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<blockquote data-quote="SweeneyTodd" data-source="post: 1448645" data-attributes="member: 9391">So this is from our current D20Modern campaign, actually just last session. It happened just two hours in to the game and I just couldn't come up with a finale that topped it.The PCs (a rather ragtag group including a private investigator, a military grunt, and an FBI agent) are fleeing from an old house where there was evidence of a haunting during a rave party. They're in a &quot;borrowed&quot; Hemi 'Cuda going 60 on snowy rural roads and bam, one of the Men in Black SUVs sights them. We go for a few rounds with people trying this and that, the SUV firing at them, and finally the player who's driving tosses me a Plot Point (kind of like Buffy's Drama Points, lets them narrate a successful action) and says &quot;Hell with this. Next turnoff I hit the parking brake and skid into the turn as fast as I can.&quot;I flounder a second then figure it's a good time to turn over some author power to the players. So I say, &quot;Okay, what does the road ahead look like?&quot;&quot;....Huh?&quot;&quot;Describe the road. I'm letting you pick a tactical advantage.&quot;The player grins and describes the road as tight and winding with high shoulders. Everyone starts rubbing their hands together trying to capitalize on this.That very next round one player sights down and crits the passenger, and another has an out-of-body experience (long story) and flies *into* the SUV and grabs the steering wheel as they hit a curve.Bam! The pursuers fly off-road and flip over. It's not that big a scene, but what made it a favorite for me was the grins on the players faces as they came up with a plan (without even talking about it) and took out a creditable threat in a single round.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SweeneyTodd, post: 1448645, member: 9391"] So this is from our current D20Modern campaign, actually just last session. It happened just two hours in to the game and I just couldn't come up with a finale that topped it. The PCs (a rather ragtag group including a private investigator, a military grunt, and an FBI agent) are fleeing from an old house where there was evidence of a haunting during a rave party. They're in a "borrowed" Hemi 'Cuda going 60 on snowy rural roads and bam, one of the Men in Black SUVs sights them. We go for a few rounds with people trying this and that, the SUV firing at them, and finally the player who's driving tosses me a Plot Point (kind of like Buffy's Drama Points, lets them narrate a successful action) and says "Hell with this. Next turnoff I hit the parking brake and skid into the turn as fast as I can." I flounder a second then figure it's a good time to turn over some author power to the players. So I say, "Okay, what does the road ahead look like?" "....Huh?" "Describe the road. I'm letting you pick a tactical advantage." The player grins and describes the road as tight and winding with high shoulders. Everyone starts rubbing their hands together trying to capitalize on this. That very next round one player sights down and crits the passenger, and another has an out-of-body experience (long story) and flies *into* the SUV and grabs the steering wheel as they hit a curve. Bam! The pursuers fly off-road and flip over. It's not that big a scene, but what made it a favorite for me was the grins on the players faces as they came up with a plan (without even talking about it) and took out a creditable threat in a single round. [/QUOTE]

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