Cincinnati Adventurers Guild

THE CHURCH OF THE SECOND BIRTH
A Horror Mission for The Vanguard Protocol RPG

Mercy Hollow should not exist.

According to the Prime Line, the isolated settlement vanished into history nearly five hundred years ago. Its church burned. Its congregation scattered. Whatever happened there was buried and forgotten.

But history has changed.

In 2256, impossible records surface describing a religious ritual performed beneath the bells of an old colonial church. People enter a pool of black water seeking redemption. They emerge with unfamiliar faces, memories of lives they never lived, and knowledge no one in 1736 should possess.

The Vanguard Protocol is sending operatives back to the year 1736 to find out who changed the timeline and shut it down before the damage spreads.
This will not be a clean operation.

A storm has sealed off the village. The faithful are preparing for one final ceremony. Ghostly voices move through the walls, the dead refuse to stay buried, and something beneath the church has been waiting a very long time for someone to open the door.

Expect time travel, covert faction warfare, investigation, gunfire, supernatural horror, and decisions where doing the right thing may cause more damage than walking away.

You do not need experience playing The Vanguard Protocol. Pregenerated operatives and everything needed to play will be provided.
Gameplay will be explained.

Enter the church. Stop the ritual. Restore the timeline.

And remember one thing:
Not everyone asking to be saved belongs in this reality.

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The Vanguard Protocol is a science-fiction roleplaying game where operatives travel through time to stop rival factions from rewriting history for their own gain. Armed with advanced technology, specialized skills, and limited time, the team must survive dangerous eras, repair damaged nodes, and decide what the Prime Line is truly worth preserving.
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The Vanguard Protocol RPG is a d10 system. Core Rulebooks will be at the table for reference and available for purchase if desired.

OPEN FOR NEW PLAYERS!

We have defeated the slavers at Darkshelf Quarry and freed the slaves in the Temple of Evil Chaos.

Now to fight the marauders in the undercity of Highport!

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (1st edition). We'll bring the books, you don't need them. Experience the early days of RPG.

If you would prefer to create your own character:

• Use the AD&D 1e Player's Handbook
• 5th level single class, 4th/4th level multi class
• Use 4d6 drop the lowest method
• Maximum hp for first level
• Standard money to buy basic gear
• Multi-classing encouraged

Trigger Warning: slavery
This game will use safety tools because of the depiction of slavery in a fantasy setting."

A brutal murder or something stranger draws a group of "ordinary" townsfolk into an investigation that the government tries to cover up. Secrets bubble up to the surface, as it becomes clear this isn't the quiet small town everyone thought it was. The lives of everyone are at stake, as creatures have already begun to escape quarantine. Will the town survive the night, or the secrets exposed in the dark?

Trigger warnings; Murder investigation, familial death, language

Fear Itself is a simple d6 system designed to jump right in. The rolling is quick and simple and takes a back seat to the story. Generally rolling a 1-3 is a failure and 4-6 is a success. Characters have skills they can use with points next to them to denote how skilled they are. You can spend these points to add to the roll. If someone skilled at Driving spends 3 points and rolls a one, they succeed with a total of 4.

Rules will be taught and pregenerated characters provided.