Okay, folks. Here's yer opportunity...

Mr. D's New Milan Construction crew has a few empty blocks to fill. Any suggestions?

Frankie Viola for Mr. D.

Vitorrio's
An Italian restaurant/night club in a historical building that at one point had been a speak-easy. Some of the clever devices and passages still exist. The most notable passage is a windy service hallway, half a block long, that leads to the parking garage of...

...The Arms Hotel
An mid-upper class establishment in its hayday, the hotel's current patrons rarely keep their rooms for more than an hour or two.


Is this sufficient info, or would you like more detail? And what kinds of detail would you require?

Here's another idea:

Soyokaze
A pan-asian specialty shop dealing in asian import foods and herbal remedies. They have a rather brisk business in "gloucoma remedies" from many parts of asia. After all, "Everyone's got gloucoma to some degree, right?"

Thank you sirs and lady. I'm workin' on a module right now, but if I can keep up the pace of new buildings, I'll have plenty of ideas to tie together into a campaign.
BTW, might there be any chance to regain that other thing I lost through hard work, diligence, or bribery?
Now, back to construction:

New Milan Museum of Art
The museum has acquired a number of contoversial pieces over the years. The contoversy isn't over the content of the art, but that some of the original pieces are in more places than they should be. To date, examinations to test if the pieces are forgeries have been inconclusive. Either the museum's expert (as well as other professionals) has been duped, or the guy's a REAL artist. Museum's most recent acquisition: The Scream which had been cut from its frame and held hostage last year.

Just had another two.

Full Auto
Custom Body and Paint
A Russian owned shop which many more cars enter than leave. They'll buy parts they need to finish a client's order right off of yours if you let them.
Should not be confused with,
Fuller's Auto Repair
An old Brit runs this respectable place. They'll handle imports as well as domestic cars, but if you bring in a BMW, it'll get special care. The owner has a reputation of knowing which questions to ask and which to avoid. Late-night and rush orders may be costly, here.

It's all thanks to the union voices in my head. When they go on strike, thoughts stop happening.
So, to appease them them a bit longer:

Construction Workers Union Local #413
Union Hall
These guys are as organized as a well run crew. Makes ya wonder who they put in charge. Ya wanna gain political clout? Get the union leader in yer pocket.

With the right connections, you might be able to work something out.

Let's see, we've got some service industry, a touch of entertainment, a taste of food and health, a bit of culture, and an industry based building. We need some educational facilities.

St. Alphonse's High School
Due to the rise of teen violence in schools, metal detectors and video cameras can even be found here. Despite these, there are still plenty of weapons to be found inside these walls. It's also a great place for recruitment and sales.

Old Gold
The majority of the business that comes through this antique shop is apraisals. Quite a few people will bring and leave their furniture at the store, even the old and heavy armoires, for the quality apraisals here. Could be a good way to move large (or numerous small) objects around town.

King Me
A pawn shop. Plenty of uses for a pawn shop, especially when one of the new guys is really good with a metal file.

Li'l Joey's
A pizzeria owned by a large, wide, african-italian who came across years ago. They got good pie and they deliver fast or the pie's free. Recently there've been more orders that have asked for "parmesan on the side" and the delivery boys have been getting slower on their deliveries. In the time they make the deliveries, they could get to the middle of the Russian's or 105's territory. They don't seem to care, either, that the cost of the pies comes outta their pay, as if they've got money to lose.

Aloha Girls

A gentlemen's club and lounge. Their tropically inspired drinks are of high quality and very loaded. Yeah they're fruity and sweet, but it won't take many of these to leave ya huggin the floor. The girls are nice and are mostly eastern and polynesian, but how much does that matter when you can get a good "lei" if you got the money?

(Tryin ta shake down this place during happy hour is gonna cost ya a lot. Not cuz of da owner, but cuz of all the corrupt cops that frequent da place like 14 year old boys frequent porn sites.)

