Open Topic Open Brainstorm Post

[emo_snal]

   So the latest topic I have for LJ Idol is "Open Topic." And I think I'm going to use this idea I've had for awhile. But I could use ideas to flesh it out, because, among other things, I've never actually played Dungeons and Dragons ;)

The Idea is Thus: Setting: Sometime in the relatively distant future in the basement of a space station (yes

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[oxymoron67]

If it's a big city, a public transportation encounter is a necessity.

[morbid_curious]

"We can't use private vehicles in this area - the traffic wardens are too high level. We're going to have to hail a... *checks the Vehicle Guide* ...bus."

"[GM] Okay, make your Comms roll... a 15's good enough. You pull out your mobile phone, and a passing bus sees your signal and parks on the road next to you. It's yellow, with the a stripe of the traditional white-and-black checkered pattern of public transportation vehicles along the sides. The posted fare is 34 Federal cred... sorry, 'dollars' for a single zone transfer."

"Wow, can you imagine if transport shunts cost that little? You'd be back and forth across the system several times an hour!"

"Hey, can my Policeman use his Law skill to avoid paying?"

"[GM] Sorry, my GM screen says that only works in settlements above Corruption Level 3."

"I want to see if I can negotiate a cheaper fare. My Construction Worker offers to fabricate him a better engine if we can get half price."

"[GM] Sounds like a fair deal. Roll your Mechanics..."

[emo_snal]

ahahaha you have the right idea ;-D

[morbid_curious]

West Carolina has always been at war with South Virginia. Regardless of what the Pennsyltucky Alliance says about someday having a grand Appalachian Union stretching from Harrisburg all the way down to Chattanooga.

[tatdatcm]

I've never played role playing games, so I might be way off, but could they be after a computer disk or jump drive? They don't really need to know why - it could be military secrets or the formula for Coca-Cola. It's just what all the spy movies are usually after.

As for monsters, it seems that zombies, vampires and werewolves are pretty popular in today's culture and would be good monsters to fight. Maybe gang members? Mutated animals from mad cow disease or asian bird flu or radiation?

[jem0000000]

"Barbarian" and "healer" are two different class makeups, though I suppose they could be multiclassing -- if you start at a higher level than one, doing barbarian for the first level gives you more hit points, and you can switch to your real class for the rest of the levels -- I've seen people do that with their healers. Your general four "established" roles are an arcane mage (this would probably be a technology person in your version; the gist of the role is that they do a lot of damage, but are typically relatively easy to take out -- the wizard in my current game is a one-hit KO), a cleric (divine magic user, healer, etc; probably a good spot for a doctor, field medic, or EMT; the role is typically a mix of healing and buff spells), a tank (someone who can both do damage and take damage; typically high in HP/health, and does a lot of physical damage; any sports-based character would work here), and a skills-bot or rogue type (someone who has a lot of non-combat skills; within the realm of combat, they tend to hit from the side and