I was reading some 90ies Thunderbolts comics yesterday and issue #2 (the fight with the Wrecking Crew and the sudden final twist, to be exact) gave me the following idea.
Comic books don't have unlimited space for their fight scenes. They need to be resolved in a few pages. So wouldn't the same be handy for fast RPG conflict resolution?
The conflict would have a certain number of rounds that you would decide before hand, depending on the importance of the conflict. Let's say 2 for fighting some minions or 5 for the dramatic final battle.
Each round is resolved either group based - if it is suppossed to be fast, e.g. against minions, or character based, if you want more detail.
So in every round everyone does their action and each round has its outcome. Something along the lines of.
Victory and
Victory
Victory, but
Loss, but
Loss
Loss and
You see where I am going here, especially if you know the new Doctor Who RPG...
The "but" gives an advantage to the losing side? I have to think about that...
Monday, June 21, 2010
Rifts Rant
In this thread someone complained that the early Rifts stuff was serious and the game later on became ridiculous with every crazy comic drawing becoming part of the world, I replied that this is exactly what I am looking for.
And while some early Rifts players moved on to play being elves but seriously, others like me embraced the Heavy Metal cover style and went straight to Synnibarr. :D
The core of roleplaying for me is cooperatively coming up with crazy stuff like our characters' amazon minions merging into a 20' Megazon. Now I would like to have a picture of that. :)
Off the rail: that is my direction. :P
Free RPG Dungeons: Every Day
Ôkay, Free RPG day is over, but there is still much more great free RPG stuff out there on the web than anyone will ever be able to play. Especially free short adventures, dungeons and modules seem to be very handy. Next to the One Page Dungeons, especially useful with D&D and the Savage Worlds One Sheet Adventures, I especially like the 5 Room Dungeons.
They offer a topological drama structure that inspired my own FAWS7 adventure sketching technique. The most interesting of the 5 Room Dungeons really offer a dungeon and organize the rooms in an interesting way. Honestly we were never able to play more than 5 rooms in an average session anyways. Some see the 5
Anyways: Here you find the link to the dozens of 5 Room Dungeons usable for D&D, Savage Worlds or whatever fantasy system you enjoy.
And a short rant to finish this post:
When I was young I assumed a good module or scenario needed to have been written out in at least 64 pages. I hated hook, line and sinker adventure sketches for examples. But later on I realized: only the short stuff is flexible enough to keep all options open for the players and a GM will rarely be able to remember all the details in long adventures anyways. So what write the details for? For the GM to learn it by heart?Or for him to read it to the players? Ough. That always seems super pretentious.
Anyways: in our good session the adventure is only a simple framework that hopefully does not interfere with our characters' motivations and interactions. The characters should be in the spotlight, not the "plot".
They offer a topological drama structure that inspired my own FAWS7 adventure sketching technique. The most interesting of the 5 Room Dungeons really offer a dungeon and organize the rooms in an interesting way. Honestly we were never able to play more than 5 rooms in an average session anyways. Some see the 5
Anyways: Here you find the link to the dozens of 5 Room Dungeons usable for D&D, Savage Worlds or whatever fantasy system you enjoy.
And a short rant to finish this post:
When I was young I assumed a good module or scenario needed to have been written out in at least 64 pages. I hated hook, line and sinker adventure sketches for examples. But later on I realized: only the short stuff is flexible enough to keep all options open for the players and a GM will rarely be able to remember all the details in long adventures anyways. So what write the details for? For the GM to learn it by heart?Or for him to read it to the players? Ough. That always seems super pretentious.
Anyways: in our good session the adventure is only a simple framework that hopefully does not interfere with our characters' motivations and interactions. The characters should be in the spotlight, not the "plot".
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Roll Right Under System Alpha Version 0.2
I changed some details of the stuff I have so far. New stuff is bold. Designer notes are in italics.
Stats and Checks
We have the following stats between 5 and 15:
Fighting/Close Combat (=base for Parry (better call it Evasion?)
Courage/Willpower
Smarts
Charisma/Social
Agility Used for Shooting and Throwing
Strength/Body (= base for resistance and cap for maximum melee damage and maxium carried weight)
Designer note: While I started with the stats from The Dark Eye 1, I realized I would need to weighten them in another way instead, because there is no space for stats in RRUS.
