Grim Tropics
Grim Tropics.
South Florida. The world of Carl Hiassen and John D. MacDonald -- the underbelly of paradise -- with a little Dark Matter thrown in. Played in d20 Modern, Spycraft or Alternity.
This is where homeless drifters fleeing northern winters mingle with dictators fleeing Caribbean revolutions.
Drug smugglers and modern pirates wage war under the weary, but watchful, eye of government agents.
Itinerant boat bums and opportunistic beach bimbos ride the coattails of tropical luxury -- always ready for the next rich sucker to come along.
Immigrants from the islands beckon the unseen forces of voodoo and santeria to the sweltering urban sprawl.
Modern treasure hunters comb the reefs for spanish galleons, while on the shore white-collar scam artists are filling their own chests.
This is where everybody is from somewhere else, and nobody really cares.
But surrounding them all is the deep water of the Bermuda Triangle, waiting for its secrets to be revealed.....