[HoE] I'd like to brainstorm with other Marshals here.

[Doctor X <doctorx@aa.net>]

(Spoiler space in case other Marshals think this is a cool idea and want to
use it.)






















All right, here's the premise of the adventure I'm writing so far:

The Place: Big Whiskey, Wyoming  (Yes, I know, it's been done.  My working
title is "Bad Day at Big Whiskey.")  Pop: 85 and dropping.

Big Whiskey, a town which has gathered some small fame for it's primary
export (guess what) is in the grip of an epidemic.  (I haven't decided what
yet, but the vaccine is extremely rare.)  Three weeks ago, one of the
townspeople risked the journey through Wolves' territory (A militant biker
gang with a grudge against the town for successfully repelling their raids
thus far.) to reach Boise and plead Big Whiskey's case before Simon.

Simon sent a Templar to escort him back to Big Whiskey with the antidote,
but the pair ran afoul of the Wolves and were both killed (The Posse finds
the burnt-out wreckage of the car with their corpses inside on their way to
Big Whiskey.) and the vaccine taken from them.

The town has quarantined themselves, but let the Posse in, thinking they're
the group returned with the vaccine.  When they tell of the bodies they
found on their way there, the local sheriff is able to put together that the
Wolves have the vaccine at their base of operations at Ft. Laramie.  The
gang's leader, The Shadow Man, is unwilling to negotiate, as he has put two
and two together and realizes that he could blackmail/exact vengeance on Big
Whiskey by witholding the vaccine.  The Posse's only option is to raid Ft.
Laramie and steal back the vaccine.

Now, the big question, the reason I'm posting this:  How to work the horror
element into the story?

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Dr.X
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"The law, in it's majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to
sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." -Anatole
France