Bi-Weekly EMU Monday Night RPG Recruitment [LONG]
Zhaleskra
meeting at Eastern Michigan University. Kaz has mentioned interest and
is also helping me recruit players. My initial plan was to try the
"grab bag" approach because I am a connoisseur of multiple systems; it
didn't work because it seems (and I prefer it this way) that players
like to know the hook before they sign up. I still plan on offering a
"grab bag" style, this time through adventure seeds with the one with
the most votes winning. So, here they are.
Title: Outpost Qether
System/Setting: Dungeons & Dragons 3.5/Diomin
Races: Arak, Gnolaum, Hearthom, Human (either Tirasim or Zeredite)
Level: 3rd
Required Books: Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook v3.5
Optional Books: Diomin Worldbook, Oriental Adventures (Gnolaum only,
restrictions apply), State of the Nations Volume One: The Gadianti &
Hearthom (Hearthom section), The Shaman (Diomin)
Additional special rules apply
You're either Tirasim soldiers stationed at Qether, or you're severing
a sentence for a minor crime in this outpost. For the soldiers, you
wonder if there's any reason to keep this outpost in "the middle of
nowhere". Convicts, it's awfully weird that you were sent to a remote
prison for minor crimes. Is there any reason to keep this outpost?
It's probably meant as a convention one-shot or a springboard for
other adventures in the dark fantasy world of Diomin.
Title: The Profane Joke
System/Setting: In Nomine
An angel and a demon who've buddied up are causing problems for both
Heaven and Hell. The diabolical believes that the Rebellion was staged
by God and that Lucifer is loyal to God to this day. On the holy side
of the trouble, the angel believes that Lucifer and his angels were
created evil from the beginning; and is starting to question God's
"goodness". What's worse is that they're both winning followers on
Earth. Could this spell the end of the Celestial Cold War and break
out in a new Rebellion? Will you restore the Symphony, side with the
heretics, or do something else entirely?
Title: Children of Lyoko
Setting/System: BESM d20 or Tri-Stat dX (d8)
You are the children of the characters from the original series. XANA
was defeated by your parents and Lyoko is now used as an officially
recognized network used primarily as an MMOG by students of Kadic
academy. Jeremie Belpois created portable scanners that enable at-home
virtualization. Because XANA was defeated, there was no point in
shutting down the supercomputers. The supercomputers now pose a new
threat of overprotection, and important missions require
virtualization at the factory for reasons Mr. Belpois has yet to
discern.
Title: Over Tumbrayne Falls
Setting/System: World Tree
You've just graduated from college or magical academy, finished your
guard terms, or completed your knighthood training. It's the first
week of Gift Fall, and the universities and magical academies are on
break. City guards are relaxed except for the occasional monster that
tries to make it into Ovirucci. Actually, it's pretty boring and you'd
like to have some fun before Hresh-Huu's extremes rush in for winter.
That's when you start hearing the rumors of monsters casing your city-
state.
Title: Rebirth
Setting/System: World Tree
The population of Ovirucci is dwindling, as stories of those who
practice Mentador - the Art of the mind - are being murdered (often
repeatedly) for even perceived minor slights. Both The Brilliant Order
of Enlightenment - a rather new knighthood - and the Ovirucci branch
of the Legeriat would like to see this brought to an end. It just so
happens that you've been given a month off from your jobs to
recooperate.
The government and the knighthood know that Mentador has many morally
suspect uses and also that it can be a useful Art when applied
appropriately. Only those who abuse its power deserve punishment.
You have been asked by both bodies to gather information on those who
boast of repeatedly killing Mentador mages, arrest them without
knocking them out or killing them if possible and only once if killing
becomes necessary except in the case of bound spells. Rescue the
victims of lynchings, return with news and prisoners if possible.
Title: The Trouble with Spiritmail
Setting/System: World Tree
Required Advantages: Minor Nobility, Rich Family, Family Connections,
or Major Nobility, and Medium Curse
Aricoo oa Tenmen, a renowned smith has developed a means to replace
missing body parts with living metal. This has become the in vogue
method of body part replacement among those who can drop the amber on
it. For the first few months of his practice the rich and nobles who
received the procedure had only changed externally. More recent
patients seem to be fine for the first few days, but then seem to go
crazy within a few weeks. By itself that would be no reason for
concern. As it is, you were recent patients so now it's personal.