Hell Train

by John Watson
AN ADVENTURE FOR 1ST LEVEL CHARACTERS

Credits

Author: John Watson

Artist: Sgt. Dave
Editor: Colin Darby
Layout: John Watson

Playtesters: Brenda Ho, Em Hogard, Tony Hogard, Michael J. Mulligan, Kurt “Black
Scorpion” Raush, Mike Schaefer, Lou Spano, J Sumner, Michael Pietrelli, Nick Gudotti,
Greg Willborn, Grady Moore, Ben Toon, Skylar Flores, Nick Garza, Tucker Tanner, Dil-
lon Fryer, Ian Rucker, and Matt Couch.

Special Thanks
To the “Dark Marshal” David Baity, for his friendship, help, ideas, and my first ever
taste of DCC.
To Lester Smith, one of the greatest designers of TTRPGs, his mentorship, and most of
all friendship.
To Colin Darby, my oldest friend and the only person I knew who would jump into
starting a TTRPG publishing company with me.
To Ian Rucker and Matt Couch, two of the coolest guys and best gamers I’ve ever met
who helped me tweak Hell Train until it was just right.

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Jefferson, TX
The posse has come to Jefferson, Texas seeking
a reward for ridding the town of the dead. When
they investigate, they find that the actual problem
is the townsfolk are not staying dead!
Background
Jefferson, like the rest of the world, experi-
enced the Seven Days of Night, but after they
moved on with their life as normal. None of the
townsfolk gave much thought to it (as much as
anyone could when the world changed) and life
continued much as it always had in Jefferson.
All of that changed one day after the sheriff was
killed.
Justin Jacobs became the sheriff of Jefferson a
little over five years ago after the former sher-
iff retired to Fort Worth. Sheriff Jacobs was a
good and honest lawman who always enforced
the duties of his office with an even temper and
calm hand. His five years in Jefferson were
peaceful and he only ever had to use his firearm
once to shoot a drunk that pulled a gun on him.
Even though the killing was justified, the sher-
iff thought about it every day after he killed the
man.
Over a month ago, a group of outlaws – known
as the Cotton Mouth Gang – were looking for
trouble and came through Jefferson. The Cotton
Mouth Gang got drunk, trashed the Rusty Nail
Saloon and began shooting their firearms in the
street. The sheriff, ever dutiful, approached the
gang to disarm them and let them sleep it off in
a jail cell. The gang easily overpowered Sheriff
Jacobs and began to beat him. His cries quickly
drew a crowd and nearly all the town came run-
ning to help. They were overwhelmed by the bru-
tal and bloody scene of horror as their beloved
sheriff was kicked, punched, pistol whipped and
struck with an axe handle. He cried out to his
deputies and the rest of the townsfolk to help
him, but they were all too terrified to do anything.
As the Sun set on Jefferson, Sheriff Jacobs was
beaten to death while the people he had protect-
ed for five years watched without lifting a finger
to save him.
After they committed their violent crime, the
Cotton Mouth Gang sobered up quickly and rode
out of town. One of the deputies, at last, act-
ed and sent several telegraphs out to alert the
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nearby law officers and bounty hunters about
the outlaws. By the time the Texas Rangers and
bounty hunters began looking for the Cotton
Mouth Gang, the trail was cold. The murderers
had escaped. Jefferson mourned the loss of their
beloved sherriff and moved on. The spirit of Jus-
tin Jacobs, sheriff of Jefferson, did not.
Angered that the people he protected wouldn’t
do anything to save his life, the spirit of Justin
Jacobs refused to complete his journey to the
afterlife. All parts of the world have some sort
of a vessel that brings the recently dead to the
afterlife. This vessel reflects the area that they
are in, as all things are in the Near. In Jefferson,
with the train station having created the town,
a train is also what transports the dead to their
eternal rest.
As soon as he passed, Sheriff Jacobs tried to
lash out against the townsfolk. He found that he
was unable to do anything, and this further en-
raged his spirit. Eventually, like the other souls,
Sheriff Jacobs soon arrived at the train station
in the Near. He felt compelled to punch his ticket
and board the train, but his anger won out and he
decided to seek vengeance.
The sheriff knew that he could not physically
harm those he wanted to. He pondered this as
he waited for the train and then realized how
the train could help him. The sheriff punched his
ticket and boarded the train, but as the rest of
the dead took their seats Justin Jacobs did not.
He made his way to the engine. There he con-
fronted the engineer (a creature of the Near)
overpowered him and forced his darkness into
the engineer taking over his body.
Now, with control of the train, Sheriff Jacobs
drove it along the tracks passing by all stops. All
the dead waited for their ticket to be punched,
but the train kept charging down the tracks.
As time passed more and more dead could not
move on. Eventually, their corpses still connect-
ed to their spirits but uninhabited, were easy
picking for more nefarious beings to wield as
tools of chaos and murder. To the sheriff’s plea-
sure, the dark spirits were drawn to the area
with these unihabited corpses (Jefferson). They
rose as zombies each night, just as the train
speed by on the tracks, and tore the townsfolk of
Jefferson and surrounding areas apart. The cor-
rupted spirit of the former lawman reveled in his
success. He continued to navigate the train, night
after night knowing that his vengeance would be
completed if he kept the souls from boarding the
train.
Arrival
Read or paraphrase the following to the posse.
The short walk from the Jefferson train station
into town is quiet. You hread rumors the town
needed help and they’d offer a reward. It had
something to do with the dead, which isn’t un-
common these days. With your wallet a little
lighter you caught a train to Jefferson to see if
you could make an extra dollar. The mid-af-
ternoon sun beats down on you. The thought of
wetting your whistle at the local saloon makes
you smile. As you approach the buildings on the
outskirts of Jefferson, you notice a dark crimson
stain on the side of one of the structures. Your
posse heads further into the town proper and you
can see flies buzzing around several dark stains
on the dirt in the street, broken windows that
were hastily covered with boards and other dam-
age to the businesses and homes. You don’t see a
soul in one of the buildings or on the streets of
Jefferson. Just when you start to think you’ve
wandered into a ghost town; you hear a group of
voices in the distance.
