New twist. I've been reading up on games recently and had a look at Fate Accelerated Edition (FAE). Which is way cool if you ask me. So I transfered what I had, not much really, to FAE.

I intend to add a few things to FAE. A second stress track and Declarations to start with. I will adapt some powers to FAE and have the players choose from that, if they want. They'll start with the basic 3 FP and 3 stunts.

If you don't know FAE, check it out at Evil Hat. Other than that nothing to add. Except this:

I wrote my notes as a kind of module which can be found on Dropbox. Any and all tips and ideas are welcome. I'm mostly finished. Need to finisch She and start with the Master and the Masters Chamber. Just FYI, English is not my first languages. O, and it might contain a tiny bit of closed content. If that is a problem I'll remove it pronto. I'm guessing it's covered by fair use.

Nah. I'm going to tone it way down. I see this as not connected to the Dresdenverse at all. I'm aiming for feet in the water. 6 refresh? No complications. Just exploring the system as GM and player. The big bad being the beast who's controlling everyone else. She, Captain and Night man willing accomplices.

I'm just going to let the players interact and play through the story as it is presented in the song. If they're willing to play along.

Nice. You are good at this.

I was planning on doing charactercreation as we go along. As people start to get how things work things should start to get more permanent. Aspects are things that are so weird for the avarage DnD-player, myself included, that it takes some getting used to. I can imagine that they are very reluctant to write flaws into their character. Hopefully they see that flaws are fate-point magnets and are actually useful. The dance would be a nice way to give them an opportunity to rewrite and add aspects.

What do you reacon. Pure mortals or some minor powers for the players?

Nice take. How does the doorman enter the story. Any ideas on what his motives are? Why does he play along? Is he just an hired help?

I'd rather see the girls as a victim not as the perp but it does fit nicely. She is Tiffany-twisted and has the Mercedes-bends.

Could be, injecting a henchman of Mab's did seem a little weird.

Alternatively it could be another thing from somewhere that's also in some way in on the Master and Beast's shenanigans.

Could be. Although nothing comes to mind at the moment.

How about this:

The Master (Unseele Fay) and the Beast (WCV) made a bet/deal concurning a WC Virgin. Details missing now but it called for the Virgin (She) to stay that way 100 years. Both made a mistake making the deal. The Beast ended locked up in the Masters Chamber providing temptation with his Incite Emotion. The Master ended up being the judge.

Hotel California exists in NeverNever and in the Mortal world. It draws people in to tempt the Virgin. The Beast incites them with lust. This is the temptation for the Virgin. As the Beast gets weaker from lack of feeding the trapped people become free to move and try to kill the Beast. They invaribly fail and give the Beast a chance to feed. He gets stronger and around we go.

The Master has to stay in the Hotel till the end and amuses himself by tormenting the Virgin and making deals with passers by.

The doorman is an entity with which all are unfamiliar. He is put there by Mab. He actually posesses a means to get out. To get out you must:
- Fight the Beast, feed it and live
- Resist the temptation of the Virgin
- Deal with the Master

The Master knows this but he thinks he will not survive against the Beast nor resist the Virgin. And he must deal with himself first.

How's that?

Excuse my not altogether firm grasp of the English language.

Edit: I realise that this might be much better as an open ended story. I, as a GM, am normally open to alternative solutions to a puzzle. What I described has a very DnD feel to it. I might be what my players expect. But I do like the mechanics af how everyone is trapped there. "We're all just prisoners here, of our own device".

Alternative endings:
- Kill the Beast. One must take his place.
- Feed the Virgin and get her to kill ends the bet/deal
- Negotiate a deal with the Doorman. Bringing a replacement once a year sounds about right.

Hi all.

Two things are comming together in my head. I've wanted to do an adventure based on Hotel California for ages now. Ever since I found a reference to an AD&D one years and years ago. And I want to introduce my gaming group to something other dan DnD. I'm not the regular GM so it'll have to be an one off.

The catch. I've neither run nor played DFRPG or FATE ever. Still I want to give it a go. I've browsed the two books and read this forum for some time so you may asume I know what you're talking about.

What do I want to get out of it. I want to have the players lots of influence on the story. So I do the basic outline and provide the soundtrack. They should be able to fill the gaps by guessing, declaring etc. I'm aiming for a low refresh game with all mortals and have them completing their characters as we go along.

Expected run-through. Arrive at Hotel California and check in. Meet She. Faf about some, maybe meet the Captain and probably end up with She. Go to the Masters Chamber to kill the Beast. Go to the Nightman and convince him to let them leave.

I have this:
She (as in "there she stood in the doorway"). I like her as a twisted Beauty in Beauty and the Beast. The origional guest in the hotel. She is easy (if you know what I mean) and can be seduced. Mortal. High social. Aspects: Hmmm. Something with beauty (beauty can curse?). And something to do with all the drug references. Flying high, diving low? But neither seems very invocable.

The Captain. Not very important.

The Beast. Some sort of shapeshifter. Werefox or werecoyote seem very californian. Catch: cold iron ("they stab it with there steely knives but they just can't kill the beast").  There to demonstrate combat.

The nightman. Hologram? Impervious to phyisical combat. There to demonstrate social/mental conflict. Can open the door to the real world.

Places:
Check-in. Where She let's you in and you sign in. The nightman resides here.
The courtyard. Where She leads you. Lots of pretty pretty boys here. Aspects: sweaty. intoxicating,
The masters chamber. If a PC tries to seduce She he'll end up here. With She and the Beast
Outside. Basically the front door opens to a empty plain in the Never-Never. They'll need the nightman to open a portal.
Rooms, hallways and whatnot can be whipped up in a pinch.

So. What do you think? Any tips? Any and all help with fleshing out the antagonists is very much apreciated.

I am so going to make a char out of that. Brilliant 

Let me know how it turned out