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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 8085467" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am in 100% agreement with this. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I <em>almost</em> got to run this one back in the mid 90's (when we were between campaigns, I'd pick a few games...3 to 5... and write little "campaign pitches". Then print and hand out to the players so they could collectively talk about them and pick one. Anyway...here's my write up for my Star Wars (WEG system, obviously! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> )...</p><p></p><p>========================</p><p><em>...Luke pushed the screaming engines of his X-wing as three tie-fighters closed in behind.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Almost there..." he thought to himself. Just then, a bright flash of golden light caught his eye.</em></p><p><em>"Well, that's two down, but that last one is right on my tail!", Luke told himself. The 2-meter wide target was getting closer by the second.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Luke", Luke thought he heard the voice of his dead mentor, Obi Wan, calling to him.</em></p><p><em>"Luke...", there it was again. Obi Wan's voice in his head.</em></p><p><em>"Use the Force, Luke...", Obi Wan stated.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Use the Force?!", he thought to himself, "You didn't teach me how, damn it! Went and got yourself killed!". He paused and noticed that strange 'feeling' again. Like when he was practicing against the remote lightsaber bot back on the Millennium Falcon. The Force. It must be.</em></p><p><em>"Ok. Fine. I'll trust to the force...", Luke said out loud to himself in reassurance. Reaching over, Luke flicked off the targeting computer.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Luke? You switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?", a voice asked over the comm-link.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>"Uh, nothing. I'm ok". He looked at the stars and at the tie fighter he couldn't shake. He had an odd feeling. He wasn't sure if it was the Force, or his own nerves. Maybe both.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The tie fighter closed in, and Luke's feeling intensified.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Luke Skywalker closed his eyes. He felt the Force flowing through him, becoming part of him, guiding his actions. He fired...</em></p><p><em>...and missed.</em></p><p></p><p>=================</p><p></p><p>And that was it. That was the "hook". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The Players PC's were now primed for being "the ones" to defeat the Empire. I had ideas of how the core SW original heroes (Luke, Leia, Han, etc) all sort of drifted apart, blaming each other for their part in the failure to destroy the Death Star...and how Darth Vader and the Empire get emboldened by their success and the 'general populace' growing less fond of The Rebel Alliance, etc. In short...the PC's would be the ones determining the fate of the Galaxy....not Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 8085467, member: 45197"] Hiya! I am in 100% agreement with this. :) I [I]almost[/I] got to run this one back in the mid 90's (when we were between campaigns, I'd pick a few games...3 to 5... and write little "campaign pitches". Then print and hand out to the players so they could collectively talk about them and pick one. Anyway...here's my write up for my Star Wars (WEG system, obviously! :) )... ======================== [I]...Luke pushed the screaming engines of his X-wing as three tie-fighters closed in behind. "Almost there..." he thought to himself. Just then, a bright flash of golden light caught his eye. "Well, that's two down, but that last one is right on my tail!", Luke told himself. The 2-meter wide target was getting closer by the second. "Luke", Luke thought he heard the voice of his dead mentor, Obi Wan, calling to him. "Luke...", there it was again. Obi Wan's voice in his head. "Use the Force, Luke...", Obi Wan stated. "Use the Force?!", he thought to himself, "You didn't teach me how, damn it! Went and got yourself killed!". He paused and noticed that strange 'feeling' again. Like when he was practicing against the remote lightsaber bot back on the Millennium Falcon. The Force. It must be. "Ok. Fine. I'll trust to the force...", Luke said out loud to himself in reassurance. Reaching over, Luke flicked off the targeting computer. "Luke? You switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?", a voice asked over the comm-link. "Uh, nothing. I'm ok". He looked at the stars and at the tie fighter he couldn't shake. He had an odd feeling. He wasn't sure if it was the Force, or his own nerves. Maybe both. The tie fighter closed in, and Luke's feeling intensified. Luke Skywalker closed his eyes. He felt the Force flowing through him, becoming part of him, guiding his actions. He fired... ...and missed.[/I] ================= And that was it. That was the "hook". :) The Players PC's were now primed for being "the ones" to defeat the Empire. I had ideas of how the core SW original heroes (Luke, Leia, Han, etc) all sort of drifted apart, blaming each other for their part in the failure to destroy the Death Star...and how Darth Vader and the Empire get emboldened by their success and the 'general populace' growing less fond of The Rebel Alliance, etc. In short...the PC's would be the ones determining the fate of the Galaxy....not Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia. :D ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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