Post by crusssdaddy on Dec 7, 2008 22:18:19 GMT -6
Some initial notes for a small adventure I'm planning:
A mysterious Space Alien vessel has crashed to earth, and the PCs are railroaded by the Referee into exploring it!
There are three factions pitted against one another aboard the downed Black Ark – each faction will attack the other two (and any PCs believed to be cooperating with them) on sight. The PCs may be offered a chance to ally with one or more of these factions and may accept, decline, or ignore such offers:
Space Aliens: This is a rather small Black Ark, by the standards of such things, and the Space Alien crew is inexperienced and poorly armed. Their numbers have been greatly reduced – several of the crew (including the ArkLord) were killed in the crash, and dozens more were slain in ambushes by the other two factions. They are clustered in the main bridge and scattered throughout the rest of the vessel, and are led by an officer named ‘Wuxxx’.
The Space Aliens are interested in regaining control of the vessel, repairing the damage, and getting off the ground.
The Space Aliens know that the Irrationalists have succeeded in summoning something terrible, but have yet to encounter it directly. They will immediately recognize that the PCs are not from among the human captives, and if given the chance they will offer an alliance – if the PCs can help them secure the vessel and get the Black Ark flying again, they can take them anywhere on the planet they like. Should they become allies, they will not share any of their weapons or technology with the PCs, but nor will they attempt to seize any that the PCs may have found elsewhere on the vessel.
Irrationalist Space Aliens: Led by an Irrationalist sorcerer named ‘Incorixxx’, this small group of cultists is responsible for the downing of the Black Ark. Incorixxx managed to summon the God of the Primal Void, who thereafter embarked on a frenzy of destruction on the vessel (it froze several critical systems), thus forcing the crash landing. They hold the two engine rooms, and the surrounding areas, while their God lurks in the smashed and darkened hangar bay.
Incorix seeks to perform the binding ritual The Mad Domination of the Void, but needs to gather two more Black Men as sacrifices. Thus far, the Irrationalists have been unable to make headway against the human captives, and are now considering an attack on the main bridge, where at least they can exterminate their ‘brothers’.
The Irrationalists will also recognize that the PCs are not from among the human captives, and may attempt to gain their trust. If the PCs look or act the chaotic type, they will seek the PCs’ help in overcoming the other factions and effecting the binding of the God. However, if at any time Incorixxx can perform The Mad Domination of the Void by using one or more of the PCs as sacrifices, he will not hesitate to lure the PCs into an ambush to accomplish their seizure.
Human Captives: These are humans of all races and from widely scattered locations around the planet, abducted for reasons unknown to them, who have now broken loose and banded together against their Space Alien captors. ‘The Intemperate Jest’, a neutral Bone Man Swashbuckler, leads them. They have spread widely from the slave pens, and occupy much of the middle level.
The human captives seek only to flee the Black Ark and make their way to familiar lands.
Unless they witness behavior to the contrary, the human captives will assume the PCs are hostile to all Space Aliens, and will readily ally with them. They will insist that getting off the Black Ark is the only productive course of action, and will work in any logical direction to accomplish that goal.
A mysterious Space Alien vessel has crashed to earth, and the PCs are railroaded by the Referee into exploring it!
There are three factions pitted against one another aboard the downed Black Ark – each faction will attack the other two (and any PCs believed to be cooperating with them) on sight. The PCs may be offered a chance to ally with one or more of these factions and may accept, decline, or ignore such offers:
Space Aliens: This is a rather small Black Ark, by the standards of such things, and the Space Alien crew is inexperienced and poorly armed. Their numbers have been greatly reduced – several of the crew (including the ArkLord) were killed in the crash, and dozens more were slain in ambushes by the other two factions. They are clustered in the main bridge and scattered throughout the rest of the vessel, and are led by an officer named ‘Wuxxx’.
The Space Aliens are interested in regaining control of the vessel, repairing the damage, and getting off the ground.
The Space Aliens know that the Irrationalists have succeeded in summoning something terrible, but have yet to encounter it directly. They will immediately recognize that the PCs are not from among the human captives, and if given the chance they will offer an alliance – if the PCs can help them secure the vessel and get the Black Ark flying again, they can take them anywhere on the planet they like. Should they become allies, they will not share any of their weapons or technology with the PCs, but nor will they attempt to seize any that the PCs may have found elsewhere on the vessel.
Irrationalist Space Aliens: Led by an Irrationalist sorcerer named ‘Incorixxx’, this small group of cultists is responsible for the downing of the Black Ark. Incorixxx managed to summon the God of the Primal Void, who thereafter embarked on a frenzy of destruction on the vessel (it froze several critical systems), thus forcing the crash landing. They hold the two engine rooms, and the surrounding areas, while their God lurks in the smashed and darkened hangar bay.
Incorix seeks to perform the binding ritual The Mad Domination of the Void, but needs to gather two more Black Men as sacrifices. Thus far, the Irrationalists have been unable to make headway against the human captives, and are now considering an attack on the main bridge, where at least they can exterminate their ‘brothers’.
The Irrationalists will also recognize that the PCs are not from among the human captives, and may attempt to gain their trust. If the PCs look or act the chaotic type, they will seek the PCs’ help in overcoming the other factions and effecting the binding of the God. However, if at any time Incorixxx can perform The Mad Domination of the Void by using one or more of the PCs as sacrifices, he will not hesitate to lure the PCs into an ambush to accomplish their seizure.
Human Captives: These are humans of all races and from widely scattered locations around the planet, abducted for reasons unknown to them, who have now broken loose and banded together against their Space Alien captors. ‘The Intemperate Jest’, a neutral Bone Man Swashbuckler, leads them. They have spread widely from the slave pens, and occupy much of the middle level.
The human captives seek only to flee the Black Ark and make their way to familiar lands.
Unless they witness behavior to the contrary, the human captives will assume the PCs are hostile to all Space Aliens, and will readily ally with them. They will insist that getting off the Black Ark is the only productive course of action, and will work in any logical direction to accomplish that goal.
