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An Adventure for Lost Souls

By Kathleen Williams & Joe Williams

Email me at: freeRPGs@comcast.net

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The Bride of

Baron Samedi

Background

Before returning to earth, the PCs must make

ghostly vows. The obvious choice is: “I will not

return until the medium rejoins her body.” After

the vows are taken, a tunnel of light forms to whisk

the PCs back to earth.

We were lounging around Limbo, debating

what Gilligan’s first name is, when she stumbled

into the waiting room.

She looked strange to us. She didn’t have any

wounds, but then neither does Nicky, and he was

torn limb from limb by an escaped gorilla. It wasn’t

until I helped her to a chair that I figured out what

was wrong with her. She was still warm.

A note pinned to her blue dress read, “This

medium was discovered wandering about Limbo.

Please see that she gets home safely.” It was signed

by our mentor.

The Tar Pit

It is twilight when the PCs arrive in a park in

the middle of a city in southern California. A wire

fence surrounds a large tar pit. On a bench in front

of the fence slumps a man in a trench coat, a hat

pulled low over his face.

Before the seated figure is an old man wearing

colorful, tattered clothing topped by a floppy hat.

He has a huge lower jaw, and grins constantly. This

is Daddy Bones.

Daddy Bones smiles at the medium as though

he can SEE her. If approached, the old man glares

at the medium and shouts: “I don’t like your dress!”

Then Blatt! he vomits green ectoplasm at her. The

medium must make a Good Dodge roll to avoid

being hit. The vomit is scalding, and does (Defense

vs Passable) damage per turn for every column

under Good the player rolled on her Dodge.

Daddy Bones takes a necklace from his breast

pocket, waves it at the medium, and says “Is this

what you’re looking for?” Before the PCs can react,

he hurls the necklace over the fence and into the

tar pit. On the next turn, he shouts, “Affa Miredo!”

and then laughing, he disappears. At his shout, two

skeletal saber-toothed tigers rise from the pit and

attack the PCs.

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This Lost Souls adventure is designed for a

group of spirits and one female medium, whose

last name is Torres. The medium is the central

character, around whom the story is based. The

referee may make the medium an NPC, though this

will reduce the player’s personal involvement in

the adventure.

The medium PC is bewildered and

disorientated. She can remember nothing about

her trip to Limbo or anything about her life except

her name, her supernatural powers, and the fact

that she if she stays here any longer, she’ll be late

to meet someone.

The medium assumes she used her Astral

Projection power to escape her body, but

whenever she tries to return to her flesh, an icy

coldness blocks her. She must find her body and

remove whatever is blocking her, or else remain a

lost soul.

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An incorporeal PC who enters the tar must

make a Passable Aquatics roll to avoid plunging to

the bottom.

The long silver chain holds a blue enameled

ball with the figure of a snake etched around it. The

ball twists open. Inside are small pictures of the

medium and another woman who looks very much

like her. The medium recognizes her as Tina, her

sister. Both women wear red uniforms with

“Rainbeau & Ramon Uniforms.” embroidered on

their pockets. Inside the ball is a small quantity of

fingernail clippings (they belong to Jerome

Rainbeau).

The address of Rainbeau & Ramon Uniforms is

listed in any phone book.

Type: Neutral creature under evil influence

Consistency: Incorporeal

Defense: Good. Missile weapons do only x1

damage to their skeletal forms.

WTL: 18

Abilities: Great Agility, Good Strength, Inferior

Intelligence

Appearance: Skeletal tigers with sandy-brown

coats and big fangs.

Motivation: To guard the tar pit.

Combat: Each turn, the tigers attack with their

claws for (Defense vs Passable) x 3 damage and

their bite for (Defense vs Poor) x 4 damage. The

tigers will not venture more than twenty feet from

the pit.

The Sweat Shop

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Rainbeau & Ramon Uniforms is located in a

brick building in an ethnically diverse

neighborhood, predominately Spanish and African-

American. Looking around, the PCs will see that

many of the shops carry the name Rainbeau:

Rainbeau Deli, Rainbeau Dry Cleaning, Rainbeau

Records and Tapes.

At the top of a narrow, enclosed stairway is a

locked steel door with a peephole. On the other

side of the door, a young Hispanic man sits on a

stool, smoking a cigarette. The punk is armed with

a switchblade and an attitude, but is otherwise

defenseless against lost souls. He guards the shop,

making sure the workers do not leave until the end

of their shift.

