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Sunday, December 25, 2011

Storyteller's Corner: A Half-Dozen Quick Plot Ideas

Since it's the Holiday Season, I've decided to give everyone a little something extra. Thus, I've compiled a number of interesting plot summaries, which you can readily use for your own games.

Eco Friendly
A group of militant environmentalists begin a reign of terror, starting with mild vandalism, then setting fire to a car dealership, and then more heinous acts of terrorism against businesses that they deem to have a negative impact on the environment.
(in part inspired by the real actions of the Earth Liberation Front)

Emergency Response
When you're calling for emergency assistance, you're in a very helpless state. What happens when a group of individuals take advantage of this with a fake ambulance and a radio scanner, attending to areas that traditionally have an extended waiting time? What nefarious purpose do the fake EMT's serve by picking up patients, and who are they being delivered to?

The Beast Within
What happens when a vampire elder loses it's grip on humanity, and becomes nothing more than a cunning beast that exists only to feed. What happens when it can only feed on the blood of other vampires?

The Risen
When a man has lost all that he loves and holds dear, what depths will he go to reclaim what he has lost? When such a man resorts to calling upon eldritch powers, is he really prepared for the thing which answers his call, and breaths life back into his loved one. What depths of depravity would he delve into in order to keep his end of the bargain, and what happens when he realizes that his loved one may be alive, but their body still goes through the process of decay?

Thousand Words
Artists are already known to be eccentric, and many dwell on the borders of insantity. There are thousands of starving artists in every major city, and in order for an artist to rise above the chaff, they have to get noticed by doing something unique. Anyone can paint on canvas, but how many can say that their canvas is made of human flesh?
(for more inspiration, watch the 1959 movie "Bucket of Blood")

Fire in the Mind
A number of cases of 'spontaneous human combustion' begin happening in the area. The reason is a pyrokinetic woman whom was recently the victim in a rape which ended with her in a coma. When she awoke, she found that she was capable of igniting things with her mind. She now searches for those that committed such a heinous act, yet her memory is foggy, causing her to ignite people who are actually innocent. The "antagonist" is a woman who developed the power of Pyrokenisis from Second Sight (p.50).

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