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Jerry’s Midnight Tales

Additional Contributions by: Preston P. DuBose and Ed Wetterman

Maps by: Craig Largent

Edited by: Jodi Black, Preston P. DuBose, and Ed Wetterman

Cover by: Preston P. DuBose

I would like to dedicate this book to the women who suﬀer for our work

on 12 to Midnight: our wives. hey really sacriﬁce along with us as we

strive to provide quality horror gaming to our fans.

his game uses the Savage Worlds game system, available

from Great White Games (www.greatwhitegames.com).

Savage Worlds, Smiling Jack, and all associated logos and

with permission.

trademarks of 12 to Midnight. his material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any

reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written

permission of 12 to Midnight.

Parts of Jerry’s Midnight Tales ﬁrst appeared in Modern Dispatch #25 , Modern Dispatch #30 , and Modern Dispatch #34 .

his product is a work of ﬁction. Any similarity to actual people, organizations, places, or events is purely coincidental.

Made in Texas, USA.

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12 to Midnight

By Jerry Blakemore

Midnight Tales

Contents

Ed’s Introduction to Midnight Tales ........................................4

Chapter 1: On the Steps of City Hall .......................................5

Pinebox Places .....................................................................................5

Pinebox City Hall ..................................................................................................5

Pinebox People ....................................................................................6

Mayor Red McCoy ................................................................................................6

Manuel Travis (Wild Card) ....................................................................................8

Midnight Tale....................................................................................10

Tale #1: he Powers that Be .................................................................................10

Maps .................................................................................................13

Chapter 2: Mob Rules ............................................................17

Pinebox Places ...................................................................................17

he Pizza Barn .....................................................................................................17

Pinebox People ..................................................................................19

Morten Decourt (aka Michael Anthony Luca) .....................................................19

Jerry Leroy McGovern..........................................................................................20

Midnight Tale....................................................................................22

Tale #2: Just a Few Questions...............................................................................22

Mob Rules.........................................................................................25

Maps .................................................................................................27

Chapter 3: Party Crashers ......................................................29

Organization .....................................................................................29

Texas National Militia ..........................................................................................29

Creature ............................................................................................29

Blood Demon (Wild Card) ..................................................................................29

Midnight Tale....................................................................................30

Tale #3: Party Crashers.........................................................................................30

Maps .................................................................................................34

Pinebox News ........................................................................36

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Midnight Tales

Ed’s Introduction to Midnight Tales

Howdy. hanks for your purchase of 12 to Midnight’s

Jerry’s Midnight Tales . his has been a goal of ours for

the past year or so. Here’s the background story. We

were approached by another publisher to collaborate

on a regular weekly PDF for d20 Modern adven-

tures. We jumped at the opportunity and produced

some really great stuﬀ for the e-zine, which is called

Modern Dispatch .

Jerry Blakemore proposed that we do a serialized

adventure, and he oﬀered to author it. Meanwhile,

Preston DuBose ﬂeshed out new locations in a sec-

tion called Pinebox Places and I came up with crazy,

detailed characters in a section called Pinebox Per-

sonalities. Unfortunately, after the ﬁrst few issues we

saw that serialized adventures would come with more

and more overhead as we had to explain what had

happened in previous issues leading up to that point

before we could even begin that issue’s episode. In the

third issue, Jerry did a great job of bringing the Rising

South series to a climactic ending, while still giving

the GM room to take if further if she wished.

Now, I am a diehard, converted, Savage Worlds

gamer. It is my personal game of choice, so there was

never any doubt that we would convert our Modern

Dispatches for Savage Worlds. In fact, I started the

conversion six months after our ﬁrst issue. Unfor-

tunately, our other obligations constantly got in the

way, and it was left unﬁnished for another half-year.

Finally in early December, Preston said “Okay, Ed.

Now is the time.” I was hyped and ready to go. I

quickly ﬁnished the conversions and we decided to

fast-track the production. Unfortunately Preston, our

layout guy, got a new addition to the family before we

could ﬁnish, and that further set back production.

hese are NOT complete adventures, but rather

great adventure starters. We try to give the GM ev-

erything he needs to run the core adventure of the

Rising South series, as well as many plot points to as-

sist in building his modern horror campaign world.

