We're ready to receive sign-ups, now.  Cult, like Zombie, will cost £5 to play.  We'll be accepting money on the door but will gladly take it off you beforehand.  We will be spending most of this money on costumes for the cultists.  It will, as ever, be taking place in the Congregation Hall at the University of East Anglia, starting at around 7pm on the 12th of April and progressing to the early hours of the morning.

 

 Cult uses the Run System to ensure everyone gets a go; therefore, over the course of the evening, you’ll be playing your character through a scenario but also acting as a Cultist and/or a Zombie to attack the other players.  Also, each team will elect an operative to take part in the Final Run, the assassination attempt on Felicity (Mary) which will take place at the end of the event.

 

 The sign-up is below and is written in character.  It contains details of the situation at present, the call to arms that brings the characters to the complex, and details of the runs we have planned.  Following that are forms you can copy and paste and email to Chris at ai.wintermute@gmail.com.  (please put "Cult" in the RE field)  They contain the following fields -

 

 1) Your name - Simple enough.

 

2) Preferred Codename - Should you want to play a character with a different name than your own, enter his or her name here.

 

3) Location – Where you will be traveling from on April the 12th.

 

4) Field of Expertise - Either Investigative or Assault.

 

5) Mission Choice 1st/2nd/3rd - Choose the 3 runs you'd prefer to go on, in order of most to least.  You should only pick from the runs listed in your field of expertise.  (a note - Gatecrasher is open to both Assault and Investigative teams, with the higher demand deciding which runs it).

 

 

 

We are contacting you due to your extensive experience in combating the more esoteric threats that our country has had to face throughout history.  As you may be aware, the existence of a prominent cult in the East Anglia region of the United Kingdom has been worrying us for some time now, and we are preparing to move against the Cult leaders through a systematic campaign of investigation and well-placed assaults.  Over the next few days we hope to crush the cult and eliminate the official Leader, Felicity Rowan.

 

 Our enemies, however, surround us.  Our attempts to gain funding for Operation Lightbringer (as it is known) have been fraught with bureaucratic hurdles and outright refusal; we fear that the Cult's venerated God-figures Lars Emmerson and Duncan Kramer have some form of influence within our organisation.  We must move quickly lest they destroy us outright.

 

So it is in this spirit of desperation and urgency that we approach you, operative, to assist us in our time of need.  What do we offer you in return for your services?  We have not the resources to pay you, nor will your actions gain you the adoration of the country or ensure you a place in history.  Your names will not be celebrated.  There will be no parade.  But you will stave eternal night from this world for a little longer.  You will push back the curtain that surrounds us and make the world a safer place to live in.

 

The campaign is not a simple, or a safe, one - we are out-numbered and out-gunned on all fronts.  But it is not without hope.  You can help change the course of history for the better.

 

Please contact us with details of which missions you are prepared to undertake.  Our final mission - the assault on the Cult's leader - will be undertaken by the finest member of each team, ensuring a varied spread of experience and skills.  Operatives for the final mission will be selected by peer review at our debriefing sessions.

 

Yours,

 

Gabriel Adams, Special Operative, Occult Investigation Bureau

 

 

Mission Outlay for Operation Lightbringer

 

Assault Missions -

 

Assault missions cover tactical applications of firepower and brute force in selected areas of the complex.  Primary aim of missions is elimination of hostiles and disruption of Cult activities.

 

A - Scope

Mission brief: Assess threat level of all primary targets.  Report back to HQ with viable target list and strategic options.

 

 

B - Clean Sweep

Mission brief: Eliminate hostiles in preparation for Investigative Mission Data Sweep.  Eliminate any and all resistance encountered within a time limit.

 

 

D - Gatecrasher

Mission brief: Investigate White Knight creation.  Obtain video evidence of the occult rituals used and escape.

 

 

F - Blind Spot

Mission brief: Disrupt target ritual activites.  Sabotage the cult's teleportation Gate and reposition it to allow our own troops access to the facility.

 

 

 

Investigative Missions -

 

Investigative missions will encompass fact-finding and crime scene investigation.  Operatives must expect to encounter hostiles but combat is not their primary concern.  Their main task is to gather evidence and information on the cult.

 

C - Data Sweep

Mission brief: Gain information on the occult nature of the undead in the complex.  Construct and field-test a Circle of Protection Versus Undead.

 

 

D - Gatecrasher

Mission brief: Investigate White Knight creation.  Obtain video evidence of the occult rituals used and escape.

 

E - Sleight of Hand

Mission brief: Inflitrate cult and sabotage Summoning ritual to create a catastrophic failure.

 

 

G - Smokescreen

Mission brief: Acquire or create mundane incriminating evidence to aid with the police investigation of Felicity Rowan.

 

 

 

(the following to be completed and emailed to ai.wintermute@gmail.com with "Cult" in the RE field)

 

 

Name -

Preferred Codename -

Location -

Field of Expertise -

Mission Selection

1st -

2nd -

3rd -