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Title: Ideas for scenarios for our New York campaign?
Post by: Watson on October 31, 2011, 06:29:11 PM

I am finally starting up our DF-game next week and it could be useful to get some ideas about where I could take the story. I put the summary of the current situation as a spoiler. The cast of characters is a Changeling, a Wizard, a WCV and a Worldwalker.

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The games main villain is a group of ancient wizards, that is calling themself "The Dutchmen" as they are the one that originally bought Manhattan from the local indians back in the mid 1600's. "The Dutchmens" main goal is, as I imagine it, going to become a Freeholding Lord and crush all opposition along the way. "The Dutchmen" have a strong hate for the White Council, as those were the one that defeated them and forced them to hand Manhattan over to the English several hundreds of years ago. The old enemies of "The Dutchmen", the local indians, are also present but they are scattered and are to be seen as more of 'good guys' (as they stood up against the "The Dutchmen" until they had to give up. Another force of power, unknown to all but the indians and the "The Dutchmen", is a powerful being that is trapped underneath the lower part of Manhattan (it was trapped by the indians, but the underground trap got damaged during the 9/11 attacks). The creature is slowly waking up, which makes the indians afraid (as they know how hard the Being is the defeat) - "The Dutchmen" also realizes that the Being is waking up, but hope to be able to use it as part of their own plan.

In our game, the White Council have a weak hold of New York, with a newly appointed Warden and one of the player characters as more or less the only Wizards in the area.

The Red Court is getting stronger and there is also a small group of White Court Vampires as well as an even smaller group of Black Court Vampires. The WCV is a small group from House Malvora, that feeds of fear created by secret "death games" as well as instigating horrible crimes to increase the general level of fear in the city. 

My initial idea is that the Red Court is supposed to infiltrate parts of the city which holds political power, to facilitate a larger group of RCV's to move from South America to the USA (that is more of a long-term goal, though).

Title: Re: Ideas for scenarios for our New York campaign?
Post by: Kiero on October 31, 2011, 10:38:40 PM

Did you ever see the short-lived TV show New Amsterdam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam_%28TV_series%29)? For some reason the mention of the Dutchmen wants to suggest an immortal cop who cannot die until he finds his true love, who might happen to have crossed paths with them down the years.

All four PCs could potentially be older than a regular mortal lifespan; have they come across these Dutchmen before?

Have you got any smaller ideas for things that don't involve the major factions? Like things that are specifically about New York itself? Not everything has to tie into the grand situation, after all.

Title: Re: Ideas for scenarios for our New York campaign?
Post by: spac3_pop3 on October 31, 2011, 11:30:35 PM

May sound cheesy, but what about a group of Pigeon-weres?  Some of the birds that learned how to turn themselves into human beings?  Have some news reports mention the alarming increase in the amount of homeless in the city, which are really the birds learning how to spontaneously become human in appearance.  This could lead a food shortage, which forces the pigeons and actual homeless to start stealing in greater and greater numbers?  Can take this in any direction you want, maybe an all out riot starts among the homeless, etc etc.

Or indulge in the stereotype, and make it a little humorous with an ongoing war between the pigeons, rats, and roaches all fighting over turf and food?

Title: Re: Ideas for scenarios for our New York campaign?
Post by: Silverblaze on November 02, 2011, 03:38:14 AM

Alligators in the sewers?

Statue of Liberty and the attitude of New Yorkers since 9/11 being a strong symbol of hope not allowing WCV that feed on despair into NYC?

Hell's Kitchen...not just a name?

New York supernaturals vs Jersey!

Supernatural and human crimelords leading various organized crime families vying for territory?

All those immigrants arriving at Ellis Isle could have a strong minor magical community, Greek, Italian, (other mediteranean).  Gaul myths, Celtic myths...the list pretty much goes on forever if you look at immigrants and what magical talents may have come with them...or magical creatures also. 

New York reminds me a lot of Chicago in the sheer size and melting pot-esque qualities...both cities have a lot of history too.