Rizzo's Gymnasium

A rundown lookin building controlled by the Magoladros near the Jordano border at 31st and MLK. Rizzo's has been known for being the place where many street fighters have trained and earned a name for themselves. The Magoladros use the building to host regular "unsanctioned" boxing events. Ocassionally, the fights need to be hosted at another location such as the railyard or the old stadium (for as long as it's there). The Magoladros get a good piece of the wagers that the bookies bring in, and will even make arrangements with other families on certain fights assuming that an agreement can be reached ahead of time.

Silken Covers
Lingerie store

This location employs many attractive ladies who are friendly, knowledgeable about lingerie, and very helpful to customers. While on the clock, the staff are to wear some of the stores products as demonstrations. At any given time there's a varied assortment of proportions represented by the staff who will allow "hands on" comparisons to ensure that the customer gets the appropriate size. Unless someone else purchases this location in your own campaigns, it is legitimately owned by Gino Dartino.

Less widely known is that some of the staff have second jobs at other Jordano owned night/strip clubs.


On a side note: Gino is holding a position open at Silken Covers for Angelita, should she be intersted in a job.

Toscanni Funeral Home

The wake and rememberance services offered here emphasize comfort, compassion, and quality through the use of fine, warm oak furnishings, beautiful paintings and portraits, and candle-like ligthing fixtures. Micheal Toscanni himself will even lend a caring ear and offer some comforting words should they be needed. There's enough room to hold four services of approximately 250 people each or the rooms can be combined to accomodate two separate services of just over 500 each. Just off of the foyer and next to the offices, a small kitchette to provide some sustenance and a private sitting room with a TV is available for the grieving family members who may be at a wake all day. In the back and through the double-doors, the prep areas for the beautician and embalmer share the same large, tidy room, but are seaparated by rolling curtain stands. Through the double-doors at the far end of this room is where the furnace and pulverizer of the crematorium are located. Despite the costs of maintaining all the equipment and expensive furnishings, Toscanni's manages to provide all of its services at competitive rates. The heat radiating from the furnace after its use is enough to heat the building for many hours as well as melt the snow in the back alley even during the harshest of winters. Many vagrants frequent the alley in the hopes of keeping warm during the colder seasons. There's a stairway in the alley that leads to the upper floor of the building where Micheal Toscanni lives.
Micheal Toscanni has managed to accrue his wealth though several means. First, he had gotten to know the important members of the Families while working for his father, Vincenzo, during his college years. The high standards set by his father had honored the Family and provided some protection from being shaken-down, and their fequent use of such services provided the opportunity to give discounts instead. Second, after inheriting the Home and earning enough wealth, he listened for special Family events such as weddings and birthdays, and sent appropriately expensive gifts. Third, he's given the backdoor key to trusted members of the Families so that they may perform unscheduled cremation services late at night. The only stipulation for these services being that they call ahead to make sure no one else is in the back rooms. Fourth, over the years, he's gotten to know so many Family members (most as friends, some not) that knows many of their weaknesses. Despite that knowledge, he only exploits it when he absolutely must to protect himself, friends, family, and Family friends from harm, preffering to use diplomacy instead. His long memory and all the time spent near Family members has aided him greatly in this regard.


