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BLOOD AND GUTS

V2.0

WAR ON TERROR

CHARLES RICE

COVER ART:

JEREMY SIMMONS

INTERIOR ART:

JOSEPH WIGFIELD

EDITING:

CHARLES BAIZE

LAYOUT :

CHRIS DAVIS

PLAYTESTING:

CARRIE BAIZE, CHARLES BAIZE, COREY

HODGES, EDWARD LENNON, PAULA RICE,

CHRIS DAVIS

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Introduction

Terrorism Primer

Welcome to the second edition of Blood and Guts: War

on Terror, the campaign model that serves as the monster

manual for the Blood and Guts line. In the real world

the monsters are human and War on Terror updates these

monsters to the second edition following the pattern used

in Blood and Guts 2: Special Operations Command.

These rules should provide the game master with the

perfect opponents for his special operations campaigns,

providing adventure hooks, historical information on the

organizations involved as well as a number of ready made

NPCs representing the rank and ﬁle of the different groups

presented.

What is Terrorism?

The ofﬁcial United States deﬁnition of terrorism is deﬁned

in federal law as follows: “The unlawful use of force or

violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce

a government, the civilian population, or any segment

thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.”

The FBI also makes a distinction between domestic and

international terrorism.

Domestic Terrorism

Domestic terrorism is the unlawful use, or threatened use,

of force or violence by a group or individual based and

operating entirely within the United States or its territories

without foreign direction committed against persons or

property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian

population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of

political or social objectives.

International Terrorism

International terrorism involves violent acts dangerous

to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws

of the United States or any state, or that would be a

criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction

of the United States or any state. These acts appear to

be intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population,

inﬂuence the policy of a government by intimidation

or coercion, or affect the conduct of a government by

assassination or kidnapping. International terrorist acts

occur outside the United States or transcend national

boundaries in terms of the means by which they

are accomplished, the persons they appear intended

to coerce or intimidate, or the locale in which the

perpetrations operate or seek asylum.

To this, an added deﬁnition is assumed throughout

this work, that those forces which attack government and

military forces exclusively are guerillas , not terrorists.

However, a force which attacks both government/military

forces and civilians is considered a terrorist organization

throughout this work.

Homeland Security

Advisories

In an effort to coordinate domestic efforts

to combat terrorism, the Homeland

Defense Agency issues a daily threat level

based on a ﬁve-tier color-coded system.

Green (Low Threat Level): At this

threat level, agencies concentrate on

maintaining alertness, and training personnel,

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including training on the Homeland Security Advisory

system. All facilities and regulated sectors will be

monitored for any weaknesses in security, and all possible

steps will be taken to mitigate any weaknesses discovered.

Blue (Guarded Threat Level): This condition

indicates a general risk of terrorist attack. In addition

to the procedures outlined above, agencies will: 1)

Check emergency communication with designated

emergency command centers; 2) Review and update

emergency response centers; 3) Provide the public with

any information that would strengthen its ability to act

appropriately.

Yellow (Elevated Threat Level): This condition

indicates a signiﬁcant risk of terrorist attack. In addition to

the procedures outlined above, agencies will: 1) Increase

surveillance of critical locations; 2) Coordinate emergency

plans with neighboring jurisdictions; 3) Assess whether

the precise characteristics of the threat require reﬁnement

of preplanned Protective Measures; 4) Implement, as

appropriate, contingency and emergency response plans.

Orange (High Threat Level): This condition indicates a

high risk of terrorist attack, usually in regards to a speciﬁc

statement by one or more terrorist groups or intelligence

of a speciﬁc risk of imminent attack. In addition to the

procedures outlined above agencies will: 1) Coordinate

necessary security efforts with Federal, State, and local

law enforcement agencies, or the National Guard, or any

appropriate armed forces organizations; 2) Take additional

precautions at public events, including consideration

of other venues or cancellation; 3) Prepare to execute

contingency plans, including relocating command centers

or dispersing emergency services personnel; 4) Restricting

access to any threatened facility to essential personnel only.

Red (Severe Threat Level): This condition indicates a

severe threat of terrorist attack, almost always coupled with

a speciﬁc threat or speciﬁc intelligence. This threat level

is not meant to be maintained for extended periods of time.

In addition to the procedures outlined above agencies

will: 1) Increase or redirect personnel to address critical

emergency needs; 2) Assign emergency response personnel

and pre-position and mobilize specially trained response

teams or resources; 3) Monitor, redirect, or constrain

transportation systems; 4) Close public and government

facilities.

“ Certain groups of people: Christian

Fundamentalists, Jewish Fundamentalists, Muslim

Fundamentalists, and just plain guys from Montana,

are eventually going to provide us with a great deal of

entertainment.”

George Carlin

Max and Bri walked hand in hand down by the

water. Following that business with the Hanmei and

Marcel, they had come to South Korea, the place

where Bri’s soul could always feel at home. They

were two lovers, trying to rediscover what they’d lost.

“Bri! Max!”

