 De-gaying camp rescue, idea for a run |
 Jun 21 2005, 03:30 AM
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So, while surfing the web, I happened to stumble upon the blog of one of those poor youths who is about to be sent to a crazy religious de-gaying camp by his parents who are convinced that doing so is necessary to save his soul, or something. http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...=20050611091251 You've heard of them before; those camps that basically use classical brainwashing to deal with supposed "problem children", and which usually charge a lot of money, and which tend to be run by very strange head-case individuals.
So, naturally, when reading this blog, my first reaction is, "If this kid were actually a musclar, well-trained ninja, instead of a terrified persecuted teenager, he could escape!" And naturally my thoughts of ninja made me think of the 1980s, and the 1980s in turn made me think of Shadowrun. I thought, "Wouldn't it be funny if the PCs got hired to rescue one particular kid from a religious looney de-gaying camp somewhere in CAS? I've got it all figured out. Some rich Seattle exec has a cousin or something in CAS whose psychotic parents have sent to a de-gaying camp. The rich Seattle exec decides it would be fun to pee in the cheerios of his detested Southern relatives so he decides to flex some executive rich man muscle and send Shadowrunners to yoink the kid out from under the noses of said parents!" But then I realized that that would be sort of boring, in and of itself. I mean, the idea would be kind of funny, but it would be too easy. How could a GM possibly kill off the PCs with a mission like that? So...what if the de-gaying camp is actually run by a megalomaniacal Baptist shaman, and he's got a cult of personality where the entire surrounding town supports him? The PCs come in, and everyone in town is deceptively friendly. There's no real problem until anyone in town figures out what they're there to do; all of a sudden the formerly friendly and hospitable town turns on them with shotguns and hunting rifles. It'd be like Mogidishu, except with shotguns and hunting rifles instead of old AKs. And then, once the PCs succeed in penetrating the camp, the crazy shaman has a bunch of follower shamans, and there's the whole challenge of taking out a group of shamans without harming the innocent kids collaterally. The best part of this is that it would allow both the combat type characters *and* the "face" characters to shine. Before the town turns hostile, there's plenty of room for information gathering and whatnot by the "face" characters. |
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Wounded Ronin De-gaying camp rescue Jun 21 2005, 03:30 AM
Lindt Thats nothing to say of the half crazed free spiri... Jun 21 2005, 03:48 AM Arethusa As much as I'd prefer a dark, realistic portra... Jun 21 2005, 04:01 AM Kagetenshi That's not nearly as bad as it could have been... Jun 21 2005, 04:10 AM Smiley I hate people. Jun 21 2005, 04:18 AM SpasticTeapot QUOTE (Arethusa) As much as I'd prefer a dark,... Jun 21 2005, 04:27 AM Arethusa QUOTE (Kagetenshi) That's not nearly as bad as... Jun 21 2005, 04:36 AM SpasticTeapot QUOTE (Kagetenshi) That's not nearly as bad as... Jun 21 2005, 04:42 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (SpasticTeapot) Sure it is. I mean, what cou... Jun 21 2005, 04:49 AM Arethusa QUOTE (SpasticTeapot)Sure it is. I mean, what coul... Jun 21 2005, 04:51 AM Krazy gotta trust people to corrupt anything they can ge... Jun 21 2005, 05:17 AM Kagetenshi Justice you've got a point, but the name of re... Jun 21 2005, 05:19 AM SpasticTeapot You know, I've got a twitchy street samurai an... Jun 21 2005, 05:22 AM mfb the NAN is perfect for this--or rather, the 'w... Jun 21 2005, 05:24 AM Arethusa QUOTE (Krazy @ Jun 21 2005, 01:17 AM) gotta t... Jun 21 2005, 05:29 AM Krazy Kage, I think that's because religious people ... Jun 21 2005, 05:28 AM Voorhees QUOTE (Krazy) Kage, I think that's because rel... Jun 21 2005, 06:39 AM ShadowDragon8685 Spastic: No, you're not alone. Not alone at al... Jun 21 2005, 06:39 AM Crusher Bob Well I'm sure that most of the camp administra... Jun 21 2005, 09:56 AM Critias Yup. Nothing says "moral high ground like ... Jun 21 2005, 10:12 AM blakkie If you Google and then follow the links you'll... Jun 21 2005, 10:21 AM ShadowDragon8685 Critias is right...
