Factum Solo Gaming! Adventures of Grizzly Devil Squad Part 1

     Reading The Lizard Man Diaries post about Post Factum Solo play inspired me to do some gaming today.  We are under a severe heat advisory, so this gives me an excuse to stay indoors today.  All the images were generated with online AI art tools, I'm no artist, so this allows for some visuals. I've used some tables from Knave, and the Lizard Man Diaries blog to fill in gaps as needed. I'm sort of building the setting/campaign as I go based on random generators, and bits of inspiration here and there. At this point the characters are part of a group of Rebel Freedom fighters, their base is an ancient Vault they have uncovered deep underground. Lots of tunnels, caves, and abandoned ruins exist. The surface world is unsafe/uninhabitable? and most of the tunnels and caves are unexplored. The Rebels are hanging on by the skin of their teeth, and are in desperate need of new equipment, tech, allies and resources.  Unless something changes, their cause is lost and the corrupt Galactic Federation forces will prevail.  Perhaps something of crucial value can be found within the ancient tunnels and ruins that dot this underground realm? Oh and just to make things more challenging, the Rebels are not the only sentients down here. A group of militant apes (the Rebels call them Bone Apes), control many of the tunnels and caves, and are extremely aggressive and territorial. All attempts at peaceful negotiation with them have failed up to this point.  

     If I ever get a chance to run Wretched Space for a group, I'm thinking the stuff worked up here could work nicely with that setting. So many games, so little time.  Anyways let's get started, shall we? 

     The Rebel Tunnel Fighters, were relaxing in Hecate’s Pub, having some much-needed downtime.  This group, known as The Grizzly Devils (Grizzly Devil Squad), consists of Hector (battle trained point man), Simon Luther (wise and skillful), Mungo (probably the best fighter in the squad), Doc Eldred (older, but highly skilled in medicine), Kadin (skilled combat medic, and forager usually works as Doc’s nurse), and the mysterious Shalonna (battle trained, and skilled with way finding).

                                               Hector

                                             Simon Luther

                                             Mungo

                                              Doc Eldred

                                               Kadin

                                            Shalonna

Simon Luther, mentioned rebel scouts had recently found a strange tunnel that opened into a group of larger tunnels and natural caverns, potentially providing access to the Unexplored Regions.  If this area could be further explored, it might lead to the discovery of some useful resources, as well as a route around their main rivals for control of the Tunnels the fearsome Bone Apes. The mission would be dangerous, but the rewards could be significant.  Hector, always up for a challenge, said he would take point on such a mission and the rest of the squad agreed it was worth doing.  

They geared up in Storeroom Tango and prepared to head out. They equipped themselves for combat and exploration. While no Bone Apes had been spotted by the scouts near the entrance to these newly discovered tunnels, there was always a strong possibility of getting into a firefight with the highly territorial and aggressive beasts. 

                                              Goron

They departed the section of the ancient vault the rebels were using as their main base, the ever-Vigilant Goron was on watch duty and wished them luck, they could tell by the look in his eyes that he wished he was going with them. He discreetly gave Kadin a bonus ration to take with her "just in case". 

One of the few working All Terrain Tunnel Tractors (AT3's for short), escorted them to the edge of Rebel Territory. From here on they would be on their own...

To be continued.....