Post by ugavine on Apr 12, 2010 14:41:03 GMT
Okay, that's a suitably ridiculous and unoriginal title.
This adventure is certain to replace my Renaissance of the Daleks (my own version of Resurrection of the Daleks) in my ongoing campaign. And I may run it down the local games club too.
So...
Major characters
Queen Cleopatra - the actual Cleopatra.
Wychbold - a space traveller who has crashed.
DALEKS
The Daleks Plan
The Daleks have discovered that Cleopatra was to carry the future of the Osirans following their destruction at the hands of Sutehk. When old enough Cleopatra with ascend to become an Orisran. Only she commit suicide before the time of ascention. The Daleks have therefore reived her and created a false environment, a replica of the city of Alexandria. At the time of ascention they plan on converting her into a Dalek, thus creating an Osiran Dalek, the Kaled God of War Incarnate!
The false Alexandria
This is actually a giant spaceship drifting through space. The inhabitants are merely organic automotons going through the motions. Cleopatra herself is also having her mind constantly monitored and controlled to prevent her noticing any oddities in her surroundings (such as why no one ever leaves the City).
Imagine something very akin to this weeks The Beast Below, the city in Space. But it's Alaxandra surrounded by 50 miles of desert & sea & Pyramids, yes, BIG space ship, with the sand running over the side leaving a trail through space. I have a cool mental image of that.
The Adventure
The PCs TARDIS lands in what they should think is a Pyramid. They knock a switch and a stone door cuts them off from the TARDIS.
PCs explore and find what first appears to be a Cryogenic chamber, but with an empty sarcophagus in the middle of the room, Cleopatra's sarcophagus!
PCs explore more and encounter Daleks!
As they flee they trigger a release mechanism and get ejected from the Dalek Pyramid Space Ship (trying so hard no to be too much Stargate here). The Ship was travelling at speed and the PCs fall in the desert which the ship was flying over. The Daleks lose track of the PCs.
PCs end up trekking through the desert until they find Alexandria.
Perception checks of some kind should reveal there is something odd with the people. For one they don't pay any mind to the strangely dressed PCs.
PCs then meet Wychbold, a pilot working for Pan Galactic, he explains his presence, “I was on my way to Alpha Centauri when this ruddy big space ship drifts right across the hyper-lanes. Talk about road hog. I was going too fast, well, I was in hyper-drive wasn’t I, so I crashed right into it didn’t I. I’ve been here three weeks, do you think I can find out who is in charge? I’ve tried to get in to see that Queen of theirs but can’t get past the guard. Disgrace I tell you, a ruddy disgrace!”
Well that's the set up.
PCs now need to get to see Cleopatra and stop her being converted into a Dalek and somehow recover the TARDIS. I certainly think making use of Wychbolds ship should come in. I imagine Wychbolds ship to be pretty Retro, something out of early Flash Gordon.
There should be plenty of backwards and forwards and being chased down corridors by Daleks scraming "EX-TER-MIN-ATE!"
Once Cleopatra is saved she will have the powers of an Osiran and be able to get rid of the Daleks with ease.
This adventure is certain to replace my Renaissance of the Daleks (my own version of Resurrection of the Daleks) in my ongoing campaign. And I may run it down the local games club too.
So...
Major characters
Queen Cleopatra - the actual Cleopatra.
Wychbold - a space traveller who has crashed.
DALEKS
The Daleks Plan
The Daleks have discovered that Cleopatra was to carry the future of the Osirans following their destruction at the hands of Sutehk. When old enough Cleopatra with ascend to become an Orisran. Only she commit suicide before the time of ascention. The Daleks have therefore reived her and created a false environment, a replica of the city of Alexandria. At the time of ascention they plan on converting her into a Dalek, thus creating an Osiran Dalek, the Kaled God of War Incarnate!
The false Alexandria
This is actually a giant spaceship drifting through space. The inhabitants are merely organic automotons going through the motions. Cleopatra herself is also having her mind constantly monitored and controlled to prevent her noticing any oddities in her surroundings (such as why no one ever leaves the City).
Imagine something very akin to this weeks The Beast Below, the city in Space. But it's Alaxandra surrounded by 50 miles of desert & sea & Pyramids, yes, BIG space ship, with the sand running over the side leaving a trail through space. I have a cool mental image of that.
The Adventure
The PCs TARDIS lands in what they should think is a Pyramid. They knock a switch and a stone door cuts them off from the TARDIS.
PCs explore and find what first appears to be a Cryogenic chamber, but with an empty sarcophagus in the middle of the room, Cleopatra's sarcophagus!
PCs explore more and encounter Daleks!
As they flee they trigger a release mechanism and get ejected from the Dalek Pyramid Space Ship (trying so hard no to be too much Stargate here). The Ship was travelling at speed and the PCs fall in the desert which the ship was flying over. The Daleks lose track of the PCs.
PCs end up trekking through the desert until they find Alexandria.
Perception checks of some kind should reveal there is something odd with the people. For one they don't pay any mind to the strangely dressed PCs.
PCs then meet Wychbold, a pilot working for Pan Galactic, he explains his presence, “I was on my way to Alpha Centauri when this ruddy big space ship drifts right across the hyper-lanes. Talk about road hog. I was going too fast, well, I was in hyper-drive wasn’t I, so I crashed right into it didn’t I. I’ve been here three weeks, do you think I can find out who is in charge? I’ve tried to get in to see that Queen of theirs but can’t get past the guard. Disgrace I tell you, a ruddy disgrace!”
Well that's the set up.
PCs now need to get to see Cleopatra and stop her being converted into a Dalek and somehow recover the TARDIS. I certainly think making use of Wychbolds ship should come in. I imagine Wychbolds ship to be pretty Retro, something out of early Flash Gordon.
There should be plenty of backwards and forwards and being chased down corridors by Daleks scraming "EX-TER-MIN-ATE!"
Once Cleopatra is saved she will have the powers of an Osiran and be able to get rid of the Daleks with ease.
