Op:Gimmick


GIMMICK: n. 1. A device or mechanical modification used by stage magicians to enable them to perform seemingly
	       impossible feats with ease.


Plot Summary:

So here's the deal...  The JPV Headquarters is finally completed, and the Trium has agreed that it is time to transfer
possession of the recently broken BarneySlayer[tm] to the newly created JAO.  JPV mages will be researching it, and
attempting to learn the ramifications of its breakage.

Accompanying a hand-chosen group of JPV mages is a crack commando force from TRES, along with choice TRES higher-ups.  This
band is disguised as a US military convoy transporting a defense system designed by ETI.  In case you couldn't guess, the
BarneySlayer[tm] is the true cargo.

As a result of the high magical energy emanating from the Slayer[tm], and the fact that it is attuned specially to the
Purple Pedophile, he can detect it damn near anywhere.  As a result, the disguised convoy only serves to fool the mundane.

[name], a young Lyran of the [th] circle, seeks to impress the more powerful Lyrans, and as such, takes on the task of 
pirating the Jihad BarneySlayer[tm] fragment for his superiors.  A nice side goal of his is also to destroy the JPV HQ, and
send the young org into a shambles.

To achieve this goal, [name] is in control of a large group of sponge minions.  Not altogether special on their own, they
have been fitted with a special device which allows even the most idiotic of humans cast simple spells.  Hastily thrown
together, this force only is able to cast a spell which closely resembles "Magic Missile" of AD&D fame... the spin is
that this thing is Lavender, and has a weak spongifying effect.  A well-protected Jihaddi shouldn't worry about the
spongifying, only the physical damage.  Individually, they're relatively ineffective, but in a force of a few thousand,
such as this case, they are quite effective.

The convoy is attacked somewhere in mid-Ohio, near the end of the trek from Colorado to Western PA, successfully hold
off the main force of minions, but when reinforcements arrive, are forced back to JPV HQ.

After a hard-fought defense, and a bolstering by lower-ranking JPVers, the Lyran and the JPV High Councillors duke it
out.  Pupp, Will, and Lorin manage to force him to retreat, and forges a hateful enemy.

The survivors gather themselves, and relax... for now.


 PC's: Schneider, Lorin, Will Keith, Theseus, DragonFyre, Katze Brenner(?)

NPC's: TRES grunts, J-Rock(?), Darkside(?), JPV apprentices