Just found out about these islands and I'm trying to cook up an adventure!

[Klaus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha

How can you beat an archipelago that has one of the islands named Inaccessible Island?

Anyone got any ideas of a Modern adventure (FX welcome) set in Tristan da Cunha?

 

[Pbartender]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha

How can you beat an archipelago that has one of the islands named Inaccessible Island?

Anyone got any ideas of a Modern adventure (FX welcome) set in Tristan da Cunha?

Isn't that where Napoleon was exiled, dictated his memoirs and then later died? I'm sure you could build something off that... A map or letter leading to a lost treasure trove that Bonaparte had planned to use to fund a army upon his rescure and return, perhaps?

Inaccessible Island would be a perfect place to hide such a treasure.

 

[Henry]

Isn't that where Napoleon was exiled, dictated his memoirs and then later died? I'm sure you could build something off that... A map or letter leading to a lost treasure trove that Bonaparte had planned to use to fund a army upon his rescure and return, perhaps?

Inaccessible Island would be a perfect place to hide such a treasure.

According to Wikipedia, it's (true to form) next door to St. Helena. Looks like a nice place to retire.

 

[ukgpublishing]

There's quite a few hooks in the history.

For instance, hows Jonathon Lambert, the original settler back in 1810, from salem. He discovered the islands quite by accident after taking ship to avoid accusations (true or false) of witchcraft. Since then his mysterious death at sea in 1812, rumours of a man who looked very similar living in a remote house on Inaccessable Island have circulated until the present time.

Or, the island used by the British Navy during the WWII, supposedly a monitor german shipping, was infact a a secret base, where strange exeriments were conducted. Rumour has it that the experiments were on living being, and continued after the war until the forced evaculation in 1961. Since the return of man in 1963, strange beast have been sighted and a number of unexplained disappearance have taken place (obviously at the hands of whatever experiments escaped during mans absence from the labs).

There's plenty of ship wrecks for a diving monte haul style adventure (add in the ghost of Jonathon Lambert and you have your FX).

The clannishness of the locals (with only 275 people living there) could add to the atmosphere and the inbreeding has produced some excellent examples of mutation.

Hope that helps a little

 

[Henry]

The clannishness of the locals (with only 275 people living there) could add to the atmosphere and the inbreeding has produced some excellent examples of mutation.

Innsmouth South...

 

[ukgpublishing]

Innsmouth South...

Hehe, you must have read my mind

 

[Roger]

All of this article is really quite inspiring.

Old Thomas' story was, that Lambert and the rest were drowned while crossing to one of the other islands in search of seal-skins, oil, &c. But, besides the improbability of their venturing with so few hands so great a distance in an open boat, just after their arrival, there was much about old Thomas to excite suspicion. He was fond of drink; and in his drunken fits he was wont to show signs of terror at the mention of Lambert, and to drop mysterious hints concerning him.

Good stuff.


Cheers,
Roger

 

[Turanil]

Third voice for an Insmouth type of plot.

 

[Klaus]

All good, keep 'em comin'!

It occurred to me to search for the most remote islands on Earth after staring at an Air France map of the world, and there were these tiny islands all around the Antratic Ocean, and I kept getting images of R'lyeh, Skull Island, Lost and whatnot.

 

[Committed Hero]

You capitalized Modern, does that mean a scenario with the system, or in a contemporary setting? I would do the former and have the party be on a boat that visits Napoleon en route to South America, only to unwittingly bring a message from Bonaparte to rebels who want to spring him.