So I'm running next week, and I was looking over ritual magic in the corebook and it looks like it can be used for some very cool things from a GM's standpoint, then the idea hit me: The Runners are hired to act as "security" for a massive pro/anti meta humanity peaceful protest (probably pro but slightly extreme) . The leader or "The Johnson" has a small list of suspects he thinks may cause some trouble but wants this protest to keep good PR so he wants the runners to take down the right one, meaning they can't afford to zap/subdue the wrong one. The suspect is actually not planning to do much because hes acting as the spotter. The runners have to figure it out which one it is. (Hint no one has astral perception) The plan for the mages is to cast mob mood or mob mind and spread chaos. The basic idea plot is that the groups PR will take a hit, while the mages now have a chance to take out the leader either using the mob directly or as a distraction as security tries to handle the crowd.
The suspect list idea is as follows:
Dwarf Conspiracy theorist: Noted for his blog on the matrix and conspiracy blog that has a cult like following. The conspiracy is basically "Elves are the puppet masters of the world" The conspiracy needs to be more developed but sounds fun to rp considering two people in our party are elves.
Gun Advocate Ork: This is a less developed idea, I was thinking a redneck ork with a gun obsession and
The Addict: Claims to have gotten clean off of some combat drugs that he was addicted to
The Rich Kid: A college kid that comes from a rich family with a background, daddy was a humanis club member.
Anyways this idea still needs a good amount of work, I was wondering if you guys could help develop the ideas.
Things to do:
Flesh out the suspects
Add one to two more suspects
Motivation for the mages for the protest
Have an interesting but unrelated event happen at the event or a twist