Owner
Micheal Toscanni: 5th level Smart Mook/ 8th level Mook
Occupation: Funeral Home Owner
Age: 64, Height: 5'7", Weight: 154 lbs., Hair: White, Eyes: Brown
Description: This old guy's got a charming smile that shows all the intelligence and wisdom that he's acquired over the years. If it weren't for his laugh lines deepening into wrinkles and his strength getting a little shaky, there'd be no sign that Time has
started to slow this one down.
Stats: Str: 9/-1, Dex: 12/+1, Con: 13/+1, Int: 17/+3, Wis: 16/+3, Cha: 15/+2
Defense: 16, HP: 80, Attack Bonus: +5, Fort: +4, Ref: +6, Will: +9
Skills: Know. (Behavioral Science) +15, Know. (Business) +18, Know. (Current Events) +15, Know. (Streetwise) +20, Know. (Theology and Philosophy) +15, Search +20, Profession +19, Decipher Script +11, Listen +13, Spot +13, Diplomacy +12, Sense Motive +13, Sense Weakness +12, Gather Info +10, Joke +8, Exploit +6, Bluff +8, Drive +8
Laguages: can speak, read and write each of these, English, Italian, Russian, Hebrew
Feats: Simple Weapons Prof., Educated x2 (Behavioral Science, Thoelogy and Philosophy, Current Events, Streetwise), Alertness, Trustworthy, Meticulous, Long Memory, Know Someone's Heart, Confident, Attentive, Connection (Magoladro Family), Personal Weapons Prof., Connection (Jordano Family), Deceptive
Weakness: Sentimental
Talents: Savant x3 (Search, Know. Streetwise, Know. Business), Earn, Good Rep, Hire Employees, Acquire Luxuries
Respect: 1300, Bank: 42, Wealth Bonus +31 (the 8 wealth earned from the business goes to employees and maintenance)
Weapon of choice: S&W M29 (.44 Magnum Revolver), D2d8, 20 crit, range 30ft., 6 cyl.

Appian Lanes: an old 50's-style bowling alley (think the TV
show ED), built on the site of an old 20's speak easy.

In my game, it'll be run by a rather shadowy capo in the
local family who gets newbies and troublemakers assigned
to his crew as a sort of initiation.

Hey, not all crews get to operate out of upscale strip joints...

MikeC

Da National Guard Armory(Would the Sergeant Grifter Armory be too over the top?)

In a city as big as this one, there's going to be more than one Armory. However, this is the one that people in our business generally refer to. Maybe its because of connections with CID, maybe its because the commander always makes sure his goods have officially fallen off of someone else's truck, maybe its because he's just lucky. Regardless, the black market operation that's run through here has lasted far longer than any other in recent memory. It is considered a lousy idea to get busy there, as even the fattest slug counting down to retirement still has his half-remembered training, and a number of surprisingly adept individuals settle down from active duty in New Milan and gravitate to this unit, in fact providing the backbone of the unofficial services provided. There is also the absolute certainty of Fed involvement in the event that the colonel's men can't quietly make difficulties disappear. 1 weekend a month, business is put on hold, as there are way too many mooks that ain't in the know all over the place with nothing ta do but notice things as don't belong there. Failure to keep track of which weekend this is has caused several Family members to permanently lose their shopping privileges.

Callahan's Place

Misleadingly, this is actually a science fiction bookstore. In the late 90s, when the superchain bookstores were threatening to drive it out of business, the owners faced the choice of shutting down entirely, seeking regular employment elsewhere and leaving day-to day management to hired help, or appealing to family members for help. After a brief period of renovation, the acquisition of an adjoining building, and a transfer of daily operations to their son, the Place was open for business and going strong.

Thanks to their philanthropic friends, the owners were able to expand their business to include a state of the art book repair and refinishing facility. Business is booming, and the original owners are enjoying a life of semi-retirement.

What is not commonly known, is that the Place currently operates as a one-stop forgery shop for Jordano(or whichever family the GM chooses) Family members. It is commonly known on the street that the place operates a cyber-porn web server, and that's as far as the cops have bothered to look so far. The current operator, Tony Samms, has hopes of being a Made Man, but unless he gets it together and starts really working for it, is likely to stagnate and stay where he is for the next decade or more.

Consequences:

Nice. Take a free fake Driver's License and 8 Respect.

Sacred Heart Veteran's Hospital

Not very big, but very old and very traditional. And by Traditional, I mean that the rooms are private, the records are conveniently flammable in case of police inquiry, the medicine cabinets are haunted and the strong stuff frequently disappears, and the nuns never, ever ask questions. This hospital is run by...

...the Convent of Mary's Sacred Heart.

