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An EthErscopE

AdvEnturE for LEvELs 1-3

JUST A DELIVERY

InTRoDUcTIon

W elcome to Etherscope ! This exciting adventure is your free introdution to a world of cyberpunk

Vitoriana. The adventure is designed for a team of four to six low-level charaters (1t through 3rd

level). The player charaters will have a chance to experience the fantatic realm of Etherspace, as well as get their

fingers dirty in the politics of the alternate Vitorian age of 1984 — if the y don’t get killed in the process.

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ADVEnTURE SUmmARY

T he charaters are given an opportunity to help deliver a

package for an old private invetigator. hey mut ind the

package and ultimately decide who should possess it. Several

agencies want the package and try to get it through diplomacy,

theft, or force of arms.

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EncoUnTER TAbLE

H ere is a quick reference table so you can see all of the

CHARACTERS

AstheGamesmaster,youshouldreadandbecomefamiliarwiththe

adventurebeforerunningit.Alsobeawareoftheplayercharacters’

backgroundsandinluences.CharacterswiththeCriminalinlu-

encemayalreadyknowBurkForerightortheGreyDeath.Charac-

terswiththeMilitaryinluencemayhaveheardofDomingo.Char-

acterswiththeAcademicinluencemayknowtheFlatRiders.

Wealthycharactersmaystartwithaconsiderablearrayofweap-

ons,butyoucanlimittheiruse.Forinstance,characterscannot

takeweaponsintoBradfordandBarclay’sBank,ensuringtheywill

havefewerweaponsfortheirstencounter.Also,theconstabulary

willtakeadimviewoftheplayers,wherevertheygo,iftheyare

equippedlikeasmallarmyandwillseektoconiscatesuchweap-

ons.Thisadventureshouldtakeonlyafewdaysofin-gametime.

Thislimitstheamountoftimecharactershavetoattempttopur-

chaseweapons.

Jeeves: Ifanycharacterhassigniicantwealth—say,aWealth

bonusofatleast+20—hecanstartplaywithacarandthedriver

Jeeves.Jeeves’statscanbefoundneartheendoftheadventure.

Thecarshouldbethepropertyofoneofthecharacters’parents

withJeevesworkingforthefamilyandaskedtowatchoutforthat

character’swell-being.Jeevesmayalsoproveusefulinothercapac-

ities,asmentionedthroughouttheadventure.

GM Characters: StatisticsanddescriptionofalltheGMchar-

actersin“JustaDelivery”appearattheendoftheadventure.

TYPE

ENCOUNTER

D/P

Walker’sPub

D/C

TheFlatRiders

BradfordandBarclay’sBank

Muggers

ThugsatGreywall’slat

D/C

TheGreyDeath

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PART 1: STARTIng

ThE ADVEnTURE

T he adventure begins when the charaters meet with Edi-

RayDomingo

son Greywall at his retirement lat in London. (he initial

contat is up to the Gamesmater. Perhaps Greywall is already

acquainted with one or more of the charaters, either as an ally

or foe, or his reputation as a notorious invetigator in his day

has piqued the charaters’ curiosity.) He resides in a classic cof-

in of a lat, with room for a bed, a few dressers, and a table with

some malfuntioning equipment on it. here is a metal frame

balcony but no ire escape. He does, however, keep a supply of

liquor nearby, quite againt rules, and he’ll readily share this

with the charaters.

Greywall reveals, with some self-importance, that age is inal-

ly creeping up on him, and he wants to take care of some loose

ends, yet he can no longer do so by himself. He tells them of a

encounters at a glance. pg — the module page number

that the encounter is found on. type — this indicates if the

encounter is a trap (T), puzzle (P), diplomatic (D), or combat

the encounter. Italicized names are classed GM charaters. cr

— the challenge rating for that encounter.

JUST A DELIVERY

GREYWALL’SFLAT

ery done. My old partner, bless his soul,

hid the package. he address is hidden in

Walker’s Pub, in the Scope, on the back

of the mirror behind the bar. It’s a place

where hackers socialize and trade secrets.

It’s a good place to learn a thing or two. I

hope you guys have your own Scope tabs

so you can get there, because I’m sure not

giving you any.”