Crusher? You need to sieze so... Jun 21 2005, 10:20 AM ShadowDragon8685 Blakkie: As this crap goes, that's somewhat mo... Jun 21 2005, 10:22 AM Aku wow, crazzzzzzzzziness. I dont even have to read t... Jun 21 2005, 11:07 AM hermit Well, it is kind of accepted in US culture to reed... Jun 21 2005, 11:55 AM nick012000 All the more reason to end it in a shower of blood... Jun 21 2005, 11:56 AM Kagetenshi Anyone for a field trip to Georgia?
~J Jun 21 2005, 12:10 PM hermit Also, while we're at the topic of religious nu... Jun 21 2005, 12:24 PM Kagetenshi Ute. They're mostly left alone as long as they... Jun 21 2005, 12:34 PM blakkie I'm looking back through that Blog's histo... Jun 21 2005, 12:39 PM Crusher Bob Moral high ground? I was just looking for an excu... Jun 21 2005, 01:11 PM Nikoli These sorts of camps have existed for a long time,... Jun 21 2005, 01:23 PM Crusher Bob The problem I have with adding bugs to the situati... Jun 21 2005, 01:33 PM Kagetenshi I'd be all for organlegging the humans. Bugs, ... Jun 21 2005, 01:37 PM Krazy becasuse I'm the top of the food chain and the... Jun 21 2005, 01:54 PM Smiley QUOTE (hermit @ Jun 21 2005, 06:55 AM) Well, ... Jun 21 2005, 01:56 PM Smiley QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Anyone for a field trip to Geor... Jun 21 2005, 01:59 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Krazy)becasuse I'm the top of the food ... Jun 21 2005, 02:04 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (Kagetenshi)I'd be all for organlegging ... Jun 21 2005, 02:11 PM Krazy so, if they arn't intimidated by people who ar... Jun 21 2005, 02:18 PM Jrayjoker Hell, I went to a small, religous college in a sma... Jun 21 2005, 02:41 PM Apathy This reminds me of a run I GM'd one time where... Jun 21 2005, 02:46 PM Jrayjoker They were looking for a certain level of moral amb... Jun 21 2005, 02:54 PM mfb boot camp doesn't play any part in the US pena... Jun 21 2005, 03:10 PM Jrayjoker QUOTE (mfb) boot camp doesn't play any part in... Jun 21 2005, 03:15 PM Austere Emancipator So how about a run against an Air Force Academy, t... Jun 21 2005, 03:16 PM mfb are those actual first-nine (or so)-weeks-in-the-m... Jun 21 2005, 03:26 PM Bigity He's thinking about non-military boot camps.
... Jun 21 2005, 03:27 PM Lindt QUOTE (Arethusa) *snip*
Justice, I can agree with,... Jun 21 2005, 03:32 PM Jrayjoker QUOTE (mfb) are those actual first-nine (or so)-we... Jun 21 2005, 03:40 PM Jrayjoker Not necessary Jun 21 2005, 03:40 PM mfb the non-fundies here have greater ability to resis... Jun 21 2005, 03:53 PM Jrayjoker True, but for how long? Jun 21 2005, 03:53 PM Garland QUOTE (Jrayjoker)Is it just me, or is the current ... Jun 21 2005, 03:55 PM Jrayjoker Not constructive Jun 21 2005, 03:56 PM mfb you can't look at one president and say ... Jun 21 2005, 04:00 PM hermit QUOTE becasuse I'm the top of the food chain ... Jun 21 2005, 04:08 PM Jrayjoker Nope, nothing constructive here. Jun 21 2005, 04:20 PM mfb we sang shouted manfully at the tops of our lungs ... Jun 21 2005, 04:24 PM Jrayjoker Meaningless, troll-like behavior removed. Jun 21 2005, 04:27 PM Kagetenshi Any thoughts as to whether these camps would be mo... Jun 21 2005, 04:26 PM hermit Then maybe it is rare or out dated, I guess. Jun 21 2005, 04:26 PM hyzmarca QUOTE (Critias) Yup. Nothing says "moral hig... Jun 21 2005, 04:31 PM ShadowDragon8685 I imagine the corporate version is quite well spre... Jun 21 2005, 04:33 PM hermit QUOTE Any thoughts as to whether these camps would... Jun 21 2005, 04:35 PM Arethusa QUOTE (mfb @ Jun 21 2005, 12:24 PM) we sang s... Jun 21 2005, 04:33 PM Modesitt QUOTE being sent to the USMC - in my knowledge - i... Jun 21 2005, 04:51 PM Arethusa We'll see how well these high standards hold u... Jun 21 2005, 04:54 PM Jrayjoker Not for long if things keep up the way they are.
