Friday, December 10, 2010

Campaign Ideas: Iron Knights and Dead Gods

Hello again,

So anyone who knows me knows i like to play rpg's (role-playing games). I also like to DM occasionally, that is run my own game.
Once upon a time i had a group of 4-5 people who i played with regularly, unfortunatley that has dwindled down to 2, with 1 of them not being able to make it very often, so that leaves myself and 1 other.
This is alright, but hardly as fun as having a large group of people.
Recently i have found a  new group of players which is good, and intend to run a game eventually, after i move to Bathurst to be closer to uni and friends.

Problem is i have a few idea, all of them running rampant in my brain, and all of them using different systems. I am unsure which to run.

So, here are 2 of the ideas i have, hopefully anyone in the group will post what idea they like the best.

1. The Iron Knights: This is a super hero campaign using the mutants and masterminds ruleset. It is very Ironman-esque. Players don't have super powers, instead they belong to a global organisation called the Iron Knights that uses exo-suits to take on bad guys and save the world.
 A little history behind the Iron Knights:

 A few years ago, Drew Turner, son of billionaire Harry Turner, who made his fortune building weapons and selling them to the United States military (anyone see where this is going?) was captured and tortured by a terrorist organisation to build them the ultimate weapon, The Hell Bomb, that Turner Industries had been working on for the United States military. Drew instead built a powerful exo suit that allowed him great strength, resistance to bullets, and a few bits of weaponry he could pack in to it. On escaping he returned to America, where he soon built a better suit using the technology available to him through his fathers company.
Over the years, Drew saved the world from many threats, including terrorist bombings, alien invasions, inter dimensional beings and so on, all under the disguise of Iron Fist.
A year ago a new hero arrived on the scene, Black Knight, sporting his own version of the exo suit, he helped Iron Fist save the world from the Raging Collosus, who claimed to be a titan, a being who existed before time, and who had a hand in forging this world.
Not long after, an alliance was struck between the Iron Fist and Black Knight, and they formed a new organisation known as the Iron Knights, funded by Iron Fist, in the form of Turner Industries support, and led by the Black Knight.
New recruits, once identified as worthy of an Iron Knight suit, are brought to the top secret training facilities and taught how to use the suit and save the world. Once fully trained they are deployed in various locations across the globe, awaiting for when they are needed.

So basically, you get a suit, all suits are different depending on how you customise them with the points you recieve, you can be a big gunner, or a stealthy type, whatever, you get to customise the suit.
Players are part of the First Response Unit, and are called upon to save the world from threat after threat.

2. Resurrecting the Dead God: This is a Scion game using the Scion ruleset. It is based in the greek mythology and takes place in modern day.
 Players are the sons and daughters of gods and take on powers dependant on their parents.
I would go in to more detail but it would give away the plot, regardless to say you get tapped to save the world from an ancient and deadly evil, possibly some kind of god thought to be long dead...hence the title.
Players will complete quests based on my interpretation of old greek epics, such as medusas lair, minotaurs maze, the fates, so on and so forth.

So, let me know what game ideas you guys like and i'll decide which one to run.

6 comments:

  1. If I was still going to be in Bathurst when you move here I'd love to play Dead Gods. It's totally my cup of hemlock.

    - Andy

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  2. Well thats one for dead gods... you're always welcome to play when you can make it to b-town

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  3. I actually like the Iron Knights thing, sounds like a large pile of win...

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