They turned, seeing Kimmy running up to them at

full tilt. Max laughed, “I told you the old man would

send someone after us.”

Then they saw the blood. About twenty yards away

from the couple, Kimmy collapsed, blood seeping

from her shoulder.

Kimmy woke to ﬁnd Max and Bri standing over her,

she started to sit up. “Where…”

Max shook his head. “Don’t move. Don’t. You

took a through and through to the shoulder. I patched

you up, but stay still.”

Kimmy’s eyes wandered lazily around the small

minbak the couple had rented. Max got up, giving Bri

room to sit on the edge of the bed. “Kimmy, it’s Bri

honey, we need to know… where’s my father? You

and he went to see the old Korean Folk Village. Do

you remember?”

Suddenly, the girl’s glazed eyes focused on Bri. Her

hand grabbed the older woman’s forearm in a bruising

grip. “They took him Bri. They had masks, and guns.

I tried to stop them, but they shot me, and then I just

ran. I knew I had to ﬁnd you. I knew…”

And then she was unconscious, those words taking

the last of her energy.

against, and in general who the organization will conduct

operations against. As the campaign progresses, these

enemies may change, and a change in leadership in the

organization will almost always add an enemy to the list.

Operatives: This indicates where you are likely to

encounter members or afﬁliates of a group in small

numbers. These afﬁliates will usually not have access too

much of the organization’s resources (maximum requisition

value being one-fourth the organization’s resources.

Size: Size indicates the general size of the organization,

including leadership, die-hard members, afﬁliates and those

who provide aid. Small organizations are more difﬁcult to

locate and track through the Investigate skill, but tend to

have more resources.

Home Base: A group’s main bases of operations.

Cells: Cells indicate where the organization has active

cells working on future terrorist action. Members of a

Terrorism Sourcebook

Below are described various terror groups, their

motivations, and their histories. Before each group is

described, relevant information is provided for the GM,

including Holy Wars, Operatives, Size, Cells, and Financial

Resources.

Holy Wars: An organization’s Holy Wars determine

which targets Zealots and Terrorists will get bonuses

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Cell will have the Cell or Splinter Cell feat, and thus be

much harder to trace back to the home organization with

the Investigate skill. Cells can requisition Equipment at a

–6 penalty, while Splinter Cells requisition equipment at a

–10.

Financial Resources: The wealth of the group. The

number given is the maximum Wealth value of items that

may be requisitioned from the group.

Group Enemies: Members of 17 November receive a +1

morale bonus to hit and damage when ﬁghting American or

Greek military or government ofﬁcials.

Typical 17 November terrorist (Strong Hero 3) CR 3;

Medium-size humanoid; HD 3d8+3; HP 17; Mas 13; Init

+2; Spd 30 ft; Defense 15, touch 14, ﬂatfooted 13 (+0

size, +2 Dex, +2 class, +1 equipment); BAB +3; Grap +5;

Atk +5 melee (1d4+4, Combat Martial Arts), or +5 ranged

(2d4+0, Walther PPK); FS 5 ft by 5 ft; Reach 5 ft; SQ ; AL

none; SV Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +0; AP 1; Rep +0; Str 14,

Dex 15, Con 13, Int 10, Wis 8, Cha 12.

Occupation: Military (Demolitions, Knowledge

[Tactics])

Skills: Climb +5, Craft (structural) +3, Demolitions

+3, Knowledge (Streetwise) +3, Knowledge (Tactics) +3,

Repair +3

Feats: Advanced Firearms Proﬁciency, Armor

Proﬁciency (light), Combat Martial Arts, Exotic Firearms

Proﬁciency (rocket launchers), Personal Firearms

Proﬁciency

Talents (Strong Hero): Melee Smash, Improved Melee

Smash

Possessions: Leather Jacket, Walther PPK

17 November

17 November was established in 1975, and named after a

student uprising that occurred two years earlier (November

17 th 1973) that protested the government’s military ties to

the United States. The group seeks the removal of U.S.

military bases, and the withdrawal of Greece from NATO

and the European Union (EU).

17 November has engaged in the assassination of

U.S. and Greek ofﬁcials, bombing and assassination of

EU targets, and attacks on foreign companies investing

in Greece. Kidnapping of foreign businessmen is a

possibility, both as a means of raising capital, and to draw

further attention to their cause from the international

community.

Recently, rocket attacks have been conducted against

targets of opportunity. These attacks seem to be more spur

of the moment, rather than planned operations.

Holy Wars: Greek Government, European Union,

NATO, United States.

Operatives: Europe, Turkey, Cyprus.

Size: Small.

Home Base: Athens, Greece.

Cells: Europe.

Financial Resources: +15 (well funded by a small,

committed group).

Plot Hook: Anniversary Present : On November 17 th

group members decide to remind the world of their cause

by kidnapping an American serviceman, Capt. Ronald

Tracy, having lunch with his girlfriend. Unknown to

the terrorists, the girl is the daughter of an American

ambassador. Since she would make a much better

“statement” than a ﬁghter pilot, and one hostage is easier to

care for than two, Greek Intelligence believes Capt. Tracy

will be killed the moment the group discovers the girl’s

identity.

