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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:27:00 -0900
From: Abrigon Gusiq <abr...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do
the "monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka
Star Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best
security protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some
how, a nanite virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4
years, to infect most of the human population, who did things normally
until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and
the like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons,
Vampires, what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as
well as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of
the world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for
example. Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very
wrong, with most resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week
crushed. Any resistance was brutally and totally whipped out, and not
just the resistors, but the area around them. To include families of
those who resisted, often before the eyes of the one resisting, to see
their family ate by the aliens and others, and worse. (see Rape of
Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and
tech and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more
Earthers away, for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some
possible examples put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is
created, and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal
occupation, and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks
(Alaska ya know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up
of a variety of beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal
profession of a normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for
now 2nd level of class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low
level), racial, and such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow
in mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since
they have forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and
magic for all purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either
leaders of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need
some help in fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a
D20 Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into
domains, that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial
property is not messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be
LETHAL. Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access
to SGs or like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as
star gates are availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a
clerk who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe
house, or a full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running
from place to place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with
no surviving family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why
he/she/it is a resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the
players want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for
example), or class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more
exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players
have to leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites,
who seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or
just different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this
drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up
power levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work
on infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and
carry the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and
Humanity (in what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero
fans), for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not
totally dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the
classic undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks
against them, will not work, but they are also not as strong as a
classic vampire/etc, and they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru
a vampires heart will put their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and
more into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do
it originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so
will see what I can come up with.
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:40:06 -0500
From: "Brennos" <bre...@unavowed.net>
Subject: RE: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Couple of thoughts
1. how does the nanite virus infect the alien invaders? Does it create
a rare super race of shock troops, does it debilitate a specific group
making them want to quarantine earth for all time?
2. how bout trying a Caste system for the aliens, have a couple
subraces under the leaders, and then add their followers, and possibly
human turncoats at the bottom.
3. human resistance movements would have tried to steal/duplicate some
of the alien tech, they would need labs and facilities for such. You
could use this as a plot line. The resistance could have some funky
stuff the aliens haven't seen (combining our tech with theirs).
4. the possibility that the nanite virus was created by an enemy of the
aliens attempting to give the human race a weapon to fight the aliens
with is possible. Something akin to the hand gizmos of the Ghould from
stargate. The power source is inside the player, but the weapon simply
focus' the power.
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Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do
the "monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka
Star Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best
security protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some
how, a nanite virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4
years, to infect most of the human population, who did things normally
until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and
the like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons,
Vampires, what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as
well as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of
the world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for
example. Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very
wrong, with most resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week
crushed. Any resistance was brutally and totally whipped out, and not
just the resistors, but the area around them. To include families of
those who resisted, often before the eyes of the one resisting, to see
their family ate by the aliens and others, and worse. (see Rape of
Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and
tech and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more
Earthers away, for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some
possible examples put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is
created, and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal
occupation, and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks
(Alaska ya know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up
of a variety of beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal
profession of a normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for
now 2nd level of class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low
level), racial, and such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow
in mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since
they have forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and
magic for all purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either
leaders of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need
some help in fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a
D20 Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into
domains, that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial
property is not messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be
LETHAL. Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access
to SGs or like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as
star gates are availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a
clerk who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe
house, or a full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running
from place to place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with
no surviving family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why
he/she/it is a resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the
players want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for
example), or class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more
exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players
have to leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites,
who seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or
just different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this
drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up
power levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work
on infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and
carry the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and
Humanity (in what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero
fans), for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not
totally dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the
classic undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks
against them, will not work, but they are also not as strong as a
classic vampire/etc, and they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru
a vampires heart will put their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and
more into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do
it originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so
will see what I can come up with.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:15:52 -0700
From: "Dave M" <DinD...@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Hi!
Maybe the aliens rule like Genghis Khan. In other words they have aliens
from other world come to rule the domains of Earth. That way the ruler and
the ruled never get to know/trust each other.
What do you mean by immortal? Like Highlander or like demon/angel or..?
Some of the human/changed earth slaves will be resistance fighters. How
will the party interact with them. How do they transmit their findings/get
protection from the resistance movement.
