The Royal Hunt
From the Game Book
'My dear musketeers,
The King has taken it into his head to leave court while the weather is so pleasant, and go hunting and sporting at his estate in Fontainebleau. The Lord Chamberlain has invited me to attend, but [insert excuse]and I will be unable to go. I took the liberty of extending the invitation to you as my personal friends. You undoubtably need the exercise anyway. Try to behave yourselves.'
Information found at | http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fazzari/Amber/Cons/AC2010quotes.html
"'When the Queen Says, 'Go and Die,'...": The Royal Hunt" by Kit Kindred
The Musketeers are invited to an outing to the King’s hunting lodge at Fontainebleu. The formal activities will include sporting events, gambling, drinking, and a murder attempt or two....
Cast of Characters
- J.P. Brannan: Alexis Vigaroux, Duke of Averoigne, Musketeer
- Lee Bynum: Olaf, Musketeer, former Cardinal's Guard
- Anne Delekta: Sylvie/Sylvan, female Musketeer disguised (badly) as a man
- Linda Duncan: Charles Detoit, female Musketeer disguised as a man, alleged heretic
- Kris Fazzari: Marcel Delmar, female Musketeer disguised as a man
- Ben Fogt: Frederick, wine merchant, former merchandizing apprentice to Chester, a murdered wealthy merchant
- Bill Gulstad: Lupin le Fou, Musketeer
- Michael Kucharski: Leonardo de Como, Count of Pliniana, Italian foreign noble, Musketeer
- Sean McCabe: Will deSpy, Musketeer, former spy
- Tymen VanDyk: Armande Berenger de la Valencoeur, Musketeer
Quotes
"(Lupin) wields a leg of mutton with a certain je ne sais quoi." -- GM to the group
"Sylvan is simply amazing. Have you ever seen anyone parry with lace before?" -- GM to the group
"There's bright, and there's I-sold-my-naiveté-down-to-minus-100." -- GM describing Sylvan
"All new characters are named Antoine." -- GM to the group
"Security will need to be provided." -- Captain Treville
"And you desire the Musketeers to provide it?" -- Armande
"Desire is perhaps too strong a word." -- Kris Fazzari
"They want us to be subtle." -- Armande
- laughter from Marcel*
"Hey, I have to bring it up. I know it's not going to happen." -- Armande
"This is why people sign up for my game. I bring meat snacks. They love the size of my sausage." -- GM to the group
"Pretty much anybody who's anybody is here. That's why most of the players aren't." -- GM to the group
"I can role-play Dworkin with his insanity but I just can't reach Murray's (portrayal of Damien)." -- GM to the group
"It's a fine line...like (Marcel's) mustache." -- J.P. Brannan to the group
"Why are you here?" -- Cardinal's Guard
"Well, my parents...." -- Lupin
"Why are the Musketeers here?" -- Cardinal's Guard, interrupting
"Well, there was food here." -- Lupin
"Do you know where we are?" -- Olaf
"Yeah, we're in the woods." -- Lupin
"Oh good, because I'm lost." -- Olaf
"I produce my club and seduce the snipe." -- Olaf to GM
"Your face does not get cut in half at this time. The snipe is very fast." -- GM to Olaf
"I just figured it out - those guys were impersonating snipe!" -- Lupin to the Musketeers
"I finally understand why everyone hates the Huguenots...they impersonate snipe!" -- Lupin to the Musketeers
"I feel certain that if the King is eaten by a giant predator, we will have failed in our mission to protect him." -- Sylvan to the Musketeers
"Wear lace on a hunt? That's just ridiculous." -- Sylvan, resident lace aficionado, to the Musketeers
"You've already accomplished the most important task of any leader...figuring out who to blame if things go wrong." -- Marcel to Armande
"They're not riding off together by themselves." -- GM to the group
"I have to tell you, nothing we kill will be by accident." -- Armande to the group
"You have all kinds of experience in getting taken down by hounds." -- GM to Charles
"Hey Charles, there's a boar." -- GM
"A French nobleman?" -- Michael Kucharski
"Lupin will rush to protect the wine tent." -- Bill Gulstad to GM
"And then you realize, Lupin, that (the birds) have breasts...and not the kind you find on chicken." -- GM
Various wines used during this adventure:
- Riding wine
- Fighting wine
- Guarding wine
- Guest wine
- Restricted drinking wine
- Victory wine