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SRM3-12: Elevator Ride to Hell

. . . A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER . . .

D o m i n i q u e V i t t o r i a g r o a n e d a s s h e w i p e d h e r m o u t h . P r e s s i n g t h e ﬂ u s h b u t t o n o n t h e t o il e t ,

s h e p u s h e d h e r s e l f t o h e r f e e t a n d l e a n e d o n t h e s i n k , s t a r i n g a t h e r h a g g a r d r e ﬂ e c t i o n i n t h e

m i r r o r. H e r m o r n i n g s i c k n e s s w a s g e t t i n g w o r s e , a n d i t w a s a f f e c t i n g h e r j o b p e r f o r m a n c e . S h e

h a d n ’ t t o l d a n y o n e a t t h e c o r p y e t a b o u t h e r c o n d i t i o n . S h e h a d n ’ t t o l d a n y o n e y e t , a n d d i d n ’ t

p l a n t o . N o t u n t il s h e d e c i d e d w h a t t o d o .

S h e b e n t o v e r, w a s h e d h e r f a c e , a n d b e g a n p u t t i n g h e r h a i r i n p l a c e . C o s m e t i c s w o u l d s e t

t h i n g s r i g h t . I f t h e y c o u l d n ’ t d o i t , s h e k n e w a s t y li s t w i t h a t o u c h o f m a g i c w h o c o u l d c l e a n h e r

u p . S h e h a d t o p l a y i t o f f, k e e p i t h i d d e n a s l o n g a s p o s s i b l e . U n t il s h e k n e w f o r s u r e . T h e n s h e

w o u l d m a k e t h e d e c i s i o n .

T h a t n i g h t w a s a m i s t a k e . S h e k n e w t h a t , b u t h e w a s c h a r m i n g , w i t t y , k n e w a ll t h e r i g h t

t h i n g s t o s a y . I t w a s n ’ t p l a n n e d , t h o u g h s h e k n e w p e o p l e w o u l d a s s u m e i t w a s . T h a t h e w a s

3 0 y e a r s o l d e r t h a n h e r h a d n ’ t m a t t e r e d . H e b a r e l y l o o k e d i t , a n d t h o s e e y e s ! S h e m e l t e d e v e r y

t i m e h e t u r n e d h i s g a z e t o w a r d h e r. S h e w a s p u t t y i n h i s h a n d s .

S h e h a d a s s u m e d t h a t h e , o f a ll p e o p l e , w o u l d h a v e t a k e n s o m e p r e c a u t i o n s , s o m e m e a s u r e

t o p r e v e n t t h i s s o r t o f t h i n g f r o m h a p p e n i n g . D o m i n i q u e h a d n ’ t e v e n g i v e n i t a s e c o n d ’ s t h o u g h t

d u r i n g t h a t n i g h t . N o w , t w o m o n t h s l a t e r, s h e w a s d e ﬁ n i t e l y g i v i n g i t a s e c o n d t h o u g h t a n d a t h i r d .

S h e h a d a n a p p o i n t m e n t o n M o n d a y t o h a v e i t t e s t e d . I t h a d t a k e n a l a r g e c h u n k o f h e r

lif e s a v i n g s a n d n o s m a ll a m o u n t o f w o r k a n d f a v o r s o w e d , b u t s h e ’ d g o t t e n a c o p y o f h i s D N A

r e c o r d s . B e f o r e s h e m a d e a d e c i s i o n , s h e n e e d e d t o b e s u r e t h a t t h e b a b y w a s h i s .

H i s b a b y . M a y b e i t w o u l d h a v e h i s e y e s ? D o m i n i q u e s h o o k h e r h e a d . S h e w a s n ’ t u n d e r a n y

f a n t a s y , a n y ill u s i o n . H e w a s n ’ t g o i n g t o s w e e p h e r o f f h e r f e e t , h e l p r a i s e t h e c h il d . H e c o u l d n ’ t ,

e v e n if h e w a s i n c li n e d t o .

S t ill, t h e r e w e r e o t h e r w a y s t h i s c o u l d b e b e n e ﬁ c i a l. I f i t w a s h i s b a b y . S h e ’ d k n o w s o o n , a n d

t h e n s h e w o u l d d e c i d e .

I s a b e ll e w a s a n i c e n a m e , if i t w a s a g i r l. I s a b e ll e V i t t o r i a . I s a b e ll e K n i g h t - V i t t o r i a ?

Elevator Ride to Hell

INTRODUCTION

RUNNING THE ADVENTURE

SRM 03-12 Elevator Ride to Hell is a Shadowrun Missions

campaign adventure. All maps, player handouts, and other playing

aids are found at the end of this document.

Gamemastering is more of an art than a science, and every

gamemaster does things a bit di erently. Use your own style when

it comes to preparing and running the adventure and do whatever

you feel is best to provide the best Shadowrun game you can for

your players. Shadowrun Missions adventures are designed to run

in a standard four-hour convention time slot.

