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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 5897580" data-attributes="member: 1861">Generating up a one-shot for personal use using the FATE system (a la the Dresden Files RPG)... I've been a bit of a fan of the concepts of the system over its overall application, but I have a few 'roleplaying interested' individuals who want something rules light to dip their feet into... While we were sitting about chatting we discussed some of the ideas they like.  They love the idea of a "Arcane Modern" setting (which made me happy as I also love a bit of Weird Modern a la Call of Cthulhu, Little Fears, Supernatural, etc) and sort of a twisted Alternate History.  We're also fans of music, so I have outlined the following basics behind a one-shot.The band... We were all part of it.  Everyone remembers our songs, though maybe we forgot them on stage.  Do you remember what we were fighting for?  When we were all stardust and golden, wandering the world as if we owned every bit of it. It's been twenty five years?  Where did all the time go?  We've seen each other in bars, gigged together on albums, played the fool in a dozen relationships of business, love, lust...Now the Rolling Stone reads "They're back!"  We packed up after that last gig, went our separate ways.  A beautiful house, a great sound system, enough of anything you wanted to touch the sky and kiss the stars... But we all knew Something Happened. Jon ended up in a pink bath with a smile on his face.  Ronnie crashed his plane with his kids on it and the box had him singing all the way down.  I don't have to remind you what happened to that sweet groupie... The cops said dogs, but who knows?I forgot it until they invited us all back together.  Figured we're up for one last gig? Maybe we'd put the past behind us... But then She was there.  All of it came back to us... and then it started happening...(The Band) was as big as the Beatles for one glorious summer in 1971.  Between the acid rock and glam bands they filled a gap that was a necessity.  Their parties were legendary, their excesses epic, and their music... How do you describe the music of gods gone too soon?Their last gig was held at a great mansion in Scotland, at the behest of a man who was known for his eclectic tastes.  They played for hours, opening the minds and hearts of everyone there... Until the lights went out.A band member disappeared.  One might as well have, with the time in the institution... And the audience...  The others went their separate ways but whatever made them great made them mundane separately.  They would see each other but never discussed that gig.The new owner of the estate has offered them a fortune, even more than they earned from the recordings, the royalties, the guest appearances.  And he says he has answers... So how could they leave it all behind?----Of course some of you probably recognize <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boleskine_House" target="_blank">the location</a>, and the loss of band members to odd circumstances wasn't exactly odd.  What I am trying to think of is what CAUSED that event?  I've been debating the whole thing for a few days off and on and wonder if anyone can give me a good jump point for the whole thing <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.Slainte,-Loonook.</blockquote>

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