first steps into malifaux session 1

[princejericho]

This campaign is an in progress one that Ive made for my two players. This is the second time I've ever done anything as a gm/dm and the first time I've ever been an fm. This is also my players first times playing any pnp or mini war game. This was our first session.

Fm: ok guys tilt your heads back and close your eyes. (Player interactions will be in story form)

Its evening out, the wind is calm. You're in a dimmly lit saloon, the smell of cigarettes, booze and sweat singe your nose, you hear unrecognizable chatter all around you, the giggle of the saloons girls tempting men, "Anod'er round!" A man shouts from the bar, his voice quivering from the drink. You hear a train sound off

Outside 15 minutes until its time to get out of here.

"Its your turn buddy", you open your eyes, to your right sits a rather old man with thick grey mutton chops, a twitchy eye and not much up top, hes wearing a white long sleeve button up shirt with a black vest, black slacks and brown penny loafers. To your left sits a rather scrawny looking young man with huge tan overcoat strangly however it seems like he fills it out perfectly. Accross from you sits another man whos neither old or ill proportioned, he has mid length straight black hair kept under a ten-gallon hat, hes wearing a white collared shirt and a brown (matching his hat) duster, black pants tucked into what looks like rattle snake skin ranch boots.

(They are playing 5 card stud the current pot is .35$

"You ganna raise or not?" The old man says.

Cervantes: right sorry I guess I lost myself there for a moment, well since we're short on time I'll raise to 5.00$

Old man: boy you still lost or somethin ain't none of us got that much left

Cervantes: well if you manage to beat me youll be in a good mood for once today old man.

Jericho: hmmpf (smirking)

Scrawny guy: I'll stay in (obviously nervous)

Jericho: alright I call your bluff (Jericho takes this time to cheat into his hand a single card successfully as does Cervantes, for this scenario I actually did have the players really playing cards)

Old man: hell Im out...

Jericho calls having an ace high 2 fours and 2 fives

The scrawny man lays out a pair of aces a queen hearts a king and a five

Cervantes lays out a straight flush including a queen of hearts

The scrawny man jumps up immediately reaching into his jacket "I knew iii....." as he stood up Cervantes blind sides him with a knuckle duster knocking him out cold, during this time Jericho takes this chance to grab the money making out with all but 3.00$ (the pot was 9.25$). Cervantes scans around lookkng for where the man in the duster was then he hears the loud sound of the train leaving the station. Cervantes makes a break for the train and sees the man in the duster make a jump to the space between the cars, Cervantes picks up thr pace and surprisingly even to him not only made it to the train but within arms reach of the man in the duster, Jericho offers his hand the the stranger and pulls him aboard pinning him to the wall with his left arm Accross Cervantess throat, Cervantes see a small gun appear from the mans sleeve and is pointed now up and into Cervantess chin.

Jericho: listen bub your reasons fer gettin on this train are your own, but if its trailin me I'll put a bullet in ya and end that right here n now

Cervantes: ok ok ok, well the Idea wasn't to trail you trust me on that. My name is Cervantes, I'm looking for work in malifaux

Jericho: hmm that so? Well best find yer self a seat preferably as far away from me as possible, I'm Jericho Crosse, jus'call me Crosse.

Cervantes and Jericho proceed into the same car and sit Accross from eachother, Jericho annoyed scoffs and tips his hat down presumably to fall asleep. The train enters the breach, Cervantes who is still wide awake begins to look around in wonder, all he can see out side is thin clouds of fog and mist and a greem eerie glow that while dim still fills the entire cabin, its like all that is out side is nothing but green water reflecting inside, suddenly Cervantes notices something else, is the train twisting?! Or is it me?! Wherever Cervantes looked it seemed that his vision was slightly twisting one way and then the next, Cervantes looks outside theres no tracks?! What is going oon??? Cervantes hears the chug chug chug of the trail speeding up faster and faster, he looks out side once more and sees that the speed of the rails on the train dont match up with the sound, its as if watching them move in slow motion but hearing it as if it where in fast forward. Cervantes feels like his heart is about to burst its beating so fast he cant tell if hes seeing things as they happen or before they happen. Cervantes lets out a loud shriek, Jericho jumps up immediately and turns towards the source of the sound only to see Cervantes levitating his eyes and mouth beaming light, Jericho looks at himself only to see his hands engulfed in green flame...

Thats as far as we've gotten, the players at this point are looking through the book and decided what and how to manifest a custom power unique to them. Any suggestions any of this would be helpful. I plan to have the guild rush in the car and that will be the players combat tutorial. I need a way to bring in pandora at some point as well, one of Jerichos fates is "she will be apart of your joyless paradise" tell me what you think so far!