Today's adventure used b15 since b16's stamps are hosed.
The characters finally convinced the mayor's daughter to return to town on her own so they could collect their reward but they had to split it with her. Greed reared its ugly head with some of the characters not wanting to include her in the split but one character agree to forgo his portion just to keep peace.
The characters arrived at the Stage Coach Inn in Salado, Tx. The Inn is equipped with a Tavern/Restaurant, an equipment shop, spa, and rooms for rent. The characters discovered the Mayor was out with a posse trying to resue his daughter. Word was sent to the mayor and the characters relaxed and entered the equipment shop salivating over what they could buy with the $1000 reward.
Problems arose with a man calling himself The Profit entered the Inn preaching that man should abandon technology and return to the simple pre-space travel life. He was accompanied by a 6.5' amazon warrior wielding a two handed sword.
Unfortunately, the mayor's daughter, Sarah, once dated Jedidiah McCoy aka the Profit. An argument ensued which ended with Sarah laying on the bar after being thrown there by the Amazon. The characters were left with the dilemma of starting a bar room brawl or trying to defuse the situation. Calmer heads prevailed and the brawl was averted... for a while.
The characters discovered the crystalline lasers they took off the Pressors sold for a great deal of money but the shop keeper took them downstairs to conceal the transaction. Newly funded and equipped they arrived upstairs just in time for the Mayor to arrive.
Jedidiah called Sarah a harlot as she walked by which landed him a swift kick to the groin (called shot, -4 scored a hit for +4 damage). Jed went down and the Amazon drew her sword about to hack Sarah to pieces.
Mystic Jones, a soldier of fortune, chambered a round into his assault rifle while bringing it up in one smooth action. He pointed it at the Amazon's head while making a guttural threat about her brains decorating the wall. (Intimidate roll of 17)
The Amazon paused for three full seconds then ran from the building ( opposed roll of 1 ) leaving Jed holding his groin. The Mayor laughed and told the Profit to get out of his town and never return.
The mayor paid the reward plus an additional $500 for taking care of the bandit problem. The characters explained where the bandit lair was and told the mayor there were 'hazardous chemicals in the zombie barrels since no one believed the Zombie stories. Time will tell if there is another outbreak.
Maptool ran smooth. The only thing I would have wished for is some way to stack maps and topology since the inn has four levels. It would also be nice to be able to import maps.
Most of the images below are form Steel Rat's RPG Map Share site.