To borrow an analogy from political theory, Midnight

Tales is more like a salad than a melting pot. We did

our best to reorganize the material from the three

issues logically, but without going so far as to com-

pletely rewrite what we had done. Don’t be surprised

if there’s a few lumps.

By the same token, I can not help but feel happy

with all the material you are getting. his ﬁrst vol-

ume of Midnight Tales oﬀers well-developed NPCs,

several maps, details of the Pinebox City Hall and

Pizza Barn, and a Pinebox News section with articles

that can be used as handouts. We’ve listed dozens

of possible plot ideas, and fully intend that you are

inspired to think of more. I hope you and yours get

as much enjoyment out of playing these as we had in

creating them. And don’t forget to let us know how

the game goes in our forum, the Cellar.

hanks again,

Ed Wetterman

“Howdy” from 12 to Midnight

From all of us here at 12 to Midnight , wel-

come to Midnight Tales . In case you are not famil-

iar with us, we are a Texas-based RPG publisher

specializing in modern horror. You might not

normally think “Texas” and “horror” go together,

but we are pretty sure you will change your mind

after spending some time in Pinebox.

hat’s Pinebox, Texas. It is a nice little rural

community smack-dab in east Texas. here is

a university nearby, a Pine forest called the Big

hicket, and a mess of beautiful wildﬂowers every

Spring. Unfortunately, it is also the epicenter of a

whole lot of bad mojo. We’re talking dark magic,

serial killers, haunted buildings—the whole ball

of wax.

If you want to learn more about Pinebox, just

visit our website at 12tomidnight.com . You can

start using the free campaign setting on our site

right now, then watch it continue to grow right

here in the pages of Midnight Tales . Of course,

Pinebox is our setting but all the material in these

pages can just as easily be dropped into yours .

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Chapter 1:

On the Steps of

City Hall

formerly the site of both sanctioned public hangings

and informal lynching. Today it’s a meeting area for

many older citizens to gather and play chess, check-

ers, and cards under the shade of the trees.

Built in 1921-1922 of imported granite, the city

hall is an architectural wonder. he ornate and de-

tailed scroll work decorating the inside and outside

of the building was completed by German craftsmen

hired after World War I by Hardy “Buck” Travis.

Incidentally, Travis’ great-grandson, Manuel Travis,

currently serves as City Councilman in that same

building. Hardy Travis helped design and construct

the building after the previous city hall building was

consumed in a ﬁre in 1916.

Because of the building’s age, the interior oﬃces

have undergone a series of renovations over time.

Air conditioning, new wiring, and other improve-

ments have transformed the building’s interior. To-

day much of the detailed molding is hidden above

insulated drop-ceilings, but a beautiful tile fresco on

the lobby ﬂoor featuring early pioneers overlooking

Lake Greystone remains carefully preserved for all to

appreciate and enjoy.

Pinebox City Hall contains all the basic oﬃces

of a city, including that of the mayor, city attorney,

city secretary, city comptroller, parks and recreation,

permits, public relations, and human resources. A

municipal court is located on the south end of the

Setting...

Pinebox City Hall

401 Hickory Avenue

he imposing, two story Pinebox City Hall seems

to squat at the edge of Civic Square like an ancient

toad. he boxy, eighty-ﬁve year old building still

houses many oﬃces of local government. Its clas-

sic front boasts ﬁve, two-story Ionic columns and

many large, airy windows with frosted glass panes.

A large sign to the right of the entrance welcomes

visitors to Pinebox. Visitors are welcomed with a

pair of heavy oak doors leading to a large lobby.

he Pinebox City Hall is one of four buildings oc-

cupying the traditional town square. he other three

buildings are the city police station, county court-

house, and post oﬃce. A small park area nestles in the

hub of these buildings. Consisting of large, ancient

oak trees and a well-maintained lawn, this area was

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