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Obidiah's Army Character Booklet
Online Edition Go Back to the Previous Article - Return to the Contents Page - Continue on to the Next Article SCENARIO IDEAS
1) Boyye's Bombs After a daring raid on an Orc Camp, the infamous black marketeer Rodney Del Boyye has made off with a cache of grenades and other black powder explosives in order to sell them to Obidiah, who is in the process of equipping his men with more substantial armaments. Del Boyye has taken approximately ten of the new “Trotter” stiff haversacks full of miscellaneous devices, and has arranged to meet Obidiah in the notorious “Ooquie Street” in the nearby village of Del L‟Connue. However, the Orcs have dispatched a force of Goblin Infantry and Cavalry to intercept Del Boyye in the prairie outside the village in order to recapture their weaponry. Of course, Obidiah has not been idle. He has no inten-tion of purchasing these goods from Del Boyye and intends to steal them by force of arms on the advice of his Muvver. Del Boyye is also no fool; he has with him a gang of hired mercenaries who act as bodyguards, as he trusts Obidiah as much as anyone else would, and expected this sort of treachery. Thus the scene is set for diabolical detonations as all and sundry open fire on each other with stray bullets whizzing dangerously close to the wagon containing the unstable explosives. 2) Hang 'Em High Pog Mahone has heard that his old buddy, Shaine MaGoven, has deserted from the Illskinning Foot, and has persuaded Obidiah to allow him to join with them. Unfortunately for all concerned, Shaine has been captured by the Provosts and now awaits the tightening of a noose around his stubby Bog Orc neck. As Obidiah has already made up his mind that Shaine is to join with them, he intends to rescue him from the hands of the Provosts before the Bog Orc makes that short final leap into strangulating suspension. Mingling with the small crowd that has come to attend the entertaining execution, they await the right time to strike to save their new comrade. However, several rather formidable Ogre Provosts stand guard over the bellicose Bog Orc, who has no intention of going quietly. Can Pog save his friend from the Hangman's Noose, and more importantly, can Dotti Bonkins steal the cat-o-nine tails wielded by the Provost Sergeant that some of the more “adventurous” souls in Obidiah's Army would love her to have? 3) “Unicorns For Sale” The credulous Castrado still searches for his beloved Unicorn and believes he may have found him. A local farmer is advertising “Unicorns for Sale”, and even has the gall to throw in 5 spare horns for anyone rich enough to buy one. Castrado wants to investigate this promising proposal, assuming that the evil farmer stole his Unicorn from him and wishes to sell it on. After consultation with Obidiah, his esteemed leader has planned an assault on the farmhouse, much to the consternation of the rest of his troops. Of course, it is an evil trap planned by the Orcs designed to bring the bandits out into the open so that they can be picked off one by one. Fortunately, Obidiah has suffered an attack of lucidity and has decided to strike under the cover of darkness. Can the troops sneak away with the “Unicorn” alive (whilst stealing the horns from the house) before the Orc Light Troops in the farm wake up to the midnight movements of the shifty shenanigans of Obidiah‟s Army? 4) Desirable Decorations and Magnificent Medals The heavily decorated Marshal Beaugeste is travelling through Obidiah‟s new domain, and Obidiah is concerned; the Elven Officer has failed to send an Ambassador to ask his permission for this passage. The damnable cheek of it all! Perhaps if he had as many medals as this formality flouting fool, then people would respect him for the King he was. Obidiah has decided the Elf has forfeited the diplomatic right to wear any decorations in his “Kingdom” and that all such ostentatious ornamentations should belong to him. He lies in ambush awaiting the arrival of the Marshal with the rest of his sorry squad. Knowing bandits to be working in the area, Beaugeste has with him an Honour Guard and several outriders to flush out any ambush attempt. With the boys ready for a fight and Abu-Saul Wohaar keen to make the acquaintance of the heavily decorated lady companions, can Obidiah and his Army apprehend the Marshal and his multitudinous medals? 5) Obidiah’s Ordinance For some time Obidiah has dreamt of owning his own Cannon. He believes he would sound good shouting “Fire!” at the top of his voice, and with this in mind, has ordered the lads to look for an available artillery piece with which to realise his dream. After a particularly heavy session worshipping the God known as “beer”, Lamond Adragain believes he has found somewhere for Obidiah to fulfil this desire to own a bombastic battery of booming bombards. A whole train of the eminently defeatable Catalucian Artillery Regiment is encamped only four miles away, with six guns and limbers. As the incoherent inebriate relates his story, Obidiah‟s enthusiasm escalates, and he vows to take the camp by storm. Tragically, the Elf‟s tale is an alcoholic aggrandisement of the situation. While many in Obidiah‟s ranks suffer from double vision after a tipple or two, Lamond‟s vodka riddled vision changed the one solitary cannon into six splendid subjects for sequestration. The disappointed Obidiah encourages Adragain to pay more attention next time by demonstrating what happens to the inattentive, and gives the order to attack. However, other bandits have already overrun the camp, and are currently going through the process of extricating the artillery piece. Over-zealous use of their new black powder weapons have resulted in the death of all the limber horses, and as they only brought one cart for the loot, they are contemplating how to shift it when Obidiah arrives. Having sent the ammunition on ahead of them, this mob, led by the obese Pablo Pastrami will fight (until forced to flee) for the precious nine-pounder. Obidiah's Army Character Booklet
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