The only building on it's block, this place might as well be a medieval fortress. 15-foot high red brick walls start just far enough away from the street to allow for a sidewalk, heavy gates bar entry, and rumor has it that the nuns carry AK-47's to ward off intruders. This is untrue. Just ask Mother Superior Susan Constance, and she'll tell you that they carry Ingram 27's. Submachine guns are easier to hide under the habits. This is THE place to hide if you want to disappear for a long while, but there's one catch. You gotta be catholic, otherwise the nuns get....angry.

Cap'n Petey's Grill

There's really nothing special about this run-down seafood restaurant. The beer is watered-down, the fries look like soggy bags of pus, and the floor is sticky. VERY sticky. Not a good place to be.

Unless you enter by the service door in the back, past the two shaved gorillas in chef's hats, the tatooed chinaman washing dishes (surprisingly close to the knife block), through the meat locker where they store the fish, into the VIP room. Nobody gets in without being on The List, but it's secure, private, pricey, and delicious. Not a place to take your lady friend, but a place to discuss business with the Big Boss of another family. Somehow, they always have the freshest swordfish steaks in town...a house specialty always served by the Cap'n himself.

....and that's it for now. Hope they're useful!

Mail-n-Go: A somewhat run-down mail drop in a storefront. Hours are 9-5, M-Sat. There are two main rooms: the front room, where the rented boxes are located, and the service center behind. The boxes range in size from 4" wide x 6" high x 18" deep with an open back to large drawers approximately 24" wide x 12" high x 18" deep. A counter allows customers to address outgoing letters and packages or quickly pack a shipment. A heavy steel door gives access to the service center, and is usually locked except when the clerks need to move a large shipment to or from the front room for a customer. Curb service is not available. Most business is done at the service window near the door. There is a small loading dock in the back where packages are shipped and received. There's also a small bathroom for employee use only (and it's so dirty, no one else would want to use it).

USPS drops off the mail at 10am; the clerks take about an hour to sort it into the boxes.

The clerks will also sign for UPS/FedEx/DHL deliveries, which will be placed in the boxes if possible, or a slip is placed in the box for pickup at the window.

Outgoing shipments may also be made to USPS/UPS/FedEx/DHL. A slight additional charge is assessed for this service. Customers may also purchase packing and shipping supplies, but must do their own packing.

The front room is accessible after hours via a side door with keycards which are issued to "prefered" box renters. The door to the service center is always locked after hours, and the service window is protected by a steel shutter.

For an "expedited service fee," the clerks will dispense with the nuisance of checking prospective renters' identification. "Prefered" renters obviously pay a premium price for their privacy. Certain customers may arrange for after-hours shipping and receiving on a case-by-case basis. If you have to ask who they are, you don't need to know.

Shop Cheap

One of a chain of discount grocery stores, it keeps prices low by "merchandising" with stacks of opened shipping cartons on pallets. A few areas of the store have a single shelf, allowing a second stack of merchandise above the stack on the pallet on the floor. Perishables are kept in a cooler which has rolling racks with the ubiquitous boxes of merchandise; the freezer for the frozen food is similar.

Most of the merchandise is "off brand," but there are usually several brand name products available "until they're gone."

Other than the usual union corruption (cashiers are members of the cashier's union; truckers are members of the trucker's union), the store has recently begun carrying computers and digital cameras. One make/model, available til it's gone... and a few certainly fall off the truck into someone's waiting hands.

Legitimate Family business includes the occasional purchase of several cases of non-perishable food for donation to a food pantry. This buys off a few points of Suspicion.

Angelita:

Sounds like stuff could fall off da truck. Take a point of Wealth.

Mr. D.

Quick Shot's
Half-Hour Photo-Shop

This ordinary little shop seems to all concerned a perfectly normal photo-shop; Cheap decor, vibrantly colored cardboard cutouts on the walls displaying their latest features (such as digital photography, and internet ordering), bright 'friendly' blue uniform smocks over dress shirts and ties, and board looking teenagers at the counter with varying degrees of politeness. This place prides its self on its lawful conduct, and its quick service. It also makes a note that it offers 'negative storage' - for a very small fee, they can keep the negatives to your pictures for up to 6 months.

