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  GANGBUSTERS™ 
  Gangbusters rpg original concept Rick Krebs 
  Original System design Rick Krebs 
  Based on work by Rick Krebs and Mark Acres 
  Encounter GBE1 
  Doctors’ 
  Orders 
  By Mark Hunt 
   
   
  This is the first in a series of modules after several decades for use with the GANGBUSTERS™ RPG rules. 
  Doctors’ orders is specially designed for the game judge who needs to get back up to speed with the 
  system. 
  Gangbusters is a game that takes place in the Roaring 20’s and early 1930’s, essentially the Prohibition 
  Era, of America. The focus of the game is on the Prohibition and the police/law enforcement struggle to 
  control the streets and the halls of power. The player characters can take the roles of law enforcement, 
  criminals, and other types of roles. The game is based in Lakefront City, ostensibly a fictional Chicago.  
   
  This module is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use 
  of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Mark Hunt. 
  GANGBUSTERS  is a trademark  owned  by Rick Krebs. 
  
  What You Will Need To Play 
  In order to use this encounter you will need the 
  GANGBUSTERS rule book, pencils, paper, two 10 
  sided dice and your imagination. 
  The names of the characters used herein are 
  fictitious and do not refer to any persons living 
  or dead. Any descriptions including similarities to 
  persons living or dead are merely coincidental. 
  This module is intended for use with the 
  GANGBUSTERS rules. As an adventure module, it 
  will also require one person to act as   Judge. 
  The information in this module is only for the 
  Judge who will guide the players through the 
  Encounter. If you plan to participate in this 
  module as a player, please stop reading   now. 
  NPC information is given as follows: 
  Name-profession (age, ethnic background) 
  Level and Class Skills (if any) 
  Arrest Record (if any) Ability Scores 
  History or Character Traits Weapons (if any) 
  Valuables Carried Vehicle Owned  (if any) 
  Ability scores are abbreviated as follows: 
   
  MS = Muscle 
  DR  = Driving 
  AG = Agility 
  PR  = Presence 
  OB = Observation 
  LK = Luck HP =  Hit  
  Points 
   
   
   
   
   
  During Prohibition, the U.S. Treasury 
  Department authorized physicians to write 
  prescriptions for medicinal alcohol.  You could 
  go down to your local sawbones and get him to 
  hook you up with some hooch.  Most doctors 
  during this time would get by on just doing just 
  that. Every ten days, patients willing to pay 
  about $3 for a prescription and another $3 or 
  $4 to have it filled could get a pint of booze. 
  “There may have been some people who were 
  being prescribed because there was a perceived 
  medical need, but it was really a way for some 
  physicians and pharmacists to make a few extra 
  bucks,” 
  Armed with pads of government-issued 
  prescription forms, advised Dr. Levon advise his  
  patients to take regular doses of hooch to stave 
  off a number of ailments—cancer, indigestion 
  and depression. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  
   
  The Men’s Doctor 
  Doctors office          
             Average Store 
  The clinic can treat all normal illnesses and even 
  has emergency facilities for treating unusual 
  cases such as gunshot wounds. 
  The Clinic has a cash register and a safe. Dr. 
  Levon pays $50 protection money each week to 
  the Mob. He is not happy but what can he do, 
  not much for now. But if given the chance he 
  will help any PC can change this. 
  He will treat any Gunshot wounds no questions 
  asked for $20.00. 
   
  If Dr Moses thinks he can use any PC who 
  comes to visit he will do what it takes to get the 
  mob to go away so he can make more money. 
   
   
  The Staff 
   
  Dr. Moses Levon -Doctor (age 72, German) 
  Level 2 Criminal. 
  Skills: Shadowing 99, Stealth  87. 
  Record:  No  previous  record. 
  MS=56, AG=63, OB=54, DR=59, PR=5, LK=34, 
  HP=15 
  Dr. Moses is a German in his heart and left after 
  the war with one purpose to get rich in 
  America. When Probation hit he saw potential 
  and has been making money on the side 
  working for the mob and selling prescriptions 
  like hot cakes. Moses is sneaky and double-
  dealing and is totally   untrustworthy. 
  Moses is a good doctor with the bedside 
  manner of a person who hates to be bothered 
  with minor things. 
  Weapons: .38 revolver his in jacket pocket, 
  blackjack in the other pocket. 
  Carries: Emerald stickpin worth $100 and $250 
  in his wallet. 
   
  
   
  Rita Collier -nurse (age 23, Assimilated) Level 2 
  Nurse. 
  MS=44, AG=81, 08=69, DR=75, PR=7, LK=33, 
  HP=18 
  Betty Parks -Secretary (age 25 , Assimilated) 
  Level  I Worker  
  MS=75, AG=82, 08=77, DR=80, PR=6, LK=19, 
  HP=22 
   
   
  Tom McGuire -freelance criminal (age 32, Irish) 
  Level 3 criminal. 
  Skills: Lockpicking 87, Stealth 90, Explosives 73. 
  MS=95, AG=72, OB=68, DR=70, PR=8, LK=43, 
  HP=22 
  Tom was a member of the Irish Republican 
  Army. He came to this country after he was 
  outlawed for killing preacher and burning down 
  a church. Since then he has turned his skills 
  toward robbery. He is available for hire. Doc 
  Moses keeps him around to keep the riff raff 
  out the office. He is in love with Rita. He will not 
  take too kindly to any guys sniffing around the 
  office for too long.  
  Weapons: .38 revolver in his coat pocket. 
  Carries: $20 in his wallet. 
   
   
   
  
   
   
  
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