... Jun 21 2005, 04:56 PM Jrayjoker Bad joker, no doughnut! Jun 21 2005, 04:56 PM ShadowDragon8685 The problem with the primary religions in Shadowru... Jun 21 2005, 05:06 PM hyzmarca QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Any thoughts as to whether thes... Jun 21 2005, 05:06 PM hermit QUOTE
The military has MUCH higher standards than... Jun 21 2005, 05:08 PM Lenice Hawk Oh get over it. This is a shadowrun forum, starte... Jun 21 2005, 05:15 PM Lenice Hawk Yes, and the NY times is incredibly credible. Who ... Jun 21 2005, 05:16 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Arethusa) We'll see how well these high... Jun 21 2005, 05:19 PM hermit In a campaign that has paused somewhat so that the... Jun 21 2005, 05:21 PM Critias QUOTE (Jrayjoker)
Oh wait, here in Amurka I can... Jun 21 2005, 05:25 PM Supercilious I would rather this thread not get locked, and if ... Jun 21 2005, 05:23 PM hyzmarca QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) The problem with the prim... Jun 21 2005, 05:28 PM Talia Invierno The premise of what's generally called "b... Jun 21 2005, 05:29 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Critias) Fact is, "freedom of speech... Jun 21 2005, 05:30 PM hyzmarca QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Jun 21 2005, 12:30 PM) QU... Jun 21 2005, 05:43 PM Supercilious Kage and Talia FTW.
Who should I base the shaman ... Jun 21 2005, 05:44 PM blakkie QUOTE (Talia Invierno @ Jun 21 2005, 11:29 AM... Jun 21 2005, 05:47 PM Jrayjoker Unnecessary Jun 21 2005, 05:48 PM Supercilious Blakkie, one "here is a page" is a dead ... Jun 21 2005, 05:54 PM Austere Emancipator Copy Link Location/Descramble:
http://www.rickross... Jun 21 2005, 05:54 PM blakkie Interestingly you'll notice the description of... Jun 21 2005, 06:00 PM Supercilious But only those who already agree with a given bias... Jun 21 2005, 06:02 PM Kagetenshi On the topic of programming/conditioning technique... Jun 21 2005, 06:05 PM Talia Invierno The term for that kind of positive bombarding is ... Jun 21 2005, 06:08 PM Supercilious QUOTE (Ziggy)What are you ranting about? Working f... Jun 21 2005, 06:13 PM Jrayjoker My appologies for trolling earlier. Jun 21 2005, 06:11 PM Krazy thanks for shutting joker down, when people act li... Jun 21 2005, 06:13 PM Jrayjoker QUOTE (Krazy) thanks for shutting joker down, when... Jun 21 2005, 06:21 PM Supercilious Ahhh! Organized religion! DEVILS AND DAMNA... Jun 21 2005, 06:22 PM blakkie QUOTE (Krazy) this thread has given me a few other... Jun 21 2005, 06:25 PM Talia Invierno Recently the Canadian pro-choice advocate of the l... Jun 21 2005, 06:25 PM
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