PCs who can pass a DC 8 Listening check, can
hear voices in the rear part of Jefferson. As they
walk to the towns center, they can hear the voic-
es coming from the church (no check required).
Upon further investigation, the posse finds all
the townsfolk (approximately 30) in the church
listening to a man preaching about the end of
days.
The Church
The sermon ends shortly after the posse arrives.
The townsfolk begin to file out. All of them have
long looks on their faces and are plainly tired.
They nod politely to the posse as they exit the
church and go on about their lives.
Read or paraphrase the following to the posse.
After the last of the tired and hopeless looking
townsfolk walk out of the church, the man who
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was preaching approaches you. He is of aver-
age height and build with dark features and a
kind, but troubled smile. “Welcome to our hum-
ble church, travelers.”, he says as a greeting.
With a hopeful look he asks, ”Are you here to
help us with our… troubles?” He looks over your
group with an expectant glint in his eye.
When the party brings up the reward and sto-
ries, they have heard about the dead not staying
at rest, Minister Billings confirms that these
stories are true. He informs the posse that the
town has pulled together and can offer the posse
$600 as a reward if they can rid Jefferson of the
dead. He goes on to tell the posse that about two
weeks ago, one of the recently deceased stum-
bled out of the undertaker’s office and started
attacking people. He killed two of the townsfolk
before someone shot him in the head. The same
thing happened again the next night, but now
there were three of the fallen townsfolk to deal
with. By the third night, the townsfolk had locked
the corpses in one of the jail cells which held
them. Thinking that their problems were over,
for the time being, the relaxed. On the 5th night,
more of the dead came into town and attacked.
After the chaos subsided in the morning the dep-
uties were found dead among the other bodies in
the streets. After that, townsfolk boarded them-
selves up in their homes at night and waited out
the walking dead. The minister hopes the posse
can solve their problem.
Minister Billings does not believe the towns-
folk did anything to cause these horrible things
to happen. They have not made any enemies nor
done anything sinister. Jefferson has been a
quiet place for years, even after the Seven Days
of Night. There are local Native Americans, but
Jefferson has never had any problems with them
and vice versa. The minister, and the rest of the
townsfolk, are completely naïve to the angry
spirit of their former sheriff being responsible
for the dead becoming restless.
The Jail
If the players ask about the sheriff, the minister
tells them that they are in-between sheriffs. If
pressed, he tells them the story about the sher-
iff being killed recently. It is important to convey
that the minister feels deep remorse as he tells
the tale of the sheriff’s death and even says this. penter – disturbed two days ago, dead for
The posse may want to see the Jail. Inside they three weeks
do not find anything of note except an old picture • Jamey Busse, deputy – disturbed one day
of the sheriff shaking hands with an older man ago, dead for two weeks
that appears to be the former sheriff. The picture • Cheyenne “Hot Shot” Starr, deputy – disturbed
is lying face down on the ground and the frame is three days ago, dead for two weeks
cracked down the center just at the point where • “Yellowstone” Steve, bartender – disturbed
the two men are shaking hands. This is an ill one day ago, dead for just shy of two weeks
omen, but not a clear answer as to what is amiss • Canin Campbell, barber – disturbed one day
in Jefferson. If asked, ago, dead for a
the minister can con- week and a half
firm that this is the • Susie Harrison,
former Sheriff shaking mayor – disturbed
hands with Sheriff Ja- four days ago, dead
cobs in the picture. for a week
• Dave “Buffy”
The Graveyard Donohoo, dry good
The graveyard can be salesman – dis-
found directly behind turbed two days
the church. As the ago, dead for three
posse approaches, days
they notice that the • Percy Furse,
gate is off the hing- doctor - disturbed
es and lying several five days ago, dead
feet away from where for three days
it should be. Many of
the graves appear to If the posse asks
have been upturned or anyone why many
freshly dug. Three men of the townsfolks
move the earth with graves appear to
spades and mattocks have been dis-
trying to return their turbed recently,
friends and family to they are informed
their eternal rest. that all the recently
If the posse checks slain in the grave-
the graves, it is easy yard rise each night
to discover which ones and attack. If one
have been recently of the townsfolk is
disturbed. Anyone who asked about how
passes an investiga- long each person
tion roll (DC 10) can has been dead, they
tell how recently each are informed with
grave was upset. Even if they fail the roll, the the information above.
posse can tell that not all the graves have been If anyone inquiries about the Sheriff not rising
disturbed, just those of the recently deceased, from the grave, they have no idea why it did not
after the sheriff was killed. happen.

• Justin Jacobs, sheriff – just over one month

(undisturbed) The Rusty Nail Saloon
• Mark Wayne Bruce, retired and former car- If the posse wants to wet their whistle, find a

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place to rest, or ask some questions, the Rusty
Nail Saloon is the spot they are looking for. If
a luchador succeeds on his fame roll, the min-
ister, overwhelmed with joy, rushes off to the
Rusty Nail Saloon to secure the posse’s rooms
free of charge. He will explain to the propri-
etor, Jeb Franklin, about the leader of the posse
(the Luchador) being in town. In addition to the
rooms, this results in food and drinks being on
the house. Otherwise they will have to pay for
their drinks and purchase their rooms at $0.75/
night. In addition to Jeb, there are three occu-
pants enjoying drinks in the Rusty Nail. It is likely
that the posse will want to gather some informa-
tion by questioning the occupants and Jeb. The
townsfolk are not tight lipped and will freely give
the following information.
