Renegade Nuns on Wheels, Bind Item

Renegade Nuns on Wheels is the second offering in the Macho Women with Guns  product line. It was initially released in 1989 as a stand alone product in  the line. It was incorporated into the core rulebook of the second edition of  the game. The book itself is sixteen pages and is strictly black and white.

The game/supplement added driving rules to the game. The game features the  sisters from Our Lady of the Harley-Davidson battling a whole new set of bad  guys added in this edition including Hell's Angels and some mechs. It  included maps of roads that could be used and stand up counters.

Again this is a game I bought to own just because I was younger when they  came out. I mentioned in a post for Batwinged Bimbos that I thought this  would not get made as a new product in today's world. Below is the  advertising portion from Amazon.

"They're back! In the chaos and rubble that followed what was known as the  "Reagan Administration", the country was in shambles. Armed gangs roamed the  streets and highways of this once great nation, killing, burning, pillaging  and raping, in that order. Not even the people were spared. A time of gloom  and despair fell upon mankind. People were afraid to leave their homes, and  huddled behind makeshift barricades. Those who did try to leave quickly fell  victim to the predatory road gangs. It seemed that all was lost. But then, a  new force arose in the East (or West, depending on which way you went). An  ancient leader arose from his meditations, turned to the chosen of his faith  and armed them for battle. Given the power and the tools, they made  themselves ready and gathered before the ancient one. He looked down upon  them and said, "In God's name, get those &%#$$#*! bastards off the streets!"  Armed with Uzi's and the blessing of the Church, the sisters of Our Lady of  Harley-Davidson roared off into the sunset. A new force was loose on the  streets, and it would take more than a few Hail Marys to make them go away.  They're black, they're bad, and they're out to save your soul (even if it  kills you). They're Renegade Nuns on Wheels! Renegade Nuns on Wheels, the  game that treads the fine line between heresy and blasphemy. It plays alone,  or can be combined with Macho Women to deliver a punishing salvo of abuse to  just about everything you can think of."

Not making social commentary but it would appear that we are much closer to  this today than we ever were back when this was published. If you have played  the original or are a fan of gaming history I would suggest finding a copy of  this as can still be picked up cheap.


Spell:

Bind Item

Level: Fourth
Range: Touch
Duration: Permanent
Ares of Effect: One Item
Components: V,S,M
Casting Time: One Turn per Item Number
Saving Throw: None

When this spell is cast the magic user causes the item the spell is cast on  to become bound to them. This will have two major effects in game terms. The  first is that the item will become unusable by others as long as the caster  is alive. The second is that the caster will have an idea on where the item  is at all times if they concentrate on the item.

The first effect will cause the item to not function properly or become  inert in the hands of another individual. This ability can be disabled by  the caster on a temporary basis should they need to lend out an item. For  magic items with triggered or persistent abilities these will cease to be on  or something that can be activated. For weapons and things that apply bonuses  these will disappear.

In second effect will allow the caster the innate ability to locate the  object that. The information they obtain will only be the a general idea of  the direction. This will become more and more effective obviously the closer  they are to the item and the caster will have a sense of the relative  closeness of the item.

The caster is limited in the number of items that can be bound to them. They  are limited binding one item per level that they posses. In addition to this  limit the casting time and material cost increase. The casting time is  increased by one turn for each successive item. The initial cost in material  components is one hundred gp and this will increase by an additional one  hundred for each successive item.

The material component for this spell will be a mixture of ground gems,  minerals and herbs. These are either sprinkled on or around the item during  the casting. If the casting is interrupted the items are wasted and will need  to be purchased again.

Disclaimer: The spells that you will see, for how ever long the write ups  last, were all written up or conceived of back in the 80's so the terminology  may not appropriate for anything other than 1e and depending on how well I  did back then it may be slightly off for that as well. If there is any  duplication of spells that exist now it is most likely I wrote mine first :)  Please feel free to comment on them but try not to be too hard on me. If  anyone wishes to use these in anything they print please let me know in  advance and all I ask is proper credit.

B - Bimbos, Beastmaster, Blindness, Brengar's

One of the daring sequels to "Macho Women with Guns". It continues were all that proceeded it left off. It expands the exploitation genre just a little bit more. I am not sure these would be made new today. Instead we have the entire BESM anime genre of games. I guess I like my exploitation a little more 70's prison moviesque. If you can take them tongue in cheek and play them as more a beer and pretzel type game they really are not too terrible.

Movie:

Beastmaster will never go down as an art film. It was a good B-movie though. I have to think that for anyone who plays a Hunter in World of Warcraft has to thank this movie for the ability to have animal pets. I know after seeing this move most players wanted to have some sort of smart animal pet. It also has a young Tanya Roberts running around in various levels of clothing or lack there of. I still watch this if I ever see it is on. I am not sure about Marc Singer or Rip Torn but it gets the Sword & Sorcery juices flowing.

Plot:

Blindness begins striking large numbers of the village, town or city inhabitants where the players find themselves. This may even strike one of the players if the DM feels particularly mean. The blindness can be cured by your normal clerical Cure Blindness but the condition will often reoccur within a day or two. This has had a positive effect on the coffers of the local church or churches. The effect could be something environmental or is it perhaps agents of a chaos deity using a minor artifact that causes blindness to disrupt local events for some reason...

Magic:

Breggar's Books come in three varieties and may be found as a set or individually. Bregnar was a diplomat for a long forgotten king who began his career as a scribe then mage. Though very intelligent and creative he was also lazy and very suspicious. Each book will have 101 to 200 pages though there may be copies were pages have been removed.

The first version of the books is one desired by scribes. The first type of book which will copy any non magical written material it is placed within a foot of. This owner needs to but invoke the item and the book will fill its pages with any written materials near it. The owner cna then using another command have the book transcribe its contents to other papers either clearing the book or allowing it to keep the contents.

The second book is one favored by diplomats and spies. This books will appear to be a journal or other standard fair and is filled with boring content about various events. In reality the book is a voice recorder. The book can be left in a room and will record any words spoken within a 100 foot radius of it. The book will record the spoken words in the native language of the person it is attuned to.

The third version of the book is the most coveted and is wanted by any mage. This book will copy any magical writings that it is placed within a foot of. This book is not without it's perils though. The spells being copied will have a 5%/level of being copied in some way that the spell is altered. This will have a 60% chance of making the spell unusable. It will have a 20% chance of making the spell unknowing baneful to the caster. It will finally have a 20% chance of making the spell behave in a new beneficial fashion or augment it in someway.

Finally there is a chance that anywhere from 21 to 40 loose pages of any of these books can be found having been torn loose from the books. These pages will sometime be a mixture of any two or all three books. The act of tearing out pages will not harm the book though and empty book is just that. There is a 5% per page that when torn out the magic is destroyed.

Macho Women with Guns - BTRC

Never played it but knew I had to own it. Not sure if this is the original copy I bought at CapCon in Columbus sooo many years ago or not. I think this may be a later edition but not sure. Anyway how could this not be a hit with gamer guys!