2016/01/19

The Body in the Snow is ...


  1. a tsarist (1: imperialist, 2: warlordsman, 3: truefellow, 4: landsman),
  2. a shkraet (1: dwarf, 2: wholeman, 3: engineer, 4: ratman),
  3. a potnik (1: thief, 2: gypsy, 3: tinkerer, 4: crafter),
  4. a divyak (1: wildling, 2: skinbouncer, 3: biomancer, 4: totempuller),
  5. a kentauri (1: warmachine, 2: cavalryman, 3: nomad, 4: supervisor),
  6. a weird (1: boneshifter, 2: mossman, 3: soulthrall, 4: folksagent).
... so the PCs loot the human (tsarist, shkraet or potnik) and find a ... :
  1. fine (1: boots, 2: gloves, 3: cap, 4: scarf),
  2. warm coat of (1: wool, 2: fur, 3: down-lined silk, 4: padded leather),
  3. richly worked (1: belt, 2: bracers, 3: torc, 4: codpiece or gun garter),
  4. jangling (1: purse, 2: pouch, 3: sack, 4: handbag) with 1d100 copper and 1d20 silver,
  5. silver (1: necklace, 2: ring, 3: bracelet, 4: pocket watch),
  6. embroidered (1: eye-mask, 2: waistcoat, 3: cape, 4: bustier),
  7. tasteful (1: knife, 2: walking stick, 3: pipe, 4: pen case),
  8. fancy flask of (1: ale, 2: bloodbush, 3: medicinal tonic, 4: snake oil),
  9. packet of (1: lardcake, 2: meatbread, 3: cheese, 4: dried squid),
  10. masterful weapon (1: sword, 2: polearm, 3: axe, 4: pistol, 5: rifle, 6: crossbow),
  11. polished armor (1: angled shield, 2: stiffened leather, 3: banded armor, 4: cuirass),
  12. hidden bundle of (1: silversilk, 2: abominable snow-fur, 3: divyaki red gold, 4: ice pearls, 5: bloodbush tea cakes, 6: blue snow wood carvings).
... so the PCs retrieve the monster's (divyak, kentauri) stolen ... :
  1. fur (1: shoes, 2: hat, 3: mittens, 4: muffler),
  2. fur (1: cloak, 2: kilt, 3: cloth, 4: headband),
  3. leather (1: big belt, 2: bracer, 3: mouth-mask, 4: chest-girdle),
  4. hide (1: haversack, 2: fanny pack, 3: quilt, 4: saddlebag),
  5. red gold (1: nose ring, 2: circlet, 3: dog tag, 4: plug),
  6. ivory (1: wand, 2: mask, 3: fetish, 4: comb),
  7. rugged but reliable (1: knife, 2: spear, 3: bow, 4: rope),
  8. gourd of (1: mead, 2: treejuice, 3: bloodwine, 4: speed seeds),
  9. wrapper of (1: jerky, 2: nuts, 3: liver paste, 4: dried manflesh),
  10. ancient-seeming weapon (1: cold iron greatsword, 2: obsidian javelin, 3: ivory spear, 4: composite bow, 5: fine sling, 6: amber rifle),
  11. well-worn armor (1: hide, 2: abominable fur, 3: ivory-studded leather, 4: obviously looted from a righteous owner),
  12. carefully wrapped bundle of (1: therma-skin, 2: cerma shell, 3: skull spheres, 4: pliomass, 5: bronze spirdles, 6: ice-larva fungus).
... so the PCs carefully rifle weird (really, weird) and vile corpse that reeks of eucalyptus and myrrh to find a ... :
  1. spantexTM (1: slippers, 2: gloves, 3: headcap, 4: neckerchief),
  2. body suit of (1: red, 2: green, 3: silver, 4: many colors),
  3. utility (1: belt, 2: backpack, 3: legstrap, 4: tense floating disk control unit),
  4. pack of (1: cards, 2: plaz-sheaves, 3: smoker papers, 4: psychic granular paper wedges),
  5. ivory and plaz (1: accessory, 2: ring, 3: wristwatch, 4: belt),
  6. stainless (1: eyeball, 2: ear, 3: hand, 4: extra-sensory implant),
  7. vibranTX (1: knife, 2: screwdriver, 3: wand, 4: filament lance),
  8. steel flask of (1: AmbrosiaTM, 2: PepTM, 3: Naga ColaTM, 4: SmoothTM),
  9. tube of (1: chicken, 2: fish, 3: burdenbeast, 4: meat regrowth matrix),
  10. bizarre and possibly dangerous (1: rapier, 2: mace, 3: ray gun, 4: babble unit),
  11. armor or over-dress (1: black coat, 2: white suit, 3: cerma cuirass, 4: mirrored source-drive exo-skeleton),
  12. valuable black plaza box of probably worthless (1: lunar scales, 2: trumpet-shaped artifacts, 3: bronze spirdles, 4: source cylinders, 5: pliomass, 6: plaza-hole cards).
The wizard wore the extra-sensory implant in his belly-button, necessitating some unusual sartorial adjustments.

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