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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corinth" data-source="post: 449587" data-attributes="member: 497">I'm thinking of doing something that is usually reserved for Spycraft: a Troupe-style Mission: Impossible campaign.Character Generation:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Step One: Each player creates a Team Leader PC.  This PC is the one that receives and executes every IMF mission, and he is also the one that chooses what other PCs go on the mission.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Step Two: Each player creates a number of specialist PCs equal to the number of other players in the game.  (Four players would each make three specialist PCs, for a total of 12 such PCs.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Step Three:  Once the specialist PCs are finished, they go into a general pool, where they stay until a Team Leader picks them.</li> </ol>Mission Protocal:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Determine Team Leader:  For the first mission, each player rolls 1d20; highest roll gets the shot.  Reroll all ties until there is a winner.  After the first mission, the Team Leader roll shifts one seat to the left; in this fashion, each player gets a turn as Team Leader.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Mission Briefing:  The Team Leader receives his briefing from IMF HQ, complete with all necessary handouts.  This will be done before the session if possible to avoid boring the other players.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Team Selection:  The Team Leader pours over the general pool of IMF specialists and selects one for every other player present; this means that people may play characters that they didn't make for the duration of an adventure.  PCs receive XP only when they are "active" (i.e. actually get played).</li> </ol>Campaign Structure:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Each adventure is self-contained by default, following the way that the TV series and the films work.  General continuity evolves organically, for the most part, from the consequences of the PCs' actions.  Such continuity as exists focuses upon the Team Leader characters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Players may come or go only between adventures; once you begin a mission, you are expected to show up until the PCs get the job done or screw up so bad that they have to scuttle it and get out.  (The disavowal clause may make this problematic.)  This makes the campaign great for gamers with busy or uncertain play schedules.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">No supernatural elements, in keeping with the source material.</li> </ol>Yes, I'm aware that this is likely better done with Spycraft, but I'm doing this because d20 Modern will receive greater acceptance amongst my local scene because d20 Modern is a WOTC product.  Such is life.</blockquote>

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