Saturday Seed ~ 87 (Shadowrun)
Posted by Runeslinger on January 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Shadowrun. It is incredibly small, but could roam anywhere between amusing and deadly dangerous depending on how you set it up, and the sort of character you use as the target. The Seed A Sorcerer of some accomplishment has been devoting himself to obtaining a higher grade of Initiation, … Continue reading →
Filed under Saturday Seeds, Shadowrun · Tagged with Plot Ideas, roleplaying, Shadowrun, Story Hooks
Fantastic locations & the fantastic things that happen there
Posted by Runeslinger on January 2, 2012 · 4 Comments
This month’s RPG Blog Carnival, hosted by Keith J. Davies, covers the topic ‘Fantastic Locations’ and as I tend to run games set in one way or another in a version of the real world – my current games notwithstanding – I was left wondering if I would be able to participate. After a little thought, … Continue reading →
Filed under Preparation and Preparedness, Running Games, Themes and Intentions · Tagged with roleplaying, RPG Blog Carnival, setting development, themes
Calls to Harms… (RPG Blog Carnival – 12-2011)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 12, 2011 · 10 Comments
As we start the second full week of December’s RPG Blog Carnival, discussions about the entries from last week, particularly ‘Honeymoon Adventure’ have led me in this direction: The care and feeding of heroes without fudging or molly-coddling If a hero is someone who is willing to answer a call to action, and is perhaps … Continue reading →
Saturday Seed ~ 80 (HEX)
Posted by Runeslinger on December 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This week’s seed is for Hollow Earth Expedition, and pits the characters against a series of cruel traps before finally subjecting them to the greatest challenge of all. The original version of this seed first saw life in my 1st Edition AD&D days a century ago. Another version, with almost nothing in common but the … Continue reading →
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Saturday Seed ~ 79 (CthulhuTech)
Posted by Runeslinger on November 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
This week’s tiny little seed is for CthulhuTech, but could be adapted easily to any Mythos-based system or setting with little difficulty. Although little more than an extended scene of deep role-play, the ramifications of this one scene and how you guide its development, will reach from its inception through to the very end of … Continue reading →
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