The sweat shop is filled with young women

sitting in front of sewing machines stitching the

words, “Nadine,” “Sally” and “Rochelle” on the

breast pockets of waitress uniforms. Racks of

uniforms line the walls, and large bolts of colorful

material - green, yellow, blue, and red - are

scattered throughout the building. The air is filled

with bits of cloth and the smell of machine oil. The

only windows are at the edge of the ceiling and are

covered with wire mesh. At the far end of the room

is a door with the sign “Office” attached to it.

Only one sewing machine is not occupied. Next

to the empty station, the PCs spot Tina working.

Though frightened by contact from the afterlife,

Tina will tell what she knows. “The men in red

robes took my sister. Go see Tizano the italero. He

The man on the bench is dead. A Good Medical

roll will show that he died of a heart attack. His

wallet identifies him as Brock Simpson, a police

detective. The breast pocket of his coat holds a

notepad. Reading it, the PCs learn that Simpson

was working on the Torres case. About three

months ago, Hernando Torres came to him and

told him that he believed his family was being

systematically poisoned. The superstitious folk in

the barrio believed the deaths were the result of a

curse, but Hernando didn’t believe it. A month

later, Hernando died. An autopsy did not show any

trace of poison, and the death was attributed to

natural causes.

The final entry in his notebook reads, “3 p.m. --

Hernando’s sister called, says she knows how to

stop the curse. More Santeria crap. Will meet her

anyway, 6 p.m. at tar pit.”

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It is imperative that the players retrieve the

necklace that is sinking in the tar pit. Since Daddy

Bones is no longer touching the necklace, it has

resumed material form, making it even more

difficult for the PCs to pick up. It will sink

completely in four turns.

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will read los caracoles of the Table of Ifa and tell

you her fate. I know only that I am doomed. I will

ask the saints and orishas to have pity on me so

that my death will not be so terrible as hers.” She

will also tell them Tizano lives in the Botanica on

Little Market Street, not far south of the uniform

factory.

As the players try to question Tina further,

Daddy Bones passes through the office door, blood

dripping from his mouth. “It’s you again!” he cries

as he wipes the gore from his chin. “Ramon has

paid for letting your soul escape. But I’ve no time to

play with you. Can you play with fire?”

Taking a deep breath, Daddy Bones blows

across the room, knocking the cigarette out of the

mouth of the punk guarding the door. The lit

cigarette flutters across the room until it lands in a

pile of greasy rags. With a whoosh the rags burst

into flames. Daddy Bones vanishes just as the shop

girls jump from their seats, screaming and racing

for the exit.

cage. If the players lift the cloth, they will find two

white chickens.

Inside the locked trunk is the body of Mr.

Ramon. His throat has been ripped apart. Around

his neck hangs a sign scrawled in blood, which

reads, “Best Man.”

The Botanica

Following Tina’s directions, the PCs go to a

small shop flanked by two bright blue pillars. The

window is dark, but the words Botanica seem to

glow brightly. The shop is crammed full of items.

Some of them are traditional Catholic

paraphernalia - statues, crucifixes, rosaries - while

others are African in origin, such as rattles, herbs,

dried powders, drums and sea shells. Everything is

brightly colored. A red parrot sits on a perch in a

corner. There is a door directly behind the counter.

When anyone physical or incorporeal enters

the room, the parrot squawks, “Those who enter,

are those that pay; pay your toll, or rue the day.” If

the lost souls try to go behind the counter, the red

parrot will instantly block the door, repeating,

“Those who enter, are those that pay; pay your toll,

or rue the day.” If the PCs assault the parrot or try

to bypass it, it will turn into a handsome man

wearing a long red cape. This is a manifestation of

Eleggua, god of entryways, doors and roads.

Though he is not a nasty fellow, he will require

each person to give him something (even an

ectoplasmic item) before letting them pass.

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The women swarm for the door, completely

overpowering the guard. Unfortunately, the bolt

mechanism is stuck (due to the machinations of

Daddy Bones) and they cannot open the steel door.

Many of them fall to the ground and are trampled

as the room fills with smoke. Tina is overcome by

smoke inhalation and must be carried to safety.

The characters must use their powers to prevent

the deaths of the women.

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Lost souls are immune to natural fire, so the

PCs may wish to examine the office even as the

building goes up in flames. It contains a small cage

covered by a red cloth, a desk, chair, large trunk

and coat rack. The coat rack holds a baggy, white

suit streaked with blood. There is a desk calendar

on the table turned to today, where the notation,

“Wedding of Baron Samedi. Hounfour.” is written.