Please keep this in mind when running the adventure. You

should leave at least 15–20 minutes at the end of the time slot

to complete any necessary paperwork and pass out the players’

Debrie ng Logs. (Make sure that you have enough copies of the

Debrie ng Log for this adventure to give one copy to each player

a er running the adventure.) is section o ers some guidelines

you may nd useful in preparing to run SRM 03-12 Elevator Ride

to Hell (or any Shadowrun Missions adventure).

PREPARING THE ADVENTURE

SRM 03-12 Elevator Ride to Hell is intended for use with

Shadowrun, Fourth Edition , and all character and rules informa-

tion refers to the fourth edition of the Shadowrun rules.

ADVENTURE STRUCTURE

SRM03-12 Elevator Ride to Hell consists of several scenes.

ese scenes form the basis of the adventure, which should be

completed in approximately four hours. If you are running short

on time, you should streamline each and be a little more gener-

ous with clues, target numbers, and other requirements to aid in

guiding the players through the adventure.

Each scene outlines the most likely sequence of events, as

well as how to handle unexpected twists and turns that inevitably

crop up. Each one contains the following subsections, providing

gamemasters with all the information necessary to run it.

Scan is provides a quick synopsis of the scene’s action,

allowing you to get a feel for the encounter at a glance.

Tell it to em Straight is written to be read aloud to the

players, describing what their characters experience upon entering

the scene. You should feel free to modify the narrative as much as

desired to suit the group and the situation, since the characters

may arrive at the scene by diﬀ erent means or under diﬀ erent cir-

cumstances than the text assumes.

Behind the Scenes covers the bulk of the scene, describing

what’s happening, what the non-player characters are doing, how

they will react to the player characters’ actions and so forth. It also

covers the setting of the encounter, going over environmental con-

ditions and other properties of the location as well as providing

any descriptions of important items.

Pushing the Envelope looks at ways to make the encounter

more challenging for experienced or powerful characters and

other ways you can add some “extra spice” to the scene.

Debugging o ers solutions to potential problems that may

crop up during the encounter. While it’s impossible to foresee

everything that a group of player characters might do, this section

tries to anticipate common problems and o er suggestions for

dealing with them.

Step 1: Read The Adventure

Carefully read the adventure from beginning to end. Get a

feel for the overall plot and what happens in each scene. at way,

if something di erent happens, you won’t be caught o guard and

you can adapt things smoothly.

Step 2: Take Notes

Take notes for yourself while reading through the adventure

that you can refer to later on. Possible things to note include:

major plot points (so you can see them all at a glance), the names

of various non-player characters, possible problems you notice, sit-

uations where you think a particular character can shine and other

things you’ll want to keep in mind while running the adventure.

Step 3: Know The Characters

Prior to the start of the adventure, examine the PCs’ record

sheets and Debrieﬁ ng Logs for your reference and have basic infor-

mation about their important abilities handy so you can refer to

it during play. Also go over the characters and keep their previous

events listed on the Debrie ng Logs in mind when determining

non-player character actions in various scenes if such a dynamic

has been included.

Step 4: Don’t Panic!

Gamemastering involves juggling a lot of di erent things.

Sometimes you drop the ball and forget something or you just

make a mistake. It happens, don’t worry about it. Nobody is

perfect all of the time and everybody makes mistakes. Just pick up

from there and move on. Your players will understand and forget

about it once you get back into the action.

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GENERAL ADVENTURE RULES

the player characters’ abilities into consideration when assessing

the NPCs in this adventure and modify them accordingly.

Shadowrun Missions adventures use the rules presented

in Shadowrun, 20th Anniversary Edition ( SR4A ). Standard

rules such as success tests, the Rules of One and Six, and other

common mechanics are described in SR4A and are not repeated

in this adventure. Please keep in mind when preparing for the

adventure, that the PCs will not necessarily compose a “bal-

anced” party. It’s entirely possible that the party will be made

up entirely of Technomancers or back-to-nature Shamans. If the

characters run into a brick wall because of such complications,

show ﬂ exibility and use your best judgment in how you lead

them back to the plot.

TABLE RATING

Table Rating (TR) is used to adjust the diﬃ culty of an adven-

ture so that it is appropriate to the characters playing it. e TR

value can be used to increase the number or abilities of opponents

and the device ratings of equipment in the adventure. In addition,

when NPCs or devices are making tests for anything except resist-

ing damage, award them a number of bonus dice equal to the TR

as an additional situational bonus.

Before beginning game play, ask the players to agree on a

TR from one to six for the scenario. Instruct them that beginning

players and characters are expected to play at TR 1. More veteran

players and characters may choose to raise this diﬃ culty. Explain

to the players that as the di culty increases, the rewards also

increase. Once the players have agreed on a TR value, use that

value consistently through the scenario.