• If the posse does not know about the sher-
riff’s death, one of the occupants (likely Jeb)
will tell the whole tale
• Everyone feels guilty about the sheriff’s
death. They were all just too scared to stop
the outlaws
• The dead started rising about two weeks ago.
They rise every night
• Some of the dead have come from outside of
the town
• The dead are not all townsfolk or people from
the farms, some of them have been Native
Americans
• They tried to burn one of the bodies, but that
did not do any good. It just came back the
next night
• The dead always rise and attack the town
right around 2AM
• Nothing else unusual happens around 2AM as
far as the townsfolk know (see below about
the train whistle)
The Zombies
The players will likely want to rest the first night
and wait for the dead to rise again. Just as the
minister described, the dead rise again coming
from the graveyard and sometimes from outside
of the town. The posse might want to keep an eye
on the graveyard. This is a good plan as, accord-
ing to the locals, many of the dead will rise form
their graves. If they ask about using the church
as their base the minister agrees. Minister Bill-
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ings wants to stay up to witness what the posse
will do and help as he can.
Note: There is a 25% chance that the minister
will get killed by a zombie in the night if the pos-
se allows him to stay awake and assist. If anyone
in the posse wants to climb onto the roof this is
easy (DC 10) and will give them a vantage where
they can see the entire graveyard. If they fail this
climb check and fall, that unfortunate character
suffers 1d6 points of damage from the fall.
Just before 2AM an otherworldly sounding high
pitched and loud whistle can be heard coming
from the direction of the train station. No roll is
required as the train can be heard clearly. If any-
one looks for the train, they do not see anything.
Not even a smokestack. However, if a calavera
or sin-eater is in the party, they can clearly see a
smokestack coming from the spirit world around
the area where the train station is. The train,
however, does not stop. The zombies attack all in
sight.
Zombie Townsfolk (one per party member +2):
Align WtL; Init +0 (d16); Atk slam +0 melee d6; AC
9; HD d8; hp 6 each; MV 20’; Act 1d20; SV Fort +3,
Ref -1, Will +0; immune to mind effects, fear
After the zombie townsfolk are dealt with,
things are peaceful for the remainder of the
night. If the posse stays in Jefferson another
night, just like the night before, the dead rise a
few minutes after a train horn can be heard in
the distance. If any townsfolk were killed the
previous night, they too rise as zombies and at-
tack anything living thing they can see.
Every night the posse stays in town, the zom-
bies will continue to rise not long after the train
horn blasts. The posse should eventually get the
idea to go investigate the train. If they ask the
townsfolk, they confirm that they have heard the
train horn every night before the dead rise.
At some point the posse might get the idea to
destroy the bodies of the dead. No matter the
method, the results will not work as they would
like. If they decide to cut the corpses up, the next
evening, the bodies will reassemble. If the posse
decides to burn the bodies, in addition to Minister
Billings being opposed to this due to his spiritual
beliefs, only the flesh burns off, but the skeleton
remains. No matter what the posse tries to do,
some dark force is keeping the corpses intact
enough to rise again.
The Train & the Medicine Woman
During the day the train station appears normal.
The operator is still there. He can answer ques-
tions that the characters might have about any
trains passing by. If inquired about a train pass-
ing through at night, he will indicate that no train
passes this route at night, but says he has heard
a train whistle. If persuaded (DC 10), or if the
posse gets him drunk, he will openly talk about a
ghost train passing through the station exactly at
2AM for the past three weeks. He said the whis-
tle sounds horrifying and makes his skin crawl.
He knows it must be a train from hell.
If a calavera or sin-eater are in the posse, they
can clearly see many spirits gathered around
the train station. A calavera will likely attempt
to contact the spirits by using her dead speak
ability. Please see the section below, “Into the
Near”, for more information about what the spir-
its know. If the party would like to step sideways,
the veil here is much thinner (DC 8). Before they
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can do so, another interested party arrives.
The restless dead and the ghost train have not
gone unnoticed by others. A local tribe of Na-
tive Americans have been dealing with the same
horrors that the townsfolk in Jefferson have.
Lead by their medicine woman, Usti, some of the
tribal hunters come to the train station not long
after the posse arrives seeking the source of the
walking dead. Once there, they greet the posse
and ask for their help. Usti knows that they are
more than just average people and believes that
they can stop what is going on. She explains that
the train is a vessel for the dead to go to the
afterlife. Something must have happened to the
train, but the only way to find out is to board the
train and seek out the engineer. Usti offers to
send the posse into the spirit world unless they
already have a calavera or sin-eater in which
case she offers to assist that character in cross-
ing over (she will pay half of the Personality
cost). She would send more of her people, but
those she has sent have not returned.
Usti – Calavera lvl 3: Align PoR +2; Init +1; Atk
club +2 melee d4; AC 11; HD 3d8; hp 17; MV 30’;
Act 1d20; SV Ref +3, Fort +1, Will +4; Crit die d8;
Fumble die d10; Calavera abilities
Hunters (4): Align WtL; Init +2; Atk spear +1 me-
lee d6+1; AC 13; HD d8; hp 3; MV 30’; Act 1d20; SV
Ref +1, Fort +2, Will +0
Judge’s Note: If the posse is just not getting the
hint that they need to go to the train station, Usti
will come to Jefferson and explain things until
they join her there.
Into the Near
When the posse agrees to be sent to the spirit
world, read the following.
With the assistance of the hunters, Usti builds
a large fire. She then tells you to sit around
the fire and stare into the flames. You look
around at each other and take your seats, not
sure about what will happen next. Once the fire
is blazing high, the medicine woman chants
while staring into a bowl of water as her hunt-
ers assist in a chorus. As the voice of Usti reaches
a high point and the chanting of her kinfolk
increases in tempo, there is a great flare from the
fire and then the world shifts around you. The
color appears to have been drained from every-
thing. All the landscape, structures and your
own hands are now different shades of grey with
very few hints of tone. You see several other
people around you, though they all look hazy.
