A Plague of Spiders: The Grunt That Lived

This week I finish presenting a Hunter: the Vigil convention game I ran for DunDraCon 2014. Entitled Retrieval Team Zeta: A Plague of Spiders and using the new World of Darkness 2nd edition rules, it features a cell of Cheiron Group hunters as they engage in one of their first missions as a team. As might be expected casualties may be high. A full listing of available articles on this adventure can be found here.

Today I'll present a team member that actually survived a real mission. To bad he was the only one. Emotionally and physically damaged, he or she is now looking for a way out.

Like all of the characters, I did not give him or her a name leave that and much of the character's physical description to the player. What has been decided is the background, skills and personality of the character.

The Grunt That Lived

Employee Number S021120098541

Background: You grew up on the mean streets. Maybe you were in a gang, maybe you just knew how to handle yourself. You managed, barely, to get a high school degree and make your way out of that world.

Eventually you picked up a job as a security guard. You did good work and were transferred to a new department: Retrieval Team Zeta. A green recruit, you and the rest of the team were sent to the woods to hunt a pack of what were reported as large feral dogs.

They were not dogs.

The huge wolves and wolfmen murdered your teammates. Terrified you fled and hid. Even so one of the creatures tore you open before you escaped. The backup team found you two days later suffering from blood loss and hypothermia. The medical unit patched you up and added a little extra. Then they sent you back into the field.

Today you meet your new team members.

Sample Names: Tony Bellet, Sarah Lonsbury, Juan Ortega

Tactics: Stake Out, System Shock

Character Sheet

Supplemental Sheet

The supplemental sheet includes game mechanics for the character's Merits and gear as well as the material above.