So tonight we decided to run a short one-off All Flesh campaign. Since there were only 3 of us present, Dan whipped some stuff together to run the game, while John and I selected and modified some of the archetypes from the book. I played a biker named Cain, while John settled on a disgruntled ex-bank employee called Charles. Cain was there to rob the place with a few of his biker cronies, while Charles showed up to kill his former boss.
Cain and crew made their way into the 4-story bank armed with shotguns and knives, pausing only to shoot the security guard by the door, blowing his arm clean off. The other bikers came in shortly afterwards and began firing at the other 2 guards. The older guard accidentally discharged his 9mm as he was unholstering it, blasting one of the tellers square in the head. After Cain failed to take a hostage, he went for one of the wounded security guards, executing him while he wiggled in pain on the ground. Cain relieved the guards of their weaponry and made his way towards the counter.
Charles came through the door moments later, storming across the lobby after taking keys and an access card from the armless guard. As he made his way towards the employee elevators in the back of the building, Cain saw him as a potential threat and shot Charles in the back, dropping him to the floor. Cain vaulted over the counter and had a word with Charles. They decided to join up for the time being. Meanwhile, Otis, one of the bikers, had taken a hostage, shoving his shotgun awkwardly into the guy's chin. Cain decided the hostage would be more of a hinderance than a boon and told Otis to get rid of him. Otis simply discharged the gun, barely moving in time to avoid the buckshot from his own shotgun. Cain was grabbed on the shoulder by a hand, and a chunk was bitten out of the shoulder of his leather jacket(one of only two encounters with actual zombies). He paid it no mind. After calling over the other 2 bikers, the group entered the elevator and headed to the 2nd floor.
As the group exited the elevator, Charles stealthily headed towards the office of his former boss, Jan. He tried several times to kick down the door of her office. After failing this, he started unloading shotgun blasts at the handle, missing wildly. Cain tried to follow, but was not nearly as stealthy. A large crowd had gathered by the other elevator, and one of the people spotted him. Cain began firing into the group with his 12-gauge, removing the arm of a bank teller. His second shot blew the head clean off of a security guard. He shifted position and fired again, removing the head of a man in a chicken costume (turns out he was there representing a fast-food joint). He then fired one last shot through a second bank teller before moving to assist Charles, who had entered the room and attempted his assassination.
Turns out that Jan was locked in her office with her receptionist, Tim, and they were "making thunder" on her desk. Charles fired 7 shots from his shotgun at Tim's back, missing EVERY SINGLE TIME. He finally finished off the naked wonder with 3 shots from his pistol. Cain handed Charles his shotgun, which had 2 shells still loaded. Charles Pressed the weapon into the woman's belly and pulled the trigger, then whipped the gun up and put one final load of buckshot into the base of her chin, taking off a good portion of her head in the process. The duo then reloaded their weapons.
We come to find out that Otis and Brute (the other biker) had gotten into a firefight with 3 more security guards at the elevator doors. One guard was dead, as was Brute. As Cain and Charles rounded the corner, Otis dispatched a second guard. Cain leveled his shotgun, demanding that the last security guard drop his gun and utility belt and lead them to the boss man. The guard, Jamal, quickly complied. The executive offices were located on the 4th floor, but before the party could hit the close door button enough times, one of the dead guards lurched forward on his belly, grabbing hold of the doors and jamming them open. Cain simply thought the guy wasn't entirely dead and kicked him out of the doorway. This time, the doors closed smoothly, so up the party went. Expecting an attack, Cain and Charles knelt on the floor in front of Otis and Jamal, opening fire on the 2 guards that awaited them. Charles knocked one flat on his back. The other one took a minor blast in the chest from Cain's shotgun, then a full load of buckshot in the mouth from Otis. Charles then executed the guard still alive. There was nobody else on the floor, so the party approached the large corner office belonging to that bastard George.
As the group neared the office, shots rang out and missed the party horribly. Cain convinced Jamal to open the door to the office and shoot whatever was in there. The group found George hiding behind his desk with a cheap .38 revolver, and a small shoot-out occurred. A lucky shot from Cain's pistol glanced George's head, and he fell behind his desk. Charles rushed the room, taking cover on a side of George's desk, firing at the security guard crouched behind some cabinets. Cain, ignoring the guard, vaulted onto George's desk and intimidated him into dropping the revolver. Cain took the gun and the box of bullets from George's desk, then handcuffed the bloodied executive. The security guard was ordered to stand down, then was executed by Charles. As this was going on, Jamal shot Otis with one of Cain's guns, then made a break for the stairs. The group ignored this, leading George to elevator and down to the third floor. The third floor was also deserted, so George led the party to the vaults and opened them. The first vault was full of safety deposit boxes, so the group didn't even bother with it. The second vault held all the drawers filled with money, and Cain led George into the vault. Unfortunately, there were security guards on either side of the entrance, one of which took off Cain's left ear with a stray bullet. Charles dispatched that guard while Cain took care of the other one. so Otis grabbed a cart and began loading it with packets of money while Charles tossed aside the bundles that he thought held marked bills.
As the group exited the vault, a lone member of the SWAT team came through the door to a stairwell. Charles fired once, racked the shotgun and fired again. The SWAT guy barely had a chance to move as both his legs were removed by the blasts. Cain then put the .38 revolver to George's head and pulled the trigger, as George was no longer useful. The group moved as 5 more SWAT guys came through the doorway, 2 of them heading straight to cover. Charles knocked down 3 of the SWAT members with some lucky shots, then Cain killed 2 of them, destroyed the assault rifle of of one of the guys taking cover, then hit a 4th SWAT member with little effect. SWAT returned fire, shredding Cain's left shoulder. The group moved again, coming around the corner to face the 5 remaining SWAT guys. Charles took a burst of rounds to the head, dropping him instantly. Cain charged towards the elevator, but tripped over the shotgun Charles had dropped. As Cain hit the ground face first, his shotgun skittered across the floor. The SWAT team surrounded Cain as he lay on the ground, seemingly helpless and harmless. They ordered him to give up, but Cain refused. He reached out and grabbed the leg of the nearest SWAT guy, then yanked, pulling the guy on his ass. The rest of the SWAT team opened fire with assault rifles, missing with every single shot. Cain rose, twisted the second shotgun he had slung over his left shoulder, and fired at the SWAT team, barely doing anything. SWAT opened fire and again missed EVERY SHOT. Cain took this opportunity to draw his 9mm pistol, place it to the mask of the guy he yanked down, and blast the poor guy right between the eyes. SWAT fired again, with 3 members missing again. Finally, the fourth scored a lucky hit, dropping Cain with a well-placed burst to the head.
So what did we learn in this session?
1. If you are robbing a bank, have a plan. Don't show up on motorcycles in broad daylight with nothing to conceal your weapons in and nothing to carry money with.
2. Let the strong guy kick down the doors.
3. You don't have to kill everyone you encounter.
4. Never trust hostages.
5. Zombie games don't always involve zombie killing.
6. Put points in dodge so you can live as long as Cain did.
7. Secure an escape route.
8. Clear dice have a tendency to turn on you at the most inopportune moments.
9. If you are going to kill a naked guy with his back to you while he is in the middle of having sex, just make the goddamn called shot.
10. Apparently, doing the worm on the ground allows you to dodge automatic weapon fire.
11. Ignoring the zombie apocalypse leads to epic gun battles, because your targets can actually shoot back.
12. No matter how hard you wish for the epic blaze of glory survival story, it rarely, if ever, happens.
All things considered, it was a great one-off. Everyone enjoyed it, and the legend of Cain and Charles will be immortalized in the annals of game-related stories.
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