08-03-2018, 08:45 AM | #1 |
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Hunting Metas
This is for my Fate Core supers game. Just about a year ago in game-time, a large meteorite exploded over San Diego right around ComicCon. A handful of people started developing powers, which they think may be meteor-related. The first couple of adventures had been pretty low key; in the last session, some of the PCs went public to help some folks trapped by a fire so cat is out of the bag.
So I'm pondering a villain (highly trained norm) who's hunting metas. The basic idea is to set some bait (I was thinking a series of fires) with traps inside the structure to take down the responding heros (and perhaps accidentally endangering a few firefighters). I've learned from the radiation vampire adventure not to put the villain, even if ludicrously overpowered, on stage before the last act -- the PCs will spend all their resources to take the foe down on sight if he lacks a viable exit strategy. Other than fires, what might a hunter do to bait heros and villians? Think first season Flash or Arrow for power levels. Tone is more Flash than Arrow. |
08-03-2018, 09:33 AM | #2 |
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Re: Hunting Metas
The meteorite hit comic-con? umm... wow. Talk about Meta.
suicide jumpers are a classic way for supers to show off their powers, but that depends on your PC's. If they react so strongly to supervillians, staging a fake supervillain and using him as bait would work.
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08-03-2018, 11:17 AM | #3 |
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Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Hunting Metas
Depends a bit on what the metas have previously demonstrated an interest in. Alternately, it's probably fair to assume that metas are interested in other metas, so fake metas...
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08-03-2018, 12:43 PM | #4 |
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Re: Hunting Metas
If people are running anything like traditional superheroes, then "innocents in danger" is the key concept. A mix of "accidents" like fires, bridge collapses, and so on, and criminal activity like hijackings and hostage situations (via patsies, but they might provide the beginnings of a trace to the villain) would seem best.
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08-03-2018, 01:58 PM | #5 |
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Re: Hunting Metas
A second vote for "innocents in danger."
Try stealing action film plots, with the villain admitting he watched those films and want different endings. You wouldn't need a trap in every one, but paranoia should build fast.
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08-04-2018, 12:19 PM | #6 |
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