Act I:
The Rodeo Bar and Grill of El Paso is a strange combination of a dive bar and a pretty good deal for a grill. Not far from the Mexican border but also not far from Ft. Bliss it has the feel of a run down place that should have peanuts on the floor and definately has more then its fair share of blood on the floor instead.
There is a mixture of clients here up until about 9pm at night who come in to buy the steak as big as your head and the Texas toast and mushrooms and onions on the side for eight dollars flat along with the five dollar pitcher of beer. This sells to the local community college crowd along with the military family crowd until after dark.
After dark the Mexican field hands come in some from the gangs across the border along with the single guys and a bunch of questionably moral women looking for company and it becomes a place that you should bring five buddies with you if you want to walk out of it again with your wallet along with your dignity intact. Its a fun time for those who can take care of themselves and somewhat of a place that you can find anyone you are looking for or anything for the right price.
"That's right Gringo, welcome to the Rodeo," the halter top and too short shorts waitress says wearing a bandellero of shot glasses and two holsters carrying cheap, worm-in mesquite. The bar tender is called "Tiny" and no one needs to ask when he is so damned fat and big and carries a billy club in a belt loop openly. He is pretty good with it too so it keeps down the fights til after midnight, at least around the bar.
Act II:
It is the year of our Lord 1434 and you find yourselves in a wagon train travelling to a merchant house in northern Italy with a retainer from the Venice merchant family Giovanni named Lothar.
The merchant train has picked up other wagons for safety who are also travelling to this meeting outside Venice.
Wagon 1: a soldier and his retinue
Wagon 2: a reknowned chef
Wagon 3: a Benedictine monk
Wagon 4: a gypsy grandmother and her stunningly beautiful granddaughter
Wagon 5: a reclusive man you know nothing more then he is a minor noble.
Act III Dramatic Personae:
Claudius Giovanni: Large imposing stout man wearing elegantly tailored venetian garb with a large skull diamond pendant.
Marchettus "The Bold": Tall broad shouldered soldier wearing well oiled leather armor and a well tended broad sword as well as a scimitar.
Dimitra: Tall sinewy woman with strange eyes, a tattered travelling cloak, and man's breeches.
Violetta: hooded grey lepers cloak and a lepers mask
Theophana: young pretty 16 year old woman with a floral arrangement in her hair wearing a silk white gown.
Wenceslas: Stern faced old man dressed in royal purple tunic with matching leggings and feathered cap.
Casmir: Portly man wearing black robes with silver trim and a white beard.
Jadviga Almanov: Heavy set noblewoman wearing extravagant velvet black dress.
Mieczyslav: Young handsome man wearing Jesuit Monk's robes.
Bajazet Al-Nasir: Dark skinned man with angular chiseled features wearing fine robes and carrying two short swords.
Amira: Swarthy woman draped in silks with a gold headpiece.
Character Creation Guidelines for Mortals:
Attributes: 6 – 4 – 3
Abilities: 13– 9– 5
Backgrounds: 5
Virtues: 7
Willpower: Equal to Courage
Humanity: Equal to Conscience + Self-Control
Freebies: 21 + up to 7 in flaws
Freebie Point Costs
Attribute – 5 per dot
Ability – 2 per dot
Secondary Ability – 1 per dot
Background – 1 per dot
Virtue – 2 per dot
Humanity – 2 per dot
Willpower – 1 per dot
