I could use a little help with a one-shot of #BladesAgainstDarkness. Any have any good sample one-shot ideas? Here’s what I got so far, they need a lot of polish:
* The team is on a job to plant a relic in a tomb to unlock a rich find, but once they get there, they find a new cult worshiping the tomb as home of their god. What happens if they plant the relic?
* The team is sent to sabotage a new mining operation run by their patrons rival, but when they get there they discover that a patrons ally has already taken over the mine. The patron really needs that mine all to themselves. What now?
* Sneaking in with a shipment of supplies is a new arcane device highly prized by their patron. Half way back from picking up the shipment, they are attacked by a tribe of Ush’dvani. During the raid, the arcane device got swapped out with a fake. Who did this and why?
Since this is a once shot, I want a scenario that puts the players in the hot seat right at the very beginning. I also am trying to create a scenario where someone can’t just say “Let’s just go home.. let’s forget about this” And it sounds completely reasonable. My ideas aren’t great but they are all that I have so far. I need better ideas. Anyone else have anything?
Take a look at twitter.com – Doskvol News (@DoskvolNews) | Twitter for inspiration?
That is a very good list of ideas, although I’m looking for something a little more specific to Blades Against Darkness. So more Wild West themed. Still, I am going to follow that twitter, great inspiration.
Tony Hoyt Ahh, sorry, I missed the “against darkness” part.
Hey Tony, are you going to use pre-rolled characters for this one-shot? (I recommend it!) If so, coming up with a quick sketch of each character can offer some personal stakes that will help counter that “let’s go home” possibility.
I do intend on using pre-gens for the one shot. I just need a good plot hook to get things moving.
Those are all really really good. Some of these will highlight The Crawl, Engagement, and Extraction better than others (the third one could be a little harder on that front) but that is fine as long as you’re cool with that.