Campaigns in a nutshell. Adventures in a sentence.

[Dannyalcatraz]

i mean, maybe for an adult, but a DYING CHILD?

Let’s just say, if the child were smart/older/precocious, and were collateral damage (or directly targeted) in a war, they might have very strong opinions about certain responsible political figures.

 

[Tonguez]

the hell does a dying child want a celebrity or political figure dead for? that might be the craziest part of this idea

The child might have been upset when a celebrity refused to attend his birthday or replaced his favourite character on TV or refused to be their boyfriend or released yet another terrible christmas album or made outrageous claims on syndicated news or ..

 

[Bohandas]

Alchemy - Call of Cthulhu. The PCs are searching for the laboratory of an ancient alchemist who supposedly learned the secret of transmuting base elements from Nyarlathotep. When they reach his laboratory what they find is not the philosopher's stone but an atom bomb core

 

[Bohandas]

i mean, maybe for an adult, but a DYING CHILD?

Politicians are always trying to ban the best videogames and playground equipment. That goes double for 'think-of-the-children' politicians

 

[Bohandas]

Blaine the Train is a Pain- Paranoia. While traveling between sectors of Alpha Complex the PCs are held captive by a deranged riddle-obsessed robot train like the one in books 3 and 4 of The Dark Tower. The riddle contest is further complicated by the fact that the PCs will be punished if they ask or answer any riddle whose solution indicates a knowledge of things above their clearance level.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Blaine the Train is a Pain- Paranoia. While traveling between sectors of Alpha Complex the PCs are held captive by a deranged riddle-obsessed robot train like the one in books 3 and 4 of The Dark Tower. The riddle contest is further complicated by the fact that the PCs will be punished if they ask or answer any riddle whose solution indicates a knowledge of things above their clearance level.

Make sure that actually color-coded questions are shown on a Jerry rigged B&W monitor that replaced the original full color one. Bonus fun if it’s malfunctioning and occasionally displays photonegative images.

 

[Bohandas]

The Stand By Me [sic] - This came to me in a flash of word association. A group of adolescents are on a hike to see a place where the bodies of plague victims are disposed of. Could be people you randomly encounter. Could also be a premise for one of those mini-one-shot rpgs you see sometimes.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I See Good AIngels, I See Bad AIngels

In a not-too distant future, technological breakthroughs in AI technologies reduced their energy requirements- even as processing speed increased dramatically- by orders of magnitude, leading to their widespread use and acceptance. Unfortunately, the issue of hallucinations has not been resolved.

So the practice of using AIs to double-, triple- and quadruple-check the output of others has become commonplace. Some people even have wearable AI gear, like earbuds, but also helmets, glasses and goggles.

The most stylish & fashion forward? They use AI-equipped holoprojectors incorporated into jewelry, like rings, pins, earrings or cufflinks. Some even mount their pins in epaulets, so they could have their “AIngels” appear on their shoulders as they dispense advice.

But, as noted, even the priciest AIngels can hallucinate…even when checking the work of their counterparts. And sometimes, that means things can go horribly wrong.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

I See Good AIngels, I See Bad AIngels

In a not-too distant future, technological breakthroughs in AI technologies reduced their energy requirements- even as processing speed increased dramatically- by orders of magnitude, leading to their widespread use and acceptance. Unfortunately, the issue of hallucinations has not been resolved.

So the practice of using AIs to double-, triple- and quadruple-check the output of others has become commonplace. Some people even have wearable AI gear, like earbuds, but also helmets, glasses and goggles.

The most stylish & fashion forward? They use AI-equipped holoprojectors incorporated into jewelry, like rings, pins, earrings or cufflinks. Some even mount their pins in epaulets, so they could have their “AIngels” appear on their shoulders as they dispense advice.

But, as noted, even the priciest AIngels can hallucinate…even when checking the work of their counterparts. And sometimes, that means things can go horribly wrong.

ah, i see. a world where i'm a supervillain.