You create them by spending 50 points. 10 is an average human and default.
Skill checks are done by rolling a d20. If you roll higher than your stat, your character fails.
The difficulty of a check is decided by a Difficulty Number. If you roll below that number you fail as well. (An example for that is the Defense score of an opponent.)
If you roll 10 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve a great success.
If you roll 15 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve an amazing success.
If you roll 20 and you have a stat of 20, you achieve a legendary success.
Traits Character Focus
Each character starts with one Trait: a Talent Trait, an Origin Trait or an Supernatural Trait. If a Checks falls under a Trait, the player can roll 2 dice (d20) and choose a result her prefers. Traits are not cumulative. You never roll more than 2 dice in a Check. (Only important characters have Traits??)
Supernatural Traits are the exception, because you can not roll without the Trait and with Trait, you can roll only 1 die.
Talent Traits:
Fighting
Shooting
Athletics (Climbing, Swimming, etc.)
Social
Tech
Origin Traits:
Nature
City
Sea/Coast
Nobility/Elite
Caves/Mines
Supernatural Trait:
Magic
Blood Magic
Psionics
Nature Religion
etc
Designer note: The traits are superpowerful, nearly doubling your effectivity (as far as I can calculate), so the game needs a weaker category as well. I renamed Traits in Character Focus, as you will have only one and make Traits something different: little rule modifications. E.g. Ninja: your Damage Roll caps with Dextery, not Strength.
Another option would be to make Traits less general. E.g. not Fighting, but Backstab etc. Generally the second d20 should be granted by lots of dramatic and cooperative situational modifiers.
Attacks
A great success means 2 dice for Damage (and take the better), or hitting d4 additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
An amazing success means 3 dice for Damage (and take the best), or hitting all additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
Damage
If someone gets potentially hurt, you also roll a d20. Each source of Damage has Damage Rating between 1 and 20. If the result of the roll is higher than this stat, no damage is done, but the enemy is Shaken.
If the result is the same or below (but not the same or below the Resistance, see next paragraph), it causes a wound. If the result is 10 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 2 wounds. If the result is 15 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 3 wounds. If the result is 20, but still not higher than the Damage Roll, it causes an instant kill.
The Resistance of the victim is used as Difficulty Number for the Damage Roll. That means that Damage Rolls that do not top the Resistance are just shrugged off and cause no effect.
(Armor is part of Resistance.)
Stats and Checks
We have the following stats between 5 and 15:
Fighting/Close Combat (=base for Parry (better call it Evasion?)
Courage/Willpower
Smarts
Charisma/Social
Agility Used for Shooting and Throwing
Strength/Body (= base for resistance and cap for maximum melee damage and maxium carried weight)
Designer note: While I started with the stats from The Dark Eye 1, I realized I would need to weighten them in another way instead, because there is no space for stats in RRUS.
Skill checks are done by rolling a d20. If you roll higher than your stat, your character fails.
The difficulty of a check is decided by a Difficulty Number. If you roll below that number you fail as well. (An example for that is the Defense score of an opponent.)
If you roll 10 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve a great success.
If you roll 15 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve an amazing success.
If you roll 20 and you have a stat of 20, you achieve a legendary success.
Each character starts with one Trait: a Talent Trait, an Origin Trait or an Supernatural Trait. If a Checks falls under a Trait, the player can roll 2 dice (d20) and choose a result her prefers. Traits are not cumulative. You never roll more than 2 dice in a Check. (Only important characters have Traits??)
Supernatural Traits are the exception, because you can not roll without the Trait and with Trait, you can roll only 1 die.
Talent Traits:
Fighting
Shooting
Athletics (Climbing, Swimming, etc.)
Social
Tech
Origin Traits:
Nature
City
Sea/Coast
Nobility/Elite
Caves/Mines
Supernatural Trait:
Magic
Blood Magic
Psionics
Nature Religion
etc
Designer note: The traits are superpowerful, nearly doubling your effectivity (as far as I can calculate), so the game needs a weaker category as well. I renamed Traits in Character Focus, as you will have only one and make Traits something different: little rule modifications. E.g. Ninja: your Damage Roll caps with Dextery, not Strength.
