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<blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 3093604" data-attributes="member: 1964">Haven't done one of these in a while...1.&nbsp; Ninja ForceSort of a &quot;Team Snake-Eyes&quot; thing...15th level characters in a covert ops team combining modern commando training with ancient ninja hoo-hah.2.&nbsp; Ninja Family*Instead of a profession team, make it an extended Japanese-American family.&nbsp; Grandpa was a genuine ninja master.&nbsp; Everyone is a civilian rather than some sort of professional ninja...but when a family member gets into some real trouble (the Yakuza?&nbsp; A rival clan from the Old Country?), the rest of the family has to use the skills they learned from childhood.&nbsp; Wouldn't have to be ninja...you could make it a Chinese kung fu family, or a French savate family, or a family of pro wrestlers....3.&nbsp; KUMITE!Aw, yeah.&nbsp; For a twist, make this a period piece --- Victorian, or pulp era, or 1970s.4.&nbsp; Lost WorldThrow Doyle's &quot;The Lost World,&quot; Burrough's hollow earth stuff, some of that crazy Theosophist Lemurian stuff, and Disney's &quot;Atlantis: The Lost Continent&quot; into the hopper.&nbsp; * Families work great for one-shots.&nbsp; Everyone understands sibling dynamics and jumps right into character.&nbsp; A family of pulp adventurers, a family of professional daredevils, a family of vampire hunters, a family of bounty hunters...it all works.&nbsp; You have a built-in hook --- something threatens another member of the family.&nbsp; You can roleplay old relationships...but at the same time, this isn't necessarily a group that adventures together all the time, so players don't have to fake any sort of well-honed teamwork.What about the rest of you?&nbsp; Anything you have brewing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JPL, post: 3093604, member: 1964"] Haven't done one of these in a while... 1. Ninja Force Sort of a "Team Snake-Eyes" thing...15th level characters in a covert ops team combining modern commando training with ancient ninja hoo-hah. 2. Ninja Family* Instead of a profession team, make it an extended Japanese-American family. Grandpa was a genuine ninja master. Everyone is a civilian rather than some sort of professional ninja...but when a family member gets into some real trouble (the Yakuza? A rival clan from the Old Country?), the rest of the family has to use the skills they learned from childhood. Wouldn't have to be ninja...you could make it a Chinese kung fu family, or a French savate family, or a family of pro wrestlers.... 3. KUMITE! Aw, yeah. For a twist, make this a period piece --- Victorian, or pulp era, or 1970s. 4. Lost World Throw Doyle's "The Lost World," Burrough's hollow earth stuff, some of that crazy Theosophist Lemurian stuff, and Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Continent" into the hopper. * Families work great for one-shots. Everyone understands sibling dynamics and jumps right into character. A family of pulp adventurers, a family of professional daredevils, a family of vampire hunters, a family of bounty hunters...it all works. You have a built-in hook --- something threatens another member of the family. You can roleplay old relationships...but at the same time, this isn't necessarily a group that adventures together all the time, so players don't have to fake any sort of well-honed teamwork. What about the rest of you? Anything you have brewing? [/QUOTE]

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