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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Ipplepop" data-source="post: 4713100" data-attributes="member: 39914"><p>At the risk of sounding like the smart alec that my grup knows me to be, the answer to your question would be a "Yes" answer.</p><p>I get my inspiration from almost anywhere. Some examples would be:</p><p></p><p>1) After watching the enwest version of Night of the Living Dead, or Dawn of the Dead, or whatever it was (with the guy across from the mall shooting celebrities with his rifle), I decided to throw a little side adventure that the party didn't expect, and had them run into a castle/city-state that was overrun by zombies while they were there, and they had to get out in once piece. It took me a bit of planning, and re-working every time I found something that screwed with something else I had written; however, it was an absolute blast, and the characters (well, most of them) barely escaped with their minds and continued on with their original mission.</p><p></p><p>2) Watching TV, my girfriend was watching some show or another about some mass murder or another (I think is was Dahmer), and decided that the nice little old lady living just outside of town was actually a mass murderer, and was getting away clean because no one would ever think that nice little old lady who was a pillar in the community, and idolized by everyone would ever do such a thing.</p><p></p><p>3) My stepson was watching Lord of the Rings for the, oh, 10,000th time and I started working on an entire campaign designed around the Dwarf Cleric in our party looking for his grandfather's armor, which is thought to have been lost in the ancient mines... you get the idea.</p><p></p><p>For the game Recon (out of print, I bleieve) I did a mission based on the US invasion of Grenada, borrowing heavily, of course, from the movie Heartbreak Ridge.</p><p></p><p>Anyhow, Nimble ,you get the idea.</p><p>You can find missions/campaigns/ etc from almost anything in the mundane world.</p><p></p><p>Happy writing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Ipplepop, post: 4713100, member: 39914"] At the risk of sounding like the smart alec that my grup knows me to be, the answer to your question would be a "Yes" answer. I get my inspiration from almost anywhere. Some examples would be: 1) After watching the enwest version of Night of the Living Dead, or Dawn of the Dead, or whatever it was (with the guy across from the mall shooting celebrities with his rifle), I decided to throw a little side adventure that the party didn't expect, and had them run into a castle/city-state that was overrun by zombies while they were there, and they had to get out in once piece. It took me a bit of planning, and re-working every time I found something that screwed with something else I had written; however, it was an absolute blast, and the characters (well, most of them) barely escaped with their minds and continued on with their original mission. 2) Watching TV, my girfriend was watching some show or another about some mass murder or another (I think is was Dahmer), and decided that the nice little old lady living just outside of town was actually a mass murderer, and was getting away clean because no one would ever think that nice little old lady who was a pillar in the community, and idolized by everyone would ever do such a thing. 3) My stepson was watching Lord of the Rings for the, oh, 10,000th time and I started working on an entire campaign designed around the Dwarf Cleric in our party looking for his grandfather's armor, which is thought to have been lost in the ancient mines... you get the idea. For the game Recon (out of print, I bleieve) I did a mission based on the US invasion of Grenada, borrowing heavily, of course, from the movie Heartbreak Ridge. Anyhow, Nimble ,you get the idea. You can find missions/campaigns/ etc from almost anything in the mundane world. Happy writing! [/QUOTE]
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