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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nareau" data-source="post: 1350326" data-attributes="member: 969">OK, more notes.I've changed some of the names to be in keeping with actual Egyptian names (although that isn't apparent here)These are just some things I want to have happen during the course of the campaign.EventsBeing shot down by terrorists as they fly over the desert in a WWII fighter planeGoing into space and onto a space stationExploring the dark and abandoned tunnels underneath NYC/MoscowDriving a motorcycle off a cliffBeing attacked by a giant vehicle/robot while they're on footLanding a plane on a highwayDisarming a big bomb (when they can't see the color of the wires!)Bluffing past armed guards to steal a submarine/helicopter/space shuttleChase ScenesEscaping down a snowy mountainsideFan-boat through the Louisiana bayouJet-skis through the streets of VeniceHanggliders with guns through the skyscrapers of ChicagoPlaces to FightA speeding, hijacked passenger train/plane that's carrying a nuclear bomb towards a major city  (time-pressure!  hostages!  explosive fuel tanks!)A Cryogenic Storage facility  (bad lighting!  frozen corpses in glass coffins!  explosive tanks of nitrogen!)A power plant  (scaffolding!  convoluted, bare-metal catwalks and stairways!  explosive towers of high-voltage!)An amusement park/on a ferris wheel  (little kids, clowns, and other civilians!  a funhouse of mirrors!  wrestling on a roller-coaster!)A Space Station (zero-G combat!  the vaccuum of space!  explosive fuel tanks!)Subway Tunnels  (terrible lighting!  mole-people!  subway trains!  the third-rail!)Underwater  (submarines!  slow-motion fisticuffs!  harpoon guns!)And my favorite:  Inside a blimp  (Helium-induced squeaky-voiced villains!  Bullets blowing holes in the walls!  It's a BLIMP!)General ThemesMoral Ambiguity is often unheroic.  Avoid it where possible.Let the PC's do some crazy-good stuntsuse Hero Time (delaying initiative, death speeches)The James Bond Formula:The BriefingThe GadgetsThe Meeting with The Bad GuyThe Bad Guy EscapesThe Explosive Chase SceneThe Bad Guy's BaseThe CaptureThe Evil PlanThe Hero EscapesThe Final BattleThe Gruesome and Creative Death of The Bad GuyThe Escape from the Exploding BaseThings Bad Guys Want:Lesser:  Weapons (guns, missiles), Drugs, MoneyGreater:  Oil, Technology, Super Weapons (WMD, lasers, phasers, railguns), Political Power, Assassination of Political Figures Super:  Doomsday Devices (weather control devices, particle weapons, orbital platforms), World Domination, GenocideAny suggestions?  I'm looking around for some really good action movies to pick apart and glean ideas from.  If you want to recommend any, please do.  Or if you have comments of the James Bond Formula, I'd love to hear them.Spider</blockquote>

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