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Old 04-16-2015, 03:59 PM   #46
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A female "fanatical" Italian might work, plus she can cover Latin areas of the occult.
What I have in mind for the occult elements of the scenario is that the McGuffin changes the No Mana of Earth into at least Normal Mana close to it, bleeding into Low Mana and Very Low Mana point by point of penalty as distance increases.

The opposition will be heavily into various völkisch traditions, with a group of deluded scholars of Germanic and Nordic rune magic being able to actually achieve useful effects as long as the McGuffin is channeling energy into the compound. Necromancy, curses and blood magic might all be expected, with everything dressed up in Germano-Nordic aesthetic.

Given that Ahnenerbe scholars in the setting have been known to study Tibetan lore and spent a lot of time looking for common Aryan origins, which involved chasing after all kinds of artifacts from India, various types of ancient Indo-European mysticism cannot be ruled out.

As the PCs get closer to the McGuffin, they'll encounter creatures that are clearly in violation of some natural laws, at least here on Earth. During the planning for the mission, however, no one really knew what to expect in that regard.

No one can rule out ice giants, werewolves, gigantic sea serpents or a creepy corpseship full of the damned, but optimistic souls are confident that despite the presence of some anomalous factors that science can't explain during previous encounters with a cult within the higher orders of the Nazi regime, most of the hokus-pokus stuff is more smoke-and-mirrors and superstition than it is useful tactically.

Given the völkisch flavour, I expect anything from the Classical World to be more likely to feature as background than an adventure element. That is, anything from actual respectable history, as opposed to myth and legend. The Spear of Longinus and similar might absolutely be present, but it isn't as if that legend has any real connection with Rome or Latin.
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