Ideas Are Easy

[jason taylor]

That could be done in Honor Harrington. Of course their the Manties never had much trouble of the kind you mentioned (in retrospect the Mesans did not do that well in cultivating trouble in the Talbot sector given that they were Genius Evil Spymasters).

Or you can be with the OFS. That could be an interesting twist.

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by jason taylor

If you are going to use ISW, cause the trouble to come from primarily from nativist leaders rather than the Ziru Sirka.

You could also work with the nativists to overthrow their oppressors. That could be a launching off point for a campaign pivot, if idealistic heroes find they are working for less than idealistic leadership. Their supposed mission of liberation becomes a case of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by RyanW

You could also work with the nativists to overthrow their oppressors. That could be a launching off point for a campaign pivot, if idealistic heroes find they are working for less than idealistic leadership. Their supposed mission of liberation becomes a case of "meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

Now that sounds a lot like Lawrence of Arabia (the movie that is, the real thing is a bit more complicated).

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by jason taylor

Now that sounds a lot like Lawrence of Arabia (the movie that is, the real thing is a bit more complicated).

That was, indeed, an inspiration.

[Anaraxes]

From a different thread:

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

Most dangerous job of WWII? Kamikaze pilot. (I know; you said "on foot patrol.")

So, take that literally and run with it. A successful kamikaze completes his mission, takes out the American carrier... and survives. Now he has to get home, between enemy forces and "friendly" ones that won't believe he didn't chicken out. Or, the divine agency that saved him isn't a one-time deal, but the kamikaze has Unkillable, so he flies his missions again and again (perhaps getting disenchanted with the idea of immortality at this point. No one said it wasn't painful.)

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

So, take that literally and run with it. A successful kamikaze completes his mission, takes out the American carrier... and survives. Now he has to get home, between enemy forces and "friendly" ones that won't believe he didn't chicken out. Or, the divine agency that saved him isn't a one-time deal, but the kamikaze has Unkillable, so he flies his missions again and again (perhaps getting disenchanted with the idea of immortality at this point. No one said it wasn't painful.)

I had an idea of a character whose earliest memory was waking up in a mass grave on a battlefield, his clothing* torn, riddled with bullet holes, and stained with blood, but not a scratch on him. Never really knew what to do with it.

* Civilian clothing, not a uniform. And no identifying material on him, so he has no idea why he was in a battlefield grave.

[ericthered]

A magical race/aristocracy exposes their children they find unfit. A secret society of peasants secretly saves these children and raises them into an army.

ties into the old story about Cyrus the great, but with a bit more intentionality.

[ericthered]

I was reading about the old spainish treasure fleets. In order to protect it from pirates, all of the silver collected for half a year would be loaded onto a few ships and a sizeable portion of the spainish navy would guard it across the Atlantic.



Stealing such a treasure would be quite difficult. A challenge befitting Player Characters. It could be run in a fantasy setting, a historical setting, or even a sci-fi setting with long travel times.



Less dramatically, if such a fleet was lost in a storm... great riches could result for whoever found it.

[RogerBW]

Originally Posted by ericthered

all of the silver collected for half a year would be loaded onto a few ships and a sizeable portion of the spainish navy would guard it across the Atlantic.

"It's worse than that, sir! They're economists, and they say this is for our own good."

[Anaraxes]

Originally Posted by RogerBW

"It's worse than that, sir! They're economists, and they say this is for our own good."

The Crimson Permanent Assurance sails again, boys!