Usti calls out from across the veil. She informs
you that her and her companions can only wait
until the morning for you to return to the train
station. After that, your posses will be on its
own to return to the Prime.
Looking around, the posse can see that the
world they are now in is a spiritual representa-
tion of the real world. The train station appears
to be run down and abandoned. There are around
sixty “souls” milling about. The souls are the
spirts of the dead, townsfolk of Jefferson, Native
Americans, travelers, and others who cannot
move on due to the train failing to stop each
night and carry them to their final destination.
These men, women, and children look as they did
in their former life though, dimmer. As the posse
notices this, they discover their appearance is
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similar.
Note on luchador’s: The train station has effec-
tively become a town of the dead. Therefor a
luchador should check against his fame to see if
the “townsfolk” have heard of him.
The Train Station
The Jefferson Train Station, in the Near, not only
acts as the vessel to get the dead to the afterlife
for Jefferson, but for all of those within a 40-
mile radius. This means that there is a variety of
different types of spirits from different walks of
life, backgrounds, and cultures at the train sta-
tion.
Most of the spirits walk around the area near
the train station as if they were carrying on with
their lives as normal. Some spirts can be seen
going in and out of the train station which ap-
pears to be very run down looking in the Near.
If the posse enters the train station, they find a
handful of the spirits in here. All the equipment
is broken. The building does have a flag outside
that would normally indicate a train passing by
to stop. There is also a small market where a
few vendors have set up shop and a group of
logs arranged in a circle that the Native Ameri-
can Spirits can commonly be seen sitting on and
conversing with other fellow spirits.
The spirits will willingly speak with the posse.
Unless the posse asks to speak to a specific one
of the dead, they end up speaking to one of the
notable dead (see below).
Q: What happened to the sherriff of Jefferson?
A: He was killed by the Cotton Mouth Gang. No
one likes to talk about it, but we all watched
while he was murdered in front of us. He called
out for our help, but we ignored him. I do not
know why, but we were all terrified to do any-
thing.
Q: Where is the sherriff?
A: He boarded the train and departed the last
time it stopped.
Q: How do you know that you must get on the
train?
A: We can feel it. It’s where we need to go.
Q: Do you know of any way to get on the train?
A: We have tried everything we can think of, but
nothing works. Some of us have tried to catch
the dark horses that roam this area, but we can-
not get close. Some of us have been… well… I do
not know if killed is the right word, but I do not
know what else to call it.
Q: Where are the dark horses?
A: They can be found roaming in the fields south
of here. If you plan to try to capture them, you
might want to see the cowpoke. He has rope,
saddles, and other things needed to mount a
horse for sale at his shop in the market.
Q: Shops? How do I buy things here?
A: You’ll have to ask the shop keep. Each has
their own special price.
Q: How long have you been here?
A: Mark over there has been here just shy of a
month. The rest of us have been here less than
that.
Q: How did you die?
A: We all died in different ways. You’ll have to ask
each how he or she met the reaper. (Please see
the section for the handful of notable deaths)
Q: Why can’t you move on?
A: We have tried. The train won’t stop and pick us
up like it is supposed to.
Q: Do you have any supplies?
A: Yes, there are some shops set up over yonder.
You can trade for what you like.
Notable Deaths
Most of the dead passed on in unremarkable
ways such as a heart attack, being kicked by a
horse, bitten by a rattlesnake, and other com-
mon deaths in the West. The following NPCs have
died in significant ways. They can sense that the
posse is different and might be able to aid them
in passing on. These NPCs feel compelled to find
the posse and tell them how they died.
• A rather wealthy looking man last remem-
bers being in a fine dining establishment, the
Greatest Steaks, in Marshall, Texas. He had
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an extreme ache in his stomach and then
passed on
• A group of five Native Americans that sit
together say that they were killed by the
Shampe one night while camping not far from
here. They describe the Shampe as a massive
hairy beast that eats the flesh of men
• Buddy: A rough looking character that im-
mediately asks the posse for a drink says he
was killed by a group of men in a bar who did
not really care for him. If pressed, he grum-
bles something about having been accused of
cheating at a game of cards
• A fashionably dressed young woman says
that she bet everything in a game of poker
and lost it all. She does not say more. With
a successful intimidate or persuasion roll
(DC 12), she will reveal that she bet her soul
against a longer life with a strange creature.
She lost
Judge’s Note: If you decide to change the
ecounters in the train cars, it is suggested that
you change the notable dead to reflect someone
who died in one of the ecounters in the train cars
too. See “Traveling on a railway to Hell” below.
If the posse wishes to explore the shops, they
find that there is a small market set up where
they can find a variety of unusual things for sale.
As they were told, each shop keep has his or her
own special price depending on what it is that
they want.
The tribal shop
One of the deceased Native American’s has a va-
riety of tools and spiritual objects for sale. When
one of the posse approaches, he greets the cow-
poke, with an expressionless face. Many of the
things that the Native American sells are mun-
dane and mostly cosmetic though he does have
a few interesting weapons – a tomahawk, spear,
and a club. As for payment, the Native Ameri-
can is interested in trading one item for another.
Additionally, if the posse member is willing, he
will take a bit of their spirit as payment and coat
their weapon in a dead man’s blood. If asked, he
tells the party that this will help them to fight
spirits. In game terms, any player who agrees to
take one point of temporary Personality attribute
loss, will have one mundane weapon, made to
strike true against all creature’s encounter in
the spirit world dealing full damage. The tribal
shop owner will do this for one melee weapon
or 20 ranged weapon rounds (arrows or bullets).
