Large Farm
This farmhouse was old before the apocalypse. The
American Prairie Foursquare style suggests early twentieth century, but the
add-ons suggest well used through the century. A covered porch lines the
outside of the house. The front and a side door both stand open, welcoming all
visitors – even the raccoons and squirrels who have claimed squatters’ rights.
One or two windows are broken or missing, but the outside of the house is in
good, overall condition.
A gravel drive leads from the country road to the
front door and then on to the work yard where several out buildings await.
Small trees dot the front lawn and large conifers line the drive, whereas
maples line the country road. Two tractors sit next to a large barn. A baler is
connected to one tractor and a cultivator is connected to the other. Inside the
barn is equipment to work on the tractors and other equipment around the farm.
There is also a broadcast seeder, row planter, harvester, a parts tractor
similar to the two outside the barn, and a blue, 1973, Plymouth Fury.
A smaller barn sits off to the side of the larger
barn. Dead bodies fill this smaller barn. The bodies contain sharp farming
implements in their chests and skulls. The bodies were placed here a very long
time ago. This barn was used as storage for hand-held equipment.
A curtain barn for pigs and a livestock barn for
beeves are further back on the property. There are skeletons of animals here,
but nothing living.
The fields for this farm once ranged over several
hectares. Most of that land is gone to seed or taken over by trees and brush.
The
Good: the inside of
the farmhouse is in good condition. Animals have come and gone, but nothing
currently resides inside the building. At some point, a recent resident
installed equipment to create a heated pool of water in the backyard, which
feeds into the house to the shower.
The basement contains food stores. Most of it is
cans of soup no one likes. There are canned beans, mushrooms, carrots, peas,
and pears lining one wall of the basement. There are many tables and chairs in
the basement.
The upstairs of this farmhouse contains one full
size bathroom, one master bedroom, and four smaller bedrooms. There is a set of
stairs in the master bedroom leading to a finished attic. The finished attic
contains boxes of memorabilia of several generations. This includes pictures,
school jackets, wedding gowns, jewelry, and books. The bedrooms are all
outfitted with clothing and bedding ruined by time and moths. It will take some
work, but the bedrooms can be cleaned up and used properly. The bathroom on
this level is not connected to the heated water source. However, it does
contain several large mirrors and fine quality grooming tools.
The ground floor of the farmhouse contains a large
kitchen, good sized dining room, smaller bathroom (which is connected to the
heated water source), and a living room which extends across the front of the
home. The kitchen is filled with pots, pans, plates, cups, silverware,
spatulas, and even knives. The dining room has a table that will seat eight
comfortably. The living room is large enough to entertain relatives for the
afternoon. Poking around the closets on the ground floor, an old, small
caliber, bolt-action rifle is found. It needs oil, cleaning, and bullets.
The
Bad: a pack of
coyotes claims the property as their own and is sleeping throughout the house.
They will fight player characters who attack with hand-to-hand weapons. They
will flee from gunshots.
There is no canned food in the basement. There is no
source for hot water. The utensils in the kitchen are mostly broken and the
flatware is rusted. All of the knives are gone.
The bodies in the small barn are not all dead and
begin moving about after the player characters walk away. Old, dried blood
covers the farming equipment.
The
Ugly: the house is as
described, but as the player characters move throughout the house, they get the
sense someone else is living here. Water drips from a faucet. Fresh clothes lay
out on well-kept beds. The kitchen floor is smeared with something wet. Maybe
it is mud, maybe it is something else.
Once the player characters are fully convinced they
need to leave, the residents of the property arrive.
The house is the base of operations for a group of
cannibals referred to as, “The Animals.” They are named for the fact they all
wear different animal masks. They do not use vehicles, preferring to hunt their
prey on foot. They do not like to use firearms or blades when hunting or
fighting, as they prefer their meat tenderized by blunt instruments.
Additionally, if they capture their prey far from home, they would rather force
the prey to walk home than carry it home.
The leader of the group is Pig Woman. She wears an
old, rubber pig mask, and a pink wedding gown. Her preferred weapon is a
rolling pin, but she also carries a machete and a medium caliber pistol. Pig
Woman has seen too much to go about the world without a gun. Pig Woman is often
seen with Rabbit Girl, Horse Head, and Unicorn Man. While there are others in
the group, these are Pig Woman’s right hoofed partners.
Rabbit Girl is adept at using escrima sticks to stop
her prey. She typically wears blue jeans, low-top shoes, and a faux fur jacket.
It is impossible to tell Horse Head’s sex, but the body is built like a horse
and the person not only likes to use a wooden axe handle, they are also very
good at setting leg traps. They wear work boots, sweatshirts, and well-worn
blue jeans. Unicorn Man was a martial artist before the fall and continues to
hone his skills. When those skills fail him, he will resort to using an
Intratec Tec 9. Unicorn Man wears loose fitting clothing that allows him fleet
movement. The clothing is using of dark color, but he really does not care.