How do so-called normal-humans interact with the changed people? How did
they act before the invasion? Any kind of racial hatred will be a great
source of internal conflict for the resistance
Perhaps the n-virus was sent by the invaders to sow discord and unrest
among it's target
Perhaps the n-virus was designed on a world in which the people looked
like dwarves, elves, etc. In order that when they make first contact with
earth and other world, they will be more readily accepted
Spycraft-style missions will include: recon, infiltration, investigating
potential inside agents, meeting potential inside agents, turning potential
inside agents, delivering orders to inside agents, receiving info from
inside agents, extracting agents, rescuing agents. And counter intelligence
(finding agents in your organization). How does the resistance do this now?
How will the expect the players to change that. What changes to that will
they not allow? How do the invades deal with that? What precautions do they
normally take. How will they change them if the players expose their mission
to public/invader scrutiny?
Caste system works for story purposes. It makes it easy for the invaders
to see what is going on and know what people are supposed to be doing (e.g.,
what is an engineering dwarf doing in the elven medical facility?). And it
provides the resistance with an "in". If they can identify someone who does
not want to be in the caste they are born into (a gnome who wants to be a
basketball player for instance), then they can more easily turn him.
Another way to go besides caste system is Chinese-style entrance exams.
Where each profession has some sort of test that a prospective student must
pass in order to be taught any of its secrets.
Can the gates be used to travel from one place on earth to another? What
prevents the earthlings from using the gates to infiltrate invader ships?
What defenses do the invaders have against magic? For instance how do they
prevent an illusionist from making an exact duplicate of an invader and
gaining near unlimited access to invader facilities?
What facilities do the invaders have? Are their earth military bases?
Internment camps? Governors palaces? Or are the facilities of the invaders
all on space ships?
How has religion changed with the existence of changed humans and alien
lifeforms? Have the invaders used religion or suppressed religion because of
the new changes or lack there of?
How do the aliens keep the whole population from uprising? Are there more
luxuries? Is there more sports? Is there some sort of coliseum system? How
do the aliens keeps earthlings minds off of the occupation?
Good luck,
Dave M
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Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do the
"monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka Star
Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best security
protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some how, a nanite
virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4 years, to infect
most of the human population, who did things normally until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and the
like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons, Vampires,
what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as well
as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of the
world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for example.
Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very wrong, with most
resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week crushed. Any resistance
was brutally and totally whipped out, and not just the resistors, but the
area around them. To include families of those who resisted, often before
the eyes of the one resisting, to see their family ate by the aliens and
others, and worse. (see Rape of Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for
ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and tech
and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more Earthers away,
for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some possible examples
put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is created,
and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal occupation,
and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks (Alaska ya
know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up of a variety of
beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal profession of a
normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for now 2nd level of
class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low level), racial, and
such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow in
mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since they have
forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and magic for all
purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either leaders
of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need some help in
fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a D20
Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into domains,
that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial property is not
messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be LETHAL.
Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access to SGs or
like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as star gates are
availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a clerk
who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe house, or a
full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running from place to
place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with no surviving
family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why he/she/it is a
resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the players
want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for example), or
class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players have to
leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites, who
seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or just
different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up power
levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work on
infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and carry
the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and Humanity (in
what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero fans),
for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not totally
dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the classic
undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks against them,
will not work, but they are also not as strong as a classic vampire/etc, and
they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru a vampires heart will put
their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and more
into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do it
originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so will see
what I can come up with.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:44:53 -0700
From: "Dave M" <DinD...@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Hi!
Thought of more factors:
What about nationalism? Are there people in the resistance who will only
take missions that uphold American ideals/interests? A sort of "I am saving
America, the rest of the world can fend for itself" attitude? How many
people feel like that? Have they joined the same resistance group that the
players have? Or have they formed a second resistance group with a slightly
different agenda?
What about previously suppressed nations (like Native Americans, Eskimos,
Kurds, Ainu, Palestinians, Israelis, Tibetans, etc.)? Are they able to fight
to get their lands back? For instance, will the invaders see Tibet's efforts
to retake a barely usable mountain range worth sending troops to? Will the
allow, deny or ignore China from sending troops to prevent that? Is there
any change in how the so-called suppressed nations are treated after the
change, but before the invasion, and how about after the invasion. People
have a long memory. If groups used their new found magic powers to oppress
suppressed nations or to fight the so-called oppressors, this will not be so
easily forgotten, even under the shadow of an alien invasion.