This effect will last until dawn. The character
will recover this lost Personality after spending
24 hours resting in the Prime. Only one point of
each character’s Personality can be sacrificed
per character.
The snake oil salesman’s concoctions
Just as in life, this slick haired peddler is look-
ing to sell his elixirs and tonics that will make
you stronger, faster, sharpen your senses, and
increase vigor! Traveling to the Near has im-
bued his potions with vitality thus giving them
some actual effects. Like the tribal shop vendor,
the snake oil salesman is asking for a form of
payment. He asks to borrow a little bit of the
characters luck in trade for one of his special
concoctions. In game terms, if a character sacri-
fices a temporary point of his Luck attribute, the
fast-talking peddler will give him one random
elixir or tonic determined by rolling 1d14 on the
table below. If a player asks for a specific elixir
or tonic, the snake oil salesman genuinely has
no idea what the effects of each potion will be,
but he will use fast talking to cover this up.
1. Red Elixir Consuming burns causing
1d3 hp of damage, but grants the character +2
to all melee damage rolls for 1 hour
2. Blue Elixir Consuming causes the char-
acter to weep giving them a -1 to all rolls to
notice things with his eyes, but grants +2 to
all reflex saving throws for 1 hour
3. Orange Elixir Consuming causes
the character’s mind to chaotically process
thoughts causing a -1 to all rolls involving in-
telligence but grants a +2 to all ranged attack
rolls for 1 hour
4. Green Elixir Consuming causes
the character to throw up violently, suffering
1d3 hp of damage, but grants a +2 to will sav-
ing throws for 1 hour
5. Violet Elixir Consuming causes
the character to become dizzy suffering a -1
to all ranged attack rolls, but grants a +2 to
AC for 1 hour
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6. White Elixir Consuming causes
the character to break out in a heavy sweat
granting the character a +2 to all critical
fumble rolls and +2 to all critical hit rolls for 1
hour
7. Grey Elixir Consuming causes the char-
acter to feel numb losing 1 point of Stamina,
but grants a +3 to fortitude saving throws for
1 hour
8. Grey Tonic Consuming causes the char-
acter to feel slightly numb, granting a +1 to
fortitude saving throws for 2 hours
9. Black Tonic Consuming heals 1d4
hp to the character
10. Violet Tonic Consuming causes
the character to become slightly dizzy grant-
ing a +1 to AC for 2 hours
11. Green Tonic Consuming causes
the character to become slightly queasy and
grants a +1 to will saving throws for 2 hours
12. Orange Tonic Consuming causes
the characters mind to process thoughts
faster granting a +1 to all ranged attack rolls
for 2 hours
13. Blue Tonic Consuming causes
the characters eyes to weep for a moment
and grants a +1 to reflex saving throws for 2
hours
14. Red Tonic Consuming causes
the character to break out in a red rash and
grants a +1 to all melee damage rolls for 2
hours
Each character may only sacrifice 1 point of his
Luck attribute to gain one random elixir/tonic.
This point of Luck will regenerate after the char-
acter spends 24 hours resting in the Prime. As
soon as the character leaves the Near, the potion
loses all magical powers.
The cowpoke’s wares
If the posse is thinking straight, when they see
the cowpoke’s wares, they will figure that it
might not be a bad idea to see if they can get
the right equipment to capture one of the dark
horses. The cowpoke has some rope, some sad-
dles (enough for one posse member each), and
various other implements used to ride a horse.
In game terms, if one of the posse members
purchases some of the equipment for riding,
that character gains a +2 bonus for all rolls
while trying to capture a horse or ride one. Like
the other vendors, the cowpoke will not accept
regular currency for her gear – she wants the
characters thoughts in return for her equipment.
A character must sacrifice 1 point of his Intel-
ligence attribute to gain one set of equipment
form the cowpoke. Each character can only
make this sacrifice once. The ability point will
regenerate within 24 hours after returning and
resting in the Prime.
The Black Horses
The corrupted soul of Sherriff Jacobs has left its
mark on all places it has traveled in the Near.
Thankfully, this has been minimized to the train
station and surrounding areas. His taint attracted
the Black Horses who are damned creatures of
the Near. Due to the large number of spirits, they
keep their distance from the train station, but
they are compelled to stay near the tracks.
Eventually, the posse should figure that they
will need to sort out a way to get on the train and
they do not have a lot of time to do it. Trying to
lasso and saddle some of the black horses might
seem to be the obvious choice. If they asked
around, the posse could easily find the fields,
just south of the train station where the black
horses are roaming. Though, it is about half a
mile away, distances are much shorter in the
Near and the posse arrives within a few minutes.
As they approach, the horses immediately spot
the posse, but keep their distance. The mas-
sive four-legged beasts are even darker than
everything else within the Near. Their eyes all
have a red hue to them, and they seem to have a
strange awareness. If the posse approaches, the
horses will attack, which makes trying to saddle
one difficult.
Black Horses (8): Align PoD; Init +3; Atk hooves
+1 melee d3+2; AC 12; HD d8; hp 5; MV 60’; Act
1d20; SV Ref +1, Fort +1, Will +1; mundane weap-
ons only deal ½ damage to the Black Horses
During the fight, the black horses try to scat-
ter and attack different members of the posse.
If a character tries to use a lasso, easily fash-
ioned from some of the rope purchased from the
cowpoke (or if they have their own), the +2 bonus
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to their attack roll applies. If the posse wants
to work together to lasso a horse, increase the
bonus by another +2 for a character trying to
lasso a horse that has already been lassoed.
