Simple Possession Act 3 (pt 2)

Skleet erupted over the comm in a panicked state complaining about upcoming problems. He found B'uran at the space port. But he wasn't alone. It appears that ol' stumpy B'uran was in league with the twin Twi'leks that we ran into on that space station of Kesaris! You know the one that shot Skleet in the face! He's gonna like getting revenge on that one.

GM NOTE: I use the image of Oskara, the pregenerated character from the EotE Beginner Box to represent Sheva'asta and Teva'asta, twin Twi'lek Bounty Hunters . Because she just looks bad ass!

Simple Posessions Act I Outline

Someone asked me to post a high level outline or description of what I use to run my sessions and I thought, OK. But then I got thinking about it and realized that it might be a bit harder than I thought. Reason being is that I generally GM off the cuff, on the fly, or by complete improvisation. I play off of, and react to, what the characters do in game.



With all that in mind, sometimes (meant rarely) I come up with an incredible adventure idea or story arc and want to completely flesh it out. When I do this, my intentions are to post it online somewhere for all the world to see and enjoy, but then my A.D.D. kicks in and I never get it finished (hence the title of my blog). This time, however, I have Episode 1 Act I completely fleshed out and ready to send to the webisphere! 


Bare in mind, that this was written explicitly for my group and may not work for all groups. I know what motivates my group, and generally know how they will react to situations. If they don't react the way I need them too, then I at least know how to coerce them into making the decisions I want them to, without them noticing too much.


So here goes...

Simple Possession Act 3 part 1

This Act begins as the crew of the Krayt Fang land on Formos. The come here looking for an astromech droid that is carrying vital information about the Kessel Run. Formos is practically a barren rock that is located at the end of Kessel Run. The rocky barren landscape is not very hospitable and the air is thick, stale and barely breathable. The planet has one space port that is surrounded by a small town consisting mostly of warehouses and small homes. Although Formos is primarily used for small smuggling operations, there is a small Imperial garrison station here.

I have decided to narrate this Act through the eyes of our scoundrel, Knosh. It should offer a different perspective on the group and their dealings. I'd like to eventually tell parts of the story from all players perspectives, but who knows.

Also, there wasn't really much in the way of GM notes to include. there were a lot of failed rolls, most of which will not be noticed by Knosh, so it was left out.

So here we go....

Idiot's Array.

In perusing the Fantasy Flight Games Edge of the Empire forums last week, I stumbled upon a post by Zev Linare asking for peeps to join his play by post (pbp) game. This peaked my interest and I joined. I've never played in a pbp game before and thought it would be a fun way for me to play the game without having to devote another night of the week to gaming. From what I understand I only have to make a single post per day in the games forum (hosted by Myth-Weavers.com) and that shouldn't take too much time (which is scarce these days). You can read about Zev's campaign and all of our exploits at Star Wars: Idiots Array

Simple Possession Act I (pt 2)

"T-minues 2 minutes 30 seconds until emergency orbital reentry"

Holy shit! This station IS sinking!

It was good thing that on the way to this station I did a bit of research and happened to have a map of the station stored on my data pad. With that, a course to the next, and only, hangar was pretty easy to find.

GM NOTE: Old doc here went to pull up his data pad and try to search for another hangar. He rolled a triumph so I stated that he had already had the map stored and could find a short cut to the hangar.

Right behind me were Knosh and the others. In fact there were probably a few times during our run that Knosh pulled ahead of me. He seemed more panicked than the rest of us and was looking for an escape pod. Poor guy. It seemed that everyone he found, was already taken or that the entry doors were stuck. I guess that happens in a dilapidated space station. which made him panic even more.

The Cast

And away we go...

I've been writing pretty steadily over the last few weeks getting ready for my Edge of the Empire Campaign. I'm really excited about running and cannot wait. The title of the campaign is A Dark Black Past (DBP). Yes, Megadeth came across Pandora and I used a bit of lyrics, but it is makes for a perfect title for this campaign. The first episode titled Simple Posession and as the title suggests the episode revolves around... wait I can't exactly say just yet as I have some players that will read this.

I have about 9 people that want to play but based on past experience that is too many. I once ran a Star Wars RCR game that had 12 or 13 people and it was a nightmare. If I remember correctly they were trying to take command/control of a Star Destroyer and one combat lasted 4 hours. Needless to say that the campaign only lasted one session and was never brought back up. I'm really surprised that my players ever wanted me to GM again.

Campaigning in the Edge

This is my first post in a while because…. Well, I haven’t really done any gaming in what seems like forever. With Star Wars Edge of the Empire RPG on the horizon this will all change soon. In fact, the Core Book, the GM’s Pack, and Beginner game should all be on my doorstep sometime next week. I hope. I tell ya, I can’t wait! I’m as giddy as my 5 year old before his birthday party!

The plan is to start my campaign shortly after they finish up this current epic adventure, set in the universe of Marvel Super Heroes. Yes, the classic 80’s RPG. Sadly, I am not playing in that one, but the few sessions I’ve watched, it seems awesome!

In the meantime, I am slowly and carefully building my campaign. This campaign is to be a yearlong epic adventure mixed with intrigue, deception, bounty hunting and the shady underworld of a galaxy far far away. While I don’t want to give too many spoilers away, I do want to set the hook.