Another option would be to make Traits less general. E.g. not Fighting, but Backstab etc. Generally the second d20 should be granted by lots of dramatic and cooperative situational modifiers.
Attacks
A great success means 2 dice for Damage (and take the better), or hitting d4 additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
An amazing success means 3 dice for Damage (and take the best), or hitting all additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
Damage
If someone gets potentially hurt, you also roll a d20. Each source of Damage has Damage Rating between 1 and 20. If the result of the roll is higher than this stat, no damage is done, but the enemy is Shaken.
If the result is the same or below (but not the same or below the Resistance, see next paragraph), it causes a wound. If the result is 10 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 2 wounds. If the result is 15 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 3 wounds. If the result is 20, but still not higher than the Damage Roll, it causes an instant kill.
The Resistance of the victim is used as Difficulty Number for the Damage Roll. That means that Damage Rolls that do not top the Resistance are just shrugged off and cause no effect.
(Armor is part of Resistance.)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Abel Wellington - Primetime Adventures Character from Rockheart
Trait: Excentric artist
Contact: Creepy big city wife Agnes
Contact: Local family renown
Issue: Wasting money like there is no tomorrow
Private Set: Putting up his film/photo equipment/ canvas/ installation equipment and taking over a place with it.
Nemesis: Local cousin Warren Walker who was like a son to Abel's father Richard and helped run the Heartrock while Abel was doing nothing of value in the Big City
Abel is a tall, slim man in his mid-30ies. His hair - kept in a short ponytail - already turns grey, but his short cut beard is still all dark brown. He looks really young for a guy turning grey, especially because he hides his eyes behind dark glasses most of the time.
Abel wears a new and expensive looking suit.
Contact: Creepy big city wife Agnes
Contact: Local family renown
Issue: Wasting money like there is no tomorrow
Private Set: Putting up his film/photo equipment/ canvas/ installation equipment and taking over a place with it.
Nemesis: Local cousin Warren Walker who was like a son to Abel's father Richard and helped run the Heartrock while Abel was doing nothing of value in the Big City
Abel is a tall, slim man in his mid-30ies. His hair - kept in a short ponytail - already turns grey, but his short cut beard is still all dark brown. He looks really young for a guy turning grey, especially because he hides his eyes behind dark glasses most of the time.
Abel wears a new and expensive looking suit.
Paad Ulhof - Female Human Warlord from Karrnath
Backstory
Paad comes from a family out of the lower nobility in Karrnath. She studied at the famous Rekkenmark Academy from a young ago to join the ranks of what she was told to be the finest warriors of the Khorvaire. During the later years of the Last War the academy had to close. (I don't have a year for that event I hope it goes okay.) Paad, who was still a teenager, had to continue her training to become a warlord at the damaged and wartorn castle of her parents.
When the War finally ended, she was 17 years old and still to young to go to war. At least her parents did not let her sign up. While she somehow understands that fact - her older brother died on the battle field in the Mourning, she blames her parents for being selfish. Wouldn't real patriots be willing to sacrifice their child for the greater good and the glory of Karrnath?
When she was finally old enough to fight the war was over and her education seemed to be worth little in the bled white kingdom. Sure, Paad could have taken a position on her parents' land as marshall or leader of the guards, but she prefered to leave Karrnath as mercenary.
She hopes to find the reason how it was possible for the Karrnath not to win the Last War. She is still very convinced that there must have been a hidden act of treachery within the kingdom - a theory that is pretty wide spread among Karrn nobles and soldiers. She is for example split between cheering for King Kaius III. as righteous leader and seeing him as the one that sold Karrnath under its value by the peace treaty.
Personality
While Paad is for sure still somewhat chauvinistic and naive, the last 2 years have opened her mind for different cultures and ways of life. She is convinced that the Karrns have the highest culture in Khorvaire, but only by understanding and sometimes adopting to the mentality of other people, she can hope to solve the ultimate mystery how Karrnath could loose the war.
Still it's hard for her to hide her pride and her natural talent for leading. She appears quite stubborn sometimes, until she has a moment to cool off and to decide to use what she calls diplomacy.