Can Vampires feed on Alien blood? If the Vampires cannot drink alien
blood, how do they exist as part of the resistance? If they can drink alien
blood, do they? Or would that attract too much attention from the alien
shock troops? What about weres, can they contain there bestial rampage
enough to stay under the aliens notice? Do the aliens tolerate the outbreaks
of vicious animal attacks, or do the weres have to move around from town to
town to avoid persecution?
And what about travel restrictions, education and information distribution
(like internet and TV news)? Are they alien controlled or forbidden or..?
Especially in a highly roleplay-centric campaign, these sorts of facts
make or break the players ability to get into the game world you are making
and allow/deny them the ability to act their role.
Good luck,
Dave M
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Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do the
"monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka Star
Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best security
protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some how, a nanite
virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4 years, to infect
most of the human population, who did things normally until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and the
like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons, Vampires,
what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as well
as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of the
world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for example.
Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very wrong, with most
resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week crushed. Any resistance
was brutally and totally whipped out, and not just the resistors, but the
area around them. To include families of those who resisted, often before
the eyes of the one resisting, to see their family ate by the aliens and
others, and worse. (see Rape of Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for
ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and tech
and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more Earthers away,
for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some possible examples
put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is created,
and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal occupation,
and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks (Alaska ya
know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up of a variety of
beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal profession of a
normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for now 2nd level of
class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low level), racial, and
such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow in
mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since they have
forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and magic for all
purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either leaders
of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need some help in
fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a D20
Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into domains,
that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial property is not
messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be LETHAL.
Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access to SGs or
like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as star gates are
availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a clerk
who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe house, or a
full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running from place to
place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with no surviving
family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why he/she/it is a
resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the players
want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for example), or
class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players have to
leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites, who
seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or just
different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up power
levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work on
infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and carry
the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and Humanity (in
what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero fans),
for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not totally
dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the classic
undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks against them,
will not work, but they are also not as strong as a classic vampire/etc, and
they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru a vampires heart will put
their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and more
into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do it
originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so will see
what I can come up with.
- Do not blame me for your problems - Joshua
(I wrote some of it but not sure if all of it?)
Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:27:00 -0900
From: Abrigon Gusiq <abr...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do
the "monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka
Star Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best
security protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some
how, a nanite virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4
years, to infect most of the human population, who did things normally
until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and
the like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons,
Vampires, what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as
well as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of
the world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for
example. Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very
wrong, with most resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week
crushed. Any resistance was brutally and totally whipped out, and not
just the resistors, but the area around them. To include families of
those who resisted, often before the eyes of the one resisting, to see
their family ate by the aliens and others, and worse. (see Rape of
Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and
tech and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more
Earthers away, for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some
possible examples put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is
created, and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal
occupation, and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks
(Alaska ya know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up
of a variety of beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal
profession of a normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for
now 2nd level of class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low
level), racial, and such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow
in mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since
they have forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and
magic for all purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either
leaders of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need
some help in fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a
D20 Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into
domains, that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial
property is not messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be
LETHAL. Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access
to SGs or like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as
star gates are availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a
clerk who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe
house, or a full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running
from place to place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with
no surviving family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why
he/she/it is a resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the
players want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for
example), or class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more
exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players
have to leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites,
who seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or
just different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this
drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up
power levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work
on infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and
carry the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and
Humanity (in what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero
fans), for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not
totally dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the
classic undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks
against them, will not work, but they are also not as strong as a
classic vampire/etc, and they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru
a vampires heart will put their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and
more into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do
it originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so
will see what I can come up with.
________________________________________________________________________
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:40:06 -0500
From: "Brennos" <bre...@unavowed.net>
Subject: RE: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Couple of thoughts
1. how does the nanite virus infect the alien invaders? Does it create
a rare super race of shock troops, does it debilitate a specific group
making them want to quarantine earth for all time?
2. how bout trying a Caste system for the aliens, have a couple
subraces under the leaders, and then add their followers, and possibly
human turncoats at the bottom.
3. human resistance movements would have tried to steal/duplicate some
of the alien tech, they would need labs and facilities for such. You
could use this as a plot line. The resistance could have some funky
stuff the aliens haven't seen (combining our tech with theirs).
