saying everything is fine.
The party then exchange backstories. Chad Gronk is in charge of aggressive acquisitions. When his boss wants something, he gets it. Peter Peterson says he is the best mercenary in the business, Hans had wanted to hire Peter for this job but refused to pay Peter's price, and you don't reject Peter. Dirk claims to be just a janitor.
Peter gets on the radio again, and reveals to Hans that he is Peter. Hans asks to pay Peter to leave. Peter says that Hans already knows the price. Hans orders up 6 terrorists to get Peter. The party then retreat upstairs to the 34th Floor, the Computer Floor. Dirk leads the party to a hidden room the janitors use. The party hear the lift open outside. 
The party form a plan. Gronk crawls using the roof crawlspace to the breaker room to turn off the power. Dirk sends the ammonia and bleach bottles into the room and shoots them open. Toxic chloramine fumes rise up. Four terrorists fire at Dirk. One terrorist busts into the breaker room and Gronk kills him with 3 shots. Another terrorist fires a SMG into the breaker room but misses Gronk entirely. Peter and a terrorist exchange fire.
Gronk burst though the plaster wall, saying "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!", then shoots that terrorist dead. Peter gets tackled by a terrorist as another comes in after him. Peter shoots one dead and the other retreats from the room after being wounded. Gronk gets the crawl space and shoots down at the last terrorist with the SMG, killing him.
The party grab the terrorists weapons and go upstairs to the 36th floor, where the piping system is. Along the way the party grab some more equipment from floor 35 that is under construction. The party go into a janitors room on the 36th floor and rest. While resting they radio for police help. The police are skeptical until Peter speaks German and fires shots into the air. Soon a fleet of police cars pull up outside the Nakatomi Plaza.
Gronk sets up an ambush spot behind a desk, with construction lights aimed at the point of entry.
The party then see a terrorist placing explosives. Gronk turns on the construction lights, blinding the terrorist, Tony Vreski, then fires and kills Tony. Outside a Armored Police Carrier drives up towards the building, but then a rocket grenade shoots out from the 5th floor and destroys the APC. Peter drops a block of C4 down the side of the building and detonates it when it reaches the 5th floor.
Hans Gruber talks with Police Sergeant, Al Powell, on the radio, making political demands. Peter interrupts the radio call, pretending to be the real Hans, and says he is just here for money. 
The party find 8 more blocks of C4. As the party make plans, Hans radios the party and addresses all 3 of them by their real names. Hans also has Joe Takagi, the President of Nakatomi Trading, on the radio. Joe asks for both Gronk and Dirk to stand down. Dirks says Hans can't threaten to kill hostages if they don't have a radios to hear him, and shoots out one of their radios. The party have another radio so they can still listen in to Hans, but he won't know they can hear him anymore.
Peter reveals that Hans is really Swedish and is here for money, not politics, to the rest of the party. Gronk reveals there is a vault full of cash and bearer bonds. Then more terrorists arrive on the top floor. Dirk throws C4 into the elevator and detonates it, killing the terrorists inside.
On the radio Karl Vreski threatens to kill the party for what they just did to his brother Tony. The party block off one of the staircases and stake out the other staircase. They get the light trap and a steam trap ready. Karl doesn't open the door and fires with his Steyr AUG, destroying the lights. Terrorists burst into the floor.
The party fight off with the terrorists, getting split up in the process. The party take out the minions. Then Karl then fires his Steyr AUG into Dirk. Dirk is killed, but Karl shoots the steam pipe and gets steam in the face. Karl retreats down the stairs in pain.
After saying some words over Dirk's body, Peter and Gronk go to the garage to stop Hans & Karl's escape with the loot. In the garage are 4 terrorists guarding the getaway car. Gronk shoots the terrorists dead.
The party slash the tires on all but one of the escape vehicles. The last vehicles, an armored van, has the car battery hooked up to some C4 so it'll explode if the engine is started.
Peter and Gronk go downstairs to the vault floor. Karl and 3 terrorists are in this room. Peter kills the 3 minions. The party exchange fire with Karl as Hans sets into the vault. Karl goes into open to fire on Peter and Gronk kills the Karl.
Stepping out of the safe is Hans with a hostage, a pregnant woman. Hans demands to be let go or he will shoot the hostage. The party let Hans escape up the stairs. The party then take the elevator back to the garage.
In the garage Hans and the hostage are in the escape car, but Hans hasn't started it yet. The party demand that the hostage be let go and they won't shoot at Hans. Hans lets the hostage leave the car. Gronk gets the woman behind cover before Hans starts the engine, which causes the C4 to blow him up. Peter gets injured badly by the explosion. 
== Custom Rules ==
* The system in this episode uses Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Willpower, Charisma and Perception.
* No weapon speed, flat d10 initiative roll, lowest goes first. 
* The party get the stat array of 16,15,14,13,12,11,10 to rearrange how they like.
* Party use Fighter saving throws. Level worked out by dividing HP by 10 and round up.
** Example: 25 HP = Level 3. 35 HP = Level 4
* Strength of 16 will add a +1 to damage with melee weapons
* Dexterity of 16 will add a +1 bonus to hit with melee weapons
* Everyone starts with 20 HP. Constitution adds directly to HP
** Example: 15 Constitution adds to 20 HP to make 35 HP
* Intelligence not changed
* If you go to negative HP, a successful Willpower check will allow you to get back up
* Perception not changed
* Charisma Score = AC (movie logic, higher charisma means you survive more)
** Example: 16 Charisma = 16 AC
* Shooting guns: since a round is still 60 seconds, you have the option to shoot as many bullets as you want, but the more shots you take, there is a penalty to the roll-to-hit.
** Example: Pistol: You have a penalty of one per shot. If you want to fire five shots, you make five rolls-to-hit at -5 each. If you want to fire ten shots, you make ten rolls-to-hit at -10 each.
** Example: SMG: You have a penalty of one per 2 shots. If you want to make 30 shots, you roll 30 rolls-to-hit at -15.
* Damage: Nailgun = 1d4; Drill = 1d8; Pistol = 1d6; Pistol Whip = 1d4
==Player Characters==
* Chad Gronk: 12 Str, 16 Dex, 13 Con, 10 Int, 14 Wil, 15 Cha, 11 Per, 33 HP, 15 AC
** At the Christmas Party to get drunk. Aggressive acquisitions.
* Dirk Stone: 11 Str, 13 Dex, 12 Con, 10 Int, 15 Wil, 16 Cha, 14 Per, 32 HP, 16 AC
** Member of the cleaning crew, working late. An Ex-con who was framed for a crime he didn't commit. Former US Navy Seal. 
* Peter Peterson: 11 Str, 14 Dex, 12 Con, 10 Int, 16 Wil, 15 Cha, 13 Per, 32 HP, 15 AC
** Party Crasher
== Significant NPCs ==
* Hans Gruber
* Joe Takagi
* Sgt. Al Powell
* Karl Vreski
* Holly
== Significant Locations ==
* Nakatomi Plaza
Category:Shenanigans Episodes