Physical Characteristics:
Paad is an athletic woman with light brown hair. She normally wears impressive Screaming Scale Armor, covered in ornate patterns of screaming faces, but under most circumstances does not show Karrn insignias while working as mercenary.
Paad comes from a family out of the lower nobility in Karrnath. She studied at the famous Rekkenmark Academy from a young ago to join the ranks of what she was told to be the finest warriors of the Khorvaire. During the later years of the Last War the academy had to close. (I don't have a year for that event I hope it goes okay.) Paad, who was still a teenager, had to continue her training to become a warlord at the damaged and wartorn castle of her parents.
When the War finally ended, she was 17 years old and still to young to go to war. At least her parents did not let her sign up. While she somehow understands that fact - her older brother died on the battle field in the Mourning, she blames her parents for being selfish. Wouldn't real patriots be willing to sacrifice their child for the greater good and the glory of Karrnath?
When she was finally old enough to fight the war was over and her education seemed to be worth little in the bled white kingdom. Sure, Paad could have taken a position on her parents' land as marshall or leader of the guards, but she prefered to leave Karrnath as mercenary.
She hopes to find the reason how it was possible for the Karrnath not to win the Last War. She is still very convinced that there must have been a hidden act of treachery within the kingdom - a theory that is pretty wide spread among Karrn nobles and soldiers. She is for example split between cheering for King Kaius III. as righteous leader and seeing him as the one that sold Karrnath under its value by the peace treaty.
Personality
While Paad is for sure still somewhat chauvinistic and naive, the last 2 years have opened her mind for different cultures and ways of life. She is convinced that the Karrns have the highest culture in Khorvaire, but only by understanding and sometimes adopting to the mentality of other people, she can hope to solve the ultimate mystery how Karrnath could loose the war.
Still it's hard for her to hide her pride and her natural talent for leading. She appears quite stubborn sometimes, until she has a moment to cool off and to decide to use what she calls diplomacy.
Physical Characteristics:
Paad is an athletic woman with light brown hair. She normally wears impressive Screaming Scale Armor, covered in ornate patterns of screaming faces, but under most circumstances does not show Karrn insignias while working as mercenary.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Roll Right Under System Alpha Version 0.1
This is a follow up from the last blogpost. In the meantime, I created an alpha version from the sketch for a simple not experimental RPG system.
Stats and Checks
We have 5 stats between 5 and 15:
Courage
Smarts
Charisma
Agility
Strength
You create them by spending 50 points. 10 is an average human and default.
Skill checks are done by rolling a d20. If you roll higher than your stat, your character fails.
The difficulty of a check is decided by a Difficulty Number. If you roll below that number you fail as well. (An example for that is the Defense score of an opponent.)
If you roll 10 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve a great success.
If you roll 15 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve an amazing success.
If you roll 20 and you have a stat of 20, you achieve a legendary success.
Traits
Each character starts with one Traits: a Talent Trait, an Origin Trait or an Supernatural Trait. If a Checks falls under a Trait, the player can roll 2 dice (d20) and choose a result her prefers. Traits are not cumulative. You never roll more than 2 dice in a Check. (Only important characters have Traits??)
Supernatural Traits are the exception, because you can not roll without the Trait and with Trait, you can roll only 1 die.
Talent Traits:
Fighting
Shooting
Athletics (Climbing, Swimming, etc.)
Social
Tech
Origin Traits:
Nature
City
Sea/Coast
Nobility/Elite
Caves/Mines
Supernatural Trait:
Magic
Blood Magic
Psionics
Nature Religion
etc
Attacks
A great success means 2 dice for Damage (and take the better), or hitting d4 additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
An amazing success means 3 dice for Damage (and take the best), or hitting all additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
Damage
If someone gets potentially hurt, you also roll a d20. Each source of Damage has Damage Rating between 1 and 20. If the result of the roll is higher than this stat, no damage is done, but the enemy is Shaken.
If the result is the same or below (but not the same or below the Resistance, see next paragraph), it causes a wound. If the result is 10 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 2 wounds. If the result is 15 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 3 wounds. If the result is 20, but still not higher than the Damage Roll, it causes an instant kill.
