Heya! Ran the first half tonight and loving it. Excellent story, with lots of great nuance and angles. Noticed on p. 21 there appear to be some misprints on the Anathema Freak Attacks table. Fist strike is doubled, and I believe should actually be labeled Eye Gouge, and vice versa. Great cinematic so far, my first since Hope's Last Day.
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My players love to RP so we took our time. They all ended up staying and having dinner with Father Sutter, and I wanted them to find some more stuff before kicking off the action, so I had Davis (who i'm running as an NPC) ask to speak to Sutter alone and give them all orders to find out more about what's going on. One group talked to Shelby, got the office key, and went into the basement, while another individual had to ask Holman for a tour in order to distract him from seeing them talking to Shelby, so she found out about the mountain bunker. Ended the sesh with them coming back up from the basement to hear Sutter yelling at Davis, "We tried to do this peacefully, but now you've done it! Desecrated the privacy and sanctity of this place." Gunshot. Seeya next week!
Super fun. Thanks!