What isn't known to the general public, is that any wise guy can drop off any kind of film he likes- a date with some Bosses daughter, incriminating photographs of the mayor, or even things of a more personal nature - and these employees wont blink an eye, or even seem to care.

Additionally, since the photo-industry relies on a variety of chemicals in varying quantities, the manager has started to make a pretty 'under the table' penny by using some more of his corrosive elements on items for his special customers (the danger symbols for such chemicals show a test tube dripping onto a metal rod, and a hand - dissolving both), or by dipping nearly anything into the very high bleach concentrates (dissolving all organic matter on things). Plus, thanks to a rarely serviced Silver Recovery Unit, some associates have been able to get certain items silver coated for the price of Same-day triple-sets of pictures.

((Sorry for the overabundance of minutia - I'm the head of a photo department near me, so I know this kind of crap... and recently imagined more Mafia-esq uses for it. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.))


Corner Pocket
Pool Hall 'n Pub

Located in the heart of the Jordono territory, this ‘ultra modern’ building is indeed shaped like a corner pocket of a pool table, located on a busy intersection. This exterior includes green neon edges, red carpet lead in, and a pair of very large bouncers that seem to have no necks. This pool hall is home to the young and hip crowd, along with any local or the occasional imported celebrity. This is a smoke free establishment, filled with loud pulsing music, black-light pool table tops and balls, and is also home to the local favorite drink, the Trick Shot. A trick shot is a light mix of a wine spritzer, red bull, a single ice cube, and a dash of pool chalk. One can earn a Trick Shot by playing and winning a round of Strobe Pool (where strobe lights are flicked on over the table). Once a month they hold a big pool tournament, the winner receives 10 bucks for each ball sunk consecutively (for his or her longest run), and ‘an eight ball of free Trick Shots.’ Clearly, no place for a self-respecting wise guy, even many associates wouldn’t be found here. To loud, and noticeable. Police seem to come by at least once a week to try to find under-age drinkers and use of illegal drugs. Sometimes they’re lucky, often they’re not.

Now, when one comes in from the well hidden back door, with requires knowing that days secret password, and getting past the equally large pair of bouncers, they would find themselves in a smaller area, but it was furnished with fine Corinthian leather chairs, red velvet plush interiors, a gorgeous pool table, and scantily clad serving girls with old fashioned trays of cigars, cigarettes, and the like. This kept the air was thick with the smoke of very fine cigars. Also, a trio of large plasma screen TV’s lined one wall, keeping the persons inside well informed of local politics, the horse races, local sporting matches, and anything they wished to see in High-definition TV. This safe haven doesn’t even twitch when the police arrive, sometimes the persons here call them just to quiet down the place for an hour or two. This back room can be reserved, for some special occasions, most commonly a Jordono spending some quiet time with a lady friend, or three.[/i]

Zodiac Games
Video Game Import Shop

By all accounts, this small shop is a small business, knocking off the success of EB games and places like Game Crazy. This simple storefront has many racks of used video games for sale- but what makes this place popular is that it also imports and sells video games from Japan- often getting those addict gamers the games they want before everyone else. They also have a good selection of gray-market mod-chips for imported systems.

This place is run by a short, eccentric Korean man named Jin Pai. He likes selling videogames because he likes to listen to all the conversation they cause amongst the people who play them. If you want to get on his good side, talk knowledgably about a game or two.

Located in a strip mall, just inside the 105's territory, it is unassuming and seems to fit right in beside its neighbors; a baseball card shop, and a comic book store. All with identical "Open" neon lights, and hours. All these stores share a common back alleyway for deliveries, and the security back there is known to be a little lax.

What makes this place interesting is that for the right price, you can get many other things imported from that shop. Nothing too large, or overly expensive but simple things that could be slipped into boxes that also happen to carry the latest games out of Hong Kong. Things like small quantities of drugs, small hand guns, ammo, and what have you.

