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DM ONLY Overview of local town.

Final Plot: PCs eavesdrop or sneak in to witness who x is talking to. It turns out

hes brainwashed by a !ungi !ro" beyond. #eing told that they will re$eive great

things when they $o"plete the gate.

%he PCs "ust prevent the" !ro" opening the gate& and !ree the people o! the!ungi.

%he !ungi has already propagated its in'uen$e to al"ost hal! the town& or at leastkey !olks in town.

(heri) is ok.

*eputy is !ungi $ontrolled.

Caretaker is ok& but is a se$ret $ultist.

Prea$her is !ungi $ontrolled.

#arkeep is ok& but and is a snit$h to the lo$al beat gang.

#anker is !ungi $ontrolled.

(table +aster is ok& but is a se$ret $ultist.

#la$ks"ith is ok.

#rothel +aiden is ok& but a !ew $ourtesans ,- girls and guy/ are !ungi

$ontrolled.

Far"er (a" is a $ultist.

*istiller is a $ultist and is $ontrolled.0es being led to develop and $ast a seed spell& that allows hi" to

in!e$t the drinks with seeds that the !ungi will use to possess the" and "ake the"hibernate until they awake in a new hideous and power!ul !or". %hese guardian

hybrid types will be able to su1$iently prote$t the leader ra$e when they atte"pt to

$o"e through the portal. %he present leader ra$e $aused the lo$al $ult to !or" inthe 2rst pla$e and has been playing a very $are!ul and patient ga"e with the

towns!olk.

+eanwhile& the present !ungi leader ra$e is trying to:

3se the $ult to $reate seeds !or in$ubation and guardian hybrid $reations.

3se the town to gather resour$es needed !or the gateo +etal and goldo Crystalso +agneti$ stones

3se the $ult and the possessed towns!olk to open the gate. +any will be

slaughtered. 4lder leader ra$e $oun$il arrives.

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PCs i! still around should 'ee.

PCs will have options to:

*is$over the $ult exists.o 5hat its goals are.o 5hos in it.

*is$over odd o$$urren$es in $ertain towns!olk:o *eputy Fox see"s to repeat everything the (heri) says. 4ven under

his breath.o Caretaker see"s to be "oving bodies a little bit too o!ten6 0ard to

tell.o

Prea$her will re!use a donation to the $hur$h and instead insists it goto the town storage& but will not say why.o +ay overhear or see& that the %own storage has a lot o! "etal and

books being kept under lo$k and key. People see" to bring things to it

over ti"e& but never $o"e ba$k with anything. (o"eone is always on

wat$h !or this& due to (heri)s orders.o #arkeep has a lot o! a guy walks in an hands hi" a letter or pa$kage

and leaves without words "o"ents over the $ourse o! ti"e.o #anker will oddly stop a transa$tion in progress and $lose the shop

window a!ter blanking out !or a !ew "inutes 7ust be!ore doing so.o *istiller see"s way un8kept and 2lthy. 0es also growing so"e

"ushroo"s and plants in the distillery whi$h see"s to get all the

attention as !ar as keeping order. 9ery "oist setting.o Far"er (a" is a bored !ar"er& and 7oined the $ult to have !riends.o Prea$her was approa$hed by the !ungi leader ra$e and $o"pletely

hypnotied. 0e is $o"pletely unaware o! the $ontrol& but has beenin'uen$ing people to do the towns work instead o! the lords work

!or about ; "onths. 5hen all this started.o Caretaker was already interested in so"e $ult ideas a!ter inheriting a

strange book !ro" his grand!ather. 0is !ather was killed horribly and

"ysteriously in the town s

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5estern 3nion ? *ept. P under$over.

#ratsky #oys #la$ks"iths. https:@@www.youtube.$o"@wat$h6v?=PC(: Sheri Bill Slate, aka Sherif Slate [ready]

o Sheris Dog Dsty

De!ty "larence #o$, aka Deputy Fox

%llen Dewey, aka Preacher

&erry 'illis, aka The Kid, or (idsgood

'ade )tchison, aka Driter Wades The Bratsky Boys * +hree Brothers, %lden, osac, and Brannan. -ocal

lacks/ith and car!enters.

Brce "alon, aka Old Man, or Old "alon

arion Swenson * Madame, or s. Swenson * leader of local rothel

)al Dalcher, Diamond al, or Sales )al

"harlotte Dalcher, Mrs! Dalcher, or +eacher Dalcher

Sandy Staord, aka Doc, -ady Staord

Far"er (a"

Far"ers xE

*istiller

0andy"an

*eputy -

*eputy ;

Caretaker

#arkeep

Bo$al Indian boy

(table +aster

#anker

3se silent 2l" to get $lues !or who to $onta$t in

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Coyotes while $a"ping. > se$ond night they gli"pse so"ething elseH$hupakabra6

Indians $o"e to ask !or help& others turn away& but PCs hear its about sky being

going "ad and "ay take interest se$retly. I! not the s$out o! the" will approa$hthe p$s to help.

ailroad needs help with so"ething

> lo$al "ine is $ursed.

Clues lead to other "ines. BJ=K de$ipher& as "any sessions should pass

where they $an hear ru"ors o! people leaving ea$h "ine. 4ventually to hear it was

a slaughter. =o one likes to talk about it.

Jne o! the other "ines has a sealed $ha"ber& i! broken& will release a

nasty entity.

I! released it will go to one o! the other "ines and start

slaughtering ea$h "ine until it 2nds the lost arti!a$t. %he PCs $an de$ipher the$lues to get to the arti!a$t 2rst& instead the PCs $an de!eat or $ast it out through a

gate using the arti!a$t. Can be lured by the arti!a$t sin$e it will hunt it down.

>llowing the PCs to build a prison. IF they do so& *ept. P. shows up under the guiseo! 5estern 3nion.