In addition, grant a character trying to saddle a
horse that has already been lassoed a +2 to their
Agility roll, which can increase to a total of +4 if
two other characters are helping hold the horse
with a lasso. Once saddled, the black horse
listens to the characters commands and will not
try to buck him. Other black horses will not try
to attack a mounted character. The difficulty for
all rolls involving the black horses is a 12. If the
characters make the mistake of attacking the
black horses, the mad animals will not flee, but
continue to attack the characters. They will fight
until they are dead or subdued. Once all the pos-
se is mounted, the other black horses will stop
attacking and flee.
Wrestling moves can work to mount a black
horse.
All aboard!
Now that the posse is saddled up (hopefully),
they can make plans to attempt to board the
train to the afterlife. Just before 2AM the posse
can see a grey pillar of ash just over the hori-
zon. Not long after, the metallic engine crests
the horizon and the ghostly whistle of the train
blasts. The hell train has arrived, but it is not
stopping.
The black horses, being creatures of the Near,
will ride up near the Hell train without trouble
as it passes by the train station, without slowing
down. The characters can either try to reach out
and grab onto part of the train and pull herself
off his horse requiring a Strength check (DC 10)
or leap from the saddle and landing directly on
the train requiring an Agility check (DC 10). If
either check fails, the character falls and suffers
2d6 damage as she violently strikes the ground.
Any character who falls has extraordinarily little
chance of making it onto the locomotive and will
have to do some creative thinking to join her
friends.
Once aboard the exterior of the train, the posse
is likely near the caboose. If they try the door at
the back of the caboose, they find it is unlocked.
The posse may try to climb up onto the top of the
train as it races along the tracks (DC 10 Strength
check). Failure results in the character falling
off the train and suffering 2d6 damage. Once on
top, the posse can stay low and hold on without
difficulty. Any door the posse tries, to include the
engineering cart, takes them to the cart in the
caboose.
It is possible that the posse may not get the
idea to try and use the horses to board the train
and seek other methods of gaining passage. A
list of other likely methods and the difficulty
follow.
• Climbing to the roof of the train station and
jumping off. This can be done as the train
speeds by, but it does present its challeng-
es. The character must first make an Agility
check (DC 10) to avoid missing the train and
falling off which results in 2d6 damage, and
(if successful) then a Reflex save (DC 12) to
avoid taking 1d6 damage as they strike the
train and fail to roll with the impact. If the
character passes the first Agility check, she
lands on the train
• Climbing a tree and jumping on the train.
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The posse will have to travel further along
the tracks and much further away from the
train station to find trees large enough to
support them and close enough to jump onto
the train. This requires the character to first
climb the tree with a Strength check (DC 12).
When the train arrives, they can then jump
onto it with an Agility check (DC 14) as the
train speeds by. If they pass, they do not suf-
fer the 2d6 damage from falling off the train
but must make a Reflex saving throw (DC 12)
to roll with their landing and avoid taking 1d6
damage
• Jumping/grabbing the train as it passes by.
This is the most difficult of the methods to
board the train. If the character wants to
grab the train as it flies by, she must make a
Strength or Agility check to grab the train as
it passes (both DC 16) to pull herself onto the
train. If she fails, she suffers 3d6 damage as
she is hit by the side of the train and tumbles
onto the ground. If successful, she must then
make a Fortitude save (DC 14) to avoid tak-
ing 1d6 damage from her body being jerked
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Traveling on a railway to hell
Judge’s Note: The next part of this adventure can
easily be swapped out with other encounters or
another adventure. Making it through the Hell
Train should be a series of encounters as the
Judge sees fit. The only thing that should stay
the same is the final encounter in the engine of
the train. Otherwise, have at it partner! This is
your game.
To make it to the engine, the posse has a tough
trail to blaze. As they go from cabin to cabin, they
must face the same fate, but survive, that one of
the restless souls of the Jefferson area perished
to. After they make it through the final one, they
must deal with the possessed engineer.
1. The bar fight
Once the posse enters any door on the train,
there is a brief darkness and then they all are
standing in a saloon. The distant sound of a train
on the tracks can still be heard.
After you open the cabin door, you are enshroud-
ed in a deep darkness. The sound of a train
moving along the tracks can be heard in the
distance. After a few moments, you are sudden-
ly standing in a saloon. The half door swings
back and forth behind you as you look around.
You see a group of rough looking men sitting
around a couple of tables talking and drinking
whiskey. The rough bunch all turn to you and
narrow their eyes. As the bartender takes cover
behind the bar, one of the rowdy’s stands and
points at you. “I warned you not to come back
here you son of a…”, he shouts at you. The rest
of the rough characters stand up, brandishing
bottles, fists, and a couple of shooting irons.
The rowdy’s immediately attack the posse with-
out saying another word.
Rowdy Patrons (6): Align PoD +2; Init +0; Atk
unarmed +0 melee d3 or +0 light pistol d8 (see
below); AC 10; HD d8; hp 7; MV 30’; Act 1d20; SV
Ref +0, Fort +1, Will +0
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Enraged, the rowdy patrons each attack one of
the posse or double up on those with the low-
est Luck. If an unfortunate member of the posse
falls, the angered rowdy will continue kicking,
punching, or shooting that character for one
additional round before attacking another. They
fight to the death.
Treasure: All the rowdy’s have a Light Pistol
(fully loaded – 6 rounds of .36, d8 damage) hol-
stered.
After the dust settles, the posse sees a metal
door with a handle on it floating across the other
side of the bar. None of the patrons of the bar
make any move to hinder the posse’s movement
as they make their movement or activities after
the rowdy’s have been dealt with. As the posse
approaches the door the distant sound of a train
moving along tracks can be heard more clearly.
As soon as one of the posse opens the door, just
like before, there is a moment of darkness be-
fore they see the next encounter. The bartender
is not there, after the encounter.
2. Dealing with the Devil
Read the following to the posse.