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS

Non-player characters (NPCs) are essential to any adventure.

ey are the allies, antagonists, and background characters in the

adventure that interact with the player characters. NPCs in this

adventure have already been created and can be found in the Cast

of Shadows section.

e NPCs in this adventure should generally stand up to the

average player character but may need some adjustment to suit a

particular group of characters, especially a more experienced and

powerful group. e scenes and NPC descriptions o er tips on

adjusting the NPCs to suit the abilities of the characters in your

group. To adjust the power level of an NPC, refer to the Prime

Runner Creation and Advancement Table (p. 285, SR4A ). Take

SELLING OUT

rough the course of a scenario, a PC may become a liated

with one or more of the corporations that make up the board of

the Manhattan Development Corporation. If an una liated PC

completes a secondary objective (see Corporate Interests), even

accidentally, then he gets an o er to a liate instead of the reward.

Aﬃ liates are not become full-ﬂ edged Company Men, but rather

act as “deniable assets,” “covert agents,” or to put it bluntly, “spies.”

Afﬁ liation Betrayal

Public

Awareness

A liate Action

reshold

Consequence

Affiliate drops hints about his

a liation.

Corporate reward withheld, even if secondary objec-

tive is successful.

A liate reveals his a liation, even to

other a liates of the same corp.

As above, plus aﬃ liation revoked, +1 Notoriety, –1

Street Cred.

Affiliate deliberately prevents the

completion of a liated corp’s secondary

objective.

As above, plus an additional +1 Notoriety and –1

Street Cred, and the corp sends a “cleaner” to kill the (ex-)

a liate during the nal scene. See Cleaner Table, below.

Cleaner Table

Table Rating Cleaner NPC*

Use stats for Triad Lieutenant (p. 284, SR4A )

Use stats for Red Samurai Lieutenant (p. 283, SR4A )

Use stats for Tir Ghost Lieutenant (p. 283, SR4A )

Use stats for Combat Mage (p. 99, SR4A ), Enforcer (p. 102, SR4A ) ,

or Gunslinger Adept (p. 104, SR4A )

Use stats for Combat Mage (p. 99, SR4A ), Enforcer (p. 102, SR4A ) ,

or Gunslinger Adept (p. 104, SR4A ) with a +2 bonus to all dice pools.

Use stats for Combat Mage (p. 99, SR4A ), Enforcer (p. 102, SR4A ) ,

or Gunslinger Adept (p. 104, SR4A ) with a +4 bonus to all dice pools.

*Gamemasters are encouraged to customize cleaners if they desire, but to stay roughly at the power level given

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Each corporation has an interest in what’s going on around

New York. As a result, each corp has a task it wants its people to

accomplish during each scenario. Naturally, each corp also has a

reward it gives to those agents that accomplish these objectives.

A liations are supposed to be kept secret, in keeping the

theme of espionage, so the players of a liated characters should

be noti ed in a subtle way. If your gaming group is comfortable

with keeping in-character information separate from out-of-

character, then tell them where all can hear. If you are uncertain

about this, passing a note may be more appropriate.

PCs who choose to accept this aﬃ liation will have the oppor-

tunity to earn special rewards and undertake special tasks in select

scenarios. When applicable, these rewards will be noted in Picking

up the Pieces.

A NOTE ON COMMLINKS

By 2070, commlinks have become a universal appliance.

Because just about every NPC is going to have one, they won’t

always be statted out in the adventure text. For NPCs who do

not have a statted commlink, assume it has all necessary ratings

at (TR/2) +1 (round-up). h ese commlinks will not contain any

valuable paydata.

PAPERWORK

A er running a Shadowrun Missions adventure, there are

several important pieces of paperwork that need to be lled out.

h e ﬁ rst is to make certain to distribute a copy of the adven-

ture’s Debrie ng Log to each player. As the GM, please make

certain to ll this out and sign o on it for each character. In the

interests of time, you may have each player ll out the sections,

with appropriate values that you give them. Please consider the

PCs’ actions in the scenario when providing Reputation modi ers,

per those rules (p. 265, SR4A ).

e second is to make sure that all players have updated their

character’s calendar. PCs are allowed to go on one run per week.

e calendar is used to track the character’s monthly lifestyle

expenses, adventures, and their downtime exploits.

LOSING CORPORATE AFFILIATION

One of the most important parts of the deal for a corpora-

tion’s “loose contract” with a shadowrunner is secrecy. If the corp

can’t deny the runner’s involvement with its dealings, the runner

is of little value to it.

If a shadowrunner allows his a liation to become known, or

deliberately works against the a liated corporation’s secondary

objective, the GM should make a Public Awareness Test against

the a liate near the end of the adventure, just before the nal

scene. e threshold for the test and the possible consequences

are given on the A liation Betrayal table below; the greater the

infraction, the lower the threshold. If the test succeeds, the conse-

quences listed below are applied by the GM to the a liate.

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