I f the charaters ask where the pack-

Metal

Balcony

SCALE

Table

=5ft

Dressers

door

opens out

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age is to be delivered to, Greywall

says he’ll inform them after they get

the package. (He knows where he wants

them to deliver it; he is jut being overly

cryptic and cautious.)

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PART 2:

InTo ThE ScoPE

T he charaters are free to explore

package that he wants delivered, and he

plays it up as something of great impor-

tance. (he atual content of the pack-

age is entirely up to you, but it should

be important, perhaps more than even

Greywall realizes.)

Unfortunately, Greywall does

not know where the package is. His

deceased partner atually hid it years

ago. After a round of drinks, he reveals

that the location of the package is writ-

ten on the back of a mirror in Walker’s

Pub, which is in the Scope. (Greywall

is the only one who knows how to deci-

pher the code the package is written in,

but he does not tell the charaters about

this at this time.)

“I’ve got a package needs delivering. I don’t

plan on paying you, but if you want in on

the whole show with lots of ation, it’s there

for the taking. If you do this proper, you

can build a rep for yourself and maybe

name your own price down the road. I’m

too old and too messed up to get the deliv-

and learn more about the Great

Metropolis and Edison Greywall. At

some point, they will want to visit the

Scope and visit Walker’s Pub. his is a

chance for the GM to place people in the

pub who can provide more information

to the charaters, or even plant seeds for

subsequent adventures.

How the charaters get to look at the

back of the mirror behind the bar is up

to them. If they tart a ight or break the

mirror, they may not be welcome back

into the pub without an apology. Earnet

Pink is jut as likely to show them the

back of the mirror if they ask and explain

their reasons, jut out of sheer curiosity.

WATCHED

ANDFOLLOWED

The characters spend the adventure

watchedandfollowed.Astheymeetdif-

ferent groups, these groups try to keep

tabsontheparty.Thepackageisimportant

andworththeefortoffollowingitandthe

peoplewhocontrolit.

OncethePCsvisitWalker’sPubinPart2,

FlatRiderswillbewatchingtheparty.The

FlatRidersusetechnologytofollowthem

atadistance.Theywatchthroughbinocu-

larsfromzepcars,fromfar-awayapartment

windowsorfromazeppelinthatEarnestPink

co-owns.Theyalwayshaveanescaperoute

planned,givingthema+10bonusonHide

andMoveSilentlychecksforthepurposes

ofescaping.TheFlatRiderscanriglightsto

lickeron,orof,inaseeminglyrandomway,

sothecharacterscanbebetterobserved.

EarnestPinkwantstoknowaboutthispack-

age,butsofarhe’ssimplycurious.TheFlat

RidershaveSearchandSpotchecksof+4

whenfollowingthegroupinthecityand

areunlikelytofollowthegroupoutsideof

city—therearen’tenoughavailableescape

routes.

AfterthecharactersenterBradfordand

Barclay’s Bank in Part 3, Burk Foreright

sends thugs to follow the characters as

longastheyareinthesouthernpartsofthe

GreatMetropolis.Thesepeopleknowthe

streetsandarediiculttolose.Working

togetherwithinthecity,theyhaveHide,

Knowledge(currentevents),MoveSilently,

Search,andSpotchecksof+10.Thischeck

bonusdropsto+5inthenorthernhalfof

theGreatMetropolisandto+2outsideof

thecity.Theyarereluctanttoleavethecity

unlessForerightdecidesgettingthepack-

ageisofgreatimportance.

IfthecharactersencounterRayDomingo

and/ortheGreyDeath,morepeoplewill

takeaninterest.Domingosendsservantsto

followtheparty.(Theseusethesametac-

ticsandstatisticsasthethugs.)TheGrey

Deathwatchesthepartyitself.

ters, they each need a Scope tab,

a small drug-containing pill to get into

the Scope. here are other methods of

entering the Scope but Scope tabs are

the simplet. A Scope tab alters the

tate of conscious thought, allowing the

user to mentally appear in the Scope as

an avatar until he wishes to leave.

he charaters each need a Scope tab

to the city of Haven. However, Scope

tabs are illegal. One of the charaters

mut make a DC 10 inluence check

with the Crime or Street inluence, or

a DC 15 High Society check to locate

a dealer willing to sell them a Scope tab

Scope Tabs

A s Greywall explains to the charac-

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STREETMAP

SCALE

GMCHARACTERS

Characters, both those the players

controlandthosetheGMcontrols,are

importantin Etherscope .Thestatistics

anddescriptionsforallGMcharacters

inthisadventureappearattheend.