Once the brief moment of darkness passes, you
are sitting at a table with a pile of coins, small
bills, and a large battered golden necklace pilled
in the center of it. The necklace has a bright
green gem in its center that gives off a soft glow.
The rest of the room is shrouded in darkness.
Across from you, a lone figure sits. An extra set
of skinny insect-like arms protrude from its
back. It looks in your direction with two sets of
insectoid eyes. The creature has a dress shirt and
vest on. A man, not with your posse sits to your
right, across from the creature like you. The
creature smiles wickedly at you revealing rows
of jagged teeth from its maw and in a raspy
voice says, “Well, there it is. The necklace. Now
we play.” The creature then begins dealing
cards to each of you, himself, and the stranger.
Before the game can begin, the stranger sitting
on your side of the table says,”I won’t play!”.
The creature smiles and asks the man, “Are you
folding?” The stranger nods a confirmation and
the creature extends one of its four arms with
the palm facing towards the stranger. White their cards, they may up the bet. The creature
smoke begins to syphon from the man and into will ask them if they would like to do so after
the creatures open mouth. The man’s flesh rap- consulting his own cards. If any of the characters
idly grows tight and his eyes sink back into his asks what they are betting the creature will flash
head. Moments later, he collapses on the table its devilish smile again and say, ”Why just a small
face first, dead. The creature continues to deal bit of your soul. Nothing you’ll miss.” In game
cards without saying another word. terms, a character may lose 1 hit point (which the
creature
The game: takes in
Whether a similar
they like way to if
it or not, a char-
the posse acter
members folds but
cannot get places it
up from the within a
table. They small vile
are not tied on the
down, but table) to
their legs increase
simply will his bet.
not work. If The crea-
a character ture will
refuses to produce
play, the one small
creature silver
cocks its coin and
head and place it
asks,” Are in the pot
you fold- for each
ing?” If character
the posse that loses
member 1 hit point
responds to up
with an his bet.
affirmative Starting
in anyway, with the
he suffers posse,
the same each card
fate as the player
stranger may dis-
who had his card up
life force to three
sucked out by the creature and dies. cards, face down and be dealt an equal number
of new cards in return. If a player (or the crea-
The game is 5 cards draw poker. The Judge ture has an Ace) he may discard up to four cards
should take two decks of cards, shuffle them and receive four more, but he must keep the Ace.
(taking out the jokers) and deal five cards to Then the Judge does the same for the creature.
each player and himself. No one can look at each
other’s cards. After the players have consulted After having consulted his hand the Creature

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may discard up to two more cards and replace
them. Each posse member may burn up to three
points of Luck and draw a new card per point
burned. All card players should now have their
final hand.
Starting with the player immediately to the left
of the Judge, each posse member must reveal
his hand. The creature will reveal his hand last
and determine who the winner is. If the creature
wins, the entire posse has their souls consumed
and are dead. If a posse member wins, the crea-
ture politely smiles at that character, whispers,
“well done”, in his raspy voice, stands up adjusts
his top hat, and then walks into the shadows
fading away into the darkness.
Treasure: The winning character receives $23.57
(plus $1 for each hit point a character used to
up the bet) in various coins and bills and the
necklace. The necklace is a magic item called
the Necklace of Life that grants the character
wearing it a +1 bonus to AC and can restore up to
13 hit points. The character may restore between
1 and the maximum amount of hit points stored
within the Necklace of Life during each use. Once
all the hit points are drained, the Necklace of Life
loses the ability to restore hit points, but retains
the bonus it grants to AC. For each party mem-
ber that lost 1 hit point in raising the bet, the total
amount of hit points stored in the Necklace of
Life is increased by 1.
After the winner claims the pot, once again a
large metal door with a handle appears floating
on the other side of the room, just outside of the
darkness. Again, as the posse approaches, they
hear the distant sound of a train rolling over
tracks growing louder. When a posse member
opens the door, all goes black.
Note on the gambler class: If one of the posse
is a gambler and would like to use his shady
dealings - cheat ability, he may. The creature has
a +3 to its roll. If the sly gambler succeeds, he
wins. If not, the gambler is caught by the crea-
ture. It will immediately drain his soul, killing
him.
3. The Shampe
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Read the following aloud to the posse.
You are suddenly under the open night sky sit-
ting around a campfire as the trains familiar
sound begins to fade. All is calm and peaceful.
A cloud of smoke rises from the fire offering a
soothing sent, as a wild boar sits over the flames
cooking. Animal skin bedrolls are laid out on
the ground near each of you.
The posse has been discovered by the Shampe,
a giant hairy man-eating creature that lives out-
side of Jefferson. It will watch them and wait for
the posse to let their guard down to attack. Allow
all the posse to make a notice roll (DC 15) to hear
the Shampe as it moves out of the darkness. On
a success the character has avoided being sur-
prised by the monster. The Shampe will immedi-
ately attack the character with the lowest Luck
attribute or highest amount of Hex chips who
also failed his roll to hear its approach.
Shampe: Align WtL; Init +1; Atk claws +4 melee
d7+4; AC 12; HD 3d14; hp 31; MV 35’; Act 2d16; SV
Ref +1, Fort +3, Will +0, fear; mundane weapons
only deal ½ damage to the Shampe
After the Shampe has been slain, a similar door
appears with the same noises surrounding it
during the posse’s approach.
4. Supper time
Read the following to the posse.
As the familiar sounds of the train diminish,
you find yourself in a high-end dining estab-
lishment. Wait staff walks quickly between
tables bringing food, drinks, and politely tak-
ing orders. Your posse sits alone at your table.
A waiter quickly walks over, smiles and asks
if you are ready to order your food and drinks.
You look down and find the same short menu in
front of each of you.
