Mark Rand

"Batgirl's going to visit Sara once Harold finishes prepping the Batboat," Batman says. "It seats two." "The lighthouse is on a 50-foot tall rock," Batgirl says. "We'll dock at the bottom and walk up the stairs. Who wants to come with me?" "I'll have a look at this sea bat, then patrol the Crest Hill and Brentwood neighborhoods. They're the two wealthiest neighborhoods in the Gotham City area." Harold comes up from the lower level and says, "Batboat's ready."

"Nothing special," Batgirl replies, "just expensive stuff. However, the Vanlandinghams are friends of Sara's parents, who own an estate in the same neighborhood. After Sara's arraignment, her mother asked, "What will my friends say?' Sara replied that she considered them to be pigeons ready for the plucking." She then added, "I'm planning to take the Batboat and visit Sara. She might be able to give me some leads."

"Roland Daggett was a corrupt business executive whose corporations are either on the block or have been sold," Batgirl says. "He probably gypped a lot of people with his underhanded ways. He's also responsible for turning actor Matt Hagen into Clayface and forcing Hagen to work for him." "Wayne Enterprises, which I own, has bought a number of Daggett's companies," Batman adds.

Where can I get a copy of the show bible?

"Very expensive jewelry was taken from the Vanlandingham mansion here is Bristol Township's Crest Hills neighborhood," Batgirl says. "It looks too sloppy to be Catwoman's work. No finess to it at all." "She helped Catwoman solve a burglary that everyone thought was hers," Batman says. "It was Rolland Daggett's handiwork. He and his gang are in jail."

Batman turns to Batgirl. "Any leads on that burglary you're looking into?" "It's something Sara Matthews could've done," Batgirl replies. "However, she tends the Gotham Harbor Lighthouse, which is on an island one half mile east of Gotham City, and there was a small craft advisory from 6 PM last night to 6AM." "That lets her off the hook," Batman says. "Her only watercraft is a 17-foot Boston Whaler. Besides, Detective Renee Montoya was visiting her last night. Keep at it. Any other news?" "Report of something called a sea bat on Gotham University Oceanic Institute's research ship, the RV Laurel Blair Clark," Batgirl replies.

"I think you're a good fit for this team," Batman says as Batgirl works at the computer.

"I've had experience with metahumans in the Justice League," Batman says, "and Batgirl has worked with Supergirl. They even defeated Livewire. As far as magic goes, I've worked with Jason Blood and his demon form a few times."

"You can forgo the grappling hook," Batman says. "However, you might need the other gear."

Batman, Batgirl, and their associates have gathered in the Batcave. Harold Allnut, Batman's engineer, says, "We have gear for you." He points to utility belts, each with a Mini-Bat Computer (Absolute Range Sense, Absolute Time Sense, Eidetic Memory, Lightning Calculator, Speed Reading, Mind Scan/Mind Control 6d6 [Machines], & link to the main Batcomputer), a Bat Communicator, a launching grappling hook, starlite nightvision gear, a penlight with red, white, and infrared LEDs, a magazine of 6 conventional gas masks, a magazine of 6 smoke bombs, and a magazine of 4 folding batarangs. He continues, "While the communicator is designed to slip over an ear, we have wrist communicators, too. The nightvision gear, which is available either as lenses for masks, or as goggles, need light to work."

This Robin, Tim Drake from The New Batman Adventures, the follow-up to Batman: The Animated Series, was a street kid and the son of David "Shifty" Drake, a hood who was killed by Two Face. His martial arts were, probably, Dirty Infighting and in his first episode he used thrown weapons of opportunity, including a batarang that he once found and reels of film from a box in an abandoned movie theater. He also had street smarts and once tailed his father to Two-Face's hideout.

I'm looking for Tim Drake, the Robin from The New Batman Adventures at or near the beginning of the series. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

True.

I know. At that farm, you can also learn to ride horses. Disney Studios East is also in Hayden and their Circle H Ranch, where they shoot quite a bit of the Spin and Marty serial. Gotham Raceway, the motorsports facility owned by one of Bruce Wayne's companies, is close to it.

In my Outsiders campaign, it'll be Jason Blood's house, and it's close to Gotham University, Gotham Planetarium, and several hospitals in the University Medical Center.

Agreed, but not all are murderous. At the western end of the county is Hayden Township. It has a farm where you can go horseback riding, board your own horse, go on a hayride, or cut your own Christmas tree. It also has Deer Lakes Park, a county park that's home to the Gotham County Amateur Astronomy Association’s Wagman Observatory. Every so often, they hold a star party, an opportunity for amateur astronomers, students and the general public to observe the wonders of the spring, summer or fall sky as the season changes the overhead view.

Jason Blood lives in Gotham City.

Maybe it's not The House of Mystery. Maybe it's Jason Blood's house. In the DCU, he lives in an apartment. He might not in the DCAU.

It's not in Gotham City.

One portal goes to a hotel floor. Looking out the windows, one sees an ocean of sand. The maid, a ghost, can make herself solid. One portal goes to the base of a spiral staircase inside a stone tower. One portal goes to the ballroom where a ball is taking place. Sometimes, one of the ghosts becomes solid for a short time. One portal goes to a staircase going up. The other two portals go to bedrooms. Edit: I might make the kitchen gate going just to the pantry/wine cellar, and larder/cool room with the east gate going to the kitchen garden and the last two second floor gates going to the motorhomes at the tracks.

Thanks, Dean. I'm definitely going to use some of it in Gotham City's version of The House of Mystery.

The first floor, which is almost identical to that of Mobius in Mystic Masters, has two gates, each leading to other gates. The porch's east gate leads to two others, one going to a motorhome in the parking lot at Gotham Park, a thoroughbred and harness track. The other goes to a motorhome in a parking lot at Gotham Raceway, a motorsports racing facility. Both are owned by one of Bruce Wayne's companies. The other gate is in the kitchen and leads to the pantry. Gates in it lead to the wine cellar, larder, and the kitchen garden. The second floor is identical to the one in the book. The third floor has six portals, plus the hall bathroom.

The floors alternate between the real world and an alternate reality. The floors are linked by the mobius staircase which, on each floor, is surrounded by a hall.

Cool, Dean. I'd love to see the floor plans you created.