Monday, August 4, 2014

Slender! (An AAR and scenario for CR 3.1)

I wanted to try a scanario based on the Slender videogame, where the characters search the area for the mysterious pages while being stalked by the mysterious Slender Man. I used Chain Reaction 3.1 since it's easy to access and its modern rules seemed to fit the setting, though most non-sports games for Two Hour Wargames work.

And so it begins . . .

Fade in to a road as the two characters, one of which is wearing a headset-mounted camera look around.

Eric: Rep 5 Star. Items: Headset and camera.
Victor: Rep 4 Grunt. Items: Flashlight.

Victor: "There's the Silo that Ned mentioned but no sign of him."

Eric: (Challenge roll - success, page found) "Look at this." (Reads the paper) "It says;
'NIGHT NOW DEAD
THEY BEFORE DEAD'

What the ****?"

Victor: "Uh oh. Ned said once you find the creepy pages, something called, The Slender Man begins following you until you find all six pages."

Eric: "Oh crap, we better keep looking then."

(The two keep exploring until they find a large rock. They also find a flashlight near the rock (Area is lit).)

Challenge Rolls: Eric passes and finds a page.

Eric: "Here's another one. It says;
'IT SLEEPS AND SCREAMS
IN DARKNESS.'.

Victor: (Looking around nervously) "What've we got ourselves into?"

The two walk away from the rock and explore some rusted tankers.

Victor: (Challenge Roll - Pass. Page found) "Look, another one! It reads;
'THE BOY BEFORE NOW
FEARS PLAY.'
"

The two then explore some bathrooms but don't find anything of interest. Travelling some more down the road, they find a truck.

Victor: (Challenge Roll - passes) "Look on the seat. Another page."
'THEY WHISPER
FINAL WHISPERS.'
"

Eric: "Still no sign of Ned. I wonder what happened to him."

They explore a nearby tunnel.

Eric: (Challenge Roll - fail) "Nothing near the tunnel."

Victor: (Challenge Roll - fail) "Nothing in the tunnel either."

(Doubles on Activation. Slender targets Victor.)

Eric: "Vic, behind you!"

Victor: (In sight - Victor passes) "Oh ****!"
(Fast-move roll - pass 1d6. Victor runs back down the road.)

Eric: (Fast-move - pass 2d6. He catches up with Victor.) "I don't see him now."

Victor: "What the **** was that?"

Eric: "I'm guessing that Slender Man that Ned mention. Looks like we got his attention."

Victor: (Challenge roll - pass - page found) "Look, another one."
'HUNTING YOU'

Eric: "No ****!"

Victor: "Well, there's no sign of him now, so I think we're-"

(Slender rolls higher on Activation and appears to Victor's right.)

Eric: "Vic, run!"

Eric takes off toward the bathrooms. (Fast move - pass 2d6)

Victor: (Fast move - FAIL!) Victor falls and turns to see Slender directly over him.

Eric stops and turns as he hears Victor scream, but he doesn't see either Victor or Slender.

Eric: (Challenge roll - pass, page found). Eric finds a page on the wall of the bathroom.
THEN WHISPER
FINAL WHISPER


Eric walks back but doesn't find Victor, only the pages he found. Collecting them, he continues down the road, past a spooky tree and begins searching the side of the road.

Eric: (Challenge roll - pass, no page found).

(Doubles Rolled)

Slender appears behind Eric.

Eric: "Oh ****, not again!" (Slender wins In Sight and reaches Eric before he can move).

At this point, Eric looks away, but when he turns back, Slender is directly in front of him. Eric screams and a flash a light appears before the headset falls to the ground.

Some time later, police found the headset and watched the video but found no trace of the pages, Victor, Eric, or the mysterious being who stalked them.

(Note that the map is from the Slender computer game, with added grid to make it compatible with the THW format.)








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