Mans Best Friend
Petshop

This small building is the best Veterinarian / pet hospital in the Vodka Mob territory. This is the place where everyone takes their sick bunnies and turtles to get better. This place can always be recognized by the half crooked letters on the lit sign outside that says "We need Kitty Litter" that is always there, but occasionally changed around to ask differently. Also, a "help wanted' sign is stuck over the front door, it is so sun-bleached its unreadable. The main doctor, is the wild eyed, kindly natured Doc Ivan. Doc Ivan is known for his way with injured kitties, and polite friendly voice (despite horrific Russian accent). The sounds of barking dogs can be heard for at least a block around, fortunately only other commercial areas are around.

What makes this place so valuable, is that Doc Ivan lives in a small apartment above the animal clinic, and essentially makes it a 24 hour facility. Some times the good doctor will treat a large stray or two late at night. Usually these 'strays' are found on the side of streets. Of course, any suffering creature would be treated equally, and the prices here are reasonable (but never for free). But, he'll always give a nice discount to other fellow Russians. There is a rumor that he is a retired wise guy, or an eccentric made man that chooses to use his hands. The most believed rumor is that he was once a good surgeon, that messed up and now is doing what he can to help.

Mr. Bills
Shooting Gallery n Gun Store

Mr. Bill's is an open air shooting gallery on the edge of new Milan. This half an acre of open 'wilderness' was once a large parking lot facility, but has since been converted back to grasses. The one building here appears to be a simple lodge/shack with a long extended eve that covers the 15 shooting stalls. The far end of the property had a large hill, one side pitted with bullet marks. A small fence resides in front of stalls 1-5, here a track had been set down so that paper targets could be strung in and out with safety. Near one end of the fence, a pile of aluminum shards make up the remnants of many a can to be shot.

The one building here, the 'Mr. Bills Lodge and Shop", was a very nice place. When you walked in, you'd see two distinct halves to the building, and strait ahead you'd often find Mr. Bill behind a glass case, which held many of the weapons he sold (all perfectly legal.) Of course, if you do not want a weapon he'll also gladly buy it from you. Its not uncommon for a person to buy a weapon from Mr. Bill, try it out for a day or two, and bring it back.

To one side, it looked like a bunker of sorts- concrete walls lined with locked gun cases. Many of the weapons here are for 'display only' - antique pistols, a couple assault rifles, and even an anti-tank rifle from the cold-war era. Those not on display can be used on the shooting range.

The other half of the building looked like a hunting lodge- trophy heads mounted on plaques on a wall, a large fireplace that always seemed to be burning. A large sofa faced that fireplace, and it seemed to be made primarily of antlers and fur.

What many people don't know about is the secret floor panels underneath the sales counter, that leads down into Mr. Bills Armory. Here, weapons and ammunition of all sorts could be found. The room was not very big, and did have to have its space shared with the furnace, water pipes and the like- but his selection was always very appreciable. Mr. Bill has an affinity for rifles, and scopes - having been a Sniper and weapons expert for the Americans in the early part of Desert Storm. A small hole in his leg now makes it so he isn't a solder any more.

And Mr. Bill is always 'kind' enough to get a mook who needs it some time on the range, and a free box of bullets (for their weapon of choice, of course).

Given enough time, he can even customize some weapons to be more personal - engravings, new grips and the like. If you let him know, he'll even get it chrome plated. There have been many cases where a gun will look entirely different from how it came in - like a brand new gun.

Of course, since he is a licensed weapons dealer who has helped more than his share of rookie police officers pass their shooting tests, Mr. Bill’s is known to be a very reputable establishment. Heck, half of the personal weapons of the local police house have been touched up in one way by Mr. Bill. But don’t worry, police agents have all been told Mr. Bill holds special sessions just for cops on Saturday and Wednesday mornings so that they can practice ‘undisturbed” - and so there wont be cops around all the time.

