So for a New Year's game, I am going to run some shot in which a small party built around a student of the old technology must retrieve an errant automatan only to discover it is actually inhabited by an "evil spirit" AI ( these are all things inherent in my setting). I of course won't have time to design the entire PA subsystem before then (and nor should I without extensive experience with the system as is).
Assuming it is a Grade 5 party that consists of the usual adventuring roles, what should I look to incorporate from both NEW and the SRD info at the website to make it work? I am happy to re-skin everything especially since none of the players have experience with the game either. I want to come away from the one shot having had fun (of course) as well as having a decent understanding of how the game runs and what's possible.
Assuming it is a Grade 5 party that consists of the usual adventuring roles, what should I look to incorporate from both NEW and the SRD info at the website to make it work? I am happy to re-skin everything especially since none of the players have experience with the game either. I want to come away from the one shot having had fun (of course) as well as having a decent understanding of how the game runs and what's possible.