The Resistance of the victim is used as Difficulty Number for the Damage Roll. That means that Damage Rolls that do not top the Resistance are just shrugged off and cause no effect.
(Armor is part of Resistance.)
Stats and Checks
We have 5 stats between 5 and 15:
Courage
Smarts
Charisma
Agility
Strength
You create them by spending 50 points. 10 is an average human and default.
Skill checks are done by rolling a d20. If you roll higher than your stat, your character fails.
The difficulty of a check is decided by a Difficulty Number. If you roll below that number you fail as well. (An example for that is the Defense score of an opponent.)
If you roll 10 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve a great success.
If you roll 15 or above, but still not higher than your stat, you achieve an amazing success.
If you roll 20 and you have a stat of 20, you achieve a legendary success.
Traits
Each character starts with one Traits: a Talent Trait, an Origin Trait or an Supernatural Trait. If a Checks falls under a Trait, the player can roll 2 dice (d20) and choose a result her prefers. Traits are not cumulative. You never roll more than 2 dice in a Check. (Only important characters have Traits??)
Supernatural Traits are the exception, because you can not roll without the Trait and with Trait, you can roll only 1 die.
Talent Traits:
Fighting
Shooting
Athletics (Climbing, Swimming, etc.)
Social
Tech
Origin Traits:
Nature
City
Sea/Coast
Nobility/Elite
Caves/Mines
Supernatural Trait:
Magic
Blood Magic
Psionics
Nature Religion
etc
Attacks
A great success means 2 dice for Damage (and take the better), or hitting d4 additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
An amazing success means 3 dice for Damage (and take the best), or hitting all additional opponents near you (all with the same Damage).
Damage
If someone gets potentially hurt, you also roll a d20. Each source of Damage has Damage Rating between 1 and 20. If the result of the roll is higher than this stat, no damage is done, but the enemy is Shaken.
If the result is the same or below (but not the same or below the Resistance, see next paragraph), it causes a wound. If the result is 10 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 2 wounds. If the result is 15 or above, but still not higher than the Damage Rating, it causes 3 wounds. If the result is 20, but still not higher than the Damage Roll, it causes an instant kill.
The Resistance of the victim is used as Difficulty Number for the Damage Roll. That means that Damage Rolls that do not top the Resistance are just shrugged off and cause no effect.
(Armor is part of Resistance.)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
A simple RPG system - Another Sketch: Roll Right Under System
I was thinking about using a simple RPG system for a potential game of Nightspawn/Nightbane. Generally you could use it for everything anyways.
So the game would be based on 1st edition The Dark Eye/DSA (a simple d20 roll under system with 5 stats), but there would be one big difference:
Instead of an active parry or modifiers to make ability rolls harder, difficulty would be expressed, by a a value that you are not allowed to roll under.
So if an opponent has a Parry of 4 in this system, you only hit him if you roll above 4, but below your attack value (e.g. 10).
But to make things more interesting, the higher you roll (but not above your value!), the better the result is. Therefore someone with a really high ability can get special successes. (This aspect could be similar to the the Dragon Age system, but I did not read this one yet.)
If you know Unkown Armies, you will notice certain similarities.
The system would also include Tricks (based on any stat/ability), like Savage World does. This could also be influenced by page 42 of the D&D4 DM Guide.
(Something else I like a lot are aspects from FATE, but I am not sure, if they fit this system or make it too complex.)
So the game would be based on 1st edition The Dark Eye/DSA (a simple d20 roll under system with 5 stats), but there would be one big difference:
Instead of an active parry or modifiers to make ability rolls harder, difficulty would be expressed, by a a value that you are not allowed to roll under.
So if an opponent has a Parry of 4 in this system, you only hit him if you roll above 4, but below your attack value (e.g. 10).
But to make things more interesting, the higher you roll (but not above your value!), the better the result is. Therefore someone with a really high ability can get special successes. (This aspect could be similar to the the Dragon Age system, but I did not read this one yet.)
If you know Unkown Armies, you will notice certain similarities.
The system would also include Tricks (based on any stat/ability), like Savage World does. This could also be influenced by page 42 of the D&D4 DM Guide.
(Something else I like a lot are aspects from FATE, but I am not sure, if they fit this system or make it too complex.)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Talislanta is free! What could we play?
