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<blockquote data-quote="Steverooo" data-source="post: 2905599" data-attributes="member: 9410"><p><strong>Instaplots!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This gets asked so much, I really need to go dig out the Fantasy version of this, published in the now-defunct <u>Lejends</u> magazine, but here are 70-or-so quick plots, slanted more towards Sci-Fi:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/5-minute.htm" target="_blank">5-Minute Adventures</a></p><p></p><p>Might not be much help to an experienced GM, like you, Eric, but it's free! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>It includes:</p><p></p><p>Introduction </p><p>The Ideas: </p><p>Ambush (5 minutes) </p><p>Arson (One hour) </p><p>Assault/Raid on a Fortress (Two hours+) </p><p>Assault/Raid on a Ship (One hour) </p><p>Assaulting/Raiding a Town (Two hours+) </p><p>Banditry (One hour) </p><p>Body-snatch (Two hours+) </p><p>Bounty-hunting (Two hours+) </p><p>Brawl (5 minutes) </p><p>"Cattle" Drive (5 minutes) </p><p>Chase (5 minutes to one hour) </p><p>Convoy Escort (Two hours+) </p><p>Coup d'etat (One hour) </p><p>Courier (5 minutes) </p><p>Deputized (Two hours+) </p><p>Duel (5 minutes) </p><p>Exploration (5 minutes to years) </p><p>Feud (One hour) </p><p>Frame (5 minutes+) </p><p>Gadget Test (One hour?) </p><p>Hijacking (5 minutes+) </p><p>Holiday (5 miutes+) </p><p>Hunt (One hour) </p><p>Impossibility (Two hours+) </p><p>Infiltration (1 to 2 hours+) </p><p>Intrigue (Two hours+) </p><p>Jailbreak (One hour+) </p><p>Kidnapping (One hour) </p><p>Lawsuit (5 minutes+) </p><p>Love Interest (Two hours+) </p><p>Madman (5 minutes+) </p><p>Madmen (5 minutes+) </p><p>Mob (5 minutes-) </p><p>Mugging (5 minutes) </p><p>Murder (5 minutes) </p><p>Narcotics (5 minutes+) </p><p>Native(s) (Two hours+) </p><p>Operation (5 minutes+) </p><p>Personnel Escort (5 minutes) </p><p>Piracy (One hour+) </p><p>Posse (Two hours+) </p><p>Prison Camp Breakout (One hour) </p><p>Quest (5 minutes+) </p><p>Race (One hour) </p><p>Recovery (One hour+) </p><p>Rescuing Prisoners (One hour?) </p><p>Rescuing Disaster Victims (One hour?) </p><p>Revenge (5 minutes+) </p><p>Robbery (One hour) </p><p>Rumble (One hour) </p><p>Sabotage (One hour?) </p><p>Salvage (5 minutes+) </p><p>Scam/Sting (5 minutes) </p><p>Search and Destroy (Two hours+) </p><p>Skirmish (One hour) </p><p>Smuggling (Two hours+) </p><p>Special Forces (Two hours+) </p><p>Spying (One hour) </p><p>Tax (5 minutes) </p><p>Tax Refund (5 minutes) </p><p>Tournament (One hour) </p><p>Trailblazing (5 minutes) </p><p>UFO (5 minutes+) </p><p>Vandal(s) (One hour?) </p><p>War (Two hours+) </p><p>Whodunnit (Two hours+) </p><p>Xenomorph(s) (Two hours+) </p><p>Yank (Two hours+) </p><p>Zoogeographical Survey (Two hours+) </p><p>Examples </p><p>A Few Helpful Suggestions</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steverooo, post: 2905599, member: 9410"] [b]Instaplots![/b] This gets asked so much, I really need to go dig out the Fantasy version of this, published in the now-defunct [U]Lejends[/U] magazine, but here are 70-or-so quick plots, slanted more towards Sci-Fi: [URL=http://home.earthlink.net/~ad2300/5-minute.htm]5-Minute Adventures[/URL] Might not be much help to an experienced GM, like you, Eric, but it's free! ;) It includes: Introduction The Ideas: Ambush (5 minutes) Arson (One hour) Assault/Raid on a Fortress (Two hours+) Assault/Raid on a Ship (One hour) Assaulting/Raiding a Town (Two hours+) Banditry (One hour) Body-snatch (Two hours+) Bounty-hunting (Two hours+) Brawl (5 minutes) "Cattle" Drive (5 minutes) Chase (5 minutes to one hour) Convoy Escort (Two hours+) Coup d'etat (One hour) Courier (5 minutes) Deputized (Two hours+) Duel (5 minutes) Exploration (5 minutes to years) Feud (One hour) Frame (5 minutes+) Gadget Test (One hour?) Hijacking (5 minutes+) Holiday (5 miutes+) Hunt (One hour) Impossibility (Two hours+) Infiltration (1 to 2 hours+) Intrigue (Two hours+) Jailbreak (One hour+) Kidnapping (One hour) Lawsuit (5 minutes+) Love Interest (Two hours+) Madman (5 minutes+) Madmen (5 minutes+) Mob (5 minutes-) Mugging (5 minutes) Murder (5 minutes) Narcotics (5 minutes+) Native(s) (Two hours+) Operation (5 minutes+) Personnel Escort (5 minutes) Piracy (One hour+) Posse (Two hours+) Prison Camp Breakout (One hour) Quest (5 minutes+) Race (One hour) Recovery (One hour+) Rescuing Prisoners (One hour?) Rescuing Disaster Victims (One hour?) Revenge (5 minutes+) Robbery (One hour) Rumble (One hour) Sabotage (One hour?) Salvage (5 minutes+) Scam/Sting (5 minutes) Search and Destroy (Two hours+) Skirmish (One hour) Smuggling (Two hours+) Special Forces (Two hours+) Spying (One hour) Tax (5 minutes) Tax Refund (5 minutes) Tournament (One hour) Trailblazing (5 minutes) UFO (5 minutes+) Vandal(s) (One hour?) War (Two hours+) Whodunnit (Two hours+) Xenomorph(s) (Two hours+) Yank (Two hours+) Zoogeographical Survey (Two hours+) Examples A Few Helpful Suggestions [/QUOTE]
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