 Ghost Cartels: Royal Jelly?, noticed something in GC.... |
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 Dec 29 2008, 09:58 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 825 Joined: 21-October 08 Member No.: 16,538  |
I can see Ares putting together a Norbert robot to gather jelly.
Or trying to, anyway. |
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Dec 29 2008, 10:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Validating Posts: 664 Joined: 7-October 08 From: South-western UCAS border... Member No.: 16,449 |
QUOTE (Ancient History @ Dec 26 2008, 04:39 PM)  Uh-huh. And all the street people being addicted to tempo? How do they factor in? Every army needs cannon fodder. |
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Dec 29 2008, 10:49 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 872 |
QUOTE (TeOdio @ Dec 23 2008, 01:50 AM) My main boogieman in my 3rd Edition campaign was an Ant Shaman heading up a Seoulpa Ring out of Detroit. He and the ant queen spirit dosed eight balls with her pheromones which "compelled" users to become even more addicted. If they were important folks that happened to pick up a nasty drug habit it would compel then to do activities that would benefit the Hive or the Seoulpa Ring. I called the new combo Suga, but I kept it local to Detroit and sprawls where he had connections. He used the money to finance terrorist activities against the Japanese in San Francisco and aid the Queen in undermining Ares on their home turf. I ran that story for YEARS. I got a lot of mileage out of that plot. I really like Ghost Cartels, but to half of my 4th Ed players, it might seem like old hat since I essentially did the Spirit/Drug combo game already. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) That sounds very interesting. Anything involving royal jelly - be it bug spirits or Aliens, scares the absolute shit out of me. - J. |
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Dec 29 2008, 11:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 2-August 06 Member No.: 9,006 |
QUOTE (Tachi @ Dec 29 2008, 06:08 AM) Every army needs cannon fodder. My thoughts exactly, Tachi...of course, now that we have figured that out, it cannot be it.. |
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Dec 29 2008, 11:31 AM
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Moving Target Group: Validating Posts: 664 Joined: 7-October 08 From: South-western UCAS border... Member No.: 16,449 |
QUOTE (Cardul @ Dec 29 2008, 04:09 AM) My thoughts exactly, Tachi...of course, now that we have figured that out, it cannot be it.. Unless, of course, they do it any way because we thought of it and we now don't think that'll be it. Double bait-and-switch? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif) It's kinda like when you know, but they know that you know, but you know that they know that you know they know, so, nobody really knows shit. You know what I mean? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/spin.gif) LOL I make me laugh. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Dec 29 2008, 01:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 16-October 05 Member No.: 7,848 |
oh you gave me evil gm ideas... thanks!
QUOTE (Tachi @ Dec 29 2008, 10:31 PM) LOL I make me laugh. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) me too:p (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jan 3 2009, 01:25 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,849 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 872 |
QUOTE (Ancient History @ Dec 27 2008, 04:03 AM) Or maybe we have something else in mind. Now that the secret of tempo is in the hands of the Azzies, I'm banking its to allow blood spirits or Horrors to possess scores of metahumans and pave the way for The Enemy. That's just a hunch though. - J. |
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Jan 28 2009, 03:33 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 |
OK, thanks for the nightmares, folks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sarcastic.gif) Like I need to lose more sleep now. Sheesh! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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Jan 28 2009, 04:08 AM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,540 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
I hypothesize tempo is the first pass at making the creatures of Earth ready to repel the Enemy when next they come. The sacrifice of a few million possessed children of Gaia is nothing compared to the consumption of all that lives.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it... until They come to eat me. |
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Jan 28 2009, 04:24 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 30-April 07 From: Edge of the Redmond Barrens, Borderline NAN. Runnin' the border for literal milk runs. Member No.: 11,565 |
QUOTE (pbangarth @ Jan 28 2009, 12:08 AM) I hypothesize tempo is the first pass at making the creatures of Earth ready to repel the Enemy when next they come. The sacrifice of a few million possessed children of Gaia is nothing compared to the consumption of all that lives. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it... until They come to eat me. Bad Anthropologist. No more Cthulhu cookies for you. Incidently, I also favor the cannon fodder theory. More accurately, every leader bent on conquering the world needs an army. |
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Jan 28 2009, 03:25 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 732 Joined: 21-July 05 From: Seattle Member No.: 7,508 |
QUOTE (The Jake @ Jan 2 2009, 09:25 PM) Now that the secret of tempo is in the hands of the Azzies, I'm banking its to allow blood spirits or Horrors to possess scores of metahumans and pave the way for The Enemy. That's just a hunch though. - J. This might indicated something different... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Jan 28 2009, 03:31 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 595 Joined: 20-January 09 Member No.: 16,795 |
Massive, distributed magical power source. Like unknowing batteries.
Or another surge, this time not just furry but also (or primarily) flora based. Treants in the Boardroom. If you want people to care about plant rights turn a bunch of them them into plants. I'm twigging on some old horrorish short story about metaphorphing into plantish things at the celluar level. But that was grade school, a LONG time ago, and the name escapes me. |
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Jan 28 2009, 03:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 992 Joined: 23-December 08 From: the Tampa Sprawl Member No.: 16,707 |
I must have spent to much time playing Delta Green. The last page of this thread has been giving me the hebbie jebbies.
Gotta go update my drawing showing the connections between "Things Man was NMTK", "Micro$oft", the CIA, "Vampires", Kraft, "Werewolves", the Department of Horrendous Stupidity, the Azzie blood cults, Livingston Massacre, Coke'a'cola, the secret research facility in Antarctica, Kaiser Sosay, the secret Intel/AMD alliance, and canned cheese spread. |
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Jan 28 2009, 03:34 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
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Jan 28 2009, 05:59 PM
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,540 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
QUOTE (Prime Mover @ Jan 28 2009, 08:34 AM) [ Spoiler ] [ Spoiler ]
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Jan 28 2009, 06:04 PM
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QUOTE (BookWyrm) Anyone have more info on this? Roald Dahl, perhaps? |
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Jan 28 2009, 08:07 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 595 Joined: 20-January 09 Member No.: 16,795 |
QUOTE (Kanada Ten @ Jan 28 2009, 11:04 AM) Roald Dahl, perhaps? On the planet Wormulon? |
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Jan 28 2009, 08:24 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Wa, USA Member No.: 1,139 |
Thats funny because I have been rewriting Queen Euphoria for 2070 with bees rather than ants. Oh and my Queen is the rock star from my rewrite of Mecurial for 2070.
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Jan 28 2009, 09:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 228 Joined: 5-January 09 Member No.: 16,733 |
I haven't read Ghost Cartels yet, but if Tempo is like most other drugs there will be side-effects and withdrawals. The greater the high, the worse the fall. Many addicts suffer physical pain if their supply is interrupted.
Using that as a given I'll throw my hat into the ring: Somebody is getting ready for a grand magical ritual. The architects of the ritual have made the very addictive Tempo drug available across the globe. When they are ready, they will kill off the source of the Tempo drug supply (perhaps via magic or maybe by bio/nano weaponry) sending a large portion of the planet's population into devastating withdrawal. The casters will draw power from the suffering of a world full of addicts to fuel the major mojo they're cooking up. It'll be something big- world changing, or at the very least have a major impact on a large region. |
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