I was looking for an old fashioned and simple system recently and stumbled upon Talislanta.
I own the 2nd Edition of thie classic non-EDO fantasy setting, but my books are a few 1000 kilometres away.
So I was happy to be able to download most of the pdfs for the system.
Here you find the free RPG books for Talislanta.
What means "non-EDO"? EDO=Elves,Dwarves,Orcs? Talislanta breaks out of the Lord of the Rings mold and is not influenced by old nothern European myths, but much more by Jack Vance and H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
But what adventure should you play in such a huge setting?
I would let the players only chose between archetypes from the Seven Kingdoms and maybe the Wilderlands. That is enough choices. And I would set the adventures as well in this region.
Probably I would start in the near the realm of the Gnomekin, as some of the Seven Kingdoms are a little bit too cute. And for exactly that reason I would create an adventure where someone wants to create a Civil War in this nice union of races. An intrique that should split this bright corner of Talislanta apart.
Some interesting seeds:
Now combine this 3 ideas through one villain and let the players run wild and create even more of a mess. Then villain should even empower the PCs to behave like PCs do. What a fun mess.
I own the 2nd Edition of thie classic non-EDO fantasy setting, but my books are a few 1000 kilometres away.
So I was happy to be able to download most of the pdfs for the system.
Here you find the free RPG books for Talislanta.
What means "non-EDO"? EDO=Elves,Dwarves,Orcs? Talislanta breaks out of the Lord of the Rings mold and is not influenced by old nothern European myths, but much more by Jack Vance and H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.
But what adventure should you play in such a huge setting?
I would let the players only chose between archetypes from the Seven Kingdoms and maybe the Wilderlands. That is enough choices. And I would set the adventures as well in this region.
Probably I would start in the near the realm of the Gnomekin, as some of the Seven Kingdoms are a little bit too cute. And for exactly that reason I would create an adventure where someone wants to create a Civil War in this nice union of races. An intrique that should split this bright corner of Talislanta apart.
Some interesting seeds:
- The Muses don't have a real ruler, but one is assigned randomly every month. What if a player character Muse becomes ruler, or if an "evil" (or blackmailed) Muse takes reign.
- The bird people (blue and green) seem to be quite split, it is a good point to start a war.
- The Cymril people seem to quite arrogant. It would also be easy to seed suspicion among the other races.
Now combine this 3 ideas through one villain and let the players run wild and create even more of a mess. Then villain should even empower the PCs to behave like PCs do. What a fun mess.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Synnibarr Volcano Island One Shot as FAWS7 Write Up
Here is another FAWS7 write up:
Village of Winterhaven: INTERACTION: Fishermen say a hooded stranger named Dusk hung out with mayor and tell that the mayor disappeared
"The Lazermead" (Village Bar): INTERACTION: Simera, the Talking Racoon hunter, hangs out here tells that her children are missing
Mayor's mansion: ACTION: find piece from Dusk (he was a robot!) and fight with Poltergeist => fight smashes secret entrance to casino
Secret Casino: ACTION: the lazer roulette forces them in a game and tells about the mayor and that he was hanging out with the Gremlin and having debts. Access to volcano tunnels.
Volcano Tunnels: ACTION: rising lava and Batmen
Pirate Harbor: ACTION: Tenjohussen in whale, too many too confront diretly, have mayor as prisoner with them
Jungle: ACTION: flying deer and Rock Weird (that catapults PCs up to Gremlin Cloud if they are late) (WANDERING OFF SPACE, random encounters)
Vulcano Tip: INTERACTION: hard to spot volcano tunnels from inside funnel, but dissappearing flying deer gives hint
Gremlins Cloud: ACTION: Gremling attacks anyone entering his cloud on sight
TWIST 1: the contact person can't be found
TWIST 2: there is a secret entrance to volcano from Mayor's house
TWIST 3: the Tenjohussen pirates prepare to attack the village for slaves
Villain: Gremlin: he is behind the mayor's betrayal of his people, because he wants to get payed back his gaming debts
McGuffin: find their contact person Dusk in village
Village of Winterhaven: INTERACTION: Fishermen say a hooded stranger named Dusk hung out with mayor and tell that the mayor disappeared
"The Lazermead" (Village Bar): INTERACTION: Simera, the Talking Racoon hunter, hangs out here tells that her children are missing
Mayor's mansion: ACTION: find piece from Dusk (he was a robot!) and fight with Poltergeist => fight smashes secret entrance to casino
Secret Casino: ACTION: the lazer roulette forces them in a game and tells about the mayor and that he was hanging out with the Gremlin and having debts. Access to volcano tunnels.
