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Elder Quests NAOHIRO TOMINOGOSHI
I have come to gather the bravest of us to accompany
“To Become A Hero” me on a mission. I will need six skilled persons to
form my team. At the end of our success awaits a
reward.
Requirements: Intermediate Level
GM NOTE: Including the PC(s), double the number
NPC Characters of Contact
for a total of twelve volunteers.
-Naohiro Tominogoshi
NAOHIRO TOMINOGOSHI
-Shige Oatoa
As I had hope. The Tominogoshi members are fear-
-Tominogoshi Students less and strong, and you all embody the Three Rivers.
However, I need a smaller group than this; half to be
-Tominogoshi District Townsmen precise. Therefore, we will hold a short tournament.
The winners will join me.
-Intermediate Gashadokuro
PART 2 “Mono e Mono”
Properties
-Tominogoshi Compound Location: Tominogoshi Compound
-Tominogoshi District Shige Oatoa sneers as Naohiro Tominogoshi pac-
es the floor back and forth for a few steps as he ex-
Environment
plains his task.
-Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo; 71° NAOHIRO TOMINOGOSHI
Summary I do not want this to take long, so the rules of the
tournament are these: You will start from a standing
Naohiro Tominogoshi has been informed that the position. You have two minutes to successfully take
outskirts of the Southeast section of the Tominogoshi your opponent down. You will be allotted the entire
district is being plagued by an unusual foe. Several time to complete the challenge. Take you opponent
of the citizens have reported stories of a giant skele- down as many times within the given time or stop
ton arm that comes out of the ground to attack those after someone takes their opponent down five times. I
ask that all students not participating in the tourna-
who attempt to travel the southern road. The citizens ment please clear the middle of the room. Are there
of the area are terrified, and in need of someone who any questions? Begin!
can rid them of this menace. Naohiro Tominogoshi GM NOTE: The two minutes will be measured by
has accepted this challenge. 120 melee rounds of combat. Partner each PC with
an NPC as opponents. Should more NPC(s) be re-
PART 1 “Picking Teams” quired to fill the missing number of selected mem-
Location: Tominogoshi Compound
bers, add the additional winners at the end of the PC
It has been an intense day of training in the Tom- (s) matches. GMs may play each competition sepa-
inogoshi dojo today. As the PC(s) reflect, it feels as rately or simultaneously using a single diecast to rep-
though days have passed since the group has last resent all NPC combatants.
stepped outside. Though fatigue has long set in, the
training session has successfully pushed each martial PART 3 “Mission Details”
artist through a second and even third wind that Location: Tominogoshi Compound
keeps the practitioners strong. Suddenly, the dojo
door is opened letting in a large amount of blinding The tournament has ended and the victors have
sunlight as the stench of sweaty fighters escapes. All shown themselves. Respectfully, the losers of the
training stops and the focus turns toward the silhou- competition bow to the winners. All take a seat fac-
ette in the door way. Everyone in the room bows to- ing Naohiro Tominogoshi as he addresses the com-
ward the direction as Naohiro Tominogoshi walks petitors.
into the dojo followed by Shige Oatoa. They stop in
the middle of the floor.
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