At the insistence of the Greek government, American

special operations forces must work with Greek authorities

and free the hostages before the situation turns into a

major international incident. Also, one member of the

Greek forces the PCs are working with is a 17 November

plant, who will try to alert his fellows to the identity of

the girl without being detected. Worse, if he is unable to

do that, he will try to turn any operation into a bloodbath,

killing his fellows to turn them into martyrs, as well as the

hostages, and damaging both the reputation of the Greek

and American forces, but also souring their relations with

one another.

Group Requirements

To qualify for 17 November a character must meet the

following criteria.

BAB: 3+

Skills: Knowledge (tactics) 3 ranks, Demolitions 3 ranks

Feats: Personal Firearms Proﬁciency, Advanced

Firearms Proﬁciency, Exotic Firearms Proﬁciency (Rocket

Launchers)

Group Features

All of the following are features of 17 November.

These specialties and abilities take effect 30 days after you

join the group and last until 30 days after you leave the

group.

Group Specialties: +2 competence bonus to

Demolitions skill checks, +1 competence bonus with

rocket launchers.

Abu-Nidal

Abu-Nidal (also known as Black September) and its leader,

Sabri al-Banna, split from the PLO in the 1970’s. Since

that time, Abu-Nidal has engaged in terrorist operations in

over twenty countries, killing close to a thousand people.

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Targets have included the United States, Great Britain,

Israel, the PLO, moderate Palestinians and Arabs.

Abu-Nidal is believed responsible for the Pan Am Flight

73 Hijacking in 1986, and the assassination of two high-

ranking PLO ofﬁcials in the early nineties. For unknown

reasons, Abu-Nidal has not attacked a Western target since

the late 1980’s.

The membership of Abu-Nidal is believed to be close to

ﬁve hundred, and in the past the organization has received

money, equipment, training, and logistical support from

Iraq, Syria, and Libya. Due to a falling out with Syria in

1987, and current United States and British operations in

Iraq, it is believed that this organization’s external support

has been considerably diminished of late.

Holy Wars: Israel, PLO, moderate Arabs, Palestinians,

and Muslims; previously the United States (Abu-Nidal has

not attacked a United States target since the late eighties.

Future attacks are still a possibility, however, since no

formal cessation of hostilities has been declared and the

United States continues to work with Abu-Nidal’s enemies,

particularly Israel.)

Operatives: Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia.

Size: Medium.

Home Base: Believed to have relocated to Iraq in 1998.

Previously believed to be based in the Bekaa Valley of

Lebanon.

Cells: West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan.

Financial Resources: previously +25 (considerable

external support from Iraq, Syria, and

Libya); currently +20 after ongoing

operations in Iraq and a falling out

with Syria (considerable external

support from Libya).

Typical Abu Nidal member (Fast Hero 3) CR 3;

Medium-size humanoid; HD 3d8+3; HP 17; Mas 13; Init

+2; Spd 40 ft; Defense 16, touch 16, ﬂatfooted 14 (+0

size, +2 Dex, +4 class); BAB +2; Grap +4; Atk +4 melee

(1d4+2, Knife), or +4 ranged (2d6+0, Ruger Service Six);

FS 5 ft by 5 ft; Reach 5 ft; SQ ; AL none; SV Fort +2, Ref

+4, Will +1; AP 1; Rep +1; Str 14, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 12,

Wis 10, Cha 8.

Occupation: Military (Demolitions, Survival)

Skills: Craft (mechanical) +4, Demolitions +7, Drive +8,

Hide +10, Knowledge (Streetwise) +4, Move Silently +10,

Survival +6

Feats: Armor Proﬁciency (light), Endurance, Personal

Firearms Proﬁciency, Point Blank Shot, Stealthy

Talents (Fast Hero): Increased Speed, Improved

Increased Speed

Possessions: Knife, Ruger Service Six

Plot Hook: The Great Escape: High-ranking Abu-

Nidal organizers, trapped in Iraq since the beginning of

American and British operations there, have decided the

time has come to slip out of the country. American and

British special operations are alerted to the pending escape

by Saudi intelligence. The group’s plan is to slip out of

Iraq into Jordan (a country not at all friendly to terrorists),

Group Requirements

To qualify for Abu Nidal a character

must meet the following criteria.

BAB: 2+

Skills: Hide 6 ranks, Move Silently 6

ranks, Demolitions 6 ranks

Feats: Personal Firearms

Group Features

All of the following are features of Abu Nidal.

These specialties and abilities take effect 30 days after

you join the group and last until 30 days after you leave

the group.

Group Specialties: +4 competence bonus to

Demolitions skill checks; +4 competence bonus Hide and

Move Silently skill checks in desert or urban terrain.

Group Enemies: +1 morale bonus to attack and

damage rolls against the PLO and moderate Palestinians

and Arabs. +2 morale bonus to attack and damage rolls

against American and Israeli military forces.

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