TEXT: The Mysterious Voyage of the Auspicious
  Background
  The year is 1798. The Auspicious, a newly acquired vessel 
  of the East India Company, had been in harbor at Calcutta 
  for some weeks being provisioned and taking on cargo. The 
  night it was to leave, it caught fire and was almost totally 
  destroyed. Now, months later, it has been rebuilt and just 
  entered the open seas on the route back to England. The 
  crew is nervous and ill omens abound. However, it has been 
  made clear to the Captain that the ship, or something it 
  carries, must return to Southhampton with all due speed...
  An Annalise Guided Play Scenario
   
   
  Using This Scenario
  T
  his Guided Play Scenario is designed 
  for one-shot, introductory, and 
  convention play of Annalise. It provides 
  a setting, a situation, characters and 
  some of the surrounding fiction (NPC 
  names, some Claims, and so forth). It is 
  assumed that the player facilitating the 
  scenario be familiar with the rules of the 
  game. A copy of Annalise is required for 
  play of this Guided Play Scenario.
   
   
  To Play:
  E
  xplain the premise of Annalise and 
  present the Background of this 
  scenario. Go over the four characters.
  E
  ach player chooses one character 
  and fills out their info on a character 
  sheet. The facilitator should write down 
  each character’s Secret and hand it to the 
  character’s player. The Secrets should 
  not be public knowledge (except to the 
  facilitator, who should endeavor not to 
  reveal them prematurely). 
  E
  ach player writes down and places 2 
  Coins on each of their two Claims.
  I
  f a player wishes to start the first turn, 
  they should do so. Absent a volunteer 
  it is recommended to start with the 
  Stowaway and go clockwise around the 
  table from there. Some Key Scenes are 
  provided for inspiration.
  F
  or the purposes of this scenario, once 
  the nature of the Vampire has been 
  determined, the game should transition 
  immediately to the Confrontation phase.
  H
  ave fun!
  The Cast
  The Captain
  Captain Merrylees is a middle-aged, experienced sailor 
  and a well-regarded Captain in the East India Company. 
  His laissez-faire attitude towards the day-to-day operations 
  of the ship leave most details of command to his First 
  Mate, Andrew Fitch. Capt. Merrylees has a fine logistical 
  mind as well as an exemplary aptitude for navigation and 
  avoiding the worst of the weather on the high seas...usually.
  Name: Captain David Merrylees
  Vulnerability: I am vulnerable because I am 
  unwilling to take command when it matters.
  Secret: I can never reveal that fire obeys me.
  Starting Claims: The ships rigging; the loyalty of 
  the men.
  Starting Stats: Vulnerability 4 (Analytic Mind 5), 
  Secret 3 (Fearsome Temper 3), Reserves 2
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  The Lady
  Caroline Anne Wellesley is the only official passenger 
  on the Auspicious. A young lady of tender upbringing, she 
  is the niece of Gov. Wellesley, the British Raj governor of 
  Calcutta. While nominally going to England in order to 
  stay with some distant relatives, Caroline has always chafed 
  under her uncle’s control and longs to have new experiences 
  and make her own decisions.
  Name: Caroline Anne Wellesley
  Vulnerability: I am vulnerable because I am never in 
  control of the situation.
  Secret: I can never reveal that I will not allow the 
  ship to reach England.
  Starting Claims: A dark secret; blood running down 
  the deck.
  Starting Stats: Vulnerability 2 (Can Always Get Help 5), 
  Secret 4 (Control The Conversation 6), Reserves 2
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  The Cast, Cont.
  The Stowaway
  Punit Sengupta was a street urchin in Calcutta who fell 
  in with a revolutionary-minded gang intent on bringing down 
  the Raj. When he tried to break from them, uncomfortable 
  with their fervor, his life was threatened and he fled; the only 
  option he could find on short notice was to hide on board the 
  next ship leaving harbor. Now stuck, Punit is trying to eke out 
  an existence on board without being caught.
  Name: Punit Sengupta
  Vulnerability: I am vulnerable because I want to be 
  an Englishman.
  Secret: I can never reveal that I have developed a 
  taste for human flesh.
  Starting Claims: Stern authority; sharks. 
  Starting Stats: Vulnerability 3 (Sneaking About 4), 
  Secret 4 (Prodigious Strength 3), Reserves 2
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  Sailors of the Auspicious
  The First Mate: Andrew Fitch
  The Second Mate: Jarvis Trapp
  The Navigator: Iain McDowell
  Lucas Percival
  John Innes
  John Gilmore
  John Goodfellow
  Robert Hogg
  George Bowen
  John Smythe
  Peter Everitt
  Zachary Hicks
  Roger Braddyll
  Moses Agar
  Charles Lindegren
  Godfrey King
  Richard Brash
  Chapman Bradford
   
   
  Credits & Thanks
  V
  oyage of the Auspicious and 
  Annalise by Nathan D. Paoletta. 
  A
  rt by Jennifer Rodgers. Please visit 
  her at jenniferrodgers.com.
  P
  laytesting by Nathan D. Paoletta, 
  Kat Jones, Chuck Henebry & Matt 
  Biesler. Many thanks!
  A
  dditional information, downloads 
  and purchase information can be 
  found at the website:
   
  findannalise.com
  The Doctor
  Thomas Billingham is a young and very skilled surgeon 
  from London. Fed up with the calcified intransigence of his 
  older colleagues, he decided to take to the sea for a time 
  in order to satisfy both his hunger for adventure and his 
  need to display his talents. Universally admired aboard the 
  Auspicious, Thomas still enjoys the life of a ships doctor, 
  despite all of its inconveniences.
  Name: Thomas Billingham
  Vulnerability: I am vulnerable because I find 
  perverse pleasure in my job.
  Secret: I can never reveal that I am a traitor to the 
  Crown.
  Starting Claims: Longing for home, stormy weather.
  Starting Stats: Vulnerability 3 (Emergency Surgery 5), 
  Secret 4 (Everybody’s Friend 5) Reserves 2
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  Key Scenes
  If anyone is having trouble coming up with a scene, 
  here are some ideas. Feel free to modify them as necessary.
  For the Captain: The Captain must decide how to 
  treat a mutinous sailor. The Captain overhears his 
  officers discussing illegal cargo that they’ve kept 
  hidden from him thus far.
  For Caroline: The second mate, Jarvis Trapp, 
  demands that Caroline stay off the deck, even 
  though she has specific permission from the 
  Captain to observe the workings of the ship. 
  Caroline wakes in her private cabin to find an Evil 
  Eye necklace on her trunk. 
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  For Punit: Punit sees two of the crew members find 
  his hideaway. Punit finds one of the sailors in the 
  hold, dying and babbling about the “darkness that 
  came over the rail”.
  For Thomas: Thomas’s best surgical knives have 
  been stolen, and he discovers one of the sailors with 
  one. One of the sailors has been complaining of 
  weakness and palsy, and goes into a seizure in the 
  middle of a storm at a critical moment.
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