4. the possibility that the nanite virus was created by an enemy of the
aliens attempting to give the human race a weapon to fight the aliens
with is possible. Something akin to the hand gizmos of the Ghould from
stargate. The power source is inside the player, but the weapon simply
focus' the power.
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Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do
the "monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka
Star Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best
security protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some
how, a nanite virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4
years, to infect most of the human population, who did things normally
until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and
the like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons,
Vampires, what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as
well as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of
the world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for
example. Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very
wrong, with most resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week
crushed. Any resistance was brutally and totally whipped out, and not
just the resistors, but the area around them. To include families of
those who resisted, often before the eyes of the one resisting, to see
their family ate by the aliens and others, and worse. (see Rape of
Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and
tech and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more
Earthers away, for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some
possible examples put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is
created, and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal
occupation, and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks
(Alaska ya know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up
of a variety of beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal
profession of a normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for
now 2nd level of class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low
level), racial, and such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow
in mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since
they have forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and
magic for all purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either
leaders of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need
some help in fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a
D20 Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into
domains, that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial
property is not messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be
LETHAL. Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access
to SGs or like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as
star gates are availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a
clerk who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe
house, or a full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running
from place to place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with
no surviving family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why
he/she/it is a resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the
players want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for
example), or class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more
exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players
have to leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites,
who seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or
just different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this
drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up
power levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work
on infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and
carry the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and
Humanity (in what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero
fans), for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not
totally dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the
classic undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks
against them, will not work, but they are also not as strong as a
classic vampire/etc, and they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru
a vampires heart will put their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and
more into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do
it originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so
will see what I can come up with.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:15:52 -0700
From: "Dave M" <DinD...@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Hi!
Maybe the aliens rule like Genghis Khan. In other words they have aliens
from other world come to rule the domains of Earth. That way the ruler and
the ruled never get to know/trust each other.
What do you mean by immortal? Like Highlander or like demon/angel or..?
Some of the human/changed earth slaves will be resistance fighters. How
will the party interact with them. How do they transmit their findings/get
protection from the resistance movement.
How do so-called normal-humans interact with the changed people? How did
they act before the invasion? Any kind of racial hatred will be a great
source of internal conflict for the resistance
Perhaps the n-virus was sent by the invaders to sow discord and unrest
among it's target
Perhaps the n-virus was designed on a world in which the people looked
like dwarves, elves, etc. In order that when they make first contact with
earth and other world, they will be more readily accepted
Spycraft-style missions will include: recon, infiltration, investigating
potential inside agents, meeting potential inside agents, turning potential
inside agents, delivering orders to inside agents, receiving info from
inside agents, extracting agents, rescuing agents. And counter intelligence
(finding agents in your organization). How does the resistance do this now?
How will the expect the players to change that. What changes to that will
they not allow? How do the invades deal with that? What precautions do they
normally take. How will they change them if the players expose their mission
to public/invader scrutiny?
Caste system works for story purposes. It makes it easy for the invaders
to see what is going on and know what people are supposed to be doing (e.g.,
what is an engineering dwarf doing in the elven medical facility?). And it
provides the resistance with an "in". If they can identify someone who does
not want to be in the caste they are born into (a gnome who wants to be a
basketball player for instance), then they can more easily turn him.
Another way to go besides caste system is Chinese-style entrance exams.
Where each profession has some sort of test that a prospective student must
pass in order to be taught any of its secrets.
Can the gates be used to travel from one place on earth to another? What
prevents the earthlings from using the gates to infiltrate invader ships?
What defenses do the invaders have against magic? For instance how do they
prevent an illusionist from making an exact duplicate of an invader and
gaining near unlimited access to invader facilities?
What facilities do the invaders have? Are their earth military bases?
Internment camps? Governors palaces? Or are the facilities of the invaders
all on space ships?
How has religion changed with the existence of changed humans and alien
lifeforms? Have the invaders used religion or suppressed religion because of
the new changes or lack there of?
How do the aliens keep the whole population from uprising? Are there more
luxuries? Is there more sports? Is there some sort of coliseum system? How
do the aliens keeps earthlings minds off of the occupation?
Good luck,
Dave M
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Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do the
"monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka Star
Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best security
protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some how, a nanite
virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4 years, to infect
most of the human population, who did things normally until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and the
like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons, Vampires,
what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as well
as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of the
world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for example.
Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very wrong, with most
resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week crushed. Any resistance
was brutally and totally whipped out, and not just the resistors, but the
area around them. To include families of those who resisted, often before
the eyes of the one resisting, to see their family ate by the aliens and
others, and worse. (see Rape of Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for
ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and tech
and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more Earthers away,
for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some possible examples
put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is created,
and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal occupation,
and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks (Alaska ya
know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up of a variety of
beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal profession of a
normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for now 2nd level of
class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low level), racial, and
such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow in
mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since they have
forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and magic for all
purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either leaders
of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need some help in
fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a D20
Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into domains,
that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial property is not
messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be LETHAL.
Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access to SGs or
like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as star gates are
availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a clerk
who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe house, or a
full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running from place to
place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with no surviving
family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why he/she/it is a
resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the players
want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for example), or
class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players have to
leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites, who
seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or just
different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up power
levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work on
infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and carry
the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and Humanity (in
what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero fans),
for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not totally
dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the classic
undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks against them,
will not work, but they are also not as strong as a classic vampire/etc, and
they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru a vampires heart will put
their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and more
into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do it
originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so will see
what I can come up with.
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:44:53 -0700
From: "Dave M" <DinD...@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Hi!
Thought of more factors:
What about nationalism? Are there people in the resistance who will only
take missions that uphold American ideals/interests? A sort of "I am saving
America, the rest of the world can fend for itself" attitude? How many
people feel like that? Have they joined the same resistance group that the
players have? Or have they formed a second resistance group with a slightly
different agenda?
What about previously suppressed nations (like Native Americans, Eskimos,
Kurds, Ainu, Palestinians, Israelis, Tibetans, etc.)? Are they able to fight
to get their lands back? For instance, will the invaders see Tibet's efforts
to retake a barely usable mountain range worth sending troops to? Will the
allow, deny or ignore China from sending troops to prevent that? Is there
any change in how the so-called suppressed nations are treated after the
change, but before the invasion, and how about after the invasion. People
have a long memory. If groups used their new found magic powers to oppress
suppressed nations or to fight the so-called oppressors, this will not be so
easily forgotten, even under the shadow of an alien invasion.
Can Vampires feed on Alien blood? If the Vampires cannot drink alien
blood, how do they exist as part of the resistance? If they can drink alien
blood, do they? Or would that attract too much attention from the alien
shock troops? What about weres, can they contain there bestial rampage
enough to stay under the aliens notice? Do the aliens tolerate the outbreaks
of vicious animal attacks, or do the weres have to move around from town to
town to avoid persecution?
And what about travel restrictions, education and information distribution
(like internet and TV news)? Are they alien controlled or forbidden or..?
Especially in a highly roleplay-centric campaign, these sorts of facts
make or break the players ability to get into the game world you are making
and allow/deny them the ability to act their role.
Good luck,
Dave M
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Subject: Need help with Game/Monsters/Scenario
Looking for some help with a world/universe design, as well as how to do the
"monsters" in it..
Timeline:
c.2000 US and likely other nations, find a way to create worm holes aka Star
Gates and proceed to explore the universe and used the best security
protocols available, problem is, they were not enough. Some how, a nanite
virus got thru the filters and proceeded over the next 4 years, to infect
most of the human population, who did things normally until one day.
c.2004, the Weird Nite, when the bug woke up and changed people. Changed
them from normal humans to all sorts of odd things (shades of Aces and the
like virus). Be it Orcs, Elves, Supers (low level so far), Demons, Vampires,
what ever.
c. 2006 The aliens, invaded via the "star gates" that the earth had, as well
as some of their own they had smuggled on to the larger islands of the
world. Kodiak, Madagascar, Britain, New Zealand (south island) for example.
Earth went to sleep "normal" and woke to a world gone very wrong, with most
resistance to the invasion crushed or within a week crushed. Any resistance
was brutally and totally whipped out, and not just the resistors, but the
area around them. To include families of those who resisted, often before
the eyes of the one resisting, to see their family ate by the aliens and
others, and worse. (see Rape of Nanking, Fall of Hong Kong and Singapore for
ideas).
And then the horror began. The Aliens maintained the status quo, and tech
and like, but it slowly changes, as they took more and more Earthers away,
for what ever reason (experiments/slavery/food are some possible examples
put forward)..
c.2008 CN-ELF (Confederation of Nations - Earth Liberation Force is created,
and slowly builds contacts, after all Earth is under a brutal occupation,
and some of the future members have long time animosity.
