River City Chronicles: Stairway to Heaven

From NDB

And as we wind on down the road, Our shadows taller than our soul, There walks a lady we all know. Who shines white light and wants to show… How everything still turns to gold.

Dramatis Personae

The Crew

• Adam ( old version) - Drummer, lover and Seer.
• Michael ( old version) - Orphaned visionary, loyal friend, Hermetic alchemist and apostate.
• Drake ( old version) - a faery child, broken but alive, darker and more alone.
• Chester ( old version) - Scientist, tag-along friend.
• Nathaniel ( old version) - the madman bum and angel beat in Time, unknown.
• Marcus ( old version) - Follower of Jesus (Catholic).
• Catherine

Supporting Cast

• Rat: Changeling Child
• Anton: Gardener of River City
• Dr. Fujiwara Pocket: Progenitor, a.k.a. "Labcoat Guy"
• Egg Shen: Crazy-seeming, old Letch and Hermetic
• Mr. Century: The Dark Man, the Devil
• Simone: Nathaniel's errant mentor and a bitch
• Angela Ashbury: a clockwork pandora
• Lo Pan: Grandfather of Chinatown
• Jaqueline, fledgling vampire
• Jack, Rat's boyfriend
• Wrench, a changeling sneak

Session Notes

[edit] Adam's Party Mix: Disc 1 Prelude: Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy Deja Vu - Iron Maiden Offstage: Michael Offstage: Nathaniel Blasphemous Rumours - Depeche Mode Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve Butterfly Wings - Machines of Loving Grace Offstage: Adam Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson Adam's Birthday And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues Dead Souls - Joy Division World Coming Down - Type O Negative Deliverance - Mission UK Hero of the Day - Metallica Heresy - Nine Inch Nails (Finale part 1) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (Finale part 2)

[edit] Adam's Party Mix: Disc 2 Land of Confusion - Genesis Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega South Side - Moby Losing My Religion - R.E.M. Offstage: Other Adam Zombie - The Cranberries Offstage: Shattered Memories Detachable Penis - King Missile Down in the Park - Foo Fighters (cover) Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce Shine - Collective Soul

Mechanics

• Magical Energy Metric

Setting

• St. Jude's Rare Books (SANCTUARY, DIVINE GUIDANCE): A rare bookstore built into an abandoned church, recently sucked dry
• Line 88 at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland: Chester's Sanctum/Node
• Nameless Club in South City where Ecstatics drink of the passions of life
• The Limestone Wolf's Den, an ancient cave beneath Jayne's in South City, budding with a newborn spirit
• Leads

Player Commentary