masque
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Post by masque on Oct 12, 2018 19:03:38 GMT
Inspired by the Silver Age of Comics and the bizarre adventures of TV Comics.
Plot: A routine trip through the Time Vortex takes a very strange turn when the PCs find themselves confronted by an extra-dimensional imp who proclaims himself to be their biggest fan. Originating from a universe where the normal laws of physics do not apply he possesses near limitless power and is able to warp reality with a mere click of fingers.
Determined to make his heroes proud and ensure they continue to have exciting adventures, the Imp uses his powers to generally mess with them and throw them into a series of “thrilling” encounters. How will the PCs stop this seemingly omnipotent (yet enthusiastic) fanboy whose mischief knows no bounds?
Note: This adventure seed can be used in a variety of different ways, as either a non-canon comedic one shot or as a chance to inject some light-hearted humour into a relatively dark campaign. With the Imp having awareness of his status as a fictional character, this can give GMs a chance to use the sillier aspects of Doctor Who’s canon and uncanon material from the likes of the monsters of TV Comic to various novels. Imagine the Imp elevating the likes of the Caterpillar Men to the power level of the Great Vampires or engineering a galactic spanning war between the Meeps and the Trods. Most importantly, the Imp is not malevolent but rather seeks to impress his heroes. The potential for silliness and wacky fun knows no bounds.
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Post by olegrand on Oct 13, 2018 10:18:15 GMT
This is a very interesting idea - which could indeed be treated in many different ways. Reading your post, I was thinking of a character looking like Whizz Kid from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy but actually being closer to the Gods of Ragnarok in nature - i.e. the player-characters would first perceive their "greatest fan" as an annoying, over-enthusiastic hanger-on before realizing that he is actually responsible for the various menaces and perils that beset them... of course, in order to work, this particular take on your idea would require a bit of forward-planning to avoid triggering the PCs' suspicions right-away: the Greatest Fan could first appear as a secondary character in an ongoing story, joining the PCs at the end as a possible new companion, a bit like Ace did in Dragonfire... before showing his true colors as a reality-warping, mischievous entity...
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thereviewer
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Favourite Doctors: Jodie Whittaker, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Christopher Eccelston, John Hurt, Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davison, Tom Baker, William Hartnell
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Post by thereviewer on Oct 13, 2018 22:04:37 GMT
Inspired by the Silver Age of Comics and the bizarre adventures of TV Comics. Plot: A routine trip through the Time Vortex takes a very strange turn when the PCs find themselves confronted by an extra-dimensional imp who proclaims himself to be their biggest fan. Originating from a universe where the normal laws of physics do not apply he possesses near limitless power and is able to warp reality with a mere click of fingers. Determined to make his heroes proud and ensure they continue to have exciting adventures, the Imp uses his powers to generally mess with them and throw them into a series of “thrilling” encounters. How will the PCs stop this seemingly omnipotent (yet enthusiastic) fanboy whose mischief knows no bounds? Note: This adventure seed can be used in a variety of different ways, as either a non-canon comedic one shot or as a chance to inject some light-hearted humour into a relatively dark campaign. With the Imp having awareness of his status as a fictional character, this can give GMs a chance to use the sillier aspects of Doctor Who’s canon and uncanon material from the likes of the monsters of TV Comic to various novels. Imagine the Imp elevating the likes of the Caterpillar Men to the power level of the Great Vampires or engineering a galactic spanning war between the Meeps and the Trods. Most importantly, the Imp is not malevolent but rather seeks to impress his heroes. The potential for silliness and wacky fun knows no bounds. Not a bad idea. This reminds me a lot of Star Trek: The Next Generations' Episode Q Who, the Original Series Teen Titan's Episode Fractured where Robin meets his equivalent of Bat-Mite from the 4th Dimension named Larry (Real Name: Nosyarg Kcid AKA 'Dick Grayson' spelled backwards), and Batman: The Brave and the Bold's Episode Legends of the Dark Mite! which introduced us to that series' version of Bat-Mite who tried to make Batman awesome and more respected than he already was. I like how this takes those three plotlines and makes an interesting hybrid of the basic concepts of a god-like being wanting to help but either intentionally or unintentionally making things much more difficult for the main characters, while using some original concepts and ideas of your own. It is important to remember to have some silly adventures every now-and-then. I actually was helping out someone who sadly seems to have left this forum named toymaker66. He once had an idea for an adventure which was his own attempt at a storyline similar to Titan Comics 2016 Doctor Who Summer Event: Supremacy of the Cybermen. However, instead of it being the Cybermen taking over, I helped develop an idea which brought back the Rani who out of desperation for a new experiment, intentionally gave the Kleptons (from the TV Comic) the Time Lords' secrets resulting in them taking over every point in history. So it then became a race-against-time to stop them from going back to before Rassilon invented Time Travel and have the Kleptons introduce Time Travel first and thus become the Time Lords forevermore. However, as previously mentioned, toymaker66 sadly left the site a while back so I never got to hear how it went. But this is a great concept. Maybe I'll play it at some point with my player if you'll let me, of course. Keep up the good work!  |
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masque
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Post by masque on Oct 13, 2018 22:20:33 GMT
Of course, feel free to use it. That’s what it’s here for. Bat-Mite is mainly who I based the idea on and I think would allow for a variety of different adventures. The Imp can be orchestrating several adventures to see what tone best suits his heroes from
campy fun akin to the old TV Comic adventures to hard hitting stories with intense and harrowing subject matters. To defeat the simp would require a battle of wits not fists. Hard to punch out someone who could turn a entire Dalek battle fleet into a string of sausages with a click of his fingers. God forbid though the Imp ever became bored of your heroes. Who knows what would happen?
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