HyveMynd
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Post by HyveMynd on Dec 15, 2013 17:33:00 GMT -8
In this installment of Rogues, we discuss the criminal underworld’s UPS drivers: smugglers. But you won’t see Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp, Nathan Fillion and Pam Grier caught dead in any unflattering brown uniforms. Or that van. And they probably would never ask anyone to sign for a package. Okay, the analogy is breaking down.
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Post by heavymetaljess on Jan 10, 2014 10:59:19 GMT -8
For a good reference of a smuggler with a willing carrier, check out Orange is the New Black. One of the main characters, Alex Vause, uses her girlfriend to help her run drugs. They are a team and would make a fun duo for a game - especially for connected player characters. Which goes back to the comment of playing a group of smugglers... maybe I will have to steal that idea.
I especially like the idea of smuggling magic, as this is very applicable to our game world. We also have a country with "only clerics allowed." Wizards hidden in the country may need rare spell components or illegal books that the smugglers could deal.
My current game has a government-acknowledged group of rogues: The Hammer Handed. They are an organized crime corporation that smuggle, run the black market, deal in secrets, plan assassinations, etc. They have some laws they must follow to be allowed to function and are pretty much the left hand of the noble class. They're a great source of information for PC's that prefer the underground to trusting the government. As an added bonus, the PC's can find hirelings at their headquarters.
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Lyal
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Preferred Game Systems: World of Darkness, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, Battletech, GURPS, DC Heroes, TORG, Dungeons & Dragons, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Star Wars 6D
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Post by Lyal on Jan 15, 2014 18:13:15 GMT -8
Government acknowledged? Sounds like that would make a good political game.
We don't get Orange Is the New Black here in Japan, but we do get Revolution. (Why?) We'll see if we can legally find it on the Internet.
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