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Post by Malex on Jul 27, 2014 9:42:52 GMT -8
I have been running an SR4 campaign off and on for about 6 months now and am looking for some ideas for future plot threads. The PCs are all squatters living in The Verge section of the Redmond Barrens and began to organize other squatters in a kind of Hobo Kingdom to fend off raiding parties of gangers, ghouls, insane magicians, and other threats that the Sixth World has to offer in the less savory parts. At where we last left off the one PC who was the Hobo King, has been deposed and shut out of the old apartment complex that is where all of the squatters are living. Sadly, I'm kind of tapped on ideas for the game so I'm shelving it for a little while and planning to GM a FATE game.
I'm sure that the community here has some ideas, and for this game the crazier the better because this is supposed to be a completely different kind of game using Shadowrun as the setting.
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Post by yojimbohawkins on Jul 27, 2014 22:31:10 GMT -8
How about awakened critters? Maybe there's an infestation of nasty bugs, which might bring on the attendant paranoia about insect spirits.
Or better yet, what if a wendingo or vampire was behind deposing the Hobo King? (By the way, does he have a hobo princess? ;D)
Maybe the power-that-be are going to try yet another gentrification program in the Barrens, and Lone Star are going to clear the area your group are in? Urban warfare is pretty normal in the Barrens, but added gunships, panzers and coppers armed to the teeth will up the ante for the players.
I'd have a local gang war running in the background as well, just to add extra tension!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 18:33:42 GMT -8
How about any of the following:
Cyber doc is setting up in a nearby building. Friend or foe. Security company clears a building. People caught in the cross-fire? Are they looking for someone? Gang comes in looking for new turf. Shadowrunner takes refuge after a run goes bad. Will the community help? Are people looking for the runner? Local water supply gets tainted/diverted. How to get it back/new source? Smog alarm for several days causes food shortage. How to handle the issues? Awakened critter starts eating the squatters - they are scared, but not sure of what. Five or six HMVV critters move into area, and start eating the locals - and new infection spreads. Corp discovers that the area has a good source of mineral/material that could be utilized if only those pesky people were out of the way.
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Post by Malex on Nov 2, 2014 9:06:52 GMT -8
You guys really have it. I had begun to throw in a lot of these elements, but the idea of a vampire being present is pretty awesome and might fit in well with somethings.
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Post by Malex on Nov 2, 2014 9:12:42 GMT -8
To date the scenarios I threw at the party were 1) power goes out and riots began, this led to a blown up Stuffer Shack. 2) the search for a sustainable food source led to trade negotiations with the plastic jungle community, after saving the son of the overseer from a magical ritual that an insane magician thought would bring back to life his dead daughter. 3) ghouls prey on the community leading the party into a Tamanous distribution site.
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Post by Malex on Nov 2, 2014 9:15:43 GMT -8
Also to restore power to their community the party took out a Rusted Stilettos hang out that was also the recording studio for snuff BTLs featuring homeless people being exposed to high levels of radiation.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 21:01:36 GMT -8
Sounds like you have a good game going!
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Post by Malex on Nov 20, 2014 11:14:02 GMT -8
I just wish I hadn't put it on hiatus due to the party splitting into 3 groups. I'm trying to figure out how to get it back on track, but exploring other games at this time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 18:31:02 GMT -8
Advance the story by a period of time, explain what each group has accomplished. Work in new characters and have old ones die off (those who quit or want to change characters). Have a grand relaunch game, where everyone starts in the middle of a fight.
That'd be my suggestion, anyway.
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