=20ft

Restaurant

Gentleman’s

Club

Bradford

& Barclay’s

High

Society

Store

Store Store

GETTINGOUT

Playersmightwonderhowtheircharac-

terscangetoutoftheScopeiftheyare

onatabtrip.Fourpossibilitiesexist:

•Waitforthetabtowearof,which

couldtakehours.

• Force your way out through sheer

willpower(unlikelyfor1st-levelchar-

acters,asdoingsorequiresaDC35

ScopeResiliencecheck).

•Killyouravatar(whichleavesyoua

bitstaggeredandbewilderedwhen

youwakeup,asusualfordyinginthe

Scope).

•Constructanexitpoint,whichrequires

20minutesandaDC14ScopeUse

(eitherimmersedorremote)check.

Apartment

Greywall’s Flat

Warehouse

Brass

Fittings

Co.

Carpenter

Apartment

Warehouse

Burk’s Warehouse

Apartment

Construction

Warehouse

Lumber

Warehouse

Fire Dept. Apartment

Grain Storage

Construction

Abandoned

to Haven. he dealer is able to sell them

one or two Scope tabs for each member

of the party. he DC for the acquisi-

tion check is 15 (but remember that this

does not lower the buyer’s Wealth rat-

ing unless he takes 20 to purchase it).

Charaters can add their ranks in Crime

or Street inluence to the acquisition

checks to purchase Scope tabs. Once

a charater successfully purchases one

Scope tab, the ret of the tabs can be pur-

chased for the same price, and the other

charaters don’t need to make checks.

Jeeves: If the charaters do not have

the necessary inluence or otherwise

cannot get Scope tabs, Jeeves can sup-

ply them.

buildings tretch up towards a green

clouded sky. he designs are more fan-

tatic than reality, some defying the

normal laws of physics. It is not crowd-

ed, but there are people of all shapes and

sizes walking along the treets or mov-

ing in trange vehicles. Everyone looks

healthy and trong and rich. Some peo-

ple are giants, others have glowing white

angel wings. A lady made of translucent

glass is walking down the treet. People

licker in and out of exitence as they

enter and leave the Scope. A hint of

mint touches your nose.

A ppearance: Charaters initially

Examining the scope: Scope Aware-

ness replaces Spot, Liten, and all Dex-

terity-based checks. Charaters inter-

at with the world as if it were the real

world. hey can see people hiding and

hear people sneaking up on them, but

they use their Scope Awareness to make

these checks in the Scope.

of a pub that burned down in

Cornwall, if you believe the sign out

front. It contains a little bit of hitory

in its cosy conined paces and it never

seems to ill up no matter how many

Scope riders mosey on in. Earnet Pink

runs the place and is seemingly there

all day long, seven days a week, leading

many to peculate about who or what

he is. A hacker’s delight, Walker’s is an

information torehouse and safe meet-

ing place with some impressive security

safeguards. For intance, as it is located

appear as themselves. As a full-

round ation, they can change their

appearance with a Scope Resilience

check. Minor changes, such as color,

facial features, or hair length, require

a DC 10 check. Moderate changes,

such as gender, size, ethnicity, or glow-

ing eyes, require a DC 20 check. Major

changes, such as pecies, appendages, or

wings, require a DC 30 check.

