With a Little Help from my Friends - WFRP Scenario - A Short Adventure for a Small Party

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With a Little Help from my Friends presents a short Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventure for a small party, built around a kidnapping case in the Old World. The scenario gives players an information lead from a private detective and stresses careful planning rather than rushing into violence. Set in an example city like Middenheim, it guides investigation through dangerous underworld streets, then pushes improvisation when events deviate from the plan.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages12

Reading Time18 min

AccessFree to download

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WFRP Scenario: With aLittle Help from my Friends WFRP Scenario: With a Little Help from my Friends With a Little Help from my Friends A Short Adventure for a Small Party Written by Carl Sargent Updated for WFRP 2nd edition by Steven & Dawn Lewis 24 WFRP Scenario: With a Little Help from my Friends 2 WFRP Scenario: With a Little Help from my Friends Credits Written by Carl Sargent Illustrations by Kev Walker Updated by Steven and Dawn Lewis Thanks to Michael Congreve for help with maps and images Copyright © Games Workshop Limited 2007. Games Workshop, the Games Workshop logo, Black Industries and their respective logos, Warhammer and all associated marks, logos, places, names, creatures, races and race insignia / devices / logos / symbols, locations, weapons, units, characters, products, illustrations and images from Warhammer are either ®, TM and/or © Games Workshop Ltd 2000-2006, variably registered in 23 WFRP Scenario: With a Little Help from my Friends 22 WFRP Scenario: With a Little Help from my Friends With a Little Help From My Friends is a short adventure designed for a small party of adventures. A magic user will be useful, as will at least one rogue type character. The encounter locations use Middenheim as an example, though any medium or largesized city in the Old World will do just as well. You could also insert the adventure as part of the Paths of the Damned series, in Middenheim itself, Altdorf or Nuln, but be careful of giving the adventures too much to do. The encounter is designed to give players a chance to think before they bash. There’s been a kidnapping, and the adventures are hired to rescue the hostage. The characters should consider their rescue carefully, but may have to improvise quickly if things don’t go quite according to plan. Enter Alphonse As the action opens, the adventures are approached by a rather short and thin figure with the rather improbable name of Alphonse Hercules de Gascoigne. The figure, dressed in well-tailored but old-fashioned clothing, has an almost perfectly round head, and sports an enormous waxed moustache, which he pets and twiddles constantly. He hails from Bretonnia, and speaks with the equivalent of an outrageous French accentwell Belgian accent actually, but who knows how to do a proper Belgian accent? Full details on Alphonse may be found at the end of the adventure. Alphonse, a noted private detective, is working on a kidnapping case; ands needs reliable, trustworthy help. He gives the PC’s the information below. Either read this aloud, or feed it to the players as a series of answers: “Mes amits, I am, as I am sure you know the world’s greatest detective. You‘ave‘eard of Alphonse, no?” Gascoigne bows his head modestly. If the PCs say that they haven’t heard of him, he looks annoyed, but continues. “I ‘ave been employed to ensure ze safety of ze young son of Ludwig Orteli-an enfant named Sigismund-who‘as been abducted and ees being‘eld for ransom.” “Ze kidnappers demand 5000 Gold Crowns for ze boy’s safe return, and quell disaster! Ze father‘as not the funds! If zey do not receive ze money by mid-night, three days from now, ze villains‘ave promised to return ze child in-‘ow you say-tiny 3 WFRP Scenario: With a Little Help from my Friends little bits. So, Alphonse will rescue ze enfant before zen!” “I, Alphonse, ‘Ercule do Gasoigne,‘ave brilliantly tracked ze villains to zeir lair, where Iam sure zey are‘olding ze young Orteli. I need ze assistance of several discreet” -he pauses and looks at the PC’s doubtfully before continuing- “gentlemen such as yourselves to scout out ze enemy’s position, and zen, when the time ees right, rescue Sigismund. Will you‘elp?” If asked, Alphonse explains that the local authorities have not been called in because (though he puts it a little more delicately), they are a bunch of stupid louts who would probably mess the job up and only get Sigismund killed. Alphonse offers to pa

FAQs

What kind of party setup is suggested for this WFRP scenario?

The adventure is designed for a small party, with a magic user useful and at least one rogue-type character recommended.

How do the players receive the key information to start the rescue?

Alphonse, the private detective, provides the information directly to the PCs through a presented dialogue or by reading/fed answers to the players.

What is the rescue plan’s focus and what happens if events don’t go as planned?

Players should consider the rescue carefully, but they may need to improvise quickly if circumstances diverge from the intended approach.

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