The serpent men first appeared in last year's classic Amazing Adventures! Rpg campaign with the introduction of the free adventure 'The Menace of the Serpent God' by Jason Vey. Now the adventure is considered to be a bit too railroady for some reviewers. This is a beginning classic Amazing Adventures! rpg introduction adventure & it contains a mini set of AA rpg rules, sample PC's, & more. So it's going to be a bit railroady! We've uncoupled the evets of the adventure & put our own stank on it.
Our party picks up from those who threw down with the serpent god in 1939; "The year is 1939. Our heroes, the player characters, are all
members of an adventuring and humanitarian group called the
Brotherhood of William St. John. Headed by Mackie Gleeson,
the granddaughter of the organization’s founder, this group
is dedicated to advancing human knowledge, protecting the
world from dark occult artifacts and occurrences, and to fighting for truth and justice across the world.
In Europe, World War II is in full swing, though the United
States is still 2 years from officially entering the conflict. Still, the
U.S. is unofficially supporting the allies, with troops fighting under the British flag in both Europe and Asia, particularly pilots
under the auspices of the RAF. The Wizard of Oz is the big
hit at cinemas, and the price of a pack of cigarettes is 10 cents. Our adventure is set largely in New Orleans, which is the Big
Easy no matter what era it happens to be. It can, with a bit of
work, be easily transferred to any city you like, however, just by
swapping out the locations herein.
It begins when our heroes are all in town to celebrate Mardi
Gras, and they get a call pointing to mysterious and dark forces
at work. It turns out that an old enemy of the Brotherhood, the
mysterious Doctor Serpent, and his organization, the Order of
the Black Dragon, are plotting to unleash an ancient evil upon
the world. Can our heroes race against time to stop the latest
plot from their archenemy? That depends on you..."
For my own purposes of using Amazing Adventures!, we take the PC's from New Orleans & follow the winding serpent's tail into deepest South America of the Seventies with its political upheavels & down right dangerous events as a part of a mask for the machinations of the serpent men.
And this sets up the serpent men in their lost valley of I1 Dwellers of the Forbidden City by David Cook from 1981. Thus bringing events full circle so that the PC's find themselves deeply embroiled in the machinations of the Black Dragon Order. The Menace of the Serpent God' brings everything full circle enabling the events of 1980 to unfold organically.
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