Entering the Scope

he Scope tab dissolves under your tongue

and the real world falls away almot imme-

diately. here is a green haze and a moment

of disorientation and then you ind yourself

tanding on a green-grey cobbletone treet

in the Scope with your fellows.

he Scope resembles the Great

Metropolis — to a point. Incredible

Walker´s Pub

W alker’s is a rutic little recreation

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Storage

Room

Mirror

scope riders: Dubbing themselves

the Flat Riders, this band of techno-

geeks, headed by Earnet Pink, tarts

following the charaters after they visit

Walker’s Pub. hey are named after

a program they developed that allows

them to jump from lat to lat within the

Scope. hey use binoculars and other

technology to follow the charaters.

hey avoid physical encounters, but

the average tats of a Flat Rider appear

at the end of the adventure jut in case.

he Flat Riders are simply intereted in

the charaters, but their presence can

add a sense of paranoia and conpiracy

to the game. hey are also a resource

and potential ally should the charaters

ind and contat them; otherwise, the

Flat Riders only watch and record the

charaters’ ativities through the adven-

ture.

he Flat Riders are a secretive organi-

zation. A DC 20 Intelligence or Street

inluence check is required to contat

a Flat Rider. However, if the charac-

ters use Walker’s Pub to try to contat

a member, the check is automatically a

success.

Storage

Room

Bar

Booth

and table

SCALE

=5ft

table and

chairs

door

opens out

Main Entrance

Sidewalk

WALKER’SPUB

in a type E environment, patrons mut

walk to the pub, hence its name. (See

Chapter VI: he Scope in the Ether-

scope core book for more information.)

Walker’s Pub is a short walk from

where the charaters initially arrive. A

DC 10 Scope Awareness check allows a

PC to pot the pub.

combat in the pub: Besides Ear-

net Pink, a number of Scope riders are

hanging out in the pub when the PCs

arrive. Use the tats for a Flat Rider (at

the end of the adventure), although not

all of the occupants are atually mem-

bers of that group.

Location of the package: On the

back of the mirror is a set of numbers.

he numbers provide the location and

security code of a safety deposit box at

a private bank in the Great Metropo-

lis, Bradford and Barclay’s. A DC 10

Research check allows a PC to discover

this information.

Getting the Number: he player

charaters have a number of options to

discover the number on the back of the

mirror. he mot traightforward is to

lay wate to everything in sight, though

doing so attrats a lot of attention and

the enmity of any Scope riders the PCs

blow back to Prime Reality.

Another option is to simply ask Ear-

net to look at the back of the mirror.

Earnet is amiable but curious; part of

his business is to know secrets, and if

the PCs ask to look at the mirror, he

looks as well, though he doesn’t know

what the numbers mean. He asks many

quetions of the PCs, some of which

they may not be able to answer. A DC

10 Diplomacy check convinces him to

allow the PCs a look, but they need a

DC 25 Diplomacy check to get them of

their backs afterward.

A third possibility is to ditrat Ear-

net (and the clientele) in order to sneak

a peek. For intance, charaters might

alter their avatars to appear to be con-

tabulary members, or they might tage

a ight outside the pub, drawing people’s

attention.

Clever players will think of many oth-

er ways to resolve this problem; reward

intelligent resolutions.

W alker’s pub Layout (haven

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PART 3:

bRADfoRD AnD

bARcLAY´S

B radford and Barclay’s is a private

bank in an old brick building. It

is highly secured with two guards out

front and a hot of security inside. he

interior is well decorated indicating the

inancial tatus of this bank. It boats

deep red carpets and velvet covered

seats. Guets are given tea and treated

as nobility.

his is a chance for the charaters to

experience the air of nobility, but they

mut be dressed properly, in something

at leat approximating formal wear.

hey cannot jut come waltzing in of

the treet till bleeding and carrying

an assortment of weapons. A DC 15

Diplomacy check or DC 10 High Soci-

ety inluence check at a gentlemen’s club

or similar location can get them tempo-

rary clothing. (If they beat this DC by

10 or more, they can keep the clothes.)

city): Walker’s has a single bar

in the back with bartools, two tor-

age rooms, and a number of tables and

booths for cutomers. Beside the mir-

ror behind the bar are contemporary

art pieces diplayed on the walls. he

mock windows look out on diferent

setions of the Great Metropolis. hese

windows atually serve to warn Scope

riders if anyone is approaching their

location outside of the Scope, but few

cutomers know this and those that do

are unlikely to reveal this secret. Some-

times when a new cutomer comes in

and sits down near a window, the view

outside changes.

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