Nice job Jimmy. Take a free gun for yourself and 5 Respect.

Mr. D.

New Location add more detail to the Vodka Mobs turf such as that part of town be known as Little Moscow. And here are some places in little Moscow

Lenin Park : A decent size public park accented with Russian and Soviet Architecture with a large fountain of Peter the Great in the center

The Russian Embassy: The main Political Hub for little Moscow and always filled with Russian nationals and political heads of state as well as of recent the Embassy is being investigated on the count it is rumored that the embassy is housing 3 Rogue Former Soviet Generals.

Comrades: Owned by Ivan Mikalov a medium level soldier for the vodka Mob..Comrades is a very interesting bar it's where alot of Vodka Mob Bussiness is discussed . the bar crowd is often either high level soldiers or made men in the Vodka Mob, Russian Diplomats, and if you know the code word it is said upstairs is a high class all Russian Bordello...

St. Peter'sburg Hospital: A large hospital based in Little Moscow the head doctor of this place is Dr. Sasha Verikov rumor has it that in this place when you go in for an operation they take more than their fair share...St Peter'sburg Hospital has a thriving organ trafficing bussisness on the side
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Petrograd Palace: A very Swank resturant based in Little Moscow....Only those with deep pockets need apply snooty Resturant owner a French/Russian Imagrant Natasha DeLaqua.

Well these are some ideas...If any one want to add to Little Moscow that would be great...

One of a Kind Clothes
Thrift Store and Charitable Employer

One of a Kind Clothes is a small, locally run thrift store dedicated to reusing old clothing, and using the proceeds to allow those who have trouble gaining employment to have a steady job with decent pay. Everything in this store is unique, given that it has absolutely no repeats of the same style clothing and that those who donate have rather ecclectic tastes.

The store is located inside a small shopping plaza just off of Victor and 51st, and caters to all sorts of people, including the nearby University District where money is scarce and art kids buy anything to look different and unique.

One of a Kind Clothes is staffed by a motley assortment of folks, mostly locals in the area who need a job, but Mr. Vesperanto, an aging Italian man, also hires a lot of "short-time personnel", many of whom seem to be recovering from some sort of injury, or are constantly nursing a sneer on their face, although Mr. Vesperanto normally allows these employees to work strictly stock.

The high capacity washing and bleach machines also allow for some rather used used clothing to make it through to the front. However, most college kids and those who really need the clothes won't mind a random hole or two or the remnants of a stain of something that didn't wash completely out.

Nieva:

Very inventive and useful. I would say -1 Suspicion to anyone that dumps their clothes their after a job. 12 Respect for you.

Paulie would recognize this plot but I'd love to share it here...
This isn't a new building or scheme, just an idea I had that I could see being a funny thing, mildly appropriate. Mostly looking for opinions on it.

And if ya don't like it, nobody said you gotta use it. =)


The One Legal Made Man...

After his family started to get ratted out by an under boss that had gotten pinched, Mike Tulliani washed his hands of his old town, and moved out to New Milan. Now, being a 'known' mob figure, the police make sure to keep a close eye on him. Mike, on the other hand would like nothing better than to settle down and run a bar (and when things lighten up, get back into The Business).

But, thanks to constant interference form the police, Mike hasn't even had a chance to get approached by less-than-reputable persons. The girls he hirers are all paid more than minimum wage, plus tips, and all are over 21 and are all legal US citizens. His tablecloths are washed by the perfectly legal place down the street, and even his liquor comes from a proper vender.

However, since the police continue to find nothing, they figure Mike is devious, and check harder...and when they find nothing again, they think he's being informed. They cannot get it through their heads that maybe he has gone legit, they just refuse to think it. But thanks to all these in-depth searches, he cannot even begin to get dirty in the business.

Of course, every mobster and his brother knows this is happening, and since the Tulliani's have never been very friendly to most of the gangsters (heck, they nearly went to the mattresses with the Jordono's in the early 90's), the groups of New Milan have had little interest in helping him...

