A Princess of Mars T&T Solo Adaptation

An exciting take on a classic book!

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Introduction
This fine adventure is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs A Princess of Mars. Havent
read it? You can get free copies from Project Gutenberg at
http://www.gutenberg.org. Please turn to Paragraph 1.

Adventure
Paragraph 1
You are brave Captain Carter and youre off mining gold in the mountains of Arizona.
You have recently stumbled upon a rich vein of gold. Your trusty friend Powell puts
on his red shirt and rides to get supplies. Shortly after you watch him ride over the
crest of a distant hill, you see three shapes that appear to be following him. Playful
antelope? Fearsome jackalope? You cant tell from here. What do you do?
Hes fine, you think, theres no such thing as a jackalope and everyone knows
the local Apaches are friendly. If you keep mining, turn to Paragraph 12.
Ive always wanted to bag me a jackalope! If you follow him go to Paragraph 7.

Paragraph 2
You lose your way in the desert and eventually die of thirst. Sorry about your luck.

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Paragraph 3
Your horse stumbles and falls to the ground. As you scramble up, you hear the first
of the Apache ride by and choose a different path. They dont know youre here!
After the entire army runs by, you quickly backtrack towards the camp, make a wide
swing around it and return to the mine. You load the horse up with as much gold as
possible and ride off, hoping to spend the rest of your life as the Princess of a Small
Mansion in Montana. You get 2 AP and 5,000 GP.

Paragraph 4
Make a level 5 savings throw on luck. Did you make it? Turn to Paragraph 3. If not,
try Paragraph 6.

Paragraph 5
There is no way a coward like you can ever be a Princess of Mars. Turn in your spurs
and guns and start a new life as a mud farmer.

Paragraph 6
Yeah, that wasnt a good plan. The Apache are startled as you both round a corner
and stare at each other, yet they recover quickly enough and you spend your last
moments in some considerable agony.

Paragraph 7
You jump on your horse and race off across the hills! You notice that, sure enough,
there are tracks of 3 horses following Powell. Please make a level 2 savings throw
on INT (talent of Tracking applies).
If you rolled a fumble, go to Paragraph 2.
If you failed but didnt fumble, go to Paragraph 11.
If you succeeded, go to Paragraph 9.

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Paragraph 8
Best decision ever! Youre totally on your way to being a Princess of Mars! If this
were a real adventure, thered be lots more choices after this, but since its a
sample Im done. Earn a million APs and the ability to jump real high.

Paragraph 9
After hours of tracking you hear gunshots up ahead. Powell is in trouble! Racing
forward you crest a foothill to see wave after wave of Apaches. A band of hundreds
of warriors is all focused in on one person. From a distance you see the tatters of a
red shirt. What do you do?
Chaaaaaaaaarge! Turn to Paragraph 13.
Hundreds of warriors did you say? I think I may have left something back at
camp Crawl your yellow belly to Paragraph 5.

Paragraph 10
As you race valiantly in the other direction, reloading as fast as possible, your horse
(cleverly named GPS) makes a wrong turn and you end up in a dead end with a cave
overlooking the trail. What do you do?
Quickly turn around and try to find another path out of here by going to Paragraph
4.
Dive into the cave and hope for the best: Paragraph 8.

Paragraph 11
In your haste you lose track of the, um, tracks and instead wander into
an ambush by wild jackelopes! There are 1-3 of them (roll a six sided
die and divide by two, rounding up) and each have MR20. Any one you
defeat without causing any spite damage you can take the pelt from
and sell later for 50gp each. If you survive, you eventually find the
trail and continue on to Paragraph 9.

Paragraph 12
You turn back to continue mining but notice something near the horses. You sidle
on over and observe its Powells wallet. He wont be able to buy anything! Rush
off in pursuit of him by going to Paragraph 7.
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Paragraph 13
You ride full bore into the camp, yellin and screamin and firing off all your guns.
Which means youre hoarse and out of ammo before you reach the first Apache. As
they all turn towards you and start reaching for their weapons you observe that
Powells corpse is riddled with arrows and far past being helped. In a flash of
brilliance, your horse makes a sharp left and you run headlong into the desert with
a band of screaming warriors at your back. Turn to Paragraph 10.

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Appendixes
Appendix A: Earth Wandering Monster Table
Encounter a random monster while still on earth? Roll on the following table:
Roll 1d6
12
34
56

Name
Antelope
Jackalope
Apache

MR
10
20
30

Appendix B: Mars Wandering Monster Table

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Index
This is here to as a way for people using electronic readers and whatnot to quickly
find a paragraph. For printed form, this probably doesnt add much value.
Introduction................................................................................................................ 2
Adventure................................................................................................................... 2
Paragraph 1....................................................................................................... 2
Paragraph 2....................................................................................................... 2
Paragraph 3....................................................................................................... 3
Paragraph 4....................................................................................................... 3
Paragraph 5....................................................................................................... 3
Paragraph 6....................................................................................................... 3
Paragraph 7....................................................................................................... 3
Paragraph 8....................................................................................................... 4
Paragraph 9....................................................................................................... 4
Paragraph 10..................................................................................................... 4
Paragraph 11..................................................................................................... 4
Paragraph 12..................................................................................................... 4
Paragraph 13..................................................................................................... 5
Appendixes................................................................................................................. 6
Appendix A: Earth Wandering Monster Table...........................................................6
Appendix B: Mars Wandering Monster Table............................................................6