Volcano Tunnels: ACTION: rising lava and Batmen
Pirate Harbor: ACTION: Tenjohussen in whale, too many too confront diretly, have mayor as prisoner with them
Jungle: ACTION: flying deer and Rock Weird (that catapults PCs up to Gremlin Cloud if they are late) (WANDERING OFF SPACE, random encounters)
Vulcano Tip: INTERACTION: hard to spot volcano tunnels from inside funnel, but dissappearing flying deer gives hint
Gremlins Cloud: ACTION: Gremling attacks anyone entering his cloud on sight
TWIST 1: the contact person can't be found
TWIST 2: there is a secret entrance to volcano from Mayor's house
TWIST 3: the Tenjohussen pirates prepare to attack the village for slaves
Villain: Gremlin: he is behind the mayor's betrayal of his people, because he wants to get payed back his gaming debts
McGuffin: find their contact person Dusk in village
Saturday, February 13, 2010
PPP Hospital as FAWS7 write up
This is my Plüsch, Power & Plunder one shot Hospital redone in Fast Adventure Writing Structure.
Mini locations:
Hospital room of PC's kid: ACTION: minions attack; Plush robot Dusk and Smurfette as victims
Hallway: ACTION: nurses (stompers) can spot them, random encounter table
Other kids' rooms: INTERACTION: mini stompers who can't leave bed, other victim plushes and their addiction
Toy room: INTERACTION: cat in cage
Nurse kitchen: ACTION: Weapons without getting caught by nurses; also KEY for laundry
Above the steerages: ACTION: Thing plush with KEY for laundry elevator
Laundry elevator: ACTION: Monster spider plush Shelob
Laundry room/basement: INTERACTION: addict Dusk and Smurfette reappear; Plush gamepad The Brain creates drugs
Operating room: INTERACTION: Prophet plush and more equipment
Boiler room: ACTION: evil nerd plush: Pin and his 3 Martial Arts Plush Pandas
Garden: ACTION: super dangerous cats in garden/woods (WANDER OFF AREA)
TWIST 1: kids die one after the other
TWIST 2: victim plushs are drug addicted traitors
TWIST 3: minions unleash the cat
TWIST evil plush want to kill kid of PCs to keep them in hospital forever
VILLAIN: The Pin controls minions and victims by being in charge of drug cartel. Wants new kids regularly to have more people to control.
McGuffin: Survival. Getting out of this Plush hell.
Mini locations:
Hospital room of PC's kid: ACTION: minions attack; Plush robot Dusk and Smurfette as victims
Hallway: ACTION: nurses (stompers) can spot them, random encounter table
Other kids' rooms: INTERACTION: mini stompers who can't leave bed, other victim plushes and their addiction
Toy room: INTERACTION: cat in cage
Nurse kitchen: ACTION: Weapons without getting caught by nurses; also KEY for laundry
Above the steerages: ACTION: Thing plush with KEY for laundry elevator
Laundry elevator: ACTION: Monster spider plush Shelob
Laundry room/basement: INTERACTION: addict Dusk and Smurfette reappear; Plush gamepad The Brain creates drugs
Operating room: INTERACTION: Prophet plush and more equipment
Boiler room: ACTION: evil nerd plush: Pin and his 3 Martial Arts Plush Pandas
Garden: ACTION: super dangerous cats in garden/woods (WANDER OFF AREA)
TWIST 1: kids die one after the other
TWIST 2: victim plushs are drug addicted traitors
TWIST 3: minions unleash the cat
TWIST evil plush want to kill kid of PCs to keep them in hospital forever
VILLAIN: The Pin controls minions and victims by being in charge of drug cartel. Wants new kids regularly to have more people to control.
McGuffin: Survival. Getting out of this Plush hell.
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