As a matter of fact, some times they'll make sure to send a prominent member or two over there, just to 'turn the screws' as it were. Of course, they make sure they themselves don’t get under suspicion, but to sometimes forget an empty envelope behind, or to make sure they brush their nose at the right time, and make Mikes life interesting now and again.

Even the 105's have been getting their pokes and jabs at this man, but they're far more petty.

Well, that’s my idea.

I have an idea for a new building in New Milan and a misson to go with it.

Durov Kazlottavich a made man in the vodka mob has recently been involved as in a trial for the murder of Mike Stanton Union Head of New Milan Steel Workers Union...the trail has been at a stand still for months well according to your sorces he has brokered a deal with the state prosocuter with a less harsh sentence. In exchange for information this info that Durov or "D" as he likes to be called has leaked out info that Mike Stanton and Tony Face of the Jordano Family had made a contract with each other that Stantons Union will produce the proper metal elements to produce cheaply produce firearms to sell on the streets the operation was simple Stantons guys produce the guns and the Jordanos sell them and Stanton collects a nice little slice. Well when the Vodka Mob tried to convice Stanton to work for them things got messy. So in exchange for Durovs info against Tony Face Durov got an insantiy plea so instead of Durov serving a a 45 year sentence in Prison he is doing a 6 year sentence at New Milan State Asylum...Right now for "D's" safety The head prosacuter Jon Wilkes has place Durov in the Asylum untill the trial the trail is in 2 days .....So here's where you come in....Whack "D" and make sure he dont talk....Take out Jon Wilkes and make sure that any info he already knows stays with him and last but not least go into Wilkes office and destroy any evidence that might incriminate Tony Face...dont Mess up

I like this adventure. Very detailed. I think all you need are stats and a map and you're ready to go!

What's the pay-off?

Mr. D.

The pay off is considerable .....considering your protecting Tony Face Head of The Jordano Family...come on now...the pay off is 90 wealth and new car for you and your crew...any car with in reason...perferable somehting you can use in future missions. But Ill tell you right not Wilkes office is inside the New Milan Federal Building and with the current trail crawling with Fed's and plain clothed cops...so getting in the office is going to be tough..Not to mention the Asylum is a maximun security asylum getting in with out the proper papers is rough and the place is rigged with cameras from here to there...and patroled by private security officers 24/7 most of them armed with Tazers and pepper spray but on each level there is a small weapons locker containing a couple of revolvers and afew shotguns. And when the alarm is pressed the asylum goes into lock down all doors lock allwindows close and lock gates going in and out locked and the police are sent there and usually reach the Asylum in 5 min's . Now there is one weakness to this place...on the roof there is a Helipad ....but you use that info any way you please...So needless to say this mission can be a bit trying...

Hey Tony Im not good at doing stats and all that jazz you think you can help me with that...maybe you can help me make this mission in time for ubercon 7 ...I think it would be fun as a down loadable....If you do decide to use it...and by all means do....All I ask is for my named to be attached to it....lol

90??? that is way way to much i say. Look at the wealth of the Jordano family, Tony Face has less money then that by far. I would think a good 25 wealth, for each person involved makes it 1 lower per person. So if 2 people then they both get 24, 3 gets 23. So on and so forth. Nah, money isnt the big thing here. Respect would be thru the roof though.

Good Point good point 25 wealth each then and the system that Gino mentioned...I like well do it like that.

Yes, 90 Wealth would be the GNP of a country. Probably the United States.

As for stats, here's a quick tip on how to do them quickly (which will explain why most of my stats have mistakes, although this is fast). Write the stats for a few basic characters in Word, then just cut and paste and modify them. If you have information in PDF form, you can call up the windows that you need to change the stats and modify them.

Another quick way is to take stats from 100 NPC's and just change the names. As a GM, all you need is some sort of reference point for combat and skills. As long as you use stats that make sense and you reuse the same stats for the same character, you'll be fine.

Mr. D.