By looking through the calendar, the players will

note that the word Hounfour appears frequently.

On top of the cage is a card in the same

handwriting as the calendar. It reads, “To the Bride

and Groom.” A scratching sound comes from the

Type: Neutral higher being

Consistency: Dual

Defense: Superior

WTL: 60

Abilities: Superior Agility, Great Strength

Appearance: A handsome man with dark hair

and flashing eyes. His nose is rather beak-like. He is

naked except for a red loincloth, a magnificent cape

of red feathers and a small pouch. He carries two

large machetes.

Personality: Dignified and stolid.

Motivation: Eleggua has been bound to guard

the Botanica and alert Tizano to visitors. He will let

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anyone pass who will give him a trinket or gift of a

personal nature, but otherwise he will fight them.

Combat & Powers: Eleggua is capable of

turning into a red parrot. He can fly as a man as

well, though the Botanica is a little hard to

maneuver in. He will attack twice per turn with his

machetes for (Defense vs Good) x 4 damage. Like a

bird, if his head is hooded he will immediately

grow docile and revert to his bird shape.

Gear: Eleggua carries a “master key” in his

pouch. If a player obtains it, she may use it to open

any three locks, whether material or ectoplasmic,

before it disappears forever. If Eleggua is defeated,

the key will remain behind.

of the lost souls, but he will not be able to contact

them since he is not a medium. He will be happy to

communicate what he knows should the PCs make

their needs known.

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Some years ago, there were two religious cults

gaining favor in the neighborhood. Both of them

had the same roots in African culture, but one of

them became Santeria and the other the cult of

Voudou. The leader of the Santeria cult was Mama

Torres, the medium’s grandmother. The Voudou

cult was led by a handsome black man named

Jerome Rainbeau who had just gotten out of jail for

mail fraud. He was very charismatic, drawing many

followers to him, some of them from Mama Torres’

Church of the Little Angels. He grew wealthy from

the donations of his people, buying up property

and businesses until he became one of the most

important men in the area.

Mama Torres warned her people against

Rainbeau and his evil ways. She called him a

mayombero - a malignant being specializing in

revenge and destruction. It wasn’t long before the

Torres family began to die one by one. Mama was

the first to go, and her son Hernando soon

followed.

This morning, the medium came to Tizano for

advice. He had her toss the caracoles (sea shells)

and read her fortune. He learned Rainbeau had cast

a bilongo (an evil spell) on her family and that

within a year they would all be dead. The only

chance the woman had was to place an ebbo (a

counter-spell) on Rainbeau, but to do so she would

need clippings of his hair or fingernails. By burning

the clippings, she would interrupt his powers long

enough to defeat him. The medium felt she could

talk Juan the barber into doing her the favor of

giving her some clippings.

Tizano does not know the location of

Rainbeau’s Hounfour (a temple). But he does know

it is probably guarded by many powerful loa

(spirits). Tizano will warn the PCs that evil spirits

do not like blue, the color of purity, and the smell of

burning brown sugar and garlic are abhorrent to

them. Lastly, he advises them to never eat anything

offered to them by an evil one.

Tizano will refuse to go with the PCs. He is old,

and fighting Rainbeau would kill him.

Tizano the Italero

The door behind the counter leads to the top

of a flight of stairs. From the ceiling hang little dolls

made of black cloth. Crosses and hearts are painted

on every step in blue and white paint. A faint light

can be seen at the bottom, along with the hum of

voices on a television set.

The basement is the living quarters of Tizano,

an old Spanish gypsy. In the middle of the room is a

table covered with a woven mat. A number of

seashells are scattered on top of the mat. Tizano

sits on his cot, watching the small black and white

television.

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Type: Good person

Consistency: Material

Defense: Poor

WTL: 12

Abilities: Feeble Agility, Inferior Strength,

Superior Intelligence

Appearance: A wizened man with a long white

beard and tan skin. His brown eyes are quite lively.

He is lame in his left foot and walks with an ebony

cane.

Personality: Tizano sells a variety of occult

goods to the Santeria and Voudou population. He is

known as an italero - a reader of the Tablet of Ifa.

In other words, he is a fortune-teller.

Powers: Within his room, Tizano is immune to

all supernatural powers. He can sense the presence

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