Players for my game are soon to be members of the local Fairbanks (Alaska ya
know, but darker) area cell of the CN-ELF, they are made up of a variety of
beings, but mostly for now, are 10th level in a normal profession of a
normal earth class (Spy craft/Modern), but then are for now 2nd level of
class in a post fall class, be it magical, super (low level), racial, and
such.
Mecha are possible. Vampires and Lupine are possible (low level).
Trying to use Spycraft and like Stats OGL and all..
Aliens: (D20 Future or ?).
The Leaders: They are for all purposes very pale elves, much like Drow in
mind set, but not for Lolth, and with high tech. Especially since they have
forgotten how the tech works and accept it as god given, and magic for all
purposes.
Shock Troops: Your basic Ogre like being, but who is I believe CR 12 or
higher, has access to high tech, is lawful, they serve their masters the
Leaders, and they have four arms and ambidextrous. They are either leaders
of lesser forces, or as shock troops of the Leader Aliens. Need some help in
fleshing them out, stats and abilities and like.
Lesser forces, are normally subjected aliens, can be substituted for a D20
Magic race that has higher tech, and no magic.. Looking for ideas..
Also could be locally recruited slaves who wish to gain their freedom.
Satraps: Nicely the aliens leaders, quickly divided the planet into domains,
that each lord controls and governs. As long as Imperial property is not
messed with, the Empire does not get involved.
Concepts that are possible or likely.
SG1 but a lot more brutal, and repressive. Game is designed to be LETHAL.
Part of why using Spycraft rules sub-set. With possible access to SGs or
like tech. PCs need a good dose of reality of late. Such as star gates are
availble, but not quite yet.
Players are guerillas/resistance fighters, and this can mean, just a clerk
who allows his place to be used as a drop, or meeting house/safe house, or a
full blown guerilla, who often lives off the land, running from place to
place, hounded by the enemy, death at any turn, often with no surviving
family (likely family killed by the aliens, and why he/she/it is a
resistance fighter).
Levels are 10th modern/spy craft, and then 2 levels of what ever the players
want, with in reason. Be they racial (2 levels of ogre for example), or
class (2 levels of paladin or mage, or cleric or other more exotic classes)
High Tech, not accessible unless the players take it from the alien
overlords, or create it themselves, and with the Earth going to "hell"
quickly, what Earth has, may be gone soon. This may mean the players have to
leave earth to carry on the fight, will see.
Earth tech is still there, but it is slowly fading.
Changing Virus is really or likely just some very weird/mutated nanites, who
seem to have come to earth for a purpose, not sure if counter to or just
different than the Alien overlords. Possible other parties in this drama.
Power sourse for now, is what ever the nanites can produce from the PCs
body, or from what they recieve and convert from radio and like waves..
They can be very efficient, and PCs like have to eat alot to keep up power
levels.
Players are I hope, to set up a base in Mount Denali (McKinkley) to work on
infiltrating the enemy, gather new cells of resistance fighters, and carry
the battle to the enemy as much as possible. ONE DAY EARTH and Humanity (in
what ever form) will rule again.
But first game, they were contacted by local resistance, to retrieve a
member, from the local lock up, the aliens don't know what/who they have
yet, and knowing the Players, it is likely to be bloody, will see..
Classes so far:
Well any you can find in Spy Craft/Modern books (D20 sorry Gurps/Hero fans),
for the pre-change world. And most any in the post, that is not totally
dependent on "Real" magic. But magic is simulated (Arthur C.
Clarke ya know)
Vampires, Lupine/Werecreatures/shapechangers, Immortals, Supers (low
level) exist, just they are not undead and like, atleast not as the classic
undead are, to include weaknesses. Some of the classic attacks against them,
will not work, but they are also not as strong as a classic vampire/etc, and
they are not undead (per se). Wooden steak thru a vampires heart will put
their nanite colony in suspension for now..
Lupine, are slow to convert or .. not sure how to do it, will see..
Comments welcome..
Not my normal style of game, normally I don't go beyond 12th level, and more
into the lighter side of things..
PS: Sorry for any bad grammer, just types this on the fly, well, did do it
originally in word, but then typed in more.. Gaming this Friday, so will see
what I can come up with.
- Do not blame me for your problems - Joshua
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