[HoE] newbie/con adventure suggestions

[J23junior@aol.com]

  For those of you that may be going to CODcon this weekend, I plan on 
running a HOE adventure for beginners- and I would like to hear any responses 
to my planed adventure.  BTW- for anyone who may be on the HOE list but not 
be anewbie
  


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    The game is setup to bring the player together quickly and provide a good 
exposure to the diverse HOE world, revolves around old west puzzle solving, 
and ends with what I hope will be a good old shoot out.
    The adventure puts the players in the roles of a group of convoy members. 
 They are scouts/negotiators for trade and have just pulled into the near 
wichita beef town mentioned in Road Warriors.  The convoy is a few days 
behind them so they have some time to negotiate for trade and such.  A few 
months back a posse passed through the area and killed a bloodwolf (as they 
can find out by talking around) and susposedly stoped the beef killings.  
However, about two months ago, the killings restarted and the town's deputies 
are scared to death of finding out whats going on (or so they claim).   The 
local law dog basicly offers the group a great deal if they could camp out 
around the beeves that night and keep an eye out (a beeve has been killed 
each week and tonight seems a good night).  The group assumably agrees and 
sets up camp around town- and they do not go unrewarded .  Late that night 
they behold a unique sight- what appears to be a short, skinny bloodwolf with 
a rifle in one hand and a razor blade glove in the other.  If they keep 
quiet, they see the "bloodwolf" lead the cow away from the herd, shoot it in 
the head, and then mutilate the cattle- and then it takes the cow's heart and 
puts it in a jar.  
     As it turns out (and this was partly inspired by Scooby Doo), the 
bloodwolf disguise is a simple hoax, trying to keep investigators off what 
was really going on.  The guy is just a tool, hired by a member of the town 
council  to collect the hearts- of which he has gotten 9 of the 10 requested. 
 The council member has made a deal with a part of the witch coven near 
Wichita to supply hearts for some ritual in return for total control of the 
town and all the profits it could bring.
   -if the posse up and kills the fake bloodwolf, the local law dog should 
identify the body and lead them to his house, or they could be smart and 
follow the guy home and interrogate him
   -once they figure out the guy is working for the council member, nobody 
will really believe them, hes such a nice guy.  They need to find more 
evidence......
  -if/when they get stuck, a few witches are going to be coming to town to 
get their last heart
  -a chase similair to the one on All That shimmers would ensue to just 
outside the Wichita rad-radius  and a gunfight with about 6-8 hardend witches 
and 2 of the councilman's bodyguards (their needed evidence)


  so, what does everybody/anybody think?