The menu reads:
1. Braised beef with noodles
2. Half chicken with french peas
3. Salmon with tartar sauce
4. Sirloin of beef with mashed carrots
5. Roasted turkey with new potatoes If the player characters are suspicious and wish
6. Pullet, english style to check the food, allow them to roll an Intel-
ligence check (DC 13) to detect the poison. If a
The waiter will remain until each member of the posse member is successful and prevents all the
posse has ordered their food and then quickly posse from consuming one of the poisoned dish-
departs. As they wait, the posse begins to realize es, the same floating door will appear across
they are all quite hungry. A while later, the wait- the restaurant and the characters can rise from
er returns with the posse’s food. Just like while their seats.
at the poker game, the posse members find that If one or more of the posse members is poi-
they cannot get up. Just before the posse mem- soned, the door will not appear until all char-
bers dig into the food, the Judge should roll one acters have either passed their check to save
die in secret (determined by the variety of dish- against the poison, are cured in some other way,
es ordered) and note which dish of food the die or die from Stamina loss.
determines. Any character who ordered that dish Once out of their chairs, the posse is free to
and consumes it, has been poisoned (DC 13 Fort look around, try to help their poisoned compan-
or suffer d3 in Stamina damage per minute, until ions, and talk to anyone. The bulk of the waiting
one save is made). Once the food has been con- staff is alarmed and shocked if any of the posse
sumed, the posse can now move as normal. is poisoned and will do everything to help. Any
If a member of the posse refuses to eat, all character who is looking should make a notice
members find that they still cannot get out of roll (DC 14) to see if they can find anything suspi-
their chairs. The posse members cannot share cious. Those who pass notice one of the waiting
their food. They find their plates are stuck to the staff standing in the back and looking nervous. If
table or their utensils will not pick up another caught, he will cower and will put up no fight. If
character’s food. Once all posse members have searched, the same poison as described above
eaten, they can get up from the table. can be found on him along (with one dose left)

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with two vials of antidote that can be used to
save the life of any who are still suffering from
the poison.
The Engineer & The Sheriff’s fate
As the posse enters though the final door, at last
they find themselves in engine room, though an
odd scene is laid out before them.
Read the following aloud.
As the darkness dissipates, you clearly hear the
sounds of the train rapidly crossing tracks. You
find yourself in a hot metal smoke smelling car.
You can clearly see the tracks laid out before
you through an opening in the front of the car.
A tall man wearing a dull blue uniform stands
looking out of the front of the train with his
withered hand resting on a handle. The train
continues to steam on ahead with urgency as
the man stars out onto the tracks with his back
to you. The figure does not seem to notice you.
The man will not respond to anyone trying
to speak to him, though he appears to still be
breathing. If any of the posse comes within a
few feet of the man or takes any hostile action
towards him, he turns and stares into the char-
acters eyes and everything fades away for the
whole posse. Read the following.
You stand in the middle of Jefferson, just as
the sun is setting. All the townsfolk are gath-
ered around the with your posse standing among
them. An older man on his hands and knees is
surrounded by six rough looking characters. The
group of six strike the older man with pistols,
axe handles, punches, and kicks. You see the
glint of a sheriffs badge pinned to the beaten
man’s chest. He cries out for help, but none of
the townsfolk move. He looks directly at you,
pleading and simply says, “please”. The gang
turn their heads towards you all at once, a
wicked glint in their eyes as they raise their
weapons.
The Cotton Mouth Gang attacks the party. They
fight to the death as the sherriff and townsfolk
watch.
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The Cotton Mouth Gang (6): Align PoD +2; Int +2;
Atk +2 axe handle d6+1 or +2 heavy pistol d10
(range 10/20/60); AC 12; HD 2d10; hp 14; MV 30’;
Act 1d20; SV Ref +1, Fort +2, Will +0
After the battle, read the following to the posse.
After the last of the Cotton Mouth Gang has
been killed, the town and townsfolk fade away.
Only you and Sherriff Jacobs remain surround-
ed by white. The Sherriff stands and the blood
slowly vanishes from his body. His eyes appear to
grow a bit brighter as he looks over you. “Thank
you. I…” He shakes his head. “I was so angry
with the people of Jefferson for letting me die.
I can see now that it was not their fault. The
Cotton Mouth Gang would have killed them if
they had tried to help. I’ve done so much harm
by possessing the engineer and not allowing the
dead to rest.” The sherriff’s voice trails off. He
pauses and stares off into the white nothing.
“Thank you for saving me. It’s not much, but
I will help you as much as I can.” The form of
Sherriff Jacobs slowly starts to fade, and his es-
sence slowly surrounds one of your shooting irons.
If the posse has a gunslinger, the sheriff’s es-
sence further infuses one of her shooting irons.
The pistol (players choice) gains a +1 magical bo-
nus to attack rolls. If this is a funnel adventure.
The sherriff does the same for one character
who becomes a gunslinger.
This is your stop
Once the sheriff fades away, the posse returns
to the train engine. There, the engineer regains
his faculties and pulls the emergency stop. He
thanks the posse for their help and immediately
reverses the trains engine to return to the Jef-
ferson Train Station. Once there, he allows all the
restless souls to board and for the posse to exit
the train.
Once the posse returns to the Prime, they can
collect their reward from Jefferson - $600. Usti
also offers her thanks and gives each of the par-
ty members a small foul-tasting potion that will
restore 1d3 points of ability damage.
Future Adventures
Though the town of Jefferson is saved, the Cot-
ton Mouth Gang is still at large. If one of the
posse had her shooting irons empowered by
Sherriff Jacobs, she feels a compulsion to find
the murders. The remainder of the party may
feel that the Cotton Mouth Gang must be brought
to justice. Though the trail ran cold for the Tex